Traditions of De-Coo-Dah (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780970398581)

Originally published in 1858, Traditions of DE-COO-DAH is William Pidgeon's chronicle of befriending an Indian named De-coo-dah, last of the Elk Clan from Northern Iowa and Southwestern Wisconsin. After a mutual trust is accomplished, De-coo-dah takes Pidgeon on a walking tour of his ancestors? city sites and ceremonial earthworks. Pidgeon surveys, records data and illustrates most of the locations. Today, one can use De-coo-dah's directions on the Wisconsin River and the Mississippi River and actually locate earthworks still standing after all these ages past. A fantastic read and window into old Wisconsin and its river systems.

Author: William Pidgeon
ISBN-10: 0970398581
ISBN-13: 9780970398581
Publisher: Hayriver Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2005
Pages: 334
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.82d