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134 Wisconsin Historical Collections [voi.ii perintendent, carpenter and blacksmith, with laborers, provisions, teams, and tools, to erect a mill on the Chippewa Eliver or its tributaries. The mill-wright selected the site of the old dam of Perkins for his dam, and built the mill on the Menomonee^ Eiver, and dug a canal across a point of land from: the small stream to tlie mill. The hands we were obliged to eauploy w^ere mostly Canadians, and we engaged tlie w^ife of one of them:, a Menomionee half breed, as cook for the hands. Few Americans can manage the Canadian voyageurs to advantage. They suppose that they must be treated, with the same familiarity as American! laborers, and reason them into doing their duty; but this is not the proper treatment. The voyageur has been so long accustomed to look upon his employer as his superior, and tOi be treated by him as* his inferior, that so soon as he is treated as American hands expect to be treated by their employer, they at once conceive a contempt for him, and become mut.inous. Such w^as the case with our superintendent, and he proved not be qualified to superinteud any kind of m.ein or business, and all the hands looked upon him with contempt. Three or four OhippeW'^as came to them and the Menomonee half breed woman, she being the only one that understood the Chippewa language, and told them that if they did not leave there they would kill them all. This was about night-fall, and the super¬ intendent was so much alarmed that at dark he got into a canoe with one man, as much frightened as himself, and went down in the night over the rapids, that were diflScult to naviga,te eve.n: in the day time, leaving orders with the men tO' load the provisions, tools, &e., into the boat, and to start in the morning down the Chippewa Eiver near to its mouth, which they did, driving the oxen by land. The superintendent, whose name was Armstrong, arrived at the Prairie evidently much alarmed, and gave me a terrible account of his escape; and not until he had been at the Prairie some considerable time did he inform, me that he had ordered all the men to leave the mill, and that they were probably
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 | 134 |
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 | TP030039 |
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 | 134 Wisconsin Historical Collections [voi.ii perintendent, carpenter and blacksmith, with laborers, provisions, teams, and tools, to erect a mill on the Chippewa Eliver or its tributaries. The mill-wright selected the site of the old dam of Perkins for his dam, and built the mill on the Menomonee^ Eiver, and dug a canal across a point of land from: the small stream to tlie mill. The hands we were obliged to eauploy w^ere mostly Canadians, and we engaged tlie w^ife of one of them:, a Menomionee half breed, as cook for the hands. Few Americans can manage the Canadian voyageurs to advantage. They suppose that they must be treated, with the same familiarity as American! laborers, and reason them into doing their duty; but this is not the proper treatment. The voyageur has been so long accustomed to look upon his employer as his superior, and tOi be treated by him as* his inferior, that so soon as he is treated as American hands expect to be treated by their employer, they at once conceive a contempt for him, and become mut.inous. Such w^as the case with our superintendent, and he proved not be qualified to superinteud any kind of m.ein or business, and all the hands looked upon him with contempt. Three or four OhippeW'^as came to them and the Menomonee half breed woman, she being the only one that understood the Chippewa language, and told them that if they did not leave there they would kill them all. This was about night-fall, and the super¬ intendent was so much alarmed that at dark he got into a canoe with one man, as much frightened as himself, and went down in the night over the rapids, that were diflScult to naviga,te eve.n: in the day time, leaving orders with the men tO' load the provisions, tools, &e., into the boat, and to start in the morning down the Chippewa Eiver near to its mouth, which they did, driving the oxen by land. The superintendent, whose name was Armstrong, arrived at the Prairie evidently much alarmed, and gave me a terrible account of his escape; and not until he had been at the Prairie some considerable time did he inform, me that he had ordered all the men to leave the mill, and that they were probably |
Event Date | 1793-1856 |
Event Years | 1793-1856 |
Type | Text |