STORIES OF THE BADGER STATE

PREFACE

CONTENTS

STORIES OF THE BADGER STATE

THE MOUND BUILDERS

LIFE AND MANNERS OF THE INDIANS

THE DISCOVERY OF WISCONSIN

RADISSON AND GROSEILLIERS

THE STORY OF JOLIET AND MARQUETTE

THE JESUIT MISSIONARIES

SOME NOTABLE VISITORS TO EARLY WISCONSIN

A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF WARFARE

THE COMMERCE OF THE FOREST

IN THE OLD FRENCH DAYS

THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH

WISCONSIN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

THE RULE OF JUDGE RÉAUME

THE BRITISH CAPTURE PRAIRIE DU CHIEN

THE STORY OF THE WISCONSIN LEAD MINES

THE WINNEBAGO WAR

THE BLACK HAWK WAR

THE STORY OF CHEQUAMEGON BAY

WISCONSIN TERRITORY FORMED

WISCONSIN BECOMES A STATE

THE BOUNDARIES OF WISCONSIN

LIFE IN PIONEER DAYS

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS

THE PHALANX AT CERESCO

A MORMON KING

THE WISCONSIN BOURBON

SLAVE CATCHING IN WISCONSIN

THE STORY OF A FAMOUS CHIEF

A FIGHT FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP

OUR FOREIGN-BORN CITIZENS

SWEPT BY FIRE

BADGERS IN WAR TIME

INDEX