Chronicles of border warfare, or, A history of the settlement by the whites, of north-western Virginia, and of the Indian wars and massacres in that section of the state ::

Alleghany river, early Indians on, 45, 46,
73; discovered by Le Moyne, 64; French
on, 65; Grant's defeat, 71; in Dunmore's
war, 150; in Revolution, 301,
309.

Allen, —, killed at Point Pleasant, 171.

Almon, J., Remembrancer, 355.

Amherst county, Va., militia of, 99.

Amherst, Jeffrey, orders Bouquet's expedition,
107.

Anderson, James, early settler, 126.

Appalachas, Indian village, attacked by
Narvaez, 7.

Arbuckle, Matthew, in Dunmore's war,
165, 170, 175; at murder of Cornstalk,
211, 212, 216; commandant of Ft. Randolph,
209, 241.

Archæology. See Mound-builders.

Archer, Betsy, daughter of Sampson, 52.

Archer, Sampson, early settler, 52, 89.

Arkansas river, Salling at, 48.

Armstrong, Capt., on Harmar's campaign,
394.

Ashcraft, Uriah, attacked by Indians,
397.

Ashly, Lieut., killed by Indians, 332.

Athol, Thomas, 93.

Au Glaize river, treaty of, 376; Wayne on,
424, 425.

Augusta county, Va., formed, 55, 57, 61,
151; early settlers in, 53; census (1830),
55, 56; militia of, 49, 52, 66, 68, 81, 90, 164,
166, 170, 209, 210; McDowell's fight, 52;
ransom of Moores, 374; Preston's Register
of Indian Depredations, 87; History
of, 246.

Bailey, —, in Dunmore's war, 169.

Bailey, Minter, 240.

Baker, —, discovers Peter Waggoner,
410.

Baker, Henry, killed by Indians, 291, 292.

Baker, Joshua, murders Logan family,
125, 148-150.

Baker, William, explores Kentucky, 115.

Baker's bottom, massacre of Indians at,
134, 142, 148-150, 184.

Bald Eagle, killed by whites, 135, 136.

Barkley, Elihu, with Braddock, 66.

Barlow, Joel, agent of Scioto Co., 60.

Bartlett's run, 248.

Bath county, Va., census (1830), 55, 56.

Baxter's run, 247.

Bean, Capt., on Sandusky campaign,
328.

Beard, Samuel, early settler, 127.

Bear Grass river, early settlements on,
274; foray on, 384, 385.

Beaver, Delaware chief, 45.

Beaver river, Shingiss Old Town, 45;
Moravians on, 314; Ft. McIntosh built,
237; treaty at Ft. McIntosh, 366.

Bedinger, George M., in Bowman's campaign,
271.

Bedford county, Pa., 190; in "Black
boys" uprising, 112-114.

Bedford county, Va., 70; militia of, 164.

Bell, James, with Braddock, 66.

Berkeley county, W. Va., census (1830),
55, 56; militia of, 164.

Berkeley, Sir William, fosters western
exploration, 64.

Berlin, W. Va., 290; foray near, 421.

Beverly, W. Va., origin of, 74.

Big Beaver river. See Beaver.

Big Bone creek, Clark at, 146.

Big Bone lick, 271.

Biggs, Benjamin, early settler, 125, 203;
killed by Indians, 332.

Big Hockhocking river. See Hockhocking.

Big Kanawha river. See Great Kanawha.

Big Knives. See Long Knives.

Big lick, 162.

Big Miami river. See Miami.

Big Sandy river, in Shawnee campaign,
81-86.

Big Sewell mountain, origin of name,
57.

Bildercock, —, militia officer, 227, 228.

Bingamon creek, forays on, 367, 369.

Bird, Henry, attacks American borderers,
254; beseiges Ft. Laurens, 262; invades
Kentucky, 286, 297-300, 305.

Black Beard, Shawnee chief, 268.

Black boys, border regulators, 105, 106;
attack Pennsylvania traders, 109-116.

Black Fish, Shawnee chief, 201, 202, 266,
268, 273.

Black Hoof, Shawnee chief, 268.

Bledsoe, Anthony, in Dunmore's war,
167.

Blevins, William, early settler, 59, 60.

Blue licks, 268; Boone's captivity, 265267;
battle of, 351-354, 388.

Blue ridge, 69, 83, 100; early tribes of, 44,
47; early explorations of, 64; Borden
grant, 51; first settlements beyond, 50,
52, 55.

Bluestone river, 61; in Sandy creek voyage,
82.

Boiling Springs, Ky., represented in
Transylvania legislature, 193.

Bolivar, O., 261.

Bonnett, John, killed by Indians, 377.

Boone county, N. Y., Delawares in, 136.

Boone, Daniel, on Holston, 59; first explores
Kentucky, 142-144; second trip

432

(1773), 144, 145, 147; in Dunmore's war,
152, 153, 190; founds Boonesborough,
190-197; captured by Indians, 265-267;
in Chêne's attack on Boonesborough,
268, 269; in Paint creek expedition,
267, 268; at battle of Blue licks, 351-353.

Boone, Mrs. Daniel, first white woman
in Kentucky, 196, 197.

Boone, James, killed by Indians, 144, 145.

Boone, Squire, explores Kentucky, 143,
144.

Boonesborough, Ky., founded, 190-197;
first attacked by Indians, 200, 202, 205;
Bowman's arrival, 207, 208; during
Boone's captivity, 265-267; Chêne's attack
on, 268, 270; during Revolution,
350, 351.

Booth's creek, origin of name, 122, 123;
forays on, 247, 248, 290, 309, 343.

Booth, James, early settler, 122, 123; killed
by Indians, 247.

Borden, Benjamin, Sr., land-grant, 5054,
66; sketch, 51.

Borden, Benjamin, Jr., 52.

Boshears, William, scouting service, 227,
228.

Botetourt county, Va., 66, 70; census
(1830), 55, 56; Holston settlement, 59;
militia of, 81, 164, 165, 167, 209, 210.

Bouquet, Henry, campaign against Indians,
106-109, 173; treaty with Indians,
91, 141, 173, 179.

Bourbon county, Ky., 67, 115.

Bowman, James L., 79.

Bowman, John, campaign (1779), 190;
early defense of Kentucky, 207, 208;
Chillicothe expedition, 271-274; cited,
268; sketch, 271.

Boyd, John, killed by Indians, 222.

Bozarth, George, adventure with Indians,
429, 430.

Bozarth, John, Sr., attacked by Indians,
279, 429, 430.

Bozarth, John, Jr., adventure with Indians,
429, 430.

Bozarth, Mrs., adventures with Indians,
279, 280.

Braddock, Edward, campaign and defeat
of, 65-69, 71, 72, 77, 105, 106, 143, 145,
147, 169.

Braddock, Pa., 68.

Braddock's road, history of, 77.

Brain, —, killed by Indians, 240.

Brain, Benjamin, captured by Indians,
280, 281.

Brain, Isaac, captured by Indians, 280,
281.

Brain, James, killed by Indians, 280, 281.

Brant, Joseph, Indian chief, 254.

Braxton county, Va., Bulltown massacre,
136-138.

Breckenridge, Robert, in Sandy-creek
voyage, 81.

Brenton, Capt., on Sandusky campaign,
328.

Bridger, —, killed by Indians, 292.

Brinton, Maj., on Sandusky campaign,
328.

Brodhead, Daniel, expedition to Muskingum,
300-305, 309; receives news
from Moravians, 315.

Brooke county, W. Va., census (1830),
55, 63; forays in, 380, 381.

Brooks, Thomas, scout, 266.

Brown, —, in New-river foray, 96, 97.

Brown, —, killed by Indians, 161.

Brown, Adam, Sr., imprisoned by Indians,
96, 97.

Brown, Adam, Jr., 96.

Brown, Coleman, killed by Indians, 156.

Brown, James, chases Indians, 246; attacked
by Indians, 311.

Brown, John, early hunter, 121.

Brown, Samuel, captured by Indians, 96.

Brownsville, Pa. See Redstone.

Bryan, William, companion of Boone, 144.

Bryant, William, killed by Indians, 348.

Bryant station, Ky., threatened by Bird,
296; beseiged by Caldwell, 348-351, 353,
354.

Buchanan, John, diary of, 49.

Buckhannon river, early settlements on,
117-122, 127; Bulltown massacre, 136; in
Dunmore's war, 151; Indian forays on,
151, 275, 282, 284, 288, 290, 318, 319, 340,
342, 343, 422, 428.

Buffalo creek, first settlement on, 125;
Indian forays, 318, 374-376.

Buffalo gap, Mackey's settlement near, 50.

Buffington, Jonathan, captured by Indians,
311.

Buffington, Mrs., killed by Indians, 311.

Buford, —, captain in Dunmore's war,
164, 165, 170, 171.

Bulger, Maj., killed at Blue licks, 353.

Bulgess, Adj., killed by Indians, 403.

Bull, Capt., killed by whites, 136-138.

Bullitt, Thomas, in Forbes's campaign,
71; surveys Connolly tract, 145, 146;
sketch, 71, 72.

Bullock, Leonard Henley, of Transylvania
Co., 191.

Bulltown, Va., massacre of Delawares
near, 136-138.

Burd, James, at Redstone, 77-79.

Burning Spring, 82, 85.

Burns, James, killed by Indians, 245.

Bush, Adam, chases Indians, 397.

Bush, John, adventure with Indians, 341,
343; killed by Indians, 396.

Bush, Mrs. John, adventure with Indians,
396, 397.

Bushy run, Bouquet's fight on, 108.

Butler, Mann, Kentucky, 193.

Butler, Richard, treaty commissioner,
366, 388; in St. Clair's campaign, 401403.

Butler, Robert, early settler, 126.

Butterfield, Consul W., Crawford's Expedition
Against Sandusky, 328; History of
the Girtys, 153, 178, 189, 224, 308, 347, 404;
Washington-Irvine Correspondence, 262.

Cabell county, W. Va., census (1830),
55, 56.

Cahokia, Ill., founded by La Salle, 6; Indian
mounds at, 40; captured by Clark,
253.

Caldwell, William, expedition against
Kentucky, 348-354.

California, O., founded, 392.

Calf Pasture river, in Pontiac war, 97.

Callaway, Richard, at Watauga treaty,
192.

Cameron, Charles, at Point Pleasant, 174.

Cameron, Daniel, killed by Indians, 311.

Campbell, Arthur, militia officer, 268.

Campbell, Capt., on Wayne's campaign,
426, 427.

Campbell, George, border poet, 110, 111.

Campbell, John, at Point Pleasant, 174.

Campbell, William, settles on Holston,
59; at Point Pleasant, 174.

Camp Charlotte, Indian treaty at, 145,
173, 176-186, 190, 197.

Camp Union, in Dunmore's war, 164, 165,
167.

Canaan, Joseph, killed by Indians, 422.

Canestoga Indians, killed by Paxton
boys, 104, 105.

Captina creek, in Dunmore's war, 134,
138, 148, 149, 153; in Revolution, 230.

Carder, William, attacked by Indians,
419, 420.

433

Carlisle, Pa., trial of Smith, 113-115;
Scotch-Irish at, 143.

Carmichael's, Pa., founded, 123.

Carpenter, Benjamin, killed by Indians,
414.

Carpenter, Dr., captured by Indians, 96,
97.

Carpenter, Jeremiah, 414.

Carpenter, John, captured by Indians,
319.

Carpenter, Nicholas, adventure with Indians,
399, 400.

Carpenter, William, killed by Indians,
96, 97.

Carr's creek, massacre on, 172, 173.

Carver, —, settles on Greenbrier, 57.

Carver, Jonathan, visits western Indians,
20, 21, 23, 24; on Indian creek, 38.

Casper's lick, 152.

Catawba Indians, early strength of, 46;
attack Delawares, 47; fought by McDowell,
52; claim Kentucky, 142, 194.

Catawba river, early Indians on, 46; Patton's
settlement, 51; forays on, 96, 98.

Catholics (Roman), missionary efforts
of, 36; at Gallipolis, 60. See Jesuits.

Cayahoga river, Delawares on, 45.

Cayuga Indians, strength of, 46; in Dunmore's
war, 155, 172.

Cedar creek, early settlement on, 52.

Champlain, Samuel de, founds Quebec,
4, 5.

Charleston, S. C., 49, 59.

Charlevoix, Father, on origin of Indians,
15, 16.

Cheat river, 63, 118: first settlements on,
75, 76, 126; massacre of Indians on, 135;
Indian forays on, 240, 291, 310, 311.

Chêne, Isidore, attacks Boonesborough,
268-270.

Cherokee Indians, early strength of, 46:
capture Salling, 48, 49; Williamson
among, 104; visit Gov. Glen, 59; in
Sandy-creek voyage, 81, 82; opposition
to Kentucky settlers, 142, 145; cession
to Henderson, 192, 195; during Revolution,
347.

Chevrout, Joseph, relieves Carder, 420.

Chew, Colby, explores Kentucky, 81.

Chickamauga Indians, claim Kentucky,
142.

