Excerpt from A Semi-Historical Account of the War of the Winnebago and Foxes At one time a Fox Indian, whose nation was about to be destroyed (by its enemies), came to these much feared Winne bago and said, Brothers, I have come to you for aid. The Winnebago lived on one side of the lake5 and the Fox on the other and (because of the appeal) the former made friends with the latter, it is said, and the chiefs presented the pipe to one another. When chiefs exchange pipes with one another a very sacred bond is established. ...
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Excerpt from A Semi-Historical Account of the War of the Winnebago and Foxes At one time a Fox Indian, whose nation was about to be destroyed (by its enemies), came to these much feared Winne bago and said, Brothers, I have come to you for aid. The Winnebago lived on one side of the lake5 and the Fox on the other and (because of the appeal) the former made friends with the latter, it is said, and the chiefs presented the pipe to one another. When chiefs exchange pipes with one another a very sacred bond is established. Thus many Winnebago and Foxes became friends, and Winnebago men married F ox women, and F ox men married Winnebago women. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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