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INDEX
A
Abingdon: 134, 191
Adams, John: 250
Adams, Samuel: 241, 250
Ahualco: 144
Alamance: see Battles
Alexander, Abraham: 172
Alexander, James: 27
Alexander, Moses: 27
Alexander, Capt. Nathaniel:
62
Alexander, William: 27
Alibamu Fort: 65
Alleghany Mountains: 100,
142, 155, 246, 259, 311
Alleman's Ford: 36
Alrichs, Herman: describes
ambuscade of Braddock's
army, 54
Amazons: 267
America: 111, 134, 159, 234,
248, 329; continent of, 198;
history of, 286; emigration
to, 7; people of, 173, 186,
198, 199; democracy in,
XIV-XV, 174; colonies
of, necessity for union, 6566
American: cause, 185; congress,
329, 341; confederation,
215, 259, 291; republic,
329
American Revolution: 12, 123,
239, 259, 267, 270, 277, 305
American Union: 319, 335,
336, 342, 348, 349; see Union
Americans: 190, 300, 329, 339,
340; pioneers, 283; civilization
of, X, 199; character
of, X, 30-31, 195
Amherst, Gen. Jeffrey: 93
Anderson, Colonel: 308
Anshers, James: 52
Appalachian Mountains: 4, 5,
42, 107, 137, 139, 334, 343
Arkansas: 122
Atlantic Ocean: 4
Atta-kulla-kulla, Cherokee
chief: 66, 74, 76, 217, 242,
262
Augusta: 79
B
Bacon, Francis: 172
Bailey, Capt. Andrew: leads
sortie from Fort Dobbs, 8082
Baily, Francis: on frontiersmen,
XIV
Baker, John: 139
Baker, William: 121
Bainton, Epaphroditus: 130
Balboa: 155
Baptists: 175, 185, 190

Barbour, explorer: 122
Battles: Alamance, 168, 175,
182-183, 186, 189, 219; Great
Kanawha, of the, 203-204,
209, 305; King's Mountain,
at, ch. XVIII, 289, 337;
Lexington, 244, 277; Long
Island Flats, of, 262-263;
Musgrove's Mill, at, 291
Beaujeu, Captain: 53
Been, John: 196
Been, Mrs. William: 264
"Belle Riviere": 156; see Ohio
River
Bentham, Jeremy: 246
Benton, Jesse: 222
Benton, Samuel: 170
Benton, Thomas Hart: 170
Bethabara: 38, 56, 75, 85, 161,
162, 166; invested by Indians,
88
Bethania: 87
Bienville (Blainville) Celoron
de: 46-47, 98, 116
Bieville, Jean Baptiste le
Moyne, Sieur de: 42
Big Bone Lick: 116, 156; see
Great Bone Lick
Big Lick: 33
Big Salt Lick: 284; see
French Lick, French Salt
Springs, Great French Lick,
Great Salt Springs
Black Fish, Schawano chief:
adopts Daniel Boone, 274
Bledsoe, Anthony: 194, 327,
332, 339, 340, 341, 342, 344
Bledsoe family: 123
Bledsoe, Isaac: 126; discovers
lick, 124
Bledsoe's Lick: discovery of,
described, 124-125
Blevens: hunters named,
109
Blevens, William: 119
Blount, William: 348
Blowing Rock: 134
Blue Licks: 156
Blue Ridge: 3, 5, 97, 142
Board of Trade: Johnston to,
3; Glen to, 51; draft royal
proclamation, 106
Boiling Spring: 243, 253
Bonn, Dr. Jacob: 85
Boone, Anne: 23
Boone, Daniel: 16, 20, 22, 29,
38, 41, 101, 108, 110, 115,
119, 129, 130, Ch. IX, 131,
132, 133, 134, 142, 144, 148,
153, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160,
164, 165, 166, 185, 190, 200,
212, 221, 225, 226, 227, 231,
232, 235, 236, 280, 282; personal
appearance, 37; at
Braddock's Defeat, 54-44;
meets Richard Henderson,
105; explores Tennessee for
Henderson & Company, 109;
serves under Waddell, 133;
explores Kentucky for
Richard Henderson, ch. X;
clears Transylvania Trail,
226; asks aid of Judge
Henderson, 227-228; returns
to Boonesborough, 253; rescues
daughter, 271; rescued
by Kenton, 272; captured,
272; adopted by Black Fish,
274; deceived by Indians,
274

