Nicolet Memorial
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frankhj
N 44° 34.188 W 087° 52.697
16T E 430262 N 4935537
Jean Nicolet Statue N. of Green Bay, WI. Hwy 57 has been changed and the statue has been moved to the new coordinates at Wequioc Falls Park.
Waymark Code: WM1ZWA
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2007
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Many of the explorers who followed Columbus were more interested in finding an easy route to Asia than they were in exploring and settling this continent. In 1634 Jean Nicolet, emissary of Gov. Samuel de Champlain of New France, landed at Red Banks on the shore of Green Bay about a mile west of here. His mission was to arrange peace with the "People of the Sea" and to ally them with France. Nicolet half expected to meet Asiatics on his voyage and had with him an elaborate Oriental robe which he put on before landing. The Winnegago Indians who met him were more impressed with the "thunder" he carried in both hands as he stepped ashore firing his pistols. Nicolet reported to his superiors that he was well entertained with "sixscore beavers" being served at one banquet, but it was the pelts and not the flesh of the beaver that were to be highly prized by those who followed him.
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