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Menomonee Indian Tribe
Were known to the French as early as 1640, and were then living on the Menomonee
River, emptying into Green Bay, Wisconsin. Their name is that of the wild rice
upon which they largely depend for their subsistence. This is one of the few
tribes in the United States who have never been removed from their old home, and
are still residing on the same spot where they were first known. Served with the
French against the Foxes in 1712, and against the English up to 1763,
participating in Braddock's defeat, battles of Fort William Henry and the Plains
of Abraham. Were allies of the English during the Revolution, and also in the
second war with Great Britain. In 1831 commenced ceding their lands to the
Government for money payments, until they were finally located in 1854 in their
present reservation in Shawano County, Wisconsin, consisting of 231,680 acres of
very poor land. They are declining rapidly in numbers. In 1822 were estimated at
3,900; the present count makes them 1,522. Are now living in a civilized way,
with a large proportion of their children attending school regularly. Their main
dependence is upon the lumber trade, cutting during the last winter over
5,000,000 feet of logs, netting them $4 per 1,000.
List of illustrations.
852. Moses Ladd.
An intelligent and influential man in the tribe, a grandson of Corrow and nephew
of Shu-na-ma-shu-na-ne, noted chiefs of the Menomonee. In 1876 Mr. Ladd was
sent as a delegate from his tribe to Washington to settle various complications
before the Departments and Congress. Was born at Green Bay, Wis., in 1828. Is of
mixed blood.
- Other Menomonee
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Photographs of North American Indians
Descriptive Catalogue, Photographs Of North American Indians. United States Geological Survey
of the Territories, 1877 by W. H. Jackson, Photographer of the Survey,
F. V. Hayden, U. S. Geologist.
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