Battle of Pease River
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The Battle of Pease River, also known as the Pease River Massacre[1] or the Pease River fight,[2] occurred on December 19, 1860, near the present-day town of Margaret, Texas in Foard County, Texas, United States. The town is located between Crowell and Vernon within sight of the Medicine Mounds just outside present-day Quanah, Texas.
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Battle of Pease River/Pease River Massacre | |||||||
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Part of the American Indian Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Texas Rangers, Militia | Comanche Noconi Band | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross | Peta Nocona* [note 1](disputed) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
60 men |
Unknown at least 20 in the band, including 16 unarmed Comanche women and 2 children | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 reported. | All but three killed; Naduah, or Cynthia Ann Parker, was captured with her infant daughter, Topʉsana (Prairie Flower) | ||||||
A monument marks the site where a group of Comanche Indians (mostly women and children) were massacred[2][3][4][5] by a detachment of Texas Rangers and militia under Ranger Captain "Sul" Ross. The Indian camp was attacked as retaliation against recent Comanche attacks on settlers.
This raid is primarily remembered as the place where Cynthia Ann Parker was recovered after she had been captured in the Fort Parker massacre, 24 years earlier.