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Mrs. John H. Kinzie
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The little lakes along its course were probably the spots where he flourished about in his uneasy slumbers at night. He must have played all the antics of a kitten in the neighborhood of the Portage. When the Fort was first pointed out to me, I exclaimed with delight, “Oh, we shall be there in half an hour!”
“Not quite so soon,” said my husband, smiling. “Wait and see.” We sat and watched. We seemed approaching the very spot where we were to disembark. We could distinguish the officers and a lady on the bank waiting to receive us. Now we are turning our back on them, and shooting out into the prairie again. Anon we approach another bank, on which is a range of comfortable-looking log-houses. "That is the Agency,—the largest house belongs to Pa. . . Read More
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I absolutely loved this book. If you like history and appreciate primary, contemporary sources, this should not be missed.
Kenzie details life on the frontier in Wisconsin, where her husband served as an Indian Agent at Fort Winnebago during the early 1830s. What was particularly interesting to me i
Very interesting book written by an ancestor of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts. Describes her adventures and trials of traveling through the wilds of Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois and the early settlement of those areas.
I read this in college and was riveted for most of it. It helps that Kinzie's narrative describes the earliest known description of my hometown area (the Lake Geneva, Wis. area). But Juliette Kinzie also proved to be an admirable and likeable character from the early frontier and I very much enjoyed
Another good midwest history read. The Lakeside Classic version has the feel and look one wants in such a book, but this will do.
A must read for anyone interested in Wisconsin history.
Another book that had been on my "must read" list for a long time. This is an interesting read for anyone liking history, particularly history in the Wisconsin/Michigan/Illinois area. It also may be of interest to those involved in Girl Scouting -- Juliette Kinzie was the grandmother of Juliette Gor