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Quanah ParkerSiory BringsMemories QftvII*e] Mu'li has been siid ;md written about Quanah Parker, whose father«fteienr*ni lt;Vwnc n m Vorona. afrer whom No-r-ona named. Hi; mother was Cyn*liia Ann Parker, a white woman. Prta Nr-rnno was chief of the 011 a h n da ram a nchrxs. his nam e men nine in Fn 1 ish the W mclcrcy.e The following u'gwF aim-r ued in?* ‘•t! *“ *ho Fort Worth Pter-Teherani. written bv .John M. Hendrix. Sunday concerning Quanah P rker andmemories of the enr’v c utle da vs:V-Reminiscent of the daws when the r- 3.000,000-acTe Kiowa-Comnnchc Pe-;ervation was one hie pasture, leasedto half a dozen cattlemen bv the%Indians, is the old Quanah Parker *'■ home about three miles north of b Cache. Okla.. along the banks of e Cache Crock. The house was built r 50 or GO years ago at the foot ot r the Wichita Mountains for Chief Quanah Parker and his numerous e whes and children. It is said that 5 at one time P housed the chief,nine wives and 23 children.Upon completion of his house, the partially white chief, to show his patriotism, had gigantic red, white and blue stars painted on roof and cables. A tnice of one of the stars may be wen yet on the right-hand- slope cl the roof.t The house is cdd to have been a I ~- present to Quanah from his cattlemen friend-. Ate lumber having been hauled from Vernon and ’- Wichita Fails. This is understand-i able from the fact that Quanah e\-■ cried a wide influence over both the• Kiowa and Comanche tribes and 1 acted as go-between for them and- the1 cattlemen.From one who lived there during its heyday, it was learned that for . many years the ojxm space in front ; of the house was occupied by the 1 remnants of Quanah Parker’s form-• er warriors who lived in their teepees, forming a sort of honor guard around their chief. The house was• so situated that it commanded analmost uninterrupted view for 12 miles in front of it. with the Wichita Mountains as a background. It ’ is located on lands originally alloted to Quanah Parker and is occupied at present by one of his daughters. Mrs. Neda Parker Birdsong.Now 94. the last survivor of Quanah s wives. Tall-pay, a full-bloodCommche, liws at near-by Cache. Until hi. (it at u in 1911. ahe resided ggm ' m elm ; ’ r h«- Crt • k. iixiif . ! ■She ha.s a twinkle in her eves and*is as active a.s a much younger wom-; (anWhen the photographer, through an interpreter, told her that he was ready to take her picture one time, she required of him, again through tile interpreter, as to whether or not lu1 would like one of her while dancing. Until her 85th birthday she rode%horseback tr the surrounding towns near her claim to do her shopping, and is said to have done most ot her riding at a full ; allop.She recalls most if the oldtimecattlemen who o]*'arted in the Ki-owa-Com mche Reservation as ix-inu vuests of the Quanah Parker'home during the cattle daws. She%also recalls with pleasure the many long trips she made with the chiefto visi: fort Worth and other towns wht re he had a h .st of friends. She laughs almo. i constantly and apparently enjoys life
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Nocona News
Nocona, Texas, US
Fri, Nov 26, 1948
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