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HURONS ; a small band of this tribe wandered into northern Wisconsin in 1650, and remained about twenty years, being at Noquet island in 1660.

ILLINOIS ; this tribe is mentioned as extending by some bands, and small villages, into Wisconsin.

KEINOUCHES ; for a short time at Chegoimegon ; subsequently united with the Ottawas.

KITCHIGAMICK ; west of the Foxes (1669 - 1672) and near the Mascoutins.

MAKOUA and MAKOUEOUE ; also near the Foxes, 1672.

MARAMEG ; near the Mascoutins in 1672.

MIAMIS ; some of this tribe were found living with the Mascoutins in 1669.

MIKISSIOUA and NANTOUE ; near the Foxes, 1672 and 1670/

NOQUETS ; on Lake Superior in 1639 ; afterwards at the northern extremity of Green Bay ; probably a band of Chippewas.

SINAGOUX, or CYNAGOS ; at Chegoimegon in 1666 ; a band of Ottawas.

OUAGOUSSAC ; near the Foxes, in 1672.

In the early part of the last century the Chippewas numbered about one hundred and fifty warriors at Chegoimegon Point, Lake Superior ; the Menomonees, at the north of Lake Michigan, one hundred and sixty ; the Sioux, at the head of Lake Superior, three hundred ; the Potawatomies, at the outlet of Green Bay, twenty ; the Sauks at the head of Green Bay, one hundred and fifty ; the Foxes on the river that still bears their name, one hundred ; Kickapoos, about eighty ; and the Mascoutins about sixty men capable of bearing arms. The whole Indian population within the district under consideration, was then estimated at about fifteen thousand souls.

Even before these times, those true pioneers of Wisconsin, the French, had already established missions at numerous