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Chief in what is today known as the Lemhi Valley of Idaho. This area was so named by

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who established Fort Limhi in the area in 1855. Tio-van-du-ah joined

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(LDS Church) along with about 100 of his fellow Shoshoni. He does not seem to have participated with Shoo-woo-koo and his

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s in stealing the cattle of the Mormon missionaries. However, the missionaries abandoned their fort due to the mass robbery of their cattle and killing of some missionaries in the process by the Bannocks and some Shoshone who worked with them, leaving Tio-van-du-ah with no connection with the LDS Church. Tio-van-du-ah was killed in

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in 1863 by Charlie Reeves, William Mitchell and a man named Reeves in a dispute over a Shoshone woman previously purchase by Reeves.

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. ''History of Idaho, vol. 1''. (Moscow, Idaho:

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, 1994) p. 172, 179. *Hank Corless. ''The Weiser Indians: Shoshoni Peacemakers''. (Salt Lake City:

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, 1990) p. 28.
article that mentions Chief Snag's 1863 death
* Langford, Nathaniel P. "Vigilante Days and Ways". (American & World GeographicPublishing:

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, 1996) p. 83. People from Lemhi County, Idaho Northern Shoshone people Converts to Mormonism American Latter Day Saints 1863 deaths People of the American Old West Mormonism and Native Americans Year of birth unknown {{Idaho-stub