Recollections of old Superior
Bertrand, Achille HView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyAchille Bertrand arrived in Superior with his parents on the Lady Elgin (the same ship that would gain notoriety for its horrific wreck in 1860) in June of 1857, where he remained until 1886. In this…
Extracts related to Etienne Brule's Discovery of Lake Superior
Sagard-Théodat, Gabriel, 17th centView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyBrule, an interpreter for Champlain, journeyed into the far West with Huron guides in 1622 or 1623. He is believed to have communicated this adventure to his employer and to author Gabriel Sagard-Théo…
Fourth Voyage of Peter Esprit Radisson (1659-1660) : an excerpt from Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson, being an account of his travels and experiences…
Radisson, Pierre Esprit, ca. 1636-1710View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyRadisson and his brother-in-law, the Sieur de Groseilliers, were the first French explorers to visit Wisconsin after Nicolet (in 1654-56), and the two returned for the trip described here in 1659-60.…
How the Winnebago First Came into Contact with the French and the Origin of the Decora Family
Radin, Paul, 1883-1959View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThe Ho-Chunk long recalled their first encounters with the Europeans who arrived so unexpectedly in the seventeenth century. Their memories of these meetings were passed down verbally from parent to c…
The Fox Indians During the French Regime
Kellogg, Louise Phelps, d. 1942View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyAlthough not strictly a primary source itself, this survey of the so-called Fox Wars of the 18th century quotes often from original French and Canadian manuscripts, and brings them together in a singl…
Carte de la Nouvelle France, augmentée depuis la dernière, ... par le Sr. de Champlain Capitaine pour le Roy ... [Map of New France, expanded since th…
Champlain, Samuel de, ca 1567-1635View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyNear the end of his life Champlain wrote a long account of his three decades of travels in North America. Accompanying his text was the large folding map that can be seen here (reproduced from a 19th-…
Un Payement de Menomonies, 1838
Neveu, Gustave de, 1811-1881View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyAn account written in 1855 by de Neveu of his visit in October 1838 to the Wolf River to witness the payment to the Menominee Indians of their annual payment from the United States government. A typed…
Letter by Reverend Father Etienne de Carheil to Monsieur Louis Hector de Callieres, governor [on conditions in the Upper Lakes in 1702]
Carheil, Etienne de, 1633-1726View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyFather Carheil explains -- at times in graphic detail -- how lust and greed corrupted nearly everyone connected with the fur trade at the western posts. Fur trade voyageurs, hunters, explorers and mer…
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