Chapter I: Front Matter

Michilimackinac--American Fur Company--Indian Trade--Mission
School--Point St. Ignace 5

CHAPTER III

Arrival at Green Bay--Mrs. Arndt--Gen. Root--Political
Despatches--A Summerset--Shanty-town--Mr. Rolette--Indian
Morning Song--Mr. Cadle's Mission--Party at Mrs. Doty's--Miss
Grignons--Mrs. Baird's Party--Hamilton A.--Mrs. Beall 14

CHAPTER IV

Arrangements for Travelling--Fox River--Judge Doty--Judge
Réaume--M. Boilvin--Canadian Voyageurs; Their Songs--The
Kakalin--Wish-tay-yun--Rev. Eleazer Williams--Passage through
the Rapids--Grande Chûte--Christman 25

CHAPTER V

Beautiful Encampment--Winnebago Lake--Miss Four-Legs--Garlic
Island--Wild Rice 40

CHAPTER VI

Breakfast at Betty More's--Judge Law--Fastidiousness; What
Came of It 47

CHAPTER VII

Butte des Morts--French Cognomens--Serpentine Course of Fox
River--Lake Puckaway--Lac de Bœuf--Fort Winnebago 52

CHAPTER VIII

Major and Mrs. Twiggs--A Davis--An Indian Funeral--Conjugal
Affliction--Indian Chiefs; Talk English--The Wild Cat--The
Dandy 58

CHAPTER IX

Housekeeping; The First Dinner 68

CHAPTER X

Indian Payment--Pawnee Blanc--The Washington Woman--Raising
Funds 72

CHAPTER XI

Louisa--Garrison Life--Dr. Newhall--Affliction--Domestic
Accommodations--Ephraim--New Year's Day--Native
Custom--Day-kau-ray's Views of Education--Capt. Harney's
Mince-Pie 80

CHAPTER XII

Lizzie Twiggs--Preparations for a Journey--The Regimental
Tailor 91

CHAPTER XIII

Departure from Fort Winnebago--Duck Creek--Upset in a
Canoe--Pillon--Encamping in Winter--Four Lakes--Indian
Encampment--Blue Mound--Morrison's--A Tennessee Woman 96

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 107

CHAPTER XV

Rock River--Dixon's--John Ogie--Missing the Trail--Hours of
Trouble--Famine in the Camp--Relief 118

CHAPTER XVI

A Pottowattamie Lodge--A Tempest--Piché's--Hawley's--The
Dupage--Mr. Dougherty--The Desplaines--Mrs. Lawton--Wolf
Point--Chicago 130

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 140

CHAPTER XVIII

Massacre at Chicago 155

CHAPTER XIX

Massacre Continued--Mrs. Helm--Ensign Ronan--Capt. Wells--
Mrs. Holt--Mrs. Heald--The Sau-ga-nash--Sergeant Griffith--
Mrs. Burns--Black Partridge and Mrs. Lee--Nau-non-gee and
Sergeant Hays 171

CHAPTER XX

Treatment of American Prisoners by the British--Captivity of
Mr. Kinzie--Battle on Lake Erie--Cruelty of Gen. Proctor's
Troops--Gen. Harrison--Rebuilding of Fort Dearborn--Red
Bird--A Humorous Incident--Cession of the Territory Around
Chicago 192

CHAPTER XXI

Severe Spring Weather--Pistol-Firing--Milk Punch--A Sermon--
Pre-emption to "Kinzie's Addition"--Liberal Sentiments 201

CHAPTER XXII

The Captives 206

CHAPTER XXIII

Capt. McKillip--Second Sight--Ball at Hickory Creek--Arrival
of the "Napoleon"--Troubles of Embarkation 224

CHAPTER XXIV

Departure for Fort 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 233

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--Hasting's Woods--Duck
Creek---Brunêt--Home 245

CHAPTER XXVI

The Agency--The Blacksmith's House--Building a Kitchen--
Four-Legs, the Dandy--Indian Views of Civilization--Efforts
of M. Mazzuchelli--Charlotte 260

CHAPTER XXVII

The Cut-Nose--The Fawn--Visit of White Crow--Parting with
Friends--Christman--Louisa Again--The Sunday-School 269

CHAPTER XXVIII

Plante--Removal--Domestic Inconveniences--Indian Presents--Grand
mother Day-kau-ray--Indian Customs--Indian Dances--The Medicine
Dance--Indian Graves--Old Boilvin's Wake 276

CHAPTER XXIX

Indian Tales--Story of the Red Fox 287

CHAPTER XXX

Story of Shee-shee-banze 295

CHAPTER XXXI

Visit to Green Bay--Disappointment--Return Journey--Knaggs'--
Blind Indian--Mau-zhee-gaw-gaw Swamp--Bellefontaine 303

CHAPTER XXXII

Commencement of Sauk War--Winnebago Council--Crély--Follett--
Bravery--The Little Elk--An Alarm--Man-Eater and His Party--
An Exciting Dance 314

CHAPTER XXXIII

Fleeing from the Enemy--Mâtâ--Old Smoker--Meeting with
Menomonees--Raising the Wind--Garlic Island--Winnebago
Rapids--The Wau-bee-na-kees--Thunder-Storm--Vitelle--
Guardapie--Fort Howard 326

CHAPTER XXXIV

Panic at Green Bay--Tidings of Cholera--Green Bay Flies--Doyle,
the Murderer--Death of Lieut. 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 Americaine--Arrival
at Home 339

CHAPTER XXXV

Conclusion of the War--Treaty at Rock Island--Cholera Among the
Troops--Wau-kaun-kau--Wild-Cat's Frolic at the Mee-kan--
Surrender of the Winnebago Prisoners 353

CHAPTER XXXVI

Delay in the Annual Payment--Scalp Dances--Groundless Alarm--
Arrival of Gov. Porter--Payment--Escape of the Prisoners--
Neighbors Lost--Reappearance--Robineau--Bellair 363

CHAPTER XXXVII

Agathe--"Kinzie's Addition"--Tomah--Indian Acuteness--Indian
Simplicity 372