Boone family: settles in North
Carolina, 34, 36, 117
Boone, George: 21, 165
Boone, James: 137
Boone, Jemima: captured by
Indians, 271
Boone, Jesse: 137
Boone, Squire: 21, 34, 35, 36,
37, 105
Boone, Squire, Jr.: 29, 142,
156-157; sent by Transylvania
Company to aid Daniel
Boone, 153
Boone, William: 23
Boonesborough: 199, 215, 254,
277; Henderson arrives at,
235; Transylvania convention
at, 244-248; Boone returns
to, 253; capture of
girls at, 270-271; besieged
by Indians, 272, 273, 274276;
Henderson returns to,
282; corn sent from to
French Lick, 284, 285
Boone's Caves: 157
Boone's Ford: 36
Boston: 8, 180
Botetourt; Governor, of Virginia:
192
Boyd's Creek: 307
Braddock, Gen. Edward: 53,
58, 135, 295; defeat of, described,
53-55
Brandmüller, John: pilgrimage
of, 14-15
British: 49, 102, 189, 261, 270,
276, 289, 290, 292, 294, 296,
299, 302, 342; Crown, 191,
200
Brobdignags: 154
Brown, Francis: 57
Brown, Jacob: 194, 224
Brown, the widow: 337
Bryan family: 203
Bryan, James: 22
Bryan, Joseph: 22
Bryan, Martha: 33
Bryan, Morgan: 22, settled in
Pennsylvania, 22, in Virginia,
23; in North Carolina,
16, 34, leads frontier rangers,
75-76, 83; in Rowan,
35
Bryan, Morgan, Jr.: 22
Bryan, Rebeckah: 132, 160
Bryan, William: 22, 33
Bryan's Station: 22
"Buffalo Bill" (W. F. Cody):
XV
Bull, Lieut. Gov. William: 88
Bullitt, Capt. Thomas: 204
Bullock, Leonard Henley:
Member Transylvania Company,
218
Bunker's Hill: battle of, 277
Burke, Edmund: on charters,
XI
Burnaby, Andrew: describes
life in backwoods, 32
Byrd, Col. William, 3rd.: 59,
91, 92, 94, 133, 187, 208,
210, 249
Byrd, William: 36, 45, 98,
130; describes Yadkin region,
35
C
Calhoun, Patrick: family attacked,
79; commands Provincial
of, 168
Calk, William: 235; with exploring
party from Virginia,
226
Callaway, Elizabeth: captured
by Indians, 271; rescued,
271
Callaway, Flanders: 271
Callaway, Frances: capture
by Indians, 271; rescued,
271
Callaway, Col. Richard: 253;
commands in defence of
Transylvania Fort, 275-276
Callaway, Samuel: 110
Camden: 292
Camden, Lord Chancellor: 201
Camden-Yorke opinion: 207,
239, 240, 241
Cameron, Alexander: 194, 261
Camp Charlotte: 212
Campbell, Col. Arthur: interested
in Kentucky lands,
208; seeks partnership in
Transylvania Company for
Patrick Henry, 240; leads
force against Cherokees,
307; plans Greater Franklin,
323
Campbell, Colonel William:
leads Virginians, 293;
elected commander King's
Mountain expedition, 294;
at King's Mountain, 296,
299, 300
Campbell, David: 314, 321
Campbell, John: 263
Campbell, Robert: scalped,
82
Cape Fear: 53, 75
Captain Will: 151
Carlisle: 144
Carolina: 116, 118
Carolinas, the two: 75, 139,
201
Carter, John: 224
Carter's Valley: 195, 224
Carteret, Lord: lands of, 9
Caswell, Gov. Richard: 57,
318, 322, 340
Catawba Town: 59
Catawba Valley: 10, 13
Catawbas: 35, 45, 59-62, 64,
65, 70, 71, 72, 96, 118, 146;
towns of, 96; country, 131
Cession Act: 310-311, 326
Charles the Second: 42
Charleston: 32, 33, 38, 66, 68,
88, 94, 161, 167, 289
Charleville; Charles: at
French Lick, 44
Charlotte: 289, 294
Cherokees: 15, 28, 49, 59-60,
65, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 77, 78,
86, 88, 89, 91, 96, 111, 112,
114, 116, 123, 127, 133, 140,
141, 159, 187, 192, 193, 202,
206, 216, 221, 222, 225, 239,
242, 249, 252, 265, 266, 270,
290, 307, 310, 316, 331, 346;
fort promised to, by South
Carolina, 58; treaty with,
59; hunters, 74; attack on
Long Cane settlement, 79;
warriors, 76; defeated, 83,
265; boundary line, 191;
chiefs, 217, 242, 316; country
of, 64
Chickamaugas: 308; towns of,
quelled, 290
Chickasaws: 125, 310, 340
Chilhowee: 307
Chillicothe: 204
Chiswell's Mine: 112, 191
Choctaws: 45
Christian, Col. William: member
of company to purchase
Cherokee lands, 239; leads
Virginia forces against
Cherokees, 266
Chronicle, Major William:
killed at King's Mountain,
301
Clark, George Rogers: 255,
259, 277; prospecting in
Kentucky, 205; opinion of
Transylvania title, 248;
Memoir of, cited as to Henderson
Claim, 255-256;
threatens Virginia with revolt
in Kentucky, 257; visited
by James Robertson,
281
Clark, Jonathan: 248
Cleveland, Col. Benjamin:
296; explores West, 123;
leads pioneers against Indians,
267; leads Wilkes
volunteers at King's Mountain,
293; addresses troops
at King's Mountain, 297,
301
"Cleveland's Bulldogs": 293,
301
Clinch Valley: 203
Cocke, William: 231, 263, 321;
delegate from Franklin to
Continental Congress, 318;
appeals to Benjamin Franklin,
324
Coldwater Expedition: 340
Columbus, Christopher: 144,
234
Committee of Safety: 259
Concord: 236
Conewagoes: 118
Connolly, Dr. John: 205, 208,
209, 210, 239
Constitution: rejected by
North Carolina, 335, 336
Continent, European: 4
Continental Congress: 249,
250, 257, 261, 276, 318, 319,
324, 329
Cooley, William: explores
Kentucky, 149, 153
Cooper, James Fenimore: 85,
271
Corbin, Francis: 169
Cornstalk, Shawanoe chief:
204; leads Indians at the
Great Kanawha, 213-214
Corn Tassel, Indian Chief:
337
Cornwallis, Lord Charles: 289,
291, 292, 294, 295, 304
Cortez, Hernando: 144
Counties: Albemarle, 99; Anson,
16, 19, 32, 162, 167, 185;
Armagh, 22; Augusta, 55,
198; Berks, 34; Botetourt,
204; Brunswick, 188; Bucks,
8, 22, 34; Burke, 293; Chester,
22-23; Culpeper, 138;
Davidson, 343; Fincastle,
220; Floyd, 142; Frederick,
55; Granville, 160, 169, 170,
179, 181, 218, 291; Greene,
Hampshire, 55; Hanover,
108; Jessamine, 157; Kentucky,
258; Lincoln, 126,
234, 298; Mecklenburg, 27,
30, 171, 200, 245; Miller,
205; Orange, North Carolina,
19, 25-26, 169, 177, 189;
Orange, Virginia, 113, 122;
Philadelphia, 34; Prince
William, 226; Roanoke, 33;
Rowan, 19, 34, 56, 147, 177,
232, 294, 298; Rutherford,
293; Shenandoah, 198; Sullivan,
291, 308, 312, 328;
Sumner, 124, 343; Surry, 40,
166, 293, 298, 303; Tennessee,
343; Washington, 132,
277, 293, 312, 319, 336, 337;
Wayne, 124; Wilkes, 293;
York, Pennsylvania, 52,
59; York, South Carolina,
295
Couture, Jean: 44
Cowpens: 294
Cox, Charles: 119
Coytomore, Lieut.: murdered
by Indians, 80
Craighead, Rev. Alexander:
30
Crawford, William: Washington
to, on Western lands,
106, 108
Creeks: 308, 310, 339, 340, 341,
342, 346
Creeks: Bean Island, 85;
Bear, 131; Beaver, 194;
Bledsoe's, 128; Crooked,
213; Cross, 218; Dutchman's,
132; Elk, 137; Fish,
205; Fourth, 57, 58; Line,
71; Linville, 34; Lulbegrud,
119, 154; Otter, 228, 229,
236; Sinking, 328, 336;
Sugar Tree, 132; Sugaw,
59; Swearing, 135; Station
Camp, 124, 150; Third, 57;
Walden's, 120
Cresap, Col. Thomas: 101
Crockett, Robert: 125
Croghan, George: 46, 120
Cross Creek (Fayetteville):
218
Crozat, Antoine: 43, 44
Cullodan: 100
Cumberland: Colony, 200, 341,
342, 343; leaders, 341; desire
alliance with Spain, 343,
345; traders, 330; settlements,
283, 288, 309, 310,
330, 340, 345, 346; settlers,
328, 342; desire separation
from North Carolina, 343;
valley, 280; region, ch.
XVII, 280, 345, 347
Cumberland: outlaw, 165
"Cumberland Compact":
drafted by Richard Henderson,
285-286
Cumberland District: 331, 339,
341
Cumberland, Duke of: 100
Cumberland Gap: names, 100,
115; traversed by traders,
118, 119, 121, 123, 124, 126,
145, 158, 229; see Onasioto
Gap
Cumberland Mountains: 100,
113, 138, 233
Cutbird, Benjamin: 139

