Submitted by
Karen Stewart

Ponca Chief Headman
(1843 - 1917)

Headman, a chief of the Ponca, was the son of D'aikawaho, who was also
a clan chief of the The-Xee-Donh. The Ponca, who did not have a written
language, dated special incidents by significant happenings of the time.
Chief Headman, whose Ponca name is Gah-K'u-We-Xeh, was born a few years following the Great Meteor Shower of 1834. He married the daughter of Big Soldier
(Wah-Nonh-Shey Tonh-Gah) whose given name was Virginia Big Soldier of the Wah-Shah-Bay clan. Her Ponca Name was Me-Thah-Gthee.
Six children were born to them from 1891 to 1904. They were: Kenneth Headman, Lula Thicknail,

Mattie Howe, Agnes Howe, Nellie Jones, and Theodore Headman.