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Post by hermin1 on Aug 23, 2013 12:54:41 GMT -5
Sara: iHope you are doing well. will try to find the reference for you. i couldn't remember if Louie Garcia mentioned it to me or not. yes Louie Garcia posted the info re. the Rock island Trasding post on Mike Denney's web site: mdenney.proboards.com/thread/774scrll to last posting by Louie as wakanhotanin. the dates of the post were in the history of Wabasha county,Minnesota. google it. |
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Post by sara on Aug 24, 2013 7:33:36 GMT -5
Thank-you
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Post by hermin1 on Aug 24, 2013 10:32:45 GMT -5
Sara: we're not sure if this augusting rocque was Joseph's9the one born in canada) brother or another Augustin Rocque.all Louie knew was that this guy had a trading post on Rock island from 1819 to 1826.
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Post by sara on Aug 25, 2013 11:10:59 GMT -5
Can you or anyone else forward me any archival documents of Mr Rocque/Rock being at Spirit Lake ND.
I can't seem to locate any off the net anyway.
Thanks,
Sara
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Post by hermin1 on Aug 25, 2013 12:07:44 GMT -5
Sara: contact Louie Garcia for the info you seek. His email is louis_Garcia @littlehoop.edu
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Post by wakanhotain on Aug 28, 2013 16:00:33 GMT -5
Rock Island in Devils Lake is now a peninsula attached to the north shore.
It is known as Camp Grafton, the ND State National Guard training camp. Military from all over the world attend classes at Camp Grafton.
The Captain Herman Papers in the archives at the ND State Historical Society, Bismarck has some information.
If I remember correctly Little Fish/ AKA Tiyowaste, told Herman how they attacked the fur post and killed one of the traders. Thinking they were Ojibwe instead of white men. I think the slain man was not part of the LaRock family.
I am sure I mentioned in a previous post that the LaRocks still live here on the Rez. They are a French/Ojibwe/ Dakota family.
Toksta ake, Louie
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Post by hermin1 on Aug 29, 2013 3:23:34 GMT -5
hanks so much for the info,Louie.
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Post by wakanhotain on Aug 29, 2013 11:33:25 GMT -5
I forgot to mention that Rock Island can be seen on early maps of Devils Lake with the title Big island.
However the Dakota name is Cokamwita (Center Island).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 16:45:02 GMT -5
I've moved three times since my last post [Dec 13, 2011]. And I deleted my membership/subscription to this forum shortly after. Too much information for me to digest at the time. I'm back in again, re-reading all the posts on this old thread. A lot of information, a lot of confusion and misinformation. I have new information and a lot of clarification to post. I think maybe a new thread might be the best way to do it. Once I post a new thread, I'll be back here to make notice of the new thread.
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