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1830] Lockwood's Narrative 137
naturally be the conduct of a w^ar party of Indians, that I at first, believed him, but we stopped shortly after for dinner, and although the men pretended to be much afraid of the Indians, I discovered- something in their conduct that satisfied me, that it was a hoax. They pro^posed to turn back to Prairie du Chien for fear of the Indians^ but I told them that I was never in the habit of turning- back through fear, until I saw there w^as really danger, and that I did not require them to run any risk which I would not myself freely share.
We finally proceecled on quietly until near the mouth of Eiverie AuBkeuf or Buffalo Eiver, when Armstrong and the man who came down with him, who were actually in great fear, as they were not in the secret of the plot, discovered an Indian on the bluffs below its mouth, or imagined they did, and gave the alarm of ^^Chip- pewa!" But we met some Sioux at the foot of the bluffs, and they said that it could not be Ohipipewas, as they had the day before been hunting over there and thought it proba.ble that some of their people might still be hunting there. So we proceeded to a point opjDO'site to the mouth of the Chippewa Eiver, and encamped for the night
So much had been said about danger from the Chippewas, that I began to believe there was something in it, and must confess that the next morning I entered the narrow mouth of the Chip¬ pewa, fringed with bushes., with some fear that some Indian might be hid, and fire upon us without giving notice of his presence; but once in, the feeling, of fear wore off, and we proceeded on with little to eat until about 10 o^dock, when we came to a MeDom onee lodge^ where we found a gTeat deal of venison, and a quan¬ tity stuck up around the fire cooking, to which we did ample justice. We then proceeded about ten miles up the river, where w^e found the boat and three Americans w^ho had remained with it But they refused, as well as the Canadians to go back to the mill under the superintendence of Armstrong; and from all ac¬ counts of the men, as well as from what I had seen of him, I was
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 | 137 |
| 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 | TP030042 |
| 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 | 1830] Lockwood's Narrative 137 naturally be the conduct of a w^ar party of Indians, that I at first, believed him, but we stopped shortly after for dinner, and although the men pretended to be much afraid of the Indians, I discovered- something in their conduct that satisfied me, that it was a hoax. They pro^posed to turn back to Prairie du Chien for fear of the Indians^ but I told them that I was never in the habit of turning- back through fear, until I saw there w^as really danger, and that I did not require them to run any risk which I would not myself freely share. We finally proceecled on quietly until near the mouth of Eiverie AuBkeuf or Buffalo Eiver, when Armstrong and the man who came down with him, who were actually in great fear, as they were not in the secret of the plot, discovered an Indian on the bluffs below its mouth, or imagined they did, and gave the alarm of ^^Chip- pewa!" But we met some Sioux at the foot of the bluffs, and they said that it could not be Ohipipewas, as they had the day before been hunting over there and thought it proba.ble that some of their people might still be hunting there. So we proceeded to a point opjDO'site to the mouth of the Chippewa Eiver, and encamped for the night So much had been said about danger from the Chippewas, that I began to believe there was something in it, and must confess that the next morning I entered the narrow mouth of the Chip¬ pewa, fringed with bushes., with some fear that some Indian might be hid, and fire upon us without giving notice of his presence; but once in, the feeling, of fear wore off, and we proceeded on with little to eat until about 10 o^dock, when we came to a MeDom onee lodge^ where we found a gTeat deal of venison, and a quan¬ tity stuck up around the fire cooking, to which we did ample justice. We then proceeded about ten miles up the river, where w^e found the boat and three Americans w^ho had remained with it But they refused, as well as the Canadians to go back to the mill under the superintendence of Armstrong; and from all ac¬ counts of the men, as well as from what I had seen of him, I was |
| Event Date | 1793-1856 |
| Event Years | 1793-1856 |
| Type | Text |