His father was from the Mixed Band of Ottawa, Chippewa and PotawatomiIndians who settled in the area of modern day Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Hismother was of Chippewa, Ottawa and Pawnee origin with a French and OttawaGrandfather.
He was a member of the mixed band of Ottawa, Chippewa and PotawatomiIndians living at what is now Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He was the sixthsigner of The Treaty of Chicago 1826. He was also a first cousin of ChiefWagemasago or
as he was known by the caucasians, Chief Mexico. Chief Mexico's portraitis in the Rahr Museum at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Killed in a drunken brawlat Duck Creek, Brown County, Wisconsin during the winter of 1838/1839 byanother Indian over a rifle. Pashakesick was pulling on the wrong end ofthe loaded gun.
She was a Chippewa Indian from the Mackinac Island, Michigan area. InLetters to The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tourtillott papers, it statesthat after the death of Pashekesick she married Nawaquah, a MenomineeIndian. Further states that she died in the Autumn of 1873. Appears onthe 1870 Census for the Town of Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin as"Minnie Big Thunder."
She had two children with John Mc Dougall Johnston of Saulte Ste Marie,Michigan but was never legally married to him. She was married to JamesHawkins at Fort Howard, Brown Co, Wisconsin on July 1, 1854 and to SteveAskenette, a Menominee Indian, in Keshena, Menominee Indian Reservation,Wisconsin in 1868.
James was scalded to death at the home of his great aunt, Komick.
Her native American ancestors included members of the Ottawa, Chippewaand Pawnee Tribes of Indians. She and her daughter were frozen to deathon their way from Keshena to Cecil where they were to take the train hometo Oconto.
Her native American ancestors included members of the Ottawa, Chippewaand Pawnee Tribes of Indians. She and her daughter were frozen to deathon their way from Keshena to Cecil where they were to take the train hometo Oconto.