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"Born in 1850, Quanah Parker belonged to the last generation of Comanches to follow the traditional nomadic life of their ancestors. After the Civil War, the trickle of white settlers encroaching on tribal land in northern Texas suddenly turned into a tidal wave. Within a few short years, the great buffalo herds, a source of food and clothing for the Indians from time immemorial, had been hunted to the verge of extinction in an orgy of greed and destruction. The Indians' cherished way of life was being stolen from them."--BOOK JACKET. "Quanah Parker was the fiercest and bravest of the Comanches who fought desperately to preserve their culture. He led his warriors on daring and bloody raids against the white settlers and hunters. He resisted to the last, heading a band of Comanches, the Quahadas, after the majority of the tribe had acquiesced to resettlement on a reservation. But even the Comanches - legendary horsemen of the Plains who had held off Spanish and Mexican expansion for two centuries - could not turn back the massive influx of people and weaponry from the East."--BOOK JACKET. "Faced with the bitter choice between extermination or compromise, Quanah stepped off the warpa

Author

Neeley, Bill

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780471117223

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4 / 5 (105 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13