INDEX

A.
Adoption of Captives by chiefs, [61]
Agriculture and civilization, [25]
Atkinson, Gen. at Ottawa, [51]
letter to Col. Gratiot, [56]
offers reward, [54]
Auburn, where Elder Horn died, [100]
B.
Battle of “Stillman’s Run”, [20]
The Pecatonica, [92]
Beloit, Turtle village, [55]
Beouchard, Lieut. Edward, [55]
meeting captives, [79]
Big Fox, camp near, [63]
Black Earth Creek, camp on, [76]
Black Hawk War, [17]
Black Hawk, born at Rock Island, [18]
council of, [18]
fought with English, 1812, [18]
grief of, [19]
love of country, [18]
ordered to move to Iowa, [18]
return to Illinois, [18]
speech of, [18]
second council of, [20]
Black Hawk’s Grove, arrival at, [45]
Black Hawk “Lookout”, camp near, [75]
Black Hawk, picture of as a warrior, [17]
picture of as civilian, [21]
Black Hawk’s village, [26]
Blacksmith, important settler, [25]
Blockhouses, building of, [54]
Brigham, Ebenezer, Indian feast, [82]
Buckwheat as first crop, [25]
Buffalo, herds of, [12]
“Burnt City”, near Ft. Atkinson, Wis., [61]
C.
Camp on Wisconsin river, [74]
Black Hawk’s Grove, [45], [59]
Black Hawk’s “Lookout”, camp near, [75]
Cold Spring, [61]
Horicon Lake, [63]
Portage, camp near, [70]
Canada, Indian voyages to, [26]
Canoes, where girls entered, [68]
Captives, Indians kill when attacked, [71]
Captivity of Hall girls, [38]
“Carolina”, St. Louis to Beardstown, [94]
Chickens, prairie, [12]
Chippewas, Indians, [16]
Cholera at St. Louis, [93]
Civilization, marriage and agriculture, [25]
Clark, Gov., of Missouri, [93]
Clothes, Indians furnish Hall girls, [62]
Cold Spring, camping at, [61]
Comb, Rachel’s thrown away, [62]
Co-mee, tried to buy wife, [23]
arrest of for murder, [111]
acquittal, [112]
alleged confession of murder, [113]
Country, description of, [9]
D.
Dam across Indian Creek, [29]
Indians object to, [29]
Indian tears outlet through, [29]
Dancing of Indians, [41], [59], [64]
Davis City, dream of, [28]
Davis, Jefferson, [9]
Davis Settlement, [23]
Davis, Alex., escape of, [32]
Davis, William, sketch of, [25]
children of murdered, [35]
murdered by Indians, [35]
powerful and brave, [28]
whipped Indian with stick, [29]
Davis, Wm., Jr., escape of, [35]
Dedication of State Monument, [105]
Deer, herds of, [12]
Description of country, [9]
Dixon, center of trails, [13]
Dodge, Col., raises troops, [54]
address to Indians, [85]
command at Blue Mounds, [81]
takes hostages, [87]
Drunkenness in Militia, [52]
“Dry Year”, the, [31]
Dunavan, Mrs. A. Miranda, [6], [97], [103]
information given by, [6]
Dunavan, Samuel, married Miss Munson, [97]
picture of, [103]
E.
Eckles, Hon. James II., U. S. Treasurer, [98]
Eckles, Winnie, married to Judge Landis, [98]
English government pensioned Sacs, [26]
Evidence, best, [6]
F.
Family history, Munson, [6], [95]
Family history, Horn, [6], [100]
Fire, a prairie, [11]
Flag of Truce, [20], [79]
Flowers, many beautiful, [12], [27]
great growth of, [31]
Forests, trees of, [10]
Fort Defiance, rest at, [78]
Fort Winnebago, Portage, [78]
Fox Indians, [13]
Fox river, description of, [9]
G.
Galena, meeting of people, [54]
Game, abundance of, [12]
Geology of country, [10]
George, Henry, at work on dam, [32]
shot by Indians, [36]
Gratiot, Capt. Bion, and Indians, [81]
wife of, cultured, [89], [90]
Gratiot, Col. Henry, Indians’ friend, [55]
address to Indians, [84]
Gratiot’s Grove, description of, [89]
H.
