Ackomokki or A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye , also known as Old Swan  , was the name of three Siksiká chiefs between the late 1700s and 1860. Ackomokki/Old Swan (II)/Feathers Ackomokki's son was known to fur traders as Feathers (or Painted Feathers), but after his father's death he took on his father's name , Old Swan (or Ackomokkiin Blackfoot) , although Europeans continued to call him "Feathers" or "Many Swans" to distinguish him from his father. The younger Ackomokki (d. 1814), like his father, worked to preserve peace among his people and the neighboring Cree and Assiniboine peoples, as well as with European traders. In 1800, Ackomokki allowed the Hudson's Bay Company to establish the Chesterfield House trading post within the Blackfoot's wintering grounds at the confluence of the Red Deer and South Saskatchewan Rivers. However, changes in the balance of power between the Blackfoot and neighboring tribes brought on in part by westward expansion of U.S. traders lead to increasing conflicts and military decline for the Siksika. Ackomokki/Old Swan (III) A third Old Swan (d. 1859/1860), possibly a son or nephew of the younger Ackomokki, assumed leadership of what was called by Europeans "Old Feathers' Band" by 1822. He was described in 1858 by Dr. James Hector as one of the principal chiefs of the Blackfoot Confederacy, and, in July 1859, the Palliser Expedition were his guests at his encampment on the Red Deer River.
Ackomokki or A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye (syllabics ), which translates from Blackfoot as Old Swan ) , was the name of three Siksiká chiefs between the late 1700s and 1860. Ackomokki/Old Swan (II)/Feathers Ackomokki's son was known to fur traders as "Feathers" (or "Painted Feathers"). After his father's death he adopted the name Ackomokki , although Europeans continued to call him "Feathers" or "Many Swans" to distinguish him from his father. The younger Ackomokki (d. 1814), like his father, worked to preserve peace among his people and the neighboring Cree and Assiniboine peoples, as well as with European traders. In 1800, Ackomokki allowed the Hudson's Bay Company to establish the Chesterfield House trading post within the Blackfoot's wintering grounds at the confluence of the Red Deer and South Saskatchewan Rivers. However, changes in the balance of power between the Blackfoot and neighboring tribes brought on in part by westward expansion of U.S. traders lead to increasing conflicts and military decline for the Siksika. Ackomokki/Old Swan (III) A third Old Swan (d. 1859/1860), possibly a son or nephew of the younger Ackomokki, assumed leadership of what was called by Europeans "Old Feathers' Band" by 1822. He was described in 1858 by Dr. James Hector as one of the principal chiefs of the Blackfoot Confederacy, and, in July 1859, the Palliser Expedition were guests at his encampment on the Red Deer River.
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