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…
Full-length portrait of Marquette University First Warrior mascot Mark Denning, 1981
Marquette UniversityView Full Item in Marquette UniversityFull-length portrait of Marquette University First Warrior mascot Mark Denning, 1981.
Relation de la decouverte de la Mer du Sud : travel account, and letter to Monsignor de Laval in Paris, dated Oct. 10, 1674, in the hand of Louis Joli…
Dablon, Claude, 1691-1697; Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyOn their return journey in 1673, Joliet and Marquette got only as far as Green Bay when winter set in. In the spring of 1674 Marquette stayed in the upper country while Joliet headed for Montreal. Sho…
Simon Kenton, the scout: a tale of frontier life during the revolution
Decorative Designers () et alView Full Item in University of Wisconsin Digital CollectionsSigned binding: D.D., Decorative Designers Tan ungrained cloth. Orange and green stamping on front. Orange stamping on spine, faded to yellow. No decoration on back. Book topic: Kenton, Simon, 1755-18…
The Niagara book: a complete souvenir of Niagara Falls containing sketches, stories and essays--descriptive, humorous, historical and scientific
View Full Item in University of Wisconsin Digital CollectionsCream paper. Green and white metal stamping on front and spine. Green stamping on back. Endpapers printed with green advertisements. Book topics: Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Description and travel.
Rev. Cutting Marsh’s Sauk vocabularies, 1834
Marsh, Cutting, 1800-1873View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyCutting Marsh (1800-1873) was a Presbyterian missionary who came to Wisconsin in 1830 to serve the Stockbridge (Mohican) Indians. He lived at their settlement near Green Bay until 1834, when he moved…
Three accounts of the Iroquois wars from the Jesuit Relations
Ragueneau, Paul, 1608-1680; Lalemant, Jérôme, 1593-1673View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThese three short excerpts from the Jesuit Relations convey the terror and violence that drove the Huron, Ottawa, Sauk, Meskwaki (Fox), Kickapoo, Potawatomi, and other tribes into Wisconsin. They are…
Full-length portrait of First Warrior mascot Rick Tourtillott, circa 1984
Marquette UniversityView Full Item in Marquette UniversityFull-length portrait of First Warrior mascot Rick Tourtillott, circa 1984.
Box 10, Folder 5: Correspondence 1868
Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThis folder contains mostly personal and professional correspondences with Increase Allen Lapham in the year 1868. These letters pertain to a variety of Lapham's interests, particularly forest conserv…
Box 11, Folder 1: Correspondence Sept.-Dec. 1870
Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThis folder contains correspondences to and from Increase Allen Lapham from September to December of 1870. The vast majority of these letters relate to Lapham's assignment and work as the Assistant to…
Recollections of Antoine Grignon
Grignon, AntoineView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyAntoine 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…
Box 21, Folder 5: Red River of the North 1858
Lapham, Increase Allen, (1811-1875)View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThis folder contains a hard bound handwritten copy of the book entitled, Minnesota and Dacotah or the Red River of the North; With an Account of the Rich and Fertile Country Along its Banks in Minneso…
First Warrior Mark Denning speaks with a girl along the sidelines during a basketball game, 1980-1983
Marquette UniversityView Full Item in Marquette UniversityFirst Warrior Mark Denning speaks with a girl dressed in Native American attire along the sidelines during a basketball game, 1980-1983.
The Killing of Chief Joe White, 1894: articles & court documents
View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyTreaties signed in 1837, 1842, and 1854 guaranteed the Ojibwe the right to hunt and fish without restriction on their ceded lands in northern Wisconsin. During the 1880s and 1890s, the State of Wiscon…
Black Hawk's route through Wisconsin : report of an investigation made by authority of the Legislature of Wisconsin
Hagan, William ThomasView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThis mimeographed pamphlet resulted from a request by the Wisconsin legislature in 1945 that the route of Black Hawk through the state during the summer of 1832 should be identified by a capable schol…
Moving beyond argument : racism & treaty rights
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife CommissionView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyTreaty rights have long been a contentious issue in the United States. In the last half of the twentieth century, treaty controversies have centered primarily around the rights to hunt, fish, and gath…
Vocabulary of the Winnebago Indians
George, Thomas JView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThe creator of this vocabulary, Thomas George (1842-1929), grew up with Ho-Chunk children around his father's trading post at New Lisbon, Juneau Co. In 1880 John W. Powell, Director of the Smithsonian…
Box 23, Folder 4: Wisconsin: Geographical & Topographical 1844
Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThis folder contains the second edition of Increase Allen Lapham's 'A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin; with Brief Sketches of its History, Geology, Mineralogy, Natural History…
Box 16, Folder 9: American Indians, 1870
Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875; Blossom, Levi; Dousman, G, GeoView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThis folder contains two copies of an essay Lapham coauthored entitled, 'A Paper on the Number, Locality and Times of Removal of the Indians of Wisconsin with an Appendix Containing a Complete Chronol…
Treaty crisis: cultures in conflict
Wisconsin State JournalView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyIn the 1980s, disputes over treaty rights in Northern Wisconsin, particularly the Ojibwe practice of walleye spearing, began attracting national attention. Treaties made between the U.S. government an…