Hair, ceremony of clipping, [68], [70]
cutting locks from captives, [68]
scalp, double meaning of, [70]
Hall girls, as captives, [41-47], [59-65]
adopted by chiefs, [61]
and neighbors’ horses, [39]
at Black Earth Creek, [76], [77]
at Black Hawk’s Grove, [45]
at Blue Mounds, [79-83]
at Cold Spring, [61]
at Fort Defiance, [88]
at Galena, [93]
at Gratiot’s Grove, [88-90]
at Horicon, Lake, [66-67]
at Kishwaukee river, [42-44]
at Morrison’s, [84-88]
at Portage, [70]
at St. Louis, [93]
at White Oak Springs, [90-92]
description of, [7], [8]
dresses given by squaws, [62]
food of captives, [43], [46], [62], [72], [76], [78]
guests of Gov. Clark, [93]
Indians wanted as wives, [23]
kept apart in traveling, [61]
letter from Rev. Horn, [91]
painted by squaws, [60]
popular appellation of, [6]
prayers of, [39]
presents to, [92], [102], [104]
purse collected for, [94]
Rachel exhausted, [42], [98]
religious offerings, [46]
sleeping between squaws, [46]
tiresome traveling, [42], [70], [78]
weeping of, [39], [90]
wept parting squaws, [79]
Hall, Edward, in militia, [79]
Hall, Elizabeth, killed by Indians, [23], [35]
Hall, Greenbury, escape of, [32], [36]
Hall, John W., escape of, [35], [36]
buries massacred whites, [49]
meets sisters, [91]
recruits squadron, [48]
searches for sisters, [49], [50]
statement of, [102]
visits sisters in Nebraska, [102]
Hall, Reason, in Militia, [79]
Hall, Rachel, one of the “Hall girls”, ages of, [23], [98]
death of, [98]
exhausted, [42], [98]
family of, [96], [98]
marriage of, [95]
picture of, [97]
state land gift, [102]
tomb of, [99]
wading Kishwaukee, [42]
Hall, Sylvia, one of the “Hall girls”, ages of, [23], [100]
death of, [100]
fainted at sight of scalp, [43]
family of, [100]
marriage of, [100]
pictures of, [24], [101]
state land gift to, [102]
Hall, William, sketch of, [23]
family of, [23]
hospitality, noted, [24]
shot by Indians, [35]
Hall, Mrs. Wm., massacred, [34-35]
Harney, Gen., U. S. officer, [51]
Harrison, president, [9]
Hearts, human on spears, [60]
Henderson, Hon. John W., escape of, [32], [35]
memorial oration of, [105]
Henderson, John H., settler, [25]
Henderson, Gen. T. J., oration, [105]
Home, longing for, [99], [101]
Horicon Lake, [63]
Horn, Mr. C. L., grandson of Elder, [6]
Horn, Miss Sylvia E., grandchild of Elder, [6]
Horn, Thomas S., son of Elder, [100]
Horn, Elder W. S., sketch of, [99], [101]
marries Sylvia Hall, [100]
picture of, [101]
Horses stolen from settlers, [39]
Howard, Allen, escape of, [32], [35]
I.
Illinois river, [4], [13]
Indian troubles, [13]
bands attack settlers, [21]
land claims, [13]
marriage custom, [23]
scare, [31]
whipped by Davis, [29]
Indians: Foxes, Sacs, etc., [13]
attack Davis cottage, [33]
attempt to get girls, [69]
carry away Hall girls, [39]
conspiracy suspected, [81]
parting from Hall girls, [88]
refusal to ratify treaty, [16]
taken to Morrison’s, [84]
trial of for murder, [112]
wrongs of, [16]
J.
Jackson, President Andrew, [9]
Jerome, Judge Edwin, guest of Halls, [24]
Johnson, Gen. Albert Sydney, [9]
Johnson, Col. R. M., and Shabona, [108]
K.
Kaskaskia, mission and capital, [9]
Kishwaukee river, [10]
Kishwaukee Trail, [13]
L.
La Fayette, Gen., at Kaskaskia, [9]
Land, Indian claims to, [13]
donated to Hall girls, [104]
Landis, Judge K. M., married Winnie Eckles, [98]
Lands, treaty as to, [13]
Lincoln, Capt. Abraham, [44]
anecdote of, [53]
President, at Kaskaskia, [9]
Little Priest, Indian chief, [61]
as hostage, [87]
M.
Maple sugar, abundance, [62], [64]
Marquette, Father, [9]
Marriage and civilization, [25]
Indian wife purchase, [23]
Massacre, the Indian Creek, [31]
Medary, George, Hotel of, [84]
Michigan, excitement in, [54]
Mill, necessity in settlement, [25]
Miller, important settler, [25]
Military movements, [51]
Military Road, course of, [67], [78]
Militia, drunk, [52]
Monument erected by Munson, [4], [103], [104]
Monument erected by state, [104]
Monuments on site of massacre, [4], [103]
Munson, Rachel, three generations of, [103]
burial place of, [98]
given land, [103]
Munson, William, sketch of, [95]
family of, [96], [97], [98]
picture of, [96]
N.
Neighbors, helping each other, [25]
Norris, Robert, at work on dam, [33]
shot by Indians, [36]
O.
Oconomowoc river, [10]
lakes around, [63]
Ox-teams for breaking prairie, [25]
P.
