Wau-Bun: The "Early Day" of the North-West

by Mrs. John H. Kinzie

[INDEX]

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Y]

Abbott, Samuel, of American Fur Company, [10], [395].
Agatha, daughter of Decorah, [369-371];
her sad story, [372-375].
Agency City, Iowa, Street at, [404];
treaty of 1836, [409].
Albach, James R., Annals of the West, [155].
Alexander, Gen. Milton K., in Black Hawk War, [343], [416].
Algoma, Wis., Knaggs at, [413].
Alleghany Mountains, discovery of passes, [405], [406].
Allen, Col. George W., has negro servant, [193].
Allouez, Father Claude, Jesuit missionary, at De Pere, [413].
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, operations in Wisconsin, [401].
American Bureau of Ethnology, publications of, [402].
American Fur Company, at Mackinac, [6-10], [150], [393-395];
at Fort Winnebago, [66], [326], [327], [336], [337], [403];
Fisher’s agency, [398];
John Kinzie’s agency, [xvi];
John H. Kinzie’s agency, [xvi], [xvii], [42-45];
Rolette’s agency, [17-19];
absorbs Conant & Mack, [407].
American Home Missionary Society, sends out Kent, [405].
Appleton, Wis., Mrs. Kinzie at site of, [35], [416].
Atkinson, Gen. Henry, in Black Hawk War, [315], [318], [344], [414-417].
Arkansas, early land surveys, [406].
Armstrong, Mrs. ——, tavern keeper, [351].
Arndt, Hamilton, freighter, [58], [69], [70], [305], [306].
Arndt, John P., Green Bay tavern keeper, [14], [396]; at a hop, [23], [24].
Arndt, Mrs. John P., tavern keeper, [14], [15], [48].
Astor, John Jacob, establishes American Fur Company, [393], [394].
Astoria, founded, [393]; fall of, [394].
Auberry (Aubrey), William, killed in Black Hawk War, [317], [318].
Aux Plaines. See [River Desplaines].
Bailey, Maj. David, raided by Black Hawk, [417].
Bailey, Jonathan N., Chicago postmaster, [145], [408].
Bailly, Joseph, fur-trade clerk, [395].
Baird, Elizabeth Thérèse, entertains Mrs. Kinzie, [22];
sketch, [398], [399];
“Reminiscences,” [xix], [395].
Baird, Henry S., Green Bay lawyer, [22], [398].
Baptists, family servant, [376].
Barclay, Commodore Robert H., British naval officer, [194].
Baye des Puans (Puants). See [Green Bay].
Beall, Lieut. ——, in Black Hawk War, [316].
Beall, Samuel W., Green Bay resident, [399].
Beall, Mrs. Samuel W., at Green Bay hop, [23], [24];
sketch, [399].
Bear, in Northwest fur trade, [7].
Beaubien, ——, death of, [201].
Beaubien, Jean Baptiste, Chicago resident, [141];
sketch, [407].
Beaubien, Mrs. Jean Baptiste, in Chicago massacre, [171].
Beaubien, Mark, residence of, [143];
sketch, [407];
portrait, [144].
Beaubien, Medard, hunting, [201];
at a ball, [228-230].
Beaumont, Dr. William, at Fort Crawford, [314];
sketch, [413].
Beaver, in Northwest fur trade, [7].
Bee trees, at Piché’s, [134].
Beloit, Wis., Mrs. Kinzie at, [411].
Bell, ——, early constable, [28].
Bellaire, ——, engagé, [371].
Bellaire, Madame ——, wife of foregoing, [369-371].
Bellefontaine, wayside tavern, [60], [351], [413];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [308], [309], [312].
Berthelet, ——, fur trader, [151], [152].
Bertrand (Parc aux Vaches), in Chicago massacre, [171].
Biddle, Edward, marries Indian girl, [10], [395].
Biddle, Nicholas, educates Sophia Biddle, [395].
Big Foot, Pottawattomie chief, [247-250];
imprisons Shaubena, [409];
view of village, [250].
Bisson, Mrs. ——, befriends Mrs. Helm, [182-185].
Blackbird, A. J., History of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, [393].
Black Hawk, Sac headman, opposes land cession, [389], [391], [392];
uprising of, [272], [273], [407], [411], [414], [416], [417];
capture of, [404], [417];
portrait, [354].
See also, [Black Hawk War].
Black Hawk War, causes of, [411], [412];
murder of St. Vrain, [116];
Stillman’s Run, [354];
at Lake Koshkonong, [411], [414], [415];
battle of Wisconsin Heights, [344], [354], [416];
battle of Bad Ax, [353], [354], [416];
effect at Fort Winnebago, [363], [364];
scare at Green Bay, [375];
Stambaugh’s expedition, [349];
Winnebagoes in, [65], [404];
Gratiot’s services, [414];
Hamilton’s operations, [406];
Scott’s movements, [415];
Pottawattomies in, [409];
Hogan in, [408];
Street’s services, [404];
comments on, [416];
Mrs. Kinzie’s account, [314-371];
Thomas Forsyth’s account, [387-392].
Black Jim, a negro servant, [180], [193].
Black Partridge, Pottawattomie chief, in Chicago massacre, [169], [174], [175], [182-184], [189], [190];
illustration of return of medal, [168].
Black Wolf, Winnebago chief, [80], [321], [404].
Blanchard, Rufus, The Northwest and Chicago, [407].
Blue Mounds, near Morrison’s, [405];
Kinzies at, [103], [104];
in Black Hawk War, [318].
Boilvin, Nicholas, Indian agent and justice, [28], [285];
removed, [404];
sketch, [400].
Boisvert, ——, Green Bay habitan, [27], [28].
Bourgeois, meaning of term, [28], [394].
Brush, Miss ——, sister of Charles, [412];
accompanies Kinzies, [303], [304].
Brush, Charles, Green Bay resident, [386], [412].
Bradley, Capt. Hezekiah, erects Fort Dearborn II, [140].
Brady, Gen. Hugh, in Black Hawk War, [353]; sketch, [416], [417].
Brewster, Messrs., fur traders, [408].
Brothertown Indians, move to Wisconsin, [401];
visited by Mrs. Kinzie, [333-336].
Brown, Henry, History of Illinois, [155].
Brown County, Wis., early court of, [402].
Buffalo, hunted by Indians, [405], [406].
Buffalo Grove, Ill., settled, [406];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [118].
Burnett, ——, fur trader, [180].
Burns, ——, in Chicago massacre, [155], [159].
Burns, Mrs. ——, held captive by Indians, [188], [189].
Butte des Morts, Grand, legend of, [52];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [48-53], [307-309], [328-330], [413];
Doty at, [25].
Butte des Morts, Petit, description and tradition, [401], [402];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [40], [349].
Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe, founds Detroit, [396].
Cadle, Richard Fish, mission school, [275];
greets Mrs. Kinzie, [20];
sketch, [398].
Cadle, Sarah, at Green Bay mission school, [398];
greets Mrs. Kinzie, [20].
Cahokia, Ill., Charles Gratiot at, [414].
Caldwell, Billy (the Sauganash), Pottawattomie chief, [144];
befriends whites, [184], [197], [249];
hunting, [201];
accompanies Kinzies, [234-238];
sketch, [408], [409].
Caledonia, Wis., Crélie at, [414].
Calumet County, Wis., Stockbridges in, [401].
Camp Smith, established, [396], [397];
site of Cadle mission, [398].
Canada, Sac trail to, from Mississippi River, [121].
Canadian boat songs, [23-30], [56], [327], [400].
Canadian voyageurs, [150-154].
Carlisle, Pa., settlement of, [207].
Casenovia, Ill., Alexander Robinson at, [409].
Cass, Lewis, tour to sources of Mississippi, [2], [27], [397];
superintendent of Indians, [xvii], [44], [146];
governor of Michigan Territory, [399], [418];
in Winnebago War, [319].
Cass, Mrs. Lewis, advises Mrs. Kinzie, [27], [399].
Catherine, a servant, [356].
Catholics, at Mackinac, [9], [395].
See also, [Jesuits] and [Mazzuchelli].
Caxton Club, republishes Wau-Bun, [xx].
Chætar, a Winnebago, [417].
Chambers, Col. Talbot, completes Fort Howard, [397].
Champlain, Samuel de, sends Nicolet to Wisconsin, [403].
Chandonnai, John B., fur trade clerk, [179], [186], [188].
Charlotte, a Winnebago woman, [267], [268].
Chekakou. See [Chicago].
Chequamegon Bay, Marquette driven from, [396].
Chicago, origin of name, [145], [146];
on early maps, [408];
map of portage, [146];
early voyages to, [1];
early French at, [146];
arrival of Kinzie family, [xvi], [138], [139];
John Kinzie’s career, [146-150];
the massacre (1812), [155-191];
return of John Kinzie (1816), [197];
burial of massacre victims, [197];
bas-reliefs from massacre monument, [168], [172], [174], [176];
Indian agency, [197], [227];
trail from Dixon’s, [117], [121];
from Piché’s, [132];
from Portage, [108];
John H. Kinzie at, [xvii], [xviii], [92-139], [150], [385], [386];
historical relation to Kinzie family, [xviii];
town site platted, [200], [409], [410];
Kinzie’s Addition platted, [204], [205], [376];
conditions in 1831, [140-145], [197-205];
early postal arrangements, [198], [304], [408];
early sermon, [203], [204];
Methodists at, [408];
early school, [408];
express from Fort Winnebago, [91], [369];
early marketing, [197], [198];
cattle for Fort Howard, [406];
currant bushes from, [277];
ferries, [143], [408];
taverns, [143], [407];
ball at Hickory Creek, [227-230];
fur trade, [408], [419];
early publishing, [xviii];
Beaubiens at, [407];
Billy Caldwell at, [409];
Pottawattomie cession, [200];
cholera at, [415];
land grant for canal, [409], [410];
Wright’s Woods, [202];
in Peoria County, [407];
site claimed by Wisconsin, [397];
view in 1820, [140];
in 1831, [142];
map of 1830, [142];
Historical Society furnishes illustrations, [xvi], [142], [144], [146], [156], [198], [228];
Mrs. Kinzie’s Narrative of Massacre, [xviii], [xix].
