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the winnebago war of 1827 203 stopped and visited his grave this grave is on a high bluff or point of land formed by the junction of the black eiver with the mississippi on the west side of the latter a village of fox indians occupied the low lands south of the bluff — of these indians we procured the guide who piloted us to du buque's last resting place the ascent was rather fatiguing over the grave was a stone covered with a roof of wood upon the stone was a cross on which was carved in rude let ters " julian du buque died 24dh march 1810 aged 45 years near by was the burial spot of an indian chief we returned to our canoes embarked and proceeded sixteen miles further to fever river and up that river to galena arriving after night-fall the river sent forth a most disagreeable odor it appeared to be the very hot bed of bilious fever at ga lena i visited the mines and smelting establishments at that time in their infancy in the previous july eight hundred thousand pounds of lead had been smelted and perhaps a million pounds in august the winnebagoes were in a state of great excitement caused by the intrusions of the whites on their lands they had af ter having remonstrated for a long time in vain made up their minds to endure it no longer and had so informed mr con nee the sub-agent a warning was circulated among the miners who replied u we have the right to go just where we please everything appeared threatening two thousand persons were said to be over the lines as intruders upon lands belonging to the indians the indians had fallen back and sent word to the sub-agent that he would see them no more meaning as friends the white population was supposed to be at that time from three to five thousand the larger portion at galena at least fifteen hundred alarmed for their safety caused by the appre hended disturbances had quit the country there appeared to be no time to lose ; and as justice was all these harrassed peo ple desired i adopted measures at once to secure it to them by restoring to them their rightful possessions a general re turn to a peaceful order of things immediately ensued
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | viii, 438 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume V (1868) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1868 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvV0000 |
| Description | Report and collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, for the years 1867, 1868 and 1869, vol. 5, includes the following articles: Eulogies for John Warren Hunt and Louis Powell Harvey; Canadian documents; Early days at Prairie du Chien and the Winnebago Outbreak of 1827, by William J. Snelling; Indian honor, an incident of the Winnebago War; the Winnebago Outbreak, by Lewis Cass; Letter to Gen. Henry Atkinson, by Henry Dodge; A western reminiscence, by Abram Edwards; Eulogy on Henry Dodge; The Winnebago War, by Thomas L. McKenney; Reminiscences of Wisconsin, by John H. Fonda; Dodge's volunteers in the Black Hawk War; Reminiscences of the Black Hawk War, by Emilie; Battle of the Bad Ax, by Henry Smith; Capture of Black Hawk, by David McBride; Dells of Wisconsin, Black Hawk's Cave; Black Hawk's autobiography vindicated, by J.B. Patterson; Death of Black Hawk, by Willard Barrows; Winnebagoes and the Black Hawk War; Sioux and the Black Hawk War; Personal narratives of Black Hawk War, by Joseph Dixon and W. Davidson; Early history of education in Wisconsin, by W.C. Whitford; History of school supervision in Wisconsin, by W.C. Whitford; Life and services of J.D. Doty, by Albert G. Ellis; Reminiscences of Hole-in-the-Day; Death of Hole-in-the-Day; Murder of Hole-in-the-Day; Additional notes on the younger Hole-in-the-Day; Gen Cass at St. Marie, 1820. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume V (1868) |
| Volume | Vol. 05 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 5 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 203 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1868 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvV0217 |
| Author | McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 |
| Page Type | article |
| Volume | Vol. 05 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 5 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | the winnebago war of 1827 203 stopped and visited his grave this grave is on a high bluff or point of land formed by the junction of the black eiver with the mississippi on the west side of the latter a village of fox indians occupied the low lands south of the bluff — of these indians we procured the guide who piloted us to du buque's last resting place the ascent was rather fatiguing over the grave was a stone covered with a roof of wood upon the stone was a cross on which was carved in rude let ters " julian du buque died 24dh march 1810 aged 45 years near by was the burial spot of an indian chief we returned to our canoes embarked and proceeded sixteen miles further to fever river and up that river to galena arriving after night-fall the river sent forth a most disagreeable odor it appeared to be the very hot bed of bilious fever at ga lena i visited the mines and smelting establishments at that time in their infancy in the previous july eight hundred thousand pounds of lead had been smelted and perhaps a million pounds in august the winnebagoes were in a state of great excitement caused by the intrusions of the whites on their lands they had af ter having remonstrated for a long time in vain made up their minds to endure it no longer and had so informed mr con nee the sub-agent a warning was circulated among the miners who replied u we have the right to go just where we please everything appeared threatening two thousand persons were said to be over the lines as intruders upon lands belonging to the indians the indians had fallen back and sent word to the sub-agent that he would see them no more meaning as friends the white population was supposed to be at that time from three to five thousand the larger portion at galena at least fifteen hundred alarmed for their safety caused by the appre hended disturbances had quit the country there appeared to be no time to lose ; and as justice was all these harrassed peo ple desired i adopted measures at once to secure it to them by restoring to them their rightful possessions a general re turn to a peaceful order of things immediately ensued |