N.
National Road, see Cumberland Road.
New England, westward migration from, [99]; [175]-[177].
New Orleans, Indians seek equipment at, [18]; Jackson's victory, [159].
New Orleans, The, first steamboat in West, [168].
Niagara, council with Indians at, [17].
Northwest Territory, extent of, [1]-[2]; French settlements, [2]; Franklin advises British to retain, [20]; ignorance of country, [21]-[22]; questions of settlement and government, [22] et seq.; settlement, [37] et seq., [79]-[82]; Continental Congress claims, [71]; Treaty of Paris gives to U. S., [75]; state claims yield to nation, [77]; migration to, [97] et seq.; character of country, [110]-[112]; pioneer life, [112] et seq.; in War of 1812, [151] et seq.; loses frontier character, [162]; religion, [170]; education, [170]-[171]; sectionalism, [173]-[174]; Southern influence, [176]-[177]; national issues, [178]-[179]; form of government, [179]-[180]; slavery, [180]-[184]; explorations upon upper Mississippi, [189]-[191]; fur trade, [191]-[193]; lead-mining, [194]-[195]; after Black Hawk War, [205]-[206]; Indian treaties, [206]-[208]; bibliography, [211]-[214]; see also names of States.