Chief Peteetneet

[1] His band was semi-nomadic, living in semi-permanent, grass-thatched, wattle-and-daub houses, and roamed throughout the Utah Lake area as well as Sanpete and Sevier counties.

[9][10] Apostle George A. Smith gave him talking papers that certified "it is my desire that they [Captain Walker and Peteetneet] should be treated as friends, and as they wish to Trade horses, Buckskins and Piede children, we hope them success and prosperity and good bargains.

"[11] Chief Peteetneet died on December 23, 1861, under somewhat mysterious circumstances in Cedar Valley, Utah, near recently abandoned Fort Crittenden (Camp Floyd).

His wife, murdered by an axe-wielding woman in his band on express orders near his deathbed, was buried in the valley below his grave to accompany him into the afterlife.

[12][citation needed] He was succeeded at the time of his death in 1862 by a near relative named Ponnewats, a corruption of Pa-ni-wa-tsi, meaning "Little Master of Our Water".