There are many different versions of Sacred Sun’s Osage name. She is also referred to as Mo-Hon-Go, Mohongo, Mi-hunga, and Myhangah in various publications from the period and later. Certain assumptions made in this essay about Sacred Sun’s life, especially as a child, are based on the work of archaeologists, historians, and reporters from the period.

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