Quanah Parker's father died in or around 1864 in a raid on his camp when he was in his 40's , Quanah was a teenager. Fort Worth was just an Army outpost on the Trinity River until the town was started in the late 1870's and it was not incorporated until the late 1870's.
They talk about the odor of Natural Gas that was being used for lighting in Ft Worth and for cooking in a stove in San Francisco , natural gas naturally has no odor and odor was not added to it until 1880 in Germany because of this. Yes natural gas stoves were around as early as the 1830's but they were not common. Also there was no oil and gas industry in North Texas until the 20th century so no source for the gas for the lights.
There is no indication the Indians reacted to the odor of the gas; they coughed because the gas irritated their throats, and because they could not breathe due to lack of oxygen.
There is no indication the Indians reacted to the odor of the gas; they coughed because the gas irritated their throats, and because they could not breathe due to lack of oxygen.