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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Jimm --<br>
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I have been following these discussions with great attention, but
this one has me completely at a loss -- could you help us out with
this?<br>
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Best<br>
Mary<br>
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On 19/09/2013 5:01 PM, Jimm G. GoodTracks wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="4" color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman">Hintado,
Hochanga wan^shige iyanki iswanxesdun ke, iswahunge ke.
Elaine ithge eswena. </font></div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
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href="mailto:sschwart@PRINCETON.EDU">Saul Schwartz</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 19, 2013 3:25 PM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Hocąk/Winnebago name? "Wiscopawis"</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello,
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<div>An archaeologist colleague of mine working on the cultural
affiliation of Effigy Mound sites in Wisconsin asked me to see
if anyone on this list could help with a name associated with
a possible mid-19th century Winnebago oral tradition of mound
building. The name is "Wiscopawis." Sound Hocąk? Any
suggestions for a translation? More information below.</div>
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<div>All best,</div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica,
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<div><span style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">The name is in a letter by Rev. Silas Hawley
that was published in a newspaper, the <i>Dodge County</i> [WI] <i>Citizen</i>, some
time before 1880. The article was reprinted in the <i>History
of Dodge County, Wisconsin</i> (1880), pp. 452-453. The
full quote, from the reprint, is:
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<div>"Wiscopawis, chief of the Winnebagoes, prior to the
tribes being removed to their western reservation, in
conversation with M. Shafer, Esq., of Beaver Dam, told
him the spring was much prized by his tribe." Earlier in
the article, Hawley referred to "Much-kaw, the great
medicine chief of the Winnebagoes." </div>
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<div>Shafer (1820-?) was a "general repairer of jewelry"
who moved to Beaver Dam in 1854. Hawley (1815-1888) is
listed as having been on a committee concerned with
Presbyterian "missions to the Dakotas, Ojibwas, Senecas,
Tuscaroras, and Abenaquis" (<i>The Missionary Herald</i>,
v. 51, n. 10, p. 295, 1855).</div>
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