Chickasaw Indians, early strength, 46;
claim Kentucky, 142; cession to Henderson,
195; in St. Clair's campaign,
403-405.

Childers, William, settles on Youghiogheny,
117, 118.

Chillicothe towns, Dyer's captivity, 87;
in Dunmore's war, 176, 179, 182, 183, 187;
Boone's captivity, 266, 267; Bowman's
expedition against, 271-274; in Piqua
expedition, 305, 307-309; Indian council
at, 346, 347; in Harmar's campaign,
393, 394.

Chillicothe (Old), Renick captivity, 91;
Hannah Dennis's escape, 91-93.

Chillicothe (New), Hannah Dennis's escape,
92.

Chippewa Indians, early strength, 46;
fight Clark, 252; during Revolution,
347; at Ft. McIntosh treaty, 366, 388.

Chiyawee, Wyandot chief, 172.

Christian, William, in Cherokee campaign,
59; in New-river foray, 99; in
Dunmore's war, 165, 167, 170, 171, 190;
killed by Indians, 385.

Cincinnati, Indian relics found in, 42;
Clark on site of, 306; genesis of, 390393;
in Harmar's campaign, 393-395; in
St. Clair's campaign, 401, 405; in
Wayne's campaign, 413, 419, 423.

Circleville, O., Indians mounds at, 41.

Clark, —, on St. Clair's campaign, 402.

Clark, George, scout, 271.

Clark, George Rogers, on Indian mounds,
40; in Dunmore's war, 134, 164; arrival
in Kentucky, 197, 200; in early defense
of Kentucky, 207; founds Louisville,
146; Illinois campaign, 121, 123, 190,
252-255; 257-261, 270, 294, 295, 411; Piqua
campaign, 305-309; Shawnee campaign,
354, 355; Wabash campaign, 386; treaty
commissioner, 366, 388; in Spanish
conspiracy, 130; sketch, 253, 254.

Clark, John, ambushed by Indians, 262.

Clarke, Col., Pennsylvania militia officer,
263, 264.

Clarksburg, W. Va., 275; founded, 127;
in Dunmore's war, 151; during Revolution,
284, 310, 311, 341, 342, 345; miscellaneous
forays near, 376, 381, 383, 397.

Clay, —, killed by Indians, 166.

Clegg, —, family captured by Indians,
398, 399.

Clendennin's settlement, Hannah Dennis
at, 93; massacre at, 93-95; family
captured by Indians, 172, 173.

Clinch river, first settlements on, 59, 60;
Boone on, 145, 152; in Henderson's
grant, 193; foray on, 374.

Coburn, Capt., chases Indians, 410, 411.

Coburn's creek, 248, 249.

Cochran, Nathaniel, captured by Indians,
247, 250, 251.

Cocke, William, at Watauga treaty, 192.

Cohunnewago Indians, strength of, 46.

Colden, C., Five Nations of New York, 194.

Coleman, Moses, killed by Indians, 285.

Columbia, O., founded, 391, 392.

Congo creek, 176.

Connecticut, relinquishes Western land
claim, 389.

Connelly, —, early settler, 126.

Connoly, Darby, killed by Indians, 234.

Connolly, John, agent of Dunmore, 74,
142, 145, 149; in Dunmore's war, 164,
179-181, 188; land claim at Louisville,
145, 146.

Conococheague valley, massacre in, 101,
105; a fur-trade centre, 109, 113.

Cooley, William, companion of Boone,
143.

Coomes, William, adventure with Indians,
201.

Coon, —, daughter killed by Indians,
218, 219.

Coonce, Mark, French trader, 79.

Cooper, —, killed by Indians, 311,

Coplin, Benjamin, kills an Indian, 344.

Corbly, John, attacked by Indians, 345.

Corn island, Clark at, 253, 294.

Cornstalk, Shawnee chief, at Point Pleasant,
168, 170, 172, 173; at treaty of Camp
Charlotte, 183-186; imprisoned at Ft.
Randolph, 209, 215, 216; murder of, 173,
211-214, 235, 236, 241, 266; sketch of, 172,
173.

Cornwallis, Lord, surrender of, 347.

Coshocton, O., 153, 314.

Coshocton, Indian village, Brodhead's
expedition against, 302-305, 309, 316.

Cottrial, Andrew, early settler, 127.

Cottrial, Samuel, early settler, 127; attacked
by Indians, 284, 285.

Cowan, John, on Bullitt's survey, 146.

Coward, —, adventure with Indians,
166.

Cowpasture river, 91.

Cox, Joseph, captured by Indians, 419.

Cozad, Jacob, Sr., sons killed by Indians,
420.

Cozad, Jacob, Jr., escapes from Indians,
420, 421.

Craig, Lieut., killed by Indians, 424,

434

Craig, James, adventure with Indians,
203.

Craig's creek, 90.

Crawford, —, killed by Indians, 344.

Crawford, James, early settler, 123.

Crawford, John, killed by Indians, 331,
334, 336.

Crawford, William, in Dunmore's war,
164, 168, 179, 185, 220; Sandusky campaign
of, 328-339; sketch, 334.

Crawford, William (nephew of foregoing),
killed by Indians, 331.

Cresap, Michael, in Dunmore's war, 134,
149, 154, 164; accused by Logan, 184.

Cresap, Thomas, opens Braddock's road,
77.

Crooked creek, 169, 170.

Crooked run, Indian forays on, 282, 344.

Cross creek, 78.

Cross, Thomas, Sr., 91.

Crouch, James, wounded by Indians,
287.

Crouse, Peter, killed by Indians, 282.

Culpeper county, Va., 59; militia of, 66;
in Dunmore's war, 159, 164.

Cumberland county, Pa., 143.

Cumberland Gap, Walden's trip, 60;
Boone opens path, 143, 192.

Cumberland, Md., Ohio Co.'s post at, 77.

Cumberland river, Walden's trip, 60; explored
by Smith, 115; Boone on, 152; in
Henderson's purchase, 192, 193; foray
on, 200.

Cundiff, —, killed at Point Pleasant,
171.

Cunningham, Edward, fight with Indians,
238, 239, 367-370, 373.

Cunningham, Robert, early settler, 126.

Cunningham, Thomas, 218; family attacked
by Indians, 367, 373.

Cunningham, Mrs. Thomas, captured by
Indians, 367-373.

Curl, Jeremiah, attacked by Indians,
288, 289.

Curner, —, on Mad-river campaign,
387.

Cusick, David, Ancient History of Six Nations,
18, 26, 40.

Cutright, Benjamin, early settler, 122.

Cutright, John, Sr., early settler, 122;
murders Indians, 137; wounded by Indians,
290.

Cutright, John, Jr., 122.

Cutright, Peter, attacked by Indians,
288, 289.

Danville, Ky., origin of, 274; convention
at, 115, 190.

Davis, —, settles on Holston, 59.

Davis, Mrs., daughter of John Jackson,
121.

Davisson, —, killed by Indians, 373.

Davisson, Daniel, early settler, 127.

Davisson, Josiah, brother of Nathaniel,
283.

Davisson, Nathaniel, killed by Indians,
283, 284.

Davisson, Obadiah, early settler, 127.

Decker, Thomas, early settler, 123; attacked
by Indians, 77, 78.

Decker's creek, first settlement on, 77.

De Creve Cœurs, St. John, Lettres, 153.

De Hass, Wills, History of Indian Wars,
222.

De Huron, George, on origin of Indians,
15.

De Kalb, Baron, 86.

De Laet, John, on origin of Indians, 14.

Delaware Indians, on Upper Ohio, 45, 46;
attacked by Catawbas, 47; in Decker's
creek massacre, 77-79; Seybert massacre,
88, 89; New-river foray, 96-99; Bulltown
massacre, 136-138; Pontiac's conspiracy,
136; claim Kentucky, 142; in
Dunmore's war, 150, 172, 179; during
Revolution, 219, 263, 301, 303, 314, 315,
320, 332, 333, 347; in Harmar's campaign,
393; Ft. McIntosh treaty, 366,
388; subsequent foray, 371; Wayne's
camgaign, 421.

Delaware river, massacre on, 101-104.

De Moraez, Emanuel, on origin of Indians,
14.

Denman, Matthias, founds Cincinnati,
390-392.

Dennis, Hannah, imprisoned by Indians,
89-93, 95.

Dennis, Joseph, killed by Indians, 89.

Denton, —, assists Mrs. Cunningham,
372.

Denton, Mrs., settles in Kentucky, 197.

Deny, William, coroner of Bedford, 114.

De Peyster, Arent Schuyler, commandant
at Detroit, 295, 317, 365.

De Soto, Ferdinand, discovers Mississippi,
7, 8.

Detroit, 91; Indian villages near, 46; under
French domination, 72; Logan at,
155, 156; Connolly at, 181; Boone at,
266, 267; English headquarters during
Revolution, 252, 254, 255, 257; English
machinations at, 207, 231, 247, 286, 295,
299, 317, 320, 336, 337; arrival of peace
news, 365.

De Villiers, defeats Washington, 74; destroys
Redstone fort, 77.

Dickinson, John, in Dunmore's war, 170,
175.

Dillon, —, killed at Point Pleasant, 171.

Dillon, Mrs., killed by Indians, 240.

Dinwiddie, Robert, governor of Virginia,
53, 65; authorizes Sandy-creek voyage,
81, 83, 84; Papers, 68, 86.

Dix, Webster, 119.

Dodd, Ensign, on Wayne's campaign,
424.

Doddridge, John, early settler, 125.

Doddridge, Joseph, Notes on the Settlements,
125, 126, 153, 183; MS. of, 221.

Donelson, Col., runs Indian boundary,
195.

Donnelly, Andrew, beseiged by Indians,
242-245; repulses them, 291.

Dorman, Timothy, captured by Indians,
340, 341; turns renegade, 341, 342.

Dougherty, Daniel, captured by Indians,
311, 312.

Dougherty, Mrs. killed by Indians, 311.

Doughty, Maj., builds Ft. Washington,
391.

Douglas, James, on Bullitt's survey, 146.

Dragging Canoe, Cherokee chief, 192.

Dragoo, Mrs., killed by Indians, 374, 375.

Drake, Lieut., on Wayne's campaign,
424.

Drake, Lieut.-col., on St. Clair's campaign,
402.

Drake, Samuel G., Aboriginal Races of
North America, 409.

Draper, Lyman C., historical notes by,
40, 50-53, 57-60, 65, 66, 68, 71, 72, 75, 79, 81,
83, 85-88, 90, 96, 97, 99, 101, 104, 106-108,
115, 121, 123; interviews Salling's descendants,
48; on aboriginal claims to
Kentucky, 193-195; cited, 183, 203, 254.

Drinnon, Thomas, attacked by Indians,
292, 293.

Drinnon, Lawrence, attacked by Indians,
291, 292.

Duke, Francis, killed by Indians, 359,
360.

Dunbar, Pa., settled by Gist, 74.

Dunkard bottom, settled, 126; massacre
on, 240.

435

Dunkard creek, a war trail, 75: first settled
on, 75; forays on, 249, 250, 279, 398,
399.

Dunkards, early settlements by, 75; massacre
of, 76, 77.

Dunkin, John, militia officer, 207.

Dunlap, James, in Sandy-creek voyage,
81; killed by Indians, 87.

Dunlap creek, first settlement on, 77;
foray on, 96.

Dunmore, Lord, 74; in Dunmore's war,
135-190, 197, 209, 220, 253, 385; opposes
Henderson's purchase, 192.

Du Pratz, Le Page, History of Louisiana,
49.

Durrett, Reuben T., Centenary of Louisville,
294.

Dutch, introduce African slavery, 10; in
New York, 48.

Dyer, James, imprisoned by Indians,
87, 88.

East Meadows, Braddock at, 67.

Eckarly family, early settlers, 126.

Eckarly, Thomas, Dunkard pioneer, 75;
massacre of his brother, 76, 77.

Economy, Pa., 413.

Ecuyer, Simeon, under Bouquet, 107.

Edwards, David, killed by Indians, 252.

Edwards, William, Moravian missionary,
314, 317.

Elk creek, in Caldwell's invasion, 351;
during Revolution, 284; foray on, 367.

Elk river, origin of name, 118, 119; first
settlement on, 126, 127; Stroud massacre,
136, 137; in Dunmore's war, 166,
167, 175; foray on, 414.

Elk's Eye creek. See Muskingum.

Ellinipsico, Cornstalk's son, 172, 211-213.

Elliott, Matthew, in Dunmore's war, 182,
189; attacks Wheeling, 316, 317; encourages
forays, 347, 388.

Ellis, Franklin, History of Fayette Co., 77.

English, territorial claims of, 1-5, 7; emigration
to Virginia, 49; first occupation
of the Ohio, 63; struggle for Forks
of Ohio, 64-74; Braddock's campaign,
65-69; Forbes's campaign, 69-73; Bouquet's
expedition, 106-109; Dunmore's
war, 134-190; Bird's invasion, 294-300,
305, 336, 337; Caldwell's invasion, 348354;
second seige of Wheeling, 356,
357; encourage forays on American
borderers, 147, 207-210, 215, 216, 224, 225,
231, 236, 252, 253, 260, 285, 286, 317, 388,
425-427.

