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Kamiakin, Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877


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    • Camaekin, Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877
    • "He will not go", Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877
    • Ka-mi-akin, Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877
    • Kam-i-ah-kan, Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877
    • Kamaiakin, Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877
    • Kamaikan, Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877
    • Kamaiyah, Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877
    • Kamiahkan, Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877
    • Kamiakan, Yakama chief, approximately 1800-approximately 1877
    • Kamiakin, Yakama chief, ca. 1800-ca. 1877

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    • Kamiakin, Yakama chief, ca. 1800-ca. 1877

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    • found: Ka-mi-akin, the last hero of the Yakimas, 1944.
    • found: Who was who in Native Am. history, c1990(Kamiakin (Kamaiakin, Kamiakan, Camaekin, "he will not go"). Yakima. ca. 1800-1877)
    • found: Biog. dict. of Indians of the Americas, c1991:v. 1, p. 328 (Kamaikan. Yakima, ca. 1800-ca. 1880; chief)
    • found: Chronology of Native N. Am. history, c1994:p. 182 (Yakima chief Kamaiakin)
    • found: Great N. Am. Indians, c1977:p. viii (Kamaiakin, Yakima) p. 132 (Kamaiakin, ca. 1800-ca. 1877; also Kamiakin, Kamiakan, or Camaekin, meaning "He Won't Go"; b. about 1800 at Ahtanum Creek near Tampico, Wash.; d. about 1877 or 1878; Capt. Charles Wilkes referred to him in his Journal as "Kamaiyah")
    • found: A guide to the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest, c1986:p. 274 (Yakima chief, Kamiakin) index (Kamiakin (Yakima chief))
    • found: The Gale encyc. of Native Am. tribes, c1998:v. 3, p. 507 (Kamiakin (1800-1877); Chief Kamiakin; Yakima) v. 4, index (Kamiakin, Chief)
    • found: The tragedy of Leschi, c1980:p. 37 (Kam-i-ah-kan) p. 257 (Kamiahkan)
    • found: Johansen, Bruce E. Encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997:pages 194-195 (Kamiakin; Yakima; circa 1798-circa 1877. Leader of the Yakimas during the mid-1850s. Built a considerable estate of horses and other livestock in the Yakima Valley. Was friendly to white settlers, resisted signing treaties to land cessions, eventually leading the Yakima War of 1855-1858. When he was defeated he escaped to British Columbia, and Idaho.
    • found: Wikipedia, viewed January 25, 2023:under "Chief Kamiakin" (Escaped after the Yakima War to Montana, until he moved to his father's former territory at Rock Lake in Whitman County, Washington in 1864, where he lived until his death.)

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    • 1999-09-09: new
    • 2023-01-27: revised

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