What Are The Consequences Of Quanah Parker's Decisions

Quanah Parker made many choices, and had consequences for his actions. Not all consequences are bad though. I feel that Quanah Parkers consequences were positive ones. He was a leader, in charge of his Comanche people. He had to do many things to keep his people safe. In his eyes fighting for himself, his people, their rights, and their land is what he had to do in order to keep them safe. I feel that all of his decisions helped his people rather than harmed them, because his choices were made in the best interest in the Comanches.
Quanah grew up with his father being the Comanche chief, it is what he knew, Comanches and white people did not see eye to eye. His father refused to agree to the requirements of the white people wanting the Comanches to be confined to the reservation in the southern plains. They wanted to turn the Comanches into white settlers. Quanah became chief of the Comanches after his father died and continued fighting the white people. The loss of his father shaped his decisions, because he was doing what he thought his father would do. …show more content…
This war was focused on removing the Comanche tribes and relocating them to the reservation. This short war caused less and less Comanches to be found because they were being taken, and their food supply was ending. Quanah and his group were the last ones standing and when they were faced with Mackenzie, they really had no other choice but to surrender. Quanah decided that the best choice to be made was to surrender and join the reservation otherwise him and his people would be killed. He was responsible for his people and surrendering had a big influence on his responsibility. This decision is what ended the Texas Indian