Quanah Parker

"Our people had to bend to survive, but we will never break!"

Quashadi Comanche Chief

b. 1852 - d. February 23, 1911

father - Peta Nokona

mother - Naduah Cynthia Ann Parker (ca. 1825-ca. 1871)

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow

I am the diamond glint in snow

I am the sunlight on ripened grain

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you wake in the morning hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

of quiet birds in circling flight

I am the soft starlight at night

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not here, I do not sleep.