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252 wisconsin state historical society the most important and dangerous mission confided to col gratiot was the one with which he was intrusted by gen atkinson who was in command of all the force em ployed against the indians at the time he deemed it im portant that an effort for some accommodation with the indians should be made through the prophet who was the right arm of black hawk to that end he had recourse to the good offices of col gratiot as the only man who would dare to undertake the mission gen atkinson prepared a letter to the hostile chief to be taken to the prophet by his commis sioner col gratiot the village of the prophet was situ ated on the beautiful rock river in what is now whiteside county 111 there is now on the site of the prophet's vil lage a beautiful and flourishing little town bearing the name of " prophet's town i had in my possession when in paris an original painting of the prophet by catlin i had represented whiteside county in congress for six years and had there many valued friends it occurred to me that a copy of this painting would be considered by the people of whiteside county a valuable and interesting souvenir of the great chief whose home had in by-gone days so long been in their county i therefore had recourse to the gifted pencil of healy to make a copy to present to whiteside county that being accomplished in the most admirable manner i made the presentation accompanied by an ad dress at morrison the county-seat in the fall of 1878 and as connected with col gratiot i venture to embrace in this paper what i said of this incident : " it was the circumstance of the good relations and the high respect in which'col gratiot was held by all the indian tribes of the north west that after the breaking out of the war he was deputy by the military authorities to visit the prophet at his village prophet's town in the interest of peace and with a view to some accommodation that might spare the inhabitants the horrors of a warfare with savages he bore a letter from gen atkinson who was in command at fort armstrong this was an important though danger ous mission col gratiot took with him his secretary and several winnebago chiefs all his fast friends and all on
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | 558 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume X (1888) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1888 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvX0000 |
| Description | Report and collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the years 1883, 1884, and 1885, vol. 10, includes the following articles: Jean Nicolet, by F.X. Garneau and J.B. Ferland, with notes by Benjamin Sulte; De Lignery's expedition against the Foxes, by Emanuel Crespel; French forts near the mouth of the Wisconsin, by James Davie Butler; Taychoperah, the Four Lake country, by James Davie Butler; Lawe and Grignon papers, 1794-1821; Papers of Thomas G. Anderson, British Indian agent, 1814-21; Indian campaign of 1832, by Henry Smith; Reminiscences of the Black Hawk War, by Robert Anderson, with notes by E.B. Washburne; Incidents of the Black Hawk War, by Charles Whittlesey; The Battle of Peckatonica, by Matthew G. Fitch; Notes on the Black Hawk War, by Peter Parkinson, Jr.; Indian chiefs and pioneers in the Northwest, by John Shaw; Cause of the Black Hawk War; Black Hawk newspaper scraps; Robert S. Black and the Black Hawk War, by George W. Jones; Reminiscences of Wisconsin in 1833; Col. Henry Gratiot, by Elihu B. Washburne, John B. Parkinson, and David Atwood; Adèle de P. Gratiot's narrative; Early Wisconsin exploration and settlement, by James Sutherland; Early Wisconsin exploration, forts, and trading posts, by Edward D. Neill; French fort at Prairie du Chien a myth, by Consul Willshire Butterfield; Early French forts in western Wisconsin; Autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution; Sketch of Andrew Proudfit, by Breese J. Stevens; Memoirs of O.M. Conover, LL. D., by David Atwood, Charles H. Richards, and Orasmus Cole; and Wisconsin necrology, 1879-82. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume X (1888) |
| Volume | Vol. 10 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 10 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 252 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1888 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvX0258 |
| Author | Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887 |
| Page Type | Article |
| Volume | Vol. 10 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 10 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | 252 wisconsin state historical society the most important and dangerous mission confided to col gratiot was the one with which he was intrusted by gen atkinson who was in command of all the force em ployed against the indians at the time he deemed it im portant that an effort for some accommodation with the indians should be made through the prophet who was the right arm of black hawk to that end he had recourse to the good offices of col gratiot as the only man who would dare to undertake the mission gen atkinson prepared a letter to the hostile chief to be taken to the prophet by his commis sioner col gratiot the village of the prophet was situ ated on the beautiful rock river in what is now whiteside county 111 there is now on the site of the prophet's vil lage a beautiful and flourishing little town bearing the name of " prophet's town i had in my possession when in paris an original painting of the prophet by catlin i had represented whiteside county in congress for six years and had there many valued friends it occurred to me that a copy of this painting would be considered by the people of whiteside county a valuable and interesting souvenir of the great chief whose home had in by-gone days so long been in their county i therefore had recourse to the gifted pencil of healy to make a copy to present to whiteside county that being accomplished in the most admirable manner i made the presentation accompanied by an ad dress at morrison the county-seat in the fall of 1878 and as connected with col gratiot i venture to embrace in this paper what i said of this incident : " it was the circumstance of the good relations and the high respect in which'col gratiot was held by all the indian tribes of the north west that after the breaking out of the war he was deputy by the military authorities to visit the prophet at his village prophet's town in the interest of peace and with a view to some accommodation that might spare the inhabitants the horrors of a warfare with savages he bore a letter from gen atkinson who was in command at fort armstrong this was an important though danger ous mission col gratiot took with him his secretary and several winnebago chiefs all his fast friends and all on |