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In this remarkable memoir written when she was 86, Madame de Neveu (1818-1906) recalls her childhood in Green Bay during the 1820s and 1830s, and her home life after marrying Gustav de Neveu in 1838 and settling outside Fond du Lac. She vividly describes daily household life, childhood activities, wild animals kept as pets, many interactions with Native American neighbors, the panic caused by the 1862 Sioux Uprising, and other aspects of homesteading on the Wisconsin frontier.Citation
de Neveu, Harriet Dousman. "A Few Thoughts of the Long Ago." Wisconsin Commonwealth Fond du Lac, Wis.), June 12, 1905;