CHIEF TAIMAH ** TAMA** HISTORICAL MARKER:

You will find the CHIEF TAIMAH - TAMA HISTORICAL MARKER in TAMA TOWNSHIP, DES MOINES COUNTY, IOWA (Section 9).

From the Flint Creek Bridge, take Hwy 99 about three (3) miles, going North. It is on the West.

CHIEF TAIMAH's grave would be 20 rods East of the Historical Marker - in an unmarked grave.

IN MEMORY OF CHIEF TAIMAH (TAMA) OF THE FOX TRIBE, THUNDER CLAN. AN INDIAN GENTLEMAN AND A TRUE FRIEND OF THE EARLY WHITE SETTLERS.

CHIEF TAMA PROVED HIS DEVOTION TO THE WHITE MAN BY TRAVELING TO PRAIRIE DE CHIEN, WISC. WHEN A PLOT HAD BEEN MADE BY REDMEN TO RAID THE PLACE AND KILL THE AGENT.

BY REVEALING THE PLOT TO HIS TRIBE, HE SAVED AGENT. TAMA, IOWA, IN TAMA COUNTY, AND THE TAMA INDIAN TRIBE ALL BEAR HIS NAME. HIS GRAVE IS TWENTY RODS EAST OF HERE.