Chief Traditional Geocache
Ice and Wind: No response from owner. Archiving.
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Pocatello's history began long before it officially became a city
in 1882.
Before then the name Pocatello was called Biagamugep. Other
pronunciations of Pocatello in history were; in 1857, Kocatillo,
1859 Pocataro, Pocatillo, Pocatilla, Poughatello, Pokatillo.
Pocatello was named for the Shoshone Indian Chief Pocatello born in
1815 to Widzhebu (Cunning Eye) He eventually became Chief (1847) of
the Shoshone people (wild wheat eaters).
Chief Pocatello called himself Tonaioza, Pocatello and many of his
people were betrayed and forced by starvation to move to the Fort
Hall reservation. They continued their struggle against hunger on
the reservation. Pocatello withdrew from participation in
reservation affairs and lived his remaining years in
discontent.
Chief Pocatello was given his name by settlers based on a So.
Carolina Chief, Pocataligo. In 1886 according to an edition of the
Salt Lake Daily Tribune he was Chief Pocatello. Which in Shoshoni
means; “ He does not follow the road”.
In October 1884 Tonaioza died. According to his instructions, his
body, along with his clothing, guns, knives, and hunting equipment,
were bound together and tossed into a deep spring in southern
Idaho. Eighteen horses were also slaughtered and rolled into the
spring on top of the chief. That spring is located under the
American Falls Reservoir.
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