Reminiscences of Early Peoria

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INTRODUCTION	5
FOR YOUTH	9
PICTURE OF ODILLON B. SLANE	10
I. REMINISCENCES OF EARLY PEORIA ---INCLUDING INDIAN STORIES	11
II. AN INDIAN MURDER	13
III. FRANK HAVENER	15
IV. A PROPHECY	16
V. THE INDIAN AND BABY GIRL	17
VI. LOVER'S LEAP	18
VII. THE INDIAN GOBBLER	20
VIII. PLANTING GARDENS	21
IX. USING THE LAND	22
X. DIDN'T HAVE THE BOOTS	23
XI. SENACHWINE---LAST CHIEF OF THE POTTAWATOMIES	24
XII. NEE NEE WAH---A LEGEND OF PEORIA LAKE	26
XIII. STORY OF FORT CLARK	27
XIV. FIRST CIRCUS THAT CAME TO PEORIA	31
XV. DANIEL PRINCE---THE BITE OF A RATTLESNAKE	33
XVI. THE METEOR STORM	35
XVII. OLD PRAIRIE TRAILS	36
XVIII. SONG OF AN INDIAN MOTHER	38
XIX. ODE ON A PAIR OF OLD ANDIRONS by RUTH ELIZABETH PERKINS	39
XX. THE BLACK HAWK WAR	41
PICTURE OF SHABBONA	42
XXI. SHABBONA---"FRIEND OF THE WHITE MAN"	43
PICTURE OF OLD SETTLER"S CABIN	46
XXII. MOTHER OF PIONEERS (A POEM)	47
XXIII. A RETROSPECT	49
XXIV. SIGNIFICANT DATES IN EARLY PEORIA HISTORY	50
XXV. "OUR STATE" (A POEM)	51
XXVI. QUESTIONS ON "OUR STATE"	55
XXVII. ABSTRACT OF TITLE FOR STATE OF ILLINOIS	57