Šųkskaga (DeKaury) Decora (abt. 1780)

Born about 1780 in Wisconsin

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in Wisconsin

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Biography

Šųkskaga was Ho-Chunk.

The English translation of the name is given as "White Wolf." Ongs-ka-ka is in fact a corruption of Šųk-ska-ga, which literally means, "White Dog." Šųk denotes a dog, šųkjąk, a wolf. Šųk-ska-ga is normally a name in the Wolf Clan (Lurie), but by birth he will have been a member of the Thunderbird Clan. So the name must have been given to him as an honorific name in connection with some incident or attribute now lost to history.

Sources

• Nancy Oestreich Lurie, "A Check List of Treaty Signers by Clan Affiliation," Journal of the Wisconsin Indians Research Institute, 2, #1 (June, 1966): 50-73.
• Publius V. Lawson, "The Winnebago Tribe," Wisconsin Archeologist, 6, #3 (July, 1907) 78-162 [138].
• WikiTree profile DeKaury-9 created through the import of The Sammons Family Tree.ged on Jun 9, 2011 by Steve Sammons.
• Source: S2852711167 Repository: #R2852704208 Title: Public Member Trees Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. [1]
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• "Indian History of Winneshiek County: 'Decorah Family - GENEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE DECORAH FAMILY', compiled by Charles Philip Hexom (biographies by Dick Barton); A. K. Bailey & Son, Inc.; Decorah, USA; 1913, p. 29-31."