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This sounds like a romanticized western myth that has little to do with actual fact. There is very low likelihood that anyone from the Comanche nation ever came to Nebraska, let alone participated in the action attributed here. Need a clear inline citation at least. • Freechild'sup? 12:46, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The girl was captured by a special war group and brought home to the Pawnee village in present-day Nebraska. Sources about how the action circulated to the newspapers are given now.Naawada2016 (talk) 10:36, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
" In 1833, Petalesharo, with the help of an Indian agent, attempted to rescue a young Cheyenne girl who had been taken in a raid. During his effort, Skidi Pawnee shot and killed the girl with arrows as she was being lifted onto a horse.
The last historic reference to Petalesharo is in 1825, when he and his father signed a treaty at Fort Atkinson, on the west bank of the Missouri River. Petalesharo is believed to have died in 1832 and been buried in Nebraska." 1833 is after 1832 and 1825.202.126.91.139 (talk) 05:27, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Right. After that, a few comments: It seems the 1833 rite did not take place at all, but is a sad case "of Historical Mythology". The attempt to rescue a Cheyenne girl took place in 1827 and is well documented. Petalesharo is not mentioned in the documents in relation to the 1827 event and his name is deleted now. The 1827 event is mentioned here, nevertheless, as an example of a well documented attempt to rescue a girl and with real help from a Pawnee fraction against the Morning Star rite. If such an attempt took place in 1827, why not in 1817, too? I can not give any source for the assumed death of Petalesharo c. 1836, so it may still be disputed with good reason.Naawada2016 (talk) 10:36, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
