Excerpt from Ousconsin: The Badger State's Columbian Souvenir
HE people of to-day who ride over Wisconsin's broad acres, who visit its thriving cities and villages, its teeming marts of trade, and understand the scope of its vast industries, can hardly realize what it was as far back as 1634. It was in that year that Jean Nicolet, an agent or Champlain, Governor of Canada (or New France, as it was then known), landed upon the shore of the Fox river on one of his numerous voyages, and thus had the honor of being the first European to set foot upon the soil of what is now known as Wisconsin. It was deemed advisable to enter this new and mysterious Northwest, to treat with the savages, Christianize them, if possible, and last, but by no means least, to get a thorough knowledge of the fur trade.
It was upon this daring mission that Nicolet was sent, and with a crew of seven Indians of the Huron tribe the stout hearted man set forth.
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