Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Wakąhaga Decora
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Father of
Che-wy-scha-ka Smith, Hunting Man Smith, Unknown (Waukon) Big Fire and Aksigaxųnųnįka (Ho-Chunk) Saunders
Died [date unknown]
in Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Sep 2019
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John was Ho-Chunk.
Biography
Mąxisgaga was born about 1800. He is the son of Wakąhaga Decora.
Hexom quotes his informant Charles H. Saunders: "'Wakun-ha-ga had one son named 'Ma-he-ska-ga, or White Cloud;' he is buried here on this reservation [Nebraska]. This man was known around Prairie du Chien and Lansing as John Waukon (there is a Charley Waukon who is now living at Lansing, la., but he is no relation to the Waukon Decorah family). John Waukon has one daughter, Mrs. Henry Big Fire, and two sons, Henry Smith ('Hunting Man') and John Smith ('Che-wy-scha-ka') still living. John Waukon was my father-in-law; my wife's name, by birth and number of female children, was Oc-see-ah-ho-no-nien-kaw. She died February 21, 1913'." (Hexom, 28-29)
Sources
- Charles Philip Hexom, Indian History of Winneshiek County (Decorah, Iowa: A. K. Bailey and Son, Inc., 1913).
Acknowledgements
- Thank you Richard Dieterle for the research into and creation of this profile. See his contributions to this profile.
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