Episcopalians, 50, 57.

Fairfax, Lord, land-grant of, 50, 51, 334;
militia officer, 101.

Fairfield, Va., settled, 52.

Fallen Timbers, battle of, 425-428.

Falling Spring, Va., 86.

Falls of Ohio. See Louisville.

Fauquier county, Va., 145.

Fauquier, governor of Virginia, 86.

Fayette county, Pa., settled, 74, 123; militia
from, 328.

Fayette county, W. Va., 57.

Fayetteville, N. C., 192.

Field, John, with Braddock, 66; adventure
with Indians, 159-161; in Dunmore's
war, 164, 166, 169, 171.

Files. See Foyle, Robert.

Files creek, first settlement on, 74.

Files family, massacre of, 126.

Filson, John, partner of Denman, 391:
Boone's Narrative, 268.

Fincastle county, Va., 56, 220; Preston as
surveyor, 140, 146; militia of, 167.

Findlay, John, explores Kentucky, 142144.

Fink, —, killed by Indians, 340.

Fink, John, killed by Indians, 318, 319.

Fink, Henry, early settler, 126; attacked
by Indians, 288, 318, 319.

Fink's run, 122.

Fish creek, a war trail, 75, 399; Clark at,
134, 253; foray on, 399.

Fishing creek, foray on, 374; garrison
on, 417.

Fitzpatrick, John, on Bullitt's survey,
146.

Fleming, William, in Dunmore's war,
164, 167-170, 174, 175.

Flesher, Henry, attacked by Indians,
366, 367.

Floyd, John, Kentucky surveyor, 152;
Diary of, 196; builds fort at Louisville,
294; in Piqua campaign, 307.

Florida, discovered by Spanish, 7, 8.

Folebaum, George, killed by Indians,
362.

Folke, George, killed by Indians, 102,
103.

Fontaine, Maj., killed by Indians, 395.

Forbes, John, campaign against Ft. Du
Quesne, 69-73, 77, 79, 108, 145, 190.

Fordyce, Capt., 72.

Foreman, William, defeated by Indians,
228-230, 356.

Fort Bedford, in "Black boys" uprising,
112-114.

Fort Bolling, during Revolution, 226.

Fort Boone, seat of Henderson colony,
153.

Fort Buckhannon, during Revolution,
313.

Fort Burd. See Redstone.

Fort Bush, 121.

Fort Casinoe, in Dunmore's war, 151.

Fort Coburn, during Revolution, 248.

Fort Crevecœur, built by La Salle, 6;
Salling at, 48.

Fort Cumberland, 71.

Fort Dickenson, massacre of children,
100.

Fort Dinwiddie, in Sandy-creek voyage,
81; in New-river foray, 97, 99; during
Revolution, 291.

Fort Du Quesne, erected, 65; Braddock's
expedition, 65-69; Forbes's campaign,
69-73; destroyed, 73. See Pittsburg.

Fort Fincastle. See Wheeling.

Fort Finney, built, 392; treaty of, 388.

Fort Frederick, 71.

Fort Frontenac, built by La Salle, 6; Salling
at, 48.

Fort Gower, in Dunmore's war, 179, 182.

Fort Greenville. See Greenville, O.

Fort Hadden, during Revolution, 286.

Fort Hamilton, built by St. Clair, 401;
in Wayne's campaign, 413.

Fort Henry. See Wheeling.

Fort Holliday, during Revolution, 226,
227.

Fort Jackson, in Dunmore's war, 151.

Fort Jefferson (Ky.), built by Clark, 254.

Fort Jefferson (O.), built by St. Clair,
401-403, 405; in Wayne's campaign,
413.

Fort Laurens, during Revolution, 256,
261-265.

Fort Le Bœuf, Washington at, 74, 77.

Fort Ligonier, in Forbes's campaign, 73.

Fort Littleton, in French and Indian
war, 190.

Fort Loudon, in "Black boys" uprising,
110, 111.

Fort McIntosh, built, 237; during Revolution,
263, 265; treaty of, 366.

Fort Martin, during Revolution, 282.

Fort Massac, Clark at, 253.

Fort Miami, Indian villages near, 46.

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Fort Necessity, Washington's defeat at,
69, 74, 77, 145.

Fort Nutter, in Dunmore's war, 151; during
Revolution, 275, 341.

Fort Pitt. See Pittsburg.

Fort Pleasant, Eckarly at, 76.

Fort Powers, during Revolution, 247.

Fort Pricket, in Dunmore's war, 151;
during Revolution, 240, 275, 279.

Fort Randolph. See Point Pleasant.

Fort Recovery, 401; built by Wilkinson,
419; in Wayne's campaign, 423, 424.

Fort Richards, during Revolution, 240,
241.

Fort Sackville. See Vincennes.

Fort St. Joseph, Indian villages near,
46; in Wayne's campaign, 413.

Fort Seybert, massacre at, 87-89.

Fort Shepherd, in Dunmore's war, 151.

Fort Stradler, during Revolution, 249,
250.

Fort Stanwix, treaty of, 70, 195.

Fort Washington. See Cincinnati.

Fort Wells, 381.

Fort West, during Revolution, 240, 241,
245, 246; forays against, 287-290, 410.

Fort Westfall, in Dunmore's war, 151;
during Revolution, 343.

Fort Wilson, during Revolution, 343.

Fort Young, Hannah Dennis at, 93; in
New-river foray, 96, 97.

Fox river, explored by French, 6.

Foyle, Robert, settles on Files's creek,
74; massacre of family, 75.

Franklin, Benjamin, 145.

Franklin county, Pa., 106.

Franklin, W. Va., 87.

Frederick county, Va., established, 55;
census (1830), 55, 56; Borden manor, 51;
militia of, 101, 164.

Freeman, —, killed by Indians, 412.

Freeman, Mrs., killed by Indians, 245,
246.

Freeman's creek, forays on, 396, 419.

French in America, territorial claims, 5;
early explorations, 4-6; occupy Upper
Ohio, 45, 63, 64; ransom Salling, 48;
conflict with Ohio Co., 64, 65, 74, 77, 123,
147; on Muskingum, 79: on Scioto, 82;
Braddock's campaign, 65-69; Forbes's
campaign, 69-73; French and Indian
war, 143, 145, 156, 159, 190, 334; found
Gallipolis, 60, 82; make peace with
England, 106, 120; in attack on Boonesborough,
268-270; relations with Clark,
254.

French creek, Smith's expedition to,
106.

French lick, 193.

Friedensstadt, Pa., Moravian village, 314,
319.

Friend, Joseph, chases Indians, 311.

Frothingham, Lieut., killed by Indians,
395.

Fry, Col., in Braddock's army, 66.

Fullenwieder, Peter, defends Rice's fort,
362.

Fur trade, tribal barter, 34; at Winchester,
47; Borden's trade, 51; of Ohio Co.,
64, 65, 67, 74, 77, 147; on Scioto, 82;
French and English rivalry, 138, 139;
Findlay's adventures, 143; of Dunkards,
76; Gibson's, 79; "Black-boys"
trouble, 106, 109-116; Simpson's adventures,
118, 119; at Pringle's fort, 120; in
Dunmore's war, 150; McKee's, 347; in
W. Va., 361.

Furrenash, Charles, children killed by
Indians, 313.

Gaddis, Thomas, on Sandusky campaign,
328.

Gage, Thomas, confers with Connolly,
181.

Gallatin, Albert, founds Geneva, W. Va.,
117.

Gallipolis, founded by French, 60, 82, 84.

Game, pioneers as hunters, 131; on
Greenbrier, 56, 57, 126; in Kentucky,
196, 198, 199, 206, 265, 266; in Valley of
Virginia, 119-122; in Tygart's valley,
232, 234; in West Virginia, 280, 283, 367,
374, 375, 410, 411.

Garcia, Gregorio, on origin of Indians,
14.

Gates, Horatio, at Saratoga, 86.

Gatliff, Charles, fights Indians, 244.

Gauley river, 57; Stroud massacre, 136,
137.

Genêt, Edmund Charles, commissions
Clark, 254.

Geneva, W. Va., founded, 117.

George, Robert, attacks James Smith, 114.

George's creek, Pringle settlement, 117;
murder of Bald Eagle, 136.

Georgia, early slavery in, 9, 10; in Tecumseh's
conspiracy, 36.

Germans, at Gallipolis, 60.

Gibson, Col. John, at Fort Pitt, 78, 79; in
Dunmore's war, 176, 184; expert swordsman,
207; commands Ft. Laurens, 256,
261-265.

Gibson, John, family captured by Indians,
287.

Giles county, Va., census (1830), 55, 56.

Gilmore, —, killed by Indians, 211, 212.

Girty, George and James, renegades, 178;
during Revolution, 295.

Girty, Simon, in Dunmore's war, 178,
179, 184, 189; not at Wheeling seige,
224, 225, 231; during Revolution, 254,
262, 273, 295, 308, 333, 334, 347, 350-353;
subsequent forays, 372, 388; in St. Clair's
defeat, 404.

Gist, Christopher, visits Shingiss, 45;
trip down Ohio, 79; settles Fayette
Co., Pa., 74, 77, 123.

Glass, —, family attacked by Indians,
380, 381.

Glenn, —, governor of South Carolina,
59.

Glum, Mrs., at seige of Wheeling, 225.

Gnadenhütten, Moravian village, 314,
317; sacked by whites, 319, 321-327.

Gnatty creek, foray on, 382.

Goff, John, early settler, 126.

Goldsby, —, killed at Point Pleasant,
171.

Gooch, Sir William, grants Borden manor,
50, 51.

Gordon, Capt., killed at Blue Licks, 353.

Goschocking. See Coshocton.

Graham, James, killed by Indians, 245.

Grand Portage, Carver at, 20.

Grand river. See Ottawa.

Grant, James, with Braddock, 66; defeated
by Indians, 68-73; in "Black-boys"
uprising, 110, 111.

Grave creek, Indian mounds on, 40; first
settlement on, 125; in Dunmore's war,
134; in Foreman's defeat, 229, 230, 235,
356.

Grayson county, Va., census (1830), 55.

Great bridge, Va., defeat of Fordyce, 72.

Greathouse, Daniel, murders Logan's
family, 125, 149.

Great Kanawha river, 60, 61; Salling on,
49; discovered by Wood, 64; in Sandy-creek
voyage, 82, 85; in Hannah Dennis's
escape, 93; Squire Boone on, 143;
in Dunmore's war, 145, 159-161, 164-167,
169-174, 178; in Hand's expedition, 209211;
during Revolution, 291-292; salines
of, 265.

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Great Meadows, Washington at, 77, 145.

Great Miami river. See Miami.

Great Sandy river, 60, 61; in New-river
foray, 96.

Green, George, at seige of Wheeling, 356.

Green river, Henderson's grant on, 196;
early surveys, 365; early settlements,
274.

Green, Thomas M., Spanish Conspiracy,
386.

Greenbrier county, W. Va., 53, 54, 57, 71,
91; census (1830), 55, 56; Shawnee attack
(1755), 81; Clendennin massacre,
93-95; militia from, 210, 211; emigrants
from, 286; forays into, 242-245, 291-293.

Greenbrier river, 61; explored, 126; origin
of name, 49; Loyal Co.'s grant, 49;
first settlements on, 56-59; Lewis on,
68; in Pontiac's war, 97.

Greenlee, Mary, enters land on Borden
manor, 52, 53.

Greenville, O., Ft. Hamilton built, 401;
treaty at, 420, 430.

Gregg, Mrs., attacked by Indians, 343.

Grenadier Squaw, in Dunmore's war,
176; at Ft. Randolph, 242; in Mad-river
campaign, 388.

Grigsby, Charles, family killed by Indians,
217, 218.

Grim, John, 183.

Grollon, Father, on origin of Indians,
15, 16.

Grundy, Felix, 247.

Grundy, William, killed by Indians, 247.

Gunn, Catharine, imprisoned by Indians,
98.

Gwinnett, Button, killed by McIntosh,
237.

Hacker, John, settles on Buckhannon,
121, 122; daughter wounded by Indians,
378-380.

Hacker, Mrs., attacked by Indians, 245.

Hacker, William, early hunter, 121; murders
Indians, 135, 137; attacked by Indians,
245.

Hacker's creek, Indian relics on, 42; origin
of name, 121, 122; first settlement
on, 127; in Dunmore's war, 151; Bulltown
massacre, 136, 137; killing of
Hughes and Lowther, 240, 241; Waggoner
massacre, 408, 411; miscellaneous
forays on, 275, 287-290, 367, 377, 382,
419, 420.

Hadden, —, early settler, 126.

Hadden, John, 234.

Hagerstown, Md., 361.

Hagle, Michael, killed by Indians, 341.

Haldimand, Sir Frederick, English general-in-chief,
252, 261.

Half King, Wyandot chief, 230, 316.

Hall, Capt., murders Cornstalk, 211, 212.

Hall, James, Sketches of the West, 193.

Hall, Minor C., 287.

Hamilton, —, adventure with Indians,
211, 212.

