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84 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
and is dressed in European costume, with sundry tawdry addi-
tions of Indian taste. Long will the name of Os~Kos11be
perpetuated among his people, and on the pages of the early
annals of Wisconsin.
XIII. SOULIGNY, born in 1785, is head war chief of the
Menomonees. He is a descendant of one SOULIQNY, an early
French trader, son-in-law of the SIEUR DE L ANGLADE, who
settled at Green Bay in 1745. He was engaged in the last war.
He stands high among his own people, and with all with whom
he is acquainted. For sketches of SOULIGNY and the other
Menomonee chiefs, see "Grignon's Recollections," in the third
vol. of Wisconsin Historical Collections.
XIV. JOHN W. QUINNEY. The portrait of this distin-
guished Stockbridge chief, is the gift of his sister, Mrs. ELECTA
W. CANDY. A detailed sketch of QUINNEY will appear in its
appropriate place in the following pages.
XV. NATHANIEL AAJBS. This is a portrait of the only
surviving Revolutionary soldier in Wisconsin. Hale and hearty
even at his advanced age, now in his ninety-ninth year, he well
remembers those times that tried men's souls. He was a zealous
patriot during the entire Revolutionary war. He witnessed
Andre's execution. IIe followed privateering for quite a length
of time. After the close of the war he entered the ministry,
and was a faithful, and devoted member of the Methodist
church. At 75 years of age he left the ministry, and lives on
a farm with his children, in the town of Oregon, Dane county.
As in the preceding volume, we now submit sketches of the
persons, or events connected with the several pictures, and of
the artists who paintcd them, compiled by the Secretary, Mr.
DRAPER, from such materials as he has been able to collect:
I. VIEW OF PEKATONICA BATTLE FIELD.-A better sketch
of this notable event in early Wisconsin history cannot be
given, than the following, written by JAMES W. BIDDLE, Esq.,
which originally appeared in the Pittsburg Evening Chronicle,
of Nov. 12,1856. It will be remembered that Mr. BIDDLE is
the author of an interesting paper of personal Recollections of