Arapaho Chiefs and
Leaders
Indian history is often lacking in information about the Chiefs, leaders,
Headmen and Warriors of many Indian Tribes. Those noted for their
leadership in historic battles, leading their people away from adversity, and
great speeches are the ones most remember.
We have to remember that during these years many things were happening with
most of the tribes in different parts of the country. Missionaries were coming
to their land, government officials, and homesteaders, all trying to pull them
in different directions. The Chief, Headmen and Warriors had to provide what
would be the best answers for the tribes.
To all of the tribes their Chiefs were great leaders.
Little Raven
Little Raven
Little Raven
(Hósa, 'Young Crow'). An Arapaho
chief.
He was first signer, for the Southern
Arapaho, of the treaty of Fort Wise, Colo., Feb. 18,
1861. At a later period he took part with the allied
Arapaho and Cheyenne in the war along the Kansas border,
but joined in the treaty of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in
1867, by which these tribes agreed to go on a
reservation, after which treaty all his effort was
consistently directed toward keeping his people at peace
with the Government and leading then to civilization.
Through his influence the body of the
Arapaho remained at peace with the whites when their allies, the Cheyenne and Kiowa, went on the
warpath in 1874-75.
Little Raven died at Cantonment,
Okla., in the winter of 1889, after having maintained
for 20 years a reputation as the leader of the
progressive element. He was succeeded by Nawat,
'Left-hand'.
Nawat
Nawat
('Left-hand' ). The principal chief of the Southern Arapaho since the
death of Little Raven (q. v.) in 1889.
He was born about 1840, and because noted as a warrior
and buffalo hunter, taking active part in the western
border wars until the treaty of Medicine Lodge in 1867,
since which time his people, as a tribe, have remained
at peace with the whites.
In 1890 he took the lead in signing the allotment
agreement opening the reservation to white settlement, notwithstanding
the Cheyenne, in open council, had threatened death to anyone who
signed. He several times visited Washington in the interest of his
tribe. Having become blind, he has recently resigned his authority to
a younger man.
Additional Free Arapaho Indian
Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: Handbook
of American Indians North of Mexico,
Fredrick W. Hodge, Government Printing
Office, 1906
Online Publication: The manuscript was
scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing has
been done, and readers can and should expect
some errors in the textual output.
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