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Thomas Drayton (search for this): chapter 6
Chapter 6: Fort Crawford, 1828-29. Cadet Davis graduated in July, 1828, received the usual brevet of Second Lieutenant of Infantry, went to visit his family on a short furlough, and then reported for duty at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis. There he found Lieutenants Gustave Rousseau, Kinsman, Thomas Drayton, Sidney Johnston, and several other old and dear friends. Very soon after Lieutenant Davis arrived there he was sent up to Fort Crawford, built on the site of what is now Prairie du Chien, in Wisconsin. The Fort was then in an unfinished condition, and he aided in building a larger and more impregnable fortification, as the Indians were then in a restless condition, and the muttering of hostilities that soon burst forth into war-cries, could now be plainly heard. Fort Crawford was situated on the Wisconsin, near its junction with the Mississippi, and was, at an early day, the northern limit of the Illinois tribe. It was a starting-point for their raids against the Iroqu
Sidney Johnston (search for this): chapter 6
Chapter 6: Fort Crawford, 1828-29. Cadet Davis graduated in July, 1828, received the usual brevet of Second Lieutenant of Infantry, went to visit his family on a short furlough, and then reported for duty at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis. There he found Lieutenants Gustave Rousseau, Kinsman, Thomas Drayton, Sidney Johnston, and several other old and dear friends. Very soon after Lieutenant Davis arrived there he was sent up to Fort Crawford, built on the site of what is now Prairie du Chien, in Wisconsin. The Fort was then in an unfinished condition, and he aided in building a larger and more impregnable fortification, as the Indians were then in a restless condition, and the muttering of hostilities that soon burst forth into war-cries, could now be plainly heard. Fort Crawford was situated on the Wisconsin, near its junction with the Mississippi, and was, at an early day, the northern limit of the Illinois tribe. It was a starting-point for their raids against the Iroq
Jeff (search for this): chapter 6
er protection of the fur traders, the miners, and those who tilled the teeming soil, and these forts, in those days, were literally cities of refuge. Of a reconnaissance made in that country, General George Jones wrote: The next I knew of Jeff, as we used to call him, was in 1829. He had graduated at West Point, and had been assigned to duty as second lieutenant in a United States infantry command at Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, then Michigan Territory, but now the State of Wiscons with mine on the prairie. The officer then asked me if I had ever been at the Transylvania University. I answered that I had been there from 1821 to 1825. Do you remember a college boy named Jeff Davis? Of course I do. I am Jeff. That was enough for me. I pulled him off his horse and into my cabin, and it was hours before either of us could think of sleeping. Lieutenant Davis remained at my cabin for some days, and after the unconstrained manner of early frontier
Dixon H. Lewis (search for this): chapter 6
iod, and that during the revolutionary war it was burned. The name of the French fort was St. Nicholas. The Rev. J. D. Butler, after reading of the struggles of the soldiers sent out to man the frontier said: The strongholds and soldiers, north, south, east, and west, were pillars of cloud by day and of fire by night, to guide, cheer, and save pioneers into the terra incognita of Wisconsin. . . Had half of these gentlemen been as careful to write their experiences as Clarke and Lewis were, even when drenched with rain, or when the ink was freezing, the world would have known by heart the merits of the military. The beauty of the country about Four Lakes has been often extolled by travellers, and the Indians seem to have been fully as well aware of its charms as were the white men. When the Indians saw this fair country being slowly wrested from their grasp, they grappled with the invaders and made a long and bold struggle for the prize, and thus it became necessa
Jefferson Davis (search for this): chapter 6
er old and dear friends. Very soon after Lieutenant Davis arrived there he was sent up to Fort Crawither of us could think of sleeping. Lieutenant Davis remained at my cabin for some days, and aoak to hide their hostility. They warned Lieutenant Davis of the danger, and he ordered them to pusnd they would have been captured had not Lieutenant Davis thought of rigging up a sail with one of ed. This was one among many instances of Mr. Davis's fertility of resources when a sudden exigeat grow near the Menomonee, or Red River. Lieutenant Davis was camped ten miles from the mouth of thhrough it now. Four miles from where Lieutenant Davis logged in the wilderness is Menomonee, a the newspaper slip was sent me, mentions Lieutenant Davis thus: Jefferson Davis was the first lJefferson Davis was the first lumberman in Wisconsin. In the year 1829, when a lieutenant in the First Regiment, he was detailed y-five miles from Prairie du Chien. Then Lieutenant Davis concluded to leave the Mississippi and de[3 more...]
