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Orleans—Slavery Introduced into the Colony—English Conquests in America—Early Trappers and Fur Traders—Founding of St. Louis in 1764—Colonel George Rogers Clark Expels the British
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39-49
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Spanish Rule in Louisiana—Free Navigation Act—The Territory Ceded to France—Louisiana Purchased by the United States—The Northwest Territory—System of Land Surveying—Provision for School System—Slavery Prohibited
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51-61
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The Indians of North America—Wars Waged Against Them by Europeans—The Tribes First Found in Iowa—The Illinois Indians Driven Westward—The Mascoutines in 1670—Battle with Sacs and Foxes—Disappearance of the Mascoutines—The Iowa Indians—Meaning of the Name “Iowa”—Migration of the Iowas—Fate of Mahaska the Iowa Chief—The Removal from Iowa
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63-71
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The Fox Indians-Their Early Wars—“Hill of the Dead”—Union with the Sacs—The United Tribes Move West—Treaties with the Whites—Found in Iowa in 1805—Sac Village on Rock River—The Disputed Treaty of 1804—Sacs and Foxes in the War of 1812—Treaties of 1824 and 1825—Massacre of Foxes in 1828—Retaliation—The Black Hawk War of 1831-2—“Stillman’s Run”—Battle of the Wisconsin River—Black Hawk’s Masterly Retreat—The Massacre of Women and Children at Bad Axe—Black Hawk a Prisoner—His Rival, Keokuk, Made Chief—Pathetic Address of the Deposed Chieftain—Death of Black Hawk
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73-86
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Treaties of 1832, 1836 and 1842—Sacs and Foxes Surrender Their Iowa Homes—Keokuk, the “Watchful Fox”—The Old Chief Pashepaho—Poweshiek, the “Roused Bear”—Kishkekosh, Warrior and Orator—Appanoose, a Sac Chief—The Musquakies—Their Iowa
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