Hīnū́gā (First Daughter) Blacksmith

Descendants

Hīnū́gā was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Name

The name Inoquer is a corruption of the birth order name, Hīnū́gā, "First Daughter."

Lineage

Steven Mack said in an affidavit, "the Said Inoquer Hononegah is a full blood Winnebago Woman; her mother Inoquer [is also] a full Winnebago Woman." (Waggoner, 29a)

Death

Narcisse Levaque said, "the said Ho. no. we. gah was the reputed daughter of a full blooded Winnebago, then [1829] deceased, but generally known by the name of the Blacksmith: her mother was also dead …" (Waggoner, 28a)

"Stephen Mack of Pecatonic, Winebago County, State of Illinois being sworn saith that ... The mother of Deponent’s wife was a full Blood Winebago woman, has been dead Several years." (Waggoner, 25a)

Sources

• Linda M. Waggoner (ed.), “Neither White Men Nor Indians: Affidavits from the Winnebago Mixed-blood Claim Commissions, Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, 1838-1839” (Roseville, Minnesota: Park Genealogical Books, 2002). Extracted from Territorial Papers of the United States, Wisconsin, 1836-1848. M236. “Special Files of the Office of Indian Affairs,” 1836-46. “Special File 161” (Roll 41). “Special File 190” (Roll 42). National Archives, Washington D.C., Documents on Microfilm, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75).