The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 1, 1917-1918

by Various

of The Wisconsin Magazine of History published quarterly at Menasha, Wis., required by the Act of August 24, 1912.

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Editor, Milo M. Quaife	Madison, Wis.
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INDEX

• Aarhus, Rev. Rasmus Jensen, death, [152].
• Adams, Alexander B., Civil War recruit, [53].
• Adams, Charles, Francis, efforts of, to detain commerce destroyers, [29].
• “Air Raids, Increase A. Lapham and the German,” editorial, [426]-27.
• Alban, James, discovers Devil’s Lake, [319].
• Alexandria, occupation of, by Colonel Ellsworth, [369]-72.
• “Alien Suffrage Provision in the Constitution of Wisconsin, The,” by Louise P. Kellogg, [422]-25.
  • territorial suffrage law of 1844, [422]-23.
  • suffrage law of 1845, [423]-24.
  • petition in Congress, [423].
  • provisions of constitution of 1846, [424].
  • of convention of 1847, [425].
• Allen, Gideon W., sketch, [46];
  • student at University of Wisconsin, [52].
• Allen, George, letter, [93].
• Allouez, Father Claude, among the Kickapoo, [199]-200.
• America, pre-Columbian voyagers to, [151]-52.
• American Journal of Science, contributions of I. A. Lapham to, [5].
• Amsterdam (Wis.), founded, [261].
• Anderson, Mrs. F. H., letter, [92].
• Anderson, Rasmus B., (ed.), Ole Nattestad’s “Description of a Journey to North America,” [149]-86.
• Anderson, Robert, lineage, [153].
• Apostle Islands, naming of, [96]-98.
• “Appreciation and A Suggestion, An,” editorial, [190]-91.
• Argentina, frontier problem in, [127]-28.
• Armour, Philip, anecdote concerning, [430]-31.
• Army, social welfare measures for, [314];
  • Zouave system of tactics introduced into, [360].
• Atwood, David, sketch, [46].
  • Wisconsin assemblyman, [54].
• Australia, frontier problem in, [132]-33.
• Ayer, Edward Everett, sketch, [147].
• Ayer, Elbridge G., sketch, [146]-47.

