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146 Wisconsin Historical Collections [voi.ii If scalps are taken after the fall of the leaves from the trees, it is usual for the Indians to continue the scalp dance over them until the appearance of the leaves again, when the scalps are buried" with considerable ceremony; and if scalps are taken aft.er the put¬ ting o-ut of the leaves, they continue to dance until their fall in the autumn. In the year 1828, General Joseph M. Street was apijpointed In¬ dian agent at Pjrairie du Chien, and arrived alone in the fall of that year to assume the duties of his office; and, in the winter, returned to Illinois and brought his family to P'rairie du Chien in the spring of the following year, being, the first family who settled in Prairie du Chien that made a profession of religion of the Pro¬ testant faith of any of the different sectS'. In 1830, a man by the name of Ooe, who claimed tO' be a min¬ ister of the Presbyterian church, and missionary to the Indians, passed through the country, and remained over Sun.da,y at Prairie du Chien, and miade an attempt, at preaching; but he was a very illiterate man, and not over stocked with good sense. I must here relate an anecdote of this man. He made several trips to the upper Indian country, and on one occasion took pas¬ sage ooQi a keel boat, and arrived within about thirty miles of Fort Snelling on Saturday night; and as the boat would start early in the nuo'ming, and he would not travel on the S'abbath', he went on shore without provisions, and encamped over Sunday, and on Monday made his way to Fort Snelling, hungry and nearly ex¬ hausted. Somietime in the year 1832, a student of divinity, of the Cumberland Presbyterian sect, came here and taugjit school for about six months, and on, Sundays attempted to preach. In some of the treaties with the Winnebagoes,* provision had At the treaty of Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, of which Gen. Scott and Gov. Reynolds were the commissioners, concluded Sept. 15, 1832, in part consideration for a claim of land, it was stipulated that the General GoYernment should, for a term of twenty-seven years, maintain a school at or near Prairie du Chien for the education and support of such Win¬ nebago children as should be voluntarily sent to it, to be conducted by two or more teachers, and at an annual cost not to exceed the sum of three thousand dollars. L. 0. 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 | 146 |
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 | TP030051 |
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 | 146 Wisconsin Historical Collections [voi.ii If scalps are taken after the fall of the leaves from the trees, it is usual for the Indians to continue the scalp dance over them until the appearance of the leaves again, when the scalps are buried" with considerable ceremony; and if scalps are taken aft.er the put¬ ting o-ut of the leaves, they continue to dance until their fall in the autumn. In the year 1828, General Joseph M. Street was apijpointed In¬ dian agent at Pjrairie du Chien, and arrived alone in the fall of that year to assume the duties of his office; and, in the winter, returned to Illinois and brought his family to P'rairie du Chien in the spring of the following year, being, the first family who settled in Prairie du Chien that made a profession of religion of the Pro¬ testant faith of any of the different sectS'. In 1830, a man by the name of Ooe, who claimed tO' be a min¬ ister of the Presbyterian church, and missionary to the Indians, passed through the country, and remained over Sun.da,y at Prairie du Chien, and miade an attempt, at preaching; but he was a very illiterate man, and not over stocked with good sense. I must here relate an anecdote of this man. He made several trips to the upper Indian country, and on one occasion took pas¬ sage ooQi a keel boat, and arrived within about thirty miles of Fort Snelling on Saturday night; and as the boat would start early in the nuo'ming, and he would not travel on the S'abbath', he went on shore without provisions, and encamped over Sunday, and on Monday made his way to Fort Snelling, hungry and nearly ex¬ hausted. Somietime in the year 1832, a student of divinity, of the Cumberland Presbyterian sect, came here and taugjit school for about six months, and on, Sundays attempted to preach. In some of the treaties with the Winnebagoes,* provision had At the treaty of Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, of which Gen. Scott and Gov. Reynolds were the commissioners, concluded Sept. 15, 1832, in part consideration for a claim of land, it was stipulated that the General GoYernment should, for a term of twenty-seven years, maintain a school at or near Prairie du Chien for the education and support of such Win¬ nebago children as should be voluntarily sent to it, to be conducted by two or more teachers, and at an annual cost not to exceed the sum of three thousand dollars. L. 0. D. |
Event Date | 1793-1856 |
Event Years | 1793-1856 |
Type | Text |