Whispers of the Past A History of the Chippewa Flowage...Whispers of the Past A History of the Chippewa Flowage gives a detailed historic account of what life was like for the people of the Chippewa Basin long before the Chippewa Flowage was created in 1923. Dating back to the time of the fur trade, the era of when the Sioux and Ojibwe Indian tribes battled for dominance of northwestern Wisconsin, the heyday of the logging industry, and the existence of the stopping places and early resorts of the region