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Note for: John W. Williams, 4 DEC 1848 - 29 JUL 1904 Index

Event:
     Type:   Nickname
     Place:   Buck

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Note for: Augustin Lefebvre Ange (Auger, 27 AUG 1747 - 1825 Index

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In 1781, Augustine, along with Pierre Antaya, and Bazil Giard founded Prairie du Chien when returning from making a treaty with the Fox Indians at Mackinac in company with Governor Sinclair. Augustine was Canadian by birth and pushed his way to the first western civilization, and was a person of much influence among the first settlers. Lewis & Clark on that memorable expedition to the west found him in 1804, a trader on the upper Missouri, but he was in Prairie du Chien to attend the treaty in 1825. He married Pelagie, Wapahasha II's sister, and Wapahasha I's daughter.
In the book written by Peter L. Scanlan in 1934 and updated 1948, a long time resident of Prairie du Chien, he states the the American Army found an A. Aunger dead at St. Anthonys Falls in 1819, and that after further research he determined that this was in fact Augustin Ange. If this is the case, then he couldn't have been at the Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1825.
It is said that he also 'left' his family at some point.

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Note for: Pelagie Wapahasha, 1775 - Index

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Pelagie was her christian name.

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Note for: Necohundah (The Bear\One-Eye) Wapahasha, 1773 - 1836 Index

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Wapahasha II was the highly skilled diplomatic leader of the Dakota Nation from the late 1790's thru 1836. As the single most important indian leader on the upper Mississippi River, he had contacts with Spanish, American, and British leaders. To defend his lands from American expansionism he aided Tecumthe in the formation of a British-Indian confederacy to fight in the war of 1812. He afterward established a village at present day Winona, Minn, and adjusted uneasily to the rapid inroads of the American government into the affairs of his nation. He signed a number of treaties with the government and was also constantly involved in affairs with the Chippewa, Ho-Chunk, Sac, and Fox tribes. His long life ended when he caught smallpox in 1836.

Read more about his life: The Chiefs Wapahasha, by Mark Diedrick. Available at Amazon.com

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Note for: Robert Dickson, 1765 - 20 JUN 1823 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Ft. Drummond, Drummond Island, Michigan
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Burial:
     Place:   Drummond Island, Michigan

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     Robert came to Canada and then on to the U.S. uner the employ of the British government around 1790. He was a devout Presbyterian dyed to the core. And he stressed the same devoution to his family, and tried to rear his family to be friendly to the indians. This friendliness enabled Robert to have great influence over the indians, primarily Sioux, over many years.

He died in 1823, and there is no exact accounting of where his body was buried; but, by all accounts, it was either at Ft. Drummond, or Green Bay.

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Note for: Ista Totowin (Helen Elizabeth), 1781 - Index

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After Robert's death, Helen, along with her children moved around with William, her son. In 1831, they moved to the James River area and ran a trading post. In 1833 they moved to Cherry Creek, near Ft. Pierre, and did the same. In 1835, they moved on to Old Ft. Vermillion. There is no record of her death, or burial place.
Her name means 'Blue'.

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Note for: Thomas Dickson, 1812 - 1833 Index

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Died accidently at Ft. Union (later Ft. Buford), N.D..

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Note for: William Dickson, 1795 - OCT 1839 Index

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Followed his father into the fur trade on the James, Missouri, and Vermillion Rivers. He and his brother in law, Henry Ange established Ft. Vermilliion near the mouth of the Vermillion River in 1832.

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Note for: Joseph R. Brown, - Index

Occupation:
     Place:   Indian agent at Traverse de Sioux

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     Very notable person in Minn history. Brown Valley, Minn is named after him.

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Note for: Josephine Aungie, 1800 - Index

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Baptized in 1817 at Prairie du Chien.

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Note for: Anthony Feist, 26 APR 1919 - Index

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Left Eagle Butte in 1941, and entered the Navy.

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Note for: Theresa Feist, 20 JAN 1917 - JAN 1987 Index

Burial:
Place: Cody, WY

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Note for: Lawrence Sporer, 20 JUL 1912 - 19 FEB 1991 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Cody, WY

Individual Note:
     Died of Emphazema