Warecáwawįga
Twin Woman
Born in Wisconsin, Michigan Territory, United States
Sister of
Jająksíka (Mink Woman) St. Cyr
Wife of
Hųgᵋxų́nųga Little Priest
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Louis Priest
Died
at about age 69
in Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
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Warecáwawįga was Ho-Chunk.
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Biography
Warecáwawįga was born in 1831. She was the daughter of Mąjanąka Sits Viewing the Earth and Jąpakaraciwįga Lightning on Her Own Lodge. She passed away in 1900.
Name
The 1898 census gives her Hocąk name as Wa-ra-char-wa-win-kaw, which is for Warečáwawįga, from warečáwa, "Twin"; -wį-, a feminine gender infix; and -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names. She was probably not called "Twin" because she was one, but in honor of the Hero Twins of lore, who are called Warečáwa.
Residence
Near the time of her death she was living in Winnebago, Nebraska, in a traditional lodge with her grandson William jr. (1900 census)
Death
She died on 10 Oct. 1900, not long after the census in June of that year in which see appears. (Linda W.) She therefore almost certainly died on the Winnebago Reservation in Thurston, Nebaska.
Sources
- Linda W[aggoner], "Little Priest’s Wives and Children," Winnebago Indian News, 46, #14 (Saturday, July 28, 2018): 6c.
- 1898 Indian census; Roll: M595_312; Page: 21; Line: 17; 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.
- 1900 Federal Census for Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0187; FHL microfilm: 1240941. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
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