A great many scholars of our Indian languages have tried their hand at the word Mississippi; but the most of them are wrong. I used to be told that it is a Menomonee word, mashchechepee (the great river). Of course one is apt to be led astray, in tracing phonetic resemblances in native languages;' and I merely venture this derivation, because our people used to believe it, and we lived in very close relations with both Menomonees and Pottawattomies.

1 For a striking example of the dangers of confounding phonetic resemblances, see Verwyst's version of the origin of several of the foregoing place-names in Wis. Hist. Colls., xii, pp. 390-398. He differs materially from Vieau. It will be noticed that Vieau traces their roots mainly to the Pottawattomie tongue, and Verwyst to the Chippewa.- ED.

INDEX.

AARON, Betsey, Stockbridge convert, 87. | Appleton (Grand Chute), Marsh at, 29,

Aaron, Francis P., Stockbridge chief, 6, 8.
Aaron, Jacob, Stockbridge chief, 40, 87,
90, 91.

34, 35; the Bairds at, 226, 227, 234;
old mail route, 452; early steamboat,
457; Crescent, 222.

Aaron, Joshua, Stockbridge convert, 79, "Aquilla," early steamboat, 457.
87.

Abbott, Mrs. Samuel, at Mackinac, 252.
Abercrombie, Capt. John J., at Fort
Crawford, 232.

Achoabenie, an Indian, contracts for
house, 5, 6.

Argyle, Rodolf at, 387.

Armstrong, Elizabeth, in Black Hawk
War, 278.

Armstrong, Dr. George S., at Green Bay,
244, 245.

Armstrong, Stephen, squatter, 387.
Adams, Daniel, Mohawk missionary, 47, Arndt, Charles C. P., killed by Vineyard,
88.

Adams, Electa W. (Mrs. Daniel), Stock-

bridge convert, 87; teacher, 47, 88.
Adams, John Quincy, opinion of George
Boyd, 240.

255, 256, 379.
Arndt, Hamilton, 236.
Arndt, John P., 236, 256;

lumberman,

16, 17; witnesses treaty, 24; tavern
keeper, 219; miller, 412.

Adams, Mrs. John Quincy, sister of Boyd, Arnold, Jonathan E., pioneer orator, 369.
240.

Ahkeenandodang, Sac chief, 449, 450.
Ahtaumwayenauk (Perseverance Town),
Fox village, 122-124.

Aiyamwoy, Indian gods, 130–132.
Algoma, founded, 440, 441.

Ashekan, Indian folk hero, 132.
Asbmun,
fur trader, 74, 75.
Atawoinable, Menomonee chief, 4.
"Athens," early name for Oshkosh, 397.
Atkinson, Gen. Henry, in Black Hawk
War, 109.

Allard, Antoine, Green Bay farmer, 221. Atsiqwot, Neddy, Oneida chief, 24.
Amable, Menomonee chief, 19.

Ambler, Augustus T., on Jesse Miner's
death, 45-48; sketch, 48.

Atwater, Caleb, treaty commissioner,
421.

August, John, Oneida chief, 24.

American Bible Society, aided by Stock- Aukauween, Anna, Stockbridge convert,

87.

Aupaumut, Hendrick, Stockbridge chief,
40; sketch, 41.
Auseetaunwuh,

Christeen, Stockbridge

bridges, 178, 182.
American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, Stockbridge mission
of, 25-204; archives of, 152; work in
Ceylon, 185, 186. See also, Cutting
Marsh, Jesse Miner, and Missions.
American Fur Company, Davenport's
agency, 111-113; Vieau's agency, 459:
at Prairie du Chien, 219; on Wiscon-
sin river, 397; among Sacs and Foxes, Ayres, Dr. -, Neenah settler, 35.
126, 127, 154.

American Home Missionary Society, work

in Wisconsin, 35, 151; at Galena, 281.
American Temperance Society, work
among Oneidas, 90.

