by Delores Miller
The Potawatomi Indians resided in the Township
of Dupont (Wisconsin)
from 1863-1940. Eighty acres of
land in sections 26 and 27. The name Chap-au-dack was on the title, who,
legend says was the son of Chief Waupaca. The 1870 census of Dupont
lists Chapuadock, squaw, children Keekepa, Micheline, Cheeone, Joseph, John,
Souqua, his squaw. Other Indians were listed, so there must have been a
large village located in Dupont, with neighbors of Elsworth, Witt, Quimby,
DeVaud and Palmer. After John Shopodock died in 1940 the land was sold to
the late William and Minnie Schoneck. The Shopodock log and frame
homes slowly settled into dust.
Legend says that Chap-au-dack or Shopodock's English name
was Sam Wapuka or Chief Waupaca. Sam had two wives, an Indian squaw and a
red-haired white woman. From these he had many children, including two
sons whose names were Shopodock and Hangkoot.
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