Portrait of Moanahonga by Charles Bird King, c. 1824, in the collection of the Huntington Library
Moanahonga, known as Big Neck or Great Walker, was an Iowa Nation leader.[1][2][3] In July 1829 Big Neck had ostensibly led a party of Ioway Native Americans to return to their former hunting grounds along the Grand River and Chariton River leading to the conflict known as the Big Neck War. The conflict ended in October 1830 when Big Neck and some of his party surrendered to Indian sub-agent Andrew S. Hughes. They were tried in March 1830, but when evidence emerged showing that the local whites had started the fight Big Neck and his men were acquitted and released.[4]
References
^Mary Ellen Rowe Bulwark of the Republic: The American Militia in Antebellum West 0313324107
- 2003 "Trammel attempted to form them into a battle line, then rode forward to parley with Big Neck, the Iowa leader. At that instant several of his men fired on the Iowas, killing Big Neck's brother and the man's wife and child. A general battle ensued, ..."
^Blue Clark
Indian Tribes of Oklahoma: A Guide 162 0806184612
- 2012 " Big Neck (also called Great Walker) and White Cloud sent their children to the Jesuit St. Regis Academy in nearby Florrisant."
^The McKenney-Hall portrait gallery of American Indians 310 0517500531
James David Horan, Thomas Loraine McKenney - 1972 - Big Neck, another Iowa chief and four warriors were later tried for murder in Randolph County, Missouri, where the ..."
^Dorothy Caldwell, “The Big Neck Affair: Tragedy and Farce on the Missouri Frontier,” July 1970
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