Recollections of Antoine Grignon
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- 1828-1860
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Antoine Grignon was born in 1826 at Prairie du Chien and was the last of that family to work primarily as a trader among the Wisconsin tribes. He recalls here his boyhood in Prairie du Chien, and the arrival of canoe-loads of Indians with furs, the seasonal cycle of the traders, the goods that were exchanged, and the personalities and habits of both French-Canadian settlers and their Indian partners. He was particularly loved and respected by the Ho-Chunk and the Sioux, among whom he spent many years, as related here, in the upper Mississippi Valley. Grignon was one of the earliest residents of Trempealeau, and he describes in the memoir the founding and early history of western Wisconsin. Of more interest, however, are his many descriptions of Ho-Chunk and Sioux life and customs, and his reflections on their cultures as he lived with them during the mid-19th century
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Grignon, Antoine
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Historical Society
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- Library Official File (non-circulating)
Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. - Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Subjects
- Native Americans
French Americans
Family
Indian reservations
Indians of North America Government relations
Rites and ceremonies
Canoes and canoeing
Fur trade
Dakota (Sioux)
Ho-Chunk - Location
- Madison
Crawford County; Jackson County; La Crosse County; Trempealeau County; Vernon County
Prairie du Chien; Trempealeau; Saint Paul
Wisconsin; Minnesota - Type
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- Language
- English
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- Grignon, Antoine. Recollections of Antoine Grignon. 1828-1860. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/57774. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Grignon, Antoine, (1828-1860) Recollections of Antoine Grignon. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/57774
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- Grignon, Antoine. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/57774>.