• Bailey, Amos, helps plat Fontana, [145].
• Baker, J. Stannard, student at University of Wisconsin, [52].
• Ball, Farlin Q., sketch, [46].
• Bank notes, depreciation of Wisconsin, in 1861, 42, [44];
  • specie payment of, in 1837, [176]-77, [267].
• “Bankers’ Aid in 1861-62,” by Louise P. Kellogg, [25]-34.
  • Union DefenseCommittee, [25]-26.
  • situation ofnorthern banks, [26].
  • popular contributions, [27].
  • loans, [27]-33.
  • bankers’association founded, [31]-32.
  • agencies, [33]-34.
• Banks, New York City, suspension of specie payment by, in 1861, [33].
  • of North, situation of, 1861-62, [26].
• “Baraboo, The First Settler of,” [319]-21.
• Barber, Dr. L. J., Milwaukee pioneer, [270].
• Barker, Archibald, attempts to settle at Baraboo, [319].
• Barnes, Captain Francis, characterized, [327].
  • names Winnequah, [196].
  • sketch, [197].
• Beach, L. C., buys land in Beloit, [274]-75.
• Beaulieu, T. H., letter, [88].
• Beaver Creek, settlement of, [158]-59.
• Beecher, Jerome, Chicago pioneer, [270].
• Belmont, Wisconsin capitol at, [78]-79.
• “Beloit and Southern Wisconsin, Pioneer Recollections of,” by Lucius G. Fisher, [266]-86.
• Belvedere, formerly Squaw Prairie, [275].
• Bennett, Alden I., state senator, [54].
• Bering Strait, discovery of, [152].
• Bering, Vitus, sketch, [52].
• Bicknell, Charles, buys land in Beloit, [274]-75.
• Bicknell, George W., buys land in Beloit, [274]-75.
• Bicknell, Otis, buys land in Beloit, [274]-75.
• Bicknell, O. P., buys land in Beloit, [274]-75.
• Big Foot, sketch, [145]-46.
• “Big Foot Lake (Lake Geneva), Wisconsin, Early Recollections of,”142-48.
• Big Foot Prairie, naming of, [146].
• Black, Oscar F., student at University of Wisconsin, [49].
• Blanc, Pawnee, killing of, [321].
• Blodgett, Caleb, sketch, [273].
• Books, first, made in Wisconsin, [9].
• Boston, bank situation in, 1861-62, [26].
• “Boston Massacre, The Paul Revere Print of,” by Louise P. Kellogg, [377]-87.
• Boundary, “Disputed Michigan-Wisconsin, The,” [304]-307.
  • disputed Minnesota-Wisconsin, [304].
• Boyd, Col. George, enlists Menominee Indians in Black Hawk War, [98]-99.
• Bracklin, John L., “A Forest Fire in Northern Wisconsin,” [16]-24.
• Bradford, Simeon S., sketch, [37].
• Brandenburg, Frederick, letter, [196].
• “Bravery Then and Now,” editorial, [316]-17.
• Brewster, William, interest of, in Chicago Treaty of 1833, [291].
• Brisbane, Rev. W. H., preaches, [47].
  • sketch, [38].
• Britton, Rev. James B., sketch, [38].
• Brooks, Edward, interest of, in Chicago Treaty of 1833, [291].
• Brown, William H., Chicago pioneer, [269].
• Brunette, Dominique, Fox River Valley miller, [89].
• Bull, James M., sketch, [45].
• Bull Run, financial effect of battle of, [31].
• Bundy, David J., buys land in Beloit, [274]-75.
• Bundy, Harvey, Beloit pioneer, [283].
• Butler, James D., sketch, [41].