D
Darien: 144
Dark and Bloody Ground:
126; origin of name, 223224
Dartmouth, Earl of: 208, 209,
238
Dean Swift: 154
Declaration of Independence:
258; read at Boonesborough,
272
Delaware: 8; valley, 8
Demere, Capt. Raymond: 76;
takes command of Virginia
Fort, 66; surrenders Fort
Laudown, 90-91
De Peyster: 298, 299, 301
De Soto, Fernando: XII
Detroit: 273
Devonshire, East: 21
Dick, Captain; Cherokee
hunter, 126
Dinwiddie, Gov. Robert: 50,
53, 55, 58, 65, 67, 70, 72
Dividing Line: running of the
North Carolina-Virginia,
269; William Byrd's History
of the, 35
Doak, Rev. Samuel: 293
Dobbs, Gov. Arthur: 55, 73,
77, 92, 93, 169; sends commissioner
to treat with Indians,
59; begins erection of
Catawba Fort, 62, 70; orders
building discontinued,
71
Dobbs, Edwards Brice: 54
Doddridge, Joseph: on conditions
of pioneer life, 125
Donelson, Col. John: 194, 206,
222, 288; runs boundary
line, 193; meets Richard
Henderson, 269; leads party
by water route to French
Lick, 282; diary of, quoted,
269, 283-284
Donelson's line: 194, 224, 239,
242
Dragging Canoe, the Cherokee
chief: 223, 290; leads Indians
in battle, 262-263
Drake, Enoch: 235
Drake, Joseph: 125
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl
of: 196, 198, 199, 200, 204,
206, 210, 211, 220, 238, 239,
240, 241, 242, 248, 249,
254
Dunmore's War: ch. XIII,
196, 214
Dugger, Julius Caesar: Tennessee
pioneer, 137, 187
Dutch, Pennsylvania: 12, 302
Dutchman's Creek Church:
185
E
East India Company: 201
Eaton's Station: defence of,
262
Echota: 64, 66, 307
Edwards, Rev. Morgan: on
exodus of Regulators for
North Carolina, 175
Emery, Will: 127
England: land-mad, XI; 4, 21,
43, 201, 247
English: 67, 120, 274; settlers,
7; colonies, 13; troops,
66; settlements, 46
Es-Kippa-Ki-Thi-Ki: 117, 150
Etchowee: 89
F
Fagot: 343
Falls of the Ohio River
(Louisville): 255, 284
Fanning, Col. Edmund: 22,
172, 173, 176, 177, 180, 182
Fauquier, Gov. Francis: 94
Fayetteville: 218
Ferguson, Col. Patrick: 291,
292, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299,
300; conduct at King's
Mountain, 302; killed, 303
Few, William: describes life
in backwoods, 25
Fields, Jeremiah: 180, 181
Filson, John: 117, 147
Fincastle, Committee of West:
drafts protest against Transylvania
Company, 257, 258
Findlay, Findley, Finley:
Archibald, 22; Michael, 22
Findlay, John: visits Kentucky,
117-118; meets
Boone, 144; visits Boone on
the Yadkin, 22, 101, 138,
148, 149, 150, 153
Fish, William: murdered by
Indians, 84
Fleming, Col. William: 208
Florida: 138; East, 122, 138;
West, 122
Floyd, John: 212, 243, 254;
appointed Surveyor General
of Transylvania, 255
Fontaine, John: journal of, 97
Fontainebleau: 212
Forbes, Gen. John: 73, 74, 133
Forks of Ohio River: 47
Forts: Bethabara, at, 75;
Boone's, 236, 270; chain of,
83; Carolina, 75, 84-85; Catawba,
62, 70, 71; Cumberland,
53; Dobbs, 55, 57-58,
75, 80-82, 84, 87; Duquesne,
47, 72-73, 74; Dutch, 57, 83,
86;—at mouth of Line
Creek, 71; Loudoun, 68, 76,
88-90; McDowell's, 265, 270;
Necessity, 48; Ninety-Six,
89; Patrick Henry, 269,
282-283; Pitt, 121, 209;
Prince George, 51-52, 79-80,
91, 93, 94; Robinson, 94;
Stalnaker's, 83, 94; Stanwix,
treaty of, 111, 112, 191,
207;—on Tellico River, 68;
Transylvania, 215, 243, 244,
245, 253, 270, 272, 274, 276,
282; Vaux's, 56, 69; Virginia,
64, 67, 68, 69; Watauga,
263
Fowey: 254
France: 43, 78, 96, 99
Frankland: 318, 331, 339; origin
of name, 314, 321
Franklin: 89
Franklin, Benjamin: 8, 107,
184, 185; new state named
for, 314, 324; to Cocke, 324;
to Sevier, 324-325
Franklin, State of: 200, ch.
XIX, 315, 317, 318, 323, 325,
326, 328, 329, 334, 335, 336,
337, 338, 344, 347, 348;—
of, 312, 313-314, 316,
318;—Greater, 323; origin
of name, 314, 324
Freeland's Station: 309
French: 45, 47, 48, 49, 65, 66,
70, 97, 116, 274; coureurs
de bois, 44; Huguenot, 198;
voyageurs, 123, 128;—Canadian,
274; immigration of,
5; settlers, 28; traders, 44;
explorations, 46
French Lick: 281; treaty of
peace at, 269. See French
Salt Springs, Great French
Lick, Great Salt Springs
French and Indian War: 52,
102, 144, 145
Frohock, John: 172, 177
Frohock, Thomas: 172, 177
Frontier: VII
G
Galaspy, William: 234
Galissonière, Roland Michel
Barrin, Marquis de la: 47
Gammern: storekeeper on
Yadkin, 161
Gardoqui, Diego de: 327, 329,
330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335,
338, 339
Gee, Joshua: 98
George I: 97
George III: 93, 214
Georgia: 116, 122, 265, 268,
291, 313;—Assembly of,
344; tours into, 14
German: pioneers, 11-18, 28;
—Palatinate, 11; immigration,
5, 11-12, 19
Gilbert Town: 292
Gillespie, Robert: slain from
ambush by Indians, 87
Gist, Christopher: 46, 108, 114,
116, 117, 137, 146; makes
exploration for Ohio Company,
101-102
Gist, Nathaniel: 134, 137
Glen, Governor James: 58-59,
65; describes South Carolina's
condition, 50-51;
promises Cherokees a fort,
51; concludes treaty at Saluda,
51
Glumdelick: 154
Gnadenhutten: 56
Gordon, Capt. Harry: 120
Grandfather Mountain: 135
Grant, Col. James: 138; leads
expedition against Indians,
93
Granville, Edward, Earl of
Clarendon, Lord: 15; lands
of, 9-10, 34, 171
Great Bone Licks: 120
Great Britain: 48, 247
Great French Lick: 280. See
Great Salt Springs, French
Lick, French Salt Springs
Great Grant: 224
Greathouse, Darmel: 211
Great Meadows: 48, 53
Great Mogul: 201
Great Tellico: 65
Great Trading Path: 35, 45,
96, 131
Great Treaty: 249
Great Salt Springs: 44, 269.
Salt Springs, Great French
Lick
Great Warrior's Path: 118,
119
Green: 62
Greeneville: 319
Greer, Andrew: 187
Grube, Rev. Bernhard Adam:
heads settlers into North
Carolina, 16
Gulf of Mexico: 42, 44, 341
"Gulliver's Travels": 154
Gutry, John: 52
H
Hackett: 341
Hall, Gen. William: 116, 128
Hall, Rev. James: 267
Hambright, Lt. Col. Frederick:
at King's Mountain,
296, 302
Hamilton, Gov. Henry: 273,
274, 276
Hampton, Anthony: leads
Rowan rangers, 83
Hampton, Col. Andrew: leads
Rutherford riflemen, 293
Hampton, Gen. Wade: 83
Hancock, John: 241
Hanks: family, 23, 34;—Abraham,
23, 235
Hard Labor: treaty at, 112,
114
Harman, outlaw: 165
Harris, Col.: 75
Harris: Elizabeth, 144; John,
145
Harris's Ferry: 145
Harrisburg: 145
Harrison, Richard: 255
Harrod, James: 121, 205, 212,
243, 244, 253
Harrodsburg: 253; election
held at, 257
Harrodsburg Remonstrance:
255
Hart: David, 187, 218;—Nathaniel,
108, 187, 217, 218,
222, 227, 284;—Thomas, 108,
187, 218, 222
Hartman, George: 38
Hawkins, Benjamin: 268
Hayes: 347
Haywood, John: 314
Hempinstall, Abraham: 122
Henderson, Kentucky: 279
Henderson, Col. Samuel:
chosen special envoy to
Franklin, 315-316; negotiates
with John Sevier, 316318
Henderson, Nathaniel: 222,
233, 255
Henderson, Richard: born in
Virginia, 104; removes to
North Carolina, 104; acquainted
with Boones, 105;
promotes Western exploration,
110; in law suits involving
Boone, 147; promotes
Western exploration
under Boone's leadership,
148-149; sends supplies to
Boone, 153; court broken
up by Regulators, 179-181;
burned out by Regulators,
182; secures from English
authorities sanction for purchase
reorganizes Richard
Henderson & Co. into
Louisa Company, 217; visits
Otari towns, 217-218; organizes
Transylvania Company,
218-219; negotiates
Great Treaty with Cherokees,
221-225; despatches
Boone to clean Transylvania
Trail, 225-226; receives
urgent appeal from Boone,
227-229; hastens to Boone's
rescue, 229-232; reaches
Fort Boone, 236; draws up
plan of government for
Transylvania, 243-244; addresses
Legislature of Transylvania,
237, 245; elected
delegate from Transylvania
to Continental Congress,
249; prepares plan of government
for Powell's Valley
settlement, 252; attends
Virginia Convention, 256257;
purchases corn for
Cumberland settlement, 269;
runs North Carolina-Virginia
dividing line, 269, 282;
presents memorial on Transylvania
purchase, 278;
plans colonization of Cumberland
region, 279-280;
despatches Robertson on
prospecting tour, 280-281;
sends corn to French Lick,
284-285; organizes government
on Cumberland, 285;
author of "Cumberland
Compact," 286-287; introduces
recall of judges, 286287;
founder of Nashville,
personal appearance, 221222;
diary of, quoted, 227,
229; mentioned, 158, 159,
183, 187, 190, 200, 203, 215,
ch. XIV passim, 216, 220,
234, 235, 238, 240, 241, 242,
246, 247, 248, 253, 258, 272,
282, 315
Henderson, Richard & Company:
organized, 107; despatch
Boone on Western
exploration, 109, 160, 216217;
granted 200,000 acres
by Virginia; see Land
Companies
Henderson, Samuel: 104
Henderson & Company; 109;
see Richard Henderson &
Company
Henley, Chief Justice Peter:
60
Henry, Patrick: 209, 211, 249,
293, 329; pronounces Camden-Yorke
decision valid,
210; endeavors to purchase
lands from Cherokees, 239240;
desires to become partner
in Transylvania Company,
240; considers Transylvania
title good, 256;
confiscates Transylvania,
258; correspondence of,
with Joseph Martin, 344345
Hewatt, Rev. Alexander: 78
Heydt, Jost: settles in Virginia,
12
Heygler, King, Catawba chief:
completion of fort,
71; see Oroloswa
Hiawassee: 307
Hicks, Harry: heroic defence
of home against Indian attack,
85-86
High Shoals: 29
Highlanders: 90
Hill, William: 138, 142, 143
Hillsborough: 26, 103, 179,
188, 217, 218, 219
Hillsborough, Earl of: 96
Hingham: 22
Hogg, James: 251; partner
in Transylvania Company,
218; appointed delegate
from Transylvania to Continental
Congress, 250
Holder, John: rescues sweetheart,
271
Holden, Joseph: 149, 153
Hollows, the: 166
Holston: region, 99, 126; settlement,
281;—settlers, 262;
valley of, 134, 187, 191-192,
306
Honeycut: 189
Hooper, William: 180, 182
Hopewell: 310
Horton, Joshua: 121
Houston, Rev. Samuel: 321,
323; drafts constitution for
Frankland, 319; features of
constitution drafted by,
321-322
Howard, Cornelius: 165, 166
Howell, Rednup: poet-laureate
of the Regulation, 173,
179
Hubbardt, Col. James: 316
Hudson Valley: 4
Hunter, James: 179
Hunter's Trail: 150
Husband, Herman: author of
"Impartial Relation," 177,
178, 197; leader in insurrection
at Hillsborough,
179; in correspondence with
Benjamin Franklin, 184
I
Iberville, Le Moyne d': 42-43
Illinois Company: see Land
Companies
Illinois country: 120, 128, 281
"Impartial Relation": 177, 197
Indian: agent, 281;—Allies,
72; chiefs, 211, 217, 274,
337;—depredations, 56, 163,
308, 340;—expeditions, 313;
governments, 201; Grant,
202; hostages, 80;—lands,
161, 308;—outbreak, 74,
262;—princes, 201;—territories,
200;— towns, 76, 89,
93, 117, 290, 307, 308;—
trade, 44-46, 145;—traders,
144, 145, 217, 225;—trails,
119, 139;—tribes, 45, 201,
261;—war, 325;—warfare,
133, 295-296, 297;—affairs,
superintendent of, 111
Indians: 44, 46, 49, 57, 58-63,
68, 69, 74, 75, 85, 86, 87, 88,
112, 119, 122, 125, 127, 140,
151, 152, 156, 162, 196, 197,
200, 204, 205, 207, 209, 211,
213, 214, 215, 217, 218, 221,
242, 249, 252, 253, 261, 262,
263, 265, 267, 268, 270, 273,
275, 276, 283, 288, 290, 297,
306, 307, 308, 311, 332, 339,
340, 345;—Northern, 49,
111, 141, 191;—Southern,
35, 191, 261
Indiana: 123
Ingles: John, 69;—Mrs. Mary,
69;—William, 69;—Mrs.
William, 69
Innes, Col. James: 53
Ireland, 7, 22, 33; character
of inhabitants of North of,
6-7
Irish: immigration of, 5;—
Pennsylvania, 33; settlers,
28
Iroquois: 117
J
Jack, Col. Samuel: 265
Jackson, Andrew: 282
Jacobite uprising: 7
Jamestown: 6
Jay, John: 329-330
Jefferson, Thomas: desires to
join Transylvania Company,
240; favors free government
back of Virginia, 250-251;
attitude of, toward Transylvania
claim, 256
Jenkins, Leoline: on character
of Scotch-Irish, 6
Johnson, Sir William: 112
Johnston, Gov. Gabriel: on immigration
into North Carolina,
3
Johnston, Gov. Samuel: 332,
336, 338, 339; to Robertson
and Bledsoe, 327
Johnston, William: 217
Jones, John Gabriel: 257
Jones, Robert (Robin): 169;
characterization of Scotch-Irish
by, 24-25
Jonesborough: 292, 312, 313,
316, 337
Joseph, Miller: describes conditions
of North Carolina
backwoods, 36, 38
Judge's Friend, Cherokee
chief: 242
K
Kenedy, William: agent for
Virginia gentlemen to purchase
Cherokee lands, 240
Kenton, Simon: rescues Daniel
Boone, 272
Kentucky (Cantucky, Cantuckey,
Cantuckie, Cantuck):
XV, 22, 100, 101,
102, 107, 111, 112, 116, 119,
120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 129,
137, 139, 140, 142, 143, 145,
146, 148, 149, 150, 153, 155,
156, 191, 196, 200, 203, 204,
205, 221, 223, 224, 227, 229,
231, 233, 234, 235, 256, 259,
269, 270, 273, 276, 277, 279,
315, 327, 335, 341, 342, 348,
349; origin of name, 117;—
road, 332
Keowee: 51;—valley of, 89
King's Mountain: 295, 303

