| A BRIEF RETROSPECT—A general view of the Indian Wars of the Early Northwest | 1 |
| WHAT THE VIRGINIANS GAVE US—A topographical description of the country north of the Ohio at the close of Revolutionary War | 6 |
| THE BEAVER TRADE—A description of the wealth in furs of this section at the close of the Revolutionary War and the reasons underlying the struggle for its control | 12 |
| THE PRAIRIE AND THE BUFFALO—The buffalo as the main food supply of the Indians | 20 |
| THE WABASH AND THE MAUMEE—Chief line of communication with the tribes of the Early Northwest. The heart of the Miami country | 34 |
| THE TRIBES OF THE NORTHWEST—A description of the seven tribes of savages who opposed the advance of settlement in the Northwest. Their location. Kekionga, the seat of Miami power | 44 |
| REAL SAVAGES—The Savage painted in his true colors from the standpoint of the frontiersman | 68 |
| OUR INDIAN POLICY—The Indian right of occupancy recognized through the liberal policy of Washington and Jefferson | 80 |
| THE KENTUCKIANS—The first men to break through the mountain barriers to face the British and the Indians | 112 |
| THE BRITISH POLICIES—The British reluctant to surrender the control of the Northwest—Their tampering with the Indian tribes | 126 |
| JOSIAH HARMAR—The first military invasion of the Northwest by the Federal Government after the Revolution | 145 |
| SCOTT AND WILKINSON—The Kentucky raids on the Miami country along the Wabash in 1791 | 173 |
| ST. CLAIR'S DEFEAT—The first great disaster to the Federal armies brought about by the Miamis | 195 |
| WAYNE AND FALLEN TIMBERS—Final triumph of the Government over Indians and British | 207 |
| THE TREATY OF GREENVILLE—The surrender of the Ohio lands of the Miamis and their final submission to the government | 238 |
| GOVERNOR HARRISON AND THE TREATY—Purchase of the Miami lands known as the New Purchase which led to the strengthening of Tecumseh's Confederacy—the final struggle at Tippecanoe | 245 |
| RESULTS OF THE TREATY—Harrison's political enemies at Vincennes rally against him in the open, and are defeated in the courts | 271 |
| THE SHAWNEE BROTHERS—The Prophet as an Indian priest and Tecumseh as a political organizer —The episode of the eclipse of 1806—Tecumseh's personal appearance described | 280 |
| PROPHET'S TOWN—The capital of the Shawnee Confederacy in the heart of the Miami Country | 295 |
| HARRISON'S VIGILANCE—His political courage and activities save the frontier capital | 305 |
| THE COUNCIL AT VINCENNES—The dramatic meeting between Harrison and Tecumseh— Tecumseh announces his doctrine of the common ownership of the Indian lands | 316 |
| THE SECOND AND LAST COUNCIL—The last meeting between the two leaders before Harrison marched into the Indian country | 332 |
| THE MUSTER AND THE MARCH—The rally of the Kentuckians and their clansmen in southern Indiana to Harrison's support—The coming of the Fourth United States Regiment—The march to the Tippecanoe battlefield | 352 |
| THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE—The night attack on Harrison's forces—The destruction of Tecumseh's Confederacy | 371 |
| NAYLOR'S NARRATIVE—A description of the battle by one of the volunteers | 381 |
