, 1876-01-10

THAR nrcnt thornrg,,fsra.
Gro.. Lake, ard iho ~. r.
Thsso lakos ant, rivera h 80.
tract Of commtna,,A .
| onenInc,. ahosnd,nr IN ,,.. u,
of tho Indian. IN thca a.. ;, h,nr
wnYo thc nirtureaouo ali ,,;..r.. - T.,
auciont eouucjl.fffts, I, ~ THAI ,r,,.
The crens saat of 1ut.i ,rncv .a,o,,., -,
With tho far.faruel Ieee.o, hIa ,ar, lovoIr !,
ils p,imoyal beauty. and zo.lox,a,v fr.r,o1 b, h
tho Tribes who struggled 10 ,rcaerya II f1nm IN
trusion,
Horc, too, whore oshkoeh now st.uda nm
tho accpo OF ono OF the earliest trvxsin1. orornd,
Of tho Frepcl, traders q commercial t,nfnt Ir
nomad}o traffic moro than hunarea ~aar. In
f,,A +to .d.on. ~ tba vt,.. H.,
e. .uu , =. ~, ~ "nl'o man ~ ChcaEo OF
o'' 1oa's, nese TUG t1eocnnAn met fho oip'o
mats OF tho Indian tribes, to form treat!es ai
alliance, to facilitate that traffic which. near1,
900 yesrB ago instiuotiyc,v soucht out tb.t nro
~ e, 'leuo ".. Ao"e tA,ouea VIC i'coeo1 com
metcla eens1es OF the sAlleY OF tho Fox ltiYel
and Lake Winnebago. TIE Fronch batteau aud
Iudian canoe we're tho primitive flow Of TINT
commerce uhieb In vat In nour In n,,ht, v,,,,-,o
,t,,,,s,, t,s n,t,,r., n,,,,a. ~. ~, 's"N'e
sn'ous" sn'o n"'a1a' on'lat oI tho HoftnHest-
hundred years boforo tho American Revolu-
tiou, aud when tho great interior OF tho country
n t1fFn incDVUttn iheAe NJ TIM Eav
and WIsoonstn 1,,vor, arh I,va v,nna,.nn
1.u ".oso1'..4 A", euu uaAo ""heoaso'
"nlcn lofm tne. conhees'hE !lnk bhe"cen the
Mississippi and tue Great Lalcs comprising a
in tho v1do world va,
a,,s.s ,,.,~
aAf 1an"f "Aois"' 7so"ouohFA"E
OF tho carly trench ttadcF. missionary, md OK
plorer.
This ndvnnt of thi, travail vsa IN 1c7e
.. v,,;c,, ,,,s r..ho. M..,,.... - ..'' .ut"'
o'".'eo
from o1eeu oay tcaleo a. inc tlme
LabhYo dos Puapts), and, RAISING
up tho Lower For, ant cred tie lovely tnlppd sen
ri In,n winnchapo Antr,nrea u;th thn ,r,.,-
A., ..'s Iii. 20. 80. 49, ~ pt'sn
uio hoeo' WHICH ne1o n1s' n'e eo'sP.uroo gaze
tnts bcantifal o1ranao "1 water Elimsnered like
2 Kom ~ IT. emerald setting Of undulatsng
banka nnu leafy gto'ed. anu stfatchtng Away IN
the DIM distance among the hazy pointH and
Aoadlandb,
He etavosseo lts "essesh shore until 10 cha,o
20 Jus hlIo now occupied pY tns City OF OSHKOSH.
uppes Fox form junction With tho like, tho
entrance TO tue great praif1o world Of tue West.
Aefe no eo]onrncd whsio, charmed with tho
natural beauty OF tue location. nnd lha great
navlKao'e wasors M whose volumes Indicated thu
magnitude OF tla lu1u1lant valley ho WAS about
10 explore.
Ao then passed tnsdngh tho uprnr FOX to
tno narro" portage bet"eeh that river and thu
Wisconsin thence COW" sie latsoF to tho Mis-
slss'pp' -thht beiuB tho AEht voyage acroRs the
eountry. and tho mt discovery OF TIC Upper
Nlestesippl oy oisa'!zcd man. III l6S} he ro-
tathou 20 tise dseas LhSos " sne Hhmo route
Anot tfotn tAas tllno onMa1u, " pocaAc tno 1a-
8" sn ne eso anu ns
OK INC COUNTY,. u pocamo
TUE ohEAr HIGHWAY
~ lho carry sfaVel aha commerce OF tho North
"Gss.
LA
country silas tho ~lnto tsSo, represented by Tho
Eroaeh'nau, commonccd its occupancy Of tho
noftliwest; hesa tns TWO fsees mt tn that con-
1lct whlch Taa destined 70 annihl!aee tho Indian,
to the white man:
uaro handful o. daring "nd h"ruY edyhntus-
ofH pushing the!r fortl"nb aHtl the Gfcalest
danEora And p1lvations. Noro tue her*ldH Of that
eivlnEAlloh Hhoee eflohdia results are aFoual
ns. jhe evontt"i history OF this country since
mo MlVenk OIL the Whlte 'nAu. TWO centuries ago.
- lnlI Of marvellous cllanRes During that perlod.
! Nhs under typ government ot France timely
t.Fso " yoats o. ureat b!llaln. tnrty-ono years
short periods Under tho 1utlndict'on Of Indiana,
4llinnlst atd Mtchigan. respectively. III l5j8 1t
"aa 'lfst plac"tl uu'ler tho Jurisdiction Of Wis
consn' NJ "h1sh tlnc tho territory was orRhn-
izcd.
fhifcf ThApEhH,
con]ostity with the lndtahs,w was dlAttnct poriod
"a our hlAtors.Mh ttansltlon stage between bar
harsih mud ciyllizaslonI IN era Of that Wild. Fo-
nnd civilized lifo Of daring adventure aud pa
ttent endurance; and many we!o the wild 6cenes
OF frontier liio that tsanaptrod hole during that
sem1-ciSilzcd period. The natural gayety. kind
adaplol ihe'n. a6uyo all other EuropcRus. for
social Intercourse with tho Indiana. with whom.
taey li7ed Keuerally on terma OF nnt1.
Many of thcm we're highly gentlemen.