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New Kentucky, The, 205-225.
New Orleans, Wilkinson's trading expedition to, 71; proposed expedition against, 99,
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100; Spanish negotiations at, IO1; becomes an American possession, IIO; battle of, 126.
Newport, Kentucky volunteers at, 122.
Newspaper, first in Kentucky, 72.
Nicholas, George, attorney-general, 95.
Nicholas, Samuel Smith, lawyer, 201.
Ninth independence convention, 83.
Normal Schools, 212, 224.
North and South, difference in point of view, 151, 152; growth of enmity between, 162, Northern Bank of Kentucky, established, I43.
Northwest, end of war in the, 125. Nullification, doctrine of, 107.
O'Hara, Kane, 148.
O'Hara, Theodore, soldier and poet, 148.
O'Hara and His Elegies, by George W. Ranck, 148, n. I.
Observer and Reporter, Lexington, 159.
Official changes, important, 189.
Ohio Land Company in Kentucky, 12.
Ohio River, bounty lands granted on, 14; its importance to Kentucky, 71.
Old Court party, founded, 134; controversy with New Court party, 149.
"Old Wisdom," John Bradford known as, 94. Oldham, Colonel William, expedition against Indians, 88.
Omnibus Bill, Clay's, 156.
Opposition, to Lincoln in Kentucky, 196; to negro recruiting in Kentucky, 198.
Opposition party, 159.
Ormsby, Colonel, in Mexican War, 145.
Owen, Colonel Abraham, his death at Tippe- canoe, II5.
Owen County, named after Colonel Owen, 115; Confederate forces in, 174.
Owsley, Judge William, elected governor, 144.
Paducah, Federal forces at, 175; Confederate sentiment in, 177.
Paine, Brigadier General E. A., his oppressive military rule, 199, 200; deposed, 202.
Pakenham, General Sir Edward, commander at New Orleans, 126.
Palmer, General John M., 202, 217.
Panic, of 1873, 211; of 1892, 216.
Paper currency, and its effects, 128; abun- dance of, 143.
Paris, name of Houston's Station changed to, 84; Democratic Club in, 99. Parliament of Boonesborough, 22. Parraud's translation of Filson's History, 57. Party names, change of, 134, 135.
Patterson, Colonel Robert, settles at McClel-
lan's Station, 23; a founder of Lexington, 37; partner of Filson, 56.
Patterson, James K., president of State Col- lege, 212.
Payne, Brigadier General John, commander at Georgetown, 118.
Paynter, Thomas H., U. S. senator, 218.
Peace Conference at Washington, 165.
Peace, restoration of, 205-21I.
Penitentiary, Governor Blackburn's humane changes in, 213.
Perry, Commodore, his victory on Lake Erie, 122, 123.
Perryville battle of, 192.
Petitions to Virginia Assembly, 61, 65, 66; to the people, 61; of seventh convention, 79; against the Indians, 85.
Philadelphia, gift for Kentucky's centenary, 215.
Pierce, Franklin, elected President, 157.
Pilgrims settle Plymouth, 69.
Pillow, General Gideon J., Confederate com- mander, 182.
Pioneer days, 9-49.
Pioneer women of Kentucky, 23-27.
Pisgah, Kentucky Academy established at, 58.
Pittsburgh Landing, Grant encamps at, 183. Planetarium, Barlow's, 137.
Plymouth, settled by Pilgrims, 69.
Point Pleasant, battle of, 16-18, 19; victory of, 87; Colonel Shelby at battle of, 90.
Political Beginnings of Kentucky, The, by J. M. Brown, 73, n. I.
Political Club, founded at Danville, 74.
Political Club, The, by Thomas Speed, 74, n. I.
Political, issues in 1793, 98; situation in Ken- tucky, 105, 115; conflict in Kentucky, 127; contests of 1844, 143, 144; situation in 1864, 201, 202; situation from 1875, 213-225.
Politics, national, 217.
Polk, General Leonidas, invades Kentucky, 174, 175; offers conditional withdrawal, 175
Polk, James K., elected President, 144.
Ponce de Leon discovers Florida, 69.
Pope, John, offers amendment to Kentucky resolutions, 108.
Pope, William, appointed lieutenant colonel, 40.
Population of Kentucky County, 32; of Ken- tucky in 1850, 152.
Populist ticket, 216, 218.
Populists in legislature of 1896, 217.
Powell, Lazarus W., Democratic nominee for governor, 149; elected governor, 157.
