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Indian Language Manuscripts Guide

Follow links to documents by missionaries, traders, Indian agents, linguists and anthropologists which help preserve more than 20 endangered languages.
Classroom Material

Little Elk, 1829

Use the 1829 speech by Little Elk, Ho-Chunk orator, to learn more about Ho-Chunk views on Euro-American cultures
Classroom Material

Father Jacques Marquette, 1673

Use the 1673 journal of Father Jacques Marquette to introduce students to the early exploration of Wisconsin
Classroom Material

Chapter 4: The Fur Trade Era: Exploration and Exchange

Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
Chapter 4 description and supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
Map or Atlas

Father Hennepin's Map of the Upper Lakes

Date: 1697
Description: Father Hennepin's map in French of the upper lakes.
Photograph

Lac Tracy ou Superieur

Date: 1671
Description: Photostat of map of Lac Tracy Ou Superieur (Lake Superior). Portions of Lac des Illinois (Lake Michigan) and Lac des Hurons (Lake Huron) are also shown. Gr...
Print

Historia Antipodum oder Newe Welt

Date: 1655
Description: Frontispiece to Newe Welt vnd americanische Historien (1655).
Map or Atlas

Map of Virginia Coast

Date: 1655
Description: Map of Virginia Coast based on observations by Captain John Smith.
Print

Outina and His Army

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) while on the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564.
Print

Killing Alligators

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) while on the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564.
Print

Royal Marriage and Reception by the Sovereign

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) while on the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564.
Print

Sacrifice of First-born Children

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) while on the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564.
Print

How Indians Treat Their Sick

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) while on the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564.
Print

Dress of the Indians

Date: 1655
Description: Depicts Indians encountered on the Barlowe and Amadas Expedition in Virgina, ca. 1584.
Print

Constructing Boats

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a watercolor painting by John White during the Barlowe Expedition in Virginia, 1585-1587.
Print

English and Mermaids

Date: 1655
Description: Scene of the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614 showing men at the water's edge being beckoned by mermaids.
Print

Indian Techniques of Fishing and Stag-hunting

Date: 1655
Description: Scene near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614.
Print

Columbus at Banquet

Date: 1655
Description: Christopher Columbus, ca. 1492.
Print

Columbus Departs Spain

Date: 1655
Description: Christopher Columbus begins his first expedition, 1492.
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Columbus Meets with a Cacique in Marien Province, Haiti

Date: 1655
Description: Encounter with Indians during Christopher Columbus' first expedition in 1492.

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