. Historical sketch of the park region about McGregor, Iowa, and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. al, not forhimself, but for wiser and more humane treatment ofhis old fi-iends, the Foxes, then just beginning that tre-mendous revolt, which was to prove so disastrous to theFrench Dominion. With this kindly and characteristicact, the bowed figure of Perrot vanishes from the dimlylighted state of western histoiy. During the life-time of Perrot other noted explorerscame into this portion of the Mississippi Valley amongwhom were Father Hennepin, Pien:e le Sueur andBaron la Hontan. Both Le Sueur and Per
. Historical sketch of the park region about McGregor, Iowa, and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. al, not forhimself, but for wiser and more humane treatment ofhis old fi-iends, the Foxes, then just beginning that tre-mendous revolt, which was to prove so disastrous to theFrench Dominion. With this kindly and characteristicact, the bowed figure of Perrot vanishes from the dimlylighted state of western histoiy. During the life-time of Perrot other noted explorerscame into this portion of the Mississippi Valley amongwhom were Father Hennepin, Pien:e le Sueur andBaron la Hontan. Both Le Sueur and Perrot made dis- 13 <;overi€s of mineral wealth, and both made journeys toFrance to secure licenses to work the mines they hadfound. Perrots discovery was of lead in the vicinity ofOalena, Illinois, and Le Sueur, having ascended theMississippi River in 1700, found lead in the k)wer andupper fields, and copper farther north. In time Fort St. Nicholas, the trading post of into disuse and decay for no permanent white settle-ment was made at Prairie du Chien until the vear 1781,. Ruins of the Hospital of Old Fort Crawford atPrairie du Chien when three Frenchmen, Giard, Ange, and Antaya madeit their home. After the Louisiana Purchase the gov-?ernment of the United States sent Lieutenant ZebulonM, Pike to explore the Upper Mississippi Valley and toselect locations suitable for military posts. He, too, rec-ognized the strategic value of the region at the mouth ofthe Wisconsin River, but a fort was not begun at Prairiedu Chien until 1813. It was named Fort Shelby, andwas renamed Fort McKay the following year after hav-ing been captured by the British, who held it several 14 1 months. Not long after their evacuation of it this fortwas burned. On its site in 1816 another fort was built,and in honor of the Secretary of the Treasury it wasnamed Fort Crawford. Ten years later for sanitaryreasons a new fort was erected in another part of thetown, that was garrisoned for thirty
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