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1816] Lockwood's Narrative 125 Joseph Rolette, in eoniUection with the Indian trade,, carried on farming, after the fashion of the country, pretty extensively. Michael Brisbois, besides being a trader, carried on the business of baking, and farming tO' some eixtent, receiving of the inhabi¬ tants 100 pounds of flo'ur and giving in rcitum^ tickets, for fifty loaves of breiad, and these tickets made a convenient change to buy trifles of the Indians with. None of the inhabitants^ pre¬ tended to make their own breiad, but depended entirely upon the baker-house. Jean Baptiste Farribault did something in the line of Indian trade', and carried on a small farm, but soon after left the Prairie to reside on the St. Peters Biver."^ Among the other inhabitants of i:iotoriety at that time, was a Mrs. Menard, of mixed African and white blood. She came from some one of the French villages below, and was then mar¬ ried to Charles.' Menard, a Canadian of French extraction. She had beien married twice previously, first tO' a man by the na,me of Du Chouquette, by whom she had two sons, one of whom was in the employ of Mr. Astor in that unfortunate expedition of his sent in 1810' by sea and across the continent tO' the mouth of the Columbia Eiver, now Ohregon Tbrritory. Her next husband was named Gagnier, by whom she had three- sons and three daughters. After Gagnieris death she married Charles Menard, by whom she had three s.ons and twof daughters. She was generally called by the inhabitants Aunt Mary Ann, an,d was a person of conse¬ quence among them, being midwife, and the only person pre¬ tending to a knowledge of the healing art. Until a fort was erected at Prairie du Chien, and a surgeon arrived there with the troops, she was sent for by the sick, and attended them as regularly as a physician, and charged fees therefor, giving them, aS' she ex¬ pressed it, '^device and yarb drink." She was. an excellent nurse, and even after there were reg:ular surgeons of the army stationed at Fort Crawford, Mary Ann continued to practice among the in- * We learn from the Annals of the Minnesota Historical Society, that as early as 1805, Farribault encamped opposite Mendota, Minnesota, trading with the Indians; and, in 1822, he formed one of the constituent mem¬ bers of the Columbia Fur Company, of Minnesota. From the American State Papers, he appears to have removed to the St. Peters, in 1819.— L. C. D.
Object Description
Page Title | Early times and events in Wisconsin |
Author | Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1856 |
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 | TP030000 |
Description | James Lockwood arrived at Prairie du Chien in 1816. Working for Jacob Franks and the American Fur Company, he would later become a banker, merchant, and judge. He recollects here the early years of settlement in Prairie du Chien and his work as a fur trader. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Lockwood, James H. "Early Times and Events in Wisconsin." Second Annual Report and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, for the Year 1855 (Madison: Calkins & Proudfit, 1856): 98-196; online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=30 |
Document Number | TP030 |
Size | p. 98-196 ; 21 cm. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=30 |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F576 .W81 vol.2 |
Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, v.2 |
Genre | memoir |
County | Brown County; Buffalo County; Columbia County; Crawford County; Sawyer County; Door County; Dunn County; Grant County; Green Lake County; Iowa County; Marquette County; Outagamie County; Pepin County; Richland County; Sauk County; Vernon County; Winnebago County |
City | Green Bay; Milwaukee; Prairie du Chien |
State/Province | Wisconsin; Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota; New York |
Gender | female; male |
Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans |
Sub-Topic | Early U.S. Settlement; The Founding of Major Cities |
Event Date | 1793-1856 |
Event Years | 1793-1856 |
Agriculture | Vegetables |
Animals | Birds; Mammals |
Art | Indian dance; Interior architecture |
Buildings | Dwellings |
Domestic Life | Cookery; Family; Food; Implements, utensils, etc. |
Economics | Business |
Food Industry and Trade | Flour mills |
Land Use | Cities and towns; Farms |
Life Stages | Aging; Childhood; Marriage |
Occupations | Farmers; Judges; Lawyers; Nursing; Pioneers |
Politics | Elections |
Recreation | Lacrosse; Leisure activities |
Religion | Clergy; Missionaries; Religion; Religious education; Rites and ceremonies |
Social Relations | Crime |
Topography | Islands; Landscape; Lakes; Rivers |
Transportation | Boats and boating; Canoes and canoeing; Steamboats |
Manufacturing and Industry | Forest products industry; Fur trade; Sawmills |
War | Fortification; War |
Indian Tribe | Fox; Ho-Chunk; Iowa; Kickapoo; Menominee; Ojibwe; Potawatomi; Sauk |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | 125 |
Author | Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1856 |
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 | TP030030 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 21 cm. |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F576 .W81 vol.2 |
Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, v.2 |
Full Text | 1816] Lockwood's Narrative 125 Joseph Rolette, in eoniUection with the Indian trade,, carried on farming, after the fashion of the country, pretty extensively. Michael Brisbois, besides being a trader, carried on the business of baking, and farming tO' some eixtent, receiving of the inhabi¬ tants 100 pounds of flo'ur and giving in rcitum^ tickets, for fifty loaves of breiad, and these tickets made a convenient change to buy trifles of the Indians with. None of the inhabitants^ pre¬ tended to make their own breiad, but depended entirely upon the baker-house. Jean Baptiste Farribault did something in the line of Indian trade', and carried on a small farm, but soon after left the Prairie to reside on the St. Peters Biver."^ Among the other inhabitants of i:iotoriety at that time, was a Mrs. Menard, of mixed African and white blood. She came from some one of the French villages below, and was then mar¬ ried to Charles.' Menard, a Canadian of French extraction. She had beien married twice previously, first tO' a man by the na,me of Du Chouquette, by whom she had two sons, one of whom was in the employ of Mr. Astor in that unfortunate expedition of his sent in 1810' by sea and across the continent tO' the mouth of the Columbia Eiver, now Ohregon Tbrritory. Her next husband was named Gagnier, by whom she had three- sons and three daughters. After Gagnieris death she married Charles Menard, by whom she had three s.ons and twof daughters. She was generally called by the inhabitants Aunt Mary Ann, an,d was a person of conse¬ quence among them, being midwife, and the only person pre¬ tending to a knowledge of the healing art. Until a fort was erected at Prairie du Chien, and a surgeon arrived there with the troops, she was sent for by the sick, and attended them as regularly as a physician, and charged fees therefor, giving them, aS' she ex¬ pressed it, '^device and yarb drink." She was. an excellent nurse, and even after there were reg:ular surgeons of the army stationed at Fort Crawford, Mary Ann continued to practice among the in- * We learn from the Annals of the Minnesota Historical Society, that as early as 1805, Farribault encamped opposite Mendota, Minnesota, trading with the Indians; and, in 1822, he formed one of the constituent mem¬ bers of the Columbia Fur Company, of Minnesota. From the American State Papers, he appears to have removed to the St. Peters, in 1819.— L. C. D. |
Event Date | 1793-1856 |
Event Years | 1793-1856 |
Type | Text |