Iowa County WI Archives News.....Pierre Pacquette Murdered October 25, 1836
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Belmont Gazette October 25, 1836
Belmont Gazette, Belmont, Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory, October 25, 1836.

We regret to learn, that, during the late attempt of Gov. Dodge to treat with 
the Winnebago Indians, at Fort Winnebago, a deliberate and cold blooded murder 
was perpetrated on the person of PIERRE PACQUETTE, the interpreter, by a son 
of Whirling Thunder, a chief of influence and distinction. An eyewitness to 
the occurrence informs us, that some of the Indians, instigated, it was said, 
by the family of half-breeds, named Greenough, propagated a report that Mr. 
Pacquette had acted treacherously in his capacity of interpreter. Indignant at 
having his correctnerss questioned, the deceased pursued several of the family 
above alluded to, all of whom fled before him, until he was some considerable 
distance from the place where the treaty was being held. While returning from 
the fruitless pursuit, the murderer emerged from a copse of wood, and ordering 
him to stand, avowed his intention of shooting him. The deceased deliberately 
bared his bosom and remaining that he feared not to die, made him fire. The 
ball of the Indian passed through his heart and he about immediately expired. 
The author of the dead, with stoical indifference, expressed a perfect 
willingness to expiate his offence with his own life.

Mr. Pacquette, we are informed, was a man of noble and generous qualities, and 
had scarcely an enemy in the world. He was in our service during the Black 
Hawk war, and distinguished himself by his cool and collected courage in every 
emergency.


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