Born about in Wisconsin, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John C. Decorah
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Lucy was Ho-Chunk.
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Biography
Birth
Lucy was born in 1881 in Wisconsin. (1940 Fed. census)
Name
Her Hocąk name is given as ENauKaKah, which is for Hinųkąga, "The Wife". This is neither a birth order name nor a clan name, so it must be a nickname.
Marriage
In censuses of the early 1920s, her name is given as "Lucy C. Hindsley", but just below the entry it reads, "(Mrs. John C. Decorah)". It seems that simultaneously her husband was also Henry Hindsley (b. 1885), as she lived with him or at least next door to him. (1917 census) Lucy had a daughter Isabel Blowsnake (b. 1900) from another marriage. (1910 census) Henry and Isabel are present in the 1917 census, but are absent in the 1919 census, where Lucy is now found to be the co-wife of Annie White Eagle (b. 1879) with Charles Hindsley (b. 1885). Charles died in 1931. By 1940 she had reunited with John C. Decorah. (1940 Fed. census)
Sources
- Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937; Record Type: Marriage. Volume: 7 (Scott County Thru Worth County). :Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1951. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
- 1910 Indian census; Roll: M595_671; Line: 6; Agency: Wittenberg. 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.
- 1917 Indian census; Roll: M595_168; Page: 32; Line: 13; Agency: Grand Rapids. 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.
- 1919 Indian census; Roll: M595_168; Page: 29; Line: 15; Agency: Grand Rapids. 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.
- 1940 Federal census for Wittenberg, Shawano, Wisconsin; Description: WITTENBERG TOWN OUTSIDE WITTENBERG VILLAGE, OLD PEOPLE’S HOME; Roll: m-t0627-04525; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 58-40. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
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