Wisconsin in Story and Song;: Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Badger State Writers
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Wisconsin in Story and Song;: Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Badger State Writers
American literature -- Wisconsin; Wisconsin -- Literary collections
By this time, Nicolet had his doubts about meeting Chinese at Green
Bay. As, however, he had brought with him "a grand robe of China
damask, all strewn with flowers, and birds of many colors," such as
Chinese mandarins are supposed to wear, he put it on; and when he
landed on the shore of Fox River, where is now the city of Green Bay,
strode forward into the group of waiting, skin-clad savages,
discharging the pistols which he held in either hand. Women and
children fled in terror to the wigwams; and the warriors fell down and
worshipped this Manitou (or spirit) who carried with him thunder and
lightning.
"The news of his coming," says the old Jesuit chronicler, "quickly
spread to the places round about, and there assembled four or five
thousand men. Each of the Chief men made a feast for him, and at one
of these banquets they served at least six-score Beavers."...
For various reasons, it was nearly thirty years before another visit
was made by white men to Wisconsin. Nicolet himself soon settled down
at the new town of Three Rivers, on the shores of the St. Lawrence,
between Quebec and Montreal, as the agent and interpreter there of the
great fur trade company. He was a very useful man both to the company
and to the missionaries; for he had great influence over the Indians,
who loved him sincerely, and he always exercised this influence for
the good of the colony and of religion. He was drowned in the month of
October, 1642, while on his way to release a poor savage prisoner who
was being maltreated by Indians in the neighborhood.
FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER
Born in Portage, Wisconsin, in 1861, Frederick J. Turner was
graduated from the State University in 1884, and six years
later he received his Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins. Meantime he
had spent some of the years in teaching in his Alma Mater. He
was made full professor of history in 1892, which position he
held until 1910, when Harvard University called him.
Few men on "The Hill" were more beloved by the students than
"Freddie" Turner. His courses were crowded, and his lectures
were exceedingly popular. Perhaps if his students had known
that from 1885 to 1888 he served as tutor in rhetoric and
oratory at Wisconsin, they would not have wondered so much at
the eloquence of his lectures.
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