Hamilton, Capt., chases Indians, 245.

Hamilton, Henry, English lieutenant-governor,
207, 210; encourages Indian
forays, 224, 225, 252, 266, 268, 269; attacks
Clark, 253, 257, 258; captured by Clark,
254, 255, 259-261.

Hamilton, Miss, captured by Indians,
234.

Hammond, Philip, scouting adventure,
242, 243.

Hampden Sydney College, Va., 81.

Hampshire county, W. Va., census (1830),
56; militia from, 101, 230.

Hamtramck, J. F., on Harmar's campaign,
394; on St. Clair's campaign,
401.

Hancock, William, escapes from Indians,
267, 268.

Hand, Edward, commands Ft. Pitt. 209211,
213, 214, 216, 219, 221, 230; MS. of,
221; sketch, 210.

Handsucker, —, killed by Indians, 398,
399.

Hangard. See Redstone.

Hanover county, Va., 191.

Haptonstall, Abraham, on Bullitt's survey,
146.

Harbert, —, killed by Indians, 288.

Hardin county, Ky., origin of name, 123.

Hardin, John, early Kentucky settler,
123; on Harmar's campaign, 394; killed
by Indians, 412.

Hardman, —, of Hacker's creek, 410.

Hardy county, W. Va., census (1830), 56.

Hargus, John, kills an Indian, 154, 155.

Harlan, Silas, in Bowman's campaign,
271.

Harland, Maj., killed at Blue Licks, 253.

Harmar, Josiah, at treaty of Ft. McIntosh,
366; occupies Ft. Washington,
391, 392; campaign of, 384, 393-395, 400,
408.

Harpold, Nicholas, kills Indians, 135.

Harrison, —, attacked by Indians, 344.

Harrison, Benjamin, in Dunmore's war,
170; governor of Virginia, 366.

Harrison, Burr, rescued by Logan, 203.

Harrison county, W. Va., 373; census
(1830), 56, 63; first sheriff of, 127; forays
in, 217, 369.

Harrison, S. R., cited, 310.

Harrison, William, killed by Indians,
331, 334, 336.

Harrison, William H., defeats Tecumseh,
36.

Harrod, James, on Bullitt's survey, 146;
founds Harrodsburg, 152, 190, 191;
prominence as a pioneer, 197, 200;
sketch, 190, 191.

Harrod, Samuel, explores Kentucky, 190.

Harrod, William, with Clark, 190; in
Bowman's campaign, 271, 273.

Harrodsburg, Ky., founded, 146, 152, 190,
191, 197; represented in Transylvania
legislature, 193; first attacked by Indians,
200-202, 205, 208; Clark's defense
of, 253; settlers' council at, 271.

Hart, David, of Transylvania Co., 191.

Hart, Nathaniel, of Transylvania Co.,
191-193.

Hart, Thomas, of Transylvania Co., 191.

Hartley, Cecil B., Life of Wetzel, 161.

Hartshorn, —, ensign in Harmar's campaign,
394; captain with Wayne, 423,
424.

Haymond, John, chases Indians, 398.

Hayward, John, History of Tennessee, 60.

Hazard, Samuel, U. S. Register, 193.

Heavener, Nicholas, 121.

Heckewelder, John G., Moravian missionary,
97, 301, 302, 314, 315, 317; peace
commissioner, 412; Narrative, 325;
sketch, 301, 302.

Hedgman river, 55.

Hellen, Thomas, captured by Indians,
156, 157; killed by Indians, 161.

Helms, Leonard, holds Vincennes, 258,
260.

Henderson, Archibald, 193.

Henderson, Nathaniel, at Watauga
treaty, 192.

Henderson, Richard, founds Transylvania,
153, 191-196; sketch, 191-193.

Henderson, Samuel, father of Richard,
191.

Henderson, Leonard, 193.

Hennepin, Father Louis, French explorer,
6.

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Henry county, Va., 60.

Henry, Patrick, governor of Virginia,
173, 186, 220, 366.

Herbert, William, in Dunmore's war,
167, 175.

Hickenbotham, Capt., attacks Indians,
99.

Hickman, Adam, Jr., 127.

Hickman, Sotha, early settler, 127, 284.

Hill, Richard, attacked by Indians, 291.

Hinkstone, —, captured by Indians,
297, 298, 305.

Hite, Isaac, on Bullitt's survey, 146.

Hockhocking river, in Dunmore's war,
168, 179, 182, 183; Indians raided on, 383.

Hockingport, O., founded, 179.

Hogan, Mrs., settles in Kentucky, 197.

Hogg, James, of Transylvania Co., 191.

Hogg, Peter, in Sandy-creek voyage, 8185.

Hogg, William, in Sandy-creek voyage, 81.

Hoggin, —, of St. Asaph's, 205.

Holden, Joseph, companion of Boone,
143.

Holder, John, in Bowman's campaign,
271.

Holder's station, Ky,, during Caldwell's
invasion, 349.

Hollis, John, Indian spy, 245.

Holmes, John, informs against James
Smith, 114.

Holston, Stephen, settles on Holston, 59.

Holston river, 60; first settlements on,
58, 115; forays on, 158, 184.

Holston settlements, militia of, 165, 170,
268; Harrod at, 190; Boone at, 196; Logan
at, 204-206; Mrs. Cunningham at,
372, 373.

Hornbeck, Benjamin, captured by Indians,
311.

Hornbeck, Mrs., killed by Indians, 311.

Horse Shoe bottom, settled, 126.

Horton, Joshua, explores Kentucky, 115.

Howard, John, companion of Salling, 49.

Hudson, William, killed by Indians, 203.

Hughes, Charles, chases Indians, 246.

Hughes, Elias, scouting service, 312;
fights Indians, 345, 376, 377.

Hughes, Jesse, early hunter, 121; chases
Indians, 246, 378, 379, 410; services at
Ft. West, 288; scouting service, 312;
escapes from Indians, 399, 400; daughter
captured by Indians, 377-380; character,
137.

Hughes, Thomas, early settler, 121, 123;
defense of borderers, 367; killed by Indians,
240, 241.

Hughey, Joseph, killed by Indians, 168.

Hull, Samuel, killed by Indians, 383.

Huron Indians, possible origin of, 16.

Husted, Gilbert, captured by Indians,
248.

Hutchins, Thomas, geographer, 46.

Iberville, Lemoyne d', finds Mississippi,
7.

Ice, John, killed by Indians, 374.

Illinois, early French in, 6, 7; Clark's expedition
to, 146, 252-255, 257, 261.

Illinois Indians, claim Kentucky, 142;
agree to keep peace, 412.

Ingles, Capt., on New-river campaign, 99.

Indian creek, foray on, 312, 313.

Indian Short creek, 380, 381, 415.

Indians, origin of, 12-27; beliefs, customs
and traditions, 17-43; forest commerce,
34; prehistoric remains, 39-43;
intimacy with French, 5, 64; relations
with Spanish, 7-9; claims to Kentucky
reviewed, 193-195; relations with first
settlers, 129-133; Christian missions
among, 106. See the several tribes.

Iroquois Indians, supposed origin of, 44;
oppose French on Ohio, 64; at Easton
treaty, 58; at Ft. Stanwix treaty, 70;
claim Kentucky, 194, 195.

Irvine, William, releases Moravians, 317;
Indian campaign of, 355.

Isaac's creek, 312.

Ivens, Sally, captured by Indians, 373,
374.

Jackson, —, adventure with Indians,
289.

Jackson county, O., 175.

Jackson county, W. Va., 137.

Jackson, Edward, early settler, 121.

Jackson, George, early settler, 121; attacked
by Indians, 313; defends Buckhannon,
342; chases Indians, 398.

Jackson, John, early settler, 121; attacked
by Indians, 313.

Jackson, Ned J., 287.

Jackson's river, 57, 71, 81; Hannah Dennis
on, 93; in Pontiac war, 97; forays
on, 90, 96, 173.

James, Enoch, adventure with Indians,
218, 219.

James river, 61, 66, 86; Salling on, 48, 50;
early settlements on, 52; McDowell's
fight, 52; Borden's grant, 50-53; forays
on, 89-91, 96.

Jefferson county, W. Va., census (1830), 56.

Jefferson, Thomas, on origin of Indians,
13, 14, 25, 26; on Indian mounds, 41;
"improves" Logan's speech, 184; Notes
on Virginia, 134.

Jesuits, early missions to Indians, 14, 15,
60, 64, 410, 411; Relations, 194.

Jew, —, killed by Indians, 91.

Jew, Sally, imprisoned by Indians, 90.

Johnson, —, thought to have been
killed by James Smith, 113-115.

Johnson, Henry and John, escape from
Indians, 415-417.

Johnson, Richard M., 348.

Johnson, Robert, arrives in Kentucky,
348.

Johnson, William, family massacred by
Indians, 381, 382.

Johnson, Sir William, British Indian
superintendent, 108, 136.

Johnston, William, of Transylvania, 191.

Joliet, Louis, discovers Mississippi, 5, 6.

Judah, Henry, kills Indians, 135.

Juggins, Elizabeth, adventure with Indians,
309, 310.

Juggins, John, killed by Indians, 290.

Juniata river, 112, 113.

Kanawha county, W. Va., census (1830),
55, 56.

Kaskaskia, Ill., 294; founded by La Salle,
6; Salling at, 48; Clark's capture of,
253-255, 257, 258, 260, 411.

Kate (uegress), at seige of Wheeling, 356.

Keeney's knob, massacre at, 173.

Kekionga, Miami village, 393.

Kellar, Isaac, killed by Indians, 385.

Kelly, Tady, in Dunmore's war, 153.

Kelly, Walter, killed by Indians, 159-161.

Kennedy, John, wounded by Indians,
203.

Kenton, Simon, border scout, 161; in
Dunmore's war, 164, 167; arrival in
Kentucky, 197.

Kentucky, 66, 67, 75; Indian antiquities
in, 43; exploration by Salling, 48, 49;
by Bullitt, 71; by Walker, 81; by Smith,
115; by Findlay, 142, 143; by Boone,
142-145, 147, 152, 153, 190; by Stone, 190;
Indian claims to, 193-195; Connolly's
survey, 145, 146; first settlements in,
123, 197; early land jobbing, 196, 197;

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Harrodsburg founded, 146, 190; Indian
opposition to first settlers, 140-142, 189,
190, 200-208; character of pioneers, 197200;
rapid increase of population, 274;
Transylvania Co., 191-196; early missions,
106; Spanish conspiracy, 130;
state convention, 106.

Kentucky river, Boone on, 152, 153; Harrod
on, 190; Catawbas on, 194; in Henderson's
purchase, 192, 193, 195, 196;
forays on, 268, 269, 374.

Kercheval, Samuel, History of Valley of
Virginia, 49, 87, 88.

Kersey, Lieut. [Kearsey, John], builds
at Columbia, 390, 391.

Kettle, Richard, chases Indians, 311.

Killbuck, Delaware chief, 88.

Kimberlain, Jacob, escapes from Indians,
99.

King, Thomas, Iroquois chief, 58.

Kinnikinnick creek, 174, 176.

Kiskepila. See Little Eagle.

Kittanning, in Hand's expedition, 210.

Knight, John, captured by Indians, 332335,
338.

Knoxville, Tenn., 60.

Kuhn, Abraham, Wyandot chief, 97.

Kuydendall, Capt., in Dunmore's war,
182.

Lackey, Thomas, warns settlers, 286.

Lake Cayuga, early Indians on, 46.

Lake Erie, Catawbas on, 47.

Lake Michigan, early French on, 6.

Lancaster, Pa., massacre of Canestogas,
104, 105; treaty of, 195.

Land claims, Loyal Co., 49, 58; Lord Fairfax,
50, 51; Borden manor, 50-53; Ohio
Co., 64, 65, 67, 74, 77, 147; Pittsylvania,
145; Virginia military warrants, 145;
Transylvania Co., 191-196; Connolly,
145, 146; early Kentucky jobbers, 196,
197; "tomahawk rights," 126; Indian
attitude toward, 140, 141; commissioners
killed by Indians, 311; post-Revolutionary
military warrants, 365, 366;
Ohio Co. of Associates, 389, 390; Scioto
Co., 60; Miami purchase, 390-392.

Lane, Lalph, attempts western exploration,
64.

Langlade, Charles, at Braddock's defeat,
68.

L'Anguille, Miami village, 407.

La Salle, Chevalier, explorations of, 6,
7; at falls of Ohio, 64.

Lanson run, 421.

Laurel hills, 126; explored by Walden,
60; by Cresap, 77; by Boone, 192.

Lawless, Henry, explores Kentucky,
81.

Leading creek, 419; forays on, 311, 428.

Lederer, John, on Blue ridge, 64.

Lee, Arthur, treaty commissioner, 366,
388.

Lee county, Va., census (1830), 56.

Leet, Maj., on Sandnsky campaign, 330.

Leffler, George, early settler, 125; defends
Rice's fort, 362.

Leffler, Jacob, Jr., defends Rice's fort,
362.

Legget, George, lost in Indian foray, 399.

Le Moyne, Father, discovers Alleghany,
64.

