OF THE

STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

OF WISCONSIN

EDITED BY

LYMAN COPELAND DRAPER, LL. D.

SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY

VOL. VII

Being a page-for-page Reprint of the Original Issue of 1876

Published by Authority of Chapter 96, Laws of 1903

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NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, January 2, 1873

TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, January 2, 1874.

TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, January 2, 1875

TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, January 4,

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PREHISTORIC WISCONSIN. James Davie Butler

ILLUSTRATIONS: Groups of copper implements, 84, 86, 88, 90.

WESTPHALIAN MEDAL. 1648. James Davie Butler

102

ILLUSTRATION: Obverse and reverse of medal, 110.

DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. John Gilmary Shea

111

ILLUSTRATION: Junction of Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers, 114.

MEMOIR OF CHARLES DE LANGLADE. Joseph Tassé; translated from the
French by Sarah Fairchild Dean

123

ILLUSTRATIONS: Langlade in command of Northwestern Indians at

Braddock's Defeat, 132. Langlade's commission as half-pay

lieutenant, 146.

ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS: Military Papers-Dumas's orders to

Langlade, 135; same by Vaudreuil to Langlade, 146, 147;

Ethrington's permit to Langlade, 152; same by Sinclair to

Madame Langlade, 166; Langlade's commission as half-pay

lieutenant, 146; Vaudreuil's despatch to Langlade, 147, 148.

Letter-Ethrington to Gladwyn, 162-164. Land-Recognition