• Caldwell, Billy, charges against, [290].
  • sketch, [297].
• Calkins, Elias A., sketch, [58].
• Camouflage, derivation of, [432].
  • “And ‘Eatless Days’ Two Hundred Years Ago,” by John Luchsinger, [432]-33.
• Camp Randall (Madison), first regiment leaves, [63].
• Campbell, Cary M., Civil War recruit, [47].
• Canada, frontier problem in, [134]-36.
• “Cannon Fodder,” editorial, [192].
• Capitol, preservation of first Wisconsin, [78]-79.
• “Career of Colonel G. W. Manypenny, The,” [324]-25.
• Caribbean republics, frontier problem in, [129].
• Carpenter, Stephen D., inventions, [61].
• Carr, Ezra S., sketch, [45].
• Cass, Governor Lewis, interested in St. Croix and Lake Superior Mineral Company, [433]-34.
• Casualties, relative warfare, [315]-16.
• Cedar Grove, founding and naming of, [258].
  • growth of, [264].
• Chase, John Jay, letter, [72].
• Chase’s Point, naming of, [270].
• Cheney, Israel, buys land in Beloit, [274]-75.
• Chicago, Daniel Webster visits, [269].
  • L. G. Fisher’s recollections of, [269].
  • “Removing the Papacy to,” editorial, [430]-31.
  • “Treaty of 1833, The,” edited by Milo M. Quaife, [287]-303.
  • circumstances attending, [287]-88.
  • G. B. Porter, charges preferred against, [288]-91.
  • charges denied, [291]-303.
  • John Kinzie, memoir of, [300]-302.
  • Robert A. Forsyth, memoir of, [302]-303.
  • residence of Elmer E. Ellsworth, [359]-67.
• Chicago Democrat, history of, [269].
• Chicago Tribune, Democrat merged with, [269].
• “Chippewa River during the French and British Régimes, The,” [322]-24.
• Chippewa Valley, history of, [322]-24.
  • proposed names for towns in, [195]-96.
• Choate, Rufus, trustee, St. Croix and Lake Superior Mineral Company, [433]-34.
• Church, William W., sketch, [47].
• Churches, oldest in Wisconsin, [87]-88.
• Cisco, John J., financial activities of, in 1861-62, 28, [31].
• Civil War, Bankers’ Aid in, by Louise P. Kellogg, [25]-34.
  • “Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, First Hero of the,” by Charles A. Ingraham, [349]-74.
  • copperheads in Wisconsin during, [84].
  • condition of hospitals in, [234]-40.
  • depreciation of currency in Wisconsin during, 42, [85]-86.
  • losses of Second Wisconsin Infantry in, [63].
  • political ideals in Wisconsin during, [85].
  • Sheboygan Dutch settlers in, [260]-61.
• Clark, Dr. Henry, helps plat Fontana, [145].
• Clawson, Phineas J., sketch, [46].
• Clinton, Ole Nattestad, pioneer of, [164].
• Cobb, S. B., Chicago pioneer, [270].
• Cone, J. H., E. E. Ellsworth studies law with, [360].
• Colby, Stoddart B., lawyer, [267].
• Cole, H. E., letter, [319].
• Colley, S. G., buys land in Beloit, [274]-75.
• “Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth: First Hero of the Civil War,” by Charles A. Ingraham, [349]-74.
  • characterized, 351, [363]-64.
  • birthplace, [351].
  • parentage and youth, [352]-59.
  • moves to Mechanicsville, [353]-55.
  • experiences in the West, [356]-58.
  • in New York, [358].
  • removal to Chicago, [359]-67.
  • studies law, [359]-60, [368].
  • military activities, [360]-67; at Rockford, [361].
  • at Madison, [361]-62; engagement, 361, [369]-70.
  • diary, [362]-64.
  • commandant of United States Zouave Cadets, [363]-65.
  • tour of, [366]-67; larger military projects, [368].
  • reorganizes Eleventh New York Infantry, [369].
  • occupation of Alexandria, [369]-72.
  • death, [372].
• “Colonel Ellsworth’s Madison Career,” [89]-92.
• Communications, [202]-205, [327]-29, [432]-34.
• “Community Changes Its Name, A,” [95].
• Conover, Obadiah M., sketch, [41].
• Coquillard, Alexis, interest of in Chicago Treaty of 1833, [291].
• “Consolation for the Present Crisis,” editorial, [83]-86.
• “Constitution of Wisconsin, The Alien Suffrage Provision in the,” by Louise P. Kellogg, [422]-25.
• Cooke, Jay, financial work for government, 28, [33]-34.
• Copperheads, in Wisconsin, 84, [202]-203.
• Coues, L. L., sketch, [60].
• Cox, Charles B., state senator, [54].
• Crane, R. P., Beloit pioneer, [274]-75.
• Curtis, Joseph W., Civil War recruit, [45].
  • student at University of Wisconsin, [38].
• Cushing, Caleb, trustee, St. Croix and Lake Superior Mineral Company, [433]-34.

