Stories of the Badger State

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

INDEX

• Albanel, Father Charles, [57].
• Albion, [227].
• Algonkin tribes, [16], [24].
• Allouez, Father Claude, [45], [55-57], [147], [149].
• American Fur Company, [85], [86], [90].
• André, Father Louis, [57].
• Apostle Islands, [40].
• Appleton, [36], [86].
• Ashland, [40], [146].
• Astor, John Jacob, [85].
• Atkinson, General Henry, [131], [139-141].
• Aztalan, [7], [8].
• Bad Ax River, [130], [142], [143], [212].
• Badger State, origin of term, [161].
• Bailey, Colonel Joseph, [242], [243].
• Baraga, Father Frederick, [153].
• Barron County, [235].
• Barronett, [235].
• Barstow, Colonel William A., [216-221].
• Bashford, Governor Coles, [216-221].
• Bayfield, [154].
• Beaubassin, Hertel de, French commandant, [150].
• Beaver Island, [193], [194].
• Belgians in Wisconsin, [228], [229].
• Belleview, [158].
• Belmont, [157], [158].
• Berlin, [15], [37].
• Bill Cross Rapids, [55].
• Black Hawk, Sac chief, [212].
• Black Hawk War, [86], [134-145].
• Black River, [15], [53-55], [62].
• Bohemians in Wisconsin, [222], [229].
• Bois Brulé River, [67], [71], [90], [148].
• Booth, Sherman M., [205-208].
• Brisbois, Michel, [113].
• Brothertown Indians, [15], [198], [200].
• Brown County, [228], [233].
• Buffalo County, [225].
• Bulger, Captain Alfred, [116].
• Burlington, [190].
• Butte des Morts, Grand, [91], [131], [213].
• Butte des Morts, Little, [76], [211].
• Cadotte, Jean Baptiste, [152].
• Cadotte, Michel, [152].
• Calvé, Joseph, [104].
• Cass, Governor Lewis, [211].
• Cassville, [158].
• Ceresco Phalanx, [183-189].
• Cha-kau-cho-ka-ma (Old King), [209], [211].
• Champlain, Samuel de, [24], [25], [27], [28], [33], [51].
• Chardon, Father Jean B., [57].
• Chase, Warren, [184].
• Chelsea, [55].
• Chequamegon Bay, [40], [55], [56], [67], [84], [87], [88], [146-154].
• Chippewa Indians, [14], [15], [18], [57], [78], [127], [149], [150], [152], [153].
• Chippewa River, [40], [243].
• Clark, General George Rogers, [97-104], [111].
• Clark, General William, [111].
• Cochrane, Lieutenant Perry, [244], [245].
• Copper mines, [21].
• Copper River, [55].
• Cornish in Wisconsin, [229].
• Crawford County, [171].
• Cushing, Lieutenant W. B., [241], [242].
• Dakotan tribes, [16].
• Dane County, [225], [227], [228].
• Davis, Jefferson, [140].
• Delafield, [242].
• De Louvigny, French captain, [75], [76].
• De Pere, [36], [45], [49], [50], [56-58], [86], [88].
• Dewey, Governor Nelson, [161], [203], [216].
• Dickson, Robert, [112], [113].
• Dodge, Major Henry, [142], [160], [214].
• Door County, [35], [45], [228], [233].
• Doty, Governor James D., [157], [159], [166].
• Doty's Island, [36].
• Dubuque, Julien, [120], [121].
• Ducharme, Jean Marie, [104].
• Duck Creek, [200].
• Duluth, Daniel Graysolon, [34], [66], [67], [147-149].
• Dutch in Wisconsin, [222], [229].
• Eau Claire, [244].
• Eau Claire County, [90].
• Eau Claire River, [90].
• Eau Pleine River, [90].
• Embarrass River, [90].
• English in Wisconsin, [92-98], [104-106], [110-116], [118].
• Enjalran, Father Jean, [57], [58].
• Equaysayway, Chippewa maid, [152].
• Flambeau River, [243].
• Fond du Lac, [158], [182].
• Fond du Lac County, [90], [184], [225].
• Fort Crawford, [128], [133].
• Fort Edward Augustus, [93].
