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304 Wisconsin Historical Collections EToLviii with iron hooks, upon which hung the kettles, holdiug a quarter of a barrel of pork, aad one or two bushels of potatoes. Then, after taking out the head of a barrel of flour, they would make a hole by removing some of the flour, pour in a pail of water^ make a great bunch of dough, put it on the soiled floor, roll it out in long rolls about two feet long, and large as a good sized rolling phi, and put it in the same pot. When cooked, it was dished up in wooden bowls; some had wooden ladles, and some wooden paddle®. They would sit on the floor to eat their deli¬ cious repast. I was often invited to partake. They called my father, their father; of course I was their sister. A young In¬ dian fell in love with me. He followed me everywhere. I wUl not attempt to describe his dress; it was too ridiculous. My father remained at Green Bay six years; in that time I be¬ came well acquainted with the old settlers, Mr. Daniel Whitney, Grignon, Lawe, Irwin, Baird, Dickenson, Dousman, Ducharme, Martin Beal, Capt. Amdt, his sons Hamilton, Charles, and John, and his daughter Mary, who married Lieut. Cotton, of the United States Army, There I met General Winfield Scott, General Z. Taylor, with the famous Captain Martin Scott, who could shoot birds on the wing, ride his favorite horse, call out fifteen or twen¬ ty hounds, drive out into the woods and return with one or two deer; Col. Whistler, with his large family of daughters and two sons, his wife being a resident of Detroit, with whom I was iuti- mately acquainted; Mr. A. G. Ellis, who was school teacher; Eev, Mr. Cadle and his estimable sister; Eev. Eleazer Williams, who married Miss Jourdain, whose father, Joseph Jourdain, was blacksmith of the agency. I have an iron fire shovel that Jour¬ dain made. I used to think that all Indians dressed alike. It was a mis¬ take; each tribe dresses differently. The Foxes wore dressed deer skin, soft and white, one-half of their heads shaved clean, with a great bunch of coek's feathers on the top. The Sioux dressed in deer skin, colored black, worked with porcupine qxuUs, their hair brushed up and tied on the top of their head in one large square cushion. The Winnebagoes had their blankets daubed with paiat, and large rosettes of colored ribbons; hair in
Object Description
Page Title | Reminiscences of the Northwest |
Author | Bristol, Mary Ann Brevoort, 1812?-1899? |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1879 |
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 | TP051000 |
Description | Mary Ann Brevoort Bristol, the daughter of Major Henry B. Brevoort, spent much of her youth in Green Bay at Fort Howard, witnessing the interactions between the military, white settlers, and Indians. She describes here daily life in Fort Howard and the area around Green Bay as it appeared to a teenage girl in the 1820's. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Bristol, Mary Ann Brevoort. "Reminiscences of the Northwest." Wisconsin Historical Collections, vol. 8 (Madison, 1879): 293-308; online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=51 |
Document Number | TP051 |
Size | p. 293-308 ; 23 cm. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=51 |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F576 .W81 vol.8 |
Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 8 |
Genre | memoir |
County | Brown County |
City | Green Bay |
State/Province | Wisconsin; Michigan; New York |
Gender | female; |
Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans |
Sub-Topic | Early U.S. Settlement |
Event Date | 1683-1829 |
Event Years | 1683-1829 |
Animals | Mammals |
Art | Interior architecture; Interior decoration |
Buildings | Dwellings |
Climate | Storms |
Domestic Life | Clothing and dress; Cookery; Food; Implements, utensils, etc. |
Life Stages | Aging; Death; Marriage; Childhood; Adolescence; |
Occupations | Pioneers |
Recreation | Hunting; Leisure activities |
Topography | Rivers |
Transportation | Boats and boating; Canoes and canoeing; Sailing ships |
Indian Tribe | Dakota (Sioux); Fox; Ho-Chunk; Menominee; Ojibwe; |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | Page 304 |
Author | Bristol, Mary Ann Brevoort, 1812?-1899? |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1879 |
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 | 2004 |
Digital Identifier | TP051012 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 23 cm. |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F576 .W81 vol.8 |
Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 8 |
Full Text | 304 Wisconsin Historical Collections EToLviii with iron hooks, upon which hung the kettles, holdiug a quarter of a barrel of pork, aad one or two bushels of potatoes. Then, after taking out the head of a barrel of flour, they would make a hole by removing some of the flour, pour in a pail of water^ make a great bunch of dough, put it on the soiled floor, roll it out in long rolls about two feet long, and large as a good sized rolling phi, and put it in the same pot. When cooked, it was dished up in wooden bowls; some had wooden ladles, and some wooden paddle®. They would sit on the floor to eat their deli¬ cious repast. I was often invited to partake. They called my father, their father; of course I was their sister. A young In¬ dian fell in love with me. He followed me everywhere. I wUl not attempt to describe his dress; it was too ridiculous. My father remained at Green Bay six years; in that time I be¬ came well acquainted with the old settlers, Mr. Daniel Whitney, Grignon, Lawe, Irwin, Baird, Dickenson, Dousman, Ducharme, Martin Beal, Capt. Amdt, his sons Hamilton, Charles, and John, and his daughter Mary, who married Lieut. Cotton, of the United States Army, There I met General Winfield Scott, General Z. Taylor, with the famous Captain Martin Scott, who could shoot birds on the wing, ride his favorite horse, call out fifteen or twen¬ ty hounds, drive out into the woods and return with one or two deer; Col. Whistler, with his large family of daughters and two sons, his wife being a resident of Detroit, with whom I was iuti- mately acquainted; Mr. A. G. Ellis, who was school teacher; Eev, Mr. Cadle and his estimable sister; Eev. Eleazer Williams, who married Miss Jourdain, whose father, Joseph Jourdain, was blacksmith of the agency. I have an iron fire shovel that Jour¬ dain made. I used to think that all Indians dressed alike. It was a mis¬ take; each tribe dresses differently. The Foxes wore dressed deer skin, soft and white, one-half of their heads shaved clean, with a great bunch of coek's feathers on the top. The Sioux dressed in deer skin, colored black, worked with porcupine qxuUs, their hair brushed up and tied on the top of their head in one large square cushion. The Winnebagoes had their blankets daubed with paiat, and large rosettes of colored ribbons; hair in |
Event Date | 1683-1829 |
Event Years | 1683-1829 |
Type | Text |