Mahaska (Native American leader)

Mahaska, or "White Cloud"
Maxúshga, Maxúhga
Mahaska, from Futon's Red Men of Iowa, 1882.
Iowa tribe leader
Succeeded byFrancis White Cloud
Personal details
Bornc. 1784
Near present day Burlington, Iowa
Died1834 (aged 4950)
Nodaway River, Near Massena, Iowa
SpouseRantchewaime ("Female Flying Pigeon")
RelationsBrother, No Heart (Notchimine, Nacheninga, etc.)
ChildrenFrancis White Cloud
ParentMauhawgaw ("The Wounding Arrow")
NicknameHard Heart

Mahaska (archaic Ioway Maxúshga pronounced [mõxuʃꜜkɐ]; contemporary Maxúhga), or White Cloud, (c. 17841834) was a chief of the Native American Iowa tribe. His son, also named Mahaska, was better known as Francis White Cloud.