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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.

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

  1. ^ F.W. Hodge (ed.) (1910) Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico p. 319.
  2. ^ see Atkinson’s appendix to Black Hawk's Autobiography (1882).
  3. ^ Caleb Atwater (1831) Remarks Made of A Tour to Prairie du Chien p.74
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