King's Mountain campaign:
306, 348
Kipling, Rudyard: 137
Kirk: 337
Kirtleys, the: pioneers, 113
Knob Lick: 126
L
Lacey, Col. William: 293, 296
Land: policy of selling large
tracts of, 113
Land Companies: Illinois,
207-208, 239; Louisa, 217,
218; Loyal, 47, 99-100, 113;
Ohio, 47; organized, 100;
sends out exploring expedition,
101-102; Richard
Henderson & Company, organized,
107; Transylvania
Company, 114, 218; Wabash
(Onabache), 209, 238-239
Land of Cockayne: 44
La Salle, Robert Cavelier de:
42
Laurel Mountain: 119
"Leatherstocking Tales": 85,
271
Leestown: 248
Lewes: 8
Lenoir (Le Noir), Gen. William:
describes costume of
pioneer women, 40-41;
marches against Indians; at
King's Mountain, 301-302
Léry, Chaussegros de: 116
Lewis, Major Andrew: 66-67,
81, 191, 208; erects Virginia
Fort, 64-65; leads Sandy
River expedition, 70; commands
at Battle of Great
Kanawha, 212, 214-215
Lexington: 236
Lincoln: family, 34;—Abraham,
23, 34, 235; John, 34;
—Mordecai, 22-23, 34; Samuel,
22;—Sarah, 23
Lindsay, Isaac, 121
Linville: John, 140, 142; Capt.
William, 137, 140, 142
Linville Falls: 136, 141
Lockaber: 192, 193
Locke, John: "Fundamental
Constitutions" of, 202
Loesch, Brother: 75
Logan, Cayuga Mingo chief:
211
Logan, Col. Benjamin: 234,
277
Logan, James: on character
of squatters, 8-9
London: 202
Loudoun, Lord: 68
Long Cane Settlement: 79
Long Hunters: XII, ch. VIII,
126, 128, 129, 157, 158, 204
Long Island of Holston
River: 94, 194, 195, 226, 266,
278, 308
Long, John: slain by Indians,
87
Long Knives: 213
Longueuil, Charles de Moyne,
Baron de: 116
Lorbulgrud: 154
Louis Quatorze: 43
Louisa Company: see Land
Companies
Louisiana: 292, 331
Love, Col.: 266

