Whirling Thunder was one of the important Winnebago chiefs who lived on the Neutral Ground in Iowa during the 1840’s.  Tereasa Lenius examined his heroic, tragic, life from his fighting with the British in the War of 1812 to his death near the Turkey River Mission in 1847 as well as the uncertainty over his burial site.  Lenius hopes that the attendees left with a greater respect for the lives of the Winnebago and the many family members they left behind interred in Iowa soil.