Parker snuck his family out of the house during the night, sleeping outdoors and staying off roads. Rachel and her baby died during that trek. The night before she died, Plummer reportedly told her father "if only I knew what had become of my dear little James Pratt Plummer I could die in peace." At the time of her death, she was 20 years old and her fiery red hair had turned grey. Her oldest, and only living, son was recovered two years later. Late in 1842 James Pratt Plummer was ransomed, and in 1843 he was reunited with his grandfather. James Parker felt that his son in law had not supported his efforts to reclaim his wife and grandson, nor done much to support the family while his father in law did the duty which should have been his. James Parker felt so strongly about Luther Plummer's failings that he refused to return his son to him, and despite the President of Texas ruling in Luther Plummer's favor, refused to honor the ruling, and the child never saw his father again. He grew up and lived with his mother's family. Luther Plummer knew enough of James Parker to not attempt to force the issue. According to Frank X. Tolbert, Sam Houston believed that James Parker, not Luther Plummer, was the villain in their dispute. Sam Houston communicated in a letter to Luther Thomas Martin (L.T.M.) Plummer that "Reverend Parker had quite a bad reputation with most all he ever had business dealings." Sam Houston did not trust the judgement of Rev. Parker and could not believe that he would not return young James Pratt Plummer to his natural father. References External links http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmurray/stories/cynthia_ann_parker.htm http://www.tshaonline.org/daybyday/02-19-004.html http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpl09 Sources Bial, Raymond. Lifeways: The Comanche. New York: Benchmark Books, 2000. Fehrenbach, Theodore Reed The Comanches: The Destruction of a People. New York: Knopf, 1974, . Later (2003) republished under the title The Comanches: The History of a People Foster, Morris. Being Comanche. Frazier, Ian. Great Plains. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1989. Lodge, Sally. Native American People: The Comanche. Vero Beach, Florida 32964: Rourke Publications, Inc., 1992. Lund, Bill. Native Peoples: The Comanche Indians. Mankato, Minnesota: Bridgestone Books, 1997. Mooney, Martin. The Junior Library of American Indians: The Comanche Indians. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1993. Native Americans: Comanche (August 13, 2005). Plummer, Rachel; Parker, James W. The Rachel Plummer Narrative. 1926.