Chief Louis Joseph Piche

CHIEF PEECHEE

Chief of the Asini Wachi Nehiyawak Cree groups of the Rocky/Mountain Cree: Employed as a guide by the Hudson's Bay Company

In 1841 Alexis Piche was engaged by John Rowand of Edmonton to act as a guide to conduct Simpson and his party from Edmonton to the Rocky Mountains. Simpson describes Peechee as a half-breed,.....brought up among the savages, He was, in fact, a chief of the Mountain Cree Hudson's Bay Company Archives: Biographical Sheets

Namesake

Mount Peechee near Lake Minnewanka was named in his honour by the governor of the HBC, George Simpson, who was guided by him through Devil’s Gap and on through the pass which bears Simpson's name. Wikipedia: Mount Peechee

Note: Pisu means Mountain Lion.