Five Crows Explained

Five Crows, also known as Hezekiah, Achekaia, or Pahkatos, was a Cayuse Indian chief.^[1] His principal rival for the role of Head Chief of the Cayuse was Young Chief (Weatenatemany).^[2]

Five Crows was the maternal half-brother of Tuekakas, Old Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, and the brother-in-law of Peopeomoxmox. The richest of the Cayuse chiefs with over 1,000 horses, he was ruined financially by the Cayuse War that followed the 1847 Whitman Mission killings. Although he was not involved in the killings, he took one of the mission hostages, Lorinda Bewley, as his wife. After he was wounded in the Cayuse War the Nez Perce under Tuekakas nursed him back to health. Five Crows was popular with the Cayuse people and spoke often at the treaty council.

Five Crows died in Pendleton, Oregon at age 70 and his body was found near Athena, Oregon.^{[3] [4]}

External links

• Photograph of Chief Five Crows
• Web site: The Treaty Trail, Context for Treatymaking: Biography, Young Chief (Weatenatemany). Washington State Historical Society. 2013-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20150920031336/http://washingtonhistoryonline.org/treatytrail/context/bios/young-chief-cayuse.htm. 2015-09-20. dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cayuse man known as Five Crows, Achekaia and/or Pahkatos sits for portrait. University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. 2016-07-08.
2. Web site: The Treaty Trail, Context for Treatymaking: Biography, Young Chief (Weatenatemany). Washington State Historical Society. 2013-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20150920031336/http://washingtonhistoryonline.org/treatytrail/context/bios/young-chief-cayuse.htm. 2015-09-20. dead.
3. Fort Wayne Sentinel, December 17, 1902 page 2
4. Web site: Descendants of Esther Lorinda Bewley . 2013-03-10 . dead . https://archive.today/20130411143053/http://www.oregonpioneers.com/family/EstherLorindaBewley_G8.htm . 2013-04-11 .