When Charles Wanrodes (Wan-dar-oads) was born in 1840, his father, Feather Stick in Head Wanrodes, was 40 and his mother, Quitch-I-Witch, was 25. He married Tooroogav Wanrodes in 1865 in Whiterocks, and together they had at least two sons and one daughter. By 1920, he was living in Uintah. He passed away on February 17, 1922, at the age of 82.
Chief No-Winch Charles Wanrodes was born in the Wasatch Valley and died at Hill Creek, Duchesne, Utah. He served as a sub-chief of the Pi-ka-kwa-na-rats Utahs under his father, Chief Opecarry Feather Stick in Head Wanrodes. After his father’s death, he became chief of the Pi-ka-kwa-na-rats and made several trips to Washington, D.C., to negotiate on behalf of his people. Throughout the 1870s, he continued to lead family clans to the reservation.
In 1873, John Wesley Powell visited the Uinta Valley Reservation, where Chief No-Winch Charles Wanrodes assisted him in recording the Uinta-At language. Known as an intelligent and articulate leader, he was respected for his diplomacy in dealing with the government. He passed on February 17, 1922, at Hill Creek, Utah.