Lower Blue Licks: 101
Lower Salt Spring: 273
Lower Shawnee Town: 101
Lowry, James: 118
Loyal Company: see Land
Companies
Loyalists: 190, 261, 291, 298,
299
Lucas, Robert: 224
Luhny, Robert, mill of, on
James River, 16
Luttrell, Col. John: 227; joins
Transylvania Company, 217
Lyttelton, Gov. William
Henry: 65-66, 71, 77, 78, 88
M
Madison, Thomas: 263
Madrid: 341, 342
Mansfield, Low: 201
Mansker, Gasper, pioneer:
123, 282; discovers lick, 124;
encounters Boone, 157-158
Mansker's Lick: 110, 124
Margry, Pierre: 43
Martin, Gov. Alexander: 182,
312, 315, 316, 322; attorney
for Daniel Boone, 148; appoints
Samuel Henderson
ambassador to Franklin,
315; issues manifesto
against State of Franklin,
306, 318; Sevier to, on
Franklin, 317-318; academy
named for, 318
Martin, Col. Joseph: 150, 227,
262, 290, 306, 307, 313, 322,
325; settles in Powell's Valley,
113; driven out, 114;
appointed agent for Transylvania
Company, 202;
Richard Henderson to, 252253;
letter of, to Governor
Randolph, 326; exonerated
of treason by North Carolina
Assembly, 344; acts as
spy on Spaniards, 344-345
Martin, Gov. Josiah: 103, 200;
issues proclamation against
Transylvania Company, 238
Martin's Station: 226, 229;
founded, 220-221; Henderson
draws up plan of government
for, 252; brave defence
of, against Indians,
253
Maryland: 5, 14, 24, 101, 114;
price of lands in, 9
Mason, George: opposed to
Transylvania claim, 256
Maxwell, Col. George: 328, 332
McAden, Rev. Hugh: diary
of, 27-28, 49, 69
McAfees: 243; exploring
party, 204; return home,
235;—James, 235;—Robert,
235; Robert, Jr., 235; Samuel,
235; William, 235
McBride, James: 117
McCulloch, Major John: 122
McCulloh, Henry Eustace:
172
McDowell, Col.: 265
McDowell, Col. Charles: 291,
293, 337
McDowell, Col. Joseph: 293,
296, 298, 337
McDowell, Thomas: 228

