The earliest accounts of the war, including one by Black Hawk himself, were highly concerning with blaming either the Indians or the Whites, says Jung (history, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Wisconsin), and later historians have generally rehashed these arguments. He reconsiders the causes and consequences of the summer 1832 conflict in Illinois, putting it, for example, in the context of Indian resistance to displacement during the period. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Black Hawk War of 1832 (Campaigns And Commanders)

History

Jung, Patrick J.

Americas

Univ of Oklahoma Pr

For years, schoolchildren heard the story of Jean Nicolet’s arrival in Wisconsin. But the popularized image of the hapless explorer landing with billowing robe and guns blazing, supposedly believing himself to have found a passage to China, is based on scant evidence—a false narrative perpetuated by fanciful artists’ renditions and repetition. In more recent decades, historians have pieced together a story that is not only more likely but more complicated and interesting. Patrick Jung synthesizes the research about Nicolet and his superior Samuel de Champlain, whose diplomatic goals in the region are crucial to understanding this much misunderstood journey across the Great Lakes. Additionally, historical details about Franco-Indian relations and the search for the Northwest Passage provide a framework for understanding Nicolet’s famed mission.

The Misunderstood Mission of Jean Nicolet: Uncovering the Story of the 1634 Journey

Travel

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

The Battle of Wisconsin Heights, 1832: Thunder on the Wisconsin

The brief war that Black Hawk waged against the United States in 1832 saw half of the people under his leadership killed in savage massacres and the entire Sauk tribe removed to Iowa. Yet this dismal outcome cannot obscure the superb military leadership that Black Hawk demonstrated during many phases of the war. His crowning glory occurred at a place called Wisconsin Heights, where his force of about 120 warriors held off an estimated 700 American militia volunteers while the women, children and elderly under his protection escaped across the Wisconsin River.

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Corrigenda: A list of errors with corrections. Jean Nicolet, emissary of Samuel de Champlain, Commandant of New France, is memorialized in a huge bronze statue overlooking Green Bay, in half a dozen murals in public buildings in Wisconsin, and on a U.S. postage stamp. In search of the Northwest Passage and the riches of the Orient, he was the first European to reach Wisconsin in 1634. He is always depicted in a Chinese robe as he addresses an assembly of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians because he thought they might be Chinese. Or so it is commonly believed. Employing anthropological and historical methods, Lurie and Jung demonstrate how errors build on errors and become credible through repetition. The myth of the Chinese robe is just the beginning of the list of folktales dignified as history, from the reason for his journey to his return to Quebec and even the circumstances of his death by drowning in 1642.

The Nicolet Corrigenda: New France Revisted

Lurie, Nancy Oestreich

Waveland Pr Inc.

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Photography & Video

The History Press

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