Virginia, capture of McKenzie girls, xiv-xvi.
Vitelle, ——, an engagé, 335, 336.
Voyageurs, characteristics of service, 150-154;
    pipes as unit of measure, 30, 328, 414;
    songs of, 28-30, 56, 400;
    on Mackinac boats, 394;
    at Butte des Morts, 49;
    at Fort Winnebago, 66;
    on Lake Superior, 400;
    at Prairie du Chien, 414;
    in service of Kinzies, 21, 25-57, 327-337.

Wallace, ——, at Wolf’s Point, 198.
Wapello, Fox chief, 404.
War of 1812-15, fur trade in, 402;
    Sandusky campaign, 403;
    capture of Prairie du Chien, 400;
    Col. Cutler in, 418;
    Winnebagoes, 404.
“Warrior,” steamer in Black Hawk War, 353, 416.
Washington, D. C., Shaubena at, 409;
    Winnebagoes, 264, 404.
Waubanakees. See Stockbridge Indians.
Waubansee, Pottawattomie chief, 128;
    befriends whites, 178, 183.
Waubeeneenah, Pottawattomie chief, 175, 176.
Waukaunkau (Little Snake), hostage for Winnebago suspects, 357-362.
Waupaca, Cutting Marsh at, 401.
Waygeemarkin, an Indian magician, 295-302.
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, fights Indians, 224.
Weeks, ——, entertains Kinzies, 187.
Wekau, a Winnebago, friend of Red Bird, 417, 418.
Wells, Capt. William, in Chicago massacre, 168, 175, 178;
    illustration of death of, 176.
Wentworth, ——, Chicago tavern-keeper, 143;
    met by Mrs. Kinzie, 138.
Whigs, appoint Street, 404.
Whistler, Capt. John, builds Fort Dearborn I, 407;
    sketch from plans, 156.
Whistler, Maj. William, receives Red Bird’s surrender, 417.
White, ——, killed in Chicago massacre, 157, 160.
White Crow (Kauraykausaykah, Kauraykawsawkaw, Kawneeshaw, Le Borgne), Winnebago chief, 65, 273;
    delivers prisoners to whites, 361;
    sketch, 404.
White Ox, a Winnebago murderer, 9.
Whitney, Daniel, entertains Kinzies, 305;
    visits Kinzies, 303;
    sketch, 412.
Wight, William W., on Eleazer Williams, 401.
Wild Cat, Winnebago chief, 45, 383;
    opposes land cession, 358, 359.
Wild cat (animal), in Northwest fur trade, 7.
Wild doves, enormous flocks of, 415.
Wild rice, grown by Northwest Indians, 8, 56;
    bibliography, 402.
Will County, Ill., Ottawas in, 409.
Williams, Rev. Eleazer, missionary to Oneidas, met by Mrs. Kinzie, 32;
    sketch, 401.
Williams, M. C., Old Mission Church of Mackinac Island, 394.
Williamsburg, L. I., John Kinzie at, xiii, xiv.
Wing, ——, accompanies Kinzies, 306, 312.
Winnebago (Puants) Indians, origin of name “Puants,” 52, 53, 403;
    vocabulary by Boilvin, 400;
    customs and dances, 278-286;
    scalp dance, 364;
    gather wild rice, 46;
    marriage customs, 372-375;
    indifferent to education, 88;
    effect of missions on, 265-268;
    fur trade of, 150;
    relations to English, 7;
    in Chicago massacre, 160;
    at Tippecanoe, 157;
    in Red Bird uprising, 197, 319, 417;
    in Black Hawk War, 272, 315-371, 387-392, 409, 416;
    capture Black Hawk, 404;
    surrender of suspects, 357-363;
    escape of prisoners, 366-368, 384;
    starving time near Fort Winnebago, 380-383;
    visit Eastern cities, 64, 75-78;
    payment of annuities to, 15, 272-286, 363, 366;
    beef and horses, 413;
    principal villages of, 72;
    on Baraboo River, 72-80;
    at Butte des Morts, 48;
    Fort Winnebago, 60-66, 72-80, 86-89, 264-303;
    Four Lakes, 102;
    on Lake Koshkonong, 253;
    at Prairie du Chien, 72;
    Turtle Creek band, 411;
    Street’s agency, 404;
    White Ox, a murderer, 9;
    related to Paquette, 403;
    portrait of types, 64.
    See also, Fort Winnebago, John H. Kinzie, Mrs. John H. Kinzie, and the several chiefs.
Winnebago rapids, Mrs. Kinzie at, 333.
Winnebago swamp, 121, 123.
Winnemeg (Catfish), Pottawattomie chief, befriends whites, 162, 178.
Winnosheek, Winnebago chief, 317.
Wiota, Wis., founded, 406.
Wisconsin, Hurons in, 396;
    first settled, 398;
    Sac and Fox cession (1804), 411 , 412;
    Wau-Bun as historical material for, xx.
Wisconsin Heights, battle of, 416, 417.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Secretary Draper names Madison lakes, 405;
    dedicates tablet to Allouez, 413;
    possesses Forsyth MSS., 419;
    Marsh MSS., 401;
    furnishes illustrations to this volume, 14, 354;
    Collections, xix, 373, 399, 411, 415.
Wishtayyun (blacksmith), Menomonee guide, 22, 42, 307.
Wolcott, Dr. Alexander, Indian agent, 197;
    household of, 233;
    death of, 83, 201.
Wolcott, Mrs. Judge ——, 168.
Wolf, in Northwest fur trade, 7.
Wolf Point, 143-145;
    Mrs. Kinzie at, 138;
    Hunt and Wallace, 198.
Wolf’s Creek, McKenzie on, xiv.
Wolfe, Gen. ——, on Plains of Abraham, xiii.
Wright’s Woods, at Chicago, 202.
Wyandot Indians, relations to English, 6;
    John H. Kinzie among, xvii, 44, 45.

Yellow Banks, Black Hawk at, 412.
Yellow Thunder (Waukaunzeekah), Winnebago chief, 75;
    sketch, 404.
Yellow Thunder, Mrs. (Washington Woman), 75-78, 383.
Young Dandy. See Four-Legs.
Ypsilanti, Mich., genesis of, 167.