William Powell's Recollections
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- 1800-1850
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The son of a Green Bay fur trader, William Powell grew up at Butte des Morts where his father had built a permanent home in 1827. His childhood was spent on intimate terms with the Menominee; he knew their chiefs Grizzly Bear, Souligny, Oshkosh and Iometah, and he accompanied some of them to Washington, D.C., to protest the tribe's removal. He records here their traditions of some key events in early Wisconsin history, such as the 18th-century Fox Wars and the War of 1812, as well as his own experiences in the Black Hawk War, at treaty negotiations, and in the fur trade
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Powell, William
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Historical Society Archives Division (non-circulating)
Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Subjects
- Native Americans
Mounds
Indians of North America Government relations
Indian reservations
Black Hawk War, 1832
Battles
War
War of 1812
Ho-Chunk
Menominee - Type
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- English
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- Powell, William. William Powell's Recollections. 1800-1850. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/56386. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Powell, William, (1800-1850) William Powell's Recollections. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/56386
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- Powell, William. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/56386>.