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The Wapahasha Chiefs Hereditary Line

(The following information was taken from Mark Diedrich's book 
"The Chiefs Wapahasha, Three Generations of Dakota Leadership, 1740-1876"
Published 2004.

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WAPAHASHA I
The Leaf (often called)
Red Standard or Banner
Oubachas (by French-speakers)
Sabache

b. About 1718, near the head of the Rum River (central Minnesota)

m.

c. son (Name unknown) killed by the Wahpekute Dakotas

   son Anpetuwakee (Daylight),

   son Necohundah (The Bear) - later became Wapahasha II

   daughter (name unknown), married Antoine Dubois

   daughter (name unknown), married Amable Grignon - then Francois LaBathe

   daughter Marpiyahhotawin (Grey Cloud Woman), married James Aird

   daughter (name unknown), married Le Fils de Pinichon (mixed blood son of
                            French trader Pinichon)

   daughter (name unknown), married Sunkaska (White Dog)

d. January 5, 1806
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WAPAHASHA II
La Feuille (meaning The Leaf - by French-speakers)
Necohundah (possible personal name)
L'Ours (meaning The Bear or Mato - by Nicholas Boilvin)

b. About 1768, maybe as early as 1760 in the Rice Creek village (present Minneapolis)

m: first, a Ho-Chunk woman (killed in 1814)
   second, a sister of the Ho-Chunk chief, Winneshiek

c: daughter (name unknown), married L'Arc

   daughter (name unknown), married Euhahkaakow (Last Man)

   daughter (Winona - died 11-1-1882), married Marpiyaketahpah

   niece (Margaret Dubois), married Joseph Rolette (who called 
                            Wapahasha "father-in-law")

   son Wapate (or Thomas Wabasha) b. circa 1813

   son Tatepsin (Bounding Wind) b. about 1812

   stepson Iyawakan

d. 1836
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WAPAHASHA III
Tatepsin (Bounding Wind)
Tahtapesaah (The Upsetting Wind)

b. About 1812, possibly, Upper Iowa River, Wing Prairie, Red Cedar River of Iowa
   or Mount Trempealeau

m. About 1830 to the sister of Sunkaska II (White Dog)

c. daughter (married Rdainyanka or Rattling Runner)
   daughter (married Marpiyaakicita or Cloud Soldier)
   son Thomas
   son George, catechist of the Episcopal Church
   son John
   son Joseph (Cetan or Hawk), catechist of the Episcopal Church
   son Henry
   son Napoleon (Hdakinyan or Crosswise)
   [All children born before 1851.  He also raised a captured Sac girl]

d. April 23, 1876
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Wapahasha IV
Napoleon Wabasha
Hdakinyan (Crosswise)

b. Unknown

m. Mazakashuhewin (Natalie Graham, daughter of Alexander and Mary Graham,
                   who died October 4, 1930)

c. About a dozen children, including

   Emily
   George
   Mary
   Harry
   Francis
   Spread Horns (Hebo or Henry B.) b. September 18, 1884

d. January 27, 1925
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WAPAHASHA V
Henry B. Wabasha
Spread Horns
Hebo

b.

m.

c. George (See notes)
   Ernest


Notes:
George was born June 2, 1915, Sioux reservation, Santee, Nebraska
Sergeant George Earlwin Wabasha was killed in action during a
1944 battle at Monte Cassini, Italy)
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WAPAHASHA VI
Ernest Wabasha

b. (Living)
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WAPAHASHA VII (heir apparent)
Leonard Wabasha 

b. (Living)
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