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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