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Early History

with two men (Picard & Ako) crossed over to the Illinois, & descended that stream and the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, being thus the first to discover the mouth of that mighty river. While returning they were taken by a party of Indians and traveled with them nineteen days up the Mississippi to within six leagues of the Falls of St. Anthony a name then first applied to this romantic place in honor of the patron saint of the expedition. From thence they traveled for sixty leagues afoot to the habitations of the Indians where they were joined by Sieur de Luth and five men. Towards the end of September (1680) they descended the river named by them the St. Francis, to the Mississippi and passing [up] by way of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers arrived at Green Bay where they found many Canadians, come there for the purpose of trade.

Early History

with two men (Picard & Ako) crossed over to the Illinois, & descended that stream and the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, being thus the first to discover the mouth of that mighty river. While returning they were taken by a party of Indians and traveled with them nineteen days up the Mississippi to within six leagues of the Falls of St. Anthony a name then first applied to this romantic place in honor of the patron saint of the expedition. From thence they traveled for sixty leagues afoot to the habitations of the Indians where they were joined by Sieur de Luth and five men. Towards the end of September (1680) they descended the river named by them the St. Francis, to the Mississippi and passing [up] by way of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers arrived at Green Bay where they found many Canadians, come there for the purpose of trade.