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Cincinnati, May, 1838.




CONTENTS


CHAPTER I.

Origin of the Sac and Fox Indians--Removal to Green Bay--Their
subjugation of the Illini confederacy--Their attack upon St. Louis
in 1779--Col. George Rogers Clark relieves the town--Governor
Harrison's letter--Maj. Forsyth's account of the conquest of the
Illini--Death of the Sac chief Pontiac--Sac and Fox village on
Rock river--Description of the surrounding country--Civil polity
of the Sacs and Foxes--Legend about their chiefs--Division of
the tribes into families--Mode of burying their dead--Idea of a future
state--Their account of the creation of the world--Marriages--Social
relations--Music and musical instruments--Pike's visit to
them in 1805--Population--Character for courage 13


CHAPTER II.

Treaty with the Sac and Fox Indians in 1789--treaty and cession of
land to the United States at St. Louis in 1804--Black Hawk's account
of this treaty--Erection of Fort Madison--The British excite