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| Date: | 1615 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Huron Indians and French explorers attacking an Iroquois fort near present day Fenner, New York. A wooden platform was constructed to f... |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Engraving made after a watercolor painting by John White during the Barlowe Expedition in Virginia, 1585-1587. |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Girolamo Benzoni (1519-1570) was an Italian from Milan who spent the years 1541-1556 in the New World. His observations of Spanish imperialism were publish... |
| Date: | 1667 |
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| Description: | Map of Virginia depicting the discoveries detailed by John Smith in his exploration of the region. It shows Jamestown, Native American tribes and villages,... |
| Discover the story of French traders saved from starvation by Ottawa Indians at the headwaters of the Chippewa River in 1659. |
| Learn about the first extreme winters in Wisconsin suffered by explorers and settlers in the 17th through 19th centuries, with links to other articles |
| A Brief History of one of Wisconsin's Earliest Crops |
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| Discover the history of wild rice in Wisconsin. |
| 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. |
| When the Beaver was King |
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| Discover how beavers transformed Wisconsin's economy in the 1650s for the next two centuries. |
| 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. |
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