Chief Waukon Decorah
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Waukon Decorah, c. 1780-1868 was a Native American Chief.
According to the Wisconsin Historical Society's Dictionary of Wisconsin History, Chief Waukon Decorah was a Ho-Chunk leader and grandson of Glory of the Morning, a famous Ho-Chunk.
Chief Waukon Decorah cooperated with whites during the Black Hawk War, but his compliance was not rewarded: his people were forced across the Mississippi River into Northeast Iowa and eventually toward Blue Earth County, Minnesota in the newly established state of Minnesota.
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Two Northeast Iowa cities bear his name, Decorah and Waukon. The Waukon Indians, of Waukon, Iowa prefer to be named in his honor.
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