. Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin . the globe, that endedin 1769. During the American Revolution he aided the patriots, andfor his action in the fleet of De Grasse, in Chesapeake Bay (1781), hereceived the thanks of Washington and Rochambeau. In 1790, afterattaining the rank of vice-admiral, he retired from the navy. Arrestedduring the Reign of Terror, he lived to become member of the Insti-tute (1796), senator, and count of the empire. The Americans alsoelected him to the order of Cincinnati, and to the Academy of died in September, 1811. Bougainvilles observati
. Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin . the globe, that endedin 1769. During the American Revolution he aided the patriots, andfor his action in the fleet of De Grasse, in Chesapeake Bay (1781), hereceived the thanks of Washington and Rochambeau. In 1790, afterattaining the rank of vice-admiral, he retired from the navy. Arrestedduring the Reign of Terror, he lived to become member of the Insti-tute (1796), senator, and count of the empire. The Americans alsoelected him to the order of Cincinnati, and to the Academy of died in September, 1811. Bougainvilles observations on Canadian conditions were acute, andmarked by much practical judgment. This memoir, from which wepublish those extracts relating to the upper posts, was written forMme. H6rault de Sechelles, the patroness of his family, to whom itwas sent June 30, 1757. Although Bougainville had no opportunity ofhimself visiting the upper country, he nevertheless obtained his in-formation at first hand from Canadian officers who knew the regionwell.—Eu. [168]. LOUIS-ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLEFrom portrait ia possession of the Count R. Kerallain, Quimper,Prance. Reproduced by us from photogravure in Doughty and Parma-lee, Siege of Quebec, 1, p. 178 1757] French Regime in Wisconsin It is then a question of encouraging this establishment, whichis an important pLice because of all the nations around, and ofthe routes of communication with the Illinois. In order toaccomplish this, the government should be arranged with astaff officer, five or six companies complete with officers andsoldiers, and give to each captain, and even to the subalternsa seig-niory of ninety arpents depth by a league in front, andoblige each soldier to take land on the seigniory of his captainor officer, who will give each a domain or fief, and then inorder to establish and cultivate the lands more quickly, theyshould be divided into companies of a dozen soldiers with asergeant to guide them, and make them work together
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