Black Dog (Elder) 1780?-?
Black Dog or Zhin-ga'wa-ca (Manka-chonkah) was
an Osage Indian born circa 1780 near what later became St. Louis, Missouri.
Zhin-ga'wa-ca is a very old Indian name which is not translatable since
the last part is archaic and the meaning lost. The Osage Indians are descendants
of the Siouan Tribe. They originally came from the Alleghaney and Monogahela
River Valleys. When Zhin-ga'wa-ca was young, he lost his left eye in a
childhood accident. He grew to be seven (7) feet tall and weighed around
300 pound
Source: http://www.juntosociety.com/native/black_dog.htm
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