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MINOR SAC AND FOX CHIEFS AND BRAVES.
time came for the removal of the Indians to their new home in Kansas, poor Kishkekosh bade a reluctant adieu to his pleasant hunting-grounds on the Des Moines, and with his sorrowing people passed beyond the Missouri. At one time the general assembly of Iowa sought to honor his memory by giving his name to one of the counties, but for some reason the name was subsequently changed to Monroe.
WA-BO-KI-E-SHIEK.
This personage (the orthography of whose name is given by some writers as Wa-pa-she-ka), was an important character previous to and during the Black Hawk War. His name signified "The Light," or as otherwise defined. "White Cloud." It was supposed that he was the chief instrument in plotting the war, and in giving encouragement to Black Hawk to engage in it. At that time he was about thirty-eight years of age. Colonel Whittlesey says he was a half-breed Pottawattamie, but Wabokieshiek himself claimed to be part Winnebago and part Sac--his father belonging to one and his mother to the other of these tribes. It is certain that his opinions and advice were held in much respect both by the Winnebagoes and the Sacs. He presided over a village known as the "Prophet's Village," on Rock River, about thirty-five miles above the mouth. As early as 1824, and up to the breaking out of hostilities, he constantly urged Black Hawk not to comply with the demand for removal west of the Mississippi. When Black Hawk's lieutenant, Neopope, went to Malden to consult his British father in regard to the right of the Indians to retain their lands on Rock
