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Title: Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Year: 1908
Authors: State Historical Society of Wisconsin cn
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Publisher: Madison, Wis. State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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is was the chief known to the Creoles of Green Bay as OldKing. His village was on the west side of Fox River, just above thesite of Fort Howard. His Indian name was Chakachokania, and thename given in this certificate is the French form of Shawnee. Prob-ably his mother was Of that tribe or the name was given in com-pliment, at some alliance. This chief was doubtless of the family ofOgeemaunee, to whom a certificate was • given in 1764; see ante.He was grandfather of Oshkosh, and lived until 1821, when hedied while on a visit to Prairie du Chien. In his later years hewas an imbecile, and his authority was wielded by others, notablymembers of the Carron family; he was, however, always treated withgreat respect by his tribe. This certificate was deposited in the Wis-consin Historical Library by the late Louis B. Porlier.—Ed. 00 For a brief note on Capt. Edward Foy see Wis. Hist. Colls., xii,p. 48. He was at this time acting as secretary for Haldimand, but diedearly in 1779.—Ed. 370
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1778) British Regime in Wisconsin 1778: LANGLADE TO REINFORCE HAMILTON (Letter from Do Peyster to Langlade and Gautier, dated Oct. 26,1778. Reprinted froua De Peyster, Miscellanies, p. Ixx.) Messieurs—lu accordance with the power that has beengiven nie Ly his Excellency General llaldiinand, Commandantin Chief of the Armies of his Majesty the King of GreatBritain, in Canada, etc. etc. etc. to do all in my power to assistLieut. Gov. Hamilton^ in all his entei-prises against the Reb-els, and as I have learned by letter from the Lieut. Governorthat he has gone to dislodge the Rebels of the Illinois*^ and ^^ Henry Hamiltou was of Irish descent, of the family of the Mar-quis of Boyne. He early entered the army (1754), and was commis-sioned lieutenant of the 15th in 1756. He served with Amherst atLouisburg, was with Wolfe at Quebec, and later (1761-63) was in theWest Indies. His regiment was in England, 1768-76, but in the sum-mer of 1775 Hamilton was in Quebec, being there appointed lieut

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