Friday, February 25, 2011
Glory of the Morning: Glory of the Morning: From the eyes of Louise Kell...
Glory of the Morning: Glory of the Morning: From the eyes of Louise Kell...: "Louise Kellogg was a prolific historian who I am sure never left the historical society of Wisconsin except to take in the beautiful scenery..."
Glory of the Morning: From the eyes of Louise Kellogg
Louise Kellogg was a prolific historian who I am sure never left the historical society of Wisconsin except to take in the beautiful scenery of an early Madison, Wisconsin, now home to major protests over significant proposed union cuts to public workers. Yikes! I digress.
Louise Kellogg wrote an article about Glory of the Morning which is now housed in the archives at the Wisconsin Historical Society. In her article she described the care free life of a fur trader, enter Sabrevior Decaris. He was a French military officer who gave up his commission to trade furs with the Native American tribes that lived around the waterways of early Wisconsin, enter Glory of the Morning. Kellogg stated that many fur traders were taken in by the "bright eyes" of Indian women and the care free life of a fur trader; oh yes, and the beautiful scenery of early Wisconsin. She added that their union made a smart match. He was a gallant French officer and she was the daughter of a principal chief of the Winnebago or Ho-Chunk Nation. Together they had two sons and a daughter.
When New France and the British went to war, Sabrevior left GOM to resume his post as Quebec had fallen into British hands. He left his sons with GOM to be raised among the Winnebago or Ho-Chunk, but took his daughter with him to Canada. He was wounded in the battle of St. Foye and died from his wounds in 1760 in a hospital in Montreal.
GOM, wrote Kellogg, remained with her people at Doty Island and succeeded her father, Postkawkaw as the Chief of the tribe. She ruled her people in "wisdom and care." She remained Chief until her sons matured and assumed their rightful place as Chiefs.
"...the rest is known only by tradition and the accounts of her descendants" (Kellogg 1912).
Here's to the rest of GOM's story obtained by tradition, through the literature culminating in an account from one of her descendants, me.
Kellogg, L.P. (1912). Glory of the Morning and the Decorah Family. Wisconsin Local History and Biography articles. Wisconsin Historical Society Collections.
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Louise Kellogg wrote an article about Glory of the Morning which is now housed in the archives at the Wisconsin Historical Society. In her article she described the care free life of a fur trader, enter Sabrevior Decaris. He was a French military officer who gave up his commission to trade furs with the Native American tribes that lived around the waterways of early Wisconsin, enter Glory of the Morning. Kellogg stated that many fur traders were taken in by the "bright eyes" of Indian women and the care free life of a fur trader; oh yes, and the beautiful scenery of early Wisconsin. She added that their union made a smart match. He was a gallant French officer and she was the daughter of a principal chief of the Winnebago or Ho-Chunk Nation. Together they had two sons and a daughter.
When New France and the British went to war, Sabrevior left GOM to resume his post as Quebec had fallen into British hands. He left his sons with GOM to be raised among the Winnebago or Ho-Chunk, but took his daughter with him to Canada. He was wounded in the battle of St. Foye and died from his wounds in 1760 in a hospital in Montreal.
GOM, wrote Kellogg, remained with her people at Doty Island and succeeded her father, Postkawkaw as the Chief of the tribe. She ruled her people in "wisdom and care." She remained Chief until her sons matured and assumed their rightful place as Chiefs.
"...the rest is known only by tradition and the accounts of her descendants" (Kellogg 1912).
Here's to the rest of GOM's story obtained by tradition, through the literature culminating in an account from one of her descendants, me.
Kellogg, L.P. (1912). Glory of the Morning and the Decorah Family. Wisconsin Local History and Biography articles. Wisconsin Historical Society Collections.
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Glory of the Morning: From the eyes of Louise Kellogg
Louise Kellogg was a prolific historian who I am sure never left the historical society of Wisconsin except to take in the beautiful scenery of an early Madison, Wisconsin, now home to major protests over significant proposed union cuts to public workers. Yikes! I digress.
Louise Kellogg wrote an article about Glory of the Morning which is now housed in the archives at the Wisconsin Historical Society. In her article she described the care free life of a fur trader, enter Sabrevior Decaris. He was a French military officer who gave up his commission to trade furs with the Native American tribes that lived around the waterways of early Wisconsin, enter Glory of the Morning. Kellogg stated that many fur traders were taken in by the "bright eyes" of Indian women and the care free life of a fur trader; oh yes, and the beautiful scenery of early Wisconsin. She added that their union made a smart match. He was a gallant French officer and she was the daughter of a principal chief of the Winnebago or Ho-Chunk Nation. Together they had two sons and a daughter.
When New France and the British went to war, Sabrevior left GOM to resume his post as Quebec had fallen into British hands. He left his sons with GOM to be raised among the Winnebago or Ho-Chunk, but took his daughter with him to Canada. He was wounded in the battle of St. Foye and died from his wounds in 1760 in a hospital in Montreal.
GOM, wrote Kellogg, remained with her people at Doty Island and succeeded her father, Postkawkaw as the Chief of the tribe. She ruled her people in "wisdom and care." She remained Chief until her sons matured and assumed their rightful place as Chiefs.
"...the rest is known only by tradition and the accounts of her descendants" (Kellogg 1912).
Here's to the rest of GOM's story obtained by tradition, through the literature culminating in an account from one of her descendants, me.
Kellogg, L.P. (1912). Glory of the Morning and the Decorah Family. Wisconsin Local History and Biography articles. Wisconsin Historical Society Collections.
