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As nearly as one can make out,. Wallace Rowan (sometimes spelled Wallis and Willis) was the first white man to locate on Lake Monde** in a manner anything like a permanent inhabitant. No doubt many others had passed through there, but when the Black Hawk war broke out, in .1832, Rowan was found, near the north end of the lake in a building that afforded shelter to himself and wife, and the usual stock in trade of Indian traders. There seems to be no 'definite record: of his date of coming, the best that can be *uid on that point Is tihat he was -found’' there. Against the usual custom of theyear 17GG, he visited an Indian town on an island in Lake Winnebsigo and was for four days royally entertained by the American queen, Glory of the Morning. She was then an old woman, and had for many years reigned as undisputed sovereign over her people. From all we can learn, it sCMiir. as If her powers exceeded those of any chief of whom we Lave knowledge; her sway was not hampered by the democratic interference of her people, as the authority of a chief wo* apt to be at any time.She was the daughter of an hereditary Winnebago chief, and by reason of failure or incompetence of the mule succession, became at quite anplace in tac year.1630. And by Bancroft’s first edition It appeared that Wisconsin was mighty near discovered when Boston was founded. If the historians hnd only ceased from Their labors, rhe exclusive claim of The Hub to antiquity, would perhaps have stood. But that grout storehouse of written . testimony, the Jesuit Relations. had not boon half explored when Bancroft ttrsi wrote, and those who were* fortunate enough to have access to it kept plodding through its ponderous volumes.In the year 1853. Dr- «*• G- Shea, one of the most restless searchers for historical data through the medium of the Jesuit Relations, \IlECOvered that Father I.#e Jeuixn wrote from Quebec to France that ”M. Nicollet, who has penetrated farthest into these most distant regions .has assured me that if he had pushed on three days longer On a great river which Issues from the second lake of the Hurons (Luke Michigan) he would have found the sea. Now L strongly suspect' that this sea is on the north of Mexico and that therby we coirld have an entrance into Japan and Chino/1 The Jesuit father knew about Mexico; his order had an eye on Japan and China, but the great western, country was unknown. It might be land; It. might heMANY DISiMETHODISTS C ARBITRARY INCOMPLICATHNo Consideration dation*—Rev. main at Weak at OBhkoah—C waukee ChurclAgainst the usual custom ut malc succession, oecame at quuc an - To th0 Jesuits It gave premise times, Mrs. Roman wasa while woman. c.lliy age ruiCr over the then numcr-,^ lf R ^ ^ lhennearly all Indian traders had squaws as wives. Judging by his future mO'vcmanls, one would ray that with the approach of civilization Rowan prepared' to move on; for the next year lie sold his establish menu good will and all, to a Canadian hutf-breed naincd'MIchci Sr. Cyr, who took up and carried on the trading post already established. And the new man sc.'Cyr did more, ho became, with the aid of Colonel w. B. Slaughter, the lirst real estate boomer on the lake. Colonel Slaughter laid out on paper the Rowan plantation for the city or lb* f'ur lakes, and sold loLs In a Planner instructive to- more modem real estate ugcr.ts and dealers.Again Rowan drops out of sight and again Is found/’ this time on the eastern shore of Lake Monona atous and powerful people. She lnnr-,ried a French adventurer named . Dcscalrc, which name become cor-jruplcd by slow stages to de Knurov, j Decuury, and finally to the Decorah 1 of more/recent times. Her husband I joined the French forces in their war with the English and was mortally woim-ded at the battle before Quebec, iu April. 