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| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o... |
| Date: | 08 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Roi Clearwater, (Ottawa/Chippewa Indian), singer of Ottawa Indian songs, of Lake Delton, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | A Celebrated Ottawa Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Fort Wayne (1827). |
| Date: | 01 07 1855 |
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| Description: | Sketch of the defeat of General Braddock during an ambush in the French and Indian War. Caption reads: "Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and India... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | An Ottawa Indian family in traditional dress pose next to a car with a Caucasian man. The car is decorated with American flags as though for a special occa... |
| History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Soldier, Fur Trader and "Father of Wisconsin" |
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| Brief biography of soldier, fur trader and the "Father of Wisconsin," Charles Michel Langlade. |
| Read about the Battle of Fallen Timbers and the subsequent Treety of Greenville which compelled the Indians to treat with the United States |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Sheboygan, Wisconsin. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Two Rivers, Wisconsin. |
| Evidence of First Feasts |
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| Take a look at some first hand accounts of the ways Native Americans of Wisconsin celebrated their own Thanksgiving ceremonies. |
| A Priest Follows Another Priest's 300-Year-Old Path to Death |
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| Learn how Rev. A. A. A. Schmirler traced the path Fr. Rene Menard took in 1661 down northern Wisconsin's rivers to the likely spot of his death. |
| Jesuit Missionary |
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| Read about the Jesuit priest who established several missions in Wisconsin during the 17th century. |
| Read about the Austrian born missionary who worked with many groups of Native Americans and settlers in the upper Midwest. |
| A Frenchman's Disastrous Expedition |
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| Learn about explorer Robert de La Salle's iron-handed chief lieutenant, Henri de Tonty, and what resulted in the worst winter of his life. |
| Learn about the first extreme winters in Wisconsin suffered by explorers and settlers in the 17th through 19th centuries, with links to other articles |
| Discover the story of French traders saved from starvation by Ottawa Indians at the headwaters of the Chippewa River in 1659. |
| New Tribes Brought to Wisconsin by French Commerce |
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| Learn how contact with Europeans, the fur trade and warfare among their tribes drove many Indians to the Wisconsin territory in the 17th century. |
| How Native Life was Transformed |
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| Discover how white contact disrupted and transformed Indian life in Wisconsin in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| How the Natives Lost Their Land |
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| Learn about the many treaties between the United States government and native tribes. |
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