The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-23

iourned in the southern part of this
country. They came originally from
the st. Lawrence river country, but they
were wallike and uneompanionable
race, at outs with every other tribe
Gradually they were driven west to
Lake Huron, Lake Superior and at
length to the Fox river of Wisconsin,
where they were ever at war with all
other tribes, with the French, and at
last with the English and the Ameri-
cans. Their last war was under the
great chief Black Hawk. AT thai time
they dwelt in Southwestern Wisconsin.
Saginaw and Ozaukee derive their
names from these tribes. The latter be-
ing the Indian name FIR Sacs The
Foxes called themselves Outagamies.
The French called them Les Raynards.
In 1870 the MenOmonies took a leading
part in the celebrated battle ut Butte
de Morris the hHof the dead a few miles
west of Oshkosh. In 1854 the son of the
first white settler in Wisconsin, Charles
de Langlade, who had married an Otta-
wa maiden, and had great influence
with the Indians, invited the warriors
of all the tribes within many days tray
ell from Green Bay, to repair to that
point for talk. Every village was rep
resented, Winnebagos, Pottowatomies,
Menomonies, Chippeways, Ottawas and
other tribes responded to the call I'm
der the leadership of de Langlade these
Indians repaired to Fort du Quesne and
took part in the sanguinary defeat of
Braddock The English Were ut dinner
and de Langlade urged the French cap
tain, Beaujen, to attack, which the tim
id though supercillious officer refused
to do. But when de Langlade threaten
ed to withdraw with his Indians ii the
battle was not begun mt once the
command was given, Beaujen was kill
ed, Braddock mortally wounded, and
Washington conducted the retreat and
established his reputation rs soldier
The slaughter of the British was fright
full Eight hundred Englishmen lost
their lives. out Of eighty officers sixty
three were killed. Their handsome uni
forms and helmets served to adon the
savage foes and many a trophy Of this
battle subsequently decorated Indian
lodges in Manitowoc county side by side
with the bloody proofs of the Indians
prowess, We're the scalps Of Braddocks
men. In 1855 these Indians took part in the
successful defense of TiconderOga AGAINST
Abererombe In 1853 their greed was
responsible for the bloody massacre at
Fort William Henry. In 1863 they
fought the English in the Pontiac war.
Two years later de Langlade again gath
cred his Indians and proceeded in cnoes
toQuebeck, and on thePlains of Abraham
where both Wolfe and Montcalm lost
their lives, they fought for the French
cause.
When Quebeck surrendered aud the
English occupied the French outposts.
the Indians and the French bushrangers
entered the employ Of their new rulers.
to serve against the Americans or
long kHJes during the Revolutionary
war. They Were offered boun-
ty for every American scalp by Gen.
Hamilton who was henceforth known by
the name, the hair buyer An Eng
lish gunboat was sent to cruise along
the west shore OF Lake Michigan for the
purpose Of melting the Indians against
the Americans, In 1850 some of these
same Indians We're sent to attack the
Spanish settlements on the west side of
the Mississippi, but nothing was accom-
plished In 1911 the Pottawatamies
fought under Tecumseh ut Tippecanoe.
1912 the Indians assembled at Green
Bay to again join the English. The
French traders generally held commits
sions in the English army.
In 1882 during the Black Hawk war
the Winnebago Indians were the ALLEYS
of the whites against the Sacs and Fox