CHAPTER I.

Departure from Detroit

CHAPTER II.

Michilimackinac—American Fur Company—Indian Trade—Mission

School—Point St. Ignace

CHAPTER III.

Arrival at Green Bay—Mrs. Arnot—General Root—Political Dispatches—A

Summerset—Shanty-Town—M. Rolette—Indian

Morning Song—Mr. Cadle's Mission—Party at Miss Doty's—Misses

Grignon—Mrs. Baird's Party—Mrs. Beall

CHAPTER IV.

Arrangements for Travelling—Fox River—Judge Doty—Judge

Réaume—M. Boilvin—Canadian Voyageurs: their Songs—The

Kakalin—Wish-tay-yun—Rev. Eleazar Williams—Passage through

the Rapids—Grande Chûte—Krissman

CHAPTER V.

Beautiful Encampment—Winnebago Lake—Miss Four-Legs—Garlic

Island—Wild Rice

CHAPTER VI.

Breakfast at Betty More's—Judge Law—Fastidiousness; what came of it

CHAPTER VII.

Butte des Morts—French Cognomens—Serpentine Course of Fox

River—Lake Puckaway—Lac de Boeuf—Fort Winnebago.

CHAPTER VIII.

Major and Mrs. Twiggs—A Davis—An Indian Funeral—Conjugal

Affliction—Indian Chiefs; Talk-English—The Wild-Cat—The

Dandy

CHAPTER IX.

Housekeeping—The First Dinner

CHAPTER X.

Indian Payment—Pawnee Blanc—The Washington Woman—Raising

Funds

CHAPTER XI.

Louisa—Garrison Life—Dr. Newhall—Affliction—Domestic

Accommodations—Ephraim—New-Year's Day—Native Custom—Day-kau-ray's

Views of Education—Captain Harney's Mince-Pie

CHAPTER XII.

Lizzie Twiggs—Preparation for a Journey—The Regimental Tailor

CHAPTER XIII.

eparture from Fort Winnebago—Duck Creek—Upset in a Canoe—Pillon—Encamping in Winter—Four Lakes—Indian Encampment—Blue Mound—Morrison's—A Tennessee Woman

CHAPTER XIV.

Rev. Mr. Kent—Losing One's Way—A Tent Blown Down—Discovery of a Fence—Hamilton's Diggings—Frontier Housekeeping—Wm. S. Hamilton—A Miner—Hard Riding—Kellogg's Grove

CHAPTER XV.

Rock River—- Dixon's—John Ogie—Missing the Trail—Hours of

Trouble—Famine in the Camp—Relief

CHAPTER XVI.

A Pottowattamie Lodge—A Tempest—Piché's—Hawley's—The Du

Page—Mr. Dogherty—The Aux Plaines—Mrs. Lawton—Wolf

Point—Chicago

CHAPTER XVII.

Fort Dearborn—Chicago in 1831—First Settlement of Chicago—John

Kinzie, Sen.—-Fate of George Forsyth—Trading Posts—Canadian

Voyageurs—M. St. Jean—Louis la Liberté

CHAPTER XVIII.

Massacre at Chicago

CHAPTER XIX.

Massacre, continued—Mrs. Helm—Ensign Ronan—Captain

Wells—Mrs. Holt—Mrs. Heald—The Sau-ga-nash—Sergeant Griffith—Mrs.

Burns—Black Partridge and Mrs. Lee—Nau-non-gee and Sergeant

Hays

CHAPTER XX.

Treatment of American Prisoners by the British—Captivity of Mr.

Kinzie—Battle on Lake Erie—Cruelty of General Proctor's

Troops—General Harrison—Rebuilding of Fort Dearborn—Red Bird—A

Humorous Incident—Cession of the Territory around Chicago

CHAPTER XXI.

Severe Spring Weather—Pistol-Firing—Milk Punch—A Sermon—Pre-emption to "Kinzie's Addition"—Liberal Sentiments

CHAPTER XXII.

The Captives

CHAPTER XXIII.

Colonel McKillip—Second-Sight—Ball at Hickory Creek—Arrival of the "Napoleon"—Troubles of Embarkation

CHAPTER XXIV.

Departure for Port Winnebago—A Frightened Indian—Encampment at Dunkley's Grove—Horses Lost—Getting Mired—An Ague cured by a Rattlesnake—Crystal Lake—Story of the Little Rail

CHAPTER XXV.

Return Journey, continued—Soldiers' Encampment—Big-Foot Lake—Village

of Maunk-suck—A Young Gallant—Climbing—Mountain-Passes—Turtle

Creek—Kosh-ko-nong—Crossing a Marsh—Twenty-Mile Prairie—Hastings's

Woods—Duck Creek—Brunet—Home

CHAPTER XXVI.

The Agency—The Blacksmith's House—Building a Kitchen—Four-Legs, the

Dandy—Indian Views of Civilization—Efforts of M.

Mazzuchelli—Charlotte

CHAPTER XXVII.

The Cut-Nose—The Fawn—Visit of White Crow—Parting with

Friends—Krissman—Louisa again—The Sunday-School

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Plante—Removal—Domestic Inconveniences—Indian Presents—Grandmother

Day-kau-ray—Indian Customs—Indian Dances—The Medicine-Dance—Indian

Graves—Old Boilvin's Wake

CHAPTER XXIX.

Indian Tales—Story of the Red Fox

CHAPTER XXX.

Story of Shee-shee-banze

CHAPTER XXXI.

Visit to Green Bay—Disappointment—Return Journey—Knaggs's—Blind

Indian—Ma-zhee-gaw-gaw Swamp—Bellefontaine

CHAPTER XXXII.

Commencement of the Sauk War—Winnebago

Council—Crély—Follett—Bravery—The Little Elk—An

Alarm—Man-Eater and his

Party—An Exciting Dance

CHAPTER XXXIII.

Fleeing from the Enemy—Mâtâ—Old Smoker—Meeting with

Menomonees—Raising the Wind—Garlic Island—Winnebago Rapids—The

Waubanakees—Thunder-Storm—Vitelle—Guardapié—Fort Howard

CHAPTER XXXIV.

Panic at Green Bay—Tidings of Cholera—Green Bay Flies—Doyle, the Murderer—Death of Lieutenant Foster—A Hardened Criminal—Good News from the Seat of War—Departure for Home—Shipwreck at the Grand Chûte—A Wet Encampment—An Unexpected Arrival—Reinforcement of Volunteers—La Grosse Américaine—Arrival at Home

CHAPTER XXXV.

Conclusion of the War—Treaty at Rock Island—Cholera among the Troops—Wau-kaun-kah—Wild-Cat's Frolic at the Mee-kan—Surrender of the Winnebago Prisoners

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Delay in the Annual Payment—Scalp-Dances—Groundless Alarm—Arrival of Governor Porter—Payment—Escape of the Prisoners—Neighbors Lost—Reappearance—Robineau—Bellaire

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Agathe—"Kinzie's Addition"—Tomah—Indian Acuteness—Indian

Simplicity

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Famine—Day-kau-ray's Daughter—Noble Resolution of a Chief—Bread for the Hungry—Rev. Mr. Kent—An Escaped Prisoner—The Cut-Nose again—Leave-taking with our Red Children—Departure from Fort Winnebago

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