• Daan, Peter, portrait, facing [256].
  • career, [260]-61.
• Dairying, among Sheboygan Dutch, [265].
• “Daniel Webster’s Wisconsin Investments,” [193]-95, [433]-34.
• Darling, Mason C., Wisconsin legislator, [423]-24.
• Davis, Prof. J. B., investigates Michigan-Wisconsin boundary survey, [307].
• Decorah, Angel, descendant of “Glory of the Morning,” [93].
• Decorah, Sabrevoir, sketch, [93].
• Denin, Kate, actress, [48].
• Denin, Susan, actress, [48].
• “Description of a Journey to North America,” by Ole Knudsen Nattestad, edited by Rasmus B. Anderson, [149]-86.
  • historical introduction, [149]-67.
  • Nattestad’s Journal, [167]-86.
  • embarkation from Gothenborg, [167]-72.
  • arrival in America, [173]-74.
  • at New York, [174]-77.
  • Journey to Chicago, [177]-82.
  • settlement at Beaver Creek, [183].
  • general impressions of America, [184]-86.
• Devereux, Arthur F., relations of, with Colonel Ellsworth, [359].
• De Villiers, Dr. Charles A., influenced military career of Colonel Ellsworth, [360]-61.
• Devil’s Lake, discovered, [319].
• Dewey, Governor Nelson, park named for, [78]-80.
• “Diary of Harvey Reid: Kept at Madison in the Spring of 1861,” [35]-63.
  • sketch of the author, [35]-37.
  • university diary, [37]-63.
• Dinsdale, Rev. Matthew, sketch, [442]-43.
  • papers, [443]-44.
• “Disputed Michigan-Wisconsin Boundary, The,” [304]-307.
• Documents: “Chicago Treaty of 1833, The,” edited by Milo M. Quaife, [287]-303.
  • “Diary of Harvey Reid: Kept at Madison in the Spring of 1861, The,” edited by Milo M. Quaife, [35]-63.
  • “Some Letters of Paul O. Husting Concerning the Present Crisis,” [388]-416.
  • Wisconsin Public, issued, [210]-21, [337]-40.
• Doolittle, John, buys land in Beloit, [275].
• Door County, Wisconsin, History of, by Hjalmar R. Holand, reviewed, [445]-46.
• Doudna, E. G., letter, [197].
• Douglas, Stephen A., death, [58].
• Douglass, Christopher, sketch, [143].
  • Lake Geneva pioneer, [145].
• Douglass, C. L., sketch, [144].
• Drew, Mrs. James, drawing of Lake Geneva by, 142, [147].
• Drummer, or New York Clerks and Country Merchants, The. A Local Play, in two acts. Edited by Mrs. Partington, [307]-308.
• “Dutch Settlements of Sheboygan County, The,” by Sipko F. Rederus, [256]-65.
  • emigration from Netherlands, 1840-50, [256]-60.
  • religious difficulties among Dutch, [257].
  • Sheboygan Dutch in Civil War, [260]-61.
  • Peter Daan, career of, [260]-61.
  • general prosperity of settlements, [261]-64.

• “Early Recollections of Lake Geneva (Big Foot Lake), Wisconsin,” by George Manierre, [142]-48.
  • pioneers, 142, [143]-45.
  • wild life, [144].
  • Fontana platted, [145].
  • Walworth founded, [145].
  • Potawatomi neighbors, [145]-46.
  • transportation facilities, [146].
  • E. G. Ayer, hotel of, [146]-47.
  • Reid house, sketch of, [147].
  • Lake Geneva, physical properties of, [148].
• “‘Eatless Days,’ ‘Camouflage,’ and, Two Hundred Years Ago,” by John Luchsinger, [432]-33.
• Economic History of Wisconsin During the Civil War Decade, by Frederick Merk, reviewed, [221]-23.
• Editorial, [75]-86; [187]-92; [309]-18; [426]-31.
• Education, interests of Sheboygan Dutch in, [265].
  • papers on early Wisconsin, [440]-41.
• “Election, The Senatorial, of 1869,” [418]-20.
  • candidates, [418]-19.
  • campaign, [419].
  • the ‘spelling-down,’ [420].
• Eleventh New York Volunteer Infantry, organized, [369].
  • experiences of, at Alexandria, [369]-71.
• Ellsworth, Colonel Elmer E., “First Hero of the Civil War,” by Charles A. Ingraham, [349]-74.
  • birthplace, facing [352].
  • diary of, [91]-92; [362]-64.
  • drawing made by, facing [358].
  • facsimile of letter to Miss Carrie Spafford, facing [370].
  • portraits, facing 347 and [364].
  • Madison career of, [89]-92.
• Emery, Harvey W., sketch, [53].
• England, Senator Husting on war policy of, [390].
• Erik the Red, explorations of, [150].
• Erikson, Leif, New World discovered by, [150].
• Erikson, Thorvald, first white man buried in America, [151].
• Europe, frontier problems of, [137]-38.
• Ewing, George W., interest of, in Chicago Treaty of 1833, [291].
• Exploration, of eastern Wisconsin, [94].

