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Bay which is named after them, and here embroiled themselves 

 with the Morjomonees, the Chippewa* ami the French, They 

 finally driven theno <* of anus. They fled to the 



Wisconsin wl Ter speaks of their Tillages in 1766, thence 



to their recent residence on Rock "River, and by the last tragic 

 act in their I confined to a limit commencing west 



of the Mississppi. We speak of the Baud and Foxes as con- 

 nected, in the gauntlet-like warfare they have maintained, for 

 they appear to have been intimate allies from the earliest tin. 

 The Indian name of the one tribe signifies, Those who went 

 out of the land, (Osaukee,) and the other, Redearths, (Mi>k- 

 wakeej known by the ?io?.i dc guerre, of Foxes. 



While resident at Green Bay, they occupied also Lac du 

 Flambeau, and extended themselves to Lake Superior, and 

 southwest of its shores, to the Sauc and Little Sauc Rivers, 

 above the Falls of St. Anthony. While thus located, they ap- 

 pear to have fallen out with the Chippewas, their cousins -ger- 

 man, and leagued with the Sioux, whom they have, of late, so 

 strenuously fought. With the aid of the latter, at first covertly 

 Maintained the possession of the rice lakes and mid- 

 land hunting grounds. But they were finally overthrown in a 

 general defeat, at these falls, by the combined Chippewa bands 

 of Lake Superior. The latter came down the St. Croix, by its 

 Xamakagon branch. They were led by Wahb Ojeeg. Their 

 spies reached the falls without having encountered an enemy, 

 but they unexpectedly found the Foxes, (whom they call Oo- 

 taigahmces.) with their allies, encamped at the other end of 

 the portage. A partial action ensued. It was rendered 

 general by the arrival of the whole Chippewa force. It was 

 a fierce and bloody action. The Foxes made a resolute 

 stand. But they were overpowered and fled. And they have 

 not since re-appeared in the rcrrion. Among the slain several 

 £ioux were found, and this is said to be the first actual testimo- 

 ny of the Sioux beim: leagued with them, in the war 



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