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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allouez , Claude Jean , 1620 - (search)
Allouez, Claude Jean, 1620-
One of the earliest French missionaries and explorers of the country near the Great Lakes; born in 1620.
After laboring among the Indians on the St. Lawrence several years, he penetrated the Western wilds and established a mission on the western shores of Lake Michigan, where he heard much about t ned concerning it. He explored Green Bay, and founded a mission among the Foxes, Miamis, and other tribes there.
A mission begun by Marquette at Kaskaskia, Ill., Allouez sought to make his permanent field of labor; but when La Salle, the bitter opponent of the Jesuits, approached in 1679, he retired.
Returning to the Miamis on th field of labor; but when La Salle, the bitter opponent of the Jesuits, approached in 1679, he retired.
Returning to the Miamis on the St. Joseph's River, he labored for a while, and died, Aug. 27, 1689.
The contributions of Father Allouez to the Jesuit relations are most valuable records of the ideas and manners of the Indians.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), America, discoverers of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marquette , Jacques 1637 - (search)
Menomonee Indians,
A family of the Algonquian nation, residing upon the Menomonee River, in Wisconsin.
They assert that their ancestors emigrated from the East, but they were found on their present domain in 1640 by the French.
Jesuit missions were established among them in 1670 by Allouez and others.
The Menomonees were fast friends of the French, marched to the relief of Detroit in 1712, and subsequently drove the Foxes from Green Bay.
Some of their warriors were with the French against Braddock in 1755; also at the capture of Fort William Henry, on Lake George, and on the Plains of Abraham with Montcalm.
In the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 they were the friends of the English.
They assisted in the capture of Mackinaw in 1812, and were with Tecumseh at Fort Meigs and at Fort Stephenson in 1813.
After that they made several treaties with the United States, and they served the government against the Sacs and Foxes in 1832 (see Black Hawk War). The religion of the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sun-worshippers. (search)