Lewis, —, escapes from Indians, 422.

Lewis, Andrew, 49, 50; explores Greenbrier,
57, 58; with Braddock, 66; in
Forbes's campaign, 68-73; in Sandy-creek
voyage, 81-83, 86; in Dunmore's
war, 151, 164-168, 170, 174-176, 178-183, 190;
Journal, 81, 82.

Lewis, Charles, with Braddock, 66; in
Pontiac's war, 97; in Dunmore's war,
151, 159, 166-168; death, 168-171; Journal,
69.

Lewis county, W. Va., census (1830), 56,
63.

Lewis, John (1), father of Andrew, 53,
62; explores Greenbrier, 57, 58; with
Braddock, 66; settles Augusta, 66;
sketch, 49, 50.

Lewis, John (2), scalped by Indians, 102.

Lewis, John, Jr., with Braddock, 66.

Lewis, Margaret, wife of John (1), 53.

Lewis, Samuel, defends Greenbrier, 244,
245.

Lewis, Thomas, son of John (1), 50; with
Braddock, 66.

Lewis, William, with Braddock, 66.

Lewisburgh, W. Va., founded, 164, 165,
244; massacre near, 172, 173.

Lexington, Ky., 271; founded, 52, 274;
threatened by Bird, 296-298, 305; during
Caldwell's invasion, 349, 351.

Licking river, Thompson's surveys, 146;
early settlements on, 274; Boone's captivity,
265, 266; Bird's invasion, 295,
297, 298; in Piqua campaign, 305, 307; in
Cald well's invasion, 348; other Revolutionary
happenings, 271, 352.

Lichtenau, Moravian village, 314.

Limestone creek, 348.

Lincoln, Benjamin, peace commissioner,
412.

Lineback, —, Relation, 324.

Linn, John, in defense of Wheeling, 356,
358.

Linn, William, at Foreman's defeat, 229,
230.

Linsey, Joseph, settles on Youghiogheny,
117, 118.

Little Carpenter, a Cherokee, 192.

Little Eagle, Mingo chief, 78, 79.

Little Kenawha river, Bulltown massacre,
136-138; in Dunmore's war, 165,
179; during Revolution, 232, 284; miscellaneous
forays on, 376, 397, 400, 411,
419.

Little Meadow creek, 166.

Little Meadows, 77.

Little Miami river, Shawnees on, 271;
Boone on, 266; during Revolution, 273;
Symmes's land-grant on, 390-392; in
Harmar's campaign, 393, in St. Clair's
campaign, 400-405.

Little Saluda river, Holston on, 59.

Little Sewell mountain, origin of name,
57.

Lochaber, treaty of, 195.

Lockard, Patrick, with Braddock, 66.

Lockport, O., 314.

Lockridge, —, at Point Pleasant, 175.

Locust Grove, Ky., 254.

Logan, Ann, adventure with Indians,
203.

Logan, Benjamin, builds Logan's station,
197; in seige thereof, 200, 202-207;
in Bowman's campaign, 271-273; in
Piqua campaign, 306; at Blue Licks,
351-354; in Shawnee campaign, 355;
in Miami campaign, 386-388; sketch,
204.

Logan county, O., 153.

Logan county, W. Va., census (1830), 56.

Logan, Mingo chief, massacre of family,
125, 134, 138, 142, 148-150, 184; attacks
whites, 155-158; speech of, 184.

Logan's station, Ky., founded, 197; represented
in Transylvania legislature,
193; attacked by Indians, 200, 202-208.

Logstown, old trading post, 413; Dyer's
captivity, 87; treaty at, 195.

Long, —, assists Mrs. Cunningham, 372.

Long Knives," origin of term, 79, 80;
use of, 183, 186, 207, 406.

440

Looney's creek, 89; Pringle settlement
on, 118.

Losantiville, origin of name, 391, 392.
See Cincinnati.

Loss creek, 218.

Lost creek, foray on, 383.

Louisa Company, settles Kentucky, 191.

Louisiana, founded, 7; French in, 64;
Spanish in, 130.

Louisville, 271, 357; Iroquois defeat
Shawnees, 194, 195; La Salle at, 64;
Findlay at, 143; Boone at, 152; surveyed
by Bullitt, 145; founded by Clark,
146, 253, 254; threatened by Bird, 294;
in Clark's Wabash expedition, 386;
Literary News-Letter, 193.

Love, Philip, in Dunmore's war, 170.

Lowdermilk, Will H., History of Cumberland,
77.

Lowther, Jonathan, killed by Indians,
241.

Lowther, Robert, early settler, 127.

Lowther, William, militia officer, 127,
128; chases Indians, 312, 313, 376, 377.

Loyal Company, land grant on Greenbrier,
49, 58.

Loyal Hanna river, in Forbes's campaign,
73; foray on, 108.

Ludlow, Israel, partner of Denman, 391.

Luttsell, John, of Transylvania Co., 191,
193.

Lynn, Jane, marries Hugh Paul and
David Stuart, 53, 54.

Lynn, Margaret, wife of John Lewis, 49.

Lytle, William, on Mad-river campaign,
387, 388.

McBride, Capt., killed at Blue Licks,
353.

McClannahan, Robert, killed at Point
Pleasant, 171.

McClelland, John, on Sandusky campaign,
328, 336.

McClelland's station, Ky., attacked by
Indians, 200.

McClure, Mrs. captured by Indians, 385.

McCollum, John, in New-river foray, 99.

McCulloch, William, in Dunmore's war,
180.

McCullough family, early settlers, 125.

McCullough, Maj., at seige of Wheeling,
228.

McCullough, Miss, at seige of Wheeling,
356.

McDonald, Angus, Wapatomica expedition,
138, 153-155, 164, 165; in Dunmore's
war, 220.

McDowell, Ephraim, early settler, 52.

McDowell, James, 52.

McDowell, John, early settler, 53; killed
by Indians, 49, 51, 52, 66.

McDowell, Thomas, killed by Indians,
196.

McFeeters, Jeremiah, killed by Indians,
196.

McGary, Maj., of St. Asaph's, 205; at Blue
Licks, 352; in Mad-river campaign,
388.

McGary, Mrs., settles in Kentucky, 197.

McGuire, Maj., wounds an Indian, 381.

McIntire, John, killed by Indians, 397,
398.

McIntosh, Lachlan, commandant at
Pittsburgh, 210, 237, 300; expedition
against Sandusky, 252, 255, 256, 261, 264,
265.

McIver, Hugh, killed by Indians, 292.

Mack, John, family massacred by Indians,
382.

McKee, Alexander, in Dunmore's war,
189; during Revolution, 254, 295, 347;
ransoms Mrs. Cunningham, 372; encourages
forays, 388; property destroyed
by Wayne, 426.

McKee, Capt., commandant at Ft. Randolph,
241-243.

McKee, William, at Point Pleasant, 174.

McKenley's run, 410.

Mackey, John, early settler, 49, 50, 66.

Mackinaw, in Tecumseh's conspiracy,
36; Chippewa villages near, 46.

McKinley, John, killed by Indians, 333.

McKnight, Charles, Our Western Border,
373.

McLain, John, killed by Indians, 287.

McMahon, Maj., killed by Indians, 423.

McMahon's creek, 162.

McMechen, James, a Wheeling settler,
222, 228, 230.

McMurtry, Capt., killed by Indians, 395.

McNutt, John, in Sandy-creek voyage,
81, 85, 86; in Revolution, 86; Journal,
86.

McWhorter, Henry, early settler, 287,
288, 410.

McWhorter, J. M., 288.

McWhorter, L. V., cited, 119, 137, 278, 287,
340, 368-371, 376, 377, 409-411, 421.

McWhorter, Mansfield, 410.

Mad river, 124; Logan's campaign to,
386-388.

Mahoning creek, 210.

Manear, John, killed by Indians, 311.

Mann's lick, 152.

Marietta, O., the Scioto purchase, 60;
settled by Ohio Co., 389, 390; cattle supply
attacked, 399, 400.

Marion county, W. Va., 279.

Marks, Lieut., on Wayne's campaign,
424.

Marquette, Father James, discovers Mississippi,
5, 6.

Marshall, James, militia officer, 327, 328.

Martin, —, settles on Greenbrier, 57.

Martin, —, in seige of St. Asaph's, 204.

Martin, Gov., opposes Henderson's purchase,
192, 193.

Martin, Jesse, 123.

Martin, William, 123.

Martin's station, Ky., sacked by Bird,
296, 298; defended, 350.

Martinsville, Va., 60.

Maryland, emigrants from, 125.

Mason county, W. Va., census (1830), 56.

Mason, Samuel, at seige of Wheeling,
221-224, 228.

Massachusetts, relinquishes Western
land claim, 389.

Massawomee Indians, in West Virginia,
44.

Matthew, John, early settler, 52.

Matthews, George, attacked by Indians,
90, 91; in Dunmore's war, 169, 170, 174.

Matthews, John, with Braddock, 66.

Matthews, Maj., 52.

Maumee Indians, 374.

Maumee river, Mrs. Cunningham on,
372; in Harmar's campaign, 393; in
St. Clair's campaign, 401; peace commissioners
sent to, 412; in Wayne's
campaign, 424-426.

Maury, Thomas, killed by Indians, 91.

Maxwell, Audley, attacked by Indians,
90, 91.

Maxwell, William, attacked by Indians,
90, 91.

May, John, 385.

Maysville, Ky., 348.

Meadow river, 242.

Merrill, John, wounded by Indians, 405,
406.

Merrill, Mrs. John, adventure with Indians,
406.

Myers, R. C. V., Life of Wetzel, 161.

441

Miami Indians, early strength of, 46;
Renick captivity, 91; operate against
Clark, 252; in Harmar's campaign, 393395;
in St. Clair's campaign, 400-405;
raided by Scott, 407, 408.

Miami river, Indians on, 46; in Renick
captivity, 91; in Clark's campaign, 254;
during Revolution, 295, 299, 355; arrival
of peace news, 365; military land-claims
on, 366; Logan's campaign on,
386; treaty of Ft. Finney, 388; Symmes's
land-grant on, 390, 392; in Harmar's
campaign, 393-395; in St. Clair's campaign,
400-405.

Michael, Lieut., on Wayne's campaign,
424.

Michillimackinac, 255. See Mackinaw.

Middle Island creek, foray on, 381, 398.

Miller, Jacob, killed by Indians (Delaware
river), 102.

Miller, Jacob, killed by Indians (Ft. Coburn),
249.

Miller, Jacob, defends Ft. Rice, 361, 362.

Mills, Thomas, killed by Indians, 338,
339.

Minear, John, early settler, 126.

Mingo Bottom, Indian village at, 78; in
Moravian expedition, 320; in Crawford's
campaign, 328, 329.

Mingo Indians, on Upper Ohio, 45; Decker's-creek
massacre, 77-79; New-river
foray, 96-99: claim Kentucky, 142; massacre
of Logan's family, 134, 138, 142,
148-150; Logan's forays, 155-158; Dunmore's
war generally, 172, 179, 184, 185,
253; during Revolution, 219, 262, 308,
336, 347.

Mingo Junction, O. See Mingo Bottom.

Missions among Kentucky and Tennessee
Indians, 106. See Catholics and
Moravians.

Missasago Indians, in St. Clair's campaign,
404.

Mississippi river, 255; territorial claims
in basin of, 5; French on, 5-7, 63; Spanish
on, 7, 8, 130, 254: Salling on, 49; Holston
on, 59; Chickasaws on, 195; in Tecumseh's
conspiracy, 36; Cornstalk's
knowledge of, 211.

Mitchell, John, 122.

Moffett, Capt., ambuscaded, 97.

Mohican Indians, in King Philip's war,
32, 33.

Moluntha, Shawnee chief, 268.

Monday, —, killed by Indians, 293.

Monongahela river, 73-75; early Indians
on, 45, 47; French on, 65; Braddock's
defeat, 67-69, 72; Grant's defeat, 71;
Gist's settlement, 74; Pringle settlement,
117, 118, 122; other early settlements,
77, 117, 123, 125, 190; in Dunmore's
war, 135, 141, 146, 150, 151, 161;
during Revolution, 221, 222, 237, 271,
309; militia from, 320; forays on, 381,
414, 419.

Monongalia county, W. Va., census (1830),
56, 63; during Revolution, 311; forays
in, 344, 374, 398, 399.

Monroe county, W. Va., census (1830),
55, 56.

Montgomery, Col., companion of Clark,
254.

Montgomery county, Va., census (1830),
55, 56.

Montgomery, John, in Sandy-creek voyage,
81.

Monteur, —, family massacred, 318.

Monticello, Va., 253.

Montour, John, Delaware chief, 179.

Mooney, James, adventure with Indians,
168; companion of Boone, 143.

Moore, —, attacked by Indians, 385.

Moore, Andrew, early settler, 52; in Dunmore's
war, 174.

Moore, James, Sr., killed by Indians, 373.

Moore, James, Jr., captured by Indians,
374.

Moore, Jane, burned by Indians, 374.

Moore, Mrs. John, burned by Indians,
373, 374.

