2024 History Series (Episode 5): "On Location: Ho-Chunk Treaty Trail"—From Hope to Crow Creek

EPISODE 5: FROM HOPE TO CROW CREEK—New beginnings at Blue Earth gave way to tragedy and trauma.
ABOUT THIS SERIES: Trails lead people from one place to another. We generally think of them as physical routes worn into the ground by the footsteps of travelers, but a trail can also be defined in a broader sense as a path through life's circumstances. For many Ho-Chunk people, their trail of forced expulsion was marked by a succession of treaty-mandated reservations where families were forced to relocate, adapt, and carry on their lives in the midst of intense suffering. Retrace this path with us from Wisconsin through Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Historic Indian Agency House | Portage, WI https://www.agencyhouse.org/treaty-trail
Audio Includes:
“D5 Native American Style Flute,” by Wood_Flutes CC 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Wood_Flu...
“Hoe-work.wav” by 16HPanskaDvorakova_Aneta CC 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/16HPansk...
“Native American Style A3 Bamboo Flute,” by Wood_Flutes CC 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Wood_Flu...
“Native American Style Flute in A,” by Wood_Flutes CC 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Wood_Flu...
“Native American Style Flute in F#4” by Wood_Flutes CC3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Wood_Flu...
Various CC0 Sound Effects, Courtesy of freesound.org
“Veracruz” by Quincas Moreira, YouTube Audio Library
Wisconsin Dells Singers and Dancers of the Ho-Chunk Nation May 14, 2022
Illustrations Include:
“Birds Eye View of the City of Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, 1870” by Ruger & Stoner, https://www.loc.gov/item/75694640/
“Black and White Photograph of the Crow Creek Agency,” c1879, Nebraska State Historical Society, RG2063.PH000042-000001
“Chamber of Representatives” by John Poppel https://www.loc.gov/item/2014649260/
“Crow Creek Agency Chapel,” c1880, Nebraska State Historical Society, RG2063.PH000042-000002
“Delegation of Winnebago Chiefs” by Unknown Photographer, Nebraska State Historical Society, RG2067.PH000005-000001
“First Train Across Bull Run Bridge, Spring of 1863” by Andrew J. Russell https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.0...
“Fort Snelling” by Benjamin Franklin Upton, https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3...
Google Earth Views
“Group of Winnebago Indians Seated on Bench Outside of Building” by C. H. Hamilton, https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c15...
Historic American Building Survey Photographs of Blue Earth Agency, https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.mn00...
“Ill-fated Sultana” by Thomas W. Bankes, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013647457/
“Moving Camp – Astina,” by Edward S. Curtis https://www.loc.gov/item/2002722337/
Photographs of Displays at the Blue Earth County Historical Society Museum
Portrait of Chief Little Crow by Frank Blackwell Mayer https://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.17...
Scans of Government Documents from the National Archives and Similar Organizations
“The Weekly Minnesotian,” July 7, 1855, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...
“Winnebagoes at Fort Snelling, 1863,” by Benjamin Franklin Upton, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/i... from the New York Public Library
Updates made 11/28/2025