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,