McFeters, Jeremiah: 228
McGillivray, Alexander: 339,
342, 344, 345; receives overtures
from Cumberland
leaders, 341
Mendenhall: John, 203;—
Richard, 203
Middle Ground: 111
Middle Settlements: 93
Middleton, Col. Thomas: 93
Middle Towns: 89
Middle West: 117
Millerstown: 198
Miro, District of: 343, 346
Miró, Gov. Estevan: 331, 335,
338, 339, 341, 342, 343, 344,
345; reports on separatist
movement in West, 342
Mississippi Bubble: 43
Mohawk Valley: 4
Monbrenn, Timothé de: hunts
on Cumberland, 128
Monongahela: 205
Montagu, Lord Charles: 168169
Montgomerie, Col. Archibald:
abortive campaign of,
against Indians, 88-89;
sails, 92
Montreal: 118
Mooney, James: explores
Kentucky, 149, 153
Moore: 62
Moravian: church, 1, 3, 8889,
166;—community diary,
88;—brotherhood, 15-16;—
town, 56; Gemein Haus,
87;—store-keeper, 161
Moravians: 166; eleven killed,
56; warned against Indians,
85; hospitable to Indians,
86
Morgan family: 34;—Edward,
21; Sarah, 21, 34;—Richard,
34
Morganton: 337, 338
Morris, Gov. Samuel: 54
Morrison: 337
Mount Mitchell: 135
Mulberry Fields: 15, 163
Müller, Adam: settles in Virginia,
12
Murray, William: 207, 208,
238, 239
N
Nantahala Mountains: 267
Nash, Gen. Francis: 177, 288
Nashborough: 309
Nashville: 282, 342, 345
Nassau Hall: 27, 267
Natchez: 123, 125, 330
Neely, Alexander: 153, 154
Neilson, Archibald: 219
Nelson, Acting Governor William:
96, 188
Newcastle: 8
New England: 4, 86
New Jersey: 5
"Newlanders": 11
Newman, hunter: 119
Newman's Ridge: 119
New Orleans: 123, 343, 345
New River: region, 123, 126;
—settlement, 69;—settlers,
70
"Nolichucky Jack of the Border":
332
Nolichucky: Valley, 224

North America: 120, 202
North Carolina: XV, 5, 10,
13, 14, 15, 43, 52, 55, 59, 71,
73, 84, 99, 101, 107, 116, 130,
134, 136, 140, 160, 162, 163,
167, 174, 175, 176, 186, 187,
188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197,
200, 203, 218, 219, 220, 221,
222, 237, 238, 245, 259, 260,
261, 265, 269, 277, 278, 279,
280, 281, 282, 288, 289, 290,
291, 295, 304, 305, 307, 310,
311, 312, 313, 317, 319, 322,
323, 324, 325, 326, 328, 330,
332, 335, 339, 343, 344, 345,
346, 347; frontier conditions
in, 25-28;—border, 76;—
back country, 261; grants
lands in Tennessee to Transylvania
Company, 287; immigration
into, 10, 13; increase
in population of, 3,
11;—piedmont, 9, 26;—
hunters, 141; pioneers, 95;
governor of, 60; commissioners
of, 310; troops, 53,
72, 77, 89, 93, 94, 266, 273;
cedes Western territory to
United States, 347; legislature
of, passes second cession
act, 347;—lands accepted
by Congress, 348
North Carolina Assembly: 5758,
61, 92, 93, 277, 313, 314,
338, 343
North Carolina: Provincial
Congress of, 259, 277; Provincial
Council of, 260, 265,
266
Northwest: 259, 261, 270, 277
Nottaway Indians: 72
Nuntewees: 65
O
Oconostota, Cherokee chief:
242; treacherously murders
Lieut. Coytomore, 79-80
Ohio Company: see Land
Companies
Ohio Indians: 46
Ohio Valley: 102, 145
Old Abraham: 263
Old Chillicothe: 212
Old Southwest: 104, 126, 195,
198, 212, 226, 260, 265, 305,
309, 348; pioneers of, XV,
5, 12, 14, 17, 28-31; pioneer
democracy of, 20-21, 103104;—planter
aristocracy
of, 20;—Mimic republics of,
200;—colonizers of, 20
Ormond, Duke of: to Leoline
Jenkins, 6
Oroloswa, Catawba Chief: 71,
see King Heygler
Osborne, Captain Alexander:
leads Rowan militia, 62
Otari towns: 217
Ouasioto Gap: 118, 145, 146,
150; see Cumberland Gap
Outassitus, Cherokee chief: 91
Overton, Samuel: 239
Owen, William: 163, 164, 165
Oxford: 249
P
Pacific Ocean: 144
Page, John: 239

Paintsville: 100
Paris: 43
Path Deed: 224
Paxtong: 145
Pearis, Capt. Richard: 70
Peck, John M.: 148
Penn, William: 8, 21, 22
Pennsylvania: 5, 10, 13, 27,
33, 45, 54, 99, 118, 144, 209,
277; population of, 8; lands,
9; immigrants into, 12;—
Synod, 13;—settlers, 146;—
Proprietaries of, 111;—
traders, 146, 207
Pensacola: 138, 139
Perkins, John: defeats Indians
by strategy, 83-84
Phifer, Martin: leads frontier
rangers, 83
Philadelphia: 8, 32, 123, 185,
249, 250
Pilot Knob: 102, 118, 119
Pilot Mountain: 135
Piomingo, Chickasaw chief:
125
Pioneer: farmer, IX; promoter,
XI
Pittsburgh: 122
"Pocahontas of the West":
262; see Nancy Ward
Point Pleasant: 213
Polk, Thomas: 172
Ponce de Leon: XII
Portwood, age: 232
Post St. Vincent: 281
Pound Gap: 102
Powell's Mountain: 224
Powell's Valley: 113, 114, 149,
203, 224, 252; lands in,
granted to Transylvania
Company, 287-288
Presbyterians: in Ireland, 7;
—Scotch-Irish, 27
Preston, Col. William: 208,
212, 240; to Lord Dunmore
on Henderson's offers of
land, 220; to George Washington
on Transylvania,
237-238, 242-243;—supports
Judge Henderson, 254
Price, Thomas, Indian trader:
guides Henderson at Hart
to Otari towns, 217; testifies
regarding Great Treaty,
225
Price's Meadow: 124
Privy Council: 206
"Proposals for the encouragement
of settling the lands,
etc.": issued by Transylvania
Company, 219, 220
Puritan: 86
Q
Quaker Meadows: 294
Quakers: 20-21
Quebec: 212
Quindre, Dagniaux de: commands
at siege of Transylvania
Fort, 274-276
R
Rains, John: 123
Randolph, Col. Peter: treaty
commissioner, 59
Recall of Judges: early example,
286-287
Red Lick Fork: 150

