Post by Larry Koschkee on Jan 31, 2003 12:10:28 GMT -5
The contents of this thread may not be exactly germane to the board topic (Native American Tribes of the Black Hawk War) under which it is posted because the subject is from a different era. However, I am asking for the forum moderators to allow me some leniency here.
Red Bird's resting place is another controversial piece of history that I am interested in. The interest stems from my roots in Grant County, Wisconsin, whereby, the resting place of Red Bird was purported to be in the southwest part of the county. It was casually mentioned from time to time in a folklore context.
I do not have any primary sources to back up the rumors only secondary information.
Taken to Prairie du Chien to stand trial for depredations of his tribe and several murders among the whites, Red Bird fell ill from an epidemic in the town and died. It is claimed that his body was spirited away in the night by the Winnebagoes and buried on top of "Red Bird" hill in Grant county, a peak of land that was evidently used as signal grounds by the Winnebago Indians
This hill or eminence next to the Little Platte River is located in the NW 1/2 of section 12 of Paris Township, Grant County, lying just west of Hwy. 151 between Dickeyville and Platteville, Wisconsin.
This knoll of land, pockmarked by outcropings of sandstone rock, overlooks many of the river valleys that lead from southwestern Wisconsin into the Mississippi River. Presently, there is a cemetery located here refered to as the Piddington-Bloomer Cemetery.
Dr. J. P. Scanlan, Prairie du Chien historian, wrote this in 1935: A recent claim that Red Bird is buried at the Piddington cemetery near Platteville is scouted by Dr. Scanlan, who asserts that the body was buried on the fort grounds, now part of the Villa Louis estate, recently given to Prairie du Chien as a park, and there is no record of its ever having been moved.
Does anyone have primary sources referencing Red Bird's resting place?
In closing... just a suggestion to the moderators of this forum. Perhaps it would be meaningful to the knowledge quest of the Black Hawk War to have a seperate board topic for discussion of the Red Bird uprising. I think you would agree that the settler and Indian activities of 1827 are in many ways linked to 1831-1832. A seperate topic might encourage the esteemed message board member, from north of the Wisconsin River, and others to share some additional information and insights of this rich history.
Much obliged... Larry K.
Red Bird's resting place is another controversial piece of history that I am interested in. The interest stems from my roots in Grant County, Wisconsin, whereby, the resting place of Red Bird was purported to be in the southwest part of the county. It was casually mentioned from time to time in a folklore context.
I do not have any primary sources to back up the rumors only secondary information.
Taken to Prairie du Chien to stand trial for depredations of his tribe and several murders among the whites, Red Bird fell ill from an epidemic in the town and died. It is claimed that his body was spirited away in the night by the Winnebagoes and buried on top of "Red Bird" hill in Grant county, a peak of land that was evidently used as signal grounds by the Winnebago Indians
This hill or eminence next to the Little Platte River is located in the NW 1/2 of section 12 of Paris Township, Grant County, lying just west of Hwy. 151 between Dickeyville and Platteville, Wisconsin.
This knoll of land, pockmarked by outcropings of sandstone rock, overlooks many of the river valleys that lead from southwestern Wisconsin into the Mississippi River. Presently, there is a cemetery located here refered to as the Piddington-Bloomer Cemetery.
Dr. J. P. Scanlan, Prairie du Chien historian, wrote this in 1935: A recent claim that Red Bird is buried at the Piddington cemetery near Platteville is scouted by Dr. Scanlan, who asserts that the body was buried on the fort grounds, now part of the Villa Louis estate, recently given to Prairie du Chien as a park, and there is no record of its ever having been moved.
Does anyone have primary sources referencing Red Bird's resting place?
In closing... just a suggestion to the moderators of this forum. Perhaps it would be meaningful to the knowledge quest of the Black Hawk War to have a seperate board topic for discussion of the Red Bird uprising. I think you would agree that the settler and Indian activities of 1827 are in many ways linked to 1831-1832. A seperate topic might encourage the esteemed message board member, from north of the Wisconsin River, and others to share some additional information and insights of this rich history.
Much obliged... Larry K.
