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Cynthia Ann Parker

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Cynthia Ann Parker, or Naduah (Comanche Narua) (– March 1871), was an Anglo-American who was kidnapped in 1836, at the age of about ten (possibly as young as 8 or already over 11 – her birth year is uncertain), by a Comanche war band which had massacred her family's settlement. [1]

61 relations: Alan Le May, Ancestry.com, Anderson County, Texas, Anglo-Americans, Arthur Japin, Battle of Pease River, Bird's Fort, Texas, Cache, Oklahoma, Carolyn Meyer, College Station, Texas, Comanche, Comancheria, Confederate States of America, Crawford County, Illinois, Crowell, Texas, Dances with Wolves, Daniel Parker (Baptist), Dorothy M. Johnson, Douglas C. Jones, Emeritus, Find a Grave, Fort Parker massacre, Fort Parker State Park, Fort Sill, Graphic novel, Groesbeck, Texas, Houston, Influenza, Isaac Parker, James W. Parker, Jaxon, John Ford, John Parker (pioneer), John Richard Parker, John Wayne, Julia Smith (composer), Kichai people, Kiowa, Lana Wood, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, League (unit), Limestone County, Texas, Lucia St. Clair Robson, Natalie Wood, Navasota River, Opera, Paul H. Carlson, Peta Nocona, Pneumonia, Poynor, Texas, ..., Quanah Parker, Ransom, Rearguard, Reconnaissance, Redemption (theology), Ride the Wind, Texas A&M University Press, Texas Ranger Division, Texas Tech University, The Searchers, Van Zandt County, Texas. Expand index (11 more) »

Alan Le May

Alan Brown Le May (June 3, 1899 – April 27, 1964) was an American novelist and screenplay writer.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is a privately held online company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Anderson County, Texas

Anderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Anglo-Americans

Anglo-Americans are people who are English-speaking inhabitants of Anglo-America.

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Arthur Japin

Arthur Valentijn Japin (born 26 July 1956 in Haarlem) is a Dutch novelist.

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Battle of Pease River

The Battle of Pease River also known as the Massacre of Pease River occurred on December 18, 1860, near the present-day town of Margaret, Texas in Foard County, Texas, United States.

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Bird's Fort, Texas

Bird's Fort was a community about northwest of present downtown Dallas in present-day Arlington, Texas (USA).

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Cache, Oklahoma

Cache is a city in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Carolyn Meyer

Carolyn Meyer (born June 8, 1935)Biography on author's Web site is an American author of novels for children and young adults.

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College Station, Texas

College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East-Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, in the center of the region known as Texas Triangle.

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Comanche

The Comanche (Nʉmʉnʉʉ) are a Native American nation from the Great Plains whose historic territory, known as Comancheria, consisted of present-day eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and most of northwest Texas and northern Chihuahua.

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Comancheria

The Comancheria (Comanche: Nʉmʉnʉʉ Sookobitʉ, 'Comanche land') is the name commonly given to the region of New Mexico, west Texas and nearby areas occupied by the Comanche before the 1860s.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Crawford County, Illinois

Crawford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Crowell, Texas

Crowell is a city in Foard County, Texas, United States.

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Dances with Wolves

Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film starring, directed and produced by Kevin Costner.

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Daniel Parker (Baptist)

Daniel Parker (January 29, 1781 – December 3, 1844) was an early American leader in the Primitive Baptist Church in the Southern United States and the founder of numerous churches including Pilgrim Primitive Baptist Church at Elkhart, Texas, the location of the Parker family cemetery.

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Dorothy M. Johnson

Dorothy Marie Johnson (December 19, 1905 – November 11, 1984) was an American author best known for her Western fiction.

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Douglas C. Jones

Douglas Clyde Jones (December 6, 1924 – August 30, 1998) was an American author of historical fiction, including alternative history fiction.

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Emeritus

Emeritus, in its current usage, is an adjective used to designate a retired professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, or other person.

