Ipįwįga Good Mouth Woman (abt. 1790)

Born about 1790 in Northwest Territory, United States

Descendants

Ipįwįga was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Name

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.

Family

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)

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).