Wathena (chief)

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Wathena (pronounced Wah-The-Nah) was a Native American chief of the Kickapoo tribe. His name translates as "Sun Shining on Moose Horns."

He lived on land which is now the site of the city of Wathena in Doniphan County, Kansas.

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