Regulation: 167, 173, 174, 175,
176, 182, 192
Regulators: ch. XI, 166, 167,
168, 175, 176, 177, 179, 180,
181, 183, 185, 190
Reid, Capt. Mayne: 282
Revere, Paul: 231
Richard Henderson & Company:
119, 129, 138; organized,
107; despatch Boone
on exploring expedition,
109; granted land by Virginia,
279. See Land Companies
Richter: 166
Rivers: Big Sandy, west fork
of, 142; Broad, 59, 289; Catawba,
62, 70, 83, 84;—
South fork of, 298; Chattahoochee,
266; Cherokee, 111,
121; Clinch, 142; Cumberland,
44, 109, 114, 119, 121,
128, 157, 223, 224, 269, 284,
288, 308; Dick's, 126, 156;
Great Kanawha, 107, 112,
191, 192, 193; Guen, 151, 157,
188, 279, 294; Hiwassee, 332;
Holston, 142, 192, 194, 195,
224, 283; Illinois, 207;
James, 16, 96-97; Kentucky,
156, 159, 212, 236, 242, 248,
253, 284; Licking, 156; Little
Tennessee, 65, 307;
Louisa, 149, 193; Meho, 163;
Miami, 102; Mississippi, 42,
102, 139, 155, 259, 329, 330,
343; Muskingum, 102; New,
224; Nonachunbreh, Nolichuetry,
194, 197; Ohio, 42,
44, 45, 100, 107, 116, 117,
121, 122, 142, 151, 156, 191,
192, 193, 207, 213, 279;—
falls of the, 255, 284;—forks
of the, 47; Opeckon, 12;
Pacolet, 76; Potomac, 122;
Red, 119, 153, 154; Reedy,
112, 191; Roanoke, 69;
Rockcastle, 100, 155; Scioto,
102; Shenandoah, 17;
Stone's, 121; Swannanoa,
136; Tellico, 68; Tennessee,
44, 58, 121, 191, 283, 290;
Trinity, 42; Tugaloo, 266;
Twelve Mile, 89; Wabash,
123; Washita, 122; Watauga,
197, 219, 221, 224, 293
Robertson, Charles: 224
Robertson, James: 188, 189,
190, 196, 197, 200, 222, 260,
263, 287, 309, 327, 332, 339,
340, 341, 342, 344, 347; leads
scouting party for Transylvania
Company, 280-281;
guides party to French
Lick, 282; joined by Donelson
and party, 284; names
Miró District, 343; desires
union with Spain, 343; seeks
separation of Cumberland
from North Carolina, 345;
to Miró on separatist movement,
346
Robinson, John: 69
Rochelle: 43
Rocky Mountains: 135
Rogers, Sergt.: 73
Rogersville: 290
Roan Mountain: 135
Round-O, Cherokee chief: 79
Rowan, Matthew: 19, 76

Rowan rangers: 83; described,
82-83
Rowan: settlers murdered, 77,
265
Rucker, Capt.: 113
Rutherford, Gen. Griffith:
leads Rowan rangers, 76,
83; leads rescuing force,
265, 270; leads army against
Cherokees, 267
Russell, Capt. William: 203
S
Saint Augustine: 138
Saint Lusson, Daumont de:
41-42
Salem: 87
Salisbury: 34, 38, 59, 146, 148,
162, 165, 166, 168, 172, 289
Salling, John Peter: 117
San Salvador: 144
Sandy Creek Association: 175,
184, 185, 190
Sandy River expedition: 70
Sapona Town: 35
Sault Ste. Marie: 41
Savannah: 51
Savannah Indians: 65
Scaggs, Charles: 126
Scaggs, Henry: 282; meets
Daniel Boone, 109; agent
for Richard Henderson &
Co., 109-110; explores Cumberland
region, 119; leads
Long Hunters into Kentucky,
125-126
Scaggs' Ridge: 120
Schnell, Leonard: pilgrimage
of, 14-15
Scotch Lowlands: 6
Scotch-Irish: 7, 11, 27, 33, 188;
in Pennsylvania, 8;—immigration
of, 5, 19; settlers, 28
Scotchman: 218
Scotland: 217
Scovil: 168
Searcy: connection, 190; Reuben,
169; Valentine, 222
Settiquo: 76, 307, 316
Sevier, James: emissary of
Franklin to Miró, 337-338
Sevier, John: 200, 222, 260,
298, 313-314, 322, 325, 326,
327, 330, 337, 344, 347; early
life, 198; defends Watauga
Fort, 263; rescues Bonny
Kate Sherrill, 264; with
Shelly plans King's Mountain
campaign, 292, 296; defeats
Indians, 307-308; disavows
revolutionary intent,
315; elected Governor of
Franklin, 317; writes defiant
letter to Caswell, 323324;
appeals to Benjamin
Franklin, 324; besieges Tipton,
330; attacks Indians,
331-332; writes Gardoqui,
offering to "deliver" Franklin
to Spain, 333-335; arrested
for high treason, imprisoned,
337; rescued, 338;
restored to office by North
Carolina, 338; elected first
governor of Tennessee, 348
Shawanoes, Shawnese: 25, 44,
69, 117, 151, 203, 205, 209,
271;—chief of, 204
Shelby, Col. Evan: leads force

appointed brigadier-general,
322
Shelby, Isaac: 222, 291, 298;
at Battle of Great Kanawha,
213-214; initiates
King's Mountain campaign,
292; at King's Mountain,
301; elected first governor
of Kentucky, 348
Shelby, Capt. James: 263
Shenandoah Valley: 10, 34
Sherrill, Katherine: rescued
by John Sevier, 264
Silonee, Cherokee chief: 79;
checks Montgomerie, 89; see
Young Warrior of Estatoe
Sims, George: writes A Serious
Address, etc., 160, 169,
170
Simms, William Gilmore: 144
Six Nations: 111, 191
Slaughter: 138
Slaughter, Col. Thomas: 244
Smith, Capt. John: 69
Smith, Gen. Daniel: 343, 344
Smith, James: 121
Smith, John, Jr.: 69
Smith, William Bailey: 222;
carries corn to French Lick,
284
Smith's Bridge: 89
Smyth, J. F. D.: describes
North Carolina backwoodsmen,
39-40
South Carolina: XV, 14, 2728,
43, 45, 58, 66, 68, 71, 112,
121, 139, 167, 192, 237, 262,
265, 268, 291, 294, 295, 305,
313; rangers, 89; traders, 71
South Fork of Catawba River,
62, 70;—Boys, 298, 301
South Sea: XI, 42
South Sea Islands: 219
Southwest: see Old Southwest
Southwest Territory: 348
Southern Department: 111,
331
Spach: 166
Spain: ch. XX, 330, 331, 332,
337, 338, 339, 340, 344, 345,
347
Spangenberg, Bishop Augustus
Gottlieb: makes exploring
tour, 13, 14, 131;
preaches at Bathama, 87
Spaniards: 292, 332, 340, 345
Spanish: authorities, 339;
charged affairs, 329;—conspiracy
in Kentucky, 335,
339;—conspiracy in Tennessee,
ch. XX, 339;—court,
347;—domain, 348;—government,
346;—minister, 331;—
traders, 340
Spotswood, Gov. Alexander:
97, 98
St. Asaph's: 243
St. Clair, Sir John: 54
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur: 133
Stalnaker, Samuel: 83, 94
Stanford: 243
Steep Rock: 194
Stephen, Col. Adam: 94, 95
Stewart, John: 139, 148, 149,
150, 151, 152, 153
Stone, Uriah: 121, 123
Stoner, Michael: 121, 212, 232,
272
Stuart, Capt. John: 91-92

