Pow-Wow Smith

POW-WOW SMITH

Real Name: Ohiyesa

Class: Human

Occupation: Sheriff

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Chief Thunderwater (adoptive father), Fleetfoot (wife), Horse Hunter (brother), Ohiyesa II (Pow-Wow Smith II, descendant), Ohiyesa III (Pow-Wow Smith III, descendant), unnamed mother

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Red Deer Valley, 1880s era

First Appearance: Western Comics #43 (January-February, 1954)

Powers: Pow-Wow Smith was an expert tracker and hand-to-hand combatant. He was a skilled horseman, and armed with bow and arrow.

History: Ohiyesa left his tribe to learn more of the outside world and the white man. His skills as a tracker and his shooting abilities earned him the position of deputy sheriff in a small town. He would go on to become sheriff of Elkhorn, where the townsfolk named him Pow-Wow Smith. Indian maiden Fleetfoot fell for Smith, and aided him in his crusade to keep law and order to win his heart.

(Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #18) - Pow-Wow Smith retired, and was presumably wed to Fleetfoot. Two of Ohiyesa's descendants would carry on his tradition as lawmen named Pow-Wow Smith.

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Pow-Wow Smith received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #18.

The first Pow-Wow Smith stories took place in the 1940s-190s, but later ones occurred in the 1800s. DC eventually clarified the situation, making the 1940s stories Pow-Wow Smith the descendant of the 19th Century version.