Ahuxururewįga (Slow Wings) Whitewood (abt. 1848)

Died [date unknown] in Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, United States

Ahuxururewįga was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

All the censuses compute her birth date as 1848.

Name

The 1898 census gives her Hocąk name as Ah-hoo-kho-ru-ra-win-kaw, which is for Ahuxururewįga, from ahu, wing; xurure, surure, "slow, the slow ones"; -wį, a feminine gender infix; and -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names. "Slow Wing" is an Upper Moiety name.

Marriage

Slow Wing said that she had been married twice when George was still alive in 1910. George, on the other hand, said he had never been engaged in a marriage. (1910 census)

Children

George and Slow Wing, probably both in their second marriage, had two children rather late in life:

Joseph, birth order name: Hagaga, "Third Son"; clan name: Sakewaručka, "He who Eats Raw Flesh," b. 1887;

Ellen, birth order name: Wihąga, "First Daughter"; clan name: Hąhemąnįwįga, "Night Walker Woman," b. 1879. (1910 census)

Sources

• 1898 Indian census; Roll: M595_312; Page: 26; Line: 19; Agency: Omaha & Winnebago. 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.
• 1910 Census for Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Roll: T624_857; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0207; FHL microfilm: 1374870. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.