Jennie Mąkuhąwįga (Ho-Chunk) Whitewater (1844)

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Jennie was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Jennie was born in 1844. (1905 census)

Name

The name given in the 1905 census is Mah-Coo-Hun-Win-Kah, which is for Mąkuhąwįga, from mą, "earth, ground, soil"; kuhą, "under, beneath, below"; -wį-, A feminine gender infix; and -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names. So Mą-kuhą-wį-ga, means, "Under the Earth," which could be a Waterspirit Clan name, since the mythical Waterspirits inhabit caverns under the earth. It could also be a Thunderbird Clan name, since rumbling thunder was said to be the Thunderbirds firing their lightning weapon under the earth at their enemies, the Waterspirits.

Sources

• 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. 1905; Roll: M595_671; Line: 5.

Acknowledgements

Thank you Richard Dieterle for the research into and creation of this profile. See his contributions to this profile.