by Nikki Rajala | Feb 1, 2025 | Voyageur
Most Minnesotans know that Dakota, and then Ojibwe tribes, resided here from early on. But the Winnebago (properly called Ho-Chunk) also lived here for a short time. I recently learned that while perusing an old account book of fur trader A.C. Riggs with two small...
by Nikki Rajala | Jan 9, 2025 | Voyageur
Recently I’ve been perusing an old accounts book from a fur trader, Ashley Crowl Riggs. On the first page, Riggs titled it, “Winnebago* accounts for the 1852 and 1853 at Watab and Cold Spring.” That piqued my interest for 2 reasons: because Cold Spring is only 5...
