User:Duff/Chief Chochoco (Shoshoni)
Chief Chochoco (Has No Horse) was a Shoshoni leader. Among his many names (and misspellings of his name) are Ochoco, Ocheko, Ocheo, Otsehoe, Ochoho, Ochiko, Cho-cho-co-i, Shosho-ko, Chok-ko-si, The Man Who Has No Horse, and Albert Ochiho.[1]
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Chief Chochoco (pronounced show-show-ho) was the son of The Horse and Little Striped Squirrel. He was born during the Moon of Small Tracks, in the first days of 1833 near the headwaters of what was then called the Ochoco (red willow) River (pronounced ooo-she-hoo), a river whose name later settlers would later confuse with his own similar-sounding name. His father, The Horse, had died in a battle with the Blackfeet only months before Has No Horse's birth.[2]
Several Oregon land features in Chochoco's home territory bear his names, including Ochoco Creek[3], Ochoco National Forest, Ochoco Mountains, Ochoco Summit, Ochoco State Scenic Viewpoint, and Ochoco Highway.
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Works Cited[edit]
- Ontko, Andrew Gale. Thunder Over the Ochoco, Volume I: The Gathering Storm. c. 1993 Fourth Printing 1997 Maverick Publications, Bend, OR
- McArthur, Lewis A. Oregon Geographic Names, Fourth ed. 1974. Edwards Brothers. Ann Arbor, MI
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