Death
Santa Anna apparently tired of his reduced position, and to regain his former glory, he led several raids into Mexico in 1848–49, in violation of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. These raids necessitated intervention by the army and United States Indian agent Robert S. Neighbors, and Santa Anna was persuaded to stop. In late December 1849, a cholera epidemic killed over 300 Penateka Comanche in a few weeks time. Santa Anna was one of the victims, though Buffalo Hump, also ill, survived. Following Santa Anna's death, those in the Penateka band, other than the division commanded by Buffalo Hump, disintegrated. Its surviving members joined other Comanche bands.
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