Davis, William, sketch of, 25 children of murdered, 35 murdered by Indians, 35 powerful and brave, 28 whipped Indian with stick, 29 Davis, Wm., Jr., escape of, 35 Dedication of State Monument, 105 Deer, herds of, 12 Description of country, 9 Dixon, center of trails, 13 Dodge, Col., raises troops, 54 address to Indians, 85 command at Blue Mounds, 81 takes hostages, 87 Drunkenness in Militia, 52 “Dry Year”, the, 31 Dunavan, Mrs. A. Miranda, 6, 97, 103 information given by, 6 Dunavan, Samuel, married Miss Munson, 97 picture of, 103 E. Eckles, Hon. James II., U. S. Treasurer, 98 Eckles, Winnie, married to Judge Landis, 98 English government pensioned Sacs, 26 Evidence, best, 6 F. Family history, Munson, 6, 95 Family history, Horn, 6, 100 Fire, a prairie, 11 Flag of Truce, 20, 79 Flowers, many beautiful, 12, 27 great growth of, 31 Forests, trees of, 10 Fort Defiance, rest at, 78 Fort Winnebago, Portage, 78 Fox Indians, 13 Fox river, description of, 9 G. Galena, meeting of people, 54 Game, abundance of, 12 Geology of country, 10 George, Henry, at work on dam, 32 shot by Indians, 36 Gratiot, Capt. Bion, and Indians, 81 wife of, cultured, 89, 90 Gratiot, Col. Henry, Indians’ friend, 55 address to Indians, 84 Gratiot’s Grove, description of, 89 H. Hair, ceremony of clipping, 68, 70 cutting locks from captives, 68 scalp, double meaning of, 70 Hall girls, as captives, 41-47, 59-65 adopted by chiefs, 61 and neighbors’ horses, 39 at Black Earth Creek, 76, 77 at Black Hawk’s Grove, 45 at Blue Mounds, 79-83 at Cold Spring, 61 at Fort Defiance, 88 at Galena, 93 at Gratiot’s Grove, 88-90 at Horicon, Lake, 66-67 at Kishwaukee river, 42-44 at Morrison’s, 84-88 at Portage, 70 at St. Louis, 93 at White Oak Springs, 90-92 description of, 7, 8 dresses given by squaws, 62 food of captives, 43, 46, 62, 72, 76, 78 guests of Gov. Clark, 93 Indians wanted as wives, 23 kept apart in traveling, 61 letter from Rev. Horn, 91 painted by squaws, 60 popular appellation of, 6 prayers of, 39 presents to, 92, 102, 104 purse collected for, 94 Rachel exhausted, 42, 98 religious offerings, 46 sleeping between squaws, 46 tiresome traveling, 42, 70, 78 weeping of, 39, 90 wept parting squaws, 79 Hall, Edward, in militia, 79 Hall, Elizabeth, killed by Indians, 23, 35 Hall, Greenbury, escape of, 32, 36 Hall, John W., escape of, 35, 36 buries massacred whites, 49 meets sisters, 91 recruits squadron, 48 searches for sisters, 49, 50 statement of, 102 visits sisters in Nebraska, 102 Hall, Reason, in Militia, 79