Dedicated to

CARRIE MAY BARCE

My Wife.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

A BRIEF RETROSPECT—A general view of the Indian Wars of the Early Northwest[1]
WHAT THE VIRGINIANS GAVE US—A topographical description of the country north of the Ohio at the close of Revolutionary War[6]
THE BEAVER TRADE—A description of the wealth in furs of this section at the close of the Revolutionary War and the reasons underlying the struggle for its control[12]
THE PRAIRIE AND THE BUFFALO—The buffalo as the main food supply of the Indians[20]
THE WABASH AND THE MAUMEE—Chief line of communication with the tribes of the Early Northwest. The heart of the Miami country[34]
THE TRIBES OF THE NORTHWEST—A description of the seven tribes of savages who opposed the advance of settlement in the Northwest. Their location. Kekionga, the seat of Miami power[44]
REAL SAVAGES—The Savage painted in his true colors from the standpoint of the frontiersman[68]
OUR INDIAN POLICY—The Indian right of occupancy recognized through the liberal policy of Washington and Jefferson[80]
THE KENTUCKIANS—The first men to break through the mountain barriers to face the British and the Indians[112]
THE BRITISH POLICIES—The British reluctant to surrender the control of the Northwest—Their tampering with the Indian tribes[126]
JOSIAH HARMAR—The first military invasion of the Northwest by the Federal Government after the Revolution[145]
SCOTT AND WILKINSON—The Kentucky raids on the Miami country along the Wabash in 1791[173]
ST. CLAIR'S DEFEAT—The first great disaster to the Federal armies brought about by the Miamis[195]
WAYNE AND FALLEN TIMBERS—Final triumph of the Government over Indians and British[207]
THE TREATY OF GREENVILLE—The surrender of the Ohio lands of the Miamis and their final submission to the government[238]
GOVERNOR HARRISON AND THE TREATY—Purchase of the Miami lands known as the New Purchase which led to the strengthening of Tecumseh's Confederacy—the final struggle at Tippecanoe[245]
RESULTS OF THE TREATY—Harrison's political enemies at Vincennes rally against him in the open, and are defeated in the courts[271]
THE SHAWNEE BROTHERS—The Prophet as an Indian priest and Tecumseh as a political organizer —The episode of the eclipse of 1806—Tecumseh's personal appearance described[280]
PROPHET'S TOWN—The capital of the Shawnee Confederacy in the heart of the Miami Country[295]
HARRISON'S VIGILANCE—His political courage and activities save the frontier capital[305]
THE COUNCIL AT VINCENNES—The dramatic meeting between Harrison and Tecumseh— Tecumseh announces his doctrine of the common ownership of the Indian lands[316]
THE SECOND AND LAST COUNCIL—The last meeting between the two leaders before Harrison marched into the Indian country[332]
THE MUSTER AND THE MARCH—The rally of the Kentuckians and their clansmen in southern Indiana to Harrison's support—The coming of the Fourth United States Regiment—The march to the Tippecanoe battlefield[352]
THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE—The night attack on Harrison's forces—The destruction of Tecumseh's Confederacy[371]
NAYLOR'S NARRATIVE—A description of the battle by one of the volunteers[381]