Stuart, John: 111, 191, 192,
194, 261
Stuart, pioneer: 283
Superintendent of Indian Affairs:
112, 331
Swan, David L.: 252
Switzerland: 134
Sycamore Shoals of Watauga
River: 219, 221, 263, 293
Synge, Archbishop: 7
T
Tascarora Indians: 72
Tate, Samuel: 228
Taylor: Hancock, 122;—Richard,
122; Zachary, 122
Tennessee: XV, 9, 112, 124,
128, 129, 132, 140, 190, 191,
192, 196, 211, 224, 269, 289,
290, 315, 348, 349; countries,
332;—riflemen, 291;—settlements,
261, 264, 314, 315;—
settlers, 270, 281, 330, 331
Terre Haute: 123
Thompson: 84
Thompson, James: 263
Tiftoe, Cherokee Chief: 79
Tipton, Col. John: 321, 322,
328, 331
Tipton, Jonathan: 322
Tonti, Henry de: 45
Tories: 289, 305
Town Fork: 163
Trabum, Damie: diary of, 275
Tracey, John: 69
Trade: British, 46
Traders: with Indians, VII-IX,
44, 46, 59, 113, 117, 118,
136
Trading Ford: 35
Trading House: British, 47
Trans-Alleghany: 21, 48, 99,
102, 119, 129, 140, 147, 159,
185, 201, 202, 204, 206, 212,
215, 216, 242, 277, 279, 330,
340
Transylvania: 200, 235, ch.
XV, 243, 248, 252, 258, 279,
280, 287; colony of, 25;
president of, 246; proprietors
of, 229, 236, 244, 248,
256
Transylvania Company: 114,
119, ch. XII, 237, 238, 240,
249, 253, 254, 258, 278, 287,
288; compact of, with Cumberland
settlers, 285-286;
organized, 218; permanent
contribution of, to colonization
of West, 259
Transylvania Legislature: 244,
249, 255
Transylvania Purchase: 220,
248, 278
Transylvania Trail: 215, 226
Treaty: with Indians, 59; at
Charleston, 94; at Fort
Stanwix, 111; at Hard Labor,
112, 114; at Lochaber,
192; at Sycamore Shoals,
221-225
Trent, Capt. William: 47
Tryon, Gov. William: 112, 141,
176, 183, 191
Tryon Mountain: 112, 135, 191
Tryon's Line: 112
Tuckasegee: 307

U
Ulster: 6-7
Ulster Scots: characterization
of, 23, 32
Unakas: 263
Union: 319, 335, 336, 342, 348,
349; see American Union
United States: 277, 335, 339,
344, 345, 346, 347
United States Congress: 310,
311, 312, 346
Untoola: 316
Upper Towns: 66, 89
Utopia: 44
V
Valley of Mexico: 144
Vandalia: 206, 208
Vasco Nunez: 144
Venango: 47
Versailles: 43
Villiers, Coulon de: 48
Virginia: pioneers of, 95, 296;
—traders, 96;—troops, 212,
266, 273;—frontier, 74; Gazette,
110, 272;—backwoods,
28-29;—Valley of, 9, 16, 26,
33, 34;—Convention, 251,
257;—Land Office, 281;—
Assembly, 67, 278;—Militia,
209;—House of Delegates,
278, 279;—Governor of, 67,
198;—Path, 64, 76;—Remonstrance,
207, XV, 10, 14,
42, 45, 47, 52, 53, 58, 59, 64,
68, 69, 70, 72, 83, 96, 99,
112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 127,
130, 131, 132, 134, 138, 163,
187, 188, 191, 192, 193, 195,
198, 200, 204, 205, 206, 209,
211, 214, 220, 221, 222, 226,
235, 237, 239, 242, 243, 244,
251, 256, 258, 265, 269, 277,
278, 279, 281, 282, 287, 290,
305, 323, 326
Virginians: 96, 205, 208, 230,
231, 251, 299
W
Wabash (Ouabache) Land
Company: see Land Compa-
begins erection of Catawba
nies
Wachan: 83, 87
Wachonia: 86;—community
diary, 64
Wade, Capt. Robert: 74
Waddell, Gen. Hugh: 53, 5556,
95, 133, 134; appointed
Indian commissioner, 59;
Fort, 70; discontinues work
on fort, 71; in Fort Duquesne
campaign, 72; hastens
to Rowan's defence, 76;
marches to aid South Carolina,
77; report of, on defeat
of Indians at Fort
Dobbs, 81-82; rescues captives,
86; leads North Carolina
troops, 93, 94
Walden, Elisha: 119
Walden's Mountain: 119-120
Walker, Dr. Thomas: 99, 102,
115, 116, 117, 191; makes exploration
for Loyal Land
Company, 99-100; sells land
to Joseph Martin, 113

Walker, Felix: 228, 245, 260;
describes Kentucky, 233-234
Walpole, Thomas, 206
Ward, James: 139
Ward, Nancy: 262, 264
Washington District: 260, 277,
314, 326
Washington, George: 47, 55,
72, 134, 256, 291; opinion of
royal proclamation, 106;
purchases Western lands,
106-107; makes charges
against Dunmore, 206-207;
secures military grants for
Western lands, 208; Preston
to, on Henderson purchase
and Transylvania Company,
221, 237-238, 242-243
Watauga: ch. XII, 191, 194,
200, 270, 281-282;—commonwealth,
199; valley of,
188, 195, 196, 306;—country,
187, 189; settlers, 195,
196, 197, 200, 259;—Articles
of Association, 197;—Association,
224; settlement, 260,
281
"Watauga Plan": commission
form of government, 260
Waxhaws: 32
Webster: 307
Welsh: immigration of, 5;—
settlers, 28;—stock, 163
West: 160, 187, 259, 273, 277,
327, 342, 348
West Virginia: 14, 206
Western: leaders, 292;—people,
347;—settlers, 311, 329;
territory, 347, 348;—waters,
314, 348
Wharton: Samuel, 206;—
Thomas, 209-211
White, Dr. James: 331, 332,
338, 346; emissary of
Franklin, 337
Whitehall: 206
Wilderness Trail: 230
Wilkinson, General James:
335, 336
Williams, Brigadier-General
James: 291, 294; killed at
King's Mountain, 302
Williams, Col. John: 105, 107,
149, 187, 222, 254; elected
delegate from Transylvania
to Continental Congress, 249
Williams, John: 141
Williams and Henderson, law
firm: 105, 147
Williamsborough: 103
Williamsburg: 210
Williamson, Col. Andrew: 266
Williamson, Dr. Hugh: 10,
312-313
Wilmington: 169
Winchester, Kentucky: 117
Winchester, Virginia: 12
Winston, Major Joseph: leads
North Carolina troops
against Cherokees, 266;
leads Surry riflemen at
King's Mountain, 293, 298,
303-304
Wolf Hills (Abingdon): 134
Wood, Col. Abraham: 42
Wormley, Ralph: 239
Wytheville: 112
Y
Yadkin: country, 117, 131,
Forks of the, 33, 34, 162,
185;—valley, 10, 13, 15, 32
York, Pennsylvania: 12
Yorke, Charles: renders legal
opinion, 201
Young Warrior of Estaloe,
Cherokee chief: 79; see
Silonee.
Z
Zinzendorf, Count: 13

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