Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-02

! of them many years ago. that the
men are very white. and the women
rather pretty and more gentle than
I those Of other tribes.
! There is no nation in which the
men are so We'll built, or have SO
good figures as this one 1t was
Charlevoix who said Of them, they are
fine looking men. among the most
: shapely in Canada and taller than I'VE
4 Pottawattamie."
That Picture.
oshkosh was Of medium size, pos,
seSsed OF much good sense and ability
but is a great slave to strong drink
! and tive OF his threa sons surpass
their father in this heastly vice
/ U9rignoal Il was in hrawl occa,
/ stoned ny too much drink that he was
1 laid up for week and died at he,
I shena, August %, 1885 The artist
Brooks arrived in Keshena a day or
two after his death and painted the
picture which hangs in he rooms Of
! the historical society AZ Madison,
The artist lacked good toste in per.
/ petuating this noble red man in the
! SCarecrow clothing some wag had
gwen him. Oshkosh in that plug hat
and nigh colored ribbons may do for
comic almanac, but does scant jus.
! tice TO the supple form of the brave
warrior Of the Meuomonees, who
never raised the tomahawk against
| the white man
The Menomonees.
/ The Menomonee Indians have re.
sided since first discovered by white
men, and still reside between the Wolf
river and Green Bay or Fox river
! Nicolet Allouez, Andre and Marquette
all met them on the western shore of
Green Bay. They advised Marquette
not 10 visit the southern tribes as they
were teroCious and would kill
strangers and there were demons
that would devour him. Before this
I they had promised to furnish him with
a canoe for the voyage, They are re
! ported to have four women to every
man, to be good naumed. not keen of
/ intellect, selfish and avaricious, but
brave warriors, but did not steal or
4 lie, They We're great canoe men and
! fisned sturgeon with spear. Their
language was Ojibway, but they had 4
secret language Of their own besides
Their war parties travelled far, The%
aided the French at the battle of De
troit against the Fox and Mascoutins,
Joined Charles De Langlade in his
, journey to Fort Du Quesne where they
amhUshed and killed BraddoCli on the
Monongahela, and were with Lanelade
! fighting under the banner of France
when Montcalm fell before the plains
OF Abraham. And they fought under
the hravest of the brave" in Bur.
eoyne's invasion and at Remington,
They refused to Join PontiaC's con
spiracy but old Carron, the head chief,
guarded and conducted the English
! garrison safely away from the post at
Green Bay, for which service he had 4
medal
Two centuries ago they We're said
to have numbered eighty warriors, or
400 people, and since have grown to
upwards of 1000 people In 1920
when the New York Indians under
Eleazer Williams guidance made a
visit to Green Bay to treat with the
Menomorees for lands, that tribe
claimed to possess a good portion of
northern Wisconsin which they could
not have made good as against the
Winnebago and Chippewa. But they
pretended to sell the New York In.
diars joint right to a five-mile strip
o. many miles in length, which. how
ever. was never occupied by them
nor conceded by the government
The Menomonees and Fox and Sacs
We're friends on the Green Bay and
lower Fox river. but about seventy.fvr
years ego or earlier some Menomoneos
Joined the Sioux against the Fox, am
pushed them fifteen miles below
Prairie du Chen and killed their chief.
Kettle. Soon after, the Menomonees
being all very drunk in their camp on
an island in the river near Prairie du
Chen, the Foxes fell on them and
killed great numbers before being
driven away.
Life for Whiskey.
After the Americans maintained an
armed post at Prairie du CHEN, which
was after the war Of 1912, the Menom,