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At the Paris Exhibition of 1889 the Grand Prizes for engraving were given to an English sketching etcher, Haden, and to two French etchers, Boilvin and Chauvel. In 1857, I and many others looked upon sketching as defective work, excusable only on the plea of want of time to do better. The omissions in a sketch, which when intelligent are merits, seemed to me, on the contrary, so many faults.
This anecdote led to another, the scene of which was Prairie du Chien, on the Mississippi. There was a Frenchman, a justice of the peace, who was universally known by the name of "Old Boilvin."
In 1810 Nicholas Boilvin, United States Indian agent at Prairie du Chien, reported that the Indians about the lead mines had mostly abandoned the chase and turned their attention to the manufacture of lead, which they sold to fur traders. In 1825 there were at least 100 white miners in the entire lead region, and by 1829 they numbered in the thousands.
"Come in," cried Old Boilvin, rising and walking toward the door. Bell, Here, sir, I have brought Fry to you, as you ordered. Justice Fry, you great rascal! What for you kill M. Rolette's calf? Fry, I did not kill M. Rolette's calf. You lie, you great rascal! Bell, take him to jail. Come, gentlemen, come, let us take a leetle quelque-chose.
A drunken little Indian, named, by the French people around, "Old Boilvin," from his resemblance to an Indian Agent of that name at Prairie du Chien, was the person on account of whose death the application was made.
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