2024 History Series (Episode 2): "On Location: Ho-Chunk Treaty Trail"—Prelude to the Neutral Ground

EPISODE 2: PRELUDE TO THE NEUTRAL GROUND—Tensions reached a crescendo as miners illegally flooded onto Ho-Chunk homeland. The treaty trail journey commenced.

ABOUT THIS SERIES:
Trails lead people from one place to another. We generally think of them as physical routes worn into the ground by the footsteps of travelers, but a trail can also be defined in a broader sense as a path through life's circumstances. For many Ho-Chunk people, their trail of forced expulsion was marked by a succession of treaty-mandated reservations where families were forced to relocate, adapt, and carry on their lives in the midst of intense suffering. Retrace this path with us from Wisconsin through Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska.

Historic Indian Agency House | Portage, WI

https://www.agencyhouse.org/treaty-trail

Audio Includes:
“Native American Style A3 Bamboo Flute,” by Wood_Flutes CC 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Wood_Flu...
“Native American Style Flute in A,” by Wood_Flutes CC 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Wood_Flu...
Various CC0 Sound Effects, Courtesy of freesound.org

Illustrations Include:
“A New Map of Iowa: Accompanied with Notes” by W. Barrows, 1845, LOC: https://www.loc.gov/item/2007626856/
“Capitol east view Capitol south west view,” William Morrison, 1842, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016652473/
Scans of Government Documents from the National Archives and Similar Organizations
Painting of Fort Winnebago by Ira Ridgeway, Portage Public Library
Portrait of Black Hawk by George Catlin https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/mu...
Portrait of Henry Dodge, US Senate Historical Office https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/...
Portrait of Lewis Cass by W. J. Edwards https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moaa/X-b...
Portrait of Pierre Menard, Ayer Collection, Newberry Library
Portrait of Red Bird in McKenney & Hall
https://books.google.com/books?id=Yq1...
Portrait of Wau-kawn-ha-ka in McKenney & Hall https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/wa...
“Pursuit of the Mexicans by the U.S. Dragoons” in Currier & Ives, 1847 https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.09686/
“The United States according to the definitive treaty of peace signed at Paris Sept. 3d. 1783,” William McMurray, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71005423/
“Traveling to Agency,” “Harvesting Wild Rice,” and “Baraboo Village” 2021-2, by A. Novey
“View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie Du Chien, September 1825” by J. O. Lewis, https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/vi...