See also, [Fort Dearborn] and [Fur Trade].
Chillicothe, Ohio, McKenzie girls at, [xiv], [xv].
Chippewanaung, treaty of 1836, [409].
Chippewa Indians, French appelation of, [52];
language, [32], [68], [264], [355];
relations to English, [7];
treaty of 1816, [388], [409];
Billy Caldwell, [408], [409];
in Black Hawk War, [320], [329], [351];
met by Mrs. Kinzie, [32];
Blackbird’s History, [393].
Cholera, in Black Hawk War, [340], [355], [356], [415].
Chouteau, Auguste, treats with Sacs, [388].
Chouteau, Pierre, sr., treats with Sacs, [388].
Christman, ——, a soldier, [37], [38], [41], [273], [274].
Clark, ——, marries Elizabeth McKenzie, [xv].
Clark, Charlotte Ouisconsin, marries Lieut. Van Cleve, [418].
See also, [Mrs. H. P. Van Cleve].
Clark, Gen. George Rogers, captures Vincennes, [399].
Clark, Maj. Nathan, at Fort Howard, [342], [343];
Fort Crawford, [418];
sketch, [415].
Clark, Gov. William, treats with Sacs, [388], [390], [391].
Clay, Henry, visits Winnebagoes, [65].
Clybourn, Archibald, Chicago resident, [144].
Clybourn, Jonas, marries Elizabeth McKenzie, [xvi].
Conant & Mack, fur traders, [407].
Cook County, Ill., commissioners' court, [408].
Cooke & Co., D. B., publish Wau-Bun, [xix].
Cooper, Fenimore, novelist, [399].
Corbin, Mrs. Phelim, heroism of, [178].
Corn (maize), grown by Northwest Indians, [7], [8].
Corn Planter (Big White Man), Seneca chief, [209], [211], [215-223].
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Billy Caldwell at, [409].
Courtes-oreilles. See [Ottawa Indians].
Courville, Florence, at Sunday school, [274], [275].
Crélie (Crély), Joseph, Green Bay habitan, [27], [28];
in Black Hawk War, [318];
sketch, [414].
Croghan, Col. George, attacks Mackinac Island, [395].
Crooks, Ramsay, expedition from Astoria, [393].
Cross Village. See [L’Arbre Croche].
Cuivre Settlement, Indian murder at, [387].
Currie, ——, hospital steward, [369-371].
Cut Nose (Elizabeth), a Winnebago woman, [269-271], [385].
Cutler, Col. Enos, at Fort Winnebago, [366], [367], [380];
sketch, [418].
Dakotan Indians, Winnebagoes are offshoots from, [403].
Dandy, son of Black Wolf, [404].
Dandy, Winnebago chief, [65], [66].
Davenport, George, purchases Sac Lands, [390], [391].
David, negro servant, [90], [327], [354].
Daviess, Lieut. Camillus C., at Fort Winnebago, [366];
sketch, [418].
Davis, Lieut. Jefferson, at Fort Winnebago, [59], [70], [403].
Dean, John, sutler at Fort Dearborn, [141], [145].
De Charme, ——, Michigan fur trader, [167].
Decorah, Grey-headed (Old), Winnebago chief, [63], [64], [88], [89], [382];
sketch, [403];
his mother, [278-280];
his daughter, [381], [382].
Decorah, One-Eyed, a Winnebago, [417];
captures Black Hawk, [354].
Decorah, Rascal, his daughter Agatha, [369-375].
Decorah (Day-kau-ray) family, Winnebagoes, [269], [270], [372-374].
Deer, in Northwest fur trade, [7].
De Langlade, Charles, first white settler in Wisconsin, [398], [400].
De Langlade, Louise Domitilde, marries Pierre Grignon, [400].
Delaware (Lenapé) Indians, friends of whites, [206], [207], [211].
De Ligney, ——, letter to De Siette, [146].
De Pere, Wis., origin of name, [413];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [306].
Derby & Jackson, publish Wau-Bun, [xix].
De Siette, ——, letter from De Ligney, [146].
Detroit, founded by Cadillac, [396];
Jesuit mission, [12], [396];
Récollets at, [396];
massacre, [323];
Lytles, [223];
John Kinzie, [xiv], [xv], [148], [181], [186];
Kinzies, [xvi], [xvii], [1], [2], [26], [28], [44], [167], [262], [278], [304], [385], [386];
Mackenzies, [xiii], [xv];
Réaume, [399];
surrendered by Hull, [162], [192];
under English control, [188], [192-196], [224];
lake schooner from, [227];
early wagon from, [231];
cholera at,

[340], [345];
Mark Beaubien, [407];
Doty, [397];
Hogan, [408];
Robert Stuart, [393], [394].
Dickenson’s, gossip at, [304];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [337].
Dixon, John, founder of Dixon, Ill., [406];
entertains Kinzies, [119-121];
sketch, [407].
Dixon, Mrs. John, entertains Kinzies, [118-121].
Dixon, Ill. (Ogee’s Ferry), genesis of, [406], [407];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [94], [116-122].
Dodge, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry, [104], [106].
Dodge, Maj. Henry, in Black Hawk War, [104], [343], [344], [360], [416]
Dogherty, ——, a Quaker, [134], [136], [137].
Dole, George W., Chicago settler, [228].
Dominicans, in Wisconsin, [411].
Doty, James Duane, entertains Kinzies, [16-27];
accompanies Kinzies, [27], [35], [37], [38], [48], [50], [51], [53];
defends Winnebago suspects, [359];
sketch, [397].
Doty, Mrs. James Duane, entertains Kinzies, [17], [21].
Doty’s Island, Mrs. Kinzie at, [413].
Dousman family, residence at Mackinac, [10].
Doyle, ——, a soldier, hanged for murder, [341-343], [410].
Draper, Lyman Copeland, names Madison lakes, [405].
Drew, ——, residence at Mackinac, [10].
Du Charme, Dominic, settles Kaukauna, [400].
Duck Creek, Kinzies on, [96], [97], [258], [259].
Dunkley’s Grove, Ill., Kinzies at, [236-238].
Dunmore’s War, McKenzie girls captured in, [xiv].
Dunn, Col. Charles, Chicago canal commissioner, [409].
Du Pin, ——, French fur trader, [190], [191].
Durham boats, described, [344].
Eastman, Capt. S., view of Mackinac, [6].
Education, at Chicago, [145], [408];
reservation of school section, [410].
See also, [Cadle], [Ferry], [Mazzuchelli], [Marsh], [Miner], [Williams], and the several denominations.
Edwards, Gov. Ninian, treats with Sacs, [388].
Ellis & Fergus, early Chicago printers, [xviii].
Engle, Lieut. James, at Fort Dearborn, [144].
Engle, Mrs. James, at Fort Dearborn, [232].
English, early maps by, [408];
captivity of John Kinzie, [192-196];
campaign against Sandusky, [403];
in War of 1812-15, [186-188];
Indian department, [399];
relations with Iroquois, [206], [211], [215];
relations with North-western Indians, [7], [121], [157], [176], [339], [407-409];
removal of upper lake posts, [xv];
occupy Mackinac, [162], [164], [395], [396];
capture Prairie du Chien, [398], [400];
on Mississippi, [403];
at Detroit, [188], [192-196], [224];
fur trade of, [393], [394];
emigration to Canada, [xiii].
Ephraim, Uncle, a negro servant, [84], [85].
Episcopalians. See [Cadle] and [Eleazer Williams].
Fallen Timbers, battle of, [xv].
Ferries, at Chicago, [143], [408];
across Desplaines, [137];
at Detroit, [255].
See also, [J. P. Arndt], [Dixon], [Knaggs], and [Ogee].
Ferry, Rev. William Montague, Presbyterian missionary, [6], [9];
sketch, [394].
Finley, Dr. Clement A., post surgeon, [305];
at Fort Dearborn, [145];
at Fort Howard, [305];
at Fort Winnebago, [355], [356].
Fisher, Henry Munro, fur trader, [398].
Fleming, Gen. ——, grandson of Haliburton, [xiii], [147].
Folles Avoines. See [Menomonee Indians].
Follett, Burley, in Black Hawk War, [318].
Forbes, Elvira (Mrs. Stephen), schoolmistress, [145], [408].
Force, George, killed in Black Hawk War, [318].
Forsyth, Miss ——, accompanies Mrs. Kinzie, [344-352].
Forsyth, George, lost in woods, [149], [150].
Forsyth, Maj. Robert A., Indian agent, [64], [366];
sketch, [403].
Forsyth, Thomas, fur trader, [186];
account of Black Hawk War, [387-392];
sketch, [419].
Forsyth, William, marries Mrs. Mackenzie, [xiii], [147].
Forsyth, Mrs. William, story of captivity, [205-223].
Fort Apple River, in Black Hawk War, [318].
Fort Armstrong, in Black Hawk War, [412].
See also, [Rock Island].
Fort Atkinson, Wis., genesis of, [414].
Fort Crawford, birth of Charlotte O. Clark, [418];
in Black Hawk War, [416];
Dr. Beaumont at, [413];
Lieut. Lacey, [417];
Mrs. Mitchell, [10].
Fort Dearborn I (1803-12), built, [407];
description, [156];
John Kinzie, trader, [xvi];
Indian agency, [159];
massacre, [xvi], [156-191];
views, [156], [172].
Fort Dearborn II (1816), built, [140], [197], [407];
description, [140-142], [197];
Indian agency, [142], [144], [145], [160], [161], [197];
Hogan, sutler, [408];
garrison in 1831, [144], [145];
offender drummed out, [202], [203];
troops withdrawn (1831), [227], [230-233], [237], [238], [246], [247], [341];
re-occupied (1832), [410].
Fort Defiance, McKillip killed at, [224].
Fort George, on Mackinac Island, [395], [396].
Fort George, on Niagara frontier, the Helms at, [187].
Fort Gratiot, John H. Kinzie at, [278]; cholera, [340].
