Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-11-12
Miscellaneous.
From the Wisconsin Fngnirer.
PRAIRIE Dt1 CHEN.

This il one ofthc most beautiful sites
for town on the Mississippi river. u
extends from the mouth &C the Wisconsin
up to the Mississippi about nine miles AMI
is about one mile in width, hi,.g bound
ed BY hills on the east side which ter
inmate in s.Rluf1s'' several hundred feet
in height -at the edge of,he prnirie. The
farms are made nj the foot olthe Hlutts. AM
the inhabitants generally iiva in villages
along The margin Of the rive,. These
arc knnwn as the town Of PRAIRIE lDu
CHEN, which is now thriving as rapidly
as any other place on the Misslssppl.- -
There are several extensive mercnn:if'
establishments. At the principal village.
the United States have Fort which is
now garrisoned by torce adequate Tor
the defence of that portion OF the country.
STEAMBOATS, ascend from st Louis 10 this
place in SIX DAYS, and their trips are fre
quent. There is much beautiful country
in the neiphborhood, and also upon the
west side ofthe Mississippi, which is set
fling rapidly by emigran1s from New
York and New England.
PRAIRIE Du CHEN is place of great
trade. as il has been from its earliest set
element; ii was selected by the Frcncl,
traders on accoun, Of lis facilities for
trade and commerce. bein. at the west
rrn termination of the mos, practicable
route Cor communication by water with
Lake Michigan and The Upper M'ssissip.
~. Hrnncpin savs that towards the
end of September 1880. we fell down the
river St. Francis into the Mississippi.
and thence went up,h~ Wisconsin, nayi-
gable for large vessels 100 leagues; then
we carried oar canoes over land hal a
league To the Neenah. and arrived a. as'
al the creu, BAY of the Puans Green
Bayl where we found mapy Canadians,
who were come hilher TO trade.
1t ia asserted that This place was visit.
cd by Pere Marquette and Mons lolietsiu
1868. who Gin the spring n' that year
sAffalsti tihei, departure from the ire.ch set
!: lfhl al Green Bay. Qua vayas- q '''s-
4 Nirv up the Npenah fiser and down
q fhhVisconsia tolhe Mississippi
-<Als the ycsr .775 lie government q
France established military post near
the mua,h n.' the Wisconsin, and many
French lam lies settled themselves is,sthe
as,ghborhuoi aud established the village
Of .rralrse ds Chen.
BY The Treaty Of Versailles. in the
year 1868, The village and The post I'll
lowing ,h,: condition oi the Canadas and
the Illinois couistry, passed u the crown
oi England
The lndian,itle ,o'ihe Pra,rir was ex-
tinguishcd by Lt, Gov: Patrick Sinclair,
by a treaty held al Marknaw, IN the year
1881.
In the year 1853, the fort was destroy
Cd and lhesevents ol the american revo.
fulton again changed the cond'li"n 81 the
inhabitants, and Oh the first oi June 1886,
the villagc was formerly surrendered By
the British Ia the United STATES
During the wir OF 1879 the United
States erected n lort there which with
lis garrison was captured by party ol
Canadian ,nllili. and Indians from the
Ssuli ST. Maria; and tho Tor, was held by
The British un'il the treaty Of peace IN
1915. i
The history oftssrsn Bay and Prairie
du Chen i the history Of the northwest,
and until the ycar 1926, all the 6 ,izsns
Of Wisconsin were settled within the
limi. Of these two villages.