Manuelito
Ch'ilhajinii , Hildjajin or Haskeh , better known as Manuelito , sometimes Pistol Bullett , (* around 1818 in Canyon de Chelly, † 1894 in the Navajo Nation Reservation , Apache County, Arizona ) was chief of the Diné - Indians .
Manuelito was the brother of Cayatanita . The soldiers called him the Pistol Bullett. His youth name was Ashkii Dighin . He succeeded Zarcillas Largas and married a daughter of Narbona Primero . On April 30, 1860 he tried in vain with Barboncito and a large number of Diné warriors to take Fort Defiance, McKinley County ( New Mexico ). In 1866 he surrendered with his people. Manuelito was appointed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as the first sub-chief for the eastern part of the Navajo Nation Reservation and in 1873 he became the commander of a thousand-man Navajo police force that fought cattle theft so efficiently that it was soon disbanded. In 1874 he visited President Ulysses S. Grant in Washington DC
Individual evidence
- ↑ s. Underhill pp. 160-162
literature
- Dee Brown : Bury my heart at the bend of the river. Knaur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-426-62804-X
- Ruth Underhill: The Navajos. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1956 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manuelito |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ch'ilhajinii; Hildjajin; Haskeh; Pistol bullet; Ashkii Dighin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chief of the Diné Indians |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canyon de Chelly |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1894 |
| Place of death | Navajo Nation Reservation , Apache County, Arizona |