De Soto was named in 1855. The first Winnebago chief Winneshiek fought with the British at Mackinac in 1812, at Sandusky in 1813, and helped McKay take Prairie du Chien from the U.S. in 1814. He died at Lansing, Iowa, in 1848. Since 1855, legend has claimed that he was buried on Mt. Winneshiek. The second chief of this name was removed to Neb. De Soto is built over an Indian cemetery, and braves who fought under Charles de Langlade against Braddock in 1755 and at Quebec in 1759, when Wolfe and Montcalm were slain, undoubtedly lie there.