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 .
6-477: Mahaska may refer to: Chief Mahaska , of the Native American Iowa tribe Mahaska, Kansas , United States Mahaska County, Iowa , United States USS Mahaska Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mahaska . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-563: A French trader in an argument; he was arrested and imprisoned in St. Louis, Missouri . After he escaped, he led a raid against the Osage . Afterward, he decided that his father's death was finally avenged. Mahaska lay down his arms and adopted the lifestyle of the European-American settlers, building a log home and farming. He refused to let his braves avenge the death of an Iowa chief named Crane at
18-574: The Mahaska commission in 1906, Fry was living in Paris. He returned to Iowa the following summer to make preparatory drawings of Meskwaki at the nearby Settlement at Tama, Iowa , and to collect Indian artifacts and other reference materials. Returning to Paris, he began on a clay scale model, which he first showed at the Paris Salon in 1907. A year later, he exhibited the final full-sized sculpture, for which he
24-575: The hands of Omaha Indians in 1833. When several Iowa killed six Omaha warriors, Mahaska assisted in their arrest. The next year one of the Iowa escaped from Fort Leavenworth and killed Mahaska by shooting him in the back as he sat by his campfire. He was buried along the Nodaway River in Edna Township, Cass County, Iowa . Mahaska became a symbol to settlers of the virtues of his native lifestyle, and of
30-588: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahaska&oldid=542552668 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chief Mahaska Mahaska was born into the Iowa tribe . He became chief at an early age after killing several enemy Sioux to avenge his father's death by them. Later Mahaska supposedly killed
36-429: The possibility of peace between natives and settlers. Sculptor Sherry Edmundson Fry 's earliest public commission was a bronze statue of Mahaska. Recently restored, it still stands on its pedestal in the courthouse square of Oskaloosa , which is the governmental seat of Mahaska County, Iowa, in the southeastern section of the state. At the right of the base is the artist's signature "S.E. Fry, 1907". When he accepted
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