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Powell's Valley, exploration of, 12, 16.
Power, Thomas, agent in Spanish conspira- cies, 101, 105.
Prentice, George D., editor of Louisville Journal, 159.
Presbyterians, in Kentucky, 84; Center Col- lege established by, 210.
Preston, Colonel William, surveyor, 14.
Preston, William, Confederate leader, 179; delegate to Virginia, 181.
Primary law, 222.
Proclamation, of neutrality in Kentucky, 169; of emancipation, 196.
Proctor, General, at Frenchtown, 119; at Fort Meigs, 121; pursuit of his army,
123; encamped at Moravian Towns, 125. Prohibition movement in Kentucky, 223.
Prohibition, 214, 216, 218, 223.
Prophet, Indian chief, 114.
Proslavery movement in Kentucky, 155.
Prosperity, financial, 128, 208, 211.
Provost marshals appointed, 187.
Public education in Kentucky, 212.
Public school system reformed, 210, 21I.
Publications of the Filson Club, 21, n. 2, 29, n. I, 74, n. 1, 213. Pulaski County, battle in, 181.
Radical or Republican party, 206.
Radical Union convention, 201, 202.
Radical Union party, 196, 200.
Rafinesque, Professor C. S., of Transylvania University, 137.
Raisin, Indian massacre at, 120.
Ranck, George W., author of The Traveling Church, 84, n. 1; author of O'Hara and His Elegies, 148, n. I.
Recapitulations, 18, 28, 39, 48, 58, 67, 80, 92, 103, 115, 126, 139, 150, 159, 171, 184, 194, 203, 211.
Recovery, Fort, General Wayne at, 100.
Recruits, Lincoln demands 197; opposition to negro, 197.
Red River, pioneer encampment on, 13.
Reform, in public school system, 210, 21I, 212; in legislation, 215.
Regulators or Kuklux, 209, 210.
Relief measures, after War of 1812, 129; attempt to revive, 143.
Relief party organized, 129; its temporary power, 131; becomes New Court party, I34.
Religious denominations in Kentucky, 84, 85. Repeal bill of court of appeals, 132.
Repeal of Alien and Sedition laws, 109; of Replevin law, 134.
Replevin law, passed, 129; declared uncon-
stitutional, 130; repealed, 134; decision against, 141.
Representatives, length of term and how chosen, 89, 230.
Republican party, opposed to Anti-Federal- ists, 99; strong in Kentucky, 108; Con- servatives unite with, 206; Freedmen's Bureau arouses opposition to, 209; in na- tional power, 214; their ticket in 1887, 214; their victory in 1895, electing first Re- publican State ticket, 216; elect Deboe U. S senator, 218; disputed election of 1899, 219; their victories in 1907 and 1908, 220, 221. Resolutions, of 1798, 107; of General Assem- bly, 175, 176.
Revival, religious, 112.
Revolutionary War, English strongholds dur- ing, 32; sentiment in Kentucky, 37.
Reynolds, Aaron, his speech at Bryan's Station, 45.
Rice, David, chairman of Transylvania Uni- versity board, 57.
Richmond, Burr's trial at, 112; Confederate government organized at, 174; battle of, 190.
Riflemen, gathering of, 46.
Robertson, George, member of Anti-Relief party, 129; judge in court of appeals, 201 ; his career, 201.
Robinson, Camp Dick, Federal regiments in, I74.
Robinson, James F., becomes acting gov- ernor, 189.
Rodman, John, elected attorney-general. 207. Rome, N. Y., formerly Fort Stanwix, 14.
Roosevelt, Theodore, author of St. Clair's Defeat, 88.
Rousseau, Lovell H., Unionist, 169.
Rowan, John, member of Relief party, 129. Ruddle's and Martin's stations captured, 39.
Russell, Captain, at Point Pleasant, 17.
Russellville, Confederate delegates at, 180.
Saint Asaph's, Saint Augustine, etc., see "St." Salt River selected for settlement, 16, 19.
School system, 210, 211, 212, 213. Schools in Kentucky, first, 38, 39, 57. Schools, Normal, 212, 224.
Scientific and artistic life in Kentucky, 137, 138.
Scotch-Irish race in Kentucky, 17, 26.
Scott, General Charles, member of Board of War, 87 ; his expedition against Indians, 88; commands Kentucky militia, 96; at Fort Recovery, 100; elected governor, 114; appoints Harrison commander of Ken- tucky militia, 118.
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Scott, J. M., commander of militia, 117.