Paw Paw, Shabona’s village, [108]
Pecatonica, battle of, [92]
Pensions from England, [26]
Peru, home of Elder Horn, [100]
Pettigrew, Wm., sketch of, [24]
baby killed by Indian, [34]
killed by Indians, [34]
Mrs., shot in cottage, [34]
Picture of a prairie fire, [11]
Black Hawk as civilian, [21]
Black Hawk as warrior, [17]
Chief Shabona, [30]
Monuments, [4], [27], [99], [103]
Mrs. Dunavan, Mrs. Hum, Mrs. Watts, Howard Hum, Gladys Hum, Samuel Dunavan, [103]
Mrs. Rachel Hall Munson and son Elliott, [97]
Mrs. W. S. Horn and the Elder, [101]
none of Misses Hall, [7]
Shabona Park, [37]
where girls entered canoes, [69]
William Munson, after middle life, [96]
Wisconsin river, [75]
tombs of Rachel and her husband, [99]
Portage, where girls took canoes, [69]
Pottawatomie Indians, [13], [16], [53]
Prairie breaking, [25]
Purse for Hall girls, [94]
Pursuit of Indians, [44]
Pypagee, Shabona’s son, friend of settlers, [22], [108]
Pyps, Shabona’s nephew, friend of settlers, [22], [108]
Q.
Quails, plentiful, [12]
R.
Rabbits, abundant, [12]
Rachel’s comb, taken by Indian, [62]
Rachel ransomed, [67]
Ransom from Sacs, [66]
Ratification, refusal of Indians, [16]
Red Bird war, [17]
Red Flag promenade, [65]
Reed, John, marries Phoebe Munson, [98]
Reed, Fannie, married to Mr. Eckles, [98]
Religion, Indian offering, [46]
Religious ceremony, [65], [73]
Reward offered, [54]
payment in goods, [89]
Rivers, formation of, [10]
Road, safest to Blue Mounds, [68]
Rock river, [9]
rapids passed by captives, [63]
Romance and history, [95]
Royally welcomed, [79]
S.
Sacs claim land, [16]
follow girls to Portage, [71]
danger expected, [77]
Sauk Trail, [26]
Scalp, double meaning of, [70]
Scalping victims, [34]
Scanlan, Miss Marian, contributor, [7]
Scanlan, Miss Gertrude, contributor, [7]
Scott, uncle of Hall girls, [91]
Settlement, Davis, [23]
Settlers attacked by Indians, [21]
rush to Ottawa, [31]
return to Davis settlement, [32]
Shabona, sketch of, [106]
abuse of by squatters, [109]
cheated out of his lands, [109]
Col. Johnson’s gift ring to, [108]
grave of, [40]
home on Mazon creek, [110]
notifies whites, [22], [31]
Park, [27], [110]
Paw Paw Village of, [108]
picture of, [30]
removal to Kansas, [108]
second notice to settlers, [32]
tomb of, [110]
Shaver, Delia, married to William Munson, Jr., [98]
Shaver, George, married Fidelia Munson, [97]
Sod corn, first crop, [25]
Somonauk, passing headwaters, [40]
Spotted Arm, chief, [57]
as hostage, [87]
Springfield, state capital, 1837, [9]
Starved Rock State Park, [9]
Stillman, Major, defeat of, “Stillman’s Run”, [20]
“Stillman’s Run”, rout at, [20], [48], [51], [52]
militia undisciplined, [20], [51]
pursuing Indians, [20], [51]
truce flag abused, [20]
Stockades, building of, [54]
Storms, rains, [31]
St. Louis, girls ship for, [93]
Sycamore river, [10]
Sycamore at rising of moon, [41]
Sylvia Hall, one of the “Hall girls”, [6]
first ransomed, [66]
T.
Taylor Gen., report to Atkinson, [51]
Tecumseh, Chief, [22]
To-qua-mee, arrest for murder, [111]
acquitted of murder, [112]
alleged confession of murder, [113]
Indian marriage, [23]
Torture, not women captives, [64]
Traditions proved, [7]
Treaty of 1804, [13]
Articles, [13-16]
Turkeys on prairies, [12]
Turnips, first crop, [25]
Turtle Creek, [10]
Turtle Village, [55]
V.
Vance, Ed., lawyer in Dakota, [98]
Vance, Dr. G., marries Irma Munson, [97]
W.
Walker, Sheriff, fearless, [111]
Waterway, Green Bay to Prairie du Chien, [13]
Watts, Mrs., picture of, [103]
Waubansee, friend of the whites, [30]
Whirling Thunder, promises assistance, [57]
White Crow, promises assistance, [57]
character and appearance, [66]
makes speech to girls, [87]
speech at Morrison’s, [57]
speaks English to captives, [74]
White Oak Springs, description of, [91], [92]
Whiteside with Harney, [51]
finds white scalps, [50]
Winnebago Indians, [16]
“Winnebago”, steamboat for St. Louis, [93]
Wisconsin river scenery, [73]
Woods, description, [26]