Moore, Lieut., killed by Indians, 241.

Moore, Mary, captured by Indians, 374.

Moorefield, W. Va., founded, 124.

Moorehead, —, Youghiogheny settler,
114.

Moravians, missionaries and Indians,
36, 412; give information to Hand, 219;
visited by Brodhead, 301, 302; villages
sacked by whites, 313-327, 340; historical
sketch, 314.

Morgan county, W. Va., census (1830), 56.

Morgan, Daniel, 276.

Morgan, David, early settler, 123; adventure
with Indians, 276-279.

Morgan, George, Indian agent, 219, 224.

Morgan, Greenwood S., 279.

Morgan, Levi, adventures with Indians,
375, 376, 417, 418.

Morgan, Sarah and Stephen, adventure
with Indians, 276-279.

Morgan, William, early settler, 126; escapes
from Indians, 240.

Morgantown, Pa., 75; founded, 123; foray
near, 248, 249.

Morlin, Thomas, early peddler, 47, 48.

Morrow, William, in Dunmore's war,
169, 171.

Mound-building, by early Indians, 39-43.

Moundsville, W. Va., "big mound" at,
40; settled, 125, 230.

Mount Braddock, Pa., settled, 123.

Muddy creek, 123; first settled, 58; Clendennin
massacre, 93-95: miscellaneous
forays on, 159, 161, 172, 173, 293, 345.

Mulhollin, Polly. See Mary Greenlee.

Munsee Indians, on Susquehanna, 46;
raided by Brodhead, 301; during Revolution,
347.

Munseka, Shawnee chief, 266.

Murphey, John, killed by Indians, 238.

Murphy, Samuel, 183.

Muscle shoals, 59.

Muskingum river, early Indians on, 46;
Gist on, 79; Bouquet's expedition, 108;
Indian atrocities on, 150, 396; Wapatomica
campaign, 153-155; Moravian
villages on, 219; during Revolution,
300-305, 314, 320, 328; land cession by
Indians, 366; Ohio Co.'s grant, 389;
Waterford founded, 392.

Nain Indians, threatened by Paxtons,
105.

Nanny's run, 127.

Natchez, Holston at, 59.

Narragansett Indians, war with Puritans,
31-33.

Narvaez, Pamphilio de, in Florida, 7.

Nashville, Tenn., 115.

Neal, Henry, killed by Indians, 411, 412.

Neal, James, slave stolen from, 400.

Neely, Alexander, companion of Boone,
143, 144.

Nelson, —, early settler, 126.

Nelson county, Va., foray in, 405, 406.

Nelsonville, O., 183.

Nemacolin, Delaware Indian, 77.

Nemacolin's path. See Braddock's road.

Nequetank Indians, threatened by Paxtons,
105.

Newcomerstown, O., 314.

New Englanders, on Greenbrier, 57.

New France. See French.

New Inverness, Ga., founded, 237.

442

New Martinsville, O., 417.

New Orleans, founded, 7; Spanish at,
130.

New Philadelphia, O., 261, 314.

Newport, Christopher, attempts western
exploration, 64.

New river, first settlements on, 59; in
Sandy-creek voyage, 82; Delaware and
Mingo foray, 96-99. See Great Kanawha.

New Schönbrunn, Moravian village, 314,
325, 326.

New York, Delawares in, 136; relinquishes
Western land claim, 389.

Nicholas county, W. Va., 96; census
(1830), 56.

Nicholson, —, interpreter, 184.

Nicholson, Thomas, in Dunmore's campaign,
153.

North Bend, O., founded, 392.

North Branch, 63.

North Carolina, Cherokees in, 46; Boone
in, 143, 144, 266; Henderson family in,
191-193; emigration from, 348, 384.

North river, early settlement on, 52.

Northwest Territory, early tribes in, 45;
cession of land claims in, 131; ordinance
of 1787, 389; St. Clair's arrival,
391, 392; first settlements in, 392, 393.

Norton, Thomas, Journal of Sandy-creek
voyage, 81, 82.

Nutter, John, early settler, 127.

O'Brien, Adam, 414.

Ochiltree, Alexander, killed by Indians,
245.

Oghkwaga, Delaware village, 136.

Ogle, Joseph, at seige of Wheeling, 221224,
228; in Foreman's defeat, 230.

Oglethorpe, James, attitude toward
slavery, 10.

Ohio (state), Indian mounds in, 41, 42;
first settlements in, 392, 393.

Ohio Company, relations with French,
45; open Ohio valley to settlement,
64, 65, 67, 74, 77, 147.

Ohio Company of Associates, settles
Marietta, 389, 390.

Ohio county, W. Va., census (1830), 55,
56, 63; during Revolution, 311.

Ohio river, 36, 40, 55, 78, 115, 117, 121, 123,
125; early Indians on, 45-47; Salling on,
49; Holston on, 59; as a war trail, 75;
first English occupation, 63, 64; French
and English rivalry for, 64-74, 95;
Decker captivity, 78, 79; in Sandy-creek
voyage, 83-85; Renick captivity, 91;
Hannah Dennis's escape, 92, 93; character
of early settlers on, 130, 131; in
Dunmore's war, 134, 138, 145, 146, 148,
149, 151-153, 156, 162-165, 167-175, 179, 183;
in Henderson's purchase, 192, 193;
Shawnees on, 194, 195, 209, 211, 216, 219;
during Revolution, 219, 220, 227, 230,
254, 257, 264, 266, 267, 271, 273, 285, 286,
294, 295, 297-300, 305, 320, 335, 347, 355,
360, 363, 384, 389, 390, 399, 411, 415, 417;
after Revolution, 367, 372, 374, 380, 381,
383; as a race boundary, 412.

Old Town creek, 168, 170, 172; Shawnee
village at, 85.

Oneco, chief of Mohicans, 32.

Orange county, Va., 55; early settlement
of, 55, 66.

Ordinance of 1787, 389.

Orme, Robert, with Braddock, 68.

Osage Indians, stature of, 29.

Ottawa Indians, early strength of, 46;
during Revolution, 347; at Ft. McIntosh
treaty, 366, 388.

Ottawa river, early French on, 5.

Ouisconsin river. See Wisconsin river.

Owens, James, killed by Indians, 247.

Owens, John, Sr., killed by Indians, 290.

Owens, John, Jr., attacked by Indians,
290, 343, 344.

Owens, Owen, attacked by Indians, 290.

Ox, Susan, captured by Indians, 161.

Pack, —, trapper, 96.

Paint creek, Boone's expedition to, 267,
268; Shawnees on, 374; Waggoner on,
410.

Parsons, James, early settler, 126.

Parsons, Samuel H., treaty commissioner,
388.

Patterson, Robert, founds Lexington,
Ky., 274; partner of Denman, 391; at
battle of Blue Licks, 353.

Patton, Elizabeth, marries John Preston,
51.

Patton, James, early settler of Catawba,
51, 52, 68.

Patton, John W., 127.

Pattonsburgh, Va., 51.

Paul, Audley, son of Hugh, 53; at Ft.
Redstone, 77, 78; in Sandy-creek voyage,
81, 83, 85; in James-river foray,
91; in New-river foray, 97-99; in Dunmore's
war, 169.

Paul, Hugh, 53.

Paul, Polly, marries Gov. Matthews, 53.

Pauling, Henry, militia officer, 207.

Paull, James, at Redstone, 80.

Paxton boys, kill Canestoga Indians,
104, 105.

Paynter, Elias, killed by Indians, 341.

Pekillon, Delaware chief, 303, 304.

Pendleton county, W. Va., census (1830),
56; Seybert massacre, 87-89.

Penn, William, 124.

Pennsylvania, boundary dispute with
Virginia, 74; Western settlements in,
74, 75, 123-125, 143; fur trade of, 101;
Paxton boys, 104, 105; "Black-boys"
uprising, 109-116; Findlay's adventures,
143; Records, 58; Archives, 323.

Pentecost, Dorsey, 323.

Peoria Indians, claim Kentucky, 142.

Perry, Thomas, killed by Indians, 89.

Perrysburgh, O., 372.

Peter, Captain, Indian chief, 135.

Petro, Leonard, captured by Indians,
232, 233.

Peyton, John L., History of Augusta
county, 53, 246.

Philadelphia, 105, 109, 124.

Philip, chief of Narragansetts, 31, 32.

Phillips, Capt., ambuscaded, 97.

Phoebe's Falls, W. Va., settled, 52.

Pickaway plains, Indian treaty at, 183186.

Pickering, Timothy, peace commissioner,
412.

Pike run, Indian foray on, 283.

Pindall, Rachel, chased by Indians, 344.

Pindall, Thomas, attacked by Indians,
344.

Piomingo, Chickasaw chief, 405.

Pipe, Delaware chief, 333.

Pipe, Wyandot chief, 316.

Pipe creek, massacre of Indians at, 134,
142, 148.

Piqua, Shawnee village, 273; Clark attacks,
305-309.

Pitman, —, trapper, 96.

Pittsburg, 117, 120; French fort at, 45;
treaties at, 66; Braddock's defeat, 68,
69, 106; in Forbes's campaign, 69-73, 77,
79, 80; Connolly at, 74; Dyer's escape,
87; in Bouquet's expedition, 107-109,
173; in Dunmore's war, 134, 141, 142, 145,
148, 150, 165, 167, 177-179, 181, 182; "Black-boys"
uprising, 109; asked to aid Kentucky,

443

205; during Revolution, 220, 221,
224, 230, 254, 256, 262, 283, 318, 321-323, 335,
357, 362; arrival of peace news, 365;
Hand's administration, 210, 211, 214,
216, 219; McIntosh's administration,
210, 237; warned by Moravians, 315,
317; Brodhead's expedition, 300, 301,
303, 304, 316.

Pittsylvania, proposed colony of, 145.

Pleasant creek, 118.

Pocahontas county, W. Va., census (1830),
56.

Poe, Adam, adventure with Indians, 362364.

Poe, Andrew, adventure with Indians,
363, 364.

Point Pleasant, W. Va., battle of, 59, 60,
66, 143, 152, 165-178, 180, 182, 185-187, 189,
190, 208; Ft. Randolph at, 173, 291; surrender
of Cornstalk at, 173, 209, 211-216;
during Revolution, 237, 241-243.

Pointer, Dick, fights Indians, 243.

Pollens, Henry, fur trader, 109.

Pompey (negro), friend of Indians, 268.

Pontiac, uprising of, 73, 141, 172.

Poole, William F., on Clark's campaign,
254.

Port Washington, O., 301, 314.

Portsmouth, O., old Shawnee town at, 92.

Post, Charles F., Moravian missionary,
301.

Potomac river, 55; fur trade on, 77; Seybert
massacre, 87-89.

Pottawattomie Indians, early strength
of, 46; during Revolution, 347.

Powell, Richard, sons captured by Indians,
280, 281.

Powell's valley, 60; Walden in, 60; attack
on Boones, 144, 145; Henderson's
grant, 193.

Power, Major, shot at, 366.

Powers, John, early settler, 126.

Powers, William, 122.

Presbyterians, 50, 54, 57, 168.

Presque Isle, 65.

Preston county, W. Va., 280; census (1830),
56, 63.

Preston, James Patton, governor of Virginia,
51.

Preston, John, marries Elizabeth Patton,
51.

Preston, William, militia officer, 51; settles
on Holston, 59; in Sandy-creek
voyage, 81, 83; surveyor, 145, 146; in
Dunmore's war, 152, 165; Journal, 82;
Register of Indian Depredations, 57, 75,
87, 90.

Price, Maj., on Wayne's campaign, 425.

Price's settlement, Ky., 200.

Pricket, —, killed by Indians, 245.

Pricket, Josiah, killed by Indians, 161.

Pricket's creek, 151.

Prince William county, Va., 71.

Pringle, Charity, 119.

Pringle, John and Samuel, adventures
of, 117-122.

Prior, John, killed by Indians, 292.

Pritchet, John, killed by Indians, 243.

Province, John, early settler, 123.

Province, Mrs., buries Bald Eagle, 136.

Pryor, John, scouting adventure, 242, 243.

Purgatory creek, 89, 91.

Purgatory mountain, 89.

Putnam, Rufus, heads Marietta colonists,
389, 390; peace commissioner, 412.

Quakers, 124, 240.

Quebec, founded by Champlain, 4, 5.

Raccoon creek, 299.

Radcliff, Daniel, killed by Indians, 367.

Radcliff, John, early settler, 121, 122.

Radcliff, Stephen, attacked by Indians,
311.

Radcliff, William, early settler, 121, 122.

Ralston, James, killed by Indians, 287.

Ranck, Geo. W., 274.

Randolph, Beverly, peace commissioner,
412.

Randolph county, W. Va., census (1830),
56, 63; settled, 74.

Ray, James, adventures with Indians,
201.

Ray, William, killed by Indians, 201.

Read, John, finds Davisson, 283.

Red Hawk, Shawnee warrior, 209.

Red river, De Soto on, 8.

Redhawk, Delaware chief, 172.

