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ii2 wisconsin historical collections vol a a person who understands something of their nature and disposi tion but their bourgeois or employer must be what they consider a gentleman or superior to themselves as they never feel much respect for a m>an who has from an engages risen to the rank of a clerk the traders in this1 country at the time i came into it were a singular compound they were honest as far as they gave their word of honor to be relied upon ; and in their business transac tions between themselves seldom gave or took notes for balances or assumptions it rarely happened that one of them was found who did not fulfill his promises but when trading in the indian country any advantage that could be taken of each other in a transaction was not only considered lawful — such a trading each other's credit — but an indication of tact and cleverness in busi ness two traders having spent the winter in the same neighbor hood and thus taken every advantage they could of each other would meet in the spring at prairie du ohien and amicably settle all difficulties over a glass of wine there was not at the time i came to prairie du chi en any indian corn raised there the traders for the upper mississippi had to send down for their corn which they used to the siauks and the foxes at eock island and trade with them for it it is believed that the first field of corn raised at prairie du chien was by thomas mclstair an american w7ho had married a french girl and settled down to farming the farmers of prairie du ohien appeared to be a more thrifty and industrious people than those of green bay they raised a large quantity of small grain such as wheat barley oats peas and also some potatoes and onions every two or three farmers united and had a horse flouring-mill — the stones being cut from the granite rock found in the country there they ground their wheat and sifted the flour by hand the surplus flour was sold to the indian traders for goods or exchanged with the indians for ven ison ducks and geese or dressed deer-skins as there was no1 money
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | vi, 520 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume II (1856) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1856 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvII0000 |
| Description | This 1903 reprint of the Second annual report and collections of the State Historical Society, of Wisconsin, for the year 1855, volume 2, includes the following articles: Eulogies of Hiram A. Wright, George R. McLane, and Robert M. Sully; Early history and condition of Wisconsin, by Henry S. Baird; Early times and events, in Wisconsin, by James H. Lockwood; Shaw's narrative, by John Shaw; Memoir of Thomas Pendleton Burnett, by Alfred Brunson; Pioneer life in Wisconsin, by Daniel M. Parkinson; Pekatonica battle controversy, by Charles Bracken and Peter Parkinson, Jr.; Strictures upon Ford's Black Hawk War, by Peter Parkinson, Jr.; Further strictures on Ford's Black Hawk War, by Charles Bracken; Advent of the New York Indians into Wisconsin, by Albert G. Ellis; Historical sketch of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, by Jason Lothrop; Wisconsin, its rise and progress, by Stephen Taylor; Legend of the Red Bank, by Charles D. Robinson; and Progress, conditions and prospects of Wisconsin, by Tom O. Edwards. The original 1856 edition was edited by Lyman Copeland Draper. The 1903 reprint was issued under the editorial direction of Reuben Gold Thwaites. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume II (1856) |
| Volume | Vol. 02 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 2 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 112 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1856 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvII0124 |
| Author | Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857 |
| Page Type | Article |
| Volume | Vol. 02 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 2 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | ii2 wisconsin historical collections vol a a person who understands something of their nature and disposi tion but their bourgeois or employer must be what they consider a gentleman or superior to themselves as they never feel much respect for a m>an who has from an engages risen to the rank of a clerk the traders in this1 country at the time i came into it were a singular compound they were honest as far as they gave their word of honor to be relied upon ; and in their business transac tions between themselves seldom gave or took notes for balances or assumptions it rarely happened that one of them was found who did not fulfill his promises but when trading in the indian country any advantage that could be taken of each other in a transaction was not only considered lawful — such a trading each other's credit — but an indication of tact and cleverness in busi ness two traders having spent the winter in the same neighbor hood and thus taken every advantage they could of each other would meet in the spring at prairie du ohien and amicably settle all difficulties over a glass of wine there was not at the time i came to prairie du chi en any indian corn raised there the traders for the upper mississippi had to send down for their corn which they used to the siauks and the foxes at eock island and trade with them for it it is believed that the first field of corn raised at prairie du chien was by thomas mclstair an american w7ho had married a french girl and settled down to farming the farmers of prairie du ohien appeared to be a more thrifty and industrious people than those of green bay they raised a large quantity of small grain such as wheat barley oats peas and also some potatoes and onions every two or three farmers united and had a horse flouring-mill — the stones being cut from the granite rock found in the country there they ground their wheat and sifted the flour by hand the surplus flour was sold to the indian traders for goods or exchanged with the indians for ven ison ducks and geese or dressed deer-skins as there was no1 money |