Fort Holmes, on Mackinac Island, [11], [396].
Fort Howard, built, [397];
named from General Howard, [397];
history, [397];
Indian agency, [337], [413];
murder of Lieut. Foster, [341-343], [410];
Kinzies at, [16], [22];
arrival of lake schooner, [304];
imports Illinois cattle, [406];
Col. Smith at, [396];
Chicago troops removed to, [227], [230-233], [238], [246], [247];
Capt. Scott’s kennels, [410];
Dr. Finley at, [305];
Fifth regiment, [260];
in Black Hawk War, [322], [326], [337-344], [364];
view, [14].
Fort Mackinac, Mrs. Kinzie at, [9], [10].
See also, [Mackinac Island].
Fort Maiden, John Kinzie at, [194];
North-western Indians, [7], [157], [407].
Fort Niagara, Ont., English Indian agency at, [211], [220-223].
Fort Pitt. See [Pittsburg].
Fort Wayne, Ind., Margaret McKenzie near, [xiv];
destination of Chicago garrison, [163-166], [168];
Chicago mail, [198].
Fort Winnebago, [104], [106], [112];
site of, [59], [60];
description, [260-264];
receives troops from Fort Howard, [339];
Chicago troops at, [233];
Kinzies, [xvii], [25], [26], [56-96], [139], [201], [227], [230-233], [260-305], [344-352];
Indian agency, [xvii], [57], [58], [60], [68], [72-80], [260-303], [358-386], [411];
daily life, [80-87], [89], [90];
First and Fifth regiments, [260];
Winnebagoes, [60-66], [264-303];
in Black Hawk War, [314-371], [387-392], [416], [417];
surrender of Winnebago suspects, [357-363];
escape of prisoners, [366-368], [384], [385];
payment of Indian annuities, [363], [364], [366];
Indian destitution, [380-383];
first Protestant sermon, [384];
trail from Butte des Morts, [51], [53];
from Chicago, [121];
mail via Green Bay, [304];
land journey from Green Bay, [305-313];
snakes, [21];
Lieut. Davis, [403];
Capt. Hooe, [403];
Lieut. Lacey, [417];
views, [56], [358];
Turner’s “History,” [411].
Foster, Lieut. Amos, at Fort Dearborn, [144], [145], [228], [229], [232];
accompanies Kinzies, [233-238], [255], [341];
at Lake Geneva, [246], [247];
murder of, [341-343];
sketch, [410].
Four Lakes, at Madison, how named, [405];
near Sugar Creek, [368];
Winnebagoes on, [72];
Kinzies at, [100], [102], [103], [256];
in Black Hawk War, [316], [317].
Four-Legs (Hootschope), Winnebago chief, [65];
offers daughter to John H. Kinzie, [43-45];
Mrs. Kinzie at village of, [41-45], [333];
death, [60-63];
view of village, [42].
Four-Legs, Madame, at Fort Howard, [344];
at husband’s funeral, [62], [63].
Four-Legs (Young Dandy), Winnebago chief, at Fort Winnebago, [264], [265].
Fowle, Maj. John, jr., at Fort Dearborn, [144].
Fox, in Northwest fur trade, [7].
Fox Indians (Musquakees), French appellation of, [53];
relations with French, [52], [53];
with English, [7];
allied to Sacs, [402];
talk with Harrison, [387], [388];
on Mississippi, [270], [391], [392];
in treaty of 1804, [389], [390];
in treaty of 1816, [411], [412];
Forsyth’s agency, [387], [419];
one marries Winnebago woman, [269], [270];
Madame Four-Legs, [62], [63], [344];
met by Mrs. Kinzie, [32];
in Black Hawk War, [314];
at Rock Island, [404].
Franchère, Gabriel, Narrative of a Voyage, etc., [4].
François, half-breed interpreter, [186].
Frankfort, Ky., Western World, [404].
Franks, Jacob, fur trader, [402].
French, early maps by, [408];
rout Foxes, [53], [402];
downfall of New France, [xiii], [7];
nature of French-Canadian patois, [412];
names for Indians, [53], [54];
as fur trade agents, [394];
as voyageurs, [327-338], [344-352];
as cooks, [31], [37], [47], [101], [102], [236], [251];
related to Winnebagoes, [373], [374], [403];
at Butte des Morts, [49], [402];
Chicago, [142], [146], [158], [160], [407], [408];
Fort Winnebago, [66], [68], [83], [85], [86], [94-97], [260], [262], [263], [269], [271], [274-277], [285], [320], [322], [327], [365], [369-371], [403];
Green Bay, [23], [398];
in Kinzie’s employ, [95-139], [227];
at Barney Lawton’s, [235];
Mackinac, [5], [7], [8], [10], [12], [395];
on Mississippi, [403];
at Prairie du Chien, [398];
on Rock River, [407];
at Sandwich, [12];
Eleazer Williams pretends to be dauphin, [401].
Frum, Louis (dit Manaigre), at Fort Winnebago, [262], [263], [274-276], [320], [352].
Fry, ——, tried by Boilvin, [28].
Fur trade, features of voyageur service, [150-154];
by English, [394];
at Astoria, [393];
Chicago, [145], [146], [156], [190], [191], [408];
Detroit, [407], [408];
Dixon, [407];
Fort Winnebago, [80];
Green Bay, [14], [396], [398], [402];
on Mississippi, [403];
at Morrison’s Grove, [405];
Portage, [405];
Prairie du Chien, [414];
St. Joseph’s [180];
operations by Boilvin, [400];
Davenport, [391];
Fisher, [398];
Thomas Forsyth, [387], [419];
Charles Gratiot, [414];
Grignons, [400];
John Kinzie, [146-150], [156];
Knaggs, [413];
Laframboises, [394], [395];
Paquette, [326], [336], [337], [413];
Réaume, [399];
Rolette, [17-19], [398];
Whitney, [412].
See also, [American Fur Co.], [Hudson Bay Co.], [Mackinaw Co.], [Northwest Co.], [Southwest Co.], and [Scotch].
Furman, Lieut John G., at Fort Dearborn, [144];
death, [201].
Gagnon, Ernest, Chansons Populaires du Canada, [400].
Gaines, Gen. E. P., removes Black Hawk, [391].
Galena, Ill., Kent at, [107], [384], [405];
Hempsteads, [404];
Philleo, [306];
in Black Hawk War, [318];
in Peoria County, [407];
trail from Peoria, [406], [407].
Gardiner, Mrs. ——, hospital matron, [246].
Garlic Island (Island Park), near Oshkosh, [402];
Wild Cat’s village, [358];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [45], [331-333].
Genéviève, a half-breed servant, [138], [376].
Glamorgan, ——, Dominican negro, [146].
Gleason, Luther, settler on Fox River, [54], [56], [350-352].
Gordon, Daisy, copies portrait of John H. Kinzie, [xvi].
Gordon, Mrs. Eleanor Kinzie, read proof-sheets, [xxi].
Grand Chûte, Mrs. Kinzie at, [35-39], [69], [333], [345-348], [369];
view, [346].
Grand Haven, Mich., settled, [394].
Grand Marais, Kinzies near, [124].
Gratiot, Charles, fur trader, sketch, [414].
Gratiot, Maj. Charles, plans Fort Howard, [397].
Gratiot, Henry, son of Charles, [414];
Indian agent, [323];
lead miner, [404].
Green, Emerson, killed in Black Hawk War, [318].
Green Bay, [70];
named Baye des Puans, [403];
arrival of Nicolet, [403];
Réaume’s career, [27], [28], [399], [400];
fur trade, [396], [398], [402];
hanging of Doyle, [341-343];

in Black Hawk War, [339-344], [375], [415];
Stambaugh’s expedition, [349], [416];
Doty’s court, [397];
first ferry, [396];
arrival of Winnebago commissioners, [364];
mosquitoes, [340];
Green Bay fly, [341];
residents met at Butte des Morts, [48];
Bairds at, [398], [399];
Bealls, [399];
Cadle’s mission, [398];
Charles Gratiot, [414];
Grignon family, [400];
Ursula M. Grignon, [398];
W. S. Hamilton, [406];
Kinzies, [xvii], [1], [13-30], [58], [68], [278], [303-306], [326], [344], [386];
Rolette, [18];
Stambaugh, [413];
Whitney, [412].
See also, [Fort Howard], [Navarino], and [Shantytown].
Greenville, Ohio, treaty of, [xv], [408].
Gridley, ——, a soldier, [35].
Griffith, ——, a soldier, [185], [186].
Grignon, ——, half-breed at Butte des Morts, [48], [50].
Grignon, Misses, described by Mrs. Kinzie, [20], [21].
Grignon, Amable, son of Pierre, [400].
Grignon, Augustin, son of Pierre, [400];
fur trader, [402];
at Kaukauna, [400];
“Recollections,” [400].
Grignon, Charles, son of Pierre, [400].
Grignon, Domitilde, daughter of Pierre, [400].
Grignon, Elizabeth, assists Mazzuchelli, [266].
Grignon, Hippolyte, son of Pierre, [400].
Grignon, Jean Baptiste, son of Pierre, [400].
Grignon, Louis, son of Pierre, [400];
fur trader, [20], [398].
Grignon, Marguerite, daughter of Pierre, [400].
Grignon, Petaille, engagé, [83], [227], [236-238], [240], [250], [252], [254], [258].
Grignon, Pierre, fur trader, [400].
Grignon, Mrs. Pierre, marries Langevin, [400].
Grignon, Pierre Antoine, son of Pierre, [400].
Grignon, Ursula M., described by Mrs. Kinzie, [21];
sketch, [398].
Grignon family, at Kaukauna, [30], [31], [307];
at Butte des Morts, [48];
sketch, [400].
Grosse Pointe, near Detroit, [224].
Guardapie, Alexis, a voyageur, [331], [338].
Haliburton, ——, first husband of Mrs. Mackenzie, [xiii], [147].
Hall, Benjamin, marries Margaret McKenzie, [xvi].
Hamilton, Alexander, father of William Stephen, [406].
Hamilton, Mrs. Alexander, visits Wisconsin, [406].
