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This is a photograph of Parrawasamen or Chief Ten Bears, chief of the Yamparika Comanche and local leader of the Ketahto Yamparika. He was born in 1792. Parrawasamen participated in the Comanche-Ute alliance of 1820, the Treaty of Fort Atkinson of 1853, the Treaty of Fort Cobb of 1861, the Treaty of the Little Arkansas River of 1865 and the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867. He visited Washington D.C. in 1863 and 1872 with little success in gaining concessions for his tribe and died at Fort Sill upon returning on November 23, 1872. He was the grandfather of Tah-pui or Tahpony.The Historical Society purchased a copy of this photograph from the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology, Bureau of American Ethnology Collection in 1967.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: Between 1870 and 1872
Item Number: 227912
Call Number: E99 C85.I TB *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227912
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - American Indians - Tribes - Comanche
Type of Material - Photographs
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