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To: Alouette

Yes, Cynthia Parker's story is gripping and worthy of a film.

Also, an unknown or ignored story is that of Britt Johnson, a freed slave in Texas of the same time period, whose wife and 2 children were kidnapped by Comanches along with a white woman and her child.

All the white guys gave up but Britt kept after them, alone, pretended to be a trader and crept into the Comanche camp and brought them all home.

An incredible story of courage, love and perseverance. Never told. I bet you never heard of it.


43 posted on 08/24/2006 4:13:30 PM PDT by squarebarb
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To: squarebarb
Never told. I bet you never heard of it.

Actually the name tickled a memory cell and sure enough, he is mentioned in Fehrenbach's Comanches.

Qanah Parker had the last laugh on everyone, though.

71 posted on 08/24/2006 5:53:26 PM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 145-150)
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