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.