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My Great great great grandmother was named Hutoka as well. She was born in 1850 and died in 1898. She was born in Pennsylvania and died in Drummond, Montana. I don't have any other info on her parents etc at this time, nor do I have any pictures of her, but there is reason to believe she was T least part American Indian. I am extremely interested in her name as well as any other info on her. Her maiden name was Hauley. My email is Lennyzpet@hotmail.com

The older sister born 1882 - before 1887 January birth in Snow Camp, NC (Chatham County) of my paternal grandfather Robert Pearl Braxton died 1978. Her first name "Robena" (pronounced row-BEAN-ee) middle "Hutoka" surname braxton - married Benjamin Savassah Curl (also Chatham County, NC). In 1884 her sister "Rodena" Viroka Braxton was born died around age 1. I was born 1944 and grew up in the same area of North Carolina.

Hutoka comes from the book "Hutoka: Or, The Maid of the Forest: a Tale of the Indian Wars" (1846) by Osgood Bradbury.

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As far as I can tell, it's a fictitious Native American name that Bradbury made up.

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Here's a link to the book at Archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/hutokaormaidfor00bradgoog

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On page 25, the character mentions that her name means "springing fawn." Here's the text:

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'Hutoka!' repeated the old man, 'Hutoka! That's a pretty sounding name. The Indians always have a meaning to their names. What is the meaning of Hutoka?' 'The Springing Fawn,' she replied.
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Where was she from?

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Is it a given name or a surname?

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P.S. I found some info on Hutoka and submitted that name.

This message was edited 3/22/2016, 5:40 AM