1760, dying soon after. At the time of Colonel Carver’s visit she was a widow, mournfully devoted to the memory of her French husband, the only prince consort that ever played scrOml fiddle on American soil. She had two sons, Chah-post-Ka-ka, the Buzzard, and Choa-ka-ka, the Ladle, better known in our local luxury as Spoon de Kauray. Both of these became chiefs after the death oC their queen-mother, and whileWausau, Sept disappointed man cer at a Method! was arbitrary athey say, and hi until late. Bisb the Iowa confen for the west.There was a i as regarded the siding elders. I op had decided tof Fond du I^ic that diatrict andIn either event. If it were land, then It had heathen: to convert; if It were sea, then it would carry their mis* slonarJes to Japan and China The early books of their relations are filled , ln^ ulAtll^ HU with these speculations regarding the de|egaljoa from great unknown. west. Probably ;oppolienis 0r Dr. Nicollet had. been told of the great water” by Indians, and understood uy the term a sea; when, in fact, they were Idling hhn of the Father of Waters. It Is probable that Parkman wrote In Jesuits in North. America,As early as 1630, Nicollet ascended the Green Bay of Michigan, and crossed the waters of the Mississippi.’ on the information furnished by Dr. Shea, for Parkman had access to all new facts brought out by research in therelations.Somebody noticed that FatherLceastern shore of Lake Monona at 0[ lheir queen-mother, ana wane! - •- the quotaUonSquaw point, now called Winnequah. lhey ^ltro considerably in early Wis-, Jeuao d ^ ^ Njcollefsnr something similar. Here he en- conEln history, neither seems to, »■*'* mmae, we. a ,sslicd distlwred. in the year 1835, a fractional have llecil equal to the high churac- j 2^“,*ke of tke Hurons.piece of land comprising 52 acres 011 which he continues* trading operations with the Indians. But his trading posts on the four lakes seem to have been hadly chosen for his purpose. There were no Iq dion villages callty. Th ground for Winnobajgoes. as well a* for Sacs and1 Foxes; -but the usual site selected by successful, traders; was r»eai the home villages of the aborigines. After the hunting season was over, the Indians made straight for home wJlh their loads of preserved meat and peltry. The trader nearest the village had1 .always thefirst selection on I he return of the hum lug party. This may accountTor the modem;e success attained by Wallace Rowan in his ventures neat 'he iriesc-nt city of Madison- Whilefrom the second lake of the Hurons. His record was made in 1640, hut when did Nicollet make his voyage? Accordingly they began looking up his history-. It was discovered inand to appease U an arbitrary rnlli er before been n conference,, to th who had prevlou elder would be a That ruling cu it also cut off h poneaUs. The p du Lac and Os; met and submitt names each of it ceptable to them but the bishop and Jmportc district as preslcter of his mother.When Colonel Carver visited Glory of r.he Morning the Winnebagoes were in a highly prosperous state. TherovaJ -Ullage contained- about 50 . -------- xri^MAt «t»rr..... ..... - - | Pauses; oth'r village, were locate ou , Radian« in tliclr Immediate lo- lhe vesCfcrn shore of the take and on ^ fr ^turned thelat was a groat, hunting Fox vIver. Agriculture »vas then at, trip m juij. i««. its highest ebb with this h.mler-, **ar following. That he h^jme mtribe, and to the master hand or their, ^eter . „hun(ired associates, queen we must give the credit for P J. headquarters at^TlircG lUvers, Canada, and MW ny a people * he navo no olher like aJ im .-wheDir:r jsssz^ss. 31 - -beans. SmpMna^wm; bad Mums, voyage o., srrJM %3ZXi ■ SR5S rXZj i,hey • must have been cultivated.I MT.nl the condition of the good-■nauircrl Winnebngocc may have beer.