Quanah Parker’s Second Act

The year 1875 was a watershed for the war chief known as Quanah. Before that time, his Quahadi Comanches were one of the fiercest, toughest and anti-white Indian bands. Quanah’s hatred fueled that fire. The mixed-race son of Peta Nocona and captive white Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah—aged between 23 and 27—bore grudges. The U.S. Army had defeated his father, and captured his mother and sister, in the 1860s. Whites had killed other relatives and friends of his. During the 1870s, settlers