JAMES T. DESHIELDS,
Belton, Texas, May 19, 1886.
CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
|---|---|
| Preface | [5] |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Parker Fort Massacre, etc. | [9–21] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Captives—Cynthia Ann and John Parker | [22–35] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Battle of “Antelope Hills” | [36–46] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Genl. L. S. Ross.—Battle of the Wichita | [47–57] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Battle of Pease River.—Recapture of Cynthia Ann Parker | [58–68] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Cynthia Ann Parker.—Quanah Parker | [69–80] |
CYNTHIA ANN PARKER.
CHAPTER I.
The Parker Fort Massacre, Etc.
Contemporary with, and among the earliest of the daring and hardy pioneers that penetrated the eastern portion of the Mexican province of Texas, were the “Parker family,” who immigrated from Cole county, Illinois, in the fall of the year 1833, settling on the west side of the Navasota creek, near the site of the present town of Groesbeck, in Limestone county, one or two of the family coming a little earlier and some a little later.