| | ^ | Ij k1 Ul V L vk v i v - i . . ...... ...ivlii at Snnaw Point. Abraham Wood j prioi. ,0 jTcg wc have 110 means ofbecomes : kinwin«, for they were from the firsttppuars un the scene, dentifio.l with Rowan,andand a sort o! [sirtj*ularly void of traditions; but weiarinerahip w* enlwod into which ;do kaow that after the strong umm-v. ---- -- gt things cnnlihucd, with only a ahart la- 0f(5lW of the Morning ^ sull am h.Mor c ^ » wHd astrong handBeginning in 1618 he lived several years amongst the Indians, as one of them, in western Canada. Two years he was a member of a tribe in the shores of I-ake Huron. The Fox-Wisconsin rivers was a thoroughfare; for traffic in Mexican shells from preemipllou. during ihe remainder of heir lives. What diEposiiior. was nude by Rowan of his enbry does r.ot ippear. but the next heard of him becold, they became so shiftless and improvident us to indicate that l.hey nad hill lapsed into a normal sliuc. as often occurs wiili the clvlliasodhappened than that a wild and aJ-venturous spirit, such as M. Nicollet possessed, should have joined a -party on Lake Huron for a trip into theTrantpotlThe worst cc bishop and cubir cases of ltev. Et Ihe church of Milwa Farmer of the F WT.en the liststhese names we was stated that not satisfactory i later, as it was the troubles whi were in the way Several chang Episcopal paste are the results made by Bishoi Asbury, Trinity, man street chur pators, Sherma pending on w'he stedt,.who is na and for Asbury, mcr charge or p porarily he has of both parishesLilt ofhaves;~ —■ rs tssas:n Columbia county, near v.icre is ha/c s„ne t0 sccO. Ibc Luswaid c . . • . .llat[ocs are aoia*AS MS ~Mhlle he was here, Wood kept a ;«looa and tavern on Hie Wisconsin •ivev near by. Although they wereivev near by. Although they «wcre of Wisconsin Historical wiiecuops ^ vcar5 of ^ foundingllOll) (3 Lju, .V,r n ‘ - i S^?^’Tolower the mark would,a ]f they were lociid together by a uystlctil tie, Rowan was a quiet, ait-hlent, inoffensive creature; Wood ,-as a giant In ‘build, a Heavy drinker ,f whlskoy, quanrelsome and nver-lesiilitg. While he kept his tavern oe he Wisconsin river, he killed a Iruiikcn Indian with one blow or a dub.Again the steady aiipioacli of Civilisation warned Rowan that it was lime :o move on, and with Abraham Wood ts a ifull partner he settled iu the Baraboo valley, near the location^of bo two sc id cily of that name. This a-as in the year 183». and they ovl-lontly gave up the pursuit of the wild life, for they built a dam across i.he Bamboo river and erected a saw mill. Here llowan built a substantial home and passed the remainder of his days in such quiet os he could .com-mauA with so boisterous and turbulenta man as Wood for a business partner. Early pioneers in Buraboo remember Wallace Rowan as a goodCitizen, industrious and honoet. Ho died there and was burled iu an unmarked grave near the site of his mill.Such is the known history o£ the first white settler on Lake Mendota.An American Queen.We occasionally read, in these degenerate days, how some American citizen has been decorated ty a foreign potentate, because of some act noteworthy in the opinion or caprice ol the great one having power to bestow these petty ihonors. To the average American these tilled be-stowals count for nothing, except per-haps as a subject for passing ridicule at the expense of lhe recipient. So deeply rooicd Is Uie democratic idea that such an act of Toyaltv has no other significance than the expression of good-fellowship. • Few of US know tiial a real queen was born and exercised the royal prerogative on American soil, md in the 6tate of Wisconsin. Yet such is the fact. When Colonel Jonathan Carver made his memorable trip through the country now comprised within the boundaries of Wisconsin, during the“fjarrs'S, sss “ills mother. They were prosenntors antiqultj, of several chiefs, more orLAVA COVERS PLANTATIONS-less mixedup .^ilh Wisconsin history. One-eyed Dt-ccrah is probably beat known or | WM(,the third generation. He edited into D**W.t»cn Wrouflht hist or)’ one of the captors of BlackHawk, after ihc final defeat of thatIn New Volcanic Territory.n»M, ........... Honolulu. Sept. 27.