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	The approximate location of the site was first observed by white explorers and recorded on maps made in Paris in 1702 by Gullaume Delisle. When [[DUBUQUE, Julien\|Julien DUBUQUE]] requested that Governor Franceso Luis Hector, Baron de Carondelet, the governor of Spanish Louisiana, grant him the possession to the [[MINES OF SPAIN]] he used the Tetes de Morts in his petition. Dubuque described his mining area as running from the heights above the Little Maquoketa River southward to the heights above the Tetes de Morts and three leagues wide.		The approximate location of the site was first observed by white explorers and recorded on maps made in Paris in 1702 by Gullaume Delisle. When [[DUBUQUE, Julien\|Julien DUBUQUE]] requested that Governor Franceso Luis Hector, Baron de Carondelet, the governor of Spanish Louisiana, grant him the possession to the [[MINES OF SPAIN]] he used the Tetes de Morts in his petition. Dubuque described his mining area as running from the heights above the Little Maquoketa River southward to the heights above the Tetes de Morts and three leagues wide.

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New page: TETES DE MORTS. French name meaning "heads of death." Site of a creek and rugged bluffs south of Dubuque, the area was, in the early days, the home of a band of WINNEBAGO. A chief of t...

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TETES DE MORTS. French name meaning "heads of death." Site of a creek and rugged bluffs south of Dubuque, the area was, in the early days, the home of a band of [[WINNEBAGO]]. A chief of the tribe fell in love with the daughter of a [[FOX]] chief living near Prairie du Chien. One day, finding her in the company of another man, the Winnebago chief showed his contempt by spitting in her face. Her father vowed revenge.

Moving south with his braves, the Fox chief caught the unsuspecting Winnebago tribe asleep. Fierce fighting drove the defenders to the top of the bluff from which they jumped to their death rather than being made captives.

The approximate location of the site was first observed by white explorers and recorded on maps made in Paris in 1702 by Gullaume Delisle. When [[DUBUQUE, Julien|Julien DUBUQUE]] requested that Governor Franceso Luis Hector, Baron de Carondelet, the governor of Spanish Louisiana, grant him the possession to the [[MINES OF SPAIN]] he used the Tetes de Morts in his petition. Dubuque described his mining area as running from the heights above the Little Maquoketa River southward to the heights above the Tetes de Morts and three leagues wide.

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Randylyon at 21:37, 26 December 2008

Randylyon: New page: TETES DE MORTS. French name meaning "heads of death." Site of a creek and rugged bluffs south of Dubuque, the area was, in the early days, the home of a band of WINNEBAGO. A chief of t...