Gypsy Heart
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Was able to hunt the area around the river bank and through the trails this summer. Did not hunt the property, but was able to hunt directly across the road at the river where I found this beautiful silver fan.
The year was 1673, and as the French pushed their exploration into what was then called the Northwest, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet portaged from near the headwaters of the Fox River to the Wisconsin River and ultimately made their way to the Mississippi River. The Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians had known of this portage since time immemorial but could not have realized how sharing this knowledge with the Europeans would change the region. This portage represented a means by which one could travel through the Great Lakes, across what was to become Wisconsin, and down the mighty Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. The site of this crossing is now the site of the city of Portage in south central Wisconsin.
The United States Government would establish relations with the Ho-Chunk and in 1828 it began construction of Fort Winnebago near this portage. 1829 saw a young West Point lieutenant by the name of Jefferson Davis sent to cut logs to be used in parts of the construction of this fort. Sadly, the only remainder of Fort Winnebago is the Surgeon's Quarters, originally built between 1819 and 1828 as a private residence by Francois LeRoi who operated a portaging business. As the name suggests, it was later used for medical purposes at Fort Winnebago.
In 1832 the U.S. Government constructed a private residence near Fort Winnebago to house the Government's agent to the Winnebago, John Kinzie. Kinzie and his wife, Juliette née Magill, had moved to Fort Winnebago in 1830 and lived in the agency house from the fall of 1832 until the summer of 1833. Juliette would write of their experiences in her book "Wau-Bun, the 'Early Day' in the Northwest".
The year was 1673, and as the French pushed their exploration into what was then called the Northwest, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet portaged from near the headwaters of the Fox River to the Wisconsin River and ultimately made their way to the Mississippi River. The Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians had known of this portage since time immemorial but could not have realized how sharing this knowledge with the Europeans would change the region. This portage represented a means by which one could travel through the Great Lakes, across what was to become Wisconsin, and down the mighty Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. The site of this crossing is now the site of the city of Portage in south central Wisconsin.
The United States Government would establish relations with the Ho-Chunk and in 1828 it began construction of Fort Winnebago near this portage. 1829 saw a young West Point lieutenant by the name of Jefferson Davis sent to cut logs to be used in parts of the construction of this fort. Sadly, the only remainder of Fort Winnebago is the Surgeon's Quarters, originally built between 1819 and 1828 as a private residence by Francois LeRoi who operated a portaging business. As the name suggests, it was later used for medical purposes at Fort Winnebago.
In 1832 the U.S. Government constructed a private residence near Fort Winnebago to house the Government's agent to the Winnebago, John Kinzie. Kinzie and his wife, Juliette née Magill, had moved to Fort Winnebago in 1830 and lived in the agency house from the fall of 1832 until the summer of 1833. Juliette would write of their experiences in her book "Wau-Bun, the 'Early Day' in the Northwest".
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