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Seven Days of the Life of a Soldier or Journal of a Tour from Green Bay to Mackinae? in a Bark Canoe... By Major Alex R. Thompson? U.S. Army June 1831.

The Village of Green Bay is situated on Fox River, about a mile from its debouelment? into the Bay. It is a thriving place and is called Menomini? Village. It contains some? fine buildings, a Court House, a jail, unclear Establishment, a Catholic church and school House. Some of the prettiest? farms in the Territory are on this River.

During the last year, a town? has been? laid out in lots? at the lower part of the settlement, at the junction of unclear and Fox unclear. It is called Nararine? and bids fair to the a flourishing place. It contains unclear good unclear, a tavern and other Buildings.

June 1st 1831. Left my unclear at Green Bay. This morning a unclear. The weather? was foggy early, but as the unclear rose in unclear over unclear beautiful Bay, the fog cleared away and presented us a fine morning. We unclear in our canoe, conducted? by Maj William Holliday? and armed? by the Armies? Four Company. It was manned by eight Frenchmen with paddles, they following the unclear of the unclear, by wearing Red, Green or? Blue feathers in their Hats. Our canoe, built of the unclear of the Brick? unclear, measured this. by three feet in length and now? contained two? men with their baggage. In? its unclear was a red feather followed by a blue, and the unclear was? unclear in the unclear unclear fashion.

We unclear Fort Howard? unclear by six companies? of unclear which floated in [[unclear[[ theunclear and unclear of our Country -- unclear Devil river which emptied into the Fox.