The Native Woman Who Became A Chief — The Forgotten Story Of Woman Chief, The Warrior Who Led The Crow
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A Record Without an Ending
Bíawacheeitchish died near Fort Union in 1854.
She was approximately forty-eight years old.
She was killed by Gros Ventre warriors while attempting to make peace with the people she had been born among.
Her death is the last documented event of her life.
What happened to her household — her four wives, her horses, the physical materials of her life — is not recorded.
The specific impact of her death on her band, on the Council of Chiefs, on the specific people who had followed her — these are not preserved in any account that survives.
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