Hamilton, Lieut. Gov. Henry, expedition against Vincennes, [399].
Hamilton, Col. R. J., at Chicago, [227].
Hamilton, William Stephen, entertains Kinzies, [107-116];
escorts Kinzies, [307];
sketch, [406].
Hamilton’s Diggings (Wiota), founded, [406];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [107-114], [307].
Hancock, ——, a soldier, [86].
Hanks, Lieut. Porter, loses Mackinac, [395].
Harbor Springs, Mich. See [L’Arbre Croche].
Hardscrabble, early name for Lee’s Place, [144].
Harmon, Dr. E., early Chicago physician, [145], [202], [204].
Harney, Capt. William Selby, escorts Kinzies to Fort Winnebago, [21], [22], [25];
at Fort Winnebago, [17], [80], [91], [113], [354];
in Black Hawk War, [316];
sketch, [397].
Harrison, Gen. William Henry, fights Indians, [404];
at Detroit, [xvi], [193], [196];
governor of Indiana Territory, [399];
talks with Sacs and Foxes, [387], [388].
Harry, a negro servant, [233], [234], [236], [237], [240], [274], [277], [332], [334].
Hastings’s Woods, near Portage, [370];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [257], [258].
Hays, Sergt. ——, killed in Chicago massacre, [191].
Hays, Henry, deserts George Forsyth, [148], [149].
Heacock, Russell E., Chicago resident, [144].
Heald, Capt. Nathan, in Chicago massacre, [156], [162-168], [186-188].
Heald, Mrs. Nathan, in Chicago massacre, [157], [179-181], [186-188].
Healy, G. P. A., portraits of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kinzie, frontispiece, [xvi].
Helm, Edwin, son of Linai T., [236], [240], [241], [274], [278], [379];
goes to Green Bay, [331], [332], [334-336].
Helm, Lieut. Linai T., in Chicago massacre, [156], [173], [175], [177], [186], [187].
Helm, Mrs. Margaret, wife of foregoing, a McKillip, [xvi], [224];
narrative of Chicago massacre, [157], [173-191];
goes to Fort Winnebago, [227], [234-259];
at Fort Winnebago, [275], [319], [320], [324], [325];
goes to Fort Howard, [327-337];
returns to Fort Winnebago, [344-352].
Hempstead, ——, Galena resident, [71].
Hempstead, Charles, Galena lawyer, [404].
Hempstead, Edward, Galena resident, [404].
Hempstead, Stephen, sketch, [404].
Hempstead, Susan, marries Henry Gratiot, [404].
Henry, Gen. James D., in Black Hawk War, [321], [343], [344], [416].
“Henry Clay,” early lake steamer, [xvii], [1-3], [9], [11-13], [15].
Henshaw, Miss Frances, visits Kinzies, [303], [412].
Hickory Creek, early ball at, [227-230].
Hinckley, Capt. ——, at Fort Dearborn, [231], [232].
Hogan, John Stephen Coats, sutler at Fort Dearborn, [145];
sketch, [408].
Holmes, Maj. Andrew Hunter, killed on Mackinac Island, [395], [396].
Holt, Sergt. ——, wounded in Chicago massacre, [178].
Holt, Mrs. ——, wife of foregoing, heroism of, [178], [179].
Hooe, Lieut. Alexander S., at Fort Winnebago, [54];
sketch, [403].
Hoo-wau-ne-kah (Little Elk), Winnebago chief, [65];
in Black Hawk War, [321], [322].
Howard, Gen. Benjamin, opinion of treaty of 1804, [388];
name given to Fort Howard, [397].
Hubbard, Bela, Memorials of a Half Century, [400].
Hudson Bay Company, fur trade of, [394].
Hull, Gen. William, arrives at Detroit, [162];
surrender, [192].
Hunt, George, at Wolf’s Point, [198].
Hunt’s Merchants' Magazine, [400].
Hunter, Lieut. David, at Fort Dearborn, [144], [376];
escorts Mrs. Kinzie, [344-352];
in Black Hawk War, [322];
sketch, [414].
Huron Indians, raided by Iroquois, [396];
settle at Point St. Ignace, [396].
Hurlburt, Henry H., Chicago Antiquities, [408].
Illinois, embraces Wisconsin, [400];
early land surveys, [406];
Sac and Fox cession (1804), [411];
furnishes cattle for Fort Howard, [406];
in Black Hawk War, [273], [314], [315], [411], [412], [416], [417];
Wau-Bun as historical material for, [xx].
Illinois Indians, early French among, [146].
Indians, customs and dances, [278-286], [364], [365];
marriage customs, [264], [265], [372-375];
medicine men, [282], [283];
legend of little rail (poule d’eau), [242-244];
of red fox, [287-294];
of Sheesheebanze (little duck), [295-302];
feast of green corn, [220], [221];
scalp dance, [364], [365];
dance at Fort Winnebago, [324];
division of labor, [280], [281], [412];
jerking of meat, [165];
mat weaving, [54], [55];
rice harvest, [46], [56];
use of kinnikinick, [42], [66];
mounds at Butte des Morts, [402];
at Lake Koshkonong, [411];
burial customs, [60-63], [284], [285];
payment of annuities, [72-75], [80], [262], [272], [278-286], [363], [364], [366];
in Pontiac’s conspiracy, [12];
Black Hawk War a blot on our relations with, [416];
attitude of, to Cadle’s mission, [398];
Boilvin’s agency, [400];
Forsyth’s, [419];
Gratiot’s, [414];
Street’s, [404];
Stuart’s, [393];
at Mackinac, [9].
See also, the several tribes.
Indiana Territory, embraces Wisconsin, [399].
Iowa, Mazzuchelli in, [411];
Winnebago Indians in, [357].
Iowa County, Wis., Hogan in, [408].
Iowa Indians, met by Mrs. Kinzie, [32].
Iroquois Indians, friendly to English, [206], [207], [215];
raids of, [393], [396].
Irving, Washington, Astoria, [4].
Irwin, Alexander, in Black Hawk War, [349].
Irwin family, at Green Bay, [305].
Island Park, near Oshkosh. See [Garlic Island].
Jackson, Gen. Andrew, in Creek War, [418].
Jayne, Dr. ——, canal commissioner, [409].
Jefferson Barracks, Black Hawk at, [387], [392].
Jenks, Alfred E., on wild rice, [402].
Jesuits, Marquette’s operations, [12], [396];
at De Pere, [413];
La Richardie at Sandwich, [396];
Relations, [401].
Jewett, Charles, Indian agent, [197].
Jews, in fur trade, [402].
Johnson, Sir John, English Indian agent, [211], [216], [218], [220-223], [410].
Johnson, Col. Richard M., interested in Indian education, [88], [89];
sketch, [404], [405].
Johnson, Sir William, English Indian superintendent, [410].
Joliet, Louis, explores Mississippi River, [396], [403].
Juneau, Solomon, on Cadle’s mission, [398].
Justice, Réaume’s administration of, [399], [400];
Boilvin’s, [400];
Doty’s, [397];
Lawe and Porlier’s, [402];
at Chicago, [408], [409].
Karraymaunee (Nawkaw), Winnebago chief, [63].
Kaskaskia, Ill., Charles Gratiot at, [414].
Kaukauna (Grand Kaccalin, Cacalin, Cockolin, Kackalin, Kakalin, Kokolow), first settlement at, [400];
Presbyterian mission, [400], [401];
Mrs. Kinzie, [22], [26], [30-35], [306], [307], [337].
Keepotah (Kepotah) befriends Kinzies, [179], [181], [186], [188], [196], [197].
Kellogg, O. W., settles Buffalo Grove, [406];
entertains Kinzies, [116-118];
accompanies Kinzies, [117-139].
Kellogg, Mrs. O. W., entertains Kinzies, [116-118].
Kellogg’s Grove, Mrs. Kinzie at, [114-118], [307];
St. Vrain killed at, [392];
in Black Hawk War, [316].
Kent, Rev. Aratus, Galena clergyman, [107], [384];
sketch, [405].
Kent, Mrs. Aratus, wife of foregoing, [384].
Kentucky, R. M. Johnson’s career, [404], [405];
J. M. Street in, [404].
Keokuk, Fox chief, [404].
Kercheval, Gholson, [408];
French nickname for, [153];
fur trader, [145];
sutler at Fort Howard, [364], [366];
at Chicago, [231], [233], [237];
at early ball, [228-230];
accompanies Kinzies, [233], [234].
Kewaniquot (Returning Cloud), Ottawa chief, [394], [398].
Kickapoo Indians, fur trade of, [150].
Kilbourn City, Wis., near Wisconsin River dalles, [417].
Kilgour, Corporal ——, escorts Kinzies, [36], [41].
King, Mrs. Charles, grandchild of Haliburton, [xiii].
Kinnikinick, Indian substitute for tobacco, [42], [66].
Kinzie, Ellen Marion, daughter of John, [xvi].
Kinzie, Elizabeth, daughter of John, [xv], [xvi].
Kinzie, James, son of John, [xv], [xvi].
Kinzie, John, at Bertrand, Mich., [146], [408];
early life in Chicago, [154], [407];
in Chicago massacre, [154-191];
captivity by English, [192-196];
returns to Chicago (1816), [197];
last years and death, [197-200];
sketch, [xiii-xvi].
Kinzie, Mrs. John, wife of foregoing, [145];
captivity among Senecas, [205-223];
in Chicago massacre, [155];
prophecy as to Chicago land values, [205];
greets authoress, [139];
at Fort Winnebago, [227] , [234-259], [264], [265], [378];
at Prairie du Chien, [354], [356];
has vision of brother’s death, [224-227].
Kinzie, John H., son of foregoing, residence in Chicago, [141], [142];
canoe trip on Fox River, [25-27];
at Fort Winnebago, [69], [71], [74], [76], [87-90], [95], [260-263], [272], [278-304], [357-386];
journey to Chicago, [94-139];
returns to Fort Winnebago, [253-259], [306-313];
sends family to Fort Howard, [326], [327], [335], [343];
relieves return party, [348-352];
at Rock Island, [355], [356];
at Prairie du Chien, [314];
in Black Hawk War, [314-371], [387-392];
plats Kinzie’s Addition, [376];
not author of Narrative of Massacre at Chicago, [xviii];
sketch, [xvi-xviii];
portrait, [xxiii];
view of residence, [150].
