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	Preface
I.	HOW IOWA CHANGED OWNERSHIP	9
II.	THE BIRTH OF A TERRITORY	17
III.	THE BIRTH OF A STATE	23
IV.	IOWA'S INDIANS	31
V.	HOW THE INDIANS LOST IOWA	40
VI.	WHAT BLACK HAWK DID	47
VII.	KEOKUK, FRIEND OF THE WHITES	56
VIII.	OTHER INDIAN CHIEFS	60
IX.	INDIAN BATTLE GROUNDS	71
X.	THE FIRST WHITE MEN IN IOWA	79
XI.	THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER	87
XII.	MORE EARLY SETTLERS	94
XIII.	WITH PIKE UP THE MISSISSIPPI IN 1805	100
XIV.	HOW LEWIS AND CLARKE FARED	106
XV.	A FEW ROMANCES	110
XVI.	TRADING POSTS AND INDIAN AGENCIES	116
XVII.	FIGHTING INDIANS AT FORT MADISON	124
XVIII.	OTHER IOWA FORTS	132
XIX.	THE RUSH FOR LAND IN IOWA	144
XX.	MAKING A LIVING IN EARLY IOWA	152
XXI.	LIFE AMONG THE SETTLERS	160
XXII	TEACHERS AND PREACHERS	169
XXIII.	LAW AND MEDICINE	182
XXIV.	LOCATING A CAPITAL	189
XXV.	A LITTLE BORDER WAR	201
XXVI.	THE MARCH OF THE MORMONS	208
XXVII.	SOME RATHER EXTRAORDINARY COLONIES	217
XXVIII.	FROM CANOE TO RAILROAD	221
XXIX.	IOWA'S INDIAN MASSACRE	231
XXX.	IOWA AND SLAVERY	241
XXXI.	OLD JOHN BROWN	253
XXXII.	SOME IOWA WAR SCENES	263
XXXIII.	THE BATTLE OF ATHENS	273
XXXIV.	IN CLOSING	277