![]() ![]() Wilbarger identified Tabananika as the Chief in charge of the Comanches at the Battle of the Pease river in 1860. Ross, in the book "Indian Depredations," by J. The purpose of the raids was to avenge slain relatives and raid the buffalo hunters who were wiping out their herds of buffalo for the hides while leaving the carcasses to rot on the plains. Sometimes spelled as Tabananica, his name translates to "Sound of the Sun" or "Hears the Sunrise." After the United States Army failed to enforce the provisions of the Medicine Lodge Treaty prohibiting white man's entry into tribal lands, Tabananika was one of the notable chiefs joining Quanah Parker in raids into Texas. In 1865, he was one of the signers of the treaty at the Little Arkansas River.Ĭhief of the Yamparika Comanche. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Chief of the Yamparika Comanche. Her other book, Quanah Parker: Comanche Chief, is also published by Pelican. She lives in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where she is active in local libraries. She began her writing career in high school and is a member of the International Women's Writing Guild and The Pocono Writers. About the Author:Īuthor Rosemary Kissinger Updyke was born and raised in east Texas. ![]() Now residing in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, she also has written Jim Thorpe, the Legend Remembered, published by Pelican. Brave warrior, respected leader, and dedicated lobbyist in the fight for Indian rights, he remained a liaison between his people and the white man while acting to preserve the Comanche heritage on the reservation.Īuthor Rosemary Kissinger Updyke was born and raised in east Texas, where she first heard the story of the exciting exploits of Quanah Parker. This is the story of the legendary Quanah Parker-part white, but thoroughly Comanche. Eventually, however, Quanah's tribe succumbed to the overwhelming new hardships of existence on the plains, and Quanah, the last Indian chief to surrender, brought his people to the reservation. As a chief, Quanah watched as other tribes were forced to take refuge on reservations set up by the United States government, and he vowed to his people that they would never leave their land without a fight. This son, named Quanah for the flower-filled valley of his birth, was destined to become one of the greatest Comanche chiefs ever to have lived.Īs the call for expansion reached its height during the nineteenth century and America rapidly began moving westward, the American Indians became threatened as their food supply, the huge buffalo herds that roamed the plains, was slaughtered almost to extinction. She eventually married and gave birth to a son. In May 1836, a large war party of Comanche Indians attacked a small fort in Texas, abducting blond, blue-eyed Cynthia Ann Parker, who was nine years old at the time.Īdopted into the tribe, for more than twenty years Cynthia Ann, renamed Naudah by her captors, lived the life of a Comanche. ![]()
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