Onontio, designation of French governor and king, 64.
Onorakinguiah, bravery of, 73-74.
Ordinance of 1787, prohibition of slavery in, upheld, 152.
Osage, Fort, factory at, 295.
Ottawa Indians, follow Prophet's advice, 190;
plot of, against Northwestern posts, 193;
and Chicago Treaty of 1821, 344-45;
treaty with, at Prairie du Chien, 364.
Ottawa River, French follow route of, 52.
Ouashala, Fox chief, 63;
nephew burned, 64.
Ouiatanon, population, 82;
Linctot reaches, 93;
French post at, 286.
Ouiatanon Indians, measles among, 59-60;
visited by De Noyelles, 71.
Ouilmette, Antoine, transports travelers across portage, 13, 19, 143;
career, 142-45;
house of, 166;
hired to prepare garden, 265;
hires wagon, 289.
Ouilmette, Josette, grant to, 358, 362.
Owen, Thomas J. V., negotiates treaty, 354.
Paris, Treaty of, 79, 340;
cholera at, 333.
Parkman, Francis, account of siege of Detroit, 55;
writings, 452.
Patrick Henry, Fort, named, 89.
Pattinson, Hugh, dispute with John Kinzie, 156;
hires furs carried across Chicago Portage, 289.
Peck, John M., Annals of the West corrected, 414.
Peoria, variations of name, 77;
Du Sable at, 139-40;
John Kinzie trades at, 147, 287;
servitude of Jeffrey Nash at, 152;
Helm at, 246.
See also Fort Clark; Fort Crevecoeur; Lake Peoria.
Peoria, Lake, Fort Crevecoeur at, 31-33;
Linctot at, 92;
Montgomery reaches, 97;
Spaniards leave boats at, 101;
Indians cede land at, 125.
Pepin, Lake, French fort on, abandoned, 65.
Petchaho, asks establishment of factory at Fort Clark, 300.
Petite Fort, fight at, 99-100.
Pettle, Louis, trader, 142;
member of Chicago militia, 431.
Phillips, Joseph, report of, 16, 19.
Pickawillany, capture of, 78, 90.
Pierce, Benjamin K., marriage, 274.
Pierce, Franklin, brothers at Mackinac, 274;
Mrs. McNeil a half-sister, 282.
Pinet, Father, mission of, at Chicago, 38-42, 137;
at Cahokia, 42.
Pitt, Fort, resists Indian attack, 80;
importance of, 83.
Pittsburgh, Wayne establishes camp near, 116;
Healds at, 243.
Plainfield (Ill.), panic of settlers, 325-27.
Poindexter, Thomas, death, 285, 434.
Pokagon, grant to, 357.
Pomme de Cigne River, Fox forts on, 72.
Popple, Henry, map, 44, 450.
Portage des Sioux, whites killed near, 193;
treaties negotiated at, 262.
Porter, George B., negotiates treaty, 354.
Porter, Rev. Jeremiah, describes Indian gathering at Chicago, 366-67;
writings, 452.
Porteret, Pierre, companion of Marquette, 24.
Porthier, Mrs. Victoire, version of La Lime's death, 150;
grant to, 361-62.
Pottawatomie Indians, numbers at opening of Revolution, 83;
plot against Northwestern posts, 193;
Dickson among, at St. Joseph, 238;
at Maumee City, 239;
payment of annuity to, 314;
in Black Hawk War, 323-24;
treaties with, 343-66;
Carey's Mission among, 345;
farewell to Chicago, 367-70.
Prairie du Chien, factory and garrison at, 264;
garrison withdrawn, 310;
militia organized, 312;
treaties of, 312, 317, 358, 364-65;
Red Bird's imprisonment at, 319-20;
General Scott at, 334.
Presque Isle, captured in Pontiac's war, 80.
Proctor, Henry A., disclaims responsibility for Fort Dearborn massacre, 236;
orders Fort Dearborn captives ransomed, 239;
letter of Woodward to, 239, 422-24, 428;
letter of Bullock to, 254;
paroles Heald, 403.
Prophet, The, career, 185-90;
cause of agitation led by, 341.
Puthuff, Major, performs marriage ceremony, 274.
"Queen Charlotte," carries news of Fort Dearborn massacre, 393.
Ramezay, Claude de, recommends fort at Chicago, 44.
Rangers, protect Ohio frontier, 111;
cholera among United States, 335.
Recovery, Fort, built, 116;
assault on, 117.
Red Bird, attacks Gagnier family, 310-11;
surrender and death, 318-20.
Revolution, in the West, 81-104.
