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"Quanah Parker, Comanche chief."
Author
"Hagan, William Thomas."
Publisher
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
Datec1993
ClassificationsMain Library Collection
Object numberE99.C85 P3838 1993
Description"xvi, 141 p. : ill. ; 23 cm."Quanah Parker is a figure of almost mythical proportions on the Southern Plains. The son of Cynthia Parker, a white captive whose subsequent return to white society and early death had become a Texas frontier legend, Quanah rose from able warrior to tribal leader on the Comanche reservation. Other books about Quanah Parker have been incomplete, are outdated, or are lacking in scholarly analysis. William T. Hagan, the author of United States-Comanche Relations, knows Comanche history. This new biography, written in a crisp and readable style, is a well-balanced portrait of Quanah Parker, the chief, and Quanah, the man torn between two worlds. Between 1875 and his death in 1911, Quanah strove to cope with the changes confronting tribal members. Dealing with local Indian agents and with presidents and other high officials in Washington, he faced the classic dilemma of a leader caught between the dictates of an occupying power and the wrenching physical and spiritual needs of his people. Quanah was never one to decline the perquisites of leadership. Texas cattlemen who used his influence to gain access to reservation grass for their herds rewarded him liberally.
Parker, Quanah, -- 1845?-1911.
Comanche Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Comanche Indians -- History.
Comanche Indians -- Biography.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945.
West (U.S.) -- Race relations.
Indians of North America -- History.
Parker, Quanah, -- 1845?-1911
Comanche Indians.
Comanche Indians -- Kings and rulers.
Indians of North America.
Race relations.
West United States.
Parker, Quanah -- 1845-1911
Biografie
Comanches (Indiens) -- Histoire.
Comanches (Indiens) -- Chefs -- Biographies.
Parker, Quanah.
Comanches