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advance of settlement in the Northwest. Their location. Kekionga, the seat of Miami power_ 44 REAL SAVAGES--_The Savage painted in his true colors from the standpoint of the frontiersman_ 68 OUR INDIAN POLICY--_The Indian right of occupancy recognized through the liberal policy of Washington and Jefferson_ 80 THE KENTUCKIANS--_The first men to break through the mountain barriers to face the British and the Indians_ 112 THE BRITISH POLICIES--_The British reluctant to surrender the control of the Northwest--Their tampering with the Indian tribes_ 126 JOSIAH HARMAR--_The first military invasion of the Northwest by the Federal Government after the Revolution_ 145 SCOTT AND WILKINSON--_The Kentucky raids on the Miami country along the Wabash in 1791_ 173 ST. CLAIR'S DEFEAT--_The first great disaster to the Federal armies brought about by the Miamis_ 195 WAYNE AND FALLEN TIMBERS--_Final triumph of the Government over Indians and British_ 207 THE TREATY OF GREENVILLE--_The surrender of the Ohio lands of the Miamis and their final submission to the government_ 238 GOVERNOR HARRISON AND THE TREATY--_Purchase of the Miami lands known as the New Purchase which led to the strengthening of Tecumseh's Confederacy--the final struggle at Tippecanoe_ 245 RESULTS OF THE TREATY--_Harrison's political enemies at Vincennes rally against him in the open, and are defeated in the courts_ 271 THE SHAWNEE BROTHERS--_The Prophet as an Indian priest and Tecumseh as a political organizer --The episode of the eclipse of 1806--Tecumseh's personal appearance described_ 280 PROPHET'S TOWN--_The capital of the Shawnee Confederacy in the heart of the Miami Country_ 295 HARRISON'S VIGILANCE--_His political courage and activities save the frontier capital_ 305 THE COUNCIL AT VINCENNES--_The dramatic meeting between Harrison and Tecumseh-- Tecumseh announces his doctrine of the common ownership of the Indian lands_ 316 THE SECOND AND LAST COUNCIL--_The last meeting between the two le
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