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His views of education:
He said he should like to have two or three educated for interpreters etc, but he did not wish for schools for he wanted his young men to be warriors; and they did not like to be confined in a house.
Farming: He said they could work the ground with a hoe, and did not wish for a plough, and they did not wish to raise more corn, then they wanted. He said he chose rather to hunt for a living. And when I told him in a few years by the time his children grew up there would be no game, etc. he replied they would be all dead before that time. I told him this could not be the case if they altered their manner of living etc. But our way is best, says he.
He said that the Great Spirit had made them to fight and kill one another etc. I told him this was not pleasing to him, but to love one another, etc.
Ideas of their state after death: After they died he said they carried victuals to the grave for the dead to eat. I told him that the body turned to corruption and that [the] soul was a
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 215 |
| 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 | TP039213 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | Wis Mss AU |
| Full Text |
His views of education:
He said he should like to have two or three educated for interpreters etc, but he did not wish for schools for he wanted his young men to be warriors; and they did not like to be confined in a house. Farming: He said they could work the ground with a hoe, and did not wish for a plough, and they did not wish to raise more corn, then they wanted. He said he chose rather to hunt for a living. And when I told him in a few years by the time his children grew up there would be no game, etc. he replied they would be all dead before that time. I told him this could not be the case if they altered their manner of living etc. But our way is best, says he. He said that the Great Spirit had made them to fight and kill one another etc. I told him this was not pleasing to him, but to love one another, etc. Ideas of their state after death: After they died he said they carried victuals to the grave for the dead to eat. I told him that the body turned to corruption and that [the] soul was a |
| Event Date | 1834-06; 1834-07; 1834-08; 1834-09; 1834-10 |
| Event Years | 1834 |
| Event Month | June; July; August; September; October |
| Type | Text |