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1746-63] Grignon's Recollections 211 head of an extensive company of traders, was doubtless the same person who, as a trader^ had been so severely taxed in the way of tribute by the Foxes, and whom he had so oomr pletely humbled and driven from the country. ITow that the field was clear, and he had established a high reputation among the savages for great bravery and enterprise, how natural he should vigorously prosecute his plans of commerce, as we see he was doing in 1763, seventeen years after the final expulsion of the Sauks and Foxes from Wisconsin. My old friend, Mr. Fily, many years ago told me that he had become acquainted with the wife of the celebrated chief Ke-o-kuk and her mother, and that the latter was the daughter, by a Sauk mother, of the same Capt. Morand who had led the early expeditions against the Foxes. But within the next twenty years after 1763, he must have paid the debt of nature, or retired fro'm; the Indian trade, or I should have seen or known something more of him. Capt. Morand's severe chastisement of the Foxes, had the effect to keep the Wisconsin tribes on friendly terms with the whites for many years. Meanwhile the little settlement at Green Bay appears to have increased very slowly, and the little garrison to have been withdrawn at soniye period after the ter¬ mination of the Sauk and Fox war, and prior to the commence- . ment of the old French and Indian war of 1754. Augustin De Langlade continued in the Indian trade, and Charles De Langlade as Indian agent^ and no event of importance occurred to them, or their little settlement, at this period. We do not discover that the progress or result of that long, contest, known as the French and Indian war, had any spe¬ cial influence for weal or woe upon the Green Bay settlement, as it was too' remote to feel any sensible effects from the oper¬ ations of the comibatants. But it opened a new field for the enterprising spirit of Charles De Langlade. At the break¬ ing out of this war, he was but thirty years of age, in the 15
Object Description
Page Title | Seventy-two years' recollections of Wisconsin |
Author | Grignon, Augustin, b. 1780 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1904 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | XML |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2004 |
Digital Identifier | TP028000 |
Description | Augustin Grignon was the last in a long line of French fur-traders that stretched back to Charles de Langlade, the first European to live in Wisconsin. From 1805-1835 Grignon controlled the crucial portage at Grand Kaukalin on the Fox River, at present-day Kaukauna. He therefore knew every important person and was involved somehow in every important event that touched the Fox-Wisconsin waterway. Near the end of his life, Grignon recalled his own experiences and those of his forebears, from the French and Indian War and Pontiac's uprising to the invention of the railroad and the great waves of 19th-century European immigration. This document is consequently one of the most important sources on the early history of Wisconsin. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Grignon, Augustin. "Seventy-two years' recollections of Wisconsin." Wisconsin Historical Collections (Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1857), vol. 3: 195-295; http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=28 |
Document Number | TP028 |
Size | p. 195-295 ; 23 cm. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=28 |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F576 .W81 vol.3 |
Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v.3 |
Genre | memoir |
County | Ashland County; Brown County; Columbia County; Crawford County; Sawyer County; Fond du Lac County; Grant County; Green Lake County; Iowa County; Kewaunee County; Marinette County; Marquette County; Outagamie County; Richland County; Sauk County; Winnebago County |
City | Green Bay; Milwaukee; Prairie du Chien |
State/Province | Wisconsin; Michigan; New York; Pennsylvania; Quebec |
Gender | female; male |
Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans |
Sub-Topic | The Black Hawk War; Early U.S. Settlement; The French Fur Trade; Treaty Councils, from Prairie du Chien to Madeline Island; The War of 1812 |
Event Date | 1745-1857 |
Event Years | 1745-1857 |
Agriculture | Corn; Fruit; Livestock; Vegetables; Wild Rice |
Food Industry and Trade | Flour mills; Maple syrup industry |
Land Use | Cities and towns |
Occupations | Pioneers |
Religion | Rites and ceremonies |
Social Relations | Slavery |
Topography | Islands; Lakes; Rivers |
Transportation | Boats and boating |
Manufacturing and Industry | Fur trade; Sawmills |
War | War |
Indian Tribe | Fox; Ho-Chunk; Huron; Menominee; Ojibwe; Ottawa; Sauk; Potawatomi; New York Indians; |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | 211 |
Author | Grignon, Augustin, b. 1780 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1904 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | JPG |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2004 |
Digital Identifier | TP028017 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 23 cm. |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F576 .W81 vol.3 |
Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v.3 |
Full Text | 1746-63] Grignon's Recollections 211 head of an extensive company of traders, was doubtless the same person who, as a trader^ had been so severely taxed in the way of tribute by the Foxes, and whom he had so oomr pletely humbled and driven from the country. ITow that the field was clear, and he had established a high reputation among the savages for great bravery and enterprise, how natural he should vigorously prosecute his plans of commerce, as we see he was doing in 1763, seventeen years after the final expulsion of the Sauks and Foxes from Wisconsin. My old friend, Mr. Fily, many years ago told me that he had become acquainted with the wife of the celebrated chief Ke-o-kuk and her mother, and that the latter was the daughter, by a Sauk mother, of the same Capt. Morand who had led the early expeditions against the Foxes. But within the next twenty years after 1763, he must have paid the debt of nature, or retired fro'm; the Indian trade, or I should have seen or known something more of him. Capt. Morand's severe chastisement of the Foxes, had the effect to keep the Wisconsin tribes on friendly terms with the whites for many years. Meanwhile the little settlement at Green Bay appears to have increased very slowly, and the little garrison to have been withdrawn at soniye period after the ter¬ mination of the Sauk and Fox war, and prior to the commence- . ment of the old French and Indian war of 1754. Augustin De Langlade continued in the Indian trade, and Charles De Langlade as Indian agent^ and no event of importance occurred to them, or their little settlement, at this period. We do not discover that the progress or result of that long, contest, known as the French and Indian war, had any spe¬ cial influence for weal or woe upon the Green Bay settlement, as it was too' remote to feel any sensible effects from the oper¬ ations of the comibatants. But it opened a new field for the enterprising spirit of Charles De Langlade. At the break¬ ing out of this war, he was but thirty years of age, in the 15 |
Event Date | 1745-1857 |
Event Years | 1745-1857 |
Type | Text |