Kinzie, Mrs. John H. (Juliette A. Magill), journey to Green Bay, [1-13];
at Green Bay, [13-24];
canoe trip to Fort Winnebago, [25-57];
at Fort Winnebago, [57-96];
journey to Chicago, [96-139];
in Chicago, [139-234];
return to Fort Winnebago, [234-259];
at the fort, [259-304];
visit to Green Bay, [304-306];
horseback trip to Portage, [306-313];
again at Fort Winnebago, [314-326];
fleeing to Green Bay, [326-338];
return to Portage, [339-352];
at the fort again, [353-386];
account of Black Hawk War, [314-371];
Narrative of Massacre at Chicago, [xviii], [xix];
Walter Ogilby, [xix];
other literary work, [xviii-xx];
sketch, [xvii], [xviii];
portrait, [frontispiece].
Kinzie, Maria Indiana, daughter of John, [xvi].
Kinzie, Robert Allen, son of John, [xvi];
fur trader, [408];
at Chicago, [227-230];
locates Kinzie’s Addition, [204], [205];
hunting, [201];
accompanies John H., [234];
at Fort Winnebago, [58].
Kinzie, William, born, [xv], [xvi].
Kinzie family, relation to Chicago history, [xviii];
French nickname for, [153].
Kishwaukee, Kinzies near, [124];
in Black Hawk War, [315].
Knaggs, James, early tavern keeper, [307-309], [413].
Lacey, Lieut. Edgar M., at Fort Winnebago, [355], [356], [417].
La Fayette County, Wis., early emigration to, [406].
Laframboise, Joseph, fur trader, [394].
Laframboise, Madame Joseph, half-breed trader, [9];
sketch, [394], [395], [398].
Laframboise, Josette (of Chicago), marries J. B. Beaubien, [407].
Laframboise, Josette (of Mackinac), marries Captain Pierce, [395].
Laframboise, Glode (Claude), friend of Tomah, [376].
Lake Buffalo (Lac de Bœuf), Mrs. Kinzie on, [55], [56], [351].
Lake Butte des Morts, Mrs. Kinzie on, [45], [46].
Lake Crystal, Kinzies on, [242].
Lake Erie, crossed by Lytle, [223];
Perry’s battle on, [194], [195].
Lake Fox, Winnebagoes on, [72].
Lake Geneva (Big Foot, Gros-pied, Maunk-suck), Shaubena at, [409];
Kinzies on, [245], [247-251],

[253];
view, [250].
Lake Green, Winnebagoes on, [72];
seen by Judge Doty, [51].
Lake Huron, guarded by Mackinac Island, [395];
early settlements on, [1];
Mrs. Kinzie on, [2], [3], [5].
Lake Kegonsa (First Lake), how named, [405].
Lake Koshkonong, on Chicago trail, [94], [108], [122];
Winnebagoes on, [72], [252-254], [404];
in Black Hawk War, [317], [318], [411], [414-416].
Lake Mendota (Fourth Lake), how named, [405].
Lake Michigan, [156];
guarded by Mackinac Island, [395];
currents of, [408];
touched by Sac trail, [407];
Pottawattomies on, [120], [409];
fur trade, [6], [394];
early settlements, [1];
in Chicago massacre, [171];
as state boundary, [397];
Mrs. Kinzie on, [12], [13];
bounds Kinzie’s Addition, [204];
Dominicans west of, [411];
in Black Hawk War, [415], [416];
Chicago canal, [409].
Lake Monona (Third Lake), how named, [405].
Lake Mud, Winnebagoes on, [72].
Lake Puckaway, Mrs. Kinzie on, [54], [55], [60], [350].
Lake St. Clair, near Detroit, [224].
Lake Superior, guarded by Mackinac Island, [395];
fur trade on, [6], [152], [400].
Lake Swan, near Portage, [286].
Lake Waubesa (Second Lake), how named, [405].
Lake Wingra (Dead Lake), at Madison, [405].
Lake Winnebago, Mrs. Kinzie on, [31], [40-45], [60], [330-332], [348], [349], [413];
Wild Cat’s village, [358];
Stockbridges on, [401];
Winnebagoes, [72];
Rolette, [18], [19].
Lake Winnipeg, Winnebagoes probably from, [403].
La Liberté, Louis, voyageur, [154].
Lands, early surveys in Middle West, [406];
public sales of, [xviii];
cession by Wisconsin Indians, [355], [357];
Sac and Fox cessions, [387-391], [411], [412];
grant in aid of Chicago canal, [409], [410].
Langevin, Jean Baptiste, marries widow of Pierre Grignon, [400].
Lapierre, ——, a blacksmith, [100].
Lapierre, ——, a voyageur, [56].
La Prairie, near Montreal, [399].
L’Arbre Croche, Indian village, seen by Mrs. Kinzie, [12], [13], [396].
La Richardie, Father Armand de, Jesuit missionary, [396].
Lashley, ——, residence at Mackinac, [10].
Lawe, John, Green Bay resident, meets Mrs. Kinzie, [48], [49];
sketch, [402].
Lawton, Barney, Illinois settler, [137], [138], [234], [235].
Lead region. Sac and Fox land cession (1804), [411], [412];
early emigration to, [406];
Gratiot in, [404], [414];
Presbyterian mission to, [405];
in Black Hawk War, [412].
Leclerc, Peresh, half-breed interpreter, [176], [177].
Lecuyer, Simon, engagé, [227], [236-240], [252].
Lee, ——, killed in Chicago massacre, [189].
Lee, Mrs. ——, wife of foregoing, in Indian captivity, [189], [190];
marries Du Pin, [191].
Lee, William, early Chicago exhorter, [144], [145];
sketch, [408].
Lee’s Place (Hardscrabble), in Chicago massacre, [155-157], [159], [160].
Legends of Fox River (of Green Bay), [56], [57];
story of the little rail, [242-244];
story of the red fox, [287-294];
story of Sheesheebanze (little duck), [295-302].
Le Mai, ——, Chicago fur trader, [146].
Letendre, Jean B., French messenger, [83].
Lincoln, Abraham, commissions John H. Kinzie, [xviii].
Lippincott & Co., J. B., republish Wau-Bun, [xix].
“Little Belt,” English war vessel, [195].
Little Chûte, Mrs. Kinzie at, [35], [333-336].
Little Kaukauna, Réaume at, [399].
Little Priest, Winnebago chief, [272].
Logan, James, mentions Chicago, [408].
Louisa, negro domestic, [68], [69], [81], [82], [84-86], [90], [94], [274].
Louisiana Territory, Harrison’s governorship, [388].
Low, Nicholas, grandson of Haliburton, [xiii], [147].
Lytle, ——, Pennsylvania frontiersman, family stolen by Senecas, [207-209], [212-216], [220], [222], [223].
Lytle, Mrs. ——, wife of foregoing, captured by Indians, [209-212], [215], [216], [220-223];
at Detroit, [225], [226].
Lytle, Eleanor. See [Mrs. John Kinzie].
Lytle, Maggie, flees from Indians, [213-215].
Lytle, Thomas, flees from Indians, [213-215];
death of, [224-227].
McCoy, ——, missionary, [233].
McKee, Col. Alexander, British Indian agent, [186], [192].
McKenzie, Elizabeth, adventures of, [xiv-xvi].
McKenzie, Isaac, daughters captured by Shawanese, [xiv], [xv].
Mackenzie, John, father of John Kinzie, [xiii].
Mackenzie, Mrs. John, wife of foregoing, [xiii];
marries Haliburton and Forsyth, [xiii].
McKenzie, Margaret, adventures of, [xiv-xvi].
McKillip, Capt. ——, marries Eleanor Lytle, [224].
McKillip, Eleanor (Lytle), widow of foregoing, marries John Kinzie, [xvi], [149], [150].
McKillip, Margaret. See [Mrs. Lieut. L. T. Helm].
Mackinac Island (Michillimackinac), origin of name, [11], [393];
Hurons at, [396];
calms off, [1];
fur trade of, [150], [152], [326], [394], [395];
massacre at, [323];
held by English, [162], [164], [395], [396];
Presbyterian mission, [6], [9], [394];
Abbott at, [395];
Bairds, [398];
Beaumont, [413];
Edward Biddie’s marriage, [395];
Charles Gratiot, [414];
Healds, [188];
Kinzies, [xvi], [3-12];
Laframboise, [395];
Mazzuchelli, [411];
Capt. Pierce’s marriage, [395];
view, [6].
Mackinac boats, described, [394];
used in fur trade, [8], [25-27], [344].
Mackinaw City (Old Mackinac), seen by Mrs. Kinzie, [12].
Mackinaw Company, fur trade of, [394].
Macomb, ——, released by English, [196].
Madison, naming of lakes, [405];
Kinzies near site of, [100];
early tavern, [405].
Magill, Arthur, at Fort Winnebago, [314];
escorts Mrs. Kinzie, [327-337].
Magill, Julian, at Fort Winnebago, [278], [379];
goes to Fort Howard, [331], [332].
Magill, Juliette A., marries John H. Kinzie, [xvii].
See also, [Mrs. John H. Kinzie].
Mail service, at early Chicago, [145], [198];
Peoria to Galena, [407].
Man Eater, Winnebago chief, [253];
in Black Hawk War, [323].
Manitoulin Islands, calms off, [1].
Maple sugar, made by Indians, [7], [8].
Marcotte, Jean Baptiste, father of Madame Laframboise, [394].
“Mariner,” early lake schooner, [339], [340].
Marquette, Father Jacques, Jesuit missionary, [396];
discovers Mississippi, [403].
Marsh, Rev. Cutting, missionary to Stockbridges, [400];
diary of, [415];
met by Mrs. Kinzie, [32];
sketch, [401].
Marten, in Northwest fur trade, [7].
Mary, a servant, [379].
