Cynthia Ann Parker / The Story of Her Capture at the Massacre of the Inmates of Parker's Fort; of Her Quarter of a Century Spent Among the Comanches, as the Wife of the War Chief, Peta Nocona; and of Her Recapture at the Battle of Pease River, by Captain L. S. Ross, of the Texian Rangers

James T. DeShields

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. The Parker Fort Massacre, Etc.

CHAPTER II. The Captives Cynthia Ann and John Parker.

CHAPTER III. The Battle of Antelope Hills.

CHAPTER IV. Genl. L. S. Ross. Battle of the Wichita.

CHAPTER V. Battle of Pease River. Cynthia Ann Parker.

CHAPTER VI. Cynthia Ann Parker. Quanah Parker.

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CYNTHIA ANN PARKER.

THE STORY OF HER CAPTURE

At the Massacre of the Inmates of Parker’s Fort; of her Quarter of a Century Spent Among the Comanches, as the Wife of the War Chief, Peta Nocona; and of her Recapture at the Battle of Pease River, by Captain L. S. Ross, of the Texian Rangers.

—BY—

JAMES T. DeSHIELDS,

Author of “Frontier Sketches,” Etc.

“Truth is Stranger than Fiction.”

ILLUSTRATED.

ST. LOUIS:

Printed for the Author,

1886.

CHAS. S. WOODWARD
Printing and Book Manufacturing Co.,
ST. LOUIS.

DEDICATED
(By Permission)
—TO—
GENL. L. S. ROSS,
—OF—
WACO, TEXAS.

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