Cynthia Ann Parker Research Paper

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I like Cynthia Ann Parker because she has an interesting story to tell about her life. Throughout her life she went through many difficult situations from being kidnapped to losing a child. Cynthia Ann Parker lived with the Comanches. Cynthia Ann Parker was only nine or possibly ten when her family moved to the middle of Texas and they also built Fort Parker on the edge of the Navasota River. Cynthia Ann Parker a was born between June 2, 1824 and she had died on May the 31, 1825 . Cynthia ann was only nine years old when her and her brother were abducted from the comanches . When cynthia was forced with the Comanches they had dyed her skin with berry juice also many of the Comanches would call her “naduah”. The Comanches even made their own type of sausage that they call Pemmican , the indians …show more content…
G. Lewis had saw Cynthia Ann with the Yamparika Comanches on the Washita River. By then she was already married to one of the tribe members . She honestly didn't care to go back home to her white family. She married someone called “Peta Nocona,” the chief who is known for his many mean talk about on the white settlements in the territory. it was something everyone did in the Comanche warriors they would take many wives, Peta never took anyones wife except for his own which happens to be Cynthia. They had 3 children: Quanah, Pecos and Topsannah 2 boys and 1 girl. Jones would send along her sons if they were found. While going through Fort Worth she was photographed with her daughter at her chest and her hair cut was really short it was a Comanche sign. She thought that Peta Nocona was dead and feared that she would never see her sons again.Cynthia was then caught by the the whites the world was 100$ but after that she kept on trying to go back to her people . Cynthia ann parker had lost her kids but luckily there were found . Yet cynthia ann parker did not want to live with the white people she still tried to live her comanche

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