Could possibly refer to the "first born son" in a Siouan language, perhaps from the Lakota čhiŋkší 'son' or the Dakota cinhintku or ciijca 'son'. A noted bearer was We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee, also known as Chaske, a Native American man of the Dakota tribe who was executed in a mass hanging near Mankato, Minnesota in the wake of the Dakota War of 1862, despite the fact that President Abraham Lincoln had commuted his death sentence days earlier.
A noted bearer was We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee, also known as Chaske, a Native American man of the Dakota tribe who was executed in a mass hanging near Mankato, Minnesota in the wake of the Dakota War of 1862, despite the fact that President Abraham Lincoln had commuted his death sentence days earlier.