Matonabbee

E367493

Matonabbee was an 18th-century Chipewyan (Dene) leader and guide best known for leading British explorer Samuel Hearne on his overland journey to the Arctic Ocean.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Matonabbee canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chipewyan person
Dene leader
person
associatedWith Churchill River NERFINISHED
Fort Prince of Wales
Hudson's Bay Company
Samuel Hearne
causeOfDeath suicide
countryOfCitizenship Canada East
surface form: Canada (historical region)
culture Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic
surface form: Subarctic Indigenous peoples of Canada
dateOfBirth c. 1737
dateOfDeath 1782
employer Hudson's Bay Company
ethnicGroup Chipewyan people
surface form: Chipewyan

Dene
gender male
hasRole chief guide on Samuel Hearne's expedition
diplomat between Indigenous groups and Hudson's Bay Company
interpreter for Samuel Hearne
influenced European knowledge of overland routes to the Arctic Ocean
Samuel Hearne's account of northern Canada
knownFor guiding Samuel Hearne to the Arctic Ocean
leadership among the Chipewyan (Dene)
languageSpoken Chipewyan
Cree
English
mannerOfDeath suicide by hanging
notableEvent led overland route from Churchill to the Coppermine River
present at the massacre at Bloody Falls in 1771
notableWork overland journey to the Arctic Ocean with Samuel Hearne
occupation explorer
guide
trader
participantIn Samuel Hearne
surface form: Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean
placeOfBirth region around Churchill, present-day Manitoba, Canada
placeOfDeath near Fort Prince of Wales, present-day Manitoba, Canada
portrayedIn A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean
surface form: Samuel Hearne's book "A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean"
reasonForDeath despair after the fall of Fort Prince of Wales to the French in 1782
region Subarctic region
surface form: Subarctic Canada
religion traditional Dene beliefs
residence Churchill River
surface form: Churchill River region

area around Fort Prince of Wales
timePeriod 18th century
tribalAffiliation Chipewyan people
surface form: Chipewyan

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel Hearne associatedWith Matonabbee