Stephen Andrew Mack married Temperance Bond Stephen founded Pontiac, Michigan Stephen's sister Lucy Mack married Joseph Smith Sr. - they were the parents of Joseph Smith the Mormon prophet Stephen's son Stephen Mack married Hononegah (Birds Grove, Illinois). Stephen founded Macktown, Illinois, (next to Rockton and close to Beloit, WI.) My query concerns the ancestry of Hononegah. Some say she was Potawatomie, and the daughter of a chief. Her husband, Stephen, however, applied for mixed blood money for his children per the Winnebago Mixed-Blood Claim Commissions at Prairie du Chien, WI in 1838 and 1839. (Ref. "Neither White Men Nor Indians", by Linda Waggoner. This book lists all the affidavits from these commissions. You can contact me direct for information on this book). In these affidavits, Stephen says that the father of Hononegah was Blacksmith, who resided near the four lakes, and had died about 1820-21. Stephen did not know if Blacksmith was 1/2 or full blood Winnebago. Blacksmith's 3 brothers are named. Co-no saip kah (or Little Black), Es tche e she sheek, and Ho ro hon kak. The sister of Hononegah was We hun see gah. Hononegah's mother was Inoquer, a full blood Winnebago woman. One descendant claims that Ho no ne gah translates as "first born daughter of Chief Gah". I question this, although we do not know what Blacksmith's indian name was. If anyone has any information on this family, I will be very grateful. This is one of my major brick walls. Thanks Curt (Curtis Benoit Londroche) Curt@Londroche.us