Reynolds, John, story of Mrs. La Compt, 137-38;
in Black Hawk War, 323-25, 337;
negotiates treaty, 337;
history, 452.
Rhea, James, troops fever-stricken, 159;
transferred to Fort Wayne, 175-76.
Rhone River, floods of, 7, 9.
Rice, Luther, grant to, 359.
Roberts, Charles, and recovery of Fort Dearborn captives, 237;
treatment of Healds, 242, 403, 407, 413.
Robinson, Alexander, statements about Du Sable, 141-42;
resident of Chicago in 1816, 144;
in Fort Dearborn massacre, 223;
conveys Healds to Mackinac, 241-42, 413-14;
hired to prepare garden, 265;
grants to, 357;
narrative of massacre, 398;
given charge of Heald, 401.
Rock Island, garrison to be established, 264;
cholera at, 335-37;
troops leave, 337-38.
See also Fort Armstrong.
Rock River, Montgomery's expedition on, 97;
Black Hawk plans to raise crop on, 324;
march of troops along, 335;
Black Hawk's speech on beauty of country, 337.
Ronan, George, ordered to Fort Dearborn, 177;
account of, in Wau Bun, 223;
in Fort Dearborn massacre, 226;
death, 407.
Russell, April murders at farm of, 212-13.
Sac Indians, allies of Foxes, 56;
shelter Foxes, 70;
assist Americans, 91;
murderers of Menominees, 335-36;
murder Americans, 341.
Sac and Fox Indians, confederation, 70;
wage war on Illinois and Chippewas, 77;
part in attack on St. Louis, 95-96;
maintain hostile attitude, 262;
treaties with, 337, 341-42.
St. Ange, Jean de, commands Charlevoix's escort, 63;
leads expedition against Foxes, 66.
Sainte Ange, Pilette de, early resident of Chicago, 137.
St. Clair, Arthur, governor of Northwest Territory, 109;
negotiates treaty of Fort Harmar, 109-10;
calls for troops, no; expedition of, 111-14;
letters of, 153, 180.
St. Cosme, Father, crosses Chicago Portage, 11, 17;
letter of, 40;
party of, at Chicago, 40-42;
at Cahokia, 42.
St. Ignace, Mission of, 23.
St. Joseph, Linctot plans to attack, 93;
Hamelin captures, 99;
Spanish attack on, 100-103;
studies of, 100,102, 439, 451, 455;
Fort Dearborn garrison camps at, 130, 132, 136;
captivity of Healds at, 241, 403, 407;
French post at, 286;
Michigan militia at, 328.
St. Joseph, Fort, at Niles, 45;
captured in Pontiac's war, 80;
relics from, 306.
St. Joseph Portage, La Salle uses, 5;
Hubbard uses, 15;
description of, 375.
See also Kankakee River.
St. Joseph River, Harmar destroys towns on, in; Swearingen descends, 132;
Kinzie removes to, 146;
traders operate at Chicago, 287.
St. Lawrence River, gives French access to interior, 2.
St. Louis, British attack on, 95-97;
preparations against in 1781, 100;
treaty negotiated at, 341-42.
St. Louis, Fort, navigation begins at, 6;
built, 35;
Cavelier's party at, 37-38;
ordered abandoned, 44:
Tonty succeeds La Salle at, 286.
See also Starved Rock.
St. Mary's River, Harmar destroys towns on, 111;
Wayne ravages villages on, 122.
St. Peter's River, Long's expedition to, 281;
factory to be established on, 301.
Sandusky, captured in Pontiac's war, 80;
John Kinzie at, 145;
Jacob B. Varnum at, 271, 303;
factory at, 295.
Sandwich, Hull captures, 209;
abandons, 217;
Dickson at, 238.
Sauganash Hotel, 350, 369.
Sault Ste. Marie, English abandon, 80;
reoccupy, 80;
garrison changed, 321.
Schoolcraft, Henry R., crosses Chicago Portage, 12, 15-16, 19;
records information about Du Sable, 141;
description of Chicago in 1820, 281,339;
describes Chicago Treaty of 1821, 343;
account of Fort Dearborn massacre, 388;
writings, 453.
Schwartz, J. C, grant to, 360.
Scott, Charles, joins Wayne with Kentucky troops, 117.
Scott, Martin, eccentricities, 322.
Scott, Winfield, physical stature, 282;
in Black Hawk War, 323, 328-37;
Memoirs, 453.
Sears, John, teacher among Ottawas, 345.
Second Infantry, movements of, 321, 338.
Sendale, Peter, court martial of, 163.
