Ben
Naxíga
Winneshiek
formerly Ho-Chunk
Born in Wisconsin, Michigan Territory, United States
Son of Mąwáruga (Ho-Chunk) Winneshiek
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Coming Thunder Wakąjaguga (Ho-Chunk) Winneshiek [half], Hųka Winneshiek and Short Wing Ahušipka (Ho-Chunk) Winneshiek [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] in Wisconsin, United States
Profile last modified
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Ben (Ho-Chunk) Winneshiek was a Native American and member of the Ho-Chunk tribe.
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Biography
Ben was born into the Thunderbird Clan in 1829.
Name
The name given in the 1905 census is Na He Kah, which is for Naxíga, a birth order name meaning "Fourth Son."
Lineage
Waggoner (47, nt. 94) says, "Hounka was likely Coming Thunder Winneshiek’s brother, not son. Winneshiek’s father, who died in 1848, was Chief Mawaragah Winneshiek. He had four sons, only two of whom were well known: Coming Thunder, the eldest, and Short Wing. His other sons were probably Hounka or “Hoon kaw” and Ben Winneshiek. Coming Thunder in turn had three sons whose English names were John, George, and Little Winneshiek. Hughes thought that George might have been Hounka, but I disagree, because he was too young. The 1857 annuity rolls (101) show the following consecutive heads of family: Nau He Kaw [or fourth-born son, probably Ben Winneshiek]; Winnoshik [Coming Thunder]; Hoon Kaw; Wau sho pe we kaw [Coming Thunder’s mother]. Hau kaw kaw [or third-born son, who was probably “Ha-ya-ka-kay,” brother of “Hoon kaw,” otherwise known as Short Wing.
As can be seen from the 1905 census, Waggoner's supposition that Ben Winnoshiek was Nau He Kaw (Naxíga) proves to be correct. This means that Ben was the fourth son of Mąwáruga Winneshiek and the brother of Coming Thunder.
Sources
- 1905 Census; Roll: M595_671; Line: 6. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- Receipt Roll, Winnebago 1857, Box 5, Winnebago Agency, RG75, NARA–Central Plains.
- Linda M. Waggoner, "Sibley’s Winnebago Prisoners: Deconstructing Race and Recovering Kinship in the Dakota War of 1862," Great Plains Quarterly (2013).
Acknowledgements
Thank you, Richard Dieterle, for the research and creation of this profile; see Richard's contributions to this profile prior to its rename.
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Do any of these authors cite a source for him being born with that surname? 1829 was still early for the use of surnames by Native Americans.