FM--"Contents" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Introduction" -- "1 - The Colonial Eighteenth Centuryin the Illinois Country" -- "2 - The Louisiana Purchase, Territorial Government, and Contested Lands" -- "3 - From Tippecanoe to Portage Des Sioux:The Wars of 1812" -- "4 - Statehood for Illinois and Missouri" -- "5 - After Statehood: Indian Removal, the Fur Trade, and Slavery" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "Selected Bibliography" -- "Index