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'''Taimah''' (1790-1830; var. ''Taiomah'', ''Tama'', ''Taima'', ''Tiamah'', ''Fai-inah'', lit. "sudden crash of thunder" or "thunder") was an early 19th century [[Meskwaki]] (Fox) leader. |
'''Taimah''' (1790-1830; var. ''Taiomah'', ''Tama'', ''Taima'', ''Tiamah'', ''Fai-inah'', lit. "sudden crash of thunder" or "thunder") was an early 19th century [[Meskwaki]] (Fox) leader. |
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==Life== |
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Taimah was the principal leader of a Meskwaki village near [[Burlington, Iowa]]. Famous for saving the life of the Indian agent at [[Prairie du Chien]] by warning him of an assassination attempt. Signer of the 1824 treaty in Washington.<ref>F.W. Hodge (ed.) (1910) ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico'' p. 319.</ref> Taimah also maintained a village near Gladstone, Illinois in the 1820s.<ref>see Atkinson’s appendix to Black Hawk's ''Autobiography'' (1882).</ref> |
Taimah was the principal leader of a Meskwaki village near [[Burlington, Iowa]], [[United States]]. Famous for saving the life of the Indian agent at [[Prairie du Chien]] by warning him of an assassination attempt. Signer of the 1824 treaty in Washington.<ref>F.W. Hodge (ed.) (1910) ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico'' p. 319.</ref> Taimah also maintained a village near Gladstone, Illinois in the 1820s.<ref>see Atkinson’s appendix to Black Hawk's ''Autobiography'' (1882).</ref> |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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Namesake of [[Tama, Iowa]] and [[Tama County, Iowa]]. The modern Meskwaki Settlement is near Tama. Son-in-law of [[Quashquame]], he was mistakenly credited with being the leader of Quashquame's village by [[Caleb Atwater]].<ref>Caleb Atwater (1831) ''Remarks Made of A Tour to Prairie du Chien'' p.74</ref> |
Namesake of [[Tama, Iowa]], and [[Tama County, Iowa]]. The modern Meskwaki Settlement is near Tama. Son-in-law of [[Quashquame]], he was mistakenly credited with being the leader of Quashquame's village by [[Caleb Atwater]].<ref>Caleb Atwater (1831) ''Remarks Made of A Tour to Prairie du Chien'' p.74</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:52, 21 December 2008
Taimah (1790-1830; var. Taiomah, Tama, Taima, Tiamah, Fai-inah, lit. "sudden crash of thunder" or "thunder") was an early 19th century Meskwaki (Fox) leader.
Life
Taimah was the principal leader of a Meskwaki village near Burlington, Iowa, United States. Famous for saving the life of the Indian agent at Prairie du Chien by warning him of an assassination attempt. Signer of the 1824 treaty in Washington.[1] Taimah also maintained a village near Gladstone, Illinois in the 1820s.[2]
Legacy
Namesake of Tama, Iowa, and Tama County, Iowa. The modern Meskwaki Settlement is near Tama. Son-in-law of Quashquame, he was mistakenly credited with being the leader of Quashquame's village by Caleb Atwater.[3]
References
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