She was treated as a freak and an oddity by the people around her, and had no desire whatsoever to integrate with ordinary American people. Her sons, Quanah and Grassnut, escaped.ĭespite trying to escape and rejoin the Comanche people repeatedly, Cynthia Ann Parker was held for the rest of her life in captivity, as the property of her uncle Isaac Parker. The youngest, a daughter named Prairie Flower, was with her when she was recaptured by the US Army. She took to her new life with a good will, becoming fluent in the Comanche language and forgetting the English she learned earlier in life.Īs an adult, Cynthia Ann Parker married a Comanche war chief by the name of Peta Nocona.
From age 9, she was raised as a beloved captive, essentially adopted by the Comanche. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Ī member of a prominent pioneer family, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped during a Comanche raid in which several of her relatives were brutally killed.
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