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Wan-i-ga (the Sun). "TRIAL OF INDIANS. Detroit, Oct. 23 At the late special session of the Circuit Court for Crawford county, held at Prairie du Chien, Judge Doty presiding, the Winnebago Indians, Wan-i-ga, (the Sun) and Chick-hong-sic, (the Petit Boeuf,) were tried for murder of Gagnier and Lipcap, at that place, on the 24th of June, 1827. They were found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged on the 26th of December next. In the case of the Indians imprisoned for the murder of Methode and his family, near Lake Pepin, in 1824, a nolle prosequi was entered, and the prisoners discharged. Two other Indians imprisoned for firing upon the keel boats on the 30th June, 1827, were also discharged, no bills having been found against them. " Ref: Cherokee Phoenix , published on Wednesday December 3, 1828.

Winnemucca, Sarah of the Northern Paiutes. Her oldest brother was Tom, who died at Pyramid Lake in May of 1885. Her sister was Elma Winnemucca Smith, who died in 1919, Nevada. Ref: Three American Indian Women By Grace Steel Woodward.