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Fox Indians | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Fox Indians

Fox Indians | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Waa-top-e-not, a chief of the Fox Indians, 1825 (WHI-26931)

used by most writers for the Meskwaki (or Mesquakie) Indians, who came into Wisconsin ca. 1650 from the east, under pressure from the Iroquois.

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[Source: Bieder, Robert E. Native American Communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995).]