Redstone (Brownsville, Pa.), first settled,
77-80, 123, 216: De Villiers at, 74;
Decker massacre, 77, 78; in Dunmore's
war, 134, 141, 150; tory trials, 231, 232;
militia from, 271; emigrants from, 390,
392; road to Marietta, 399.

Reece, —, attacked by Indians, 239.

Reece, Miss, wounded by Indian, 239.

Renick family, attacked by Indians, 8991.

Reynolds, —, at seige of Bryant's station,
350, 351, 353, 354.

Rice, Daniel, attacked by Indians, 361.

Rich mountain, 126.

Richards, Arnold and Paul, killed by
Indians, 345.

Richards, Conrad, attacked by Indians,
251, 252.

Richmond, Va., 62.

Riffle, —, early settler, 126.

Roanoke county, Va., 61; Salling in, 49.

Roanoke river, 70; explored, 48; in New-river
foray, 96, 99; settlements raided
by Shawnees, 61, 81, 82.

Robertson, Dr., on origin of Indians, 25.

Robertson family, killed by Indians, 158.

Robertson, James, at Watauga treaty,
192.

Robinson, —, explorer, 124; killed by
Indians, 161.

Robinson, Mrs. Edward, discovers Hull's
body, 383.

Robinson, Maj., searches for Mrs. Cunningham,
370.

Robinson, William, captured by Indians,
156-158.

Rockbridge county, Va., Salling in, 48;
district of Augusta, 49; first settled, 53;
census (1830), 56; militia of, 66, 174, 211,
212; massacre in, 172.

Rockcastle river, Boone on, 143, 192.

Rockford, Pa., 210.

Rockingham county, Va., Census (1830),
56, 66.

Rogers, John, on Clark's campaign, 258,
259.

Rogers, Joseph, killed by Indians, 308.

Roney, Alexander, killed by Indians,
311, 312.

Roney, Mrs. Alexander, captured by Indians,
311, 312.

Roosevelt, Theodore, Winning of the
West, 80, 130, 183, 184, 193, 261, 386.

Rooting creek, 217.

Ross, Tavenor, renegade, 168.

Rowell, Daniel, adventure with Indians,
411.

Royall, Ann, Sketches, 57, 95.

Ruddell, Isaac, arrival in Kentucky, 207;
defeated by Bird, 295-297, 350.

Rule, Henry, early settler, 122.

Runner, Elijah, murders Bald Eagle,
135.

Runyan, John, daughter killed by Indians,
419.

Rush run, foray on, 380, 381.

444

Russell county, Va., census (1830), 56.

Russell, William, treaty commissioner,
66; in Dunmore's war, 152, 167, 170,
176.

Ryan, John, kills Indians, 135.

Ryswick, treaty of, 195.

St. Asaph's. See Logan's station.

St. Clair, Arthur, arrives at Ft. Washington,
391, 392; names Cincinnati, 391,
392; reports on Harmar's campaign,
395; campaign against Miamis, 400-405,
407, 408, 413; resigns command, 412.

St. Clairsville, O., 338.

St. Joseph river, in Harmar's campaign,
393, 395.

St. Lawrence river, Champlain on, 5.

St. Louis, attacked by English, 254.

St. Mary's river, in Harmar's campaign,
393.

Salem, Va., Salling at, 49; in Sandy-creek
voyage, 82.

Salem, Moravian village, 301, 302, 314,
319, 322, 325, 327.

Salisbury, N. C., 191.

Salling, Henry, brother of John Peter,
48.

Salling, John Peter, explorations of, 4749:
settles Augusta, 66.

Salt creek, 175.

Salt licks, in Kentucky, 48, 196, 199, 265,
266; in West Virginia, 265, 361; in Ohio,
267.

Salt river, foray on, 405.

Saluda Old Town, S. C., 59.

Sam (negro), at seige of Wheeling, 356,
357.

Sandusky, early Indians at 46; in Dunmore's
war, 187; McIntosh's expedition
against, 252; Moravians at, 316,
317, 320, 327; Crawford's campaign, 327339;
Irvine's expedition, 355; Cozad
at, 420.

"Sandy-creek voyage," against Shawnees,
81-86.

Sandy island, Iroquois defeat Shawnees
at, 194, 195.

Sandy river, foray on, 373.

Sapoonie Indians, strength of, 46.

Sappington, John, murders Indians,
148, 149.

Sargent, Winthrop, expedition against
Ft. Du Quesne, 68.

Savannah, Ga., 237.

Schoolcraft, Austin, killed by Indians,
290.

Schoolcraft, Henry A., Indian Tribes, 40.

Schoolcraft, John, family massacred,
284.

Schoolcraft, Leonard, captured by Indians,
282; turns renegade, 377-379.

Schoolcraft, Matthias, killed by Indians,
310.

Schoolcraft, Michael, captured by Indians,
310.

Schoolcraft, Simon, attacked by Indians,
288, 289; captured by Indians, 310.

Schönbrunn, Moravian village, 314, 319,
328, 329.

Scioto Company, settles Gallipolis, 60.

Scioto river, Shawnees on, 46; in Sandy-creek
voyage, 82, 84; Renick captivity,
91; Hannah Dennis on, 92; in Pontiac's
war, 172; Clendenning captivity,
173; in Dunmore's war, 170, 175, 180,
182, 183, 185; during Revolution, 329;
military land-claims on, 366; Moore
captivity, 374; in Harmar's campaign,
393.

Scoppathus, Mingo chief, 172.

Scotch and Scotch-Irish, on the border,
49, 54, 101, 104, 168; in Georgia, 237; in
Pensylvania, 143; in Virginia, 191, 334;
in West Virginia, 373.

Scott, Andrew, at seige of Wheeling,
356.

Scott, Capt., killed by Indians, 395.

Scott, Charles, campaign against Miami
and Wabash Indians, 406-408; in
Wayne's campaign; 426.

Scott county, Va., census (1830), 56.

Scott, David, daughters killed by Indians,
283.

Scott, Jacob, murders Bald Eagle, 135.

Scott, Molly, at seige of Wheeling, 356.

Seekonk, Mingo village, 185.

Seneca Indians, 194; at Easton treaty,
58; rob Findlay, 143. See Mingo Indians.

Senseman, Gottlob, Moravian missionary,
314, 317.

Severns, Ebenezer, on Bullitt's survey,
146.

Sevier, John, at Watauga treaty, 192.

Sewell, Stephen, settles on Greenbrier,
57.

Seybert, Capt., defeated by Indians,
87-89.

Shabosh, killed by whites, 322, 326.

Shakers, 106.

Shamokin, Cayuga village, 155.

Shane manuscripts, 221.

Shawnee Indians, on Upper Ohio, 45; in
Ohio, 46; attack Roanoke, 61, 81;
Sandy-creek voyage, 82-86; Seybert
massacre, 87-89; foray on James, 8991;
villages on Scioto, 92; Stroud massacre,
136, 137; Findlay among, 143;
attack Boones, 145; in Dunmore's war,
134, 142, 166, 167, 172, 175-186, 253; murder
of Cornstalk, 209-214; Clendenning
captivity, 173; Bouquet's expedition,
173; in Kentucky, 194, 195, 201; raided
by Clark, 123, 254; during Revolution,
219, 236, 265-268, 271, 273, 333, 334, 336,
347, 354, 355, 374; raided by Logan, 386388;
at Ft. Finney treaty, 388; raided by
Wayne, 428.

Shawnee springs, 201.

Shelby, Evans, settles on Holston, 59; in
Dunmore's war, 167, 168, 174.

Shelby, Isaac, in Dunmore's war, 169,
170, 174; at Watauga treaty, 192.

Shenandoah county, Va., census (1830),
56; militia of, 164.

Shenandoah valley, 66; explored, 47;
early settlers in, 46, 50, 190; Borden
grant, 50-53; Fairfax survey, 334; fur
trade in, 76, 120; Mrs. Cunningham in,
373.

Shepherd, David, early settler, 125; militia
officer, 221, 226, 228, 230; in Brodhead's
expedition, 300, 301; at seige of
Wheeling, 359; manuscripts of, 221.

Shepherd, Moses, 124.

Shesheequon, Pa., Moravian village,
319.

Shikellemus, Cayuga chief, 155.

Shingiss, Delaware chief, 45, 190, 194,
237.

Shinn, Benjamin, attacked by Indians,
247.

Shinnston, W. Va., 343.

Shiver, John, captured by Indians, 282,
283.

Shores, Thomas, captured by Indians,
201.

Short creek, settled on, 125.

Silver creek, 196.

Simcoe, John G., governor of Canada,
412.

Simpson's creek, 156, 247, 343; settled on,
118, 126; foray on, 366.

Simpson, John, adventures of, 118, 119.

Sims, Bernard, killed by Indians, 291.

445

Sims, John, attacked by Indians, 291,
383.

Six Nations. See Iroquois.

Skegg's creek, foray on, 385.

Skidmore, John, in Dunmore's war, 170.

Skillern, George, in Hand's expedition,
210, 211.

Slaughter, Col., in Dunmore's war, 167,
175; commandant at Louisville, 294; in
Piqua campaign, 305, 307; at Moravian
massacre, 321.

Slavery, first importation of negroes,
9, 10.

Sleeth, Alexander and Thomas, early
settlers, 121.

Slover, John, captured by Indians, 335338;
Narrative, 335.

Small pox, feared by Indians, 291.

Smally, James, killed by Indians, 282.

Smith, —, of St. Asaph's, 205.

Smith, Ballard, 94.

Smith, Benjamin, killed by Indians, 91.

Smith, James, imprisoned by French, 67;
captured by Indians, 79; chief of
"Black-boys," 105, 106, 109-115; explores
Kentucky, 115.

Smith, John, attempts western exploration,
64.

Smith, John, in Sandy-creek voyage, 81;
militia officer, 90.

Smith, Thomas, killed by Indians, 89, 90.

Smith, Mrs. Thomas, imprisoned by Indians,
90.

Smith, William H., St. Clair Papers, 404.

Snake, John and Thomas, Wyandot
chiefs, 316, 317.

Snip, Wyandot chief, 316.

Snodgrass, James, killed by Indians, 374.

Snowy creek, massacre on, 280.

Snyder, Jacob, killed by Indians, 102.

Sodousky, James, on Bullitt's survey,
146.

South Branch (or Fork) of Potomac, 75;
Dunkard massacre on, 76, 77; Indians
defeated on, 97; Seybert massacre, 8789;
emigrants from, 118-120, 122, 124-126;
Indians massacred on, 135.

South Carolina, 46, 59, 160.

Spanish, territorial claims of, 5; colonizing
efforts, 7; capture Salling, 48, 49;
in Kentucky conspiracy, 130, 254, 258;
attack on St. Louis, 254.

Speed, Thomas, Wilderness Road, 384.

Spottswood, Gov., crosses Blue ridge,
64.

Springfield, W. Va., 91.

Sprout run, Borden Manor on, 51.

Squissatego, Seneca brave, 58.

Stalnaker, —, settles on New, 59.

Stalnaker, Adam, attacked by Indians,
343.

Stalnaker, Jacob, settles on Tygart, 126;
attacked by Indians, 343.

Stamford, Ky., 197.

Station Camp creek, Boone on, 143.

Staunton, Va., 91; settlement near, 49, 50;
Spectator, 53.

Steele, John, at Point Pleasant, 174.

Stephen, Adam, in Forbes's campaign,
70; in Sandy-creek voyage, 81; in Dunmore's
war, 164.

Steeth, John, chases Indians, 246.

Steubenville, O., 78, 320.

Stewart, John, killed by Indians, 234.

Stites, —, makes Miami purchase, 390.

Stone Coal creek, origin of name, 121.

Stone, Uriah, explores Kentucky, 115.

Stoner, Michael, explores Kentucky,
152, 190.

Stone's river, origin of name, 115.

Stout, Benjamin, 126.

Strait, Jacob, killed by Indians, 375.

Stroud, Adam, killed by Indians, 136138.

Stuart, Betsy, marries Woods, 54.

Stuart, Charles A., 53.

Stuart, David, marries Jane Lynn, 53.

Stuart, James, killed by Indians, 280.

Stuart, John, pioneer on Greenbrier, 53,
54, 57-59; companion of Boone, 143,
144; in Dunmore's war, 159-161, 169, 170,
174; at murder of Cornstalk, 211, 212;
defends Greenbrier, 243-245; Memoir of
Indian Wars, 180.

Sullivan, John, campaign against New
York Indians, 210.

Susquehanna river, 136; Munsees on, 46;
forays on, 101-104.

Swan, John, early settler, 123, 125, 149;
militia officer, 226-228; defends Wheeling,
360.

Swope, —, trapper, 96.

Sycamore shoals, treaty at, 192.

Symmes, John Cleves, secures Miami
land-grant, 390-392.

Tanner, Edward, captured by Indians,
342.

Tate, —, at Point Pleasant, 174.

Tate's creek, 196.

Tawas. See Ottawas.

Taylor, Capt., killed by Indians, 423.

Taylor, Hugh Paul, Sketches, 51, 53, 85.

Tazewell county, Va., census (1830), 55,
56.

Tazewell Court House, Va., raided by Indians,
373, 374.

