1903 GEORGE ROGERS CLARK INDIAN WARS, BLACK HAWK WAR LORD DUNMORE'S WAR, REPRINT

Description: 1903 GEORGE ROGERS CLARK INDIAN WARS, BLACK HAWK WAR LORD DUNMORE'S WAR, REPRINT Click images to enlarge Description How George Rogers Clark Won the Northwest And Other Essays in Western History By Reuben Gold Thwaites Author of "Down Historic Waterways," "On the Storied Ohio," "Daniel Boone," etc.; Editor of "The Jesuit Relations," "Hennepin's Travels," etc. Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1903 THIS IS A 1978 REPRINT 378 PAGES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, HARDCOVER THIS BOOK IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION.... THIS BOOK IS COMPLETE CLEAN AND IN VERRY GOOD + + TO FINE CONDITION... PLEASE SEE PICTURES PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER EBAY LISTINGS. Preface THE majority of the eight papers contained in this volume were first delivered as lectures; and later, in a modified form, were printed either in popular magazines or in the Wisconsin Historical Collections. For the present publication they have been radically revised and brought down to date — indeed, some of them, especially the opening article, have been entirely rewritten and bear small resemblance to the originals. Owing to the different occasions for which they were pre- pared, there is lacking a uniformity of treat- ment; it is hoped, however, that this variety of form, as well as the somewhat wide range of topics, may be found acceptable. There is more cohesion in this collection than may at first appear. The stories of Mackinac and La Pointe and the account of Early Lead Mining give us glimpses of the old French regime, the idyllic period in the history of what we now know as the Middle West. Upon Braddock's Road, we witness an incident in the march of the British in their fateful onslaught upon French possessions in the continental interior. In their turn the British army were ousted by American col- onists through the Winning of the Northwest by George Rogers Clark. The Division of the Northwest into States of the Republic followed in due course, the story of their re- spective boundaries being a curious chapter in our history. The Black Hawk War was the last serious Indian uprising in the Middle West; and its close marked the beginning of extensive immigration into both Illinois and Wisconsin. Some account of that gentle scholar, Lyman Copeland Draper, and the now famous Draper Manuscripts — the richest collection extant of original sources for the study of Western history — would seem fitting conclusion for a series like the present. R. G. Thwaites. Madison, Wis., September 1, 1903. CONTENTS.... I. Page A vast hunting-ground 3 The king's pleasure ignored 5 The inrush of settlers 6 Lord Dunmore's War 6 Kentucky settled 7 Lieutenant-Governor Hamilton 8 "The hair-buying general" 9 Kentucky raided . . 10 George Rogers Clark 10 French hamlets 12 Frontier forts 13 Creole militiamen 14 Life among the Creoles 14 Centres of British influence 17 Clark's project 18 Raising volunteers 19 The backwoodsmen 20 The flotilla 22 At the Falls of the Ohio 23 Desertion 24 A picked company 24 The march to Kaskaskia 25 A picturesque Hero Tale 28 The capture of Kaskaskia 30 "An excess of joy" 32 Father Gibault 33 Cahokia 34 A new difficulty 35 Drilling recruits 36 "Our friends the Spanyards" 37 The tribesmen confused 38 Savage friends 39 Hamilton's war-party 40 Vincennes taken by Hamilton 40 A scare at Kaskaskia 42 Clark uneasy 44 Vigo's information 45 Forestalling the enemy 46 "Inward assurance of success" 47 A difficult march 48 The "drowned lands" 48 Fatigue and hunger 49 Wallowing through the bog 50 "Hard fortune!" 51 The man of iron 52 A frightful crossing 53 Hamilton still unconscious 54 Clark's letter to the villagers 54 A ruse 56 The attack on Vincennes 57 Clark's warning 59 Terrorizing the enemy 59 Clark demands unconditional surrender . . 60 The surrender 61 An heroic achievement 62 Illinois a Virginian county 64 Belated reinforcements 64 Results achieved 65 The Detroit project 66 Clark's power wanes 67 Jefferson's interesting proposition .... 67 Clark and Genet 69 Clark's later years 70 Importance of the conquest 71 Effect on the treaty of peace 71 II. The Division of the Northwest into States Washington's suggestion 75 Jefferson's plan 77 Ordinance of 1787 79 The famous boundary article 80 Erection of Indiana Territory 82 Admission of Ohio 84 Erection of Michigan Territory 86 Michigan-Ohio boundary 89 Erection of Illinois Territory 93 No Man's Land 94 Illinois's northern boundary 95 Michigan spreads westward 96 Dissatisfaction west of Lake Michigan . . 97 Protracted agitation 99 Erection of Wisconsin Territory ....... 102 Wisconsin's southern boundary ...... 105 Iowa detached from Wisconsin ..... 108 Wisconsin's northwest boundary .... 108 An international dispute ... 