Wau-Bun: The 'Early Day' of the North-West - Mrs. John H. Kinzie

CONTENTS

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Editor’s Introduction	[xiii]
Author’s Preface	[xxv]
CHAPTER I
Departure from Detroit	[1]
CHAPTER II
Michilimackinac—American Fur Company—Indian Trade—Mission School—Point St. Ignace	[5]
CHAPTER III
Arrival at Green Bay—Mrs. Arndt—Gen. Root—Political Despatches—A Summerset—Shanty-town—Mr. Rolette—Indian Morning Song—Mr. Cadle’s Mission—Party at Mrs. Doty’s—Miss Grignons—Mrs. Baird’s Party—Hamilton A.—Mrs. Beall	[14]
CHAPTER IV
Arrangements for Travelling—Fox River—Judge Doty—Judge Réaume—M. Boilvin—Canadian Voyageurs; Their Songs—The Kakalin—Wish-tay-yun—Rev. Eleazer Williams—Passage through the Rapids—Grande Chûte—Christman	[25]
CHAPTER V
Beautiful Encampment—Winnebago Lake—Miss Four-Legs—Garlic Island—Wild Rice	[40]
CHAPTER VI
Breakfast at Betty More’s—Judge Law—Fastidiousness; What Came of It	[47]
CHAPTER VII
Butte des Morts—French Cognomens—Serpentine Course of Fox River—Lake Puckaway—Lac de Bœuf—Fort Winnebago	[52]
CHAPTER VIII
Major and Mrs. Twiggs—A Davis—An Indian Funeral—Conjugal Affliction—Indian Chiefs; Talk English—The Wild Cat—The Dandy	[58]
CHAPTER IX
Housekeeping; The First Dinner	[68]
CHAPTER X
Indian Payment—Pawnee Blanc—The Washington Woman—Raising Funds	[72]
CHAPTER XI
Louisa—Garrison Life—Dr. Newhall—Affliction—Domestic Accommodations—Ephraim—New Year’s Day—Native Custom—Day-kau-ray’s Views of Education—Capt. Harney’s Mince-Pie	[80]
CHAPTER XII
Lizzie Twiggs—Preparations for a Journey—The Regimental Tailor	[91]
CHAPTER XIII
Departure from Fort Winnebago—Duck Creek—Upset in a Canoe—Pillon—Encamping in Winter—Four Lakes—Indian Encampment—Blue Mound—Morrison’s—A Tennessee Woman	[96]
CHAPTER XIV
Rev. Mr. Kent—Losing One’s Way—A Tent Blown Down—Discovery of a Fence—Hamilton’s Diggings—Frontier Housekeeping—Wm. S. Hamilton—A Miner—Hard Riding—Kellogg’s Grove	[107]
CHAPTER XV
Rock River—Dixon’s—John Ogie—Missing the Trail—Hours of Trouble—Famine in the Camp—Relief	[118]
CHAPTER XVI
A Pottowattamie Lodge—A Tempest—Piché’s—Hawley’s—The Dupage—Mr. Dougherty—The Desplaines—Mrs. Lawton—Wolf Point—Chicago	[130]
CHAPTER XVII
Fort Dearborn—Chicago in 1831—First Settlement of Chicago—John Kinzie, Sen.—Fate of George Forsyth—Trading Posts—Canadian Voyageurs—M. St. Jean—Louis la Liberté	[140]
CHAPTER XVIII
Massacre at Chicago	[155]
CHAPTER XIX
Massacre Continued—Mrs. Helm—Ensign Ronan—Capt. Wells— Mrs. Holt—Mrs. Heald—The Sau-ga-nash—Sergeant Griffith— Mrs. Burns—Black Partridge and Mrs. Lee—Nau-non-gee and Sergeant Hays	[171]
CHAPTER XX
Treatment of American Prisoners by the British—Captivity of Mr. Kinzie—Battle on Lake Erie—Cruelty of Gen. Proctor’s Troops—Gen. Harrison—Rebuilding of Fort Dearborn—Red Bird—A Humorous Incident—Cession of the Territory Around Chicago	[192]
CHAPTER XXI
Severe Spring Weather—Pistol-Firing—Milk Punch—A Sermon— Pre-emption to “Kinzie’s Addition”—Liberal Sentiments	[201]
CHAPTER XXII
The Captives	[206]
CHAPTER XXIII
Capt. McKillip—Second Sight—Ball at Hickory Creek—Arrival of the “Napoleon”—Troubles of Embarkation	[224]
CHAPTER XXIV
Departure for Fort Winnebago—A Frightened Indian—Encampment at Dunkley’s Grove—Horses Lost—Getting Mired—An Ague Cured by a Rattlesnake—Crystal Lake—Story of the Little Rail	[233]
CHAPTER XXV
Return Journey Continued—Soldiers' Encampment—Big Foot Lake—Village of Maunk-suck—A Young Gallant—Climbing Mountain-Passes—Turtle-Creek—Kosh-ko-nong—Crossing a Marsh—Twenty-Mile Prairie—Hasting’s Woods—Duck Creek—-Brunêt—Home	[245]
CHAPTER XXVI
The Agency—The Blacksmith’s House—Building a Kitchen— Four-Legs, the Dandy—Indian Views of Civilization—Efforts of M. Mazzuchelli—Charlotte	[260]
CHAPTER XXVII
The Cut-Nose—The Fawn—Visit of White Crow—Parting with Friends—Christman—Louisa Again—The Sunday-School	[269]
CHAPTER XXVIII
Plante—Removal—Domestic Inconveniences—Indian Presents—Grand mother Day-kau-ray—Indian Customs—Indian Dances—The Medicine Dance—Indian Graves—Old Boilvin’s Wake	[276]
CHAPTER XXIX
Indian Tales—Story of the Red Fox	[287]
CHAPTER XXX
Story of Shee-shee-banze	[295]
CHAPTER XXXI
Visit to Green Bay—Disappointment—Return Journey—Knaggs'— Blind Indian—Mau-zhee-gaw-gaw Swamp—Bellefontaine	[303]
CHAPTER XXXII
Commencement of Sauk War—Winnebago Council—Crély—Follett— Bravery—The Little Elk—An Alarm—Man-Eater and His Party—An Exciting Dance	[314]
CHAPTER XXXIII
Fleeing from the Enemy—Mâtâ—Old Smoker—Meeting with Menomonees—Raising the Wind—Garlic Island—Winnebago Rapids—The Wau-bee-na-kees—Thunder-Storm—Vitelle— Guardapie—Fort Howard	[326]
CHAPTER XXXIV
Panic at Green Bay—Tidings of Cholera—Green Bay Flies—Doyle, the Murderer—Death of Lieut. Foster—A Hardened Criminal— Good News from the Seat of War—Departure for Home—Shipwreck at the Grand Chûte—A Wet Encampment—An Unexpected Arrival— Reinforcement of Volunteers—La Grosse Americaine—Arrival at Home	[339]
CHAPTER XXXV
Conclusion of the War—Treaty at Rock Island—Cholera Among the Troops—Wau-kaun-kau—Wild-Cat’s Frolic at the Mee-kan— Surrender of the Winnebago Prisoners	[353]
CHAPTER XXXVI
Delay in the Annual Payment—Scalp Dances—Groundless Alarm— Arrival of Gov. Porter—Payment—Escape of the Prisoners— Neighbors Lost—Reappearance—Robineau—Bellair	[363]
CHAPTER XXXVII
Agathe—“Kinzie’s Addition”—Tomah—Indian Acuteness—Indian Simplicity	[372]
CHAPTER XXXVIII
Famine—Day-kau-ray’s Daughter—Noble Resolution of a Chief— Bread for the hungry—Rev. Mr. Kent—An Escaped Prisoner—The Cut-Nose Again—Leave-taking with Our Red Children—Departure from Fort Winnebago	[380]
Appendix	[387]

