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,