Going West. 1
Lakes Huron and Michigan 3
Chicago and Milwaukee 5
On Foot to Galena 6
The Northwestern Territory 7
Arrival at Dubuque 7
Reminiscences of Dubuque 8
Arrival at Prairie du Chien 9
Early History of Prairie du Chien 9
Ancient Document 10
Forts Shelby-McKay-Crawford 11
First Commissioners at Prairie du Chien 11
Organization of Crawford County 12
Indian Troubles 12
Running the Gauntlet 13
Fort Crawford Robbed 13
Early Justice 14
A Southward Journey 15
New Orleans, Vicksburg 15
Return to Prairie du Chien 16
Privations 16
A Perilous Journey 17
Return to Maine-Mountains of New Hampshire 17
Marriage 18
Prairie du Chien in 1837 18
American Residents 19
Biographies.
James Duane Doty 19
James H. Lockwood 20
Indian Troubles 21
John S. Lockwood 22
Samuel Gilbert 23
Michael Brisbois 23
Pierre La Point 24
Joseph Rolette 24
Hercules Dousman 24
Rev. David Lowry 25
Chief Justice Charles Dunn 25
Rev. Alfred Brunson 26
Ira Brunson 27
John H. Folsom 28
Ezekiel Tainter 28
Judge Wyram Knowlton 29
Robert Lester 29
Thomas Pendleton Burnett 30
General Henry Dodge 30
General George W. Jones 31
S. G. and S. L. Tainter, John Thomas 31
From Prairie du Chien to Stillwater 32
Stillwater in 1845 33
St. Croix County 33
First Settlement in 1838 34
Dismemberment of St. Croix Valley from Crawford County 34
Judge Irwin's Court in 1840 35
Events in 1840, First Commissioners' Meeting 35
Election Precincts in 1841 36
Early History of Stillwater 37
The First Saw Mill 37
Copy of Agreement of Mill Company 38
Agreement of Land Claims 40
Bateau Voyage up the St. Croix 41
Indian Drunks 42
Skiff Voyage to Prairie du Chien 42
Mail Carrying 43
Claim and Mill at Arcola 43
Stillwater in 1846, Events 44
Overland Trip to Prairie du Chien 44
Return, Adventure 45
A Pioneer Cat 45
Stillwater in 1847 46
Territorial Election 46
Arrest of Nodin and Ne-she-ke-o-ge-ma 46
Visit to Sunrise, Connor's Camp 47
Murder of Henry Rust 47
Funeral, Indignation Meeting 48
First District Court in Stillwater 48
Nodin and Ne-she-ke-o-ge-ma Acquitted 49
Steamer War Eagle and Raft 49
Society Ball in Stillwater 49
Stillwater in 1848 50
Joseph Renshaw Brown 52
Paul Carli 53
Dr. Christopher Carli 53
Lydia Ann Carli 54
Phineas Lawrence 54
Jacob Fisher 55
James S. Anderson 55
Emanuel D. Farmer 56
Col. John Greely 56
Mrs. Hannah Greely 57
Elam Greely 57
Himan Greely 57
Aquilla Greely 58
Elias McKean 58
Calvin F. Leach 58
Socrates Nelson 58
Mrs. Socrates Nelson 59
Edward Blake 59
Walter R Vail 59
John E Mower 60
Martin Mower 61
William Willim 61
Albert Harris 61
Cornelius Lyman 62
David B Loomis 62
William E Cove 63
John Smith 63
John Morgan 63
Anson Northrup 63
Robert Kennedy 64
Harvey Wilson 65
Andrew Jackson Short 65
James D McComb 65
William Rutherford 66
Albion Masterman 66
Joseph N Masterman 66
Mahlon Black 66
Morton S Wilkinson 67
William Stanchfield 67
Thomas Ramsdell 68
Charles Macey 68
Jonathan E McKusick 68
John McKusick 68
William McKusick 69
Noah McKusick 69
Royal McKusick 69
Ivory E McKusick 69
Charles E Leonard 69
Daniel McLean 70
Robert Simpson 70
William H Hooper 70
James H Spencer 71
John T Blackburn 71
Joseph T Blackburn 71
Horace McKinstry 71
Seth M Sawyer 71
Henry Sawyer 72
Alvah D Heaton 72
John McKenzie 72
George McKenzie 72
Henry Kattenberg 72
Julius F Brunswick 73
Henry McLean 73
Hugh Burns 73
Sylvanus Trask 73
Ariel Eldridge 73
Edward White Durant 74
Oliver Parsons 75
Albert Stimson 75
Abraham Van Voorhees 75
Michael E Owens 76
Joseph Bonin 77
Marcel Gagnon 77
Sebastian Marty 77
John Marty 77
Adam Marty 77
Michael McHale 77
George Watson 78
Rev Eleazer A Greenleaf 78
J B Covey 78
John Shaesby 78
John S Proctor 78
Barron Proctor 79
Henry Westing 79
Thomas Dunn 79
Charles J Gardiner 79
Samuel Staples 79
Josiah Staples 80
Joel M Darling 80
Early River Pilots 80
Joe Perro 80
James McPhail 80
John Cormack 81
John Hanford 81
John Leach 81
Stephen B Hanks 81
Samuel S Hanks 81