Chief Broken Arm

Maskwacis, AB, Canada

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Chief Abraham maskepetoon

Also Known As: "Maskepetoon (''Maski Pitonew'' - ‘Broken Arm’", "‘Crooked Arm’", "later called ''Peacemaker''", "Chief of a group of ''Rocky /Mountain Cree'' or ''Asini Wachi Wi Iniwak''", "born about 1807 in the Saskatchewan River region", "because of his bravery he was called"
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Death: between 1869 and 1870 (61-63) (Attacked unarmed by a Blackfoot named Many Swans or Running Calf from Siksika)
Place of Burial: Maskwacis, AB, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Red Pine / Puknigabik
Husband of Wife #4 Maton-now-a-cap Crying eyes; Wife #3 susihiskayo Fierce Woman; second wife onahtah-me-nahoose Good hunter and First Wife Susiwisk Sarah
Father of Private
Brother of Many Eagles sitting ka'michet'o'kehewak and Chief Kanatakasu Samson

Occupation: Leader/Headman/Chief
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About Chief Broken Arm

Maskepetoon (Maski Pitonew - ‘Broken Arm’, ‘Crooked Arm’, later called Peacemaker, Chief of a group of Rocky /Mountain Cree or Asini Wachi Wi Iniwak, born about 1807 in the Saskatchewan River region, because of his bravery he was called by the hostile Blackfoot Mon-e-ba-guh-now or Mani-kap-ina (‘Young Man Chief’), turned later to the Methodist missionaries, what him and his followers brought into conflict with the Catholic free Rocky Cree under the leadership of Pesew, moved to the reserve and was soon known as the Peacemaker, was killed in 1869 in a Blackfoot camp in Alberta by Big Swan, in an attempt to make peace between the two peoples unarmed.

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Chief Broken Arm's Timeline

1807
1807
1869
1869
Age 62
1870
1870
Age 62
Maskwacis, AB, Canada