The British capture of Prairie du Chien during the War of 1812
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- 1814
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Anderson was a British fur trader with alliances among the Sioux in the Upper Mississippi. When U.S. troops under William Clark fortified Prairie du Chien, he was one of three traders that the British put in charge of attacking it. These engaging recollections were written many years later, when he was quite elderly. They begin with a page describing his hunting exploits before the war began, and then relate his adventures at the Battle of Prairie du Chien, including his negotiations with Menominee and other Indian allies. For a contrasting view of these same events, see the memoir of French trader Augustin Grignon elsewhere on Turning Points. Anderson's complete recollections of life as a fur trader were printed in vol. 9 of Wisconsin Historical Collections. We've taken the typed transcript from that source, and a close comparison of the handwritten page images and the typed text will reveal how Lyman C. Draper, the editor of the printed version, occasionally condensed or re-wrote And
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Anderson, Thomas Gummersall, 1779-1875
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Native Americans
Mammals
Marine animals
Reptiles
Pioneers
Hunting
Canoes and canoeing
Steamboats
Fur trade
Battles
Fortification
War
War of 1812
Dakota (Sioux)
Menominee
Sauk - Location
- Brown County; Columbia County; Crawford County; Dane County; Grant County; Green County; Iowa County; Marquette County; Outagamie County; Richland County; Sauk County; Winnebago County
Green Bay; Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin; Michigan - Type
- text
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- English
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- Anderson, Thomas Gummersall, 1779-1875. The British capture of Prairie du Chien during the War of 1812. 1814. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39726. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Anderson, Thomas Gummersall, 1779-1875, (1814) The British capture of Prairie du Chien during the War of 1812. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39726
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- Anderson, Thomas Gummersall, 1779-1875. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39726>.