Anthony, Sally, Stockbridge convert, 87.
Appenoore, Fox chief, 122, 126, 128, 135,
136, 140-145, 147, 148, 153, 154.

convert, 87, 93.
Auwohthommaug, Sampson, Stockbridge
chief, 6, 8.

Awishtoyou, Indian blacksmith, 213, 226,
228, 234, 236.

LAD AXE, battle of, 341.
Baird, Eliza, 241, 247.

Baird, Elizabeth Thérèse, "Reminiscences
of Life in Territorial Wisconsin," 205-
263.

Baird, Henry, government farmer, 245, Berry's Grove, murder at, 367.
246.

Baird, Henry S., Green Bay lawyer, 17,
213, 217, 225-235, 238, 239, 241, 242,
245. 246, 248-263; marries Miss
Fisher, 205, 206; bondsman for Whit-
ney, 10, 11; witnesses bond, 13; at
treaty of 1848, 446; sketch, 205, 206.
See also, Mrs. Baird's "Reminiscences."
Balth, J., New Glarus colonist, 292.
Baltimore, Swiss colonists at, 309-311,
321, 336.
Banking, in

Wisconsin Territory, 363,

Big Deer, a Munsee, 164, 165.
Big Wave, Menomonee chief, 89, 90.
Bigelow,
pioneer preacher, 37.
Billings, Henry M., lead miner, 379.
Bininger,
lead region pioneer, 352.
Bird, Augustus A., builds capitol, 394,
395.
Birdeman,

pioneer preacher, 37.
Bitte, Indian chief, 2, 3.
Black Hawk, character of his followers,
340, 341; at Apple River fort, 278; at
Wisconsin Heights, 109; capture of,
442, 443; at Washington, 464; opin-
ion of whites, 112; visited by Marsh,
117, 118, 125-127, 142; Autobiography
of, 111, 115.

44

'Black Hawk," early steamboat, 457.
Black Hawk War, in lead region, 347,
348, 350, 356, 358, 366, 370, 437; in
Illinois, 274, 278, 290; Winnebagoes
in, 124; effect on Green Bay region,
29, 60-65, 238-240, 453, 464; Stam.
baugh expedition, 29, 30, 439, 442;
battle of Wisconsin Heights, 109;

land cession to Sacs and Foxes, 115.
Black Snake Hills, Sacs and Foxes at,
125.

Blanchard, Theodore Baillie, 371.

Bay de Noquet (Weyohquatonk), Stock- Blesi, Barbara, Swiss colonist, 315.
bridges on, 7.

Bay Settlement, described by Stambaugh,
427.

Beach, Maj. John, Indian agent, 154.
Beall, Samuel W., Green Bay lawyer,
224, 225, 254.

Bean, Nicholas G., Green Bay justice,
17, 218.

Blesi, Fridolin, greets Swiss colonists,
324.

Bloodgood, Mrs. Caroline, at Fort How
ard, 218, 219, 243.
Bloodgood, Frank, 243.

Blue Mounds, 369; in Black Hawk War,
61-63, 109; Brigham at, 358; Rodolf
at, 343, 348.

Beaudien, François, Green Bay settler, Blue River, lead mining at, 379.

452.

Beaumont, I. G., 232.

Beaumont, Dr. William, at Fort Howard,
218, 244; at Fort Crawford, 232.
Beaver Dam, Marsh at, 35, 36; Menomo-
nees at, 445.

Feglinger, Anna, death of, 302.
Bellefontaine, Clermont at, 455.

Belmont, 369; Rodolf at, 348; legisla-
tive session at, 368.

Beloit, the Bairds at, 259.
Benanger,, Oshkosh settler, 439.
Bennet, Elizabeth, Stockbridge convert,
87.

Bennet, John, Stockbridge convert, 87.
Benton, Rodolf at, 343; Crawford-
Murphy fiasco at, 385, 386.
Bequette, Col. Pascal, lead miner, 362;
receiver of land office, 370, 371.
Berlin (Strong's Landing), Marsh at, 35.

Blumer, Cosmos, assists Swiss colonists,
312.

Blumer, H. & W., aid Swiss colonists,
324.

