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Wisconsin Explorers
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Why did the first Europeans come to the area that became Wisconsin?
| They actually wanted to get to Asia and the Western Ocean. Many thought the Mississippi River lead to the Western Ocean, but Marquette and Joliet found that it lead to the Gulf of Mexico. They wanted to take shortcuts. They thought North America was close to Asia after they explored the land. Early explorers like Christopher Columbus thought North America was Asia (India) when they first landed here. Thats how the Indians got there name. |
What were the challenges of early travel in Wisconsin for these explorers?
| Some of the people (Spanish, British, Native Americans, and Russians) wanted to keep their land private (to themselves) and they hadn't learned much about the land here and they needed to get to know about the Native Americans. When they were going across rivers, they would have to portage their boats across the land between the rivers. When they went down the river there were probably rapids. They went in boats/canoes down rivers instead of walking across the land because the Indians didn't want them on their land because they didn't know them and it would be faster. They didn't know what the terrain was going to be like so they wouldn't know how to prepare for it. The Indians didn't want them to travel across their land because they didn't know them. They didn't know that the land existed as it did and they were really fierce about their land.When they had to carry their boats across the land, they had to be sneaky so as not to be seen. |
Who were some of the early explorers that first came to Wisconsin? What makes each one unique? Where did each one go/explore?
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When They Lived |
Where/What they Explored |
What they Learned
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Etienne
Brule
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1592-1632 |
The land around Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario,France Chequamegon Bay
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He learned Indian languages very well. |
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Jean
Nicolet
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1598-1642 |
Lake Michigan,Green Bay
France and Lake Winabago
Chequamegon Bay
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Learned Indian languages well. There is land between France and the western ocean. |
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Pierre
Radisson
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1636-1710 |
Lake Superior, Chequamegon Bay,
France Rich Canda, The Three Rivers
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Recognized the possibilties of the England fur trade. |
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Medard Chouart
de Groseilliers
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1618-1684 |
Green Bay, Lake Superior, Chequamegon Bay,
France
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Studied Indian tribes. |
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Daniel
Duluth
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1636-1710 |
Lake Superior, Mississippi River, Chequamegon Bay
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Daniel Duluth set sail on a boat with his brother down the Missississippi river to see where it would leak to. |
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Robert
LaSalle
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1643-1687 |
Mississippi,Lake Superior,
France constract for polls for Niagra Falls, Chequamegon Bay
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Claimed the Mississippi River drains to land for France. |
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Father Jacque
Marquette
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1637-1675 |
Mississippi River, Green Bay, Wisconsin River, high vallies, Great River France. Chequamegon Bay |
Learned 10 Indian languages, Mississippi River leads into the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Louis
Joliet
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1645-1700 |
Mississippi River,Green Bay, Wisconsin River, high vallies France Chequamegon Bay
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He learned many diffrent Indian Languages. |
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Father Rene
Menard
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1605-1661 |
Black River, upper penninsula, Wisconsin River,Rib River, France, Chequamegon Bay |
Mississippi River leades to the Gulf of Mexico |
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Father Claude
Jean Allouez
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1622-1689 |
He studied Indian tribes. He explored Ashland Chequamegon bay. France
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he learned 10 different languages.
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How did the Native Americans first react to the explorers?
| The explorers brought guns with them (like Nicolet) and when they shot them, the Native Americans were afraid. A lot of Native Americans died because of the diseases that the Europeans brought with them. They didn't want the French explorers on their land because they didn't know them and they were afraid of the guns. They were angry because the Europeans came in and interrupted their lifestyles. |
How did the lives of the Native Americans change after the explorers came?
| It helped, but also did not help them because they learned different ways of life but it did not help because they lost land. The Europeans traded guns and weapons for beaver pelts. The Indians had better technologies from the trading. The Indians were mad because they had to move off the land because the Europeans took it. Wars were caused because they didn't want each other there. |
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Comments (7)
maddie said
at 2:29 pm on Oct 11, 2008
Wow we almost filled in everything
tanner said
at 6:13 pm on Oct 27, 2008
geecse there sure is alot of info on here.
tanner said
at 6:15 pm on Oct 27, 2008
I see someone changed Chemnog to Chequamegon
maddie said
at 9:19 pm on Nov 6, 2008
I shrunk the some of the pictures to make more room.
Larry Lueck said
at 10:28 pm on Nov 6, 2008
I think that does look better - spacing looks better to me.
mckenna said
at 6:00 pm on Nov 11, 2008
mr. lueck,
how do i add pictures?
Larry Lueck said
at 11:37 pm on Nov 11, 2008
To add a picture onto the wiki, first, save a copy of the picture on your computer. Then, when editing the wiki page, click on Images and Links on the right hand side of the page. You need to browse for the picture on your computer and upload the picture so it shows up on the list of pictures. Once there, click in the editing screen where you want it placed - your cursor should be in the place you want it. Then click on the image from the list on the right and it should show up for you in the wiki. Make sure you save your changes to the wiki before you view it.
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