48 THE MENOMINI INDIANS [eth.ann.14 



On the death of this woman, Osh'kosh married Tomo'ko'um, 

 by whom be bad a daughter — 



(8) IV. Kino'ke. 



4. Oshkiq'hinaniu v (A'kwine'mi — "Tonng man") of the Owii'sse 



dodii'mi, was born in 1800. He was speaker for tbe tribe at 

 Green Bay in 1X20, when Morse visited tbe Menomini. He was 

 married and has offspring — 

 I. Joseph. 



5. A'kwine'mi (Osh'kosh — " In-the mouth-of everybody") is of the 



Owii'sse doda'mi. He was born in 1822, and in 1859 succeeded 

 his father as chief. In 1871, while under the influence of liquor, 

 he stabbed a man, in consequence of which he was convicted 

 and sentenced to imprisonment, and for this reason was deposed, 

 Nio'pet succeeding. On his release, A'kwine'mi endeavored 

 to the utmost to recover his chieftaincy, but without avail. He 

 is still a well preserved man, but without influence (his por- 

 trait forms plate iv). He was married to Midii'skamo'qki 

 ("Something coming"), also of the Owii'sse doda'mi, and had 

 eight or nine children, all deceased. 

 G. Nio'pet (Osh'kosh — "Four-in-a den"), a member of the Owii'sse 

 dodii'mi, was born sixty-one years ago, and, as above stated, 

 was elected chief in 1875 after the conviction and imprison- 

 ment of his brother A'kwine'mi. Nio'pet and his brothers are 

 perhaps the only full-blood Menomini Indians alive today. 

 Osh'kosh himself claimed this distinction for himself nearly 

 fifty years ago. Nio'pet is about 5 feet 9 inches in height, of 

 light brown color, high cheek bones, and in general expression 

 of countenance very decidedly like a Japanese. He has been 

 appointed judge of the Indian court, and is a man of honor 

 and veracity, and universally respected (figure 2). Ni'aqta- 

 wa'pomi is second chief and an able assistant, though not a 

 member of the same family and gens (figure 3). 



Nio'pet is one of the chiefs of the Mitii'wit, and is enthusi- 

 astic in his devotion to the traditions and rites of the order. 

 Notwithstanding the fact that he is a so-called pagan, Nio'pet 

 has readily yielded to and in fact urged the adoption of the 

 Christian religion by his children, and nothing affords him 

 greater satisfaction and contentment of mind than the fact 

 that his late favorite daughter had been a devout and active 

 member of the church. His wife, a sister of Shu'nien, named 

 Wa'benomitii'mu ( " Wabeno woman " ), of the Pa'kaa'qkiu 

 dodii'mi, is a quite good looking but rather stout woman, by 

 whom he has had fourteen children, the two survivors being 

 the sons — 



(9) I. Reginald, 

 (10) II. Ernest. 



