Peta Nocona
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Peta Nocona (b. ? - d. 1860) was a Native American chief who led the Noconi Comanches in Texas from the 1830s to 1860. He was the husband of Cynthia Ann Parker, an Anglo-Texas woman kidnapped as a child in a Comanche raid on Fort Parker in May of 1836. The couple had three children, famed Comanche chief Quanah Parker, another son named Pecos ("Peanuts"), and a daughter named Topsannah ("Prairie Flower"). Peta Nocona's wife and children were captured and his band scattered on December 18, 1860 in a battle with Captain Lawrence Sullivan Ross and his Texas Rangers at Pease River.
[edit] Trivia
His band Noconis, or Wanderers, were named after him
- Some sources indicate that his name means He who travels alone and returns.
- Nocona, Texas is named after the Noconi leader.
[edit] External links
- Peta Nocona from the Handbook of Texas Online
- The Battle of Pease River
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