Settlement, geographic factors, 2;
rush of, west of Alleghenies, 109.
Shabbona, mission to Big Foot's village, 315;
opposes war, 324;
in Fort Dearborn massacre, 397.
Shavehead, story of, 258-59.
Shawnee Indians, employed on Chicago Portage, 18;
Tecumseh a Shawnee, 185-86.
Shea, John G., translation of St. Cosme's letter, 40;
writings, 454.
"Sheldon Thompson," carries troops to Chicago, 329;
cholera on, 330-32.
Shirreff, Patrick, observations on Chicago, 348-51, 357;
writings, 453.
Sibley, Solomon, negotiates treaty, 343.
Siggenauk, in Spanish attack on St. Joseph, 100;
De Peyster tries to capture, 100-101.
Simcoe, John, hostility toward Americans, 115;
builds fort at Maumee Rapids, 118;
proposes fort at Chicago, 127.
Simmons, David, death, 247.
Simmons, John, death, 247.
Simmons, Mrs. John, in Fort Dearborn massacre, 224;
captivity, 247-51;
later career, 251.
Sinclair, Patrick, commander at Mackinac, 94;
operations against Americans, 95-98;
arrests Chevalier, 101.
Sioux Indians, French trade with. 54;
and Foxes ally, 76-77;
in attack on St. Louis, 95, 98;
plot against Fort Snelling, 283;
kill Black Hawk's followers, 334.
Smith, E. Kirby, at Fort Winnebago, 321.
Smith, William C, occupies Kinzie's house, 142;
praises La Lime, 149;
first Fort Dearborn surgeon, 170;
part in garrison feud, 171-72;
letter of, 454.
Snelling, Fort, plot of Sioux and Foxes against, 283;
troops from, in Winnebago War, 317.
"Snipe," story of, 357-58.
South Water Street, only business street, 349;
Indians dance down, 354.
Southwest Company, traders hostile to Americans, 264.
Spain, British plans against, 94-95;
efforts to regain Northwest, 105;
war with, discussed, 156.
Spanish, operations in lower Mississippi Valley, 94;
defense of St. Louis, 95-96;
expedition against St. Joseph. 100-103;
king, on ownership of Northwest, 103.
Spring Wells, treaties negotiated at, 262.
Starved Rock, capital of La Salle's colony, 5;
Tonty ordered to fortify, 32;
Iroquois destroy village at, 33;
Fort St. Louis built on, 35;
Foxes destroyed near, 46, 66-67;
French retire to, 60-61;
Foxes capture, 64;
Illinois abandon, 64.
See also Fort St. Louis.
Stevens, Frank E., writings, 323,455.
Stillman, Isaiah, defeat of, 324.
Storrow, Samuel A., reception at Fort Dearborn, 153;
description of Chicago, 280.
Street, Joseph, report of, 320.
Stuart, Robert, agent of American Fur Company, 277;
at Chicago Treaty of 1833, 360-61.
Sumner, E. V., at Fort Winnebago, 321.
"Superior," carries troops to Chicago,329.
Suttenfield, John, death, 246, 433.
Swearingen, James S., leads troops to Chicago, 131-34;
connection with Fort Dearborn, 170;
journal, 373-77;
papers, 378-79, 455.
Talon, Jean Baptiste, sends Joliet to explore Mississippi, 22-23.
Tamaroa Indians, St. Cosme stationed among, 42.
Tanner, John, crosses Chicago Portage, 13, 19, 143-44;
narrative of, 455.
Tarke, speech of, 124.
Taylor, Zachary, in Black Hawk War, 323.
Tecumseh, protagonist of Harrison, 120;
career, 185-92;
repudiates Tippecanoe affair, 195;
attacks Hull's line of communications, 209;
sends to Chicago news of Hull's retreat, 222;
cause of agitation led by, 341;
biography, 442.
Teggart, Frederick J., study of Spanish attack on St. Joseph, 100, 102, 455.
Thompson, Seth, in garrison feud, 173-76;
death, 177.
Thwaites, Reuben G., on Mrs. Kinzie's massacre narrative, 382.
"Tiger," carries Jacob B. Varnum to Chicago, 274.
Tippecanoe, battle, 192;
Tecumseh repudiates, 195;
forces engaged, 199-200.
Tippecanoe Creek, Tecumseh's town at mouth of, 188.
Tonty, Illinois career, 31-36;
in Denonville's campaign, 38;
trading license at Fort St. Louis, 44, 286;
describes Durantaye's fort, 47-48.
