Alexander Henry's 1765-1766 visit to Wisconsin
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- 1765-1766
- Description
The first British trader given a license to collect Wisconsin pelts was Alexander Henry, who wrote a vivid autobiography many years later. He narrowly escaped death at Mackinaw in 1763, and when Pontiac's resistance ceased, he hurried west to the rich fur territories of Lake Superior. In compelling prose he here describes the Ojibwe and other Wisconsin Indians after they'd lived for a century under French economic domination. Another British traveler, Jonathan Carver, left an even more detailed account a few years later which you can read in our American Journeys collection (linked elsewhere on the Turning Points site)
- Creator
Henry, Alexander, 1739-1824
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Rare Book Collection
- Publisher
- I. Riley
- Subjects
- Native Americans
British Americans
Mammals
Marine animals
Jewelry
Fishing
Hunting
Rites and ceremonies
Islands
Lakes
Rivers
Canoes and canoeing
Copper mines and mining
Fur trade
War
Ojibwe - Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Henry, Alexander, 1739-1824. Alexander Henry's 1765-1766 visit to Wisconsin. 1765-1766. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39672. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Henry, Alexander, 1739-1824, (1765-1766) Alexander Henry's 1765-1766 visit to Wisconsin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39672
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- Henry, Alexander, 1739-1824. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39672>.