Big Tree b. 1841 d. November 27, 1929 Kiowa War Chief. The first Native American tried in a civil court, a case that received international attention because it treated his acts as common criminal acts rather than crimes of a people at war. After the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867 sent the Kiowa to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma, he and other Kiowa warriors left the reservation and made continuous raids on white settlers in northwestern Texas, including scalping, torture and burning of captives. On May 18, 1871, he joined...[Read More] (Bio by: Claudia Naugle) Rainy Mountain Cemetery, Mountain View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, USA
Gotebo b. 1847 d. 1927 Kiowa sub-chief. Born about 1847 in what is today Kansas, he was called Kau-Tau-Bone. By 1875 he was serving as a U.S. Army Indian Scout. He was one of the first Kiowa to accept conversion and be baptized at Rainy Mountain Church on the Kiowa reservation in the 1880s. During 1903 flooding in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) Gotebo, who was well into his fifties, was honored for his courage when he swam swollen a river in order to rescue a man and his son. The town of Gotebo, Oklahoma is...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Rainy Mountain Cemetery, Mountain View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, USA
Lone Wolf II. b. 1843 d. August 11, 1923 Kiowa Chief. He was appointed Chief of the Kiowa in 1883 and served 40 years until his death in 1923. Prior to becoming chief, he was a fierce warrior named Mamadayte who survived the Battle of Washita, in which General Custer surprised and overcame Black Kettle, Chief of the Cheyenne. In 1879, he was adopted by the elder Chief Lone Wolf based on his bravery in battle. In 1901, while serving as Kiowa Chief, he filed suit, on behalf of several tribes, opposing opening Indian Territory to white...[Read More] (Bio by: Claudia Naugle) Elk Creek Cemetery, Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, USA
b. 1841 d. November 27, 1929