Topinabee, brother-in-law of Burnett, 347;
pleads for whisky, 348;
Pottawatomie chief, 377.
Tousey, Thomas, explores Des Plaines River, 12-13.
"Tracy," voyage to Chicago in 1803, 131-32.
Trade, rivalry over, at Fort Dearborn, 172;
channels of, 263;
dependence of Indians upon, 285;
Indian, at Chicago, 285-309.
See also Indian Trade; Traders.
Traders, French, in Illinois, 25-26, 285;
treachery of, to British, 96;
influence of Canadian, in Northwest, 128;
disputes of, 156;
sympathize with British, 198;
smuggle goods into Northwest, 263;
carried across Chicago Portage, 289;
interest of, in Chicago Treaty of 1833, 355.
Treaties, with Indians of Northwest, 108-10, 191, 262-63;
Indian ideas concerning, 178;
whites break, 180-81;
Indian fidelity to, 181;
collections of, 456;
Treaty of Greenville, 42-43, 122-25, 191, 225, 262, 340;
of Paris, 79;
of Utrecht, 79;
of alliance with France, 103;
of 1789, 103, 105, 107, 340;
of Fort Finney, 109;
of Fort Harmar, 109-10, 122-23, 190-91;
of Fort Mcintosh, 109, 190-91;
John Jay's treaty, 125-26;
second, of Greenville, 179;
Chicago, of 1821, 183, 343-48;
of Ghent, 262;
Chicago, of 1833, 277, 348-66;
of Butte des Morts, 312, 317;
of Prairie du Chien, 312, 317, 358, 364-65.
Trimble, William A., at Chicago Treaty of 1821, 345.
Trueman, Alexander, murder of, 115.
Turkey River, British capture boat near mouth of, 96.
Turner, William, letter of, 244.
Twiggs, David E., at Fort Winnebago, 321;
in Black Hawk War, 323;
cholera among troops of, 329-30.
United States, discord with Great Britain, 106;
relations with Northwestern Indians, 108, 263;
reluctant to begin war, 110,115;
Indian policy, 179-84, 292-93;
military power in 1812, 201-2;
unreadiness for war, 202-5;
navy in War of 1812, 202-3;
army in 1812, 203-5;
factory system, 289-309;
rangers, cholera among, 335.
Urbana, Hull's army at, 207-8.
Utrecht, Treaty of, 79.
Van Cleave, Charlotte Ouisconsin, reminiscences, 456.
Van Horn, James, captivity, 238-39.
Van Voorhis, Isaac, stationed at Fort Dearborn, 177;
letter of, 196, 223, 387;
in Fort Dearborn massacre, 226, 420;
given key of factory, 299;
death 386-87, 407.
Varnum, Jacob B., career, 270-76;
ignorance of Indian trade, 303;
on abolition of Chicago factory, 308;
journal, 457.
Varnum, Joseph B., commends John Whistler, 174;
factor at Chicago, 297-98;
at Mackinac, 298.
Venango, captured in Pontiac's war, 80.
Vermilion River, Danville militia cross, 316.
Vincennes, population, 82;
Clark gains, 87;
Hamilton captures, 87-88
Clark's expedition against, 88-89,
position of, in frontier, 97;
Council of 1810, 190-92;
Heald stationed at, 402.
Wabansia, opposed to war, 324.
Wabasha, operations against Americans, 95, 98.
Walker, Rev. Jesse, pioneer preacher, 245.
Wapsipinicon River, Fox posts on, 72.
War of 1812, strength of contestants, 201-5;
news of declaration, at Maiden, 209;
at Fort Dearborn, 214.
Washington, Fort, Harmar starts from, 110;
St. Clair's expedition gathers at, in; army flees to, 114;
Wayne establishes camp near, 116.
Washington, George, captured, 66;
favors Clark's projects, 103;
opinion of Wayne, 115-16;
sends Jay to England, 125;
appoints Wayne to receive Northwestern posts, 126;
on frontier violence toward Indians, 180;
advocates government factory system, 292.
Wau Bun, account of Fort Dearborn massacre in, 216, 382-88, 413;
of April murders, 212;
of Ronan, 223;
of Thomas Burns, 234;
of captivity of Kinzie family, 245;
of captivity of Mrs. Helm, 247;
of captivity of Mrs. Burns, 252;
of fate of Lee family, 254-55;
ignores Helm, 276.
Wayne, Anthony, gains land at Chicago, 42-43, 123;
expedition of, 115-22;
negotiates Treaty of Greenville, 122-25;
receives surrender of Northwestern posts, 126;
appreciates importance of Chicago, 127;
victory of Fallen Timbers, 119-21, 199, 292, 340;
courts martial under, 162;
generalship, 199.
