Black Hawk’s War – Indian Wars
We have now to record the events of a war “which brought one of the noblest of Indians to...
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Location: Prairie du Chien Wisconsin
Treaty of August 1, 1829
Articles of a treaty made and concluded at the Village of Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory, on this first day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, between the United States of America, by their...
Read MoreBiography of Francis Xavier Paquet
FRANCIS X. PAQUET. – Francis Xavier Paquet, son of Joseph Paquet and Marie Madaline Godant, was born in the parish of Saint John, about thirty miles west of Quebec, at the junction of the Jacquarka river with the St....
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Illinois Indian Land
With the rapid increase of a white population between the Lakes and the Mississippi, which...
Read MoreMenominee Indians
Menominee Indians were located on and near the Menominee River, Wisconsin, and in Michigan on or about the present location of Mackinac. The Menominee belonged to the Algonquian linguistic family and to the same section as the Cree and Foxes.
Read MoreWinnebago Mission School and Trading Post
By the treaty of September 15, 1832, it was stipulated that the government should annually, beginning in September, 1833, and continuing for twenty-seven years, give the Winnebagoes $10,000 in specie, and establish a school...
Read MoreBiography of Hon. William McEniry
In considering the prominent legal firms in Rock Island County one’s mind instinctively turns to the firm of McEniry & McEniry, a firm composed of the two brothers, Hon. William McEniry and Matthew J. McEniry, having...
Read MoreBiography of Matthew J. McEniry
It is said that the legal profession is one of the most difficult in which to achieve success. It is doubtless true that to be a truly successful attorney requires ability of a high order. We have spoken elsewhere in this work...
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