Wisconsin's Ho-Chunk Nation is buying up land north of Green Bay where French explorer Jean Nicolet is believed to have landed in 1634 — and where the tribe believes its founders gathered long before then at an ``origin place.''
The area known as Red Banks is located along the western shore of Lake Michigan's Green Bay.
http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2006/04/13/wi/tribe.txt
Nicolet arrived wearing bright-colored robes that day, thinking he was landing in or near China rather than what would someday become Wisconsin. At least he was aware that people were here, not just an "untamed wilderness" as some older history books would describe the continent.
Posted by Dave at April 13, 2006 09:04 AM