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Carmarthen, Marquis of, 27 Cass, Lewis, Col., 199; Gen., 252; Gov. of Michigan, 290 Champlain, Lieut., 294, 300 Chatham, Lord, quoted, 25 Chauncey, Com. Isaac, 263 Chew, Joseph (Br. Sec.), 129 Chicago, 193, 20I
Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss., 180 Chillicothe, Ohio, 198 Chittenden, Thomas, Gov., 24
Cincinnati, Ohio, named, 49 Civil government organized: in counties: Hamilton, 49; extended, 81; Kent, 151; Knox, 54; St. Clair, 49; Washington, 46; Wayne, 151; States: Kentucky, 85; Ohio, 162; Territories: II- linois, 172; Indiana, 158; Kentucky, 54; Louisiana, 160; Michigan, 165; Mis- sissippi, 156; Missouri, 192; Northwestern, 44, I57; Ohio, 158
Clark, Col. George R., 14, 35, 40
Clark, Gen. William, 175- 176, 184
Clarksville, Kentucky, 49
Clay, Gen. Green, 237, 245, 250, 252-253
Clinton, Gov. George, New York, 24
Colgreve, Col. William, 298
Communication, development of, 161
Connecticut cedes to the U. S. claims in Ohio, 39, 158; payments of land company to Aborigines, I64
Connolly, John, 43
Conspiracy of British and Tecumseh, 173-193; of Chief Nicholas, 6; of Pon- tiac, 7
Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 84 Croghan, Capt. George, 248, 257-259, 298-299 Councils, great Aborigine, 83-91
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Danville, Kentucky, 52 Davidson, Lieutenant, 200 Dayton, Ohio, 196 Debts, individual Br., State laws regarding, 28
Defiance, Ohio, 213, 214, 216; see Fort Defiance
Denny, Ebenezer, report of St. Clair's defeat, 68, 75 De Peyster, Maj. Arent S., 14, 19, 2I Desha, Captain, wounded, 299
Detroit, principal Br. post, 10-17, 43, 45, 50, 55, 65, 87, 99-101, 114, 120; sur- rendered to Americans, 148-149, 151, 154; British invade, 159; treaty at, 169; trading post at, 181, 196, 198; surrendered to Br., 202; again occupied by Americans, 285; Gen. Shelby at, 290; short ra- tions at, 291
Dickson, Scotch trader, 245 Dill, Captain, 197 Doolan, James, 253 Dorchester, Lord, engaged
in savage work, 11, 43; addresses Savages, 100,
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Dorchester-Continued
102; orders surrender of Am. forts, 147
Douglas, Ephraim, Am. agent to Aborigines, 19, 22 Doughty, Major, 49
Dudley, Col. William, massa- cred, 238
Dunlap, Colonel, 198
Dwight, Th., preferred dis- union to war, 99
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Eastman, Surgeon, 294 Elliott, Captain, 296
Elliott, Lieut. Jesse D., 262- 263, 266
Elliott, Matthew, Br. agent, Capt. and Col., 83, 88, 100, 106, 147, 214
Emissaries, British, French, and Spanish, 99, 192; Spanish, 152, I54; the Prophet's, 175
England, Col. Richard (Br.), 101, 106, 119, 146
Erie, Pa