-00. flow otjolly ol.i bluffer at the battle of Bad- ■ German Samoa, who has arrived bcr. Axe. What services he had ren-! eurcule to Ue United States, says dered to the cause of the Americans he visited the scene of the recent vo -before that baitlc. if any, one would need time and piieaco to discover. Eldest Decorah lived long at Portage on the bounty of the whites, and possessed some Halts of character that .really suggested kiuship to his grandmother. Unlike several others of the family there was nothin;? remarkably degenerate about him, andTh© list of a Milwaukee dls J. S. Lean; BrI linglon, E. A. P J. Quirn; Cudai Franksville, W. Junction, A. N. sba, W. W. Falls, L. E. Shi Asbury, E. D. W. Bennett; Gi Scott; Kingsley Place, P. F- Sta D. Kohlstedt: £gummerfield, SW. P. Peterson ry; North Gree North Prairie 8 Oconomowoc, J kce, B. T. Wh! R. H. Jones; I Fink; Itaclne, : cine, Second Salem. E. O. B Parron; Southcanic outbreak on the island of Sa voli. The uCLivily of the umTenfrouua j ®“- “ / forces continues, (he glare from the volcano being visible 70 miles at sea.The valley of Maugauafi, formerly covered with cocoanut plantations, has been transformed into hills over 100 feet in height. The flow of lava continues slowly. It probably willmaiKauiv ....... .... — --------- . ,x,.__rhe won the title of the Grand Old In-; devastate some plantations end ctcnt-dian al the age or 90, and tiled very soon tlioreafter. Then there were Black Decorab, Snake Sklu. White War Eagle, Washington, Rascal De-carah and many others. A numerous fosnlly it was, and well launched into the Indian world, but early degenerate. Only for the fortunate .TP; pearancc of Celoue! Carver on the scene, in the year 1766, we might now think that the family ot Decorah was shiftless from the beginning.Wisconsin not Your.g.Wisconsin was the thirtieth state to be admitted Into the union, yet few of the commonwealths that attained- an •yarller statehood were 'raverscd by while men before she «». Bancroft, surprised New EnElacdpr5 In the first edition of bis History of the United States by the- statement that Joliet r, i Mrr nr re crossed Wisconsin as n„r\v ji.s tC3 on thei-* way to the Mississippi river. This western ~'»ntry, that as late as 1873 was regarded by a good -portion of New England as a bowling wilderness, had then been explored by white men two centuries. Down there, everything really important, except the creation of the world, dates from the founding of Boston, which great event tookualiy reach ihe sea. J-oss of life is not feared unless a largo fire should occur. The district where Ike outbreak occurred btf not heretoforebeen regarded volcanic.HERRICK TESTIFIES AGAINSTWOMAN WHO PURSUES HIM.Cleveland. Sept. 27.—Gov. Herrick went before tbc grand jury yesterday afternoon to give evidence upon which will be sought, Uio indictment of the Chicago woman who is accused by the jette, F. A. Pei governor of an attempt to blackmail | !ng, Jesse Wer; Union Gro\ | sba, W. P. Le Goldtborp; Yor Appleton dist Perry Miilar; . Aigoma, Oscar William Moyle: Appleton, S. ¥ I. H. Lewis: C Crai.don and E pcrc, R- W. S Bennett; GIUC Grand Rapids, Bay, First, cbt Green Bay, Stilus; Hazelhur ery, J. J. Gildii J. V. Roberts; born; Kaukaui du Flambeau, wa and Symcchim-Equitable Still Paying.Now York, Sent. 27.—A statement was civen out by President Paul Morton of the Equitable l.ife Assurance scciety yesterday to the effect that the Equitable society has paid out fiora January until August 31, l2l)o, i:x death claims, anminities, endowments, purchased policies and Other benefits over 124,000,000.Iowa Defeat* Coe.Iowa City, Sept, 27.—Yesterday at football the score was Iowa. State university 27, Coe college.Strcssburg. E. D- Woodward; dolph, Harry Dancb, O. Say quilh: Oconto Oconto Falls, • slon, J. F. Thompson; Plt; Rhinelander, J Black Creek, no, Thomas Ja S. Davis; Su; Tomahawk, J. lngton Island, F. H. Brighamton; Wittenbe Fond du Lac
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