Who is Takes Down The Lodge from Ride the Wind: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Last Days of the Comanche and what is their importance?

Takes Down The Lodge (Tsatua) is Naduah's Indian mother. She is a very quiet woman who has lost a child. Naduah takes her place. Takes Down is a good mother, loving mother who teaches Nadua patiently and kindly. Her love for Naduah is what helps the girl learn to become a Comanche.