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[142] The Foxes call this ornaure of it, in the Plate of utensils and arms--MAXIMILIAN

_Co atlas, our volu atlas, our volu here portrayed This drawing could not, however, be engraved; and so another Musquake (Fox) Indian, Wakassasse was pictured--MAXIMILIAN (in German edition)

[144] These small shell cylinders are known to be cut out of the shells of the _Venus ed blue and white alternately All the northern and eastern nations, in the neighbourhood of the great lakes, and even the tribes on the Lower Missouri, use this ornament, but not those on the Upper Missouri On this subject see Blueschichte, 12 ed, p 359, 385--MAXIMILIAN

[145] An iron battle-axe, made by the whites, which has a pipe bowl at the back, the handle being bored through, to serve as tube to the pipe--MAXIMILIAN

[146] This instrument is the only weapon of the Indians which has lost soinal character, since the merchants have had them manufactured with a steel point, as an article of trade with the Indians A speciy,” Plate VI, the ure 4, in the acco atlas, our voluure 3--ED

[149] In 1816, in order to control the neighboring territory, Fort Ar was erected on Rock Island For ent to the Sauk and Fox tribe at this place, and by ht that had he not been reht have been prevented Felix St Vrain, his successor, was slain at the outset of that uprising (1832) At the tient at Fort Ar

This treaty referred to was made in 1804 at St Louis, by Governor William H Harrison It was not ratified, however, until January, 1805 It was the inciting cause of the Black Hawk War See Thwaites, _op cit_ in note 127, _ante_, pp 116-126--ED

[150] For this reference see note 104, _ante_, p 201--ED

[151] See Thwaites, ”Early Lead Mining on the Mississippi,” in _How George Rogers Clark won the Northwest_, pp 299-332--ED

[152] Portions of this collection are still in possession of Clark's descendants; see Thwaites, ”Newly Discovered Records of Lewis and Clark,” in _Scribner's Magazine_, xxxv, pp 685-700--ED

[153] The ”Warrior,” built at Pittsburg in 1832, was rated at 110 tons It was used during the Black Hawk War to convey federal supplies, and took effective part in the battle of Bad Axe, by which Black Hawk's band was nearly annihilated See J H Fonda's ”Reminiscences,” in _Wisconsin Historical Collections_, v, pp

261-264--ED

[154] General Henry Atkinson was born in North Carolina in 1782 In 1808 he entered the regular aradier-general (1821) He was connected with the Yellowstone expeditions of 1819 and 1825, but perhaps his most important service was as leader of the federal troops in the Black Hawk War, wherein he was called ”White Beaver” by the Indians At its close he took command of Jefferson Barracks, where he died in 1842--ED

[155] See Townsend's _Narrative_, in our volume xxi, p 123, note 3, for a brief sketch of Black Hawk His portrait was painted by Catlin at Jefferson Barracks, and again by R M Sully at Fortress Monroe

The latter canvas is in the museum of the Wisconsin Historical Society--ED

[156] Winnebago Prophet, more commonly known as White Cloud (a translation of his Indian name Wabokieshi+ek), was the ”o on his e on Rock River, forty miles above Rock Island--the present Prophetstown, Illinois After the war he was captured, and shared Black Hawk's io about 1841 His portrait was painted by Catlin at Jefferson Barracks, and again at Fortress Monroe by R M Sully--the latter, in the , rather low type of face, stronger and more subtle than that of Black Hawk--ED

[157] For Captain Stewart, see Townsend's _Narrative_, in our volu and first voyages of the ”Yellowstone” see our volume xxi, p 46, note 26 (Wyeth)--ED

[159] For the Mackinac Coon Settlers_, our volu's Astoria--MAXIMILIAN

[161] Astor's co the Mackinac Company it was until 1816 known as the South West Co in the American Fur Company See Chittenden, _Fur-Trade_, i, pp 309-311 The Columbia River enterprise is narrated in our volumes vi and vii--ED

[162] The Missouri Fur Coanized (1808) soon after the return of the Lewis and Clark expedition, with Clark, a brother of Lewis, and several well-known merchants of Illinois and St Louis as members Its chief trader, later the president, was Manuel Lisa After his death in 1820 the fortunes of the company declined

By the French Company Maximilian intends a firm composed of Papin, Cerre, and Picotte, which in 1830 sold out to the A--ED

[163] The Coluanized after the consolidation of the British co Scotch and Canadian traders out of e spirits were Kenneth McKenzie, Williaanized to trade within the boundaries of the United States, it was technically known as Tilton and Co post was built upon Lake Traverse, Minnesota, whence passage to the upper Missouri was quickly secured The operations of this company harassed the American Fur Company, which in 1827 entered into a co control of the upper Missouri trade See Chittenden, _Fur-Trade_, i, pp

323-327--ED