A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye 1869512 218749872 2008-06-12T00:22:17Z RogDel 6192846 Some cleanup in the 1st sentence '''A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye''' (died [[1859]] or [[1860]]), aka '''Feathers''' or '''Old Swan''', was a [[Tribal chief|chief]] of the [[Blackfoot]] [[First Nation]] with a reputation as a peacemaker. In 1822, HBC's Chesterfield House journal described '''Feathers''' as "much attached to the whites". Like his father, '''Feathers''' gained a reputation as a peacemaker. ==Events in the life== * Some time after 1828 Feathers took his father's name: Old Swan. * In 1858 Dr. [[James Hector]] listed Old Swan as one of the principal chiefs of the Blackfoot tribe. * In July 1859, [[John Palliser]] and other members of the [[Palliser Expedition]] were his guests at his encampment on the [[Red Deer River]] in [[Alberta]]. After Old Swan's death in either late 1859 or early 1860, his position as chief was taken by Big Swan. This successor was described as "a man of colossal size and savage disposition, crafty and treacherous." == External links == *[http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37876 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''] [[Category:First Nations leaders in Alberta]] [[Category:Blackfoot people]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]] [[Category:1859 deaths]] [[Category:Pre-Confederation Alberta people]] {{Canada-bio-stub}} [[lt:A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye]] [[fr:A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye]]