Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1910 — Witnessed Reburial of White Wife of Famous Indian Chief. [ARTICLE]

Witnessed Reburial of White Wife of Famous Indian Chief.

John Bruner, of Rensselaer, and Mrs. Troxell, of DeMotte, who are visiting the family of E. G. Warren in Lawton, Okla., last Sunday went 22 miles by auto to witness the reburial after 40 years of Cynthia Ann Parker, the white wife of the Indian chief Nacona. She was captured when 9 years of age by the. Indians, who treated her so well that she became the wife of Nacona. Years later, after three children had been born to her, she was recaptured by Texas rangers, and her husband died or was killed. Congress appropriated SI,OOO for the removal of the body from the place it was burled 40 years ago in Texas. About S2OO wa&, speqt for the removal and the costly little casket, and the balance will be spent in the erection of a monument. Her son, Chief Quanah Parker, made the chief address to the large gathering at the reburial, speaking first in his native tongue, that of the Comanche Indians, and then repeating his address in broken English. He said he loved his mother and loved the white people, and he encouraged his tribe ta work and become, good citizens. Mr. Bruner sent a long article describing the incident, which drew a large crowd, and John pronounced it “a great sight.”