Wabokieshiek
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Wabokieshiek (translated White Cloud, The Light or White Sky Light in EnglishSauk tribes in 19th century Illinois, playing a key role in the Black Hawk War of 1832. Known as a medicine man and prophet, he is sometimes called the Winnebago Prophet.
Wabokieshiek was born as Poweshiek to a Sauk father and a Ho-Chunk mother in the vicinity of
Fort Monroe, Virginia in April, 1833. On June 5, 1833, they were sent back West to be released; Wabokieshiek and his son were released at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
. After this time, he lived quietly until he died circa 1841.
Wabokieshiek is sometimes confused with
Ioway
also called White Cloud.
References
- ^ "Prophetstown Pow Wow". Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- Winnebago Chiefs, Access Genealogy Tribal Records — based on Fulton, Red Men of Iowa, 1882; Stevens, Black Hawk War, 1903; Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll., vol. 10, 1888.
- Wabokieshiek or White Cloud, Prophetstown Pow Wow (August 2007).
- Native American Religions, The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago Historical Society (2005).
- Lewis, James, The Black Hawk War of 1832: Background and final phase, Abraham Lincoln Digitization Project, Northern Illinois University (retrieved August 2007).