Before their removal to White Earth, Fond du Lac, and other reservations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Goodwin, Porter, and LaPrairie families all lived as an extended family group at and near what would become Pine County, Minnesota.
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![familyimages > The LaPrairies all descend from a man with a long history in the fur trade - Joseph Duchene LaPrairie. From Bruce White's THE FUR TRADE IN MINNESOTA: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT SOURCES, p. 4-5: "[William H. C. Folsom] referred to an old trader of the Snake River area whose son was named Joseph 'Le Prairie.' This trader, Folsom recalled, had been in the Indian country as early as the 1770s and continued in the trade until the 1830s. He had become blind in his old age, and the Indians had supposedly named him 'Mushk-de-winini,' which Folsom translated as 'old blind...Prairie man.''' From MY FIRST YEARS IN THE FUR TRADE, THE JOURNALS OF 1802 - 1804 GEORGE NELSON, p. 610: Joseph Duchene LaPrairie was "[l]isted as clerk in John Sayer and Co., 1795-96; [and] built and occupied his Fort Folle Avoine on the Yellow River in the fall of 1802. He spent the next years in the St. Croix valley and was still trading, despite having lost his sight, in 1836 at Lake Pokegama. He died sometime after 1860 . . . . His wife, mentioned by Nelson, has been identified as Pimegeeshigoqua, an Ojibwa . . . . [Nelson] remembered La Prairie as 'a good & well meaning man' . . . . He was also said to be 'expert in the use of roots' and plant medicines . . . ."](http://familyimages.smugmug.com/Connect-with-the-past/families-of-white-earth-leech/Goodwins-Porters-LaPrairies/FolleAvoineImagea/205150622_4NTzR-Ti.jpg "familyimages > The LaPrairies all descend from a man with a long history in the fur trade - Joseph Duchene LaPrairie. From Bruce White's THE FUR TRADE IN MINNESOTA: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT SOURCES, p. 4-5: \"[William H. C. Folsom] referred to an old trader of the Snake River area whose son was named Joseph 'Le Prairie.' This trader, Folsom recalled, had been in the Indian country as early as the 1770s and continued in the trade until the 1830s. He had become blind in his old age, and the Indians had supposedly named him 'Mushk-de-winini,' which Folsom translated as 'old blind...Prairie man.''' From MY FIRST YEARS IN THE FUR TRADE, THE JOURNALS OF 1802 - 1804 GEORGE NELSON, p. 610: Joseph Duchene LaPrairie was \"[l]isted as clerk in John Sayer and Co., 1795-96; [and] built and occupied his Fort Folle Avoine on the Yellow River in the fall of 1802. He spent the next years in the St. Croix valley and was still trading, despite having lost his sight, in 1836 at Lake Pokegama. He died sometime after 1860 . . . . His wife, mentioned by Nelson, has been identified as Pimegeeshigoqua, an Ojibwa . . . . [Nelson] remembered La Prairie as 'a good & well meaning man' . . . . He was also said to be 'expert in the use of roots' and plant medicines . . . .\"")
![familyimages > From Curot's Journal: Friday, Saturday 30, 31 [December, 1803]. Smith, Boisvert, and Connor left to go to the Lodges before they break up. They arrived today with six sides and eight legs of venison, three lynx Skins, and one muskrat. The Mother in law Of La prairie died yesterday at 8 oClock in the morning, buried at 4 today.](http://familyimages.smugmug.com/Connect-with-the-past/families-of-white-earth-leech/Goodwins-Porters-LaPrairies/1803LaprairiesMotherInLaw/205109130_vwQ3i-Ti-1.gif "familyimages > From Curot's Journal: Friday, Saturday 30, 31 [December, 1803]. Smith, Boisvert, and Connor left to go to the Lodges before they break up. They arrived today with six sides and eight legs of venison, three lynx Skins, and one muskrat. The Mother in law Of La prairie died yesterday at 8 oClock in the morning, buried at 4 today.")
The LaPrairies all descend from a man with a long history in the fur trade - Joseph Duchene LaPrairie. From Bruce White's THE FUR TRADE IN MINNESOTA: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT SOURCES, p. 4-5: "[William H. C. Folsom] referred to an old trader of the Snake River area whose son was named Joseph 'Le Prairie.' This trader, Folsom recalled, had been in the Indian country as early as the 1770s and continued in the trade until the 1830s. He had become blind in his old age, and the Indians had supposedly named him 'Mushk-de-winini,' which Folsom translated as 'old blind...Prairie man.''' From MY FIRST YEARS IN THE FUR TRADE, THE JOURNALS OF 1802 - 1804 GEORGE NELSON, p. 610: Joseph Duchene LaPrairie was "[l]isted as clerk in John Sayer and Co., 1795-96; [and] built and occupied his Fort Folle Avoine on the Yellow River in the fall of 1802. He spent the next years in the St. Croix valley and was still trading, despite having lost his sight, in 1836 at Lake Pokegama. He died sometime after 1860 . . . . His wife, mentioned by Nelson, has been identified as Pimegeeshigoqua, an Ojibwa . . . . [Nelson] remembered La Prairie as 'a good & well meaning man' . . . . He was also said to be 'expert in the use of roots' and plant medicines . . . ."
