Wabokieshiek
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Wabokieshiek(translatedWhite Cloud,The LightorWhite Sky Lightin English[1]) (c. 1794 – c. 1841) was aNative Americanarmy commander of theHo-Chunk(Winnebago) andSauktribes in 19th centuryIllinois,playing a key role in theBlack Hawk Warof 1832. Known as amedicine manandprophet,he is sometimes called theWinnebago Prophet.
Wabokieshiek was born asPoweshiekto a Sauk father and a Ho-Chunk mother in the vicinity ofProphetstown, Illinois,which is named after him. Like his father, he was considered a Sac chief, and was also very influential among the Ho-Chunk, and he was known for his promotion of a traditional way of life among the local tribes. However, his influence waned after he promised/prophesied to Sauk/Fox chiefBlack Hawkthat the British and other tribes (such as the Ho-Chunk andPotawatomi) would aid him against the United States in what became the Black Hawk War, a prediction that proved false. At the end of the war, on August 27, 1832, Wabokieshiek was taken prisoner along with the remnant of Black Hawk's band. The prisoners were sent toWashington D.C.(meeting withAndrew Jackson) and then toFort Monroe, Virginiain April, 1833. On June 5, 1833, they were sent back West to be released; Wabokieshiek and his son were released atPrairie du Chien, Wisconsin.After this time, he lived quietly until he died circa 1841.
Wabokieshiek is sometimes confused withRed Cloud,aLakotachief, andMahaska,anIowayalso called White Cloud.
References
[edit]- ^"Prophetstown Pow Wow".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-10-19.Retrieved2007-08-15.
- 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: Backgroundandfinal phase,Abraham Lincoln Digitization Project,Northern Illinois University (retrieved August 2007).