Mâtâ, a blacksmith, [320], [330-337];
injury of daughter, [368-371].
Mâtâ, Sophy, injured on ice, [368-371].
Mauzheegawgaw swamp, Mrs. Kinzie crosses, [51], [309-312].
Mazzuchelli, Rev. Samuel Charles, Catholic missionary, [266], [375];
sketch, [411].
Menomonee Indians, French name for, [8];
relations with English, [7];
salutation of dawn, [19];
marriage customs, [373];
treaty with New York Indians, [14];
fur trade of, [150];
Grignons related to, [20];
in Black Hawk War, [330], [416].
See also [Wishtayyun].
Menomoneeville. See [Shantytown].
Methodists, met by Mrs. Kinzie, [136], [137].
Miami Indians, friendly in Chicago massacre, [168], [173];
relations to English, [6], [7].
Miami Rapids, Fort Defiance at, [224].
Michigan, Sacs in, [407];
Cass’s governorship, [44];
Porter’s, [358];
early Chicago mail, [198];
militia in Black Hawk War, [416].
Michigan City, Mich., genesis of, [143].
Michillimackinac. See [Mackinac Island].
Miller, ——, Chicago resident, [143].
Milwaukee (Milwaukie), John Kinzie’s trade at, [150];
Chicago prisoners at, [188];
Parkman Club Papers, [401], [402].
Miner, Rev. Jesse, missionary to Stockbridges, [401].
Mineral Point, Wis., Judge Doty at, [25].
Mink, in Northwest fur trade, [7].
Minnesota, fur trade in, [412].
Mishinemackinawgo Indians, name-givers to Michillimackinac, [393].
Missions, Protestant, at Mackinac, [6-11];
among Winnebagoes, [265-268].
See also, [Cadle], [Ferry], [Kent], [Marsh], [Mazzuchelli], [Miner], [Catholics], [Jesuits], and the several Protestant denominations.
Missouri, Sac and Fox cession (1804), [411];
early land surveys, [406].
Mitchell, David, resident of Mackinac, [9].
Mitchell, Mrs. David, at Mackinac, [10], [395].
Moaway (the Wolf), Pottawattomie Indian, [138].
Mohawk (Mohican) Indians, in Revolutionary War, [410];
descendants in Wisconsin, [333].
Montreal, fur trade entrepôt, [151], [393], [402];
Sir John Johnson at, [410];
schools of, [395].
Morrin, Isidore, government blacksmith at Fort Winnebago, [262], [385].
Morrison, Col. James, entertains Kinzies, [104-109];
sketch, [405].
Morrison, Mrs. James, entertains Mrs. Kinzie, [104-107].
Morrison’s (Porter’s) Grove, settled, [405];
Kinzies at, [104-107], [109].
Munsee Indians, move to Wisconsin, [401].
Muskrat, in Northwest fur trade, [7].
Musquakees. See [Fox Indians].
Myers, Granny, frontier settler, [214].
Nanneebozho, Indian sprite, [242-244].
“Napoleon,” lake schooner, [230-233], [277].
Naunongee, Pottawattomie chief, killed by Hays, [191].
Navarino, Wis., founded by Whitney, [412];
Kinzies at, [16], [17].
Navigation. See [Durham boats], [Mackinac boats], [Portages], [Steamers], [Voyageurs], and [Newberry].
Necedah, Wis., Winnebagoes near, [404].
Neenah, Wis., Mrs. Kinzie on site of, [41-45].
Neescotneemeg, Pottawattomie chief, [144], [182].
Negroes, at Chicago, [233];
at Fort Winnebago, [68], [81], [84-86].
See also, [Black Jim], [David], [Ephraim], [Harry], and [Louisa].
Newberry, Oliver, owner of Lake schooner, [304], [339].
New France, downfall, [xiii], [394].
Newhall, Dr. ——, Galena physician, [83].
New York, William Forsyth at, [xiii].
New York Indians. See also, [Waubanakees].
Nicolet, Jean, discovers Northwest, [403].
Niles, Mich., John Kinzie at, [146];
on mail route, [304].
Northwest Company, organized, [394];
Shaw’s agency, [153];
employs Robert Stuart, [393].
Nunns & Clark, piano manufacturers, [66].
Ogee (Ogie), John, Indian lad, [119], [120].
Ogee (Ogie), Joseph, ferryman, [120], [407].
Ogee’s (Ogie’s) ferry, Mrs. Kinzie at, [114].
Ogilvie, Gillespie & Co., fur traders, [402].
Old Boilvin, a Winnebago, [285], [286].
Old Queen, mother of Corn Planter, [211], [216-220].
Old Smoker, an Indian, [327], [341], [343].
Olean Point, N. Y., Seneca village at, [211].
Oneida Indians, move to Wisconsin, [401].
See also, [Eleazer Williams].
Oshkosh, Wis., [402];
settled, [413].
Oswego, Ill., Mrs. Kinzie at, [131].
Ottawa Indians, French appellation of, [52];
language, [287];
at Point St. Ignace, [396];
at Mackinac, [5-12];
relations to English, [7];
at Tippecanoe, [157];
treaty of 1816, [388];
related to J. P. Beaubien, [407];
met by Mrs. Kinzie, [32];
Blackbird’s History, [393].
Otter, in Northwest fur trade, [7].
Ouilmette, Antoine, Chicago settler, [182], [185], [233].
Ouilmette, Josette, daughter of foregoing, bond servant, [233], [267], [277-336], [351], [379].
Ourand, Charles H., sketch of Fort Dearborn I, [156].
Owen, Col. T. J. V., Indian agent, [227].
Paquette, Pierre, Winnebago interpreter, [57], [95], [272];
marries Miss Crélie, [414];
at Fort Winnebago, [356], [361], [372];
in Black Hawk War, [317], [322], [326-328];
keeps Bellefontaine, [413];
sketch, [403].
Paquette, Mrs. Pierre, wife of foregoing, [267], [372].
Paquette, Thérèse, daughter of foregoing, at Sunday school, [274].
Parkman Club Papers, [401], [402].
Path Valley, Pa., settled, [207].
Patterson, ——, fur trader, [194].
Pawnee Blanc (White Pawnee, Old Dandy), Winnebago chief, [66], [73-75].
Pawnee Blanc, widow of, [284].
Peach, ——, at Fort Winnebago, [264].
Peesotum, a Pottawattomie, [175], [178].
Peoria, Ill., fur trade at, [419];
death of Point-au-Sable, [146];
Lieut. Helm at, [186];
trail to Galena, [406];
Chicago mail, [198].
Peoria County, Ill., embraces Galena and Chicago, [407].
Perry, Commodore Oliver H., victory on Lake Erie, [195].
Peten Well, Wis., Winnebagoes at, [404].
Petit Rocher, Wis., in Black Hawk War, [321].
Philleo, Dr. Addison, Galena physician, [306], [310-312].
Piché, Pierre, a French settler, [121], [132], [134].
Pierce, Capt. Benjamin K., commandant at Mackinac, [395].
Pillon, ——, an engagé, [85], [96-99], [263], [320].
Pillon, Mrs. ——, wife of foregoing, a servant, [94], [96].
Pipes, as units of measure, [30], [328], [414], [415].
Pittsburg, protects Western settlers, [206];
Lytle at, [213], [216].
Plante, ——, an engagé, [85], [103], [121], [126], [276], [313], [320].
Plympton, Capt. Joseph C, at Fort Winnebago, [360];
sketch, [418].
Point-au-Sable, Jean Baptiste, settles at Chicago, [146].
Point St. Ignace, Marquette at, [12], [396].
Pontiac, at taking of Mackinac, [12].
Portier, Jacques, fur trader, [402];
met by Mrs. Kinzie, [49].
Portage, Wis., winding of Fox River at, [57];
fur trade, [405];
trail to Chicago, [108];
surrender of Red Bird, [417];
supplies for Sugar Creek, [100];
Mazzuchelli at, [266].
See also. [Fort Winnebago], [Kinzies], and [Paquette].
Portages, Chicago, [146];
Fox-Wisconsin, [60];
Grand Chûte, [35-38], [345-348];
Kaukauna, [31-34];
Little Kaukauna, [35].
See also, the several localities.
Porter, Gov. George B., Indian superintendent, [358], [364], [386];
governor of Michigan Territory, [418].
Portier (Porthier), Mrs. Joseph, at Chicago, [232].
Pottawattomie Indians, French appellation of, [52];
language, [127], [130];
relations to English, [7];
fur trade of, [150];
Point-au-Sable among, [146];
in Chicago massacre, [154-191];
at Tippecanoe,

[157];
restrained by Shaubena, [197];
at Chicago, [138];
at Wolf Point, [138];
treaty of 1816, [388];
met by Mrs. Kinzie, [32];
in Black Hawk War, [272], [412];
treaties of 1836, [409];
Ouilmette related to, [233];
Tomah, [376-379];
removal from Lake Michigan, [120].
See also, [Big Foot], [Billy Caldwell], [Black Partridge], [Alexander Robinson], [Shaubena], and other chiefs.
Powell, William, fur trader, [329], [333], [350].
Prairie du Chien, Wis., fur trade at, [414];
captured by British, [398];
early justice at, [28];
school, [368];
Doty’s court, [397];
imprisonment of Red Bird, [417];
Black Hawk’s surrender, [354], [417];
Boilvin’s agency, [285];
Street’s agency, [404];
Fisher at, [398];
Charles Gratiot, [414];
Johnson, [405];
Kinzies, [xvii], [42-45], [314-356];
Mrs. Mitchell, [10];
Rolette, [18], [398].
Prairie du Sac, in Black Hawk War, [416].
Presbyterians. See [Kent], [Marsh], [Miner], and [Stockbridges].
Proctor, Gen. Henry A., British commandant at Detroit, [186], [192-196].
Prophet, Black Hawk’s adviser, [392], [417].
Protestants. See the several denominations.
Puans (Puants). See [Winnebago Indians].
Quashquame, Sac chief, on land cessions, [388], [389].
Quincy, Ill., fur trade near, [419].
Quebec, Wolfe’s victory, [xiii];
John Kinzie at, [xiii], [xiv], [147], [195], [196].
