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the soil appeared equally as good. This prairie cannot be less than 20 miles in length, and continues to Skunk River. The timber on the bottoms was thrifty and heavy, and the soil appeared excellent. When we reached the river we followed it down some distance. Then took off all of the baggage and rafted it across upon a little canoe made of a piece of peeled bark, whilst one swam and towed it, holding the tow rope in his mouth.
I forded after trying in vain to float across in the bark canoe. The river is 20 or 25 rods in breadth and the current where we crossed quite strong.
After cooking and eating both breakfast and dinner, we again set out and soon entered another prairie. After traveling 8 or 10 miles we camped upon a ridge where
Object Description
| Page Title | Expedition to the Sacs and the Foxes |
| Author | Marsh, Cutting, 1800-1873 |
| Source Creation Date | 1834 |
| 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 | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP039000 |
| Description |
In the summer of 1834, Presbyterian missionary Cutting Marsh traveled across Wisconsin and into Iowa in order to visit the Sauk and Fox Indians, who had been relocated there after the end of the Black Hawk War. In this journal, he provides a detailed day-by-day description of this trip. Marsh wrote often, but haphazardly. He occasionally skipped pages, which were filled in days or weeks later with information out of context (sometimes written upside-down). He interspersed notes for sermons, drafts of letters, or spontaneous prayers amid routine diary entries. Unfortunately, this manuscript diary has no typed version and one cannot search its text. For this reason, it will be helpful to consult this brief itinerary:
June 12: starts up the Fox River to Portage June 28: arrives at Rock Island July 12-14: at Appenoore's Sauk village about 125 miles up the Des Moines River July 14-30: mostly sick on the trail; in a long entry on July 19th he summarizes what the Indians have told him about their religion and way of life. July 30: returns to Appenoore's village July 30-Aug. 12: 75-pages on Sauk life and customs Aug. 12: sets out for Keokuk's village on the Iowa River Aug. 15: joins up with son of Black Hawk Aug. 16-23: at Keokuk's village (pp. 165-200) Aug. 16: two interviews with Black Hawk (pp. 168-176, interspersed with extraneous matter). They discuss religion and the writing of Black Hawk's autobiography. Aug. 18: notes on causes of the Black Hawk War including (pp. 184-185) "opinions of the Indians respecting the war." Aug. 23: leaves Keokuk's village Aug. 28-Sept. 2: in Sauk villages on the Iowa and Red Cedar Rivers Sept. 2-6: at Rock Island, preparing for return journey Sept. 10-12: at Mineral Point, which he describes at length Sept. 15-16: across southern Wisconsin; visits early Madison fur trader Wallace Rowan (pp. 303-304) |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Recommended Citation | Marsh, Cutting. "Expedition to the Sacs and Foxes." Manuscript in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives (Wis Mss AU). Online facsimile at http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/tp,20977 |
| Document Number | TP039 |
| Size | 315 p. |
| URL | http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/tp,20977 |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | Wis Mss AU; WIHV94-A1792 |
| Genre | diary; travel narrative |
| County | Columbia County; Iowa County; Dane County; |
| City | Helena; Mineral Point; Portage |
| State/Province | Wisconsin; Iowa; Illinois |
| Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans |
| Sub-Topic | The Black Hawk War |
| Event Date | 1834-06; 1834-07; 1834-08; 1834-09; 1834-10 |
| Event Years | 1834 |
| Event Month | June; July; August; September; October |
| Climate | High temperature |
| Domestic Life | Clothing and dress; Family; Food; Gardens; Implements, utensils, etc.; |
| Religion | Missionaries; Missions; Religious education; Rites and ceremonies; Clergy |
| Topography | Landscape; Prairie; Rivers; |
| Transportation | Canoes and canoeing |
| Indian Tribe | Fox; Mohegan; Sauk; Ho-Chunk |
| Type | Text |
Description
| Page Title | Page 159 |
| Author | Marsh, Cutting, 1800-1873 |
| Source Creation Date | 1834 |
| 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 | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP039157 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | Wis Mss AU |
| Full Text |
the soil appeared equally as good. This prairie cannot be less than 20 miles in length, and continues to Skunk River. The timber on the bottoms was thrifty and heavy, and the soil appeared excellent. When we reached the river we followed it down some distance. Then took off all of the baggage and rafted it across upon a little canoe made of a piece of peeled bark, whilst one swam and towed it, holding the tow rope in his mouth.
I forded after trying in vain to float across in the bark canoe. The river is 20 or 25 rods in breadth and the current where we crossed quite strong. After cooking and eating both breakfast and dinner, we again set out and soon entered another prairie. After traveling 8 or 10 miles we camped upon a ridge where |
| Event Date | 1834-06; 1834-07; 1834-08; 1834-09; 1834-10 |
| Event Years | 1834 |
| Event Month | June; July; August; September; October |
| Type | Text |