the organizing event is in 1836 this is where quanah parker was taken a small moment in has -- history that has historical significance. that was the same year texas one its independence. if the parker family had built a stockade 90 miles south of texas. they were out to the comanche frontier it is almost ridiculous. they were way out beyond almost anybody else on the frontier. one thing to keep in mind how the american west was settled, people sometimes think there was a sweep across that went north or south. it was not to. it was all south. the human frontier was in texas nothing going on up north. fifth great clash was down in the south. five people were killed others were wounded five captives women and children one was cynthia anne parker. this is a routine raid they had been doing this for many, many years. but in historical terms it was a defining moment of the front here. two reasons. first-come it marked the start of the longest and most brutal war between americans and a single native tribes also because it involved the woman who was to be the most famous as a captive. it too