Version 1. (5) "The O-chung-o-raw [Hotcâgara] have no very (6) definite traditions of their condition before the whites came among them except that they were much more prosperous, and that they had wars and built a fort constructed of logs or pickets set in the ground. This fort is supposed to have been built at the Red Banks." [1]

Version 2. "[A siege story is] set at a Native American fort built near the primeval site of Hotcâk origins at Red Banks. This fort is now known as the "Winnebago Fort," since it is widely believed to have been built by the Hotcâgara when they were masters of this region." [2]

Commentary. "a fort constructed of logs or pickets" -- forts of this description were known from Mississippian times and a few were found in Wisconsin as northern outposts of Cahokia. However, in later times the Iroquois also built forts of this kind, so we cannot be certain that the Hotcâk counterpart is of such a cultural lineage.

"Red Banks" -- The narrative of George Gage continues as a commentary on Red Banks: "These 'Red Banks', which figure so conspicuously in O-chunk-o-raw [Hotcâgara] tradition, have always been called by the French "Le Cap des Puants"; and area situated on the east side of Green Bay about twelve miles north of the town of that name. The water side is of red clay and rises abruptly nearly perpendicular, about 50 feet from the water of the Bay, and it exhibits signs of having once a passage way or steps cut in the clay to descend to the water. The south and east for several hundred acres is now covered with forest. The country is nearly level and has every appearance of having once been cultivated. Upon this Bank are earth works in the N., S., and east, with a mound in front indicating that the promontory was once an earth fort of its ancient occupants." [3]

"A siege story" -- this story is related in Annihilation of the Hotcâgara II.

Links: The Creation Council.

Stories: set at Red Banks (Mógacútc): The Creation Council, Annihilation of the Hotcâgara II, The Great Lodge, Thunderbird Clan Origin Myth, vv. 1, 2, 3, 5, Bear Clan Origin Myth, vv. 2a, 3, 8, Blue Bear, Waterspirit Clan Origin Myth, The Hotcâk Arrival Myth, The Creation of Man, v. 10, Wonághire Wâkcik Clan Origin Myth, v. 2, Pigeon Clan Origins, fr. 1, Eagle Clan Origin Myth, Elk Clan Origin Myth, v. 1, Deer Clan Origin Myth, v. 1, Buffalo Clan Origin Myth, Blessing of the Yellow Snake Chief, Gatschet's Hotcank hit'e ("St. Peet", "Hotcâk Origins"), The Shell Anklets Origin Myth, v. 1, The Seven Maidens, Big Thunder Teaches Tcap'ósgaga the Warpath.

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