Gidley Plate # 37, variant
Scope and Contents
Mother and children. An older resident of the Colville Reservation identified the mother as Peotsenmy. In 1893 Chief Moses took a Nez Perce woman from Lapwai, Idaho as a secondary wife. She changed her name from Tamatsatsamy to Peotsenmy when she moved in with the Columbia chieftain, but she did not give up her land rights on the reservation in Idaho. However, when Moses died she, together with her children, elected to stay with his senior wife, Mary, until she herself died prematurely in 1902.
Dates
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Extent
From the Collection: 1.00 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Latham, Dr. Edward H. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the McCracken Research Library Repository