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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
Down near Cache, Okla., In the
shadow of the Wichita mountains
where he spent the last years of his
life, both red men and white gath-
ered a short time ago to unveil a mon-
ument to the memory of Quanah Par-
ker, chief of the Comunches. The mon-
ument was made possible by congress,
which appropriated $1,500 for the pur-
pose some time ago, but this memorial
catue into being through the efforts of
a patriotic woman, Mrs. Lena Banks
of Cache, Olcla., for whom Its comple-
tion represented the paying of a debt
of gratitude.
Many years ago Mrs. Banks' parents
lived near Cache. One day her mother
fell ill and lapsed <nto a coma from
which her family feared she would not
recover. Chief Quanah, who was their
neighbor, came in while the mother
was ill. Looking at her, he turned to
Mrs. Bank.:' father and said: "All
right, judge, you wait. Me be back
pretty quick." Mounting his horse he
rode awai, but returned within a
short time with some native medicine
which he administered. Then he re-
mained by the white woman's bedside
until the crisis had passed and her
recovery was assured.
Quanah died February 23, ion, and
was buried on a high knoll in an In-
dian cemetery near Cache. Several
year,s ago Mrs. Banks visited the cem-
etery and found that the Indian chief's
grave was unmarked, although a large
memorial had been placed over the
grave of Cynthia Ann Parker, his
mother, a short distance away. The
white woman who remembered with
'gratitude 1" the Indian had saved
jher mother's life immediately began
to work on the project of erecting a
'memorial over his grave. She enlisted
the aid of the Oklahoma senators and
congressmen and after many vicissi-
tudes saw her ambition realized in the
monument which now marks Quanah
Parker's grave.
The story of this Indian leader Is
one of the most romantic In all Amer-
ican history. He was the son of an
Indian father and a white mother.
The story goe- back to the early thir-
ties when John Nathaniel Parker led
a party of settlers into Comanche
county in Texns. Associated with him
were several brothers with their
wives, sons and married daughters.
For two years they lived in peace in
their new home. Then, one morning
when most of the men were in the
field, about 600 Comanche warriors
swooped down upon their fort, de-
stroyed It, killed most of the colo-
nists who remained and carried off a
number of women and children.
Among the captives were a girl of
nine, Cynthia Ann Parker, and her
six-year-old brother, John.
One day in 1800 Major L. S. ("feul")
Ross of the Texas forces attacked a
Comanche village at the head of the
Pease river. The Indians, taken by
ivurprlse, scattered in all directions.
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Among the captives was a fair-haired,
blue-eyed squaw.
The Texans were familiar with the
Parker story and thought perhaps this
woman migiit be the long-lo ' Cynthia
Ann. They took her and her daugh-
ter, Prairie Flower, back to Texas
with them.
During her captivity her parents
had died. Her uncle. Col. Isaac Par-
ker, took her to his home and then her
story became known. After the Par-
ker raid she was carried to the hunt-
ing grounds of the Comanches in the
Wichita mountains. There she grew
up among *he tribe, learned their lan-
guage, adopted their customs, forgot
her native tongue, and became
bronzed and featured like an Indian.
When she became of marriageable
age—probably About her fifteenth
year—she became the wife of Chief
Nncona, one of the most noted and
warlike men of the tribe.. Three chil-
dren were born to her, little Prairie
Flower and two small boys who had
escaped In the raid. One of the boys
was Quanah arker, who succeeded
his father to the chieftainship.
Implacable, he refused to compro-
mise with the whites who sought by
treaty to deprive his people of their
lands. Although half white, Quanah
Parker was all Indian In sentiment;
fiercely lie rejected the Medicine
Lodge treaty, refusing to sign away
the Indians' rights. Gathering such
kindred spirit- about him, he walked
out of the conference. But the gh he
refused to sign the treaty, Quanah
Parker determined no whites should
pass the boundary.
lie resolved first to attack n party
of hunters who haa established them-
selves at an old trading post on the
Canadian river, known as Adobe Walls.
The result was the now-famous battle
at that plr.ee where the hunters with
their great Sharps buffalo guns suc-
cessfully withstood repeated attacks
by Quanah's warriors and finally
caused Quanah to retire, baffled In the
first objective of his campaign. Within
a short time Gen. Nelson A. Miles was
in the field with a body of troops
which forced the surrender of most of
the hostlles.
But Quanah refused to surrender.
For nearly a year he held out, then
realizing th«s futility of trying to resist
furtiier, he gave up the struggle.
The other great Indian whose mem-
ory Is to be preserved In an enduring
monument is Chief Joseph of the Nez
Perces, one of the greatest military
leaders ever developed on this conti-
nent and a* man who won for himself
the title of the "Indian Napoleon."
Two years ago congress created a na-
tional monument In Montana, the site
of the battle of the Bear's Paw where
in 1877 Gen. Nelson A. Miles captured
Chief Joseph and his tribesmen after
one of the most brilliant retreats In
the history of Indian warfare.
