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62 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.

This picture was painted by ROCKEY, is hdndsomely framed,
and was presented by Mr. TAYLOR the request of the Society.
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2. Col. DANIEL M. PARKINSON, Wisconsin pioneer since
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1827; having participated in the Winnebago Indian war, and in
the Black Hawk war; whose interesting personal nnarrative
appeared in the 2d volume of the Society's Collections. 001.
Parkinson resides, at a grecn old age, in La Fayette county,
Wisconsin, honored by all who know him. This portrait was
painted by BROOXES of Milwaukee, andpresented to the Society
by Col. PARKINSON.
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3. RAMSAY CROOKS, native of Greenock, Scotland, where
he was born Jan. 2d, 1787; early engaged in the Fur Trade,
and as a trader was in Wisconsin as early as 1806, and has dis-
tinguished himself as a hardy and adventurous Rocky Mountain
trader, as may be seen in IRVING'S Astoria. Mr. Crooks now
resides in New York, where this elegant portrait was painted
by E. SAINTIN, and presented to the Society, by its request, in
a fine frame, by Mr. CROOICS.
4. AUGUSTIN GRIGNON, born at Green Bay, June 27th,
1780-s, lineal descendant of Sieurs Augustin and Charles De
Langlade, the pioneer settlers of Wisconsin; and is now the
oldest white native *inhabitant of the 'State. His valuable '
narrative of Seventy-two Years' RecoZZectio.lzs of Wisconsin ap-
peared in the 3d volumc of the Society's Collections. He still
lives at Butte des Morts, on Pox River; and this portrait was
painted of him, by order of the Society, by Brookes, the Mil-
waukee artist.
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5. Col. JOSEPH JAC~CBON, Oshkosh, a11 early pioneer of the
the Lake Winnebago region, and recently Mayor of Oshkosh.
This portrait was also painted by Brookes, and prescnted by
Col. Jackson to the Society, at its request.
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6. I-OM-E-TAH, war-chief of the Menomonee, now 87
years of age, and a brother of the famous Menomonee chief
Tomah.
7. OSHKOSH, late head chief of the Menomonees, who died
during the past year.