Chronicles of border warfare

by Alexander Scott Withers

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, [238-240], [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 “Blackboys.” [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].
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];
early 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, [257-259], [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, [287-290];
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].
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], [161-163], [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], [152-154], [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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The First American Frontier

An Arno Press/New York Times Collection

Agnew, Daniel.

A History of the Region of Pennsylvania North of the Allegheny River. 1887.

Alden, George H.

New Government West of the Alleghenies Before 1780. 1897.

Barrett, Jay Amos.