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The Script
Quanah (Cutter)	I am Quanah Parker. I was the last chief of the Comanches. I never lost a battle to the white man. I was never captured by the Army. I decided to surrender and lead my tribe into the white man's culture, only when I saw that there was no other way.
Reader 1 (Alexander)	About 1845, in a Comanche teepee in a place called Cedar Lake, Quanah Parker was born. His father was Peta Nocona (He who travels alone and returns). Peta was Chief of the Noconi band of Comanches. Quanah's mother was Cynthia Ann parker, a white captive taken from Parker's Fort, Texas. Her Comanche name was Naudah (Someone Found).
Reader 2 (Seth)	When Quanah was born, the medicine man gave him his name. He said, "This is Quanah, the sweet-smelling one." Then the new child was greeted by his father and all the warriors.
Reader 3 (Heather)	When Quanah Parker was born, the Comanches were at war with the white man. They were also fighting with other Indian tribes. In 1846, Texas became the 28th state in the Union. Some treaties we signed and the Indians were given presents if they promised to be peaceful.
Reader 4 (Amber)	White settlers continued to take the land. They were killing off the buffalo, the most important food of the Comanche people. Quanah grew up learning the ways of war. He was a wonderful horseman. He would lasso wild mustangs and break them for riding. Quanah was a great hunter. He seldom got into mischief. He loved his mother very much and he did not like to make her sad.
Reader 5 (Angelica)	Quanah began to learn the ways of a man, becoming a fine young warrior. When Quanah was young, his mother was re-captured by white soldiers. She was taken away with her baby daughter, Prairie Flower. She had to leave her husband and her two sons, Quanah and Pecos. She was returned to her white family.
Cynthia Ann (Kristyn)	I do not want to stay here. Please, let me return to my husband and my people. Let me go home!
Reader 6 (Amethyst)	Cynthia Ann tried many times to run away and return to the Comanches. She was locked in her room to keep her from running away. In 1864, Prairie Flower became ill and died. Cynthia Ann became so sad that she would not take food or water. She died of a broken heart.
Reader 7 (Makinzie)	The Comanches fought cold winters with little food. The buffalo were gone. Quanah's father died in the spring. Quanah spent several years with the fierce Antelope band on the windswept Plains. Here Quanah took his first scalp and became a true warrior. In 1867, he became a sub-chief. Quanah refused to go to the reservation with the signing of the Treaty of Medicine Lodge.
Reader 8 (Taylor)	Quanah decided to remain on the warpath. He was almost killed during the attack at Adobe Walls in the Texas Panhandle in 1874. The Indians were starving. Jacob Sturm pleaded with the tribe to come to the reservation. Quanah Parker rode to a Mesa.
Quanah (Cutter)	I saw a wolf run toward me, howl and run away to the Northeast. I saw an eagle overhead gliding lazily and the fly toward Fort Sill. This was a sign to me.
Reader 1 (Alexander)	Quanah realized there was no other choice but to go to the reservation when he was told that any Comanche that did not go would be killed. In June 1875, Quanah led the last free Comanche to the reservation.
Reader 2 (Seth)	On the reservation Quanah became a Sheriff and a tribal court judge. He was well liked by everyone. He became friends with President Teddy Roosevelt and they would often go hunting together. Quanah made many trips to Washington, D.C. on behalf of his people. In 1884, the town of Quanah, Texas was named after him. Quanah gave the town his blessing with these words......
Quanah (Cutter)	"It is well you have done a good thing in honor of a man who has tried to do right both to the people of his tribe and to his pale faced friends. May God bless the town of Quanah. May the sun shine and the rain fall upon your fields." Subetu Ma! I have spoken.
Reader 3 (Heather)	Quanah had 7 wives and 25 children. He was truly a great man, warrior, peacemaker and chief. All these things can be said of this man. Quanah Parker died in 1911. On his tombstone it is written: Resting here until Day Breaks And Shadows Fall and Darkness Disappears Is Quanah Parker Last Chief of the Comanches