Here briefly Is the achievement of
Chief Joseph during that remarkable
retreat: Encumbered with women and
children, which he refused to desert*
and allow to fall into the hands of
the soldiers as he might have done
several times to facilitate his flight,
and having a fighting force that never
exceeded 300 warriors, he fought elev-
en engagements, five of them pitched
battles of which he lost but one; in
the other six skirmishes he killed 120
and wounded 140 of the 2,000 sol-
diers who fought him, but he lost 151
killed and 88 wounded of his own peo-
ple. Then having distanced his pur-
suers and knowing that he was only
oO miles fron the Canadian line and
safety (for he did not know of the ap-
proach of General Miles' troops) he
made the fatal mistake of stopping
for a little while to give nis weary
tribesmen a chance for a brief rest.
Here In the Bear Paw mountains,
where the memorial to him is to be
erected, General Miles attacked on
September 30, 1877. For five days
Joseph and his little band, greatly out-
numbered, withstood the attack of
Miles' soldiers. Finally artillery was
brought to bear upon their defenses
and on October 4 Chief Joseph gave
up the contest. He never fought again.
Took Mankind Long to
See Value of Chimney
Stoves are not very old. The three-
legged specimen which Mr. Ford hus
added to his Americana attained
antiquity quickly, even though gen-
erations Intvo already arisen who
only feel heat and never know the
joy of watching red coals fade be
hind the draft or of seeing orange
isinglass glow In darkness—that
friendly welcome home of the old-
time silting room. There was some-
thing benevolent about a portly
haseburner, something lively about
the reassuring snap and crackle of
the little wood stove In the bedroom
on mornings when the pitcher on the
washstand was half full of ice. They
do seem now to belong to a far-ofV
day, and yet It was uncounted ages
before the invention of the chimney
followed the dlsovery of fire—before,
so far as we know, any solution of
the problem of having fire without
smoke was even sought. Rome had
hot water heating In some baths, but
no chimneys In the home.
Additions Planned to
National Park Service
The rapid development of histo-
rical national monuments In the vi-
cinity of Washington promises addi-
tional areas to the national park
service. The George Washington
birthplace national monument at
Wakefield, Va.t has already been ad-
mitted to the system, and the Cram-
ton bill for the Colonial national
monument provides for acquisition
of Jamestown, York town and Wil-
liamsburg.
With the realization of the Shen-
andoah (Va.) and Great Smoky
Mountain National parks, with the
enlarged Arcadia National park In
Maine and the possibility of the cre-
ation of the Everglades National
park in Florida, there may he es-
tablished during President Hoover's
administration a string of eastern
national parks capable of command-
ing the interest and attention of the
nation. — Harlean James In the
American Review of Reviews.
Curiou* Old Watch
A watch more than a century old,
built on the "chain-drive" principle
before there was any such thing as
"stem-winders" is the property of
Arthur Kimball of Augusta, Maine.
Mr. Kimball found the watch be-
tween the walls of an old house he
was tearing down In Ferrisburg,
Vt., and found in its case n paper
telling the name of the maker. On
the back of this paper was the an-
notation that the watch was sold
September 15, 1827.
Brought Businesi to Life
At Hickory Flat, Miss., crepe
hanging on the door of the J. C.
Simpson grocery store attracted pe-
destrians and window shoppers to
enter the store nnd inquire as to
the death in the grocer's family.
"Who's dead?" they asked. "Oh,
just business, that's all," said Simp-
son. Thereupon the shoppers under-
took to revive business by making
purchases. Simpson later removed
the crepe.
Statues for Living Men
Spain has become so enthused
over the dramatic and other works
of the Brothers Quintero that, al-
though the men are still a'\e and
only middle-aged, statues to their
honor have been erected In Seville.
Among the more recent plays of the
Brothers Quintero Is "El Centen-
ario," which has just been translated
into English.
Resourceful Candidate
Examiner—Suppose you put a
thermometer In a patient's mouth
and he swallows It, what would you
do?
Candidate—Put a gas jet under the
patient so that the mercury will rise
and I can get the thermometer out
again.—Berlin Lustige Blaetter.
Stumped
Caller—Are you sure the manager
is not in?
Office Boy—Do you doubt his
word, sir?—-Halifax Chronicle.
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Miles of Wire
The record-breaking suspension
bridge over the Hudson river at
New York, sootl to be completed,
contains 107,000 miles of wire in the
four great cables which support the
structure. Each of these wires is
about the thickness of a lead pencil
and with withstand a strain of 7,000
pounds.
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U. S. Paper Currency
The paper money of the United
States is printed only at the bureau
of engraving and printing, Washing-
ton. The mints of the United States
make no currency.
Virginia's birth rate for the first
quarter of 1030 set a new high record
for recent years. There were 12.-
820 births.
MILL WORKED
BENEFITED
Picked Up After Taking Lydia
E. Pinkham'8 Vegetable
Compound
Towanda, Pa.—"I was working in a
silk mill and got so tired and rundown
that I weighed
only 89 pounds. I
was not well
enough to do my
work. As soon as
I began to take
Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable
Compound, I be-
gan to pick up.
After being mar-
ried for thirteen
years, I had a
baby boy and the next year I had an-
other boy who now weighs 37 pounds
and is healthy as a bear. The Vegetable
Compound has helped me in a dozen
ways and I hope others will try it too."
--Mns. C. B. Johnson, Webb Street,
R. D. #6, Towanda, Pennsylvania.
W. N. U., DALLAS, NO~ 3R--1930.
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 23, 1930, newspaper, September 23, 1930; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341486/m1/2/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Atlanta Public Library.