Chief War Eagle - Wambdi Okicize
N 42° 29.629 W 096° 27.156
14T E 709336 N 4707751
Wambdi Okicize, Little Eagle, War Eagle, Sioux City, IA
Waymark Code: WM3440
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2008
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This is one of the many places we visited on our Lewis and Clark 2 1/2 year Journey across the United States.
This Monument to Wambdi Okicize is just north of the Sgt. Floyd Monument and benchmark.
Sgt. Floyd was the only member of the Lewis and Clark Journey to die along the trail.
The views of the Missouri from here are awesome.
So enjoy yor views and history lessons while in this area.
From Wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_War_Eagle
"War Eagle was born in Minnesota or Wisconsin in around 1785. His given name, Wambdi Okicize, literally means "Little Eagle", but white people always called him War Eagle. This is ironic, as Little Eagle was a man of peace. He had left his own tribe, the Santee, to avoid bloodshed in a fight as to who would be chief. As a young man, War Eagle spent considerable time working among the white Americans. During the War of 1812 he carried messages for the United States government, and worked among the native peoples to promote the cause of the United States against the British. He worked as a river guide on the upper Mississippi and also served as a messenger for the American Fur Company on the Missouri."
As always have fun be safe and
HAPPY..........................................WAYMARKING
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