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Woodruff, G. H. Fifty Years Ago: or, Gleanings Respecting the History of Northern Illinois a Few Years Previous to, and During the Black Hawk War . Joliet, IL: Joliet Republic and Sun Print, 1883. [format: book], [genre: narrative]. Permission: Newberry Library Persistent link to this document: http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/file.php?file=woodruff.html
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Introductory
Pontiac
Shabbonee
Tecumseh
Food for the Novelist
Cass and the Winnebago War
Big Foot
Alarm at Chicago. Col. Hubbard to the Rescue
Father Walker
Mission Established on the Fox
Settlements Fifty Years Ago
Native Occupants
Our Purpose
Roving Hostiles
The War in Brief
Notables in the War
Shabbonee and Black Hawk
Shabbonee Gives Warning
Gerty and his Band of Devils
First Victims--James Sample and Wife
Indian Creek Massacre
Why They Were Spared, and Their Subsequent History
Whisky and Tobacco
Fate of Payne--Another Victim
On the Dupage
Fort Payne--Another Victim
Yankee and Hickory Settlements
At Chicago
Arrival of General Scott and the Cholera
Earliest War Record of Will County
The Last of Sabbonee
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