Cynthia Ann Parker: Indian Captive

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Cynthia Ann Parker may be the most famous of all of the people taken captive by Indians. Her story was loosely told in the John Wayne movie| “The Searchers|” and has been retold in numerous books. She was raised and lived among the Comanche| was married to a chief of the tribe and her son| Quanah Parker| was the most famous of all of the Comanche leaders. Her story is one of the saddest from the Texas frontier. She was taken captive as a young girl and torn from her family. Then after she became acclimated to the Indian way of life and has her own family| she is once again torn from her family. Part of the Stories For Young Americans from Eakin Press| young readers can learn one of the most iconic stories involving Native Americans and the settlement of American West.