Tecumseh, conspiracy of, 35, 36; in Waggoner
massacre, 409-411.

Tegard, Abraham, early settler, 123.

Telford, Hugh, early settler, 52.

Tennessee, 75; stone graves in, 43; Salling
in, 48, 49; early missions in, 106;
Boone in, 144, 145.

Tennessee river, 253; Salling on, 48, 49;
Holston on, 59; explored by Smith, 115;
in Henderson's purchase, 193, 195.

Ten Mile creek, first settlement on, 190;
in Dunmore's war, 151; forays on, 238240,
381.

Terry, Cornet, killed by Indians, 423.

Thomas, Abraham, Sketches, 180.

Thomas, John, early settler, 122, 123;
killed by Indians, 309, 310, 343.

Thompson, —, surveys on Licking, 146.

Thompson, Jethro, house burned by Indians,
383.

Thompson, John, Indian go-between,
263.

Thompson, William, assists "Black-boys,"
112, 113.

Todd, John, defends Kentucky, 200;
killed at Blue Licks, 351, 353.

Todd, Levi, in Bowman's campaign, 271;
in Wabash campaign, 386.

Tomlinson, Benjamin, 149; founds
Moundsville, 230.

Tomlinson, Samuel, adventure with Indians,
222.

Tonty, Henri de, with La Salle, 6.

Trails, Warrior branch, 75, 399; Nemacolin's
path, 77; Cumberland Gap, 143,
152, 192, 384; Wilderness road, 384.

Transylvania Company, settles Kentucky,
190-196.

Treaties, Ryswick, 195; Paris (1763), 7,
106, 139; Lancaster, 195; Easton, 58; Ft.
Stanwix, 45, 70, 195; Lochaber, 195;
Bouquet's, 91, 108, 134, 141, 179; Camp
Charlotte, 145, 147, 173, 176-186, 195, 197;
Watauga, 153, 192, 195; Paris (1782), 365,
384; Au Glaize, 374, 376; Ft. McIntosh,
97, 366, 388; Ft. Finney, 388; Greenville,
141, 147, 420, 430.

446

Trent, William, at Redstone, 77.

Trigg, Col., killed at Blue Licks, 353,

Triplett, William, killed by Indians, 411,
412.

Trueman, Maj., killed by Indians, 412.

Tugg river, origin of name, 85.

Turkey creek, 99.

Turkey run, 119, 121.

Turtle creek, scene of Braddock's defeat,
67.

Tuscarawas river, McIntosh's expedition,
256, 261; Moravian missions on,
219, 301, 313-317, 320, 336.

Tuscarora Indians, legend of, 18.

Twightee Indians, strength of, 46.

Twitty, William, at Watauga treaty, 192;
killed by Indians, 196.

Tygart, David, settles in Tygart's valley,
74, 75.

Tygart's valley, first settled, 74, 126; Pringles
in, 117-122; in Dunmore's war, 151;
during Revolution, 284, 286, 287, 311;
miscellaneous forays in, 232-235, 341,
343, 421, 422, 428.

Tyler county, W. Va., census (1830), 56, 63.

Unadilla river, Delawares on, 136.

Uniontown, Pa., 77.

Valley of Virginia, early Indians in,
46; Salling's exploration, 48, 49; McDowell's
fight, 52; first settled, 61, 190;
Mrs. Cunningham in, 373.

Valley river, 63; Pringles on, 118, 119; in
Dunmore's war, 151; during Revolution,
287; forays on, 252, 311.

Van Meter, Jacob, early settler, 123.

Vause, —, settles on New, 59.

Veech, James, Monongahela of Old, 79, 80.

Vernon, Maj., at Ft. Laurens, 265.

Vigo, M., assists Clark, 258.

Vincennes, Ind., in Clark's campaign,
253-255, 257-261, 386; Hamtramck at, 394.

Virginia, Indian mounds, 40; early tribes,
44-47; Borden manor, 50-53; Loyal Co.,
49; Fairfax grant, 50, 51; characteristics
of early settlers, 54; Salling's operations,
47-49; carly explorations, 64;
Ohio Co., 64, 65; Braddock's campaign,
65-69; Forbes's campaign, 69-73; boundary
dispute with Pennsylvania, 74,
142; Pontiac's war, 97; New-river foray,
96-99; militia of, 100, 101; border settlements,
125; military land warrants,
145; Wapatomica campaign, 153-155;
Dunmore's attitude toward, 179; relinquishes
western land claim, 130, 389;
Dinwiddie Papers, 86; Calendar of State
Papers, 86.

Wabash Indians, raided by Hamtramck,
394; by Scott, 407, 408; agree to peace,
412.

Wabash river, in Clark's campaigns, 257259,
385, 386; arrival of peace news, 365.

Wachatomakah, Indian village, 336.

Waggoner, John, family massacred by
Indians, 408-411.

Waggoner, Peter, captured by Indians,
409-411.

Walden's creek, origin of name, 60.

Walden, Elisha, killed by Indians, 59, 60.

Walholling river, 314, 317.

Walker, Felix, at Watauga treaty, 192;
wounded by Indians, 196.

Walker, Thomas, explores Kentucky,
81; Journal, 59.

Walker, William, educated Wyandot,
96, 97.

Wallace, —, killed by Indians, 319.

Walpole, —, interest in Pittsylvania,
145.

Wapatomica, McDonald's expedition
against, 138, 153-155; Indian council at,
347.

Ward, Mrs., escapes from Indians, 422.

Warrior Branch, Indian trail, 75.

Wars, French and Indian, 65-74, 77-80,
100-106, 143, 190, 334, 387; McDowell's
fight, 66; Sandy-creek voyage, 81-86;
Bouquet's campaign, 106-109; Braddock's
campaign, 143, 145, 147, 169;
Forbes's campaign, 145, 150, 190; Pontiac's
war, 73, 97, 141, 172; Dunmore's
war, 66, 78, 127, 134-190, 209, 253, 334;
Revolution, 66, 78, 86, 124, 145, 146, 177,
178, 182, 187-365, 382, 387; Hand's campaign,
209-211; Harmar's, 384, 393-395,
400, 408; St. Clair's, 400-405, 407, 408,
413; Wayne's, 412-428.

Warwick, —, early settler, 126.

Warwick, Jacob, attacked by Indians,
286, 287.

Warwick, William, attacked by Indians,
287.

Washburn, Benjamin, attacked by Indians,
247.

Washburn, Charles, killed by Indians,
345.

Washburn, Isaac, killed by Indians,
241.

Washburn, James, tortured by Indians,
250, 251.

Washburn, Stephen, killed by Indians,
250.

Washington county, Ky., 106, 190.

Washington county, Pa., settled, 125;
militia of, 320, 327, 328.

Washington county, Va., census (1830),
56; militia of, 165, 174, 268; threatened
by Bird, 299.

Washington, George, in French and
Indian war, 45, 65, 67, 69, 71, 74, 77, 100,
101, 145, 334; friendship for Andrew
Lewis, 70; advises Sandy-creek voyage,
81; on Seybert massacre, 87; in
Revolutionary war, 106; friend of Rufus
Putman, 389; Tour to the Ohio, 73.

Watauga river, treaty with Indians on,
153, 192.

Waterford, O., founded, 393.

Wayne, Anthony, general of army, 412;
campaign against Western Indians,
147, 412-428.

Webb, Jonas, early settler, 126.

Wells, Bazaleel, at Point Pleasant, 174.

Wells, Maj., on Shawnee campaign, 355.

Wellsburg, W. Va., 380.

Welsh, on the border, 49.

West, Alexander, 378; chases Indians,
246, 311; adventure with Indians, 287290;
on Lowther's expedition, 376, 377;
sketch, 288.

West Augusta, district of, 63; first justice
of peace, 127.

West, Charles, chases Indians, 246.

West, Edmund, Sr., attacked by Indians,
288; killed by Indians, 377-379.

West, Edmund, Jr., family attacked by
Indians, 378, 379.

West Fork river, origin of name, 122;
first settlements on, 126, 127; in Dunmore's
war, 151, 156; during Revolution,
240, 311, 312, 343; miscellaneous forays
on, 217, 218, 250, 251, 366, 367, 376, 400,
410, 411, 414, 419, 422, 428.

West Newton, Pa., departure of Marietta
pilgrims, 389.

West Virginia, character of early Indians
in, 36; mounds in, 40; early tribes
in, 44-47; census (1830), 63; first settlements
in (prior to 1774), 117-133.

Westfall, —, early settler, 126.

Westfall, O., 176.

447

Westmoreland county, Pa., 115.

Westmoreland county, Va., militia of,
210, 327, 328; forays in, 301.

Wetzel county, W. Va., 279.

Wetzel, George, Indian fighter, 161.

Wetzel, Jacob, adventure with Indians,
161-163.

Wetzel, John, Indian fighter, 125, 161.

Wetzel, Lewis, Indian fighter, 125, 161163,
338, 339; sketch, 161.

Wetzel, Martin, Indian fighter, 161.

Wheat, Betsy, at seige of Wheeling, 225.

Wheeling, W. Va., 40; founded, 124, 125;
in Dunmore's war, 134, 146, 148, 149, 152154,
163, 165, 179; first seige of, 219-228,
235; second seige, 224, 356-360; Foreman's
defeat, 228-230; during Revolution,
237, 299, 301, 319, 336, 338, 362; McKee's
foray, 316, 317.

Wheeling creek, in Dunmore's war, 151,
161.

White Eyes, Delaware chief, 150, 175, 176,
179, 180, 182, 183, 221, 302.

White, John, killed by Indians, 284.

White, William, murders Indians, 136,
137; captured by Indians, 232, 233;
killed by Indians, 340.

Whiteman, —, early settler, 126.

Whitley, Paul, early settler, 52; with
Braddock, 66.

Whitley, William, arrival in Kentucky,
197; scout, 271; attacks Indians, 385,
386; Narrative, 203, 205.

Whitley, Mrs. William, adventure with
Indians, 203.

Whittlesey, Charles, Fugitive Essays, 183.

Wilkinson, James, attacks Miamis, 407;
builds Ft. Recovery, 419.

Williams and Mary college, 145.

Williams, Isaac, explorer, 124.

Williams, John, of Transylvania Co., 191.

Williamsburg, Va., 47, 86, 87, 159, 178;
Salling at, 49; John Lewis at, 50; in
Dunmore's war, 151, 154.

Williamson, David, expedition against
Moravians, 314-318, 320-327: in Crawford's
campaign, 327, 328, 331.

Williamson, Lieut., at Ft. Pitt, 78.

Williamson, Peter, captured by Indians,
101-104.

Will's creek, Ohio Co.'s post at, 67, 74, 77.

Wilson, —, killed at Point Pleasant,
171.

Wilson, Benjamin, 184, 186, 234, 235, 247,
284, 311.

Winchester, Va., 56, 68, 71, 81, 121; fur
trade at, 47, 48; threatened by Indians,
101; trial of White, 136; during Revolution,
252,

Wingenund, Delaware chief, 333.

Winston's Meadows, 99.

Wisconsin, Indian mounds in, 42.

Wisconsin Historical Society, manuscripts
in library of, 49, 75, 81, 87, 170,
193, 203, 205, 221, 259, 260; Collections, 58.

Wisconsin river, explored by French, 6.

Wolf creek, 82, 392, 393, 396.

Wood, Abraham, discovers Great Kanawha,
64.

Wood county, W. Va., census (1830), 56,
63; first sheriff of, 127.

Wood, Nicholas, killed by Indians, 375.

Woodfin, John, killed by Indians, 249.

Woodford, Col., 72.

Woods, Richard, 54.

Woodson, Obadiah, in Sandy-creek voyage,
81.

Wright, —, killed by Indians, 344.

Wyalusing, Pa., Moravian village, 319.

Wyandot Indians, early strength of, 46;
in Kansas, 96, 97; in Dunmore's war,
172: at Foreman's defeat, 230; during
Revolution, 219, 262, 316, 317, 320, 327,
332, 347, 362-364; at Ft. McIntosh treaty,
366, 388.

Wyllys, Maj., killed by Indians, 393, 394.

Wythe county, Va., census (1830), 55, 56.

Yadkin river, Boone on, 143, 144, 205.

Yellow creek, Logan massacre at, 134,
138, 148-150, 184.

Youghiogheny river, crossed by Braddock,
67: early settlements on, 74, 77,
113, 114, 118, 334; Marietta pilgrims on,
389.

Zane, Andrew, adventure with Indians,
222.

Zane, Ebenezer, 148; settles Wheeling,
124, 125; defends Wheeling, 225, 228,
230, 356-360; in Brodhead's expedition,
300.

Zane, Elizabeth, at seige of Wheeling,
359.

Zane, Isaac, captured by Indians, 124;
daughter wounded, 418.

Zane, Jonathan, settles at Wheeling, 124;
in Dunmore's war, 153.

Zane, Noah, 125, 225.

Zane, Silas, settles at Wheeling, 124; defends
Wheeling, 356, 357.

Zanesville, O., 153.

Zeisberger, David, Moravian missionary,
301, 314, 315, 317.

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