The Indians of Wisconsin, p. 3

THE INDIANS OF WISCONSIN.

The earliest explorers of the region of country between Lake Superior on the north, Lake Michigan on the east, and the Mississippi river on the west, now constituting the State of Wisconsin, found the Chippawas on the borders of Lake Superior, and the Sioux at the west, at war with each other. The Menomonees, Winnebagos, (then called Puans,) the Mascoutins, and Kickapoos occupied the country about Green Bay and Lake Superior. At a subsequent date the Potawatomies, the Ottawas, and the Sauk and Fox tribes are also mentioned, and the Mascoutins disappear, being probably only a small band, belonging to some of the other tribes. At a still later period the Oneidas, Stockbridges, and Brothertowns, were removed to Green Bay and the east shore of Lake Winnebago, from the State of New York.

Some confusion and uncertainty occur in the early accounts of these several tribes, from the different names by which they were known, and the doubt in some cases, whether references made to a whole tribe, or to a local band. For future reference, a full list of these names, whether of Indian, French or English origin, will be found at the end of this paper.

According to Mr. J. G. Shea, whose opportunities for examining the records of the early French explorers are greater than ours, several other tribes are mentioned as having, at least temporarily, occupied the soil of Wisconsin.

These are the

IOWAS ; under the name of Ainoves and Ayauwas, on the western side of Lake Michigan.

ATCHATCHAKANGOUEN ; near the Mascoutins in 1672.