Mąxįcoga Green Cloud (abt. 1838)

Descendants

Mąxįcoga was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

Mąxįcoga was born in 1838.

Military Service

Green Cloud served in Company A of the Omaha Scouts, Nebraska Infantry, as carved prominently on his tombstone. (Find a Grave)

Property

In 1968, an allotment of land formerly belonging to Green Cloud in Dixon County, Nebraska, consisting of 72 acres, was granted in various parcels to his relatives and descendants: Samuel Thunderchief, jr., Agnes Payer, Minnie Payer, Joseph Payer, Moses Payer, Harry Mason Blackhawk, Susie Smith, Stacy Payer, Wilbert Backdeer, Benjamin Walker, Vincent Walker, LeRoy Walker and Elizabeth Jean Walker. Its location was in the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 32, Lot 5, in Township 27 N, Range 6 E (42.273222 -96.753448). (Land Patent, 26-69-0002)

Death

It is not known when he died, although it is probable that he died in Nebraska. He is buried at Winnebago Cemetery, Winnebago, Thurston County, Nebraska, USA.

Sources

• 1905 Indian census; Roll: M595_671; Line: 5. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 12 February 2020), memorial page for Green Cloud (unknown–unknown), Find A Grave Memorial no. 66542136, citing Winnebago Cemetery, Winnebago, Thurston County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by kmapp (contributor 46799577) .
• United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007. Accession Nr: 26-69-0002