Approved Pension File for William Riddell (alias Winemah Riddell), Commission to Modoc Indians (SC-565101)
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Riddle, Winema, 1848–1920
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Toby Riddle, also known as Winema Riddle, also known as Tobey Riddle, also known as Nannookdoowah, (1848–1920) was a Modoc woman who served as an interpreter in negotiations between the Native American Modoc tribe and the United States Army during the Modoc War, also called the Lava Beds War. She warned the peace commission of a possible Modoc attack, and she saved the life of the chairman Alfred B. Meacham when the 1873 attack took place....
Winema, Modoc Chieftainess, 1842-1932
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Winema (also known as Toby Riddle, b. 1848 – d. 1920) was a Modoc woman who served as an interpreter in negotiations between the Native American Modoc tribe and the United States Army during the Modoc War. She warned the peace commission of a possible Modoc attack, and she saved the life of the chairman Alfred B. Meacham when the 1873 attack took place. She and her family toured with Meacham after the war, starring in his lecture-play "Tragedy of the Lava Beds", to inform American people about t...
