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2 6o Wisconsin Historical Collections [vol. iii which well corresponded with her unequalled coat; and in her chapeau, a plumei—^not indicative of the warrior, and the pomp and circumstance of war, but it was a simple talisman in which she trusted for success in the chase. In her latter years, when getting quite old, she used to pitch her wigwam frequently near my father's; and I remember that my father once, out of mischief, cut off the old woman's plume from her chapeau. She got very vesed, and reproached him for so sacrilegious an act; said he must be a fool, ^s he did not seemi to know for what purpose she wore it. The plumie, of course, which was so superstitiously regarded, soon rehoccupied its place of honor. At another time^, one of her dogs happened to Mil one of Madame Amable Eoy's hens, when O-cha-oWn, as she caugbt the culprit and tied himi up-, thus addressed him, with as much eamestness and sincerity as though he under¬ stood every word: "Tou are a fool—^you have killed a hen—* this is not the way I taught you to beh'ave; didn't I always tell you never to do any mischief ? ITow since yo-u have been guilty of committing murder, you must die, and follow the one you have slain." So suiting the action to the word, she knocked the dog on the head with an axe and killed him, and wrapping his body in cloths, dug a grave and buried him. Old Ol-cha-own, about 1790, when seventy-five or eighty years of age, died in her wigwam, near Joseph Boy's on the west side of the river^ at Green Bay, and her clothing, and other property which she hoarded up, were distributed amiong the poor Indian families of the neigbborhood. But the fact I design to hring forward by the introduction of this narrative is, that my grandfather, Charles De Langlade, wh^i told that 0-cha-own was very low, and near her en(^ made her. a visit, and as the Catholic laity, when necessity seems to de¬ mand it, perform the rite of baptism to the dying, asked her if she had ever b^n baptised? "Oh," she promptly replied, "the Fathers long ago baptised me at Depere." So from this
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 | 260 |
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 | TP028066 |
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 | 2 6o Wisconsin Historical Collections [vol. iii which well corresponded with her unequalled coat; and in her chapeau, a plumei—^not indicative of the warrior, and the pomp and circumstance of war, but it was a simple talisman in which she trusted for success in the chase. In her latter years, when getting quite old, she used to pitch her wigwam frequently near my father's; and I remember that my father once, out of mischief, cut off the old woman's plume from her chapeau. She got very vesed, and reproached him for so sacrilegious an act; said he must be a fool, ^s he did not seemi to know for what purpose she wore it. The plumie, of course, which was so superstitiously regarded, soon rehoccupied its place of honor. At another time^, one of her dogs happened to Mil one of Madame Amable Eoy's hens, when O-cha-oWn, as she caugbt the culprit and tied himi up-, thus addressed him, with as much eamestness and sincerity as though he under¬ stood every word: "Tou are a fool—^you have killed a hen—* this is not the way I taught you to beh'ave; didn't I always tell you never to do any mischief ? ITow since yo-u have been guilty of committing murder, you must die, and follow the one you have slain." So suiting the action to the word, she knocked the dog on the head with an axe and killed him, and wrapping his body in cloths, dug a grave and buried him. Old Ol-cha-own, about 1790, when seventy-five or eighty years of age, died in her wigwam, near Joseph Boy's on the west side of the river^ at Green Bay, and her clothing, and other property which she hoarded up, were distributed amiong the poor Indian families of the neigbborhood. But the fact I design to hring forward by the introduction of this narrative is, that my grandfather, Charles De Langlade, wh^i told that 0-cha-own was very low, and near her en(^ made her. a visit, and as the Catholic laity, when necessity seems to de¬ mand it, perform the rite of baptism to the dying, asked her if she had ever b^n baptised? "Oh" she promptly replied, "the Fathers long ago baptised me at Depere." So from this |
Event Date | 1745-1857 |
Event Years | 1745-1857 |
Type | Text |