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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. In this raid, a 9-year-old girl, Cynthia Ann Parker, was captured and spent most of the rest of her life with the Comanche, marrying a Chief, Peta Nocona, and giving birth to a son, Quanah Parker, who would become the last Chief of the Comanches. Her brother, John Richard Parker, who was also captured, was ransomed back after six years, but unable to adapt to white society, ran back to the Comanches.

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• Fort Parker massacre
• American Indian Wars
• Cynthia Ann Parker
• John Richard Parker
• Quanah Parker
• Comanche
• Kiowa
• Caddo
• Wichita people
• Texas Rangers

Resources and Additional Reading:

• Old Fort Parker, Early Texas Historic Fort - The History
• Texas Escapes.com - Fort Parker and The remarkable story of Cynthia Ann Parker. by Bob Bowman
• The Aftermath of the Attack on Fort Parker in the Records of the GLO Archives
• Truewest magazine - Tragedy and Triumph, The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker. by Don Smart, 1 Oct 2001
• Texas State Library Archives Commission - On This Day in 1836: Cynthia Ann Parker is captured in a Comanche Raid. by Caroline Jones, Library Assistant; posted on 19 May 2017 by Susan Floyd
• Cleburnet Times-Review - John Watson: Parker’s Fort and the 1836 Indian raid. 23 Jul 2006
• Dallas News - Parker family reunion is no ordinary family gathering. by Eden Stiffman