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WAR CHIEF
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Quanah Parker was one of the
fiercest warriors of the Southern Plains Indians. Calvary Captain Robert Carter
a battle scarred soldier of the Indian Wars, said of
him, "Quanah fought with reckless, fanatic zeal, raiding settlements
across half of
Suddenly, in 1875 Quanah brought his people in and settled on the
White-dominated world of a Reservation. For the first time in his life he would
live in a house, eat at a table, ride in a wagon. By
the time of his death in 1911 he had mastered the language of the white man
well enough to work out shrewd deals for his people, becoming not only a
prominent cattleman but also a major shareholder in a railroad. He had honor,
fame, wealth and a 12 room show-place home for his large family. In spite of
this fact he would never give up his Comanche heritage. When he was buried
beside his white mother, it was in full regalia of a war chief. -Ken Payne
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