Bois Blanc Island, 248.

Bouchard, Edward, lead miner, 370.
Boundary, between Wisconsin and Michi-
gan, 457.
Boursasa,

Marguerite, maid servant,

215, 239, 240.
Boyce, Aaron, Wisconsin
286.

pioneer, 282,

Royce, Joseph, Wisconsin pioneer, 286,
289.

Boyce Prairie, 286.

Boyd, Catherine, marries F. F. Hamil-
ton, 453.

Boyd, Col. George, Jr., Indian agent, 15,

24, 239, 240, 399; papers of, 1, 29.
Brace, Porter, bank teller, 363.

Bracken, Gen. Charles, attacks Welsh, Butte des Morts (Petit), near Menasha,

366, 367.

Bracken, John, arrests his brother, 367.
Bradford, E. G., pioneer preacher, 36.
Brainerd, John, pioneer missionary, 26,
32, 33, 53; Journal, 69, 188, 190, 193.|
Brainerd, missionary station on Chick-
amauga river, 110.

Bread, Daniel, Oneida chief, 24.
Brevoort, Maj. Henry B., Indian agent,
17, 210, 222.

Brigham, Ebenezer, lead region pioneer,
358.

Briquelet, Joseph, Green Bay resident,
214.

106; early battles at, 444; treaty of
1827, 431; mentioned by Stambaugh,
416-418, 434; land grant signed at,
20; Marsh, 29; the Bairds, 227, 228.
Byington, Cyrus, early missionary,
sketch, 110.

CABANNE, John P., St. Louis resident,
338.

Cadle, Richard F., Episcopalian mission-
ary, 59, 222-224, 238, 463, 464.
Cadle, Sarah B., mission teacher, 222-
224.

Caffee, William, hanged for murder,
367, 368.

Cairo (Ill.), Rodolf at, 375, 376.
Calumet, Menomonee village, 420, 421,
456.

Brooke, Gen. George M., at Fort How- Calumet county, Stockbridges in, 71. See
ard, 454.

Brothertown Indians, arrival in

Wis-

consin, 6-8, 41, 405, 407, 408, 431;
mission to, 28, 98, 158, 174, 175,
178, 200; treaty with Stockbridges
(1823), 6-8 ; visited by Hatheway,
393; Assemblyman Fowler, 253.
Brown county, former limits of, 210;
Indian conveyances in, 1-24.
Bruce, Col.
446.

also, Stockbridge village.

Calhoun, John C., on Wisconsin Indians,
434.

Calvin, Bartholomew S., Delaware con-
vert, 52-54, 69, 70, 77, 87, 168, 169;
signs Stockbridge treaty, 6, 8.
Calvin, Stephen, Delaware chief, 6, 8.
Calvinism, effect on Wisconsin savages,
39. See also, Cutting Marsh.

treaty commissioner, Camp Smith, at Green Bay, 208, 220,

223.

Bruce, William, trip with the Bairds, Campbell & Smith, lead shippers, 342.

252-263.

Brunson, Alfred, "A Methodist Circuit
Rider's Horseback Tour from Pennsyl-
vania to Wisconsin, 1835," 264-291;
sketch, 264, 265; Western Pioneer,
265, 270. 271, 273, 277-282, 283.
Brush, Charles, 226, 236.
Buffalo, Rodolf at, 372, 373.
Buffalo Grove, Methodists at, 287, 290.
Bugler, James, steamboat captain, 319-
321.

Bull Rapids, on Wisconsin river, 36.
Burnet, Thomas P., pioneer lawyer, 368.
Burnham, Capt. John, lake navigator,
205.

Burns, Timothy, founds La Crosse, 381.
Ruschky, Konrad, tavern keeper, 310,

311.
Bush,
fur trader, 435.
Butte des Morts (Grand), origin of
name, 444, 445; alleged battles at,
443, 444, 451; in Black Hawk War,
62; Menomonees at, 433, 434; fur
trade, 439, 440, 445; Charles Grignon,
20 visited by Marsh, 105, 106.