The importance of speedily possessing the Illinois, and thereby
securing a considerable branch of trade, as well as cutting off the channel by which our enemies have been and will always be supplied, is a matter I have very much at heart, and what I think may be effected this winter by land by Mr. Croghan, in case matters can be so far settled with the Twightees, Shawanoes, and Pontiac, as to engage the latter, with some chiefs of the before-mentioned nations, to accompany him with a garrison. The expense attending this will be large, but the end to be obtained is too considerable to be neglected. I have accordingly recommended it to the consideration of General Gage, and shall, on the arrival of the Shawanoes, Delawares, &c., here, do all in my power to pave the way for effecting it. I shall also make such a peace with them, as will be most for the credit and advantage of the crown, and the security of the trade and frontiers, and tie them down to such conditions as Indians will most probably observe.
NOTE.
Of the accompanying maps, the first two were constructed for the illustration of this work. The others are fac-similes from the surveys of the engineer Thomas Hutchins. The original of the larger of these fac-similes is prefixed to the Account of Bouquet’s Expedition. That of the smaller will be found in Hutchins’s Topographical Description of Virginia, etc. Both of these works are rare.
Index.
A. Abbadie. See D’Abbadie. Abenakis, some of them present at the battle of the Monongahela, [88], [114]. Abercrombie, General James, has a force of 50,000 men, [96]; fails in his attack on Ticonderoga, [98], [99]. Acadia ceded to the English crown, [79]; disputes respecting its boundaries, ib.; reduced by Col. Monkton, [92]; the inhabitants transported, ib. Albany, meeting of colonial delegates there, [83]; a rendezvous for Indian traders, [117]. Algonquin family of Indians, found over a vast extent of territory, [35]; their inferiority to the Iroquois, [40]; points of distinction, ib.; their legends, [40]; and religious belief, [41]; Algonquin life, [38], [39]. Allegory uttered by Pontiac, [153]-155. Ambuscade at the Devil’s Hole, [330]; a convoy lost there, [330]; another ambuscade, [331]. Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, afterwards Lord Amherst, takes Louisburg, [98]; also Ticonderoga and Crown Point, [100]; captures Montreal, [110]; sends a force to take possession of the western posts, [126]; his contempt and careless treatment of the Indians, [138] note, [147]; his letter to Major Gladwyn, [182] note; his uncomfortable position, [297]; his inadequate comprehension of the Indian war, [298]; takes measures to reinforce the frontier garrisons, [299], [300]; hears of the murders near Detroit, [301]; determines on “quick retaliation,” [301]; wishes to hear of no prisoners, [302]; his blustering arrogance, [303] note; proposes to infect the Indians with small-pox, [304]; his anger at the feeble conduct of the Pennsylvania Assembly, [344]; resigns his office as commander-in-chief, [346]; his ignorance of Indian affairs, [388]. Andastes, swept away before the Iroquois, [32]; a remnant of them at Conestoga, [359] note. Armstrong, Colonel, his expedition against the Indians on the upper Susquehanna, [346]. Atotarho, name of the presiding sachem of the Iroquois: strange legend concerning the first of the name, [23], [24]. B. Baby, a Canadian near Detroit, supplies food to the garrison, [186]; scene between him and Pontiac, [193]; befriends the garrison, [214]. Ball-play, Indian, described, [250]; a prelude to the massacre at Michillimackinac, [250]. Barbarity, Indian, shocking instances of, [28], [61], [175], [176], [180] note, [201] note, [221], [252], [262], [290] note, [336], [337]. Bartram, John, the botanist, quoted, [26], [27] note. Beaujeu, a French captain, leads a sortie of French and Indians against Braddock’s army, [88]; wounded in the fray, [90]. Bedford, Fort, repels an Indian attack, [283]; crowded with fugitives, [306]; reinforced, [317]. Belètre, captain, commandant at Detroit, [128]; surrenders to Major Rogers, [129]. Bird, Dr. Robert M., his story of “Nick of the Woods,” [358]. Blacksnake, a Seneca warrior, [331] note. Blane, Lieutenant Archibald, commands at Fort Ligonier, [306]; successfully defends the fort against an attack of the Indians, [308], [309];