Wayne, Fort, built, 122;
garrison fever-stricken, 158;
William Whistler transferred to, 169;
Rhea transferred to, 176;
Indian plot against, 193;
garrison in 1812, 198;
campaign, 204;
officers at, ordered to assist Heald, 217;
Heald commander at, 225, 403;
St. Joseph Indians join in attack on, 241;
mail between Chicago and, 267;
factory at, 295.
Weatherford, William, negotiates treaty, 354.
Webb, J. Watson, letter of, 267, 457;
Fort Dearborn career, 282-83;
biography, 439.
WeKau, attacks Gagnier family, 310-11;
surrender and fate of, 318-20.
Welch, Mrs., grant to, 358.
Wells, Rebekah, marriage, 176-77.
Sec also Heald, Mrs. Rebekah.
Wells, William, in St. Clair's defeat, 115;
leader of Wayne's scouts, 117;
uncle of Rebekah Wells, 176;
learns of plot against Americans, 193;
reports movements of Main Poc, 194;
leads force to relief of Heald, 217, 219. 395, 406, 416;
career, 224-25;
in Fort Dearborn massacre, 226-28;
and council with Indians, 388;
on destruction of liquor and ammunition, 389;
death, 395, 403, 407, 400-11.
Wentworth, John, letter of Abraham Edwards to, 252-53;
physical stature, 282;
statements of Scott to, on cholera, 331;
addresses, 458.
West, desires war with Great Britain, 195-96.
Western Courier, report of Fort Dearborn massacre in, 392.
Whisky. See Liquor.
Whistler, George W., career of, 169.
Whistler, James A. McNeil, and Fort Dearborn, 169-70.
Whistler, John, commander at Fort Dearborn, 130;
marriage of daughter, 130-31, 158, 170;
"father" of Chicago, 148;
attempts journey to Cincinnati, 154-55;
map of Fort Dearborn and vicinity, 163-67;
career, 168;
in garrison feud, 171-76;
transferred to Detroit, 175;
letter to, 288;
family, genealogy, 458.
Whistler, John, Jr., partner of Kinzie, 172.
Whistler, Sarah, marriage, 130-31, 158, 170.
Whistler, William, journey to Chicago, 131;
race with Indian, 160-61;
career, 168-69;
in garrison feud, 171;
in Winnebago War, 318-19;
in Black Hawk War, 322, 327, 331, 333, 338.
Whistler, Mrs. William, and founding of Fort Dearborn, 133, 168-69.
White, Liberty, murder of, 212-13.
"William Penn," carries troops to Chicago, 329.
Winans, Susan Simmons, career, 251;
narrative of, 398-99.
Winnebago, Fort, established, 321;
J. H. Kinzie subagent at, 561, 383.
Winnebago Indians, news of depredations, 211-12;
commit April murders, 213, 416;
celebrate war dance, 283;
treaties with, 312, 317, 337;
in Black Hawk War, 323-24.
Winnebago War, 284, 310-21.
Winnemac, brings evacuation order, 217, 416;
advises Heald, 388, 416.
Winsor, Justin, description of Chicago Portage, 3;
writings, 458.
Wisconsin, Nicolet explores, 52;
abandoned to Indians, 65;
British influence over Indians of, 263.
Wisconsin River, British assemble at mouth of, 95;
Black Hawk flees to Dalles of, 334.
See also Fox-Wisconsin Waterway.
Witchcraft delusion, 187.
Wolcott, Alexander, Indian agent at Chicago, 239, 270-71, 383;
marriage, 383-84;
in charge of abandoned fort, 314;
urges bribery of Indian leaders, 346;
signs treaty. 364.
Wolcott, James, at Maumee City, 239.
Woodward, Augustus B., letter to Proctor, 234, 237, 396-97, 422-24, 428;
Helm narrative sent to, 388;
letter of Helm to, announcing narrative, 415.
Worth, William J., at Fort Winnebago, 321.
Wright, Job, story of, 258-59.
Wyandot Indians, approve Treaty of Greenville, 124;
appeal of, 179;
at Maumee City, 239.
Zumwalt, Jacob, Heald buys plantation of, 244, 404.
Transcriber Note
Due to the fact that much of the text are reprinted from other sources, the spelling and hyphenation were not standardized. So, Checagou, Chicagou, Chikagwa, etc. all refer to what is currently called Chicago. Ep-i-con-yare, Epi-con-yare and Epiconyare were all retained as is.