Past and Present of Allamakee County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1913 - Allamakee County (Iowa) |
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Past and Present of Allamakee County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement ... Ellery M Hancock No preview available - 2018 |
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Allamakee County appointed April assessor became building built buried in National chairman church Clark Clayton county clerk Columbus Company Corporal county seat Dayton Decorah died Dubuque early election Enlisted and mustered Enlisted Aug Enlisted July Enlisted Oct erected farm father feet Fort Crawford Galena Haney held Henry Hersey Indians Infantry James January John Judge July 15 June Kerndt land Lansing later limestone Linton located March McGregor miles mill Minnesota Mississippi Oneota organized Paint Creek pastor Post Postville Prairie du Chien Pratt present president Promoted railroad Re-enlisted and re-mustered record regiment republican rock Rossville Sept Sergeant settlers Shattuck sheriff Shiloh Sioux spring Stilwell street Thomas Topliff town township Treasurer Union Prairie Upper Iowa Upper Iowa river Village Creek vote Waukon William Winnebagoes Winneshiek Winneshiek county Wisconsin Wounded Yellow river
Popular passages
Page 226 - Look now abroad — another race has filled These populous borders — wide the wood recedes, And towns shoot up, and fertile realms are tilled : The land is full of harvests and green meads ; Streams numberless that many a fountain feeds.
Page 30 - Commencing at the mouth of the Upper Iowa River, on the west bank of the Mississippi, and ascending said Iowa River to its west fork ; thence up the fork to its source ; thence crossing the fork of...
Page 15 - But as the seat of empire from time immemorial has been gradually progressive toward the west, there is no doubt but that at some future period mighty kingdoms will emerge from these wildernesses, and stately palaces and solemn temples with gilded spires reaching to the skies supplant the Indian huts, whose only decorations are the barbarous trophies of'their vanquished enemies.
Page 256 - Puants [Winnebago] seven or eight families from a nation who are neutral Between our Savages and the nadoessi who are at war. They are called aiaoua or nadoessi mascouteins. Their village, which lies 200 leagues from here Toward the west, is very large, but poor; for their greatest wealth consists of ox-hides and of Red Calumets. They speak the language of the Puants. I preached Jesus Christ to them. They say that they live at a great distance of 12 days...
Page 37 - Father, you told us to get these men, and it would be the cause of much good to the Winnebagoes. We have brought them, but it has been very hard for us to do so.
Page 15 - This town is the great mart, where all the adjacent tribes, and even those who inhabit the most remote branches of the Mississippi, annually assemble about the latter end of May, bringing with them their furs to dispose of to the traders.
Page 24 - ... Owisconsin, Fox river, Green Bay, and upon Lake Michigan. They are divided into seven tribes, who dispose their small encampments upon these rivers. Their number is about 1,600. The first Frenchmen that arrived among them called them Puants, from the disagreeable odor that exhales from their bodies. Nine miles above the Prairie, at a point where the savages pay their adoration to a rock which they annually paint with red and yellow, the Mississippi presents scenes of peculiar novelty. The hills...
Page 37 - ... believe you are our friend. We want you to keep them safe. If they are to be hurt, we do not wish to see it. Wait until we are gone before it is done.
Page 56 - States shall erect a suitable building, or buildings, with a garden, and a field attached, somewhere near Fort Crawford, or Prairie du Chien, and establish and maintain therein, for the term of twenty-seven years, a school for the education, including clothing, board, and lodging, of...
Page 133 - States, wherein it is declared that 'no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts.' It was argued that the proprietors of Columbus, by deeding to the county two acres of land under the act of 1851, providing for the location of the county seat of Allamakee county, thereby made a contract with the county, and that the Legislature had no right to pass a subsequent act providing for a relocation. It was further argued that the town of Columbus was...