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reminiscences of the north-west the interesting reminiscenses which follow appeared originally in col e a calkins milwaukee sunday telegraph march 30th april 27th may 18th and june 15th 1879 they attracted the attention of the veteran gen a g ellis who had been the writer's teacher at green bay and both had long lost sight of each other gen ellis very gracefully wrote of his old pupil in the columns of the telegraph " your correspondent mrs bristol is very well remembered by the old settlers at green bay as miss mary ann bre voort she was a very attractive young lady with her symmetrical figure her blooming countenance sparkling black eyes and genial smile all adorn ed with graceful courtly manner she is not easily forgotten kay it was not the * young indian only who ' fell in love with her not one but many of the young americans contested the claim with the young menomo nee brave but to the best of my recollection she escaped them all quite heart whole to the last the old major sociable and approachable enough in general was entirely inaccessible as to his beautiful daughter none of the young frontiersmen were familiar in his presence his daughter in consequence rather a recluse had one amusement from which she would not be debarred — she was passionately fond of skating as soon as the old fox river was mirrored with ice miss brevoort was among the first to prove its glacial qualities and if she had been attractive in her walk on terra firma she was perfectly bewitching with her skates on the ice so irresistible was she thought that a couple of the young fellows considered it a fair challenge and putting themselves on their irons gave chase the young enchantress appreciated the compliment and entertained them coquet tishly dallying with them coyly for a few moments but perceiving the in tent of the foremost to cut her off from the open way home put forth the utmost effort of her skill and strength and left him like a flash of light re treating to her father's castle before her admirer was awake to her move ment l c d by mas maky ann brevoort bristol t i imagine myself in a house at detroit one hundred and twen ty five years old i refer to the old homestead where my mother was born married and died ; to facts related to me by her and v
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | 511 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume VIII (1879) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1879 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvVIII0000 |
| Description | The Report and collections on the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, for the years 1877, 1878, and 1879, vol. 8, includes the following articles: In memoriam, Prof. S.H. Carpenter; In memoriam, Hon. George B. Smith; Ancient copper mines of Lake Superior, by Jacob Houghton; Pre-historic copper implements, by E.F. Slafter; Ancient copper implements, by Lyman C. Draper et al.; Pictured Cave of La Crosse Valley, by J.A. Rice; Notes on Jean Nicolet, by Benjamin Sulté; Early historic relics of the Northwest, by J.D. Butler; Tradition of the Fox Indians, 1730; Langlade papers, 1737-1800; Incident of Chegoimegon, 1760; Capture of Mackinaw, 1763, by L.J. Porlier; Green Bay and the frontiers, 1763-65; Indian wars of Wisconsin, by Moses M. Strong; Wisconsin in 1818, by Edward Tanner; Reminiscences of the north-west, by Mary Ann Brevoort Bristol; Early times at Fort Winnebago, by Satterlee Clark; Recollections of Eleazer Williams, by A.G. Ellis; Additional notes on Eleazer Williams, by Lyman C. Draper; Early exploration and settlement of Juneau County, by J.T. Kingston; The Swiss colony of New Glarus, by John Luchsinger; Additonal notes on New Glarus, by J.J. Tschudy; Wisconsin necrology, 1876-78, by Lyman C. Draper. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume VIII (1879) |
| Volume | Vol. 08 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 8 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | [293] |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1879 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvVIII0299 |
| Description | "Reminiscences of the North West" by Mary Ann Brevoort Bristol, the daughter of Major Henry B. Brevoort, who 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 1820s. (14 pages) |
| Article Title | Reminiscences of the north-west |
| Author | Bristol, Mary Ann Brevoort |
| Page Type | article home |
| Volume | Vol. 08 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 8 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| State | Wisconsin; Michigan |
| County | Brown County; Wayne County |
| Community | Green Bay; Detroit |
| Decade | 1810-1819; 1820-1829; 1830-1839 |
| Personal Name | Bristol, Mary Ann Brevoort |
| Subject | Frontier & pioneer life; Domestic life; French Americans; Dutch Americans; Native Americans; War of 1812; Clothing & dress; Family; Women; Memoir; Food; Cookery; Marriage; Childhood; Adolescence; Recreation |
| Full Text | reminiscences of the north-west the interesting reminiscenses which follow appeared originally in col e a calkins milwaukee sunday telegraph march 30th april 27th may 18th and june 15th 1879 they attracted the attention of the veteran gen a g ellis who had been the writer's teacher at green bay and both had long lost sight of each other gen ellis very gracefully wrote of his old pupil in the columns of the telegraph " your correspondent mrs bristol is very well remembered by the old settlers at green bay as miss mary ann bre voort she was a very attractive young lady with her symmetrical figure her blooming countenance sparkling black eyes and genial smile all adorn ed with graceful courtly manner she is not easily forgotten kay it was not the * young indian only who ' fell in love with her not one but many of the young americans contested the claim with the young menomo nee brave but to the best of my recollection she escaped them all quite heart whole to the last the old major sociable and approachable enough in general was entirely inaccessible as to his beautiful daughter none of the young frontiersmen were familiar in his presence his daughter in consequence rather a recluse had one amusement from which she would not be debarred — she was passionately fond of skating as soon as the old fox river was mirrored with ice miss brevoort was among the first to prove its glacial qualities and if she had been attractive in her walk on terra firma she was perfectly bewitching with her skates on the ice so irresistible was she thought that a couple of the young fellows considered it a fair challenge and putting themselves on their irons gave chase the young enchantress appreciated the compliment and entertained them coquet tishly dallying with them coyly for a few moments but perceiving the in tent of the foremost to cut her off from the open way home put forth the utmost effort of her skill and strength and left him like a flash of light re treating to her father's castle before her admirer was awake to her move ment l c d by mas maky ann brevoort bristol t i imagine myself in a house at detroit one hundred and twen ty five years old i refer to the old homestead where my mother was born married and died ; to facts related to me by her and v |