The entire chapter can be seen on the Iowa History Site ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STORIES OF IOWA CHAPTER III A FRENCH AND INDIAN BATTLE IN IOWA After the journey of Marquette and Joliet other Frenchmen came to the Mississippi Valley. One of these was Nicolas Perrot. He built trading posts where he exchanged guns, powder, breads, kettles, trinkets, and cloth, for furs which the Indians brought him. One of these posts was located at Prairie du Chien just across the Mississippi from the present location of McGregor, Iowa. Another was built across the Mississippi not far from the present site of Dubuque. Although Perrot did not live in the Iowa country he carried on much trade with the Indians in this region. In those days many fur-bearing animals were found in the woods and along the streams in Iowa. Deer, bears, raccoons, muskrats, otters, and beavers were plentiful. Buffaloes, too, lived on the prairies. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/