Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . the party arrived at , early enough to permit of the work being com-menced. St. Cyrs place was so far from the scene oftheir labors, that the party camped out part of thetime, despite the inclemency of the season, but heavyand incessant falls of snow compelled them to desistfrom their labors for many days, making the half-breeds cabin their headquarters. After completingtheir survey for the time, Mr. Strong and his partyreturned by way of Wallis Rowans, who lived whe
Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . the party arrived at , early enough to permit of the work being com-menced. St. Cyrs place was so far from the scene oftheir labors, that the party camped out part of thetime, despite the inclemency of the season, but heavyand incessant falls of snow compelled them to desistfrom their labors for many days, making the half-breeds cabin their headquarters. After completingtheir survey for the time, Mr. Strong and his partyreturned by way of Wallis Rowans, who lived wherePovnette now stands, about twelve miles south fromFort Winnebago. Going by the Wisconsin river, theparty reached Helena, and thence struck across toMineral Point. The scanty narrative indicates thenakedness of the land; but the work just accomplishedled the way to the building of numerous travelers passing over various routes toward themines, or with this city as their objective point, revealthe existence of Prairie Tillage where Waukesha nowstands, and also the intermediate halting place at Fort. ^ Mrs. Eben Peok. HISTORY OF MADISOM. 27 Atkinson, en route to the Catfisli river. Mr. Alex. and Mr. Augustus Story made that route inFebruary, 1837, shortly after the survey party had setout on their return to Mineral Point, and the newcomers had been twenty-four hours without food,when they left their camp near the present site ofDunkirk. The men who went exploring in thosedays had no reason to expect luxurious living. A fewcold roast potatoes, unceremoniously found in a wig-wam from which the owners were absent, were con-sumed with abundant relish at noon after their longfast, and no other food was obtained until the nextday, when they discovered St. Cyrs cabin on FourthJake. The travelers had camped without supper, in aravine near where the State University now savory musk rat was a treat, by comparison withsuch short commons, and the
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