Not to be confused with the Southern Cheyenne Chief Henry Roman Nose or the Minniconjou (Lakota Sioux) Roman Nose.
This article is about the Northern Suhtai, Northern Cheyenne warrior who died at the Battle of Beecher Island. For the type of nose called "Roman nose", see Aquiline nose.
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Roman Nose (c. 1823 – September 17, 1868), also known as Hook Nose (Cheyenne: Vóhko'xénéhe,[1] also spelled Woqini and Woquini), was a Native American of the Northern Cheyenne. He is considered to be one of, if not the greatest and most influential warriors during the Plains Indian War of the 1860s. Born during the prosperous days of the fur trade in the 1820s, he was called Môséškanetsénoonáhe ("Bat") as a youth. He later took the warrior name Wokini, which the Euro-Americans rendered as Roman Nose. Considered invincible in combat, this fierce warrior distinguished himself in battle to such a degree that the U.S. military mistook him for the Chief of the entire Cheyenne nation.