This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ..."Some of them informed me," says Carver, "that they made excursions to (he south west which took up several moons. An elderly chief more particularly acquainted me that about forty-six winters ago, he marched at the head of fifty warriors towards the south-west for three moons. That during this expedition, whilst they ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ..."Some of them informed me," says Carver, "that they made excursions to (he south west which took up several moons. An elderly chief more particularly acquainted me that about forty-six winters ago, he marched at the head of fifty warriors towards the south-west for three moons. That during this expedition, whilst they were crossing a plain they discovered a body of men on horse-back who belonged to the black people: for so they called the Spaniards." These Winnebagoes attacked and killed the most of the Spaniards, and took from them eighty horses loaded with silver. This was supposed to have been a caravan conveying silver from the Colorado to Mexico. The silver they threw away, calling it white stones, and rode the horses home. This tradition of theirs, as to their original place of abode, corresponds quite well with that of the Algonquin nation, that they came from the salt water. When Carver visited the Winnebagoes, they had left Green Bay, and were residing on Fox river, and the Lake which bears their name, and after the Sauks and Foxes had left the Wisconsin river, the Winnebagoes occupied that region, where the present white population found them, and from whence they were removed, when taken from the State to Iowa. The Sacs, Sauks or Saukies, next come into view, among the Aboriginal occupants of our State. The account which Black Hawk gives of his people, in his Life, conflicts very materially with that of Shea's authorities. The old Chief says that his people originally resided near Quebec; and from his own account, must have been like Ishmael, their hands against every body, and, of course every body's hands would be against them in self defence, till they were reduced to a mere handful. They first fell back to Montreal, and fro...
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Add this copy of Report and Collections of the State Historical Society to cart. $29.00, good condition, Sold by Crossroad Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eau Claire, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1882 by State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Wear at the spine extremities and corners. Wear/holes in rear outer spine gutter of rear board. Some surface rubbing to binding. Spine just a bit sunned, but gilt lettering still quite readable. Front hinge cracked. Pages a bit age-toned, but clean.; 27D; 498 pages.
