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At grave of Quanah

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Call NumberX-32217SummaryNative American Comanche pose at Quanah Parker's memorial inside a fence decorated with a wreath, Post Oak Mission Cemetery, near Cache, Oklahoma. They include: "from left to right: Tuas-ye-ah, Quannah [sic] Parker's grand daughter, Alberta Clark, and Tsatoke (Hunting Horse) former U.S. scout. Tsatoke wears a feather headdress and is wrapped in a blanket, the women wear buckskin dresses, and Tuas-ye-ah wears a long breech cloth, a hair pipe breastplate, and a fur cap with feathers. Inscription reads: "Resting Here Until Day Breaks And Shadows Fall And Darkness Disappears Is Quanah Parker Last Chief Of The Comanches Born 1852 Died Feb. 23 1911, This Monument Erected Under Act Of...? Approved June 23, 1926."Physical Description1 photoprint (postcard) ; 14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectComanche Indians--Oklahoma--CacheIndian scouts--Oklahoma--CacheIndians of North America--Oklahoma--CacheCache (Okla.)Post Oak Mission Cemetery (Comanche County, Okla.)Headdresses--Oklahoma--CacheMilitary scouts--Oklahoma--CacheMonuments and memorials--Oklahoma--CacheWomen--Oklahoma--CacheTuas-ye-ahClark, AlbertaParker, Quanah, 1845?-1911--FamilyParker, Quanah, 1845?-1911--MonumentsTsatoke, Monroe, 1904-1937CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710032217Type of MaterialPostcardsNotesPostcard stamp printed on back: "AZO"; Title and identification hand-written on back of card. R7100322178

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