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162        WISCONSIN  ~IISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.

                                     these  claims, it was  found  that  while  they  varied  in extent,
                                     they  were very narrow on the river,  running back three miles.
                                     The  next  spring,  the  President  sent  out  patents  for  these
                                     claims.  Early  in  the  season  of  1821, a  large  delegation of
                                     Oneida  and  Stockbridge  Indians  arrived  at  Green  Bay,  to
                                     make  arrangements  with  the  Menomonee  Indians to  settle in
                                     the country.  The  arrangement  was  made,  and  the  Oneidas
                                     located six miles west of  the Bay, and the  Stockbridges twen-
                                     ty-four miles  above Green  Bay  on Fox River.  The Oneidas
                                     still reside where they first located, but the Stockbridges subse-
                                     quently removed  to the east  sido  of  Lake  Winnebago where
                                     &hey still remain.
                                       During the winter  of  1820-21,  I built a  store for DANIEL
                                     WHITNEY, three miles above Fort  Howard,  on the east side of
                                     Fox River;  and  this was  the  first one  of  the  kind  erected in
                                     the place,  all  others  being  mere  log  shanties  used  by  the
                                     Indian traders.  WHITNEY left  Green  Bay  about the  first of
                                     January  for  the  East,  traveling  on  foot  to  Detroit.   He
                                     returned  in  the spring  with  a lxrge  assortment of  goods, and
                                     opened the largest store west of  the Lakes.  The lumber which
                                     I usecl  in the  erection  of  this  building  was  all sawed  with a
                                     whip-saw .

                                       In 1821 I made a  trip to St. Louis  in a bark canoe up  Fox
                                     River, across the Portage, and down the Wisconsin to  Prairie
                                     fdu Chien,  and  thence  down  the  Mississippi.  I was  sixteen
                                     days on my journey,  and uaw but  seven white men in the whole
                                     distance,  outside  the  forts.  I met  one keel-boat  on the Mis-
                                     sissippi bound up for Fort Armstrong at Rock Island.  There
                                     was a  small garrison  opposite the  mouth  of  the  Des  Moines
                                     River.  There were but  few Americans and  fow  Spaniards at
                                     St.  Louis;  the inhabitants  were  mostly  French.  There was
                                     but  one  brick  building  in the  place,  and  no  buildings  were
                                     located  on  Front  street,  or  where  the  levee  now  is.   I
                                     encamped  on  the  sand  beach,  near  where  the  old  market is
                                     located.  I remained two weeks,  did my business,  when I was
                                     advised to return by wa,y of  the Illinois River.
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