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E-pe-ink-ah appears to be for Ipįwįga, "Good Mouth Woman," or "Pretty Mouth Woman." This name is from I, "mouth"; pį, "good, pretty"; -wį-, a feminine gender infix; -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names.
In an affidavit sworn on 20 Sept. 1838, "John Vunk, a white man, who being duly sworn according to Law doth say. That he is about 26 years old—That he was married in May 1836 to Heigh-noh, who was a full blood Winnebago woman, being the daughter of Wild Goose. and E-pe-ink-ah. That he has a son by his said wife, named john, who is now about twenty months old—That the child is smart & active and now resides with its parents." (Waggoner, 61a)
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Ipįwįga is 19 degrees from Daniel Boone, 23 degrees from John Adams, 23 degrees from James Beckwourth, 20 degrees from Jemmy Bird, 22 degrees from Kit Carson, 21 degrees from William Clark, 25 degrees from James Clyman, 23 degrees from David Crockett, 18 degrees from Louis Jolliet, 19 degrees from Esther Pariseau, 17 degrees from Pierre Esprit Radisson and 23 degrees from Zachary Jon Smith on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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