Chequamegon History Source Archive
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Chequamegon History Collections
Descriptions of La Pointe
Ojibwe Voices in Translation
German Speakers at La Pointe
Land Frauds
Ojibwe Language
Censuses and Rolls
1825 Treaty
1837 Treaty
1842 Treaty
1847 Treaty (7/16/2020)
1854 Treaty
1849 Ojibwe Delegation to President Polk (4/14/2020)
Sandy Lake Tragedy
1852 Delegation to President Fillmore
1853 Smallpox
1855 La Pointe Annuity Payment
CHSA Documents
Original Image Gallery
These images are original graphics created by Chequamegon History authors which are derived or inspired by primary source material,. Please contact us if you wish to use or reproduce them.
Locations of Ojibwe people and select fur trade workers mentioned in the journals of Perrault, Curot, Nelson, Sayers, and Malhiot
Created by L. Filipczak in May 2014 from information in fur trade journals c.1795-1805. See John Sayers' Winter Journal (1804-1805) for more information.
Digital overlay of Joseph Nicollet's manuscript draft map of country between Lake Superior, the St. Croix, and the Wisconsin Rivers
Created by L. Filipczak in December 2018 from a manuscript map held by St. Olaf's College. See Translation Help Needed: Ojibwe and French placenames on Joseph Nicollet’s manuscript map of Wisconsin for more information.
Fictional advertisement for steamboat travel on Lake Superior, inspired by advertisements from the 1850s.
Created by L. Filipczak in July 2014 to illustrate Chequamegon History post, Steamboats, Celebrities, Soo Shipping, and Superior Speculation: Joseph R. Williams’ Account of the 1855 Payment