[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, [ch. XIV]-[ch. XV], [174]; colonies of, necessity for union, [65]-[66].
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, [ch. X], [199]; character of, [ch. 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, [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].
C
Calhoun, Patrick: family attacked, [79]; commands Provincial Rangers, [89]; relatives 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]; town of, [283]; bloody forage of, [289]-[290]; 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].
Coghnawagas: [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, [312], [326]; Guilford, [203]; 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]-[30], [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].
Culloden: [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 Ouasioto Gap.
Cumberland Mountains: [100], [113], [138], [233].
Cutbird, Benjamin: [139].
D
Darien: [144].
Dark and Bloody Ground: [126]; origin of name, [223]-[224].
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 Loudon, [90]-[91].
De Peyster: [298], [299], [301].
De Soto, Fernando: [ch. 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 Cæsar: Tennessee pioneer, [137], [187].
Dutch, Pennsylvania: [12], [302].
Dutchman's Creek Church: [185].