wisconsan

Updated: June 23, 2025

The scenery of the Prairie des Chiens is among the most beautiful of the western wilderness nothing presents finer views than may be had from the lofty hills, which lie east of the Wisconsan.

James Athearn Jones - Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2

In one of the niches or recesses formed by one of these precipices, in the cavern of Kickapoo creek, which is a tributary of the Wisconsan, there is a gigantic mass of stone presenting the appearance of a human figure. It is so sheltered by the overhanging rocks, and by the sides of the recess in which it stands, as to assume a dark and gloomy character.

James Athearn Jones - Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2

From the top of this majestic hill, which is called Pike's Mountain, there is a beautiful and magnificent view of the two rivers, Wisconsan and Mississippi, which mingle their waters at its foot. The prairie has retained its old French appellation, derived from an Indian who formerly resided there, and was called the Dog.

James Athearn Jones - Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2