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Find a Grave

Find A Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records.

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Fort Parker massacre

The Fort Parker massacre was an event in May 1836 in which members of the pioneer Parker family were killed in a raid by Native Americans.

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Fort Parker State Park

Fort Parker State Park is a Texas state park near Mexia.

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Fort Sill

Fort Sill, Oklahoma is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.

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Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a book made up of comics content.

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Groesbeck, Texas

Groesbeck is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, Texas, United States.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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Influenza

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus.

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Isaac Parker

Isaac Charles Parker (October 15, 1838 – November 17, 1896) was an American politician and jurist.

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James W. Parker

James W. Parker (July 4, 1797 - died 1864) was the uncle of Cynthia Ann Parker and the great uncle of Quanah Parker, last chief of the Comanches.

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Jaxon

Jack Edward Jackson (May 15, 1941 – June 8, 2006), better known by his pen name Jaxon, was an American cartoonist, illustrator, historian, and writer.

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John Ford

John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director.

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John Parker (pioneer)

Elder John Parker (September 6, 1758 – May 19, 1836) was an American patriot, veteran of the American War of Independence, scout and minor diplomat for the American government, famous frontier Ranger, noted Indian fighter, Texan settler, and Predestinarian Baptist minister.

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John Richard Parker

John T. Parker (1834–1915) was the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker and the uncle of Comanche chief Quanah Parker.

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John Wayne

Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed "The Duke", was an American actor and filmmaker.

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Julia Smith (composer)

Julia Frances Smith (January 25, 1905 – April 18, 1989) was an American composer, pianist, and author on musicology.

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Kichai people

The Kichai tribe (also Keechi or Kitsai) was a Native American Southern Plains tribe that lived in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

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Kiowa

Kiowa people are a Native American tribe and an indigenous people of the Great Plains.

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Lana Wood

Lana Wood (born Svetlana Gurdin; March 1, 1946)Birth name per; accessed June 24, 2015.

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Lawrence Sullivan Ross

Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross (September 27, 1838January 3, 1898) was the 19th Governor of Texas, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and a president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now called Texas A&M University.

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League (unit)

A league is a unit of length.

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Limestone County, Texas

Limestone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Lucia St. Clair Robson

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Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress.

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Navasota River

The Navasota River is a river in east Texas, USA.

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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Paul H. Carlson

Paul Howard Carlson (born August 30, 1940), an historian of Texas, the American West, and Native Americans, is a professor emeritus at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

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Peta Nocona

Peta Nocona (ca. 1820 -ca. 1864?) was a chief of the Comanche Quahadi band, who was the husband of Cynthia Ann Parker and the father of Quanah Parker.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Poynor, Texas

Poynor is a town in Henderson County, Texas, United States.

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Quanah Parker

Quanah Parker (Comanche kwana, "smell, odor") (– February 20, 1911) was a Comanche war leader of the Quahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche people.

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Ransom

Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it may refer to the sum of money involved.

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Rearguard

A rearguard is that part of a military force that protects it from attack from the rear, either during an advance or withdrawal.

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Reconnaissance

In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration outside an area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about natural features and other activities in the area.

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Redemption (theology)

Redemption is an essential concept in many religions, including Judaism and Christianity.

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Ride the Wind

Ride the Wind (1982) by Lucia St. Clair Robson is the story of Cynthia Ann Parker's life after she was captured during the Comanche raid on her family's fort.

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Texas A&M University Press

Texas A&M University Press (also known informally as TAMU Press) is a scholarly publishing house associated with Texas A&M University.

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Texas Ranger Division

The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers, is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction in Texas, based in the capital city of Austin.

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Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas.

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The Searchers

The Searchers is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas–Indian Wars, and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece (Natalie Wood), accompanied by his adoptive nephew (Jeffrey Hunter).

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Van Zandt County, Texas

Van Zandt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, in the northeastern part of the state.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Ann_Parker

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