In 1836, Sam Houston, acting as a commissioner of the provisional Texas government, negotiated a treaty with that secured Cherokee land rights, but the Republic of Texas later rejected the treaty. Texas president Mirabeau B. Lamar called for an "exterminating war" to expel the Cherokee from the Republic. In 1839, the Texas army defeated the Cherokee near the headwaters of the Neches River. During the battle, , now eighty-three, carried a sword given to him by his friend Sam Houston, who had once lived among the Cherokee. The heroic chief was among the last to die in the battle. Which of these correctly fills in the blanks in this excerpt?

A Chief Bowles
B Quanah Parker
C Vincent Cordova
D Chief Santanta