Che-wy-scha-ka
(John)
Smith
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of John Mąxisgaga (Ho-Chunk) Waukon
and [mother unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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John was Ho-Chunk.
Biography
The name Che-wy-scha-ka may be for Čiwaíšjaga, "He Scouts Out the Lodge," an unattested name. Cf. Čiwaižega, "He who Makes One Abandon the Lodge and Flee," a personal name in the Bird Clan.
Why two of John Waukon's sons adopted the white surname "Smith" is unknown.
Hexom says (29), "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 [as of 1913]."
Sources
- Charles Philip Hexom, Indian History of Winneshiek County (Decorah, Iowa: A. K. Bailey and Son, Inc., 1913).
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