Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume VI (1872)

              captain jonathan carver and carver's grant by d s dttreie to preserve the memory and to hold in respect the services of those whose lives were devoted to the achievement of heroic deedsj are duties which mankind willingly perform ; and to this end the art of the sculptor is frequently brought into requisition to embellish the costly monument or statue of him who has rendered his country distinguished services while this is true in regard to the world's great military chieftains the same may also be said of the great discoverers in the various de partments of krowledge and science it has too often been the case that the age in which they lived failed properly to appreciate their invaluable services and for a season suffered them to be overlooked and neglected and some even to die in penury and in want yet those who succeeded them have generally made liberal amends for the unmerited neglect of their fathers those also who for the purpose of advancing the cause of religion or of benefiting their country have vol untarily traversed the vast wilderness of the new world ac quired the language studied the manners and customs of the people with whom they came in contact and thus prepared the way for the standard of civilization where hitherto the wild barbarian roamed free and unmolested have rendered a service of incalculable value to the cause of human improve ment and deserve to be honored in all coming time as public benefactors the north western portion of our country was first explored