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History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Past and Present
History of Sheboygan County Wisconsin Past and Present Author:Carl Zillier Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE ABORIGINES INDIAN TRIBES FOUND IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN NUMEROUS VILLAGES IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY THEIR CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERISTICS LITTLE TH... more »UNDER THROWN INTO THE RIVER WAUBACA'S LAUGH OF DERISION SAD FATE OF MRS. ASENATH BRIGGS INDIANS STEAL A BARREL OF WHISKEY INDIAN JOHN'—THE GREAT INDIAN SCARE. THE INDIANS In 1824, the three leading trading posts on Lake Michigan, in Wisconsin, were Milwaukee, Sheboygan and Manitowoc, and practically all the larger towns were once the sites of Indian villages, showing that to the sagacity and foresight of the aborigines, rather than the judgment and discrimination of the whites, are we indebted for the beautiful and eligible location of the towns throughout the state. According to Morgan L. Martin, delegate to congress from Wisconsin territory in 1828, "the whole region extending from the entrance of Green Bay as far as Milwaukee, was occupied by Pottawattomies and Ottawas. Their principal villages were at Manitowoc, Pigeon and Sheboygan rivers. There were no villages north of Kewaunee, only temporary lodges as far as the islands." He, however, had not visited the region until 1833. In that year Alexis Clermont carried the mail on foot from Fort Howard (Green Bay) to Chicago. Only twice did he see the lake between Green Bay and Milwaukee. He found large villages of Indians near Manitowoc and Sheboygan, but not many at Milwaukee. There were none between the last mentioned place and Chicago. An Oneida Indian usually accompanied him and it took one month to make the trip and return. Josiah A. Noonan traveled from Milwaukee to Green Bay in 1837, accompanied by a mail carrier, a half breed named Powell. At Sheboygan the only house was a hotel, erected by the company owning the village plat. As a rule the Indian...« less