The Sentinel=record., 1911-02-24
DEATH OF CHIEF QUANAH PARKER
CELEBRATED coMANcHE CHIEF. TAIN DIED AT HIS HOME IN
 OKLAHOMA.
Was Son of Former Chief and White Woman Captive, Who Was
 Ministers Daughter.

Lawton, Okla Feb. 2S-Quanah Par lIer, chief of the Comanche Indians, last of the great Indian braves who once spread terror among white settlers of the Southwest, considered by many the greatest living 'Red Blanket Indian of his latter days, died at his home, four miles northwest of Cache and fifteen miles west of Lawton, at the foot of the Wichita Mountains, at 12:05 o'clock this after noon, from a severe attack of rheu- matism which affected the heart,
 Parker and his family had been on a visit to the Cheynne Indians near Hammonds Sunday. He had been suf- fering with rheumatism for several weeks, and while among the Cheynnes the recent cold wave brought on a severe attack and believing his end was near, he ordered his relatives to bring him home He arrived at Cache on stretched shortly after eleven o'clock this morning and within 20 minutes after being carried to his home, died. The funeral will be held tomorrow at o'clock
 Quanah Parker in fact has been leader of the Comanche Indians since the death of his father. At the time ne was fourteen years of age. Chief Nocono called his people together and requested that his sen Quanah be his successor after he had proven his right to the throne by his bravery. When the young chief became IS years of age he reorganized the tribe an1 went upon the war path.
 Three years ago, at the great Inter. Tribal Council, Quanah was formally elected chief of the eCommanches after bitterly contested campaign, in which Eschit, one of the leading sub chiefs, was his principal opponent.
 With the death of Parker, the Con- manches will have to select a new chief Friends of Eschit declare he is the most probable successor of the great Quanah, but there are other con didates for the chieftainshp.
 Quanah Parker was 67 years of age. He was the son of Cynthia Ann Park CT, white captive of the Indians, and Peta Nocona, former chief of the tribe, and led the Indians on numerous raids on the white settlers of Texas and Oklahoma, even up to the time of the establishment of Fort Sill, when he surrendered in 1874 to General Me Kenzie at that post. While Le has been commonly believed to have been wealthy, money lenders state that he has always been compelled to borrow of taem at different times for funds to make semi-annual payments. He has had seven wives, three of whom are now performing domestic duties of his household. Fifteen children are now living, several having died.
 In an address receneGy, Quanah Parker said:
 My mother captured in 1884 when nine years old. She was born in Illi- nois, 1927. With her people she moved to Texas; erect Parker Fort. Did farming, establish school, organize Baptist church. Ter uncle preacher. Gate to Fort left open in 1856. sev- eral Commanches run in on Parker family. Preacher killed. Later my mother married Peta Nocona, chief. Three children born, myself, Prairie Flower. sister, and a younger broth CT. He die. In 1860 Colonel Sull Ross, Texas ranger, take my mother back to Texas. Henderson County. He found aer Cynthiana Ann Parker, me in her arms. She die, 1870. Most sad story, her capture, Her want white folks knew these things