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 Pushmataha
was a Choctaw chief who saw to it that his people
never fought a war against the United States. |
 Quanah
was the leader of the Quahadi Comanche when that
band became the last of the Plains bands to
accept life on a reservation. Thanks to his
leadership, they took to reservation life rather
well, and Quanah himself became the wealthiest
Indian in all of North America. |
 Opothleyahola
was a leader in the Creek Confederacy who tried
to avoid war with the United States and lead his
people to sanctuary in Kansas. |
 Sitting Bull
(Tatanka-Iyotanka) was a Dakota
warrior who fought many battles against the U.S.
only to be ultimately killed by one of his own. |
 Satanta
(Set'tainte, "White Bear")
was a Kiowa war chief known as the "Orator
of the Plains," and for his campaigns of
terror from Texas to the Canadian border. |
 Little Turtle
(Mishikinakwa) was a Miami orator
and fighter who tried to keep white settlers out
of the Northwest Territory. |
 Chief
Joseph (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt)
was a Nez Percé who, while neither a warrior nor
a chief, did his best to keep the peace and lead
his people to sanctuary in Canada. |
 Pocahontas was one of many daughters of Powhatan,
the leader of an alliance of about 28 Powhatan
tribes in the Tidewater region of Virginia. She
encountered her first Englishmen when they
established Jamestown in May of 1607, and she
became a frequent visitor to the settlement after
meeting Captain John Smith in December of that
same year. |
 Tecumseh
was a Shawnee chief who united 32 eastern tribes
into a confederacy that for a time limited white
migrations into the Northwest Territory. |
