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1772-1832] Grignon's Recollections 285 vices during the last war have been mentioned, and he served on Stambaugh's expedition. Among his nation he ranks high. He is a stout, good-looking man, and has lost one of his eyesv Osh-kosh, and his brother Osh-ka-hernah-niew, or The Yowng Mam, are grandsons of Cha-kau-cho-ka-ma, or The Old King, so long the grand dhief of the nation, and whose place Osh-kosh, by inheritance, has possessed since 1827. As we have seen, Osh-kosh was upon the war-path in 1812-14, under the special superintendence of Tbmah, and under Stambaugh in 1832. The word Osh-kosh signifies hrave, and such this chief has always proved himseflf. He is now sixty-two years of age^ while his brother. The Young Ifa^/whose name begins to be a mis¬ nomer, is now fifty-one. Osh-kosh is only of medium size, possessing much good sense and ability, but is a great slave te strong drink, and two of his three sons surpass their father in this beastly vice. I can say but little of the Winnebagoes, with whoocd I have been less intimate than with the Menomonees. I have spent several winters trading among them^ and while I knew many of their' chiefs and leading men, I cannot enter into the details, of their respective careers. The Winnebago^ call themselves the Wau^chonr-gra,'^ ^e meaning of which I do not know; * Gallatin, in his Synopsis of the Indian Trites, states that the French called the Winnebagoes Otchagras, but caU themselves Hochungohrah, or the "Trout*' nation. In Schoolcrafts Hist, of the Indian Tri'bes, iii, 277, iv, 227, they are spoken of as calling themselves the Hochungara, and O'CTiun-ga-raio: and the same work adds, on good authority, that their earliest historical tradition relates to their once living at the Red Banks of Green Bay, and that they once built a fort; "an event which appears to have made a general impression on the tribe;" and that it is eight or nine generations since they lived at the Red Banks. "The Otchagras," says Charlevoix in his Historical Journal, in 1721, "who are commonly called the Puans, dwelt formerly on the borders of the Bay, in a very delightful situation. They were attacked here by the Illinois, who killed a great number of them; the remainder took refuge in the river of the Outagamis which runs into the bottom of the Bay. They seated themselves on the borders of a kind of Lake [Win¬ nebago Lake]; and I judge it was there, that living on fish which they got in the Lake in great plenty, they gave them the name of Puans, be¬ cause all along the shore where their cabins were built, one saw noth¬ ing but stinking fish, which infected the air. It appears at least, that this is the origin of the name which the other savages had given them before us, and which has communicated itself to the Bay, far from
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 |
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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 | 285 |
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 | TP028091 |
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 | 1772-1832] Grignon's Recollections 285 vices during the last war have been mentioned, and he served on Stambaugh's expedition. Among his nation he ranks high. He is a stout, good-looking man, and has lost one of his eyesv Osh-kosh, and his brother Osh-ka-hernah-niew, or The Yowng Mam, are grandsons of Cha-kau-cho-ka-ma, or The Old King, so long the grand dhief of the nation, and whose place Osh-kosh, by inheritance, has possessed since 1827. As we have seen, Osh-kosh was upon the war-path in 1812-14, under the special superintendence of Tbmah, and under Stambaugh in 1832. The word Osh-kosh signifies hrave, and such this chief has always proved himseflf. He is now sixty-two years of age^ while his brother. The Young Ifa^/whose name begins to be a mis¬ nomer, is now fifty-one. Osh-kosh is only of medium size, possessing much good sense and ability, but is a great slave te strong drink, and two of his three sons surpass their father in this beastly vice. I can say but little of the Winnebagoes, with whoocd I have been less intimate than with the Menomonees. I have spent several winters trading among them^ and while I knew many of their' chiefs and leading men, I cannot enter into the details, of their respective careers. The Winnebago^ call themselves the Wau^chonr-gra,'^ ^e meaning of which I do not know; * Gallatin, in his Synopsis of the Indian Trites, states that the French called the Winnebagoes Otchagras, but caU themselves Hochungohrah, or the "Trout*' nation. In Schoolcrafts Hist, of the Indian Tri'bes, iii, 277, iv, 227, they are spoken of as calling themselves the Hochungara, and O'CTiun-ga-raio: and the same work adds, on good authority, that their earliest historical tradition relates to their once living at the Red Banks of Green Bay, and that they once built a fort; "an event which appears to have made a general impression on the tribe;" and that it is eight or nine generations since they lived at the Red Banks. "The Otchagras" says Charlevoix in his Historical Journal, in 1721, "who are commonly called the Puans, dwelt formerly on the borders of the Bay, in a very delightful situation. They were attacked here by the Illinois, who killed a great number of them; the remainder took refuge in the river of the Outagamis which runs into the bottom of the Bay. They seated themselves on the borders of a kind of Lake [Win¬ nebago Lake]; and I judge it was there, that living on fish which they got in the Lake in great plenty, they gave them the name of Puans, be¬ cause all along the shore where their cabins were built, one saw noth¬ ing but stinking fish, which infected the air. It appears at least, that this is the origin of the name which the other savages had given them before us, and which has communicated itself to the Bay, far from |
Event Date | 1745-1857 |
Event Years | 1745-1857 |
Type | Text |