Chief Tendoy

CHIEF TENDOY (aka Un-ten-doip)

Chief Tendoy was a prominent Lemhi chief in the mid-nineteenth century. He was half-Shoshone and half-Bannock. He became the Lemhi's leading chief in 1863 after Tio-van-du-ah was killed in Bannock County, Idaho.Wikipedia: Lemhi Shoshone

Chief Tendoy (Lemhi Shoshone) was the born in the Boise River area of Idaho, the son of Kontakayak (called Tamkahanka by the white man), a Bannock Shoshone and his mother who was a "Sheep Eater" Shoshone and a distant cousin to the mother of Chief Washakie. He was also the nephew of Cameahwait and Sacajewea.

Biographical Accounts

1. Tendoy, Chief of the Lemhis
2. Find A Grave Memorial
3. Wikipedia: Lemhi Shoshone