Library of Congress Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 COLLECTIONS OF THE State Historical Society OF WISCONSIN EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY REUBEN GOLD THWAITES Secretary and Superintendent of the Society VOL. XIV LC Published by Authority of Law MADISON Democrat Printing Company, State Printer 1898 F576 W81 2dset. Copyright , 1898 By the State Historical Society of Wisconsin The Editor, both for the Society and for himself, disclaims responsibility for any statement made either in the historical documents published herein, or in articles contributed to this volume. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS OFFICE OF JUN 21 1898 Register of Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689c Library of Congress TWO COPIES RECEIVED. 32582 1st COPY 1898. CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. All That Remains Of Fort Winnebago Frontispiece. Officers Of The Society, 1898 vii Preface ix The Story Of Mackinac. The Editor. 1 Reminiscences Of Early Days On Mackinac Island. Elizabeth Thérèse Baird. 17 Illustrations: Portraits—Mad. Thérèse Schindler, and Mrs. Elizabeth Thérèse Baird, 17. 17 The History Of Fort Winnebago. Andrew Jackson Turner. Illustrations: Portraits—Capt. William S. Harney, Capt. E. V. Sumner, Col. William J. Worth, Lieut. J. J. Abercrombie, Satterlee Clark, Lieut. R. B. Marcy, Capt. Gideon Low, and Lieut. N. B. Rossell, 76; Lieut. Jefferson Davis, Maj. David E. Twiggs, Lieut. John Pegram, John A. Kinzie, and Mrs. John H. Kinzie, 82; Yellow Thunder, Mrs. R. B. Marcy, Mrs. N. B. Rossell, Mrs. George B. McClellan, and Mrs. Gideon Low, 88. Views—Fort Winnebago in 1834, 65; Indian Agency, Fort Winnebago, 92. Map—The Fox-Wisconsin Portage in 1839, 96. 65 Fort Winnebago Orderly Book, 1834–36. Introduction, The Editor. Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689c Library of Congress Illustrations: Portraits—Lieut. H. P. Van Cleve, Mrs. C. O. Van Cleve, and Henry Merrell, 103. 103 Abraham Lincoln In The Black Hawk War. Alfred Augustus Jackson. 118 An English Officer's Description Of Wisconsin In 1837. Frederick Marryat, C. B. Illustrations: Views—Fort Howard, 137; Fort Crawford, 148. 137 iv Father Samuel Mazzuchelli. James Davie Butler, LL. D. 155 Illustrations: Portrait—Rev. Samuel Mazzuchelli, 155. View—A Missionary among Wisconsin Savages (facsimile), 160. Documents Relating To The Catholic Church In Green Bay, and The Mission At Little Chute, 1825–40. Introduction, The Editor. 162 Illustrative Documents: Subscription Papers— For Green Bay church, 162, 163, 165, 169, 171, 173, 174, 176, 193. Bills—For materials for the church, 181, 185, 186; for Mazzuchelli's services to Menomonee Nation, 191. Addresses—To the bishop, 188, 195; to Father Hätscher, 194. Instructions—Mazzuchelli to church trustees, 168; Bishop Fenwick, for conducting Indian school, 184. Receipts—Authorizing L. Grignon to sign, 187; to Rachel Lawe, 205. Letters—François Roy, 165; Father Mazzuchelli, 166, 167, 177–179, 183, 185, 187; Father François Vincent Badin, 181; Father François Hätscher, 188; Father T. J. Van den Broek, 192, 196, 198, 199, 202–204; Louis Grignon, 201; Bishop Frederick Résé, 202; unsigned, 205. A History Of Early Railroad Legislation In Wisconsin. Balthasar Henry Meyer, Ph.D. 206 The Cornish In Southwest Wisconsin. Louis Albert Copeland. 301 Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689c Library of Congress The Icelanders On Washington Island. Harry K. White. 335 Geographical Origin Of German Immigration To Wisconsin. Kate Everest Levi, Ph.D. 341 Illustration: Map—Distribution of Germans in Wisconsin, according to census of 1890, 341. Journal Of An Episcopalian Missionary's Tour To Green Bay, 1834. Jackson Kemper, D. D. 394 Illustrations: Portraits—Bishop Kemper, 394; Rev. R. F. Cadle, 412. Map—Town of Munnomonee (1829), 430 394. Documents Relating To The Episcopal Church And Mission in Green Bay, 1825–41. Introduction, The Editor. 450 Illustrative Documents: Letters—John Dunn, 450; Richard Fish Cadle, 455, 457–468, 470, 471, 473, 474, 477, 479–484, v 486, 488, 490–493, 496, 502; Henry S. Baird, 468; Peter Van Pelt, 485; Indian Commissioner Herring, 487; Daniel E. Brown, 494, 495, 498, 503; F. A. Brown, 499; Oneida chiefs, 500; Solomon Davis, 500, 503, 511, 513; James Dixon Carder, 501, 502, 511; Sarah Crawford, 510; unsigned, 455. Vestry Records — Christ Church, 451. Statements —Arrangements for Mission school, 456; appeal to New York churchmen, 459; Cadle's expenditures, 475. Bills —Cadle vs. Lawe, 458; Hart vs. Davis, 508; Ellis vs. Christ church, 509. Receipts —Suydam to Baird, 462; Cadle to sundry subscribers, 481. Call —Cadle to rectorship of Trinity church, 480. Contract —To build Hobart church, 505. Illustration : View —Protestant Episcopalian Mission Buildings, Green Bay, 476. The First Wisconsin Cavalry At The Capture Of Jefferson Davis . Henry Harnden . 