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204 grigjtotf's kecollectkxn's war upon the winnebagoes who had their village on the elevated ground spoken of in 0-kee-wah's narrative as the red banks but which has been always known by the french as le cap des puants that while an ottawa war party was on the way there their leader became impressed from some wrangling between two of his young warriors respecting some fish they had caught with a presentiment that some misfortune would befall them but they went on in their canoe and dis embarked at a place called the maniste river and pursuing their route by land they were discovered by the winnebagoes who went forth stealthily and way-laid them3 and quickly de feated the whole making the leader of the ottawas their pris oner whom they took to their village and tortured to death as the details of the war which eventuated in the expul sion of the sauks and foxes from the fox river valley in 1746 are of much interest i shall give them as fully as i have learned them from the lips of my grandfather charles de langlade who took an active part in some of the occur rences narrated and from other ancient settlers and indians < the outagamies or foxes were at this time located at the little butte des morts on the western bank of fox river and some thirty-seven miles above green bay here they made it a point whenever a trader's boat approached to place a torch upon the bank as a signal for the traders to come ashore and pay the customary tribute which they exacted from all to refuse this tribute was sure to incur the dis pleasure of the foxes and robbery would be the mildest punishment inflicted this haughty imperious conduct of the foxes was a source of no little annoyance to the traders who made their complaints to the commandants of the western posts and in due time these grievances reached the ears of the governor of canada captain de velie was at this time commandant of the small garrison at green bay he was relieved by the arrival of a new officer whose name i have forgotten and the new
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| Language | English |
| Pagination | iv, 547 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume III (1857) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1857 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvIII0000 |
| Description | The third annual report and collections of the State Historical Society, of Wisconsin, for the year 1856 includes the following articles: Eulogies on J.G. Percival; Notices of William A. White; Early Jesuit missionaries in the north-west, by Judge Law; Indian tribes of Wisconsin, by John Gilmary Shea; The Cass manuscripts, translated by Charles Whittlesey; Antiquities of Crawford County, by Alfred Brumson; Antiquities of Wisconsin, by Wm. Barry; Seventy-two years recollections of Wisconsin, by Augustin Grignon; Reminiscences of the north-west, by B.F.H. Witherell; The Chippewas of Lake Superior, by Richard E. Morse; Early history of Kenosha, by M. Frank; First settlement of Kenosha, by Wallace Mygatt; Early history of Green County, by J.W. Stewart; Sketch of Whitewater, by J.A. Leonard; The upper Wisconsin country, by A.G. Ellis; Sketch of Prescott and Pierce County, by Oliver Gibbs, Jr., and C.E. Young; Hudson and its tributary region, by T. Dwight Hall; New London and surrounding country, by A.J. Lawson; Resources of north-eastern Wisconsin, by E.B. Quiner; Wisconsin and its internal navigation; Lemonwier River, by D. McBride; Baraboo Valley, a dairy region; Lieut. Gov. Cruzat's message to the Sauks and Foxes; Public libraries in Wisconsin. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume III (1857) |
| Volume | Vol. 03 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 3 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 204 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1857 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvIII0218 |
| Author | Grignon, Augustin, b. 1780 |
| Page Type | Article |
| Volume | Vol. 03 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 3 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | 204 grigjtotf's kecollectkxn's war upon the winnebagoes who had their village on the elevated ground spoken of in 0-kee-wah's narrative as the red banks but which has been always known by the french as le cap des puants that while an ottawa war party was on the way there their leader became impressed from some wrangling between two of his young warriors respecting some fish they had caught with a presentiment that some misfortune would befall them but they went on in their canoe and dis embarked at a place called the maniste river and pursuing their route by land they were discovered by the winnebagoes who went forth stealthily and way-laid them3 and quickly de feated the whole making the leader of the ottawas their pris oner whom they took to their village and tortured to death as the details of the war which eventuated in the expul sion of the sauks and foxes from the fox river valley in 1746 are of much interest i shall give them as fully as i have learned them from the lips of my grandfather charles de langlade who took an active part in some of the occur rences narrated and from other ancient settlers and indians < the outagamies or foxes were at this time located at the little butte des morts on the western bank of fox river and some thirty-seven miles above green bay here they made it a point whenever a trader's boat approached to place a torch upon the bank as a signal for the traders to come ashore and pay the customary tribute which they exacted from all to refuse this tribute was sure to incur the dis pleasure of the foxes and robbery would be the mildest punishment inflicted this haughty imperious conduct of the foxes was a source of no little annoyance to the traders who made their complaints to the commandants of the western posts and in due time these grievances reached the ears of the governor of canada captain de velie was at this time commandant of the small garrison at green bay he was relieved by the arrival of a new officer whose name i have forgotten and the new |