Louise Kellogg wrote an article about Glory of the Morning which is now housed in the archives at the Wisconsin Historical Society. In her article she described the care free life of a fur trader, enter Sabrevior Decaris. He was a French military officer who gave up his commission to trade furs with the Native American tribes that lived around the waterways of early Wisconsin, enter Glory of the Morning. Kellogg stated that many fur traders were taken in by the "bright eyes" of Indian women and the care free life of a fur trader; oh yes, and the beautiful scenery of early Wisconsin. She added that their union made a smart match. He was a gallant French officer and she was the daughter of a principal chief of the Winnebago or Ho-Chunk Nation. Together they had two sons and a daughter.
When New France and the British went to war, Sabrevior left GOM to resume his post as Quebec had fallen into British hands. He left his sons with GOM to be raised among the Winnebago or Ho-Chunk, but took his daughter with him to Canada. He was wounded in the battle of St. Foye and died from his wounds in 1760 in a hospital in Montreal.
GOM, wrote Kellogg, remained with her people at Doty Island and succeeded her father, Postkawkaw as the Chief of the tribe. She ruled her people in "wisdom and care." She remained Chief until her sons matured and assumed their rightful place as Chiefs.
"...the rest is known only by tradition and the accounts of her descendants" (Kellogg 1912).
Here's to the rest of GOM's story obtained by tradition, through the literature culminating in an account from one of her descendants, me.
Kellogg, L.P. (1912). Glory of the Morning and the Decorah Family. Wisconsin Local History and Biography articles. Wisconsin Historical Society Collections.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Glory of the Morning: Glory of the Morning: Roles of women
Glory of the Morning: Glory of the Morning: Roles of women: "There is a bit of a controversy about whether GOM could have been a chieftess and this all has to do with men's roles and women's roles. &nb..."
Glory of the Morning: Roles of women
There is a bit of a controversy about whether GOM could have been a chieftess and this all has to do with men's roles and women's roles. Women historically have been responsible for not only child-bearing but also child rearing/nurturing and maintaining the home. Men historically have been responsible for providing for the family and protecting the home (and family). In GOM's day men's and women's roles were clearly defined within their culture. According to present day Ho-Chunk or Winnebago cultural leaders the role of chief was considered a man's role. There is one written oral history account and several historical writings that consider GOM to be a chieftess or leader of her people. In the present day leadership of the Ho-Chunk Nation there are and have been women legislators, elected leaders in the Ho-Chunk government which is headed by a president of the tribe who has been historically male. There is a hereditary chief of the Ho-Chunk and his surname is Winneshiek. The search continues...
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Glory of the Morning: Glory of the Morning: Her day
Glory of the Morning: Glory of the Morning: Her day: "Whew, lots of reading about GOM. I am trying to understand the conditions of Wisconsin in her day. Wisconsin was a lush, green f..."
Glory of the Morning: Her day
Whew, lots of reading about GOM. I am trying to understand the conditions of Wisconsin in her day. Wisconsin was a lush, green fertile land with waterways and all kinds of animals, namely deer and beaver. The land was flush all manner of edible plants. It sounds like Eden to me.
At any rate, this is the land that GOM grew up in. It is hard to imagine such a place. Her only neighbors were the Fox, Iroquois, Sauk and the occasional Santee Dakota. Overall, they each respected the other's hunting areas, however they weren't perfect. My grandfather called small wars "scrimmages" small tests of strength that his people engaged in to show superiority. GOM's village was near Lake Winnebago and it was named Doty Island.
Archeologist and anthropologist state that Winnebago/HoChunk were perhaps remnants of a pre-history people called the Oneota. Actually history states that Wisconsin was first inhabited by the Paleo-Indians (of the mastodon-type people). There is an actual mastodon kill site in Wisconsin. Wisconsin was inhabited by several pre-history Indians, named after dig sites, time periods and what not: Plano people> Old Copper > Hopewell > woodland people > mound builders > Oneota (not necessarily in order). Amazing!
Needless to say, Wisconsin was always inhabited by a race of "Indian" people and it was no surprise when the first European travelers to this beautiful land along the vast waterways of Wisconsin found the Winnebago/HoChunk people living near Lake Winnebago as they had always lived as told through oral history. The first European traveler to the HoChunk... well that's is my next reading. Some say it was Nicolet, others Brule, still others insist it was the Vikings because these poor pre-historic Indians couldn't have mined, or could have possible molted ore or other metals to make knives or made clay to make pots. Oh boy! Better keep reading!
At any rate, this is the land that GOM grew up in. It is hard to imagine such a place. Her only neighbors were the Fox, Iroquois, Sauk and the occasional Santee Dakota. Overall, they each respected the other's hunting areas, however they weren't perfect. My grandfather called small wars "scrimmages" small tests of strength that his people engaged in to show superiority. GOM's village was near Lake Winnebago and it was named Doty Island.
Archeologist and anthropologist state that Winnebago/HoChunk were perhaps remnants of a pre-history people called the Oneota. Actually history states that Wisconsin was first inhabited by the Paleo-Indians (of the mastodon-type people). There is an actual mastodon kill site in Wisconsin. Wisconsin was inhabited by several pre-history Indians, named after dig sites, time periods and what not: Plano people> Old Copper > Hopewell > woodland people > mound builders > Oneota (not necessarily in order). Amazing!
Needless to say, Wisconsin was always inhabited by a race of "Indian" people and it was no surprise when the first European travelers to this beautiful land along the vast waterways of Wisconsin found the Winnebago/HoChunk people living near Lake Winnebago as they had always lived as told through oral history. The first European traveler to the HoChunk... well that's is my next reading. Some say it was Nicolet, others Brule, still others insist it was the Vikings because these poor pre-historic Indians couldn't have mined, or could have possible molted ore or other metals to make knives or made clay to make pots. Oh boy! Better keep reading!
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