516 INDEX. 533 Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689c Library of Congress OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1898. PRESIDENT HON. JOHN JOHNSTON Milwaukee VICE-PRESIDENTS PROF. JAMES D. BUTLER, LL. D. Madison HON. JOHN T. KINGSTON Necedah HON. DANIEL WELLS, Jr. Milwaukee HON. JAMES T. LEWIS, LL D. Columbus HON. JAMES SUTHERLAND Janesville HON. PHILETUS SAWYER Oshkosh HON. SAMUEL MARSHALL Milwaukee HON. GYSBERT VAN STEENWYK La Crosse HON. JOHN E. THOMAS Sheboygan Falls HON. ROBERT L. McCORMICK Hayward HON. THOMAS J. CUNNINGHAM Chippewa Falls HON. SAMUEL D. HASTINGS, Sr. Green Bay EDWIN ELLIS, M. D. Ashland Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689c Library of Congress HON. WILLIAM A. JONES Mineral Point HON. WILLIAM W. WIGHT Milwaukee HON. JOHN B. CASSODAY Madison SECRETARY AND SUPERINTENDENT REUBEN G. THWAITES Madison TREASURER FRANK F. PROUDFIT Madison LIBRARIAN AND ASST. SUPERINTENDENT ISAAC S. BRADLEY Madison CURATORS, EX-OFFICIO HON. EDWARD SCOFIELD Governor HON. HENRY CASSON Secretary Of State HON. SEWELL A. PETERSON State Treasurer viii CURATORS, ELECTIVE Term expires at annual meeting in December, 1898 HON. ROBERT M. BASHFORD GEN. EDWIN E. BRYANT Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689c Library of Congress JAIRUS H. CARPENTER, LL. D. MAJ. M. RANSOM DOYON WILLIAM A. P. MORRIS, A.B. MAJ. FRANK W. OAKLEY WAYNE RAMSAY PROF. WM. H. ROSENSTENGEL HON. ROBERT G. SIEBECKER HON. BREESE J. STEVENS HON. HORACE A. TAYLOR FREDERICK J. TURNER, PH. D. Term expires at annual meeting in December, 1899 CHARLES K. ADAMS, LL. D. RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL. D. HON. GEORGE B. BURROWS HON. JAMES D. BUTLER, LL. D. J. FREDERIC K. CONOVER, LL. B. JOHN C. FREEMAN, LL. D. Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689c Library of Congress HON. BUELL E. HUTCHINSON HON. JOHN A. JOHNSON BURR W. JONES HOWARD PALMER PROF. JOHN B. PARKINSON HON. N. B. VAN SLYKE Term expires at annual meeting in December, 1900 HON. ROMANZO BUNN PROF. CHARLES N. GREGORY HON. JOHN JOHNSTON HON. ELISHA W. KEYES REV. PATRICK B. KNOX HON. ROBERT L. McCORMICK HON. SILAS U. PINNEY HON. GEORGE RAYMER ARTHUR L. SANBORN, LL. B. HON. HALLE STEENSLAND Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689c Library of Congress HON. WILLIAM F. VILAS WILLIAM W. WIGHT, LL. B. PREFACE. Although beyond the borders of our commonwealth, Mackinac is a focal point in the history of Wisconsin. Commanding the approaches to Lakes Superior and Michigan, it necessarily was, during the French and English domination, and the early years of American possession,—the period of the fur trade,—the political and military center of this region. The Editor has, in “The Story of Mackinac,” sought to review the salient points in the picturesque career of that famous frontier stronghold, and to correct, it may be, some popular misconceptions thereof. In her “Reminiscences of Early Days on Mackinac Island,” the late Mrs. Baird discourses, most charmingly, of men, women, and manners on the “beauteous isle,” during her girlhood there—the second and third decades of the present century. The lively description of her bateau trip from Green Bay to Mackinac, in 1825, is a fresh and welcome contribution to the romantic side of Wisconsin history. Military life in Territorial Wisconsin must have possessed a certain charm to all who participated in it. Mrs. Kinzie, in Wau-bun , and Mrs. Van Cleve, in Three Score Years and Ten , have given us, in sprightly manner, vivid pictures of garrison life at the early Wisconsin forts, which our historians are fond of reproducing. We are glad to be able, in this volume, to furnish new material in that field. In his “History of Fort Winnebago,” A. J. Turner presents the result of a special study of the fortunes of this old-time wilderness post, and has marshalled before us the many notable men and women who are connected with its story. The “Fort Winnebago Orderly Book, 1834–36,” follows as an illustrative document, serving to strengthen x the picture. A. A. Jackson, in his “Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War,” for the first time fully sets forth the facts concerning Lincoln's itinerary during that campaign, and incidentally—on the authority of Lincoln himself— establishes the actual route of Atkinson's army, in ascending the Rock River, in Wisconsin. Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Volume 14 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689c Library of Congress “An English Officer's Description of Wisconsin in 1887,” is by the well-known writer, Capt. Frederick Marryat; with practised pen, he wrote one of the best contemporary descriptions of early travel along the Fox-Wisconsin waterway, and incidentally of life at the three military posts, which has come down to us.