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Jeri Massi's avatar

Wow, what a tragic story. Poor girl. All that and before she was 20. Thank you for presenting it.

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Derrick Jeter's avatar

Indeed. Her relative Cynthia Ann was also captured in that same raid. She was nothing but a child. She grew up among the Comanche, married a chief, and gave birth to the last great Comanche leader: Quanah Parker.

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Jeri Massi's avatar

Were the Comanche kind to her? Or was she more like a concubine? Thank you for the follow up info you provided.

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Derrick Jeter's avatar

Cynthia Ann? Since she was a child, no more than eight-years-old in 1836, they basically took her into the tribe and raised her as one of their own. When she was recaptured by the Texas Rangers in 1860 she was mistaken for a Comanche, except for her blue eyes. She was returned to her family but never adapted to the white world and died in 1871.

Here's the Wikipedia page on her: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Ann_Parker

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Jeri Massi's avatar

What an incredibly sad story. There's really no glory in war. Thank you for the information!

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