110 III. The Black Hawk War Partisan misrepresentations 115 Treaty of 1804 116 The old Sauk village 118 Black Hawk 119 Aids Tecumseh 122 Bitterness against Americans 123 Encroachment of squatters 123 Black Hawk stubborn 125 White Cloud, the Prophet 127 The whites threatened 129 The Hawk coerced 130 The Menominee massacre 131 Bad advice 132 British Band recruited 134 Early trails 134 Frontier settlements 136 Character of settlers 137 Ready for an Indian war 138 Illinois invaded 139 Shaubena's services 140 Troops called out 141 Stockade forts 142 Atkinson organizes the army 143 Volunteers mobilized 144 The army sets out 145 Stillman's scouts 147 Tribesmen in council 148 Stillman's defeat 151 The Hawk at Koshkonong 153 A reign of terror 154 The army disbanded 156 A fresh levy 158 Irregular hostilities 159 Notable skirmishes 160 The lead-mine district 162 Dodge's Rough Riders 164 The new army 165 The advance to Koshkonong 165 Fruitless scouting 167 Black Hawk's camp 169 Illinois men discouraged 170 At Fort Winnebago 171 Mutinous conduct 173 A hot trail 174 The pursuit 175 At Madison 177 Battle of Wisconsin Heights 179 An unsuccessful appeal 181 Preparing for the pursuit 183 A forbidding path 185 The Mississippi, at last 186 The battle of the Bad Axe 187 A dishonorable chapter 192 The cost 193 Black Hawk a prisoner 193 Death of the Hawk 195 His character 196 What was accomplished 198 IV. The Story of Mackinac A struggle for mastery 203 Three Mackinacs 204 Champlain hears of Lake Superior .... 205 Jean Nicolet 206 The earliest French 207 Flight of the Hurons 208 At Chequamegon Bay 209 Hurons return to Mackinac 210 Removal to St. Ignace 211 Jolliet and Marquette 212 Marquette's Journal 213 A French outpost 214 Establishment of Detroit 216 "Old Mackinaw" 217 The English 218 The island reoccupied 219 Arrival of Americans 220 English capture the island 221 Americans regain their footing 223 Centre of the fur-trade 224 The Creoles 226 Modern life 227 The Story of La Pointe Page Jean Nicolet 231 Topographical significance of Wisconsin . . 232 Radisson and Groseilliers on the Fox . . . 234 At Chequamegon Bay 235 First habitation of white men 238 A gloomy winter 239 Ingratitude 241 Father Mdnard 242 Father Allouez 243 Father Marquette 245 Lords of the fur-trade 247 The Indian and the trader 250 Fur-trade stockades 252 A copper nugget 254 The first bark 254 Allies of the French 256 A tragic tale 257 Alexander Henry 258 John Johnston 259 The Cadottes 260 The Warrens 263 First Protestant missionaries 265 A denominational controversy 267 An early Western book 269 Father Baraga 270 Changes in location 273 VI. A Day on Braddock's Road page Brownsville 277 Redstone Old Fort 278 Nemacolin's Path 279 Redstone Creek 280 The National Road 281 A coaching tavern 284 Where Braddock fell 284 Great Meadows 286 The first shot 288 Siege of Fort Necessity 288 Remains of the fort 290 Jumonville's Camp 293 Dunbar's Camp 294 The meaning of it 295 VII. Early Lead Mining on the Upper Mississippi Aboriginal use of lead 299 Taught by whites 300 Early traffic in ore 300 Perrot's mines 302 Le Sueur's operations 303 Crozat's monopoly 305 De Renault's discoveries 306 Primitive methods 308 France and Spain 309 A considerable industry 310 Early Lead Mining on the Upper Mississippi Duralde's grant 311 A notable market 312 Dubuque's mines 313 Aboriginal smelting 315 Aboriginal mining 317 Dubuque's Indian prospectors 318 "The Mines of Spain" 319 Dubuque's statement 320 Opening of American regime 320 A shot tower 322 The Buck lead 322 French-Canadians ousted 324 Lead a currency 324 A general movement 326 An enormous nugget 327 The lease system 328 A horde of squatters 329 The great "boom" 330 Spanish claimants ejected 331 VIII. The Draper Manuscripts The collector 335 A youthful passion 336 A patron of learning 338 At college 338 Doctors disagree 339 Notable correspondents 340 An itinerant interviewer 341 Pioneer hospitality 341 The Draper Manuscripts Important interviews 342 A rich harvest 344 A Mississippi episode 347 In a haven of refuge 348 Alone in his specialty 349 Co-partnership with Lossing 350 Fearing to "go to press" 351 Practically founds the Wisconsin Historical Society 352 King's Mountain 354 Material beyond his control 355 The end 356 The man himself 356 An eminently useful career 357 An enduring monument 358 INDEX ,. 361 List of Illustrations FULL PAGE George Rogers Clark Frontispiece A Kentucky Fort 14 Clark's Route 26 Clark's Letter to Hamilton 60 Black Hawk 120 Fort Winnebago in 1834 172 Scene of the Battle of the Bad Axe .... 186 Lahontan's Map of Mackinac Strait, 1741 . . 214 Village of La Pointe, Madelaine Island . . . 262 TEXT Division of the Northwest, I ..... 77 II ...... 79 III ...... 83 IV ......... 87 V ...... 88 VI ..... 92 VII ......... 94 Division of the Northwest, VIII ..... 98 IX. ...... 100 X ....... 103 XI ...... 109 Seat of Black Hawk War ....... 117 Chequamegon Bay ....... 237 Plan of Battle at Fort Necessity ...... 287 Get images that make Supersized seem small.Showcase your items with Auctiva's Listing Templates! 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