Sebastian, Benjamin, his treachery to Ken- tucky, 76; receives pension, 80; judge in court of appeals, 96; agent in Spanish con- spiracies, 101, 105; his treachery exposed, IOI; trial of, 113.
Secession of Southern States, 162, 163.
Second constitutional convention, 108, 109. Second independence convention, 62.
Second invasion of Kentucky, 186, 195.
Second Spanish conspiracy, 101.
Self-protection, right granted Kentucky, 64. Senators, State, election, length of term, etc., 89, 230.
Separation of Kentucky from Virginia, first conventions for, 61, 62 ; first act of separa- tion, 62, 63; self-protection authorized, 63, 64; postponement of separation, 65-67; action in regard to Spanish conspiracy, 69-71; further conventions, 73; delay in presenting applications, 73-76; people's patience and prudence, 76, 77; opposing sentiments in regard to Virginia's course 77, 78; turning point in contest, 79; loyalty of Kentucky, 80; further delay in Congress, 82, 83, 84; last convention, 89; Kentucky becomes an independent State, 89; the new government, 89-92.
Settlements in Kentucky, early, 19, 27.
Seventh independence convention, 76, 77, 78. Shackleford, Colonel James N., Kentucky Federal leader, 182.
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, author of Ken- tucky, 92, n. 1; chief of geological survey, 2II.
Shawnee Indians in Kentucky, 16-18; yield Kentucky to the English, 19; rumored march against, 43 ; proposed attack against, 65.
Sheaf of Wheat inn, Governor Shelby's stay at, 95.
Shelby, Captain Evan, at battle of Point Pleasant, 17.
Shelby, Colonel Isaac, trustee of Transyl- vania University, 57; member of Board of War, 87; elected first governor of Ken- tucky, 90; account of, 90-92; his journey to Lexington, 93, 94; his inauguration, 94, 95; his address to the two houses, 95; drafts 1000 militiamen, 97; his position at time of French conspiracy, 100; at battle of Point Pleasant, 117; governor, 118; re- elected governor, 120, 121; at Newport, 122. Shiloh, battle of, 183, 184.
Siege of Boonesborough, 35, 36.
Silver, paper currency substituted for, 128; contest over free, 216, 217.
Simms, William E., Kentucky delegate to Virginia, 181.
Sisters of Loretto, convent of, 84.
Six Nations, Kentucky purchased from, 14, 19. Sixth independence convention at Danville, 75, 76.
Skins used as currency, 128.
Slaughter, Gabriel, becomes governor, 127. Slavery, prohibited in Kentucky, 90; Clay opposed to, 107 ; provisions for its continu- ation, 150; in revised constitution of Ken- tucky, 150, 152; as cause of Civil War, I51; in the South and in Kentucky, 151, 152; opposition to its abolition in Ken- tucky, 152, 153; question affected by an- nexation of Texas, 156; war necessary for its abolition, 173; abolished in District of Columbia, 186; property rights not to be interfered with, 186; Emancipation Procla- mation issued, 196; Thirteenth Amend- ment, 203; Freedmen's Bureau, 208, 209; negroes obtain right of suffrage, 209.
Slaves, characteristics of, 153, 154.
Smith, D. Howard, elected auditor, 207.
Smith, General E. Kirby, invades Kentucky, 190, 191; at Harrodsburg, 192.
Smith, General Green Clay, pursues Morgan, 189.
Smith, Z. F., superintendent of public instruc- tion, 207.
Social life in Kentucky in 1825, 136, 137.
South Carolina secedes, 162.
Southern point of view, how different from Northern, 151, 152.
Southern Rights convention against Lincoln, 202.
"Southern Rights" element in legislature, 167.
Southern States, slavery in, 151; secession of, 162.
Southern territory of United States, its extent, 69.
Spain, purposed alliance with, 78, 101; ani- mosity towards, 98; Lexington Club de- mands right of Mississippi from, 99; treaty with United States, IO1; cedes Louisiana to French, 109.
Spanish colony of St. Augustine founded, 69; possessions in America, 69, 70; conspiracy, first, 69-81 ; conspiracy, second, 101; con- spiracy, third, 105; silver dollars as cur- rency, 128.
Spanish Conspiracy, The, by T. M. Green, 71. Specie payment suspended, 143.
Speculation, bad results of, 143.
Speed, James, trustee of Transylvania Uni- versity, 57.
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Speed, James, votes for the Union, 169; an able lawyer, 201; joins Republicans, 207. Speed, Thomas, author of The Wilderness Road, 21, n. I; author of The Political Club, 24, n. I.
