Only nine years old, she was adopted by the tribe. I fear they are killed." Nautdah, formerly called Cynthia Ann ParkerĪbducted in the same raid in which Rachel was captured, Cynthia Ann Parker's experience of the Comanche was very different. I came back in search of them, coming as near the battle as I could. "After I had gone some distance, I missed both of my boys. James Parker hunted for the captives for years. However, militant as they were, the Parkers believed strongly in family ties. The Parker clan was attacked by a Comanche raiding party because, as militant pioneers, they decided to settle deep in Indian territory, in blatant violation of the treaty. Rachel does not ask after the other four captives taken along with her: her fourteen-month old son James, her aunt Eilzabeth Kellogg (who, as luck turned out, was also ransomed), or the two children Cynthia Ann and John, because she assumes they are all dead. "Are my husband and father alive?" Rachel Parker Plummerįollowing her abduction during a Comanche raid, her purchase by a group of Spanish traders who brought her to Santa Fe where she was ransomed by a wealthy local couple, her survival of the Pueblo rebellion in Santa Fe, Rachel finally meets her brother-in law in Independence, MO. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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