Peta Nocona (b. ? - d. 1860) was a Native American chief who led the Noconi Comanches in Texas from the 1830s to 1860. He was the husband of Cynthia Ann Parker, an Anglo-Texas woman kidnapped as a child in a Comanche raid on Fort Parker in May of 1836. The couple had three children, famed Comanche chief Quanah Parker, another son named Pecos ("Peanuts"), and a daughter named Topsannah ("Prairie Flower"). Peta Nocona's wife and children were captured and his band scattered on December 18, 1860 in a battle with Captain Lawrence Sullivan Ross and his Texas Rangers at Pease River.

Trivia

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His band Noconis, or Wanderers, were named after him

• Some sources indicate that his name means He who travels alone and returns.
• Nocona, Texas is named after the Noconi leader.

External links

• The Battle of Pease River

1860 deaths | Native American leaders | Comanche tribe | People from Texas

Peta Nocona