Notes—By Reuben Gold Thwaites	[393]
Index	[421]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Juliette A. McGill Kinzie From oil portrait by G. P. A. Healy, painted in 1855.	[Frontispiece]
John Harris Kinzie From copy of oil portrait by G. P. A. Healy, painted by Daisy Gordon, in possession of Chicago Historical Society.	[xvi]
Title-Page to the Orginal Edition	[xxiii]
Michilimackinac From sketch by Capt. S. Eastman, U. S. A., in Schoolcraft’s “Indian Tribes,” vol. iv., p. 188.	[6]
Fort Howard in 1855 From daguerreotype in possession of Wisconsin Historical Society.	[14]
Four-Legs' Village Entrance to Winnebago Lake (the present town of Neenah). From sketch by Mrs. Kinzie, in original edition.	[42]
Fort Winnebago in 1831 From sketch by Mrs. Kinzie, in original edition.	[56]
A Typical Group of Winnebagoes From photograph in possession of Wisconsin Historical Society.	[64]
Chicago in 1820 From sketch by H. R. Schoolcraft, in “Indian Tribes,” vol. iv., p. 192.	[140]
Map of Chicago in 1830 (Original by James Thompson destroyed in Chicago fire, October 9, 1871.) From copy thereof, in possession of Chicago Historical Society.	[142]
Chicago in 1831 From sketch by Mrs. Kinzie in original edition.	[142]
Mark Beaubien From crayon portrait in possession of Chicago Historical Society.	[144]
The Chicago Portage From the first U. S. Government Survey of the region of the portage and site of Chicago, in possession of Chicago Historical Society.	[146]
Residence of John Kinzie, Esq. (The first house built in Chicago.) From sketch by Mrs. Kinzie, in original edition.	[150]
Old Fort Dearborn, 1803-1812 From sketch by Charles H. Ourand, based upon plans drawn by Capt. J. Whistler, 1808, in possession of Chicago Historical Society.	[156]
Shaubena (Chief of the Pottawattomies.) From photograph of oil portrait in possession of Chicago Historical Society.	[198]
Big Foot’s Village and Lake From sketch by Mrs. Kinzie, in original edition.	[250]
The Grand Chûte—Fox River From sketch by Mrs. Kinzie, in original edition.	[346]
Black Hawk (Head-man of the Rock River Sacs.) From oil portrait by R. M. Sully, in possession of Wisconsin Historical Society.	[354]
Fort Winnebago in 1834 (Indian agency buildings on hill to left.) From oil painting, based upon plans and local traditions, by Isaac A. Ridgway.	[353]