B
Bacon, Francis: [172].
Bailey, Capt. Andrew: leads sortie from Fort Dobbs, [80]-[82].
Baily, Francis: on frontiersmen, [ch. 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], [327]; 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) Céloron de: [46]-[47], [98], [116].
Bienville, 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, Shawanoe 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], [a]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]-[55]; 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], [274]-[276]; Henderson returns to, [282]; corn sent to, from 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): [ch. 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, [ch. 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].