Réaume, Charles, Green Bay justice, [27];
sketch, [399], [400].
Récollet missionaries, at Detroit, [396].
Rector, Col. William, surveyor-general of Illinois, [406].
Red Bird, Winnebago chief, uprising of, [197], [319], [414];
imprisonment at Fort Winnebago, [357];
sketch, [417], [418].
Revolutionary War, [399], [410].
Reynolds, Gov. John, in Black Hawk War, [355], [412].
Richardson, Maj. ——, Hardscrabble, and Waunangee, [155].
Ridgway, Isaac A., view of Fort Winnebago, [358].
River Alleghany, settlement on, [206];
captivity of Lytle family, [211].
River Au Sable, friendly Indians on, [186], [189].
River Bad Ax, battle of, [416], [417].
River Baraboo (Barribault), Winnebagoes on, [72],270, [321], [382], [414].
River Calumet (at Chicago), Indians at, [157];
hunters, [201];
Lee, [408].
River Chicago, [144];
in massacre of 1812, [175];
portage, [146], [408].
River Des Moines, street on, [404].
River Desplaines (Aux Plaines), Pottawattomies on, [409];
in Chicago massacre, [182];
Kinzies on, [137], [234], [376].
River Detroit, Fort Maiden on, [194];
ferry, [225].
River Du Page, Mrs. Kinzie on, [134-136].
River Fox (of Green Bay), [410];
Indian tradition of, [56];
Wolf confounded with, [53];
at Portage, [58-60], [403];
as a freight way, [231];
description and tradition of Grand Butte des Morts, [402];
of Petit Butte des Morts, [401];
fur trade on, [396];
Jesuits, [413];
Stockbridges, [333-336];
Winnebagoes, [404];
Fort Howard built, [397];
Camp Smith, [396];
Presbyterian mission on, [32], [401];
Episcopalian mission, [32];
in Black Hawk War, [415];
Kinzies on, [13-60], [101-337];
Wild Cat, [358], [359].
River Fox (of Illinois), in treaty of 1804, [388];
Kinzies on, [182-134], [237], [410].
River Gasconade, in treaty of 1804, [388].
River Grand, death of Laframboise, [394].
River Illinois, fur trade on, [150];
in treaty of 1804, [388];
Chicago prisoners on, [188];
Mrs. Holt, [179];
Pottawattomies, [409];
Chicago canal, [410].
River Iowa (Ihoway), Sacs and Foxes on, [391].
River Jefferson, in treaty of 1804, [388].
River Kanawha, Isaac McKenzie on, xiv.
River Kankakee, fur trade on, [150];
Ottawas on, [409];
hostile Indians from, [187], [188].
River Maumee, John Kinzie on, [xiv], [149].
River Milwaukee (Melwakee), Pottawattomies on, [409].
River Mississippi, discovered by Joliet and Marquette, [396];
Cass’s expedition to sources of, [2], [393];
Pottawattomies west of, [409];
Sacs and Foxes on, [52], [270], [273], [411], [416];
Sac trail to Canada, [120];
Indian lands on, [266];
Sac cessions, [388];
fur trade, [6], [419];
in War of 1812-15, [400];
in Red Bird uprising, [197];
in Black Hawk War, [314], [354], [392];
canoe trips to, [17];
First regiment ordered to, [260];
workmen from, [262];
Green Bay excursionists on, [303];
travellers from, at Bellefontaine, [312];
Boilvin on, [28];
Johnson, [405];
John H. Kinzie, [42-45];
Mrs. Mitchell, [10].
River Missouri, Pottawattomies on, [120], [200].
River Monongahela, settlement on, [206].
River Pecatonica, Mrs. Kinzie on, [115], [406].
River Plum, settlement on, [207].
River Raisin, massacre on, [192], [193].
River Rock, fur trade on, [150];
Chicago prisoners, [188];
Sacs, [387-392];
Winnebagoes, [160];
Black Hawk’s village, [407];
in Black Hawk War, [65], [317], [343], [412], [417];
Dixon’s ferry, [116-121], [406];
crossing at Lake Koshkonong, [94];
Ogee’s ferry, [114];
Mrs. Kinzie on, [252-254].
River Root, Hogan on, [408].
River St. Clair, cholera on, [340].
River St. Joseph’s, in Chicago massacre, [171].
River Susquehannah, limit of white settlement, [206].
River Thames, Thomas Lytle on, [224-226];
battle of, [404], [409].
River Tippecanoe, treaty of 1836, [409].
River Trench. See [River Thames].
River Wabash, Indian troubles on, [167];
hostile Pottawattomies from, [181];
Chicago prisoners on, [188];
as state boundary, [397].
River Wisconsin, at Portage, [60], [365];
in treaty of 1804, [388];
early canoe voyages on, [17];
Sacs on, [417];
Winnebagoes, [404];
John H. Kinzie, [314];
Roys, [275];
in Black Hawk War, [321], [344], [416], [417].
River Wolf, mistaken for Fox, [53].
River Yellow, treaty of 1836, [409].
Roberts, Charles, canal commissioner, [409].
Roberts, Capt. Charles, captures Mackinac, [395].
Robineau, ——, a voyageur, [345];
blacksmith’s helper, [368-371].
Robinson, Alexander, Pottawattomie chief, [144];
befriends whites, [187], [249];
sketch, [409].
Rock (Rocky) Island, Ill., Davenport at, [391];
Street’s agency, [404];
Black Hawk at, [412];
cholera, [355], [415];
treaty, [355], [358].
Rocky Mountains, discovery of passes, [405], [406].
Rohl-Smith, Carl, artist of Chicago massacre monument, bas-reliefs by, [168], [174], [176].
Rolette, Miss, ——, at Fort Winnebago, [377].
Rolette, Joseph, Indian sobriquet for, [80];
in Boilvin’s court, [28];
at Fort Winnebago, [71];
stories, of, [17-19];
sketch, [398].
Ronan, Ensign George, in Chicago massacre, [156], [163], [176].
Root, Gen. Erastus, treaty commissioner, [15], [19].
Roy, François, fur trader, [405].
Roy, Pierre, son of foregoing, [95], [116], [126].
Roy family, at Portage, [275].
Rum traffic, opposed by Robert Stuart, [393].
Sac (Sauk) Indians, allied with Foxes, [52];
relations to English, [7];
great trail to Canada, [120], [123], [126];
in treaty of 1804, [411];
land session by, [387-391];
at Rock Island, [404];
on Mississippi, [269];
Forsyth’s agency, [419];
met by Mrs. Kinzie, [32];
in Black Hawk War, [116], [273-371], [387-392], [402], [414-417].
St. Augustine, Fla., settlement of, [12].
St. Jean, ——, fur trader, [152], [153].
St. Joseph’s, Ind., fur trade at, [180];
in Chicago massacre, [186-188];
John Kinzie at, [xiv], [149];
mission, [233], [236].
St. Louis, Sac treaty of 1804, [389];
in War of 1812-15, [400];
treaty of 1816, [409];
military post, [387];
treaties at, [387-391];
Hempstead, [404];
Surveyor Thompson, [404].
St. Martin, Alexis, patient of Dr. Beaumont, [413].
St. Vrain, Felix, Indian agent, killed in Black Hawk War, [116], [392].
Saginaw Bay, Mich., fur trade at, [419].
Salt Creek, Kinzies on, [237].
Sandusky, Ohio, John Kinzie at, [xiv], [149].
Sandwich, Ont., Jesuits at, [12];
John Kinzie, [194];
Forsyths, [205].
Sangamon County, Ill., fur trade of, [150].
Sauteurs. See [Chippewa Indians].
Sawmills, established by Whitney, [412].
Schoolcraft, Henry R., views from Indian Tribes, [6];
Sources of the Mississippi, [393].
Schools. See [Education].
Scotch, in Northwest fur trade, [xiii], [xiv], [394], [398].
Scott, Capt. Martin, at Fort Dearborn, [144];
at Fort Howard, [343];
sketch, [410].
Scott, Gen. Winfield, in Black Hawk War, [355], [415].
Seneca Indians, captivity of Mrs. John Kinzie, [205-223].
Seneca, Ill., Pottawattomies near, [409].
Shantytown (at Green Bay) , genesis of, [396];
Kinzies at, [15], [337].
Shaubena (Chambly, Shaubeenay, Shaubenah), Pottawattomie chief, befriends whites, [197];
portrait, [198];
sketch, [409].
Shaw, ——, fur trade agent, [153], [154].
Shawanee (Shawnee) Indians, in Dunmore’s War, [xiv];
capture McKenzie girls, [xiv], [xv];
at Tippecanoe, [157].
Shawneeaukee, John H. Kinzie’s Indian name, [xvii], [5], [45], [54], [74], [102], [194], [248], [273], [308], [322].
Shawneetown, Ill., Street at, [404].
Sheaffe, Col. ——, English officer, [187].
Sheesheebanze (little duck), story of, [295-302].
Shoshone Indians, Doty treats with, [397].
Shot-making, at Helena, [412].
Sinclair, Commodore Arthur, attacks Mackinac Island, [395].
Sinsinawa Mound, Dominican Academy at, [411].
Sioux Indians, raid Chequamegon Bay, [396];
Mrs. Mitchell related to, [10];
met by Mrs. Kinzie, [32];
in Black Hawk War, [416].
Smith, Col. Joseph Lee, establishes Camp Smith, [396].
Snakes, at Portage, [21].
Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, [401].
Songs, by French-Canadian voyageurs, [28-30], [56], [400].
South Kaukauna. See [Kaukauna].
Southwest Company, organized, [394];
at Mackinac, [150].
Spanish land grants at St. Louis, [146].
Springfield, Ill., Sac lands sold at, [390];
Dixon, [407].
Stages, at Buffalo Grove, [118].
Stambaugh, Col. Samuel C., Indian agent, [305];
in Black Hawk War, [349];
sketch, [413].
Stanley, Webster, founds Oshkosh, [413].
Statesburg. See [Kaukauna].
Steamers, early, on great lakes, [xvii];
on Mississippi River, [353].
