Sunday, March 22, 2015

Quanah Parker & W.C. Riggs // Fat Stock Show, Fort Worth, Texas // 1909


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  1. An excellent read on this warrior is "Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History" by S.C.Gwynne.

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    1. Excellent tip, Lou. I'm getting that one and reading it.

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  2. Cynthia Ann Parker's son made a good chief, but the fact is that the Commanches were doomed long before Quanah was conceived. The fact that he was half-white gave him street creds in negotiating the Commanche surrender with both the Army, the Texans and the Commanche. But all in all, it was a sad story.

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    1. Well, surrender, or survival. I'd say he and the tribe made the best of what was a tough situation. Nowadays if you can say you have Indian blood ( for me, I've got Choctaw in the family, and the wife claims some Cherokee), your cooler than the average cat.

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    2. I have a bit of Creek in me. And yes, they made the best of an impossible situation: The end of life as they knew it.

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    3. Creek - so you are probably no fan of Andrew Jackson.

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  3. I am a comanche tribal member and yes it is a good read because when i was a child my great grandmother never told me anything about quanah parker, however she did teach me to speak the language.

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