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warrior and half-brother of

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. During the raids of the 1860s in Central

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, Wahveveh aided his brother in attacks on the Warm Springs Chief, Poustaminie. His tribe, the

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s, were attacked by Wahveveh's band while they were building a bridge. During the skirmish Poustaminie approached the Paiutes and laid down his weapons to show his peaceful intentions but Wahveveh had him killed by one of his braves. In a related incident taken on by his brother Chief Paulina, a scouting party was organized for the intention of vengeance for Paulina's murder of

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Chief Queapama. This party was led by First Sergeant

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and other Wasco Scouts of the U.S. Army. They attacked a Paiute camp at Dry Creek, capturing or killing all 32 Paiutes. The scouting party also located Paulina above Lake Henry on

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. Paulina retreated to a cave protected by boulders but Chief Wahveveh and two other Paiutes were not able to escape and were killed by the Wascos.Barly, 35 Wahvevah and Paulina had a third brother, Oitsi, who also fought alongside them.

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References

* Braly, David
''Crooked River Country: Wranglers, Rogues, and Barons''.
Pullman, Washington: Washington State University Press, 2007. . * Fowler, Catherine S. and Liljeblad, Sven. "Northern Paiute." ''Handbook of North American Indians: Great Basin, Volume 11.'' Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1986. . * Nelson, Kurt R. ''Fighting for Paradise: A Military History of the Pacific Northwest.'' Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2007. Northern Paiute people Native American leaders 1866 deaths Year of birth missing 19th-century Native Americans {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub