Chief Lone Wolf - Kittery, Maine
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N 43° 06.676 W 070° 44.133
19T E 358792 N 4774632
This piece is one of several wood carved sculptures in front of the Kittery Trading Post.
Waymark Code: WMK6MM
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2014
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Located at 301 US Rt 1 in Kittery, Maine, this sculpture seems to be carved from one log and is about 5 or 6 feet tall. The work depicts a lean and young American Indian man wearing a loincloth and a wolfskin. He holds a spear in his right hand and a dead duck or goose in his left. The name "LONE WOLF" is carved beelow. No artist or date is presented.
Wikipedia (
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"Lone Wolf the Younger (ca. 1843-1923) was a Kiowa. Lone Wolf the Younger was a warrior named Mamay-day-te. In 1872, Mamay-day-te saved the son of Old Chief Lone Wolf, Gui-pah-gah, the Elder, during a skirmish with teamsters at Howard Wells, New Mexico. Two years later, the son of the Old Chief Lone Wolf, Gui-pah-gah, the Elder and his nephew were killed by American Troops. Mamay-day-te was among the raid avenging the deaths and counted his first coup during the attack. Old Chief Lone Wolf, Gui-pah-gah, the Elder gave his name to Mamay-day-te. Lone Wolf the Younger led the Kiowa resistance to United States governmental influence on the reservation which culminated up to the Supreme Court case Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock.[1]
Lone Wolf was the son of Audlekoety (Big Black Hair) and Paugei-to (Pursuing Them Along A River). He was a full brother to Saudlekongeah (Black Turtle), Bolekonegeah (Black Goose) aka. Chaddlekaungy-ky, Hovekah (Jack Wolf) and Tanequoot (Spottedbird). They comprised a large and influential Kiowa family from the western part of the KCA Reservation.
Lone Wolf the Younger lived along with his Kiowa followers in the northern part of the reservation near Mount Scott and the Elk and Rainy Mountain creeks. The Indian Agents for the reservation called Lone Wolf and his followers "The Implacables" due to their strong opposition to governmental policies. They opposed the government at every turn and fought to keep their children out of government run schools and they resisted being turned into farmers and Christians. Lone Wolf and his group particularly opposed the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Act which was enacted in 1887."