See also, “[Henry Clay],” “[Uncle Sam],” and “[Warrior].”
Stickney, Gardner P., “Use of Maize by Wisconsin Indians,” [402].
Stillman, Maj. Isaiah, routed by Black Hawk, [417].
Stillman’s Run. See [Sycamore Creek].
Stirling, Mark, deserts George Forsyth, [148], [149].
Stockbridge (Waubanakee, Waubeenakee) Indians, Presbyterian mission to, [32], [400], [415];
visited by Mrs. Kinzie, [26], [333-336].
Stockbridge, Wis., Indian village, [401].
Stoddard, Maj. ——, commandant at St. Louis, [387].
Street, Gen. Joseph M., Indian agent at Prairie du Chien, [72];
receives Black Hawk, [417];
sketch, [404].
Stuart, David, with American Fur Company, [393].
Stuart, Robert, fur-trade agent, entertains Kinzies, [3];
interest in missions, [6];
sketch, [393], [394].
Sulky, ——, a soldier, [91].
Sully, R. M., portrait of Black Hawk, [354].
Sugar Creek, Lapierre on, [100];
Sophy Mâtâ’s accident at, [368-370].
Sycamore Creek, Black Hawk’s victory at, [354], [417].
Talk-English, a Winnebago, [64], [65].
Taverns, at Bellefontaine, [60], [413];
at Chicago, [143], [407];
Madison, [405];
Oshkosh, [413].
Tecumseh, at treaty of Greenville, [408];
killed at Thames, [405], [409].
Thompson, James, surveys Chicago town site, [409];
his map, [142].
Thunder Bay, storms off, [1-3].
Tippecanoe, battle of, [157], [167].
Tomah, an Indian lad, [376-379].
Topeeneebee, Pottawattomie chief, befriends Kinzies, [171], [185], [188].
Toshunnuck, a Winnebago, [254], [255].
Trails, evolution of Indian, [405];
great Sac, to Canada, [120], [123], [126];
Butte des Morts to Portage, [51];
Dixon’s to Chicago, [117-139];
Dixon’s to Peoria, [121];
Fort Winnebago to Chicago, [94-139];
Gleason’s to Portage, [56];
Hamilton’s Diggings to Kellogg’s, [114-116];
Kellogg’s to Ogee’s, [114];
Morrison’s to Hamilton’s Diggings, [107-111];
Peoria to Galena, [406];
Piché’s to Chicago, [132];
at Portage, [322];
Portage to Chicago, [108].
See also, [Portages].
Trail Creek (Rivière du Chemin), Miller on, [143].
Treaties, of Ghent, [396];
Paris (1783), [220];
Greenville, [408];
with Sacs and Foxes (1804), [411];
St. Louis (1816), [409];
Sac land cessions, [387-391];
Menomonees and New York Indians (Waubanakees), [14];
at Rock Island, [355], [358];
with Pottawattomies (1836), [409];
with Shoshones, [397].
Tremont House, Chicago, [143].
Turcotte, ——, a blacksmith, [320], [370].
Turkey Creek, treaty of 1836, [409].
Turner, Andrew J., “History of Fort Winnebago,” [411].
Turtle Creek, at Beloit, [411];
Winnebagoes on, [72];
Kinzies, [251].
Twenty-mile Prairie, Mrs. Kinzie on, [256], [257].
Twiggs, Maj. David Emanuel, at Fort Winnebago, [58], [84], [90];
entertains Kinzies, [259];
leaves Fort Winnebago, [273];
sketch, [399].
Twiggs, Mrs. David E., at Fort Winnebago, [25], [68], [89].
Twiggs, Lizzie, birth of, [92].
“Uncle Sam,” early lake steamer, [189].
Van Cleve, Lieut. Horatio Phillips, at Fort Winnebago, [379];
sketch, [418].
Van Cleve, Mrs. H. P. (Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark), wife of foregoing, Three Score Years and Ten, [xix], [415].
Van Voorhees, Dr. ——, in Chicago massacre, [156], [174].
Victoire, family servant, [376].
Vincennes, Ind., Indian council at, [197];

in War of Revolution, [399].
Virginia, capture of McKenzie girls, xiv-xvi.
Vitelle, ——, an engagé, [335], [336].
Voyageurs, characteristics of service, [150-154];
pipes as unit of measure, [30], [328], [414];
songs of, [28-30], [56], [400];
on Mackinac boats, [394];
at Butte des Morts, [49];
at Fort Winnebago, [66];
on Lake Superior, [400];
at Prairie du Chien, [414];
in service of Kinzies, [21], [25-57], [327-337].
Wallace, ——, at Wolf’s Point, [198].
Wapello, Fox chief, [404].
War of 1812-15, fur trade in, [402];
Sandusky campaign, [403];
capture of Prairie du Chien, [400];
Col. Cutler in, [418];
Winnebagoes, [404].
“Warrior,” steamer in Black Hawk War, [353], [416].
Washington, D. C., Shaubena at, [409];
Winnebagoes, [264], [404].
Waubanakees. See [Stockbridge Indians].
Waubansee, Pottawattomie chief, [128];
befriends whites, [178], [183].
Waubeeneenah, Pottawattomie chief, [175], [176].
Waukaunkau (Little Snake), hostage for Winnebago suspects, [357-362].
Waupaca, Cutting Marsh at, [401].
Waygeemarkin, an Indian magician, [295-302].
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, fights Indians, [224].
Weeks, ——, entertains Kinzies, [187].
Wekau, a Winnebago, friend of Red Bird, [417], [418].
Wells, Capt. William, in Chicago massacre, [168], [175], [178];
illustration of death of, [176].
Wentworth, ——, Chicago tavern-keeper, [143];
met by Mrs. Kinzie, [138].
Whigs, appoint Street, [404].
Whistler, Capt. John, builds Fort Dearborn I, [407];
sketch from plans, [156].
Whistler, Maj. William, receives Red Bird’s surrender, [417].
White, ——, killed in Chicago massacre, [157], [160].
White Crow (Kauraykausaykah, Kauraykawsawkaw, Kawneeshaw, Le Borgne), Winnebago chief, [65], [273];
delivers prisoners to whites, [361];
sketch, [404].
White Ox, a Winnebago murderer, [9].
Whitney, Daniel, entertains Kinzies, [305];
visits Kinzies, [303];
sketch, [412].
Wight, William W., on Eleazer Williams, [401].
Wild Cat, Winnebago chief, [45], [383];
opposes land cession, [358], [359].
Wild cat (animal), in Northwest fur trade, [7].
Wild doves, enormous flocks of, [415].
Wild rice, grown by Northwest Indians, [8], [56];
bibliography, [402].
Will County, Ill., Ottawas in, [409].
Williams, Rev. Eleazer, missionary to Oneidas, met by Mrs. Kinzie, [32];
sketch, [401].
Williams, M. C., Old Mission Church of Mackinac Island, [394].
Williamsburg, L. I., John Kinzie at, [xiii], [xiv].
Wing, ——, accompanies Kinzies, [306], [312].
Winnebago (Puants) Indians, origin of name “Puants,” [52], [53], [403];
vocabulary by Boilvin, [400];
customs and dances, [278-286];
scalp dance, [364];
gather wild rice, [46];
marriage customs, [372-375];
indifferent to education, [88];
effect of missions on, [265-268];
fur trade of, [150];
relations to English, [7];
in Chicago massacre, [160];
at Tippecanoe, [157];
in Red Bird uprising, [197], [319], [417];
in Black Hawk War, [272], [315-371], [387-392], [409], [416];
capture Black Hawk, [404];
surrender of suspects, [357-363];
escape of prisoners, [366-368], [384];
starving time near Fort Winnebago, [380-383];
visit Eastern cities, [64], [75-78];
payment of annuities to, [15], [272-286], [363], [366];
beef and horses, [413];
principal villages of, [72];
on Baraboo River, [72-80];
at Butte des Morts, [48];
Fort Winnebago, [60-66], [72-80], [86-89], [264-303];
Four Lakes, [102];
on Lake Koshkonong, [253];
at Prairie du Chien, [72];
Turtle Creek band, [411];
Street’s agency, [404];
White Ox, a murderer, [9];
related to Paquette, [403];
portrait of types, [64].
See also, [Fort Winnebago], [John H. Kinzie], [Mrs. John H. Kinzie], and the several chiefs.
Winnebago rapids, Mrs. Kinzie at, [333].
Winnebago swamp, [121], [123].
Winnemeg (Catfish), Pottawattomie chief, befriends whites, [162], [178].
Winnosheek, Winnebago chief, [317].
Wiota, Wis., founded, [406].
Wisconsin, Hurons in, [396];
first settled, [398];
Sac and Fox cession (1804), [411] , [412];
Wau-Bun as historical material for, [xx].
Wisconsin Heights, battle of, [416], [417].
Wisconsin Historical Society, Secretary Draper names Madison lakes, [405];
dedicates tablet to Allouez, [413];
possesses Forsyth MSS., [419];
Marsh MSS., [401];
furnishes illustrations to this volume, [14], [354];
Collections, [xix], [373], [399], [411], [415].
Wishtayyun (blacksmith), Menomonee guide, [22], [42], [307].
Wolcott, Dr. Alexander, Indian agent, [197];
household of, [233];
death of, [83], [201].
Wolcott, Mrs. Judge ——, [168].
Wolf, in Northwest fur trade, [7].
Wolf Point, [143-145];
Mrs. Kinzie at, [138];
Hunt and Wallace, [198].
Wolf’s Creek, McKenzie on, [xiv].
Wolfe, Gen. ——, on Plains of Abraham, [xiii].
Wright’s Woods, at Chicago, [202].
Wyandot Indians, relations to English, [6];
John H. Kinzie among, [xvii], [44], [45].
Yellow Banks, Black Hawk at, [412].
Yellow Thunder (Waukaunzeekah), Winnebago chief, [75];
sketch, [404].
Yellow Thunder, Mrs. (Washington Woman), [75-78], [383].
Young Dandy. See [Four-Legs].
Ypsilanti, Mich., genesis of, [167].

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