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Seven Days of the Life of a Soldier or Journal of a Tour from Green Bay, to Mackinac? 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 debouchment? into the Bay. It is a thriving place and is called Menomini? Village. It contains some fine buildings, a Court House, a jail, Episcopal Missionary? 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 Devil and Fox rivers. It is called Navarino? and bids fair to be? a flourishing place. It contains some? good stone Houses, a tavern and other Buildings.

June 1st 1831.- Left my boarding house at Green Bay. This morning a ten O'ck. The weather was foggy early, but as the unclear rose in majesty over our? beautiful Bay, the fog cleared away and presented us a fine morning. We embarked in our canoe, conducted by Mr? William Holiday and armed? by the America Fur? Company. It was manned by eight Frenchmen -- with paddles, they following the fashion of the country?, by wearing Red, Green or? Blue feathers in their Hats. Our Canoe, built of the bark of the Brick tree, measured this. ty? three feet in length and now? contained ten men with their baggage. In its prew? was a red feather followed by a blue, and the stem? was? diemated? in the same lively fashion.

We unclear Fort Howard? unclear by six companies? of M J. Trooles?, in? which floated in unclear the Stars and Stripes of our Country -- unclear Devil river which emptied into the Fox, the unclear link? or? stream to the dividing ridges unclear unclear Lakes and? the Mississippi? -- unclear the unclear of a Canoe, lying bottom up and appearing like the ribs of an animal -- Proceeding? on our canoe, we unclear through a beautiful prairie, unclear by a unclear unclear of unclear.