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Mrs. Moran
pril 17, 1936
Miss Florence Maloney
Sun Prairie, Wisoonsin
Miss Florence Maloney was born in sun Prairie gplAi about 1875, and has
lived there ever since. Her father was one of the early settlers, coming there
in 1859. He conducted a general store in Sun Prairie for several years. Miss
Maloney has written artiOles on the history of Bun Prairie and is very well
posted on that subject.
The Alnnebagos were the first tribe in thelillage when the #650--ftrirE-
r--witektja first white settlers came. Although but a small
tribe to begin, with, they later became very bold and warlike and fought with the
British against us in the war of 1812. When they occupied Dane County, they had:
several villages on the lake shore in Maga= and at the mouth of Token Creek.
In 1837, with exception of one or two families, the entire white population of
the county lived in Madison.
When the Indians sold their. And. and left on their march to the west, they
passed the old Bird home, just out of the village. In the center of the pro-
cession was n wagon-sind white men carrying a white flag. On each side of the
wagon roc* theIndiais with their ponies and the squaws with papooses strapped
to their backsiAn .7
ox.teemvhitched to a cumbersome wagon called the *Prairie Schooner*
furnished practically the only means of transportation for early settlers. .The
iheels ofthis*schooner* were made of section's cut from logs, the axles were
made from-treew,--small trees with holes out in the center.
In-tam:spring of 1840 the, first election took place at the home of Chas.
ird, nine vot.i being theLtotal number oast.
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104a thsr*firirt malTiagst::serinsortOook place Charles Bird as jai-
Atjeci.41.