Guignas (search for this): chapter 6
rly as 1766, was described as a great mart, where tribes from the most remote branches of the Mississippi annually assemble, bringing with them their furs to dispose of to the traders. The Indians built forts even before the white men came to the country, to protect themselves from the hostile tribes, and the French, wary and industrious, as is their wont at this day, built a fort wherever they halted for a week. Marquette and the Jesuits each fortified their mission-houses. In 1727 Father Guignas wrote in his diary, when establishing himself on the north bank of Lake Pepin, the day after landing we put our axes to the wood. On the fourth day following, the fort was entirely finished. These were not, however, very elaborate fortifications. They were generally square, and inclosed by pickets of red cedar, with sentry-boxes at two of the angles. The pickets were thirteen or fourteen feet above ground. The fort at Prairie du Chien, though built at an early day, was certainly
Satterlee Clarke (search for this): chapter 6
earlier period, and that during the revolutionary war it was burned. The name of the French fort was St. Nicholas. The Rev. J. D. Butler, after reading of the struggles of the soldiers sent out to man the frontier said: The strongholds and soldiers, north, south, east, and west, were pillars of cloud by day and of fire by night, to guide, cheer, and save pioneers into the terra incognita of Wisconsin. . . Had half of these gentlemen been as careful to write their experiences as Clarke and Lewis were, even when drenched with rain, or when the ink was freezing, the world would have known by heart the merits of the military. The beauty of the country about Four Lakes has been often extolled by travellers, and the Indians seem to have been fully as well aware of its charms as were the white men. When the Indians saw this fair country being slowly wrested from their grasp, they grappled with the invaders and made a long and bold struggle for the prize, and thus it beca
1829 AD (search for this): chapter 6
Chapter 6: Fort Crawford, 1828-29. Cadet Davis graduated in July, 1828, received the usual brevet of Second Lieutenant of Infantry, went to visit his family on a short furlough, and then reporte country, General George Jones wrote: The next I knew of Jeff, as we used to call him, was in 1829. He had graduated at West Point, and had been assigned to duty as second lieutenant in a United d manner of early frontier life we had a delightful time. While stationed at Fort Crawford in 1829 he commanded a detachment for cutting timber to repair and enlarge the fort. They embarked in onons Lieutenant Davis thus: Jefferson Davis was the first lumberman in Wisconsin. In the year 1829, when a lieutenant in the First Regiment, he was detailed to ascend the Mississippi, with a compad a fort at what is now called Prairie du Chien. On the opening of the river in the spring of 1829, long before the day of steamboats on the Upper Mississippi was known, but while the country was
1776 AD (search for this): chapter 6
and he aided in building a larger and more impregnable fortification, as the Indians were then in a restless condition, and the muttering of hostilities that soon burst forth into war-cries, could now be plainly heard. Fort Crawford was situated on the Wisconsin, near its junction with the Mississippi, and was, at an early day, the northern limit of the Illinois tribe. It was a starting-point for their raids against the Iroquois who occupied the land around Chicago. On Jeffrey's map of 1776, a line is drawn from Prairie du Chien to Omaha, and inscribed French route to western Indians. In the Colonial records of New York, p. 621, it is mentioned as one of the three great routes to the Mississippi. Prairie du Chien, as early as 1766, was described as a great mart, where tribes from the most remote branches of the Mississippi annually assemble, bringing with them their furs to dispose of to the traders. The Indians built forts even before the white men came to the country, to
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furs to dispose of to the traders. The Indians built forts even before the white men came to the country, to protect themselves from the hostile tribes, and the French, wary and industrious, as is their wont at this day, built a fort wherever they halted for a week. Marquette and the Jesuits each fortified their mission-houses. In 1727 Father Guignas wrote in his diary, when establishing himself on the north bank of Lake Pepin, the day after landing we put our axes to the wood. On the fourth day following, the fort was entirely finished. These were not, however, very elaborate fortifications. They were generally square, and inclosed by pickets of red cedar, with sentry-boxes at two of the angles. The pickets were thirteen or fourteen feet above ground. The fort at Prairie du Chien, though built at an early day, was certainly not the first constructed there. It has been ascertained that the French had established one at a much earlier period, and that during the revoluti
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