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GREEN BAX CITY DIRECTORY.
born of a noble family in France, had been impelled by his
love of adventure to come to America, and there marrying
the daughter of an Indian Chief, he had long lived among
the Indians, and was much respected by them. His son
Charles rose to great distinction as an Indian Officer during
the French and Indian war, that broke out soon after their
settlement at Green Bay. He will perhaps be best remem-
bered, from the fact of his having command of the Indian
forces in the celebrated defeat of Braddock. DeLanglade,
occupying about the same position in the French army, as
Washington did in the English. That is to say inferior in
command, but practically head. Throughout all that war
Chas. DeLanglade seemed to be present wherever there
was a battle. When peace was declared, he returned to his
home at Green Bay, for by the terms of the treaty, while
the forts and unoccupied land, passed into the possession of
the British Government, the settlers were allowed to hold
the claims that they had received from the French Govern-
ment. The little coloney remained for many years in statu
quo. This was naturally the case from the character of the
colonists, they were not men of business enterprise, nor
were they eager to amass riches, they loved the wild life of
the woods, and the indolent freedom of the Indian. Charles
I)eLanglade was a half-breed, and nearly all the settlers had
Indian wives. They were bold, courageous, and adventur-
ous, as befitted their peculiar positions, but used no boat
larger than a canoe, and raised no more grain than was
needed for their own consumption. For many years they
were content to grind their flour from a hand mill, turned
by two persons, then a horse-power increased their milling
facilities, so that they were able to grind fourteen bushels of
wheat in a day.
  In 1785, forty years from its first settlement, the colony
could boast of but seven families, and fifty-six souls. Six-
teen out of these fifty-six, lived on the west side of the river,
the remainder of the population and the two stores, that
were then in operation were on the east side.
  These early settlers living so far away from all civilized
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