The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-23
|H0UST0N TALKED TO PARKER
! DIFFERENT IN THOSE DAYS

IEl worth pnxas. accorllne 20 VII.
liam t.,poweu, a writer 8 remhrha.lle
4iatpslcanci,eHt ieok place 81 the hast
iay IS was 80. dpwn on the pro.
snm. Neither pas { ANTICIPATED Had
c been even afranard h could not
/ Fave occurred 4 was one OF the MOST
liange and romantic events which
Anye ever cmbelllshcd hlsiqrys pages
ana proved tho uld adAgc, truth H
s,renfer than ictMn."
cusni Andrew j. Honsiun. oldest
li1ine sua of Guncrnl Sam Houston,
and y United states milshal Of the
Eastern district Of Texaa- which ex'
lcads from the Red river 70 the guilt,
and froia the Sabine 20 TIE Trnisy-
happened e be taking - the fas stock
show. and asrollel around looking az
.he nne stock and struck the camp OF
Quanoh p5rker and bis band Of In
dams Colonel Houston and Quanah
hsd neve met befofe, but here were
TWO men most historically and dra-
mailcally associated through their
fathers memory with q tragedy that
reads siranRer than any invention Of A
noYcllst ever printed
II YVES Governor sam Houston who,
'h $3.50. ordered Captain Sui ROSS, (af.
efxard the gallant Confederate gen.
sral and later governor Of Texas him
,eii) who was IN command Of the Tex.
an rang rs. 10 plck him as many men
as he needed and 80 after the 60,
manchea, who hRd been repeatedly
raiding ID Texas. The fathers of these
men. long before there WIS q ceitle
ranch, o. even catlls range. IN the
Panhandle oonlended FOR the cover
anty Of this vesi empire One as the
governor Of Texas. who consented that
a Indians who would remain il peace
Win The government might occupy tire
frontier but that those who resisted
the right Of the pioneers 10 also occu.
py It would be- denied the right to
come into Texas. Peter Nocona faith.
or OF Quanah parkes, and chief Of tne
Comanches, invaded the frontier from
Indian territory In 1860 with his power.
ful tribe. General Houston, who mad
been chief Of the Cherokee In
dians, thtn sent Captain sui Ross, as
stated above. to stop these depreda.
lions, aud instructed Captain Ross 70
axterminate them II necessarg.
a farce battle took place in Parker
ounly. named singularly enough for
he yety man whose daughter Was
stolen and who hec9me the wife o.
ho very chief Captain Ross was 10
light on That soil. and which dhugael
VAS the mother Of Quanah Parker
hiel kiteOne was Killed In q hand l9
hand struggle bg Captain IlosJ, Noco-
Ia continuing to fight and refusiiis %
ntrender even after severely wound
ed.
These two sons OF those illusliious
mon both leaders and statesmen la
their respective sphnrcumel IN Fort
worth. And they certalnlyhad o most.
interesting and plgAs4nt chat NOths
INK shows the marveI0ug chahe more
than this meeting af those two mem
For. wien the tragedy occurred thai
~ intimately associated them, 0ne war
lad IN the nayernor's m4nsion at
Austin she olher was lad amung his
mhe. when the father If the indlaii
ad was killed aud hts mother en0
islef captufad Tho mnflier, us lntis
mated e}uve, proved % be the dangh
ar oF Captain Parker, whom the Coz
nanchos captured in 1898 under the
grandfather of Ouanah Parker. and
gaa reared q helieYn she vas an In
lmn, and became the young ehlafs
wife Potter Kagonn But thar b an.
tier story as souF fathers used %
ay
Colonel andrew jncksgu Houston
Cw resides IN beaumont lie vas one
& President Ro0seyelrs hrsl appoint
cs sad has maize one Of The best mar
hals ia the history oi Texas
0uanah Parker. showing somewhat
f the caucasian blood ID his VEINS
s Yory wealthy ana muehly mar
lea man nnW hvlpg m luxuly near
'csi SIT but atm enjoys. amid his
emi-hHhnre splendor the cell Of the
ma.