Mahaska, or "White Cloud" | |
|---|---|
| Maxúshga, Maxúhga | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Mahaska.jpg) Mahaska, from Futon's Red Men of Iowa, 1882. | |
| Iowa tribe leader | |
| Succeeded by | Francis White Cloud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1784 Near present day Burlington, Iowa |
| Died | 1834 (aged 49–50) Nodaway River, Near Massena, Iowa |
| Spouse | Rantchewaime ("Female Flying Pigeon") |
| Relations | Brother, No Heart (Notchimine, Nacheninga, etc.)[1] |
| Children | Francis White Cloud |
| Parent | Mauhawgaw ("The Wounding Arrow") |
| Nickname | Hard Heart[2] |
Mahaska (archaic Ioway Maxúshga pronounced [mõxuʃꜜkɐ]; contemporary Maxúhga), or White Cloud, (c. 1784–1834) was a chief of the Native American Iowa tribe. His son, also named Mahaska, was better known as Francis White Cloud.
- ^ "Photo of No Heart". Baxoje, the Ioway Nation. Resources on the Ioway or Iowa Indian Tribe. Ioway Cultural Institute : Genealogy : Ancestral Photo Album. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ^ Foster, Lance. "The Ioway and the Landscape of Southeast Iowa". Baxoje, the Ioway Nation. Resources on the Ioway or Iowa Indian Tribe. Ioway Cultural Institute : The Ioway Virtual Library. Retrieved 2013-02-02.