Memoirs of Nicolas Perrot in Wisconsin, 1665-1670.

Adventures of Nicolas Perrot, 1665-1670


Perrot recounts his years in Wisconsin with detailed descriptions of the various Indian tribes and the hardships they suffered from Iroquois attacks and white incursion. His journals, now lost, comprise much of the text that appeared in 1716 under the title Histoire de l'Amerique Septentrionale.


Related Topics: Early Native Peoples
Arrival of the First Europeans
Creator: La Potherie, Claude Charles Le Roy de, 1668-1738
Pub Data: Kellogg, Louise P., ed. Early Narratives of the Northwest, 1634-1699. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917) [excerpt: pp. 69-92]
Citation: "Adventures of Nicolas Perrot, 1665-1670" in Kellogg, Louise P., ed. Early Narratives of the Northwest, 1634-1699. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917). Online facsimile at:  http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-046/index.asp; Visited on: 5/8/2024