![> The LaPrairies all descend from a man with a long history in the fur trade - Joseph Duchene LaPrairie. From Bruce White's THE FUR TRADE IN MINNESOTA: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT SOURCES, p. 4-5: "[William H. C. Folsom] referred to an old trader of the Snake River area whose son was named Joseph 'Le Prairie.' This trader, Folsom recalled, had been in the Indian country as early as the 1770s and continued in the trade until the 1830s. He had become blind in his old age, and the Indians had supposedly named him 'Mushk-de-winini,' which Folsom translated as 'old blind...Prairie man.''' From MY FIRST YEARS IN THE FUR TRADE, THE JOURNALS OF 1802 - 1804 GEORGE NELSON, p. 610: Joseph Duchene LaPrairie was "[l]isted as clerk in John Sayer and Co., 1795-96; [and] built and occupied his Fort Folle Avoine on the Yellow River in the fall of 1802. He spent the next years in the St. Croix valley and was still trading, despite having lost his sight, in 1836 at Lake Pokegama. He died sometime after 1860 . . . . His wife, mentioned by Nelson, has been identified as Pimegeeshigoqua, an Ojibwa . . . . [Nelson] remembered La Prairie as 'a good & well meaning man' . . . . He was also said to be 'expert in the use of roots' and plant medicines . . . ."](http://familyimages.smugmug.com/Connect-with-the-past/families-of-white-earth-leech/Goodwins-Porters-LaPrairies/FolleAvoineImagea/205150622_4NTzR-S.jpg "> The LaPrairies all descend from a man with a long history in the fur trade - Joseph Duchene LaPrairie. From Bruce White's THE FUR TRADE IN MINNESOTA: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT SOURCES, p. 4-5: \"[William H. C. Folsom] referred to an old trader of the Snake River area whose son was named Joseph 'Le Prairie.' This trader, Folsom recalled, had been in the Indian country as early as the 1770s and continued in the trade until the 1830s. He had become blind in his old age, and the Indians had supposedly named him 'Mushk-de-winini,' which Folsom translated as 'old blind...Prairie man.''' From MY FIRST YEARS IN THE FUR TRADE, THE JOURNALS OF 1802 - 1804 GEORGE NELSON, p. 610: Joseph Duchene LaPrairie was \"[l]isted as clerk in John Sayer and Co., 1795-96; [and] built and occupied his Fort Folle Avoine on the Yellow River in the fall of 1802. He spent the next years in the St. Croix valley and was still trading, despite having lost his sight, in 1836 at Lake Pokegama. He died sometime after 1860 . . . . His wife, mentioned by Nelson, has been identified as Pimegeeshigoqua, an Ojibwa . . . . [Nelson] remembered La Prairie as 'a good & well meaning man' . . . . He was also said to be 'expert in the use of roots' and plant medicines . . . .\"")
The LaPrairies all descend from a man with a long history in the fur trade - Joseph Duchene LaPrairie. From Bruce White's THE FUR TRADE IN MINNESOTA: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT SOURCES, p. 4-5: "[William H. C. Folsom] referred to an old trader of the Snake River area whose son was named Joseph 'Le Prairie.' This trader, Folsom recalled, had been in the Indian country as early as the 1770s and continued in the trade until the 1830s. He had become blind in his old age, and the Indians had supposedly named him 'Mushk-de-winini,' which Folsom translated as 'old blind...Prairie man.''' From MY FIRST YEARS IN THE FUR TRADE, THE JOURNALS OF 1802 - 1804 GEORGE NELSON, p. 610: Joseph Duchene LaPrairie was "[l]isted as clerk in John Sayer and Co., 1795-96; [and] built and occupied his Fort Folle Avoine on the Yellow River in the fall of 1802. He spent the next years in the St. Croix valley and was still trading, despite having lost his sight, in 1836 at Lake Pokegama. He died sometime after 1860 . . . . His wife, mentioned by Nelson, has been identified as Pimegeeshigoqua, an Ojibwa . . . . [Nelson] remembered La Prairie as 'a good & well meaning man' . . . . He was also said to be 'expert in the use of roots' and plant medicines . . . ."
