Born: 1846 (circa), United States
Died: 1905
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Walking Woman
Southern Cheyenne activist and advocate Amache Ochinee Prowers became a mediator in the 1860s and 1870s between Colorado’s white settlers, Mexicans and Native Americans after her father, a Cheyenne peace chief, was killed during the Sand Creek massacre on 29 November 1864.
In 1861, Amache Ochinee married trader and cattleman John Wesley Prowers, at age 15 (he was 25). They settled in Boggsville, on the Santa Fe Trail, in 1867. They ran an extensive cattle ranch, mercantile business and hospitality service from their 24-room adobe home, which still stands at the Boggsville Historic Site. They also raised 10 children, with Prowers becoming a single mother after her husband died in 1884.
Prowers’ biographer, Dr. Bonnie Clark, observes, “Amache lived in a time that brought sweeping changes to the region, requiring the creation of a new society. Cultural mediators like Amache built the foundation of the American West.”
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