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John Richard Parker (1830–1915) was the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker and the uncle of Comanche chief Quanah Parker.An Anglo-Texas man who was kidnapped from his natural family at the age of five by a Native American raiding party, he returned to the Native American people of his own free will after being ransomed back from the Comanche.
Quanah Parker (Comanche: Kwana, lit. ' smell, odor '; c. 1845 – February 23, 1911) was a war leader of the Kwahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche Nation.He was likely born into the Nokoni ("Wanderers") band of Tabby-nocca and grew up among the Kwahadis, the son of Kwahadi Comanche chief Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, an Anglo-American who had been abducted as an eight-year-old child ...
Baldwin was Quanah Parker’s son and Cynthia Ann Parker’s grandson. ... Werahre, was Quanah Parker’s daughter, born in 1880. She was also raised in Oklahoma but, unlike her half brother ...
Quanah Parker, son of Cynthia Ann Parker, became a leader among the Quahadi Comanches. After most of the Comanches and other tribes on the Staked Plains were defeated, Parker and his group surrendered to authorities and were forced to an Indian reservation in Oklahoma Territory. The Quahadis were the very last tribe left on the Staked Plains.
Quanah Parker had not learned that his mother was White until Cynthia Ann Parker was abducted and forced back into White society, and he learned he was of mixed blood. Neither of his parents had discussed his white ancestry before. According to Quanah Parker and his warriors, Peta Nocona was a broken and bitter man after Pease River.
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The non-fiction account Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (2016) by S. C. Gwynne provides a detailed account of the Parker raid, abductions and fates of various Parker family members with an especial focus on the lives of Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker.
Kelsey Parker has a baby on the way!. The widow of The Wanted’s Tom Parker, who died at age 33 in March 2022 following a diagnosis of stage four glioblastoma, is expecting a baby with her ...