Truckee (chief)
Truckee | |
|---|---|
| Wuna Mucca, Onennamucca | |
 Drawing of Truckee. | |
| Died | 1860 |
| Occupation | prophet[1] |
| Organization | Tribe: Kuyuidika band, Northern Paiute people (born a Shoshone) |
| Children | Tuboitonie (daughter) |
| Relatives | Winnemucca (son-in-law) |
Truckee (died 1860), also known as Captain Truckee, Wuna Mucca,[1] The Giver of Spiritual Gifts,[1] Old Winnemucca, One Moccasin,[1] Onennamucca,[1] One-ah-mucca), or Old Chief Winnemucca, was a medicine chief of the Northern Paiute people and an influential prophet.[1]
Family life[]
Old Winnemucca was born a Shoshoni and became a Paiute by marrying a Kuyuidika woman. He was the father of Tuboitonie and father-in-law to her husband Poito, who later inherited his name and became known as Winnemucca the Younger. Tuboitonie and Winnemucca the Younger were the parents of Sarah Winnemucca, making Old Winnemucca her maternal grandfather.[2]
Relationship with United States settlers[]
He was friendly with white settlers and guided John C. Frémont, securing a letter of introduction from him commending him for his support during the Mexican–American War.[2] In 1844, he guided the Stevens-Murphy-Townsend party of western emigrants to water. The stream was named Truckee River out of gratitude, and has been known by this name ever since.[3]
Death and legacy[]
In October 1860 he developed a serious infection in his hand which some sources say was caused by a tarantula bite.[4] Sarah Winemmucca and her father were present at his death.[4][5]
The Native American chieftain lends his name to the community of Truckee, California as well as to the Truckee Range and Truckee River in Nevada.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Ontko, Gale. Thunder Over the Ochoco, Volume II: Distant Thunder. Bend, OR: Maverick Publications, Inc., Fourth Printing. 1997.
- ^ a b Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes, Gae Whitney Canfield, p.6
- ^ Truckee River Chronology Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, State of Nevada Division of Water Resources
- ^ a b Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes, Gae Whitney Canfield, p.29
- ^ Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes, Gae Whitney Canfield, p.30
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 13.
- Native American leaders
- Paiute people
- Shoshone people
- Native American history of Nevada
- 19th-century Native Americans
- 1860 deaths