STORIES OF THE BADGER STATE. CONTENTS ==================================================================== USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Tina S. Vickery ==================================================================== STORIES OF THE BADGER STATE by Reuben Gold Thwaites New York Cincinnati Chicago American Book Company Copyright, 1900, by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Sto. Badger Sta. W. P. 7 page(s) 5-6 CONTENTS The Mound Builders 7 Life and Manners of the Indians 14 The Discovery of Wisconsin 24 Radisson and Groseilliers 33 The Story of Joliet and Marquette 42 The Jesuit Missionaries 51 Some Notable Visitors to Early Wisconsin 59 A Quarter of a Century of Warfare 70 The Commerce of the Forest 81 In the Old French Days 87 The Coming of the English 92 Wisconsin in the Revolutionary War 97 The Rule of judge Reaume 105 The British capture Prairie du Chien 110 The Story of the Wisconsin Lead Mines 117 The Winnebago War 125 The Black Hawk War 134 The Story of Cbequamegon Bay 146 Wisconsin Territory formed 155 Wisconsin becomes a State 159 The Boundaries of Wisconsin 162 Life in Pioneer Days 171 The Development of Roads 177 The Phalanx at Ceresco 183 A Mormon King 190 The Wisconsin Bourbon 196 Slave Catching in Wisconsin 202 The Story of a Famous Chief 209 A Fight for the Governorship 216 Our Foreign-born Citizens 222 Swept by Fire 230 Badgers in War Time 236 INDEX 247