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| Brief rundown of the events surrounding the series of confrontations between the Meskwaki (Fox) Indians and French, largely fought between 1712 and 1730. |
| French Official, Captain and Fur Trader |
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| Biography of French Official, Captain and Fur Trader Paul Marin. |
| A Priest Follows Another Priest's 300-Year-Old Path to Death |
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| Learn how Rev. A. A. A. Schmirler traced the path Fr. Rene Menard took in 1661 down northern Wisconsin's rivers to the likely spot of his death. |
| New Tribes Brought to Wisconsin by French Commerce |
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| Learn how contact with Europeans, the fur trade and warfare among their tribes drove many Indians to the Wisconsin territory in the 17th century. |
| How Native Life was Transformed |
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| Discover how white contact disrupted and transformed Indian life in Wisconsin in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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