Quotes about Quanah

Name________________Homeroom___________________Date________ “Not only did Quanah pass within the span of a single lifetime from a Stone Age warrior to a
statesman in the age of the Industrial Revolution, but he never lost a battle to the white man
Quanah Parker Primary Source Investigation and he also accepted the challenge and responsibility of leading the whole Comanche tribe
on the difficult road toward their new existence.” - Bill Neely, in The Last Comanche Chief,
written in 1995

“Quanah was a great war chief who made the change to become an effective civil chief
because Quanah was a man of great intellect and personal integrity. Quanah observed how
the non-Indian transacted business and became a successful rancher and cattleman. Through
it all, he did not lose his Indian identity.” - James M. Cox, grandson of Quanah Parker and
former chairman of the Comanche Tribe

“In the person of Quanah Parker, an extraordinary man in whom the blood of two strong
peoples flowed, the Lone Star and the Comanche Moon at last found common ground.” -
Thomas W. Knowles, They Rode for the Lone Star, Volume 1

“What Quanah had that the rest of his tribe in the later years did not was that most
American of human traits: boundless optimism. Quanah never looked back, an astonishing
feat of will for someone who had lived in such untrammeled freedom on the open plains, and
who had endured such a shattering transformation. In hard times he looked resolutely
forward toward something better.” - S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
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Take a close look:
What is happening? Resting here until day breaks
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Who is portrayed? And shadows fall

What is said about them?
Does it tell the whole story? And darkness disappears
Is Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches
- Epitaph on Quanah Parker’s Headstone, likely written by his daughter
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1. What do you notice about the quotes that connects to the images that you analyzed?
If not, examine content for clues. What
is the context of this image? What was
going on at the time?
2. Which quotation(s) have a more personal connection to Parker? What impact do you think
that has on what they say?
What was the purpose of this image?
Who was this source meant for? What
events, conditions or grievances might
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have inspired the creation of your

image? 3. What are common threads that connect each quotation?
How are these things portrayed? What
does your source have to say about the
context in which it was created?
4. What do these photographs and quotes tell the reader about Parker’s IDENTITY?
Does the source present a fair depiction
of people, events or conditions?
Or does it mislead by presenting false or
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exaggerated information? Do you think

the source represents the views of a
majority of people – or the views and 5. Complete the hashtag based on what you’ve learned about Parker through these
attitudes of a smaller group?
Does it mislead people in any way? Does photographs and quotes: #TexansAre_________________
it glorify a particular leader while
ignoring their faults or failures?