• Fairchild, Jairus C., sketch, [58].
• Fallows, William, student at University of Wisconsin, [61].
• “Fatherland, Where Is the German?” tr. by Dr. Charles P. Giessing, [375]-76.
• Fersen, Colonel Axel, sketch, [154].
• Field, Alfred, buys land in Beloit, [274]-75.
• “Fire, A Forest, in Northern Wisconsin,” by John L. Bracklin, [16]-24.
• “Fires, Forest, Generally and in Particular,” editorial, [82]-83.
• First, books made in Wisconsin, [9].
  • “Edition of the Zenger Trial, The,” by John T. Lee, [69]-72.
  • “Exploration of Eastern Wisconsin,” [94]-95.
  • “Mills in the Fox River Valley, The,” [88]-89.
  • poets of Wisconsin, [64].
  • white child born in America, [151].
  • white man to found settlement in, [151].
  • white woman to settle in, [151].
• Fish, Carl Russell, “The Frontier a World Problem,” [121]-41.
  • Merk’s Economic History of Wisconsin During the Civil War Decade, reviewed by, [221]-23.
  • portrait, facing [119].
• Fisher, Amanda, Beloit pioneer, [280].
• Fisher, Emeline, Beloit pioneer, [281].
• Fisher, Jane, Beloit pioneer, [280].
• Fisher, Lucius G., “Pioneer Recollections of Beloit and Southern Wisconsin,” [266]-86.
  • sketch, 266, [282]-86.
  • speculation of, in Beloit land, [275].
  • voyage of, from Buffalo to Chicago, [267]-69.
• Fisher, Rosetta, Beloit pioneer, [281].
• Flag, “A History of Our State,” [327]-29.
  • Wisconsin state, [76]-77.
  • statute for, [328].
• “Forest Fire in Northern Wisconsin, A” by John L. Bracklin, [16]-24.
• “Forest Fires, Generally and in Particular,” editorial, [82]-83.
• Forests, I. A. Lapham’s work on conservation of, [6]-7.
• Forsyth (Forsythe), James, Merchant and tavern keeper, [295].
• Forsyth, Jane, indemnity claim, [289].
• Forsyth, Major Robert A., birth, [297]-98.
  • claims, [289].
  • death, [289].
  • Governor Porter disputes charges against, [298]-99.
  • memoir of, [302]-303.
• Forsyth (Forsythe), Robert A., sketch, [295].
• Fort Atkinson, founding of, [272].
• Fort Perrot, state acquires site of, [81].
• Foster, Alvin, Ft. Atkinson pioneer, [272].
• Foster, Dwight, Ft. Atkinson pioneer, [272].
• Foster, Edwin, Ft. Atkinson pioneer, [272].
• Foster, Henry B., Civil War recruit, [53].
• Fox River Valley, first mills in, [88]-89.
• Franks, Jacob, builds mills, [88].
• Free Separate Reformed Church, establishment of, [257].
• Frisby, Leander F., sketch, [56].
• “Frontier a World Problem, The,” by Carl Russell Fish, [121]-41.
  • fundamental resemblance of historical movements, [123]-24.
  • effect of outside capital and labor, [124].
  • unique features in United States, [125]-27.
  • part played by corporations, [126]-27.
  • Argentina, [127]-28.
  • Caribbean republics, [129]-30.
  • Mexico, [130].
  • Siberia, [130]-31.
  • Australia and New Zealand, [132]-33.
  • Rhodesia, [133]-34.
  • Canada, [134]-36.
  • Manchuria, [136]-37.
  • European activities since 1800, [137]-38.
  • significance of problem of frontier, [138]-39.
  • frontier activities a factor in world organization, [140]-41.
• Frost, Lewis, sketch, [45].
• Fuller, William, student at University of Wisconsin, [40].