Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume X (1888)

              additions and corrections 493 sented by col john shaw as a beautiful girl became first the wife of joseph rolette and afterwards of h l dousman sr his wife dying he married at mackinaw miss anne lasaliere july 22d 1809 whose mother was a granddaughter of a distinguished ottawa chief taking his wife to prairie du chien their only child now mrs baird was born there april 24th 1810 in june 1812 mrs fisher and child made a visit to her parents at mackinaw and the war soon after breaking out they were uaable to return to prairie du cliien and it so happened that they never after made that place their residence capt fisher not wish ing to engage in the war took two of his sons henry and alexander and repaired to the riviere rmge in tb.3 north west soon becoming a part ner of the hudson's bay fur company and locating at the selkirk set tlement when he left prairie du chien he placed his oldest daughter and youngest son with their aunt mrs michael brisbois sr — the son was the father of mrs m f fenton he did not return from the north west until september 1823 when he visited his wife and daughter at mackinaw and then went to prairie du chien where he died at his daughter's mrs ro lette's in 1827 his sons henry and alexander remained at winnipeg pike in his travels mentions mr fisher as a prominent resident of prairie du chien when he was there in 1805 holding the offices of captain of the militia and justice of the peace — hence dignified in common par lance as judge fisher he was over six feet in height light complexion sandy hair with very blue eyes straight as an arrow and of handsome appearance even in old age col henry gratiot's captivity vol ii 338 in addition to what is related of this mission by col d m parkinson in vol ii wis hist colls and the several statements of capt henry smith hon peter parkinson and hon e b washburne in the present volume the following narrative from wakefield's history of the black < hawk war 1831 a work of great rarity furnishes many interesting de tails — so minute as to suggest the strong probability that col gr atiot himself supplied them for that work col parkinson and capt smith concur witn wakefield in stating that it was black hawk who virtually held col gratiot a prisoner at the prophet's village . it was creditable to the colonel's good tact and knowledge of indian character that he so completely foiled the purposes of that wily chief this affair occurred in april 1832 " i will next refer the reader says wakefield c to a visit made to the hostile indians by henry gratiot esq on the 16th day of april mr gra tiot indian agent for the rock river band of winnebagoes received a letter from gen atkinson informing him of the movements of black hawk's band of hostile indians and requesting him if possible to ascer tain the disposition of them on the receipt of this information mr gra