gros-pied

Updated: May 14, 2025

Soon after mid-day, we descended a long, sloping knoll, and by a sudden turn came full in view of the beautiful sheet of water denominated Gros-pied by the French, Maunk-suck by the natives, and by ourselves Big-foot, from the chief whose village overlooked its waters.

Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie - Wau-bun: The Early Day in the Northwest