THE GREATEST CHIEF OF THE PAWNEE INDIANS 



Petahlayshahrho, chief of the Skidi band of the Pawnee from 1852 to 1874. Owing to the 

 heroic efforts of his father, of the same name, the custom of human sacrifice had been discontinued 

 in this tribe as a pubHc ceremony. It was however still occasionally repeated in secret, and was only 

 finally abolished as a result of the persistent campaign of this man who, as the greatest chief of his 

 tribe, was later prominent in negotiating the treaty of 1858 

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