Spottsylvania County, Va., emigration from, 84.
St. Asaph's Station, delegates from, 21, 22. St. Augustine, Spanish colony, 69.
St. Clair, General Arthur, appointed com- mander in chief of army of Northwest, 87; Kentucky opposed to, 88; defeated at Wabash River, 89; retires from command, 97.
St. Clair's Defeat, by Theodore Roosevelt, 88, n. I.
Stanwix, Fort, treaty of, 14.
State banks, rise of, 143.
State College of Kentucky, 212.
State constitution, revision of, 108, 109, 150, 214, 215.
State Guards, 169, 176, 177.
State militia, in conflict with legislature in 1900, 219.
State penitentiary, Blackburn's humane changes in, 213.
State Rights, doctrine of, 107, 108, 151, 155.
State University, 212, 213, 224.
Statutory courts abolished, 215.
Steamboat invented, 102, 103.
Stephens, Alexander H., author of War be- tween the States, 151, n. I.
Stevenson, John W., elected lieutenant gov- ernor, 207; appointed governor, 207, 208; elected to U. S. Senate, 210.
Stewart, James, at battle of Point Pleasant, 17. Stewart, John, captured by Indians, 13.
Stoner, Michael, guide to surveyors in Ken- tucky, 16.
Stricken Heart, Convent of, 84.
Struggle for independence, in Kentucky, 50-92; beginning of, 59-68; end of, 82-92.
"Sue Munday," chief of guerrilla raiders, hung, 199.
Suffrage right, extent of, 90; negro, 209.
Sumter, Fort, first gun fired at, 165.
Superior court abolished, 215.
Supreme and superior courts, the judicial power, 89, 90.
Surrender of army of Northern Virginia, 203. Surveyors in Kentucky, 14, 15.
Sycamore Shoals, Indian assemblage at, 20.
Tate, J. W., elected treasurer, 207.
Taylor, General Zachary, in Mexican War, I45.
Taylor, Hancock, early surveyor, 14.
Taylor, Harrison, Conservative nominee for lieutenant governor, 206.
Taylor, William S., governor, 219.
Tecumseh, chief of Wabash Indians, 114; restrains massacre of Americans, 122; death of, 125.
Tenth convention, 83, 89.
Territory of U. S., extent of Southern, 69.
Texas, Clay's opposition to its annexation,
144; admitted to Union, 144; effect of its annexation, 156; secedes, 162.
Thames, battle of, 125.
Third independence convention, 62.
Third revision of State constitution, 150. Third Spanish conspiracy, 105.
Thirteenth Amendment, adopted, 203, 208; opposed by Kentucky, 203.
Thomas, Major General George H., at Mill Springs, 18r.
Thompson, James, surveyor, 40.
Thorne, William P., lieutenant governor, 224. Tilghman, General Lloyd, goes over to Con-
federates, 177; surrenders Fort Henry, 182. Timber regions in Kentucky, 21I.
Tippecanoe, battle of, 114, 115.
Tobacco war, 221.
Todd, Colonel Charles S., ambassador, 125.
Todd, Colonel John, surveyor in Kentucky,
15; member of first Harrodsburg court 29, 30; elected governor of Illinois County, 33; appointed colonel Fayette County, 40; at battle of Blue Licks, 46.
Todd, Major Levi, surveyor in Kentucky, 15; clerk of Kentucky County, 30; at siege of Bryan's Station, 45; at Blue Licks, 46, 47 ; intercourse with Filson, 56.
Todd, Thomas, second convention for inde. pendence, 61, 62; clerk of constitutional convention, 108; appointed judge in U. S. supreme court, 113; member of war coun- cil, 118.
Tompkins, Christopher, member of Anti- Relief party, 129; Anti-Relief candidate for governor, 131.
Tompkinsville, Morgan's army, at, 188.
Trade in America, 127.
Transition era in Kentucky, 212-225.
Transylvania, colony of, 20, 21; purchase an- nulled, 22; title annulled, 29.
Transylvania Seminary, 57, 83.
Transylvania University founded, 58; its high rank, 137; goes out of existence, 210.
Transylvania University, new, 212.
Trappist monks at Bardstown, 84. Traveling Church, Ranck's, 84.
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Treaties, of Fort Stanwix, 14; of Shawnee Indians, 17, 18; between U. S. and Great Britain, 50; with Spain proposed, 70; with Indians, 86; between U. S. and Spain, 101 ; of Ghent, 125; between U. S. and Mexico, 147.
