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