Quanah the Serpent Eagle~Paul Foreman~1983~First Edition~Signed~Special Limited Edition of 100 Books~Number 49 of 100~Slipcase~Free Shipping

Quanah the Serpent Eagle~Paul Foreman~1983~First Edition~Signed~Special Limited Edition of 100 Books~Number 49 of 100~Slipcase~Free Shipping.

A very rare book and very few copies! Book is in fine condition. Slipcase is in very good condition. Has some fading and a minor stain. A great find. Would make a great collectible gift. Thanks for your support.

Quanah Parker (Comanche kwana) (c. 1845 – February 20, 1911) was a war leader of the Quahadi (“Antelope”) band of the Comanche Nation. He was born into the Nokoni (“Wanderers”) band, the son of Comanche chief Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, an Anglo-American who had been kidnapped as a child and assimilated into the tribe. Following the apprehension of several Kiowa chiefs in 1871, Quanah emerged as a dominant figure in the Red River War, clashing repeatedly with Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie. With European-Americans deliberately hunting American bison, the Comanches’ primary sustenance, into extinction, Quanah eventually surrendered and peaceably led the Quahadi to the reservation at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Quanah Parker was never elected chief by his people but was appointed by the federal government as principal chief of the entire Comanche Nation, and became a primary emissary of southwest indigenous Americans to the United States legislature. In civilian life, he gained wealth as a rancher, settling near Cache, Oklahoma. Though he encouraged Christianization of Comanche people, he also advocated the syncretic Native American Church alternative, and passionately fought for the legal use of peyote in the movement’s religious practices. He was elected deputy sheriff of Lawton in 1902. After his death in 1911, the leadership title of Chief was replaced with Chairman; Quanah is thereby described as the “Last Chief of the Comanche,” a term also applied to Horseback. - From Wikipedia

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