Trigg, Stephen, at Logan's fort, 37; lieuten- ant colonel, 40; at Blue Licks, 46, 47.
Trimble, John, member Relief party, 129; associate justice, 132.
True American, abolition paper, 154, 155. Truman, Major, murdered by Indians, 97. Twelfth Street fort in Louisville, 34.
Twetty, Wm., cuts roads in Kentucky, 21. Tyler, President, admits Texas, 144.
"Underground railroad," 152.
Underwood, Judge Joseph R., member Oppo- sition party, 159; joins Union party, 169. Union party, 162-164, 166-168, 173, 174, 178, 196, 205.
United States Bank, at Louisville and Lexing- ton, 134; Jackson vetoes bill of recharter, 143.
Vera Cruz, capture of, 147. Vincennes, capture of, 33.
Virginia, Ketucky a part of, 14, 29; protects Kentucky settlers, 22; its relation to Ken- tucky, 59, 60; Kentucky petitions for sepa- ration from, 61, 62, 63; Kentucky's bitter- ness against, 66, 67, 77, 78 ; seventh conven- tion's address to, 79, 80; legislature's action in regard to Kentucky, 83; Kentucky sepa- rated from, 89; concurs with Kentucky, 108.
Wabash Indians, proposed attack on, 64; ex- pedition against, 88, 89; rebellion of, 114. Wadsworth, Wm. H., Union delegate to Congress, 170; opposes abolition, 186; against negro recruiting, 198; Republican, 207.
Walker, Dr. Thomas, pioneer, 12.
Wallace, Caleb, trustee Transylvania Uni- versity, 57 ; judge court of appeals, 96. Wallace, General Lew, at Cincinnati, 191. War between the States, Stephens's, 151. War debt, 128.
War Department, orders to Kentucky, 197. Warfield, Ethelbert D., author, 107.
Wars, Indian, 13, 14, 16-18, 21, 30-39, 40, 41, 59, 63, 64, 85-89, 97, 114, 115, 120, 122; French and Indian, 14, 32; Revolutionary,
37; War of 1812, 116-126; Mexican, 141- 150; Civil, 151-204.
Washington, George, President U. S., 83; his policy in French War, 98; his action in French conspiracy, 100; monument to, 155. Washington, Peace Conference at, 165.
Watauga River, Indian assemblage at, 20. Watauga settlement, volunteers from, 17.
Wayne, General, commander of armies of Northwest, 97; military ability, 98; cam- paign against Indians, 100, IOI.
Webster, Miss Delia A., abolitionist, 152, n. I. Wells, Colonel Samuel, rescues Floyd, 41, 42;
at Georgetown, 117; at Frenchtown, 119. West, Edward, invents steamboat, 103.
West, M. D., quartermaster general of State
Guards, 170; superseded by Dudley, 179. Wheeling, proposed attack on, 42.
Whig party, in power, 141, 143; downfall of, I57.
"White Renegade," Girty's nickname, 45, 46. Wickliffe, Charles A., at Peace Conference, 165; Union delegate to Congress, 170.
Wickliffe, D. C., editor, 159.
Wickliffe, Robert, Anti-Relief member, 129. Wilderness Road, 21, 53.
Wilkinson, General James, his store, 54, 55; his petition, 61 ; member fourth convention, 62, 63 ; inflames opposition against Virginia, 66, 70; his treasonable Spanish project, 70-72, 76; schemes in Fayette election, 77-80; in Indian warfare, 88,197; major general, 109, 110; New Orleans delivered to, IIO.
William and Mary College, 83.
Williams, Gen. John S., at Cerro Gordo, 147; Confederate leader, 179; U. S. senator, 213. Williams, John, clerk at Logan's fort, 37.
Willson, Augustus E., governor, 220, 221; candidate for U. S. Senator, 223.
Winchester, General, 118, 119.
Wolfe, Judge Nathaniel, Unionist, 159, 169. Wolford, Colonel Frank L., Federal, 181 ; pur- sues Morgan, 189; arrested, 198.
Woman Triumphant, group by Hart, 139. Woodford County established, 83, 84. Woolly, Aaron K., lawyer, 201.
Wyandots, Estill's pursuit of the, 42.
Yorktown, Cornwallis's surrender at, 50. Young, John C., president Center College, 210.
Zollicoffer, General, invades Kentucky, 175, 180; killed at Mill Springs, 181.
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