The Kathio Villages

The Kathio Villages. Kathio Landmark Trail. , Daniel Greysolon, Sieur DuLuth , On July 2, 1679 Daniel Greysolon, Sieur DuLuth, wrote of planting the flag of France's King Louis XIV at a large village on Mille Lacs Lake, "...where never a Frenchman had been." Many believe that this historic encounter happened at the Vineland Bay archaeological site. If you scan the shoreline at the northeast end of Ogechie Lake, you can see the location of the Vineland Bay site, where a grove of spruce trees dominates the horizon., "Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut at the Head of the Lakes 1679" , 1922 painting by artist Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969)., Dakota Villages , Accounts of early European visitors note that there were forty villages of Dakota people living in the Mille Lacs area. These explorers believed Mille Lacs to be the political, social and spiritual center of the Dakota nation., The Mille Lacs Kathio locale, showing village sites of the late prehistoric period., A Century of Archaeology , For over a century, archaeologists have studied the Mille Lacs landscape for answers to questions about the ancient past that could not be found in historic records. So far, more than 30 archaeological sites have been discovered at Mille Lacs Kathio State Park.