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Two Moon, 1847-1917

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Personal name headingTwo Moon, 1847-1917
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Variant(s)Two Moon (Cheyenne Indian), 1847-1917
Éše'he Ôhnéšesêstse, 1847-1917
Ishaynishne, 1847-1917
Ishaynishus, 1847-1917
Ishi'eyo Nissi, 1847-1917
Two Moons, 1847-1917
LocatedLittle Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)
Birth date1847
Death date1917
Place of birthMontana Territory
Place of deathMontana
Profession or occupationIndian chief
Found inNorth Dakota history, spring 1977: p. 9 (Two Moons)
Waldman, C. Biog. dicty of Am. Ind. hist. to 1900, 2001: p. 390 (Two Moons; Two Moon; Ishi'eyo Nissi; Ishaynishne; ally of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse; 1847-1917)
Am. Ind. biogs., 2005: p. 515 (Two Moon; sometimes confused with his uncle Two Moons, who was chief in the Bozeman Trail Wars of 1866-1868)
Ency. of frontier biog., 1991: v. 3, p. 1455 (Two Moon; northern Cheyenne chief; Two Moon, so called because the Cheyenne never pronounced the plural (Two Moons))
Wikipedia, April 3, 2018 (Two Moons (1847-1917), or Ishaynishus (Cheyenne: Éše'he Ôhnéšesêstse), was one of the Cheyenne chiefs who took part in the Battle of the Little Bighorn and other battles against the United States Army .... died at his home in Montana in 1917)
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