Like a Deer Chased by Dogs: The Life of Chief Oshkosh

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Somebody who has spent any period of time within the Lake Winnebago region is accustomed to the image of Chief Oshkosh in his tall beaver hat, coat with tails, and his steel-eyed gaze. The city of Oshkosh, a beer company, and a large number of other business concerns have used his name and image. Even a bronze statue of a tall muscular Indian stands in Menominee Park over his supposed grave. But who used to be the actual Chief Oshkosh of the Menominee? Folklore concerning his raucous drinking behavior has come down over the last hundred and fifty years and is infrequently difficult to separate from fact. He has been both vilified and praised for the treaties he signed with the federal government. Interviews, recollections, observations and published accounts are complied into a whole picture of the actual man.

Distributed for the Oshkosh Public Museum

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