Tendoy, Chief of the Lemhis
[Pocatello]: Idaho State University, 1966. Masters Thesis. 120pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Burgundy buckram with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. text on rectos only. Laid in is a Boy Scouts of America pamphlet, 'Tendoy: Chief of the Lemhis.'. Item #10235
This thesis would be published by Caxton three years after this self-publication, under the same title. Chief Tendoy (1834-1907) was born in the Boise River region of what is now the state of Idaho. His parents were of Bannock and Tukudeka origin (his mother was the cousin of Washakie's mother - Tendoy was the nephew of Sacajewea). In 1863, he assumed the leadership role after his uncle was murdered by a white man near the newly formed mining settlement of Bannack. Tendoy is remembered today for maintaining good relationships with white settlers in the Lemhi Valley. His tribe provided protection for the settlers during the Idaho Indian Wars which began in 1877. In 1880 he traveled to Washington DC where he was prevailed upon to sign a treaty agreeing to move his tribe from Lemhi to the Fort Hall reservation - which they finally did, after much disagreement, 25 years later.
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