Laurent Fily

Laurent Fily was a French trader who came to Milwaukee in the year of 1805 with a stock of dry goods and provisions from Green Bay. Shortly after his arrival, he was lured to Mukwonago by Mash-e-took with the promise of a large deal in furs. Fily was taken to the lodge of the scalpless Pee-shah-no, and there he was forced to make a promise of a large ransom in rum, firelock, and trinkets to escape death.

Fily and Mash-e-took returned to Milwaukee and began picking up the goods for ransom, but when the Indians in Milwaukee saw Mash-e-took helping him pack, a fight began. Poor Fily was the loser again, for the desperate Mash-e-took threw a powder horn into a pile of embers in the fireplace and scattered the fire, burning the cabin and most of the stock of goods.