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Texas Ranger Uncle Ben Dragoo Recalls Pease River Fight
An excerpt from Frontier Times recounts the 1860 Pease River engagement against a Comanche village led by Buffalo Hump. Ranger scouts Peter Robertson Gray and I pursue a hidden camp, clash amid running fights, and recapture women and horses, including Cynthia Ann Parker. Quanah Parker is noted as present as a boy who later befriends whites. Captain Ross and Quanah Barker survive. Cynthia Ann is identified by the author.
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Kansas
New Mexico
Parker County
Pease River
Ross
Cureton
U. S
Fort Belknap
Peter Robertson
Gray
Pete Robertson
Lieut
Callahan
Cynthia Ann Parker
Hos Quarters
Quanah Parker
Quanah
Frank Cassidy
Llano
Cynthia Ann
Buck Barry
Camp Cooper
Waco