• Fort Howard, [131], [133].
• Fort McKay, [115], [116].
• Fort Perrot, [63].
• Fort St. Antoine, [63].
• Fort St. Francis, [93].
• Fort St. Nicholas, [63].
• Fort Shelby, [112-116].
• Fort Snelling, [128], [130-132].
• Fort Winnebago, [133].
• Fox Indians (Outagamies), [15], [57], [64], [69], [71-80], [134].
• Fox River, [14], [15], [30], [32], [36-38], [45], [56], [58-61], [64], [67], [68], [71], [72], [76], [79], [111], [113], [114], [122-124], [131], [133], [148], [180], [182], [199], [200], [212], [213], [225].
• French in Wisconsin, [15], [24-91], [97], [98], [104-110], [117-122], [127], [155], [222]. See, also, Fur Trade.
• Frontenac, Governor of New France, [28], [43], [44].
• Fur Trade in Wisconsin, [22-25], [27], [28], [32-41], [43], [44], [49], [51], [53], [59-93], [97], [98], [104], [105], [109-113], [117], [118], [120], [127], [146], [149], [152], [171].
• Gagnier, Registre, [129], [130].
• Galena, Illinois, [63], [68], [122], [124], [172].
• Galena River, [121].
• Gautier, Charles, [100], [101], [103].
• Germans in Wisconsin, [222], [224], [225].
• Glode, Indian chief, [209].
• Glover, Joshua, [204-208].
• Gorrell, Lieutenant James, [93-96], [105].
• Grand Portage, [84].
• Green Bay, [14], [15], [29], [30], [35], [36], [38], [45], [58], [61], [65], [68], [70], [77-79], [84], [85], [88-91], [93-96], [98], [104-106], [112], [113], [123], [124], [131], [158], [166], [171], [173], [178], [182], [187], [199], [212], [213], [228], [232], [234].
• Green County, [225-227].
• Grignon, Robert, [213].
• Grizzly Bear, Indian chief, [209].
• Groseilliers, Médard Chouart des, [34-41], [53], [55], [59], [60], [146].
• Hall, Rev. Sherman, [153].
• Harrison, Governor William H., [106].
• Helena, [124].
• Hennepin, Father Louis, [66], [67].
• Henry, General James D., [142].
• Hesse, English captain, [104].
• Hobart, Colonel H. C., [241].
• Hudson Bay Company, [41], [60], [84].
• Huron Indians, [15], [28-30], [39-41], [53], [54], [74], [151].
• Icelanders in Wisconsin, [229].
• Illinois Indians, [15], [32], [74-76].
• Indians, as mound builders, [7-14], [19]; life and manners of, [14-23]; pottery, [21]; copper and stone implements, [21], [22]. See, also, the several Tribes.
• Iometah, Indian chief, [209].
• Iowa County, [121].
• Irish in Wisconsin, [222].
• Iron Brigade, [237-240].
• Iroquois Indians, [24], [27], [38], [39], [45], [53], [63], [72].
• Janesville, [182].
• Jesuit Missionaries in Wisconsin, [25], [26], [29], [31], [32], [35], [42-59], [62], [66], [87], [88].
• Johnson, Colonel James, [121].
• Johnson, John, [152].
• Joliet, Louis, [37], [38], [42-50], [60], [65], [118].
• Joseph, fur-trade clerk, [151].
• Kaukauna, [36], [86], [91].
• Kenosha, [184].
• Keokuk, Sac chief, [145].
• Keshena, [212], [215].
• Kewaunee County, [228], [233].
• Kiala, Fox chief, [79].
• Kickapoo Indians, [15], [16], [46], [74].
• Kickapoo River, [15].
• Koshkonong, [158].
• La Crosse, [86], [88], [91].
• La Crosse County, [90].
• Lafayette County, [157].
• Lake Chetek, [88].
• Lake Court Oreilles, [88], [90], [153].
• Lake Flambeau, [88], [90], [153].
• Lake Koshkonong, [46].
• Lake Michigan, [15], [27], [29], [32], [35], [49], [57], [60], [65-67], [69], [93], [94], [104], [123], [157], [158], [162], [164], [171], [179], [182], [193], [198].
• Lake Pepin, [62], [63], [78], [90].
• Lake St. Croix (Upper), [67].
• Lake Sandy, [88].
• Lake Shawano, [56], [57].
• Lake Superior, [27], [29], [38-41], [53-56], [59], [60], [65], [66], [71], [104], [146], [148], [150], [151], [154].
• Lake Vieux Désert, [54], [55], [90], [167].
• Lake Winnebago, [37], [112], [113], [181], [200], [212], [225].
• Langlade, Charles de, [100], [101], [103].
• Langlade County, [90].
• La Pointe, [55], [56], [147-150], [152-154].
• La Ronde, fur trader, [150].
• La Salle, Chevalier de, [28], [34], [43], [64-66], [69].
• Lead Mining in Wisconsin, [63], [68], [117-124].
• Le Sueur, Pierre, [67], [68], [119], [148], [149].
• Lincoln, Abraham, [139].
• Linctot, Godefroy, [103], [104].
• Lipcap, killed by Indians, [129], [130].
• Little Chute, [199].
• Little Kaukauna, [196], [200].
• Little Suamico, [233].
• Long, John, [105], [106].
• McArthur, Lieutenant Governor Arthur, [219], [220].
• McKay, Major William, [113], [114].
• Mackinac, [29], [35], [44], [45], [56], [61], [67], [70], [78], [83], [84], [93], [94], [98], [99], [104], [105], [111-114], [120], [147], [199], [209], [210].
• Madelaine Island, [148-150].
• Madison, [123], [158], [160], [165], [172], [175], [182], [217], [220].
• Manitowoc County, [233].
• Marin, French captain, [72], [73].
• Marquette, Father Jacques, [37], [38], [42-50], [56], [60], [118], [147], [149], [153].
• Marquette County, [90].
• Mascoutin Indians (Fire Nation), [15], [37], [38], [45-47], [57], [60], [63], [64], [74], [78].
• Mason, destroyed by fire, [235].
• Massachusetts Indians in Wisconsin, [15].
• Ménard, Father René, [52-55], [59], [146].
• Menasha, [36].
• Menominee Indians, [15], [46], [59], [74], [78], [94-96], [199], [209-214].
• Menominee River, [30], [167], [168].
• Merrill, [55].
• Methode, killed by Indians, [128], [133].
• Miami Indians, [15], [46], [47], [60], [64].
• Miller, A. G., [206].
• Milwaukee, [66], [69], [86], [88], [106], [122], [123], [158], [172], [179], [180], [182], [204], [214], [222], [225], [228].
• Mineral Point, [122], [158], [225].
• Mississippi River, [14], [32], [37], [42-50], [57], [62], [63], [65-70], [72], [73], [76-78], [87], [93], [104], [111], [112], [119], [120], [123], [124], [127], [128], [138], [139], [142], [143], [148], [149], [156], [158], [162], [164], [168], [169], [179], [180], [182], [190], [225].
• Mohawk Indians, [197], [198].
• Montreal River, [167].
• Mormons in Wisconsin, [190-195].
• Morse, Dr. Jedediah, [199].
• Munsee Indians, [15], [198], [200].
• Nahkom, Indian woman, [213], [214].
• Neapope, Sac leader, [139].
• Neenah, [36], [73], [76], [86], [211], [213].
• New Franken, [233].
• New Glarus, [225], [227].
• New York Indians in Wisconsin, [15].
• Nicolet, Jean, [26-33], [36], [37], [43], [45], [59], [117].
• Northwest Company, [84].
• Nouvel, Father Henri, [57].
• Oconto, [233].
• Oconto County, [233].
• Odanah, [153].
• Ogemaunee, Menominee chief, [94-96].
• "Old Abe," Wisconsin war eagle, [243]
• Oneida Indians, [15], [196], [198], [200].
• Oshkosh (city), [37], [86], [213].
• Oshkosh, Indian chief, [209-215].
• Ottawa Indians, [15], [39], [53], [60], [74], [78].
• Partridge, Alvin, [213], [214].
• Pensaukee, [233].
• Perkins, Lieutenant Joseph, [112], [114].
• Perrot, Nicolas, [34], [57-64], [66], [72].
• Peshtigo, [233].
• Phillips, [235].
• Platteville, [158].
• Point Bass, [209].
• Poles in Wisconsin, [222], [229].
• Pontiac's War, [94], [97].
• Portage, [37], [47], [48], [86], [90], [91], [103], [106], [113], [122], [131], [133], [158], [178], [180].
• Portage County, [90].
• Potosi, [68].
• Pottawattomie Indians, [15], [36], [59], [64], [74], [138], [141].
• Prairie du Chien, [14], [37], [48], [63], [70], [86], [88], [89], [91], [98], [103-105], [110-116], [123], [124], [127-133], [142], [144], [172], [178], [179].
• Prairie du Sac, [142].
• Racine, [91], [158].
• Racine County, [90], [190].
• Radisson, Pierre-Esprit, [34-41], [45], [53], [55], [59], [60], [146], [147], [149].
• Réaume, Charles, [105-109].
• Red Bird, Winnebago chief, [128-133].
• Roads in Wisconsin, [177-182].
• Rock River, [123], [134], [138], [141], [145], [182].
• Rolette, Joseph, [113].
• Russians in Wisconsin, [222].
• Sac Indians, [15], [73], [74], [78-80], [134-145], [212].
• St. Cosme, Father Jean François Buisson, [68], [69].
• St. Croix County, [90].
• St. Croix River, [67], [68], [71], [90], [148], [169], [170].
• St. Francis Xavier mission. See De Pere.
• St. James, Jesuit mission, [57].
• St. Louis River, [148].
• St. Mark, Jesuit mission, [56], [57].
• Sauk County, [225].
• Sault Ste. Marie, [43], [60], [61], [63].
• Scandinavians in Wisconsin, [222], [227], [228].
• Scotch in Wisconsin, [222].
• Shawano County, [233].
• Sheboygan, [69], [86], [228].
• Shell Lake, [235].
• Shull, James W., [121].
• Shullsburg, [121].
• Silvy, Father Antoine, [57].
• Sinclair, Captain Patrick, [104].
• Sioux Indians, [14], [16], [18], [40], [56], [62], [66], [67], [78], [127-130], [144], [147].
• Slavery in Wisconsin, [202-208].
• Souligny, Indian chief, [209], [210], [214].
• Spaniards in lead mines, [120], [121].
• Spanish-American War, Wisconsin in, [243-245].
• Stockbridge Indians, [15], [198], [200].
• Strang, James Jesse, [190-195].
• Sturgeon Bay, [86], [233].
• Sturgeon Bay (water), Indians on, [14].
• Sugar Bush, [233].
• Superior, [235].
• Swiss in Wisconsin, [225-227].
• Taylor, Zachary, [139].
• Taylor County, [225].
• Tecumseh, [135], [209], [210].
• Tomah, [209], [210].
• Trempealeau, [62], [63], [169].
• Trempealeau County, [7], [90], [91].
• Vanderventer's Creek, [147].
• Voree, [191-193], [195].
• Wabashaw, Sioux chief, [144].
• Walworth County, [192].
• War of Secession, Wisconsin in, [236-245].
• Warren, Lyman Marcus, [152], [153].
• Warren, Truman, [152], [153].
• Washington Island, [229].
• Waukesha, [182].
• Waukesha County, [216], [242].
• Wekau, Winnebago avenger, [129-133].
• Welsh in Wisconsin, [222], [229].
• Whistler, Major William, [131], [132].
• White Cloud, Sac leader, [138], [139].
• White Crane, Chippewa chief, [152].
• White River, [192], [195].
• Whittlesey's Creek, [146].
• Williams, Eleazer, [196-201].
• Winnebago County, [213].
• Winnebago Indians, [14-16], [18], [30-32], [78], [125-133], [138], [139], [141], [142], [144], [199]; as mound builders, [14].
• Winnebago Rapids, [73].
• Wisconsin City, [158].
• Wisconsin River, [14], [15], [32], [37], [48], [55], [61], [63], [67], [68], [71], [78], [79], [113], [114], [122-124], [133], [141], [142], [148], [167], [180].
• Wisconsinapolis, [158].
• Wolf River, [15], [56].
• Yellow Banks, [138].

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