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,