Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (76 page)

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prairie dogs,
2
–3,
9
,
52
,
269

Prairie Dog Town Fork,
252
,
275
,
276
–77,
294

Prairie Flower (Toh-tsee-ah),
8
,
151
,
153
,
182
,
184
,
185
,
186
,
187
,
189
,
190
–91,
287
,
290
–91,
316

prairie storms,
8
,
39
–40,
79
–80,
143
,
175
,
196
,
247
–49

presidios,
20
,
55
,
61
,
62
–67

Price, William,
275
,
277

Prince, Captain,
170
–71

Pueblo Indians,
29
,
30
–31,
35
,
123

Pueblo revolt (1680),
30
–31

“puha” (personal medicine),
45
,
98
,
264
–72

Qua-ha-da,
249

Quahadi Comanches,
5
–11,
49
–50,
89
,
114
,
122
,
158
,
209
,
223
,
229
,
242
–49,
251
,
252
,
255
,
256
–57,
258
,
259
,
275
,
284
–85,
289
,
290
,
294
,
324
n

Quakers,
2
,
234
,
240
–41,
251

Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railroad,
311
,
317

Quanah, Chief,
194
–206,
283
–319

adoptions by,
302
–3

assimilation of,
301
–4,
311
–13,
318
,
319

at Battle of Blanco Canyon,
6
–11,
242
–49,
250
,
276
,
334
n

birth of,
13
,
196

cattle herds of,
222
–23,
296
–99,
300
,
301
–2,
310

childhood of,
151
,
194
–99

children of,
302
–3,
318
,
319

as Comanche leader,
194
–206,
288
–319,
339
n

correspondence of,
286
–87,
291

death of,
318
–19

escapes of,
178
,
180
,
194
–96,
199
,
200
,
245
–49,
272
,
278
,
283
–87,
317
,
334
n

film appearance of,
312

at Fort Sill,
285
–304

Geronimo compared with,
314
–15,
317
–18

Goodnight’s treaty with,
295
–96

gravesite of,
318
,
319

grazing lands leased by,
297
–99

horse herd of,
205
–6,
286
,
290

horses stolen by,
200
,
202
,
203
,
206
,
222
–23

Quanah, Chief (
cont
.)

house built by (Star House),
301
–4,
311
,
313
,
318
,
341
n

intelligence of,
200
,
289
–90

Isa-tai’s alliance with,
264
–72,
285
,
289
,
290
,
300
,
314

Kwihnai (Eagle) as name of,
117

Mackenzie’s friendship with,
286
–87,
290
–91,
292
,
293
–94,
304
,
307

Mackenzie’s search for,
6
–11,
283
–87,
289
,
317

marriage of,
205
–6

at Medicine Lodge,
229

mixed blood of,
7
–8,
12
,
13
,
21
,
205
,
285
,
286
–87,
316
–17,
319

Parker relations of,
7
–8,
12
,
13
,
21
,
285
,
286
–87,
290
–91,
300
,
316
–17,
319

personality of,
199
–200,
202
–6,
289
–90,
311
,
314
,
317
–18,
319

peyote rites supported by,
313
–14

photographs of,
199
,
300

physical appearance of,
183
,
199
–200,
244
,
289
,
300
,
313

political influence of,
290
–91,
297
–300,
308
–10,
313
,
317

as Principal Chief of the Comanches,
289
,
299
,
304
,
318

raids led by,
200
–204,
222
–23,
267
–73,
337
n

recollections of,
195
–96,
317
–18,
334
n

renegade Comanches returned by,
292
–94

reputation of,
288
–319

reservation life of,
285
–319

Roosevelt’s relationship with,
303
,
311
–13,
317

speeches given by,
312
–13,
317
–18,
334
n

surrender of,
283
–87,
289

vengeance sought by,
263
,
265
–66,
272
–73,
290

vision quest of,
199

as war chief,
202
–4,
206
,
242
–49,
264
–72,
283
–87,
289
,
290
,
291
,
294
–96,
299
,
337
n

as warrior,
6
–11,
197
–204,
207
,
229
,
240
,
263
,
264
–72,
289

wealth of,
205
–6,
289
–90,
296
–304,
310
–11,
318

wives of,
205
–6,
256
,
289
,
290
,
300
–302,
314
,
318

wounding of,
203
–4,
270

Quanah, Tex.,
153

Quapaws,
210
,
211

railroads,
5
,
224
,
251
,
260
–61,
311
,
317

Red Cloud Sioux Agency,
304
–5

Redd, William D.,
88

Red River, Battle of the,
254
–57,
294
–95

Red River War,
254
–57,
274
–87,
294
–95,
303
,
304

reservations, Indian,
162
,
164
–65,
167
,
169
,
171
,
204
,
209
–10,
212
,
214
,
226
–33,
240
–41,
251
,
252
,
256
,
257
,
266
–67,
273
,
274
–75,
284
–319,
339
n

Richardson, Fort,
203

Richmond, Tex.,
136

rifles,
5
,
33
,
78
,
81
,
86
,
94
,
97
,
98
,
132
,
133
,
137
–38,
143
,
160
,
168
,
172
,
204
,
208
,
217
,
223
,
232
–33,
242
,
244
–45,
260
–62,
269
,
270
–71

Ringgold, Tex.,
68

Rio Grande,
13
,
30
,
53
,
55
,
58
,
128
,
143
,
227
–28,
263

Rio Trampas,
58

Rivera y Villalón, Pedro de,
59
–60

Roberson, G. W.,
297

robes, buffalo,
80
,
92
,
175
,
198
,
199
,
219
,
239
,
248
,
262
,
281

Rocky Mountains,
28
,
40
,
70
,
201

Rogers, H. B.,
181

Roosevelt, Theodore,
303
,
311
–13,
317

Rose, Victor,
117
,
126
,
142

Ross, Pease,
180

Ross, Sul,
170
,
171
,
174
–77,
180
–81,
208
,
316

Runnels, Hardin,
166
,
169

Sac and Fox Indians,
209
–10

Salt Creek Massacre,
4
,
19

Salt Fork,
111

San Angelo, Tex.,
58
,
204
,
206
,
240
,
275

San Antonio, Tex.,
38
,
61
,
62
–63,
67
,
78
,
82
–88,
93
,
95
,
136
,
138
,
139
,
142
,
143
–44,
146
,
157
,
165
,
201
,
204
,
263
,
303
,
305
–6

San Antonio massacre (1840),
82
–88

San Antonio de Bexar mission,
13

Sand Creek Massacre (1864),
219
–21,
242

San Jacinto, Battle of,
13
,
15
,
25
,
73
–74,
75
,
97
,
131
,
139

San Jose Mission,
87
–88

San Saba Massacre (1758),
62
–69,
82
,
84
,
85
,
100
,
112

Santa Anna, Antonio López de,
13
,
82

Santa Anna, Chief,
88
,
93
,
115
,
328
n

Santa Fe, N. Mex.,
2
,
6
,
14
,
30
,
55
,
61
,
75
,
89
,
113
,
122
,
123
,
204
,
213
–14

Santa Fe Trail,
5
,
25
–26,
40
,
123
,
129
,
196
,
212
,
213
–14,
224

Santee rebellion (1862),
211
–12

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