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and over 500 soldiers lived within the fortified walls of Little Lake Butte des Morts. In 1716, during the
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most of the inhabitants. Similar events occurred in another siege in 1730.
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The Roland Kampo Memorial Bridge which carries the Tri-County Expressway (
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settlers, and means "Mound of the Dead" in reference to a nearby
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also crosses the lake. It carries the Loop the Lake Trail and
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which drains from the north end of Lake Winnebago around
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Looking south over Little Lake Butte des Morts at the
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and receives its inflow from a short segment of the
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Lake Butte des Morts
Location of Little Lake Butte des Morts in Wisconsin, USA.
Location of Little Lake Butte des Morts in Wisconsin, USA.
Winnebago County
Wisconsin
United States
44°12′34″N 088°27′51″W / 44.20944°N 88.46417°W / 44.20944; -88.46417
Primary inflows
Fox River
Basin

Roland Kampo Memorial Bridge
Highway 441
Wisconsin
Lake Butte des Morts
Fox–Wisconsin Waterway
Fox River
Doty Island
Green Bay
Butte des Morts
Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Menasha
Neenah
French
Indian
burial mound
civilians
Fox Wars
Siege of Little Butte des Mortes
massacred

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