This photo of Quanah Parker was recently shared by somebody over the Google+ network.[/caption]A good article about Comanche Chief Quanah Parker appeared in the February 2014 issue of American History magazine. I cannot give you a link to that particular article, but this short biography is also a good read.
Like Little Turtle and other chiefs described in Algonkian Church History, Quanah Parker succeeded in straddling two different worlds. He led the Comanches both in war and in peace.
Parker took his last name from his mother who - as a nine-year-old white girl - was captured by the Comanches and eventually grew to love them and their way of life.
He was also a shrewd businessman, striking deals with cattle ranchers that would bring over $200,000 a year to the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache Indians by 1900 (page 32 of the article, see citation at the bottom of this post).
My favorite part of the American History article is a paragraph that pithily describes the middle road that Quanah Parker took. On one hand, it mentions he sent his children to "Carlisle and other Indian schools in Comanche territory." On the other hand, "when asked by one official to end the parctice of polygamy by choosing among his seven wives, Quanah teased that he was willing to pick one, 'but you must tell the others'" (page 34).
Source: Frankel, Glenn. "Between Two Worlds: Quanah Parker, Son of a Comanche Warrior and a White Woman, Gracefully Bridged a Cultural Divide," in American History, vol 48, no. 6 (February, 2014), pages 30-35.
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I'm pretty sure the man in the photo above is NOT Quanah Parker. While it somewhat resembles him it is obvious to me it is not him. If you compare facial features (Very different mouth eyes nose to known photos), hands (large hands compared to Quanah), and attire (while im no expert this outfit differs greatly from anything Quanah would wear even in full indian getup) im sure you will come to the same conclusion. Thanks for the Info tho enjoy the site!
ReplyDeleteHi Steve. You may be right. The person who posted that photo onto Google+ might have made a mistake in saying it was Quanah Parker. This blogpost was based on the source that I gave at the bottom, not on personal knowledge of QP.
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