wekau

Updated: May 16, 2025

When all was in readiness, the Winnebagoes were notified that, unless Red Bird and his principal accomplice, Wekau, were promptly surrendered, the tribe would be exterminated. The threat had its intended effect, and the two culprits duly presented themselves at Whistler's camp on the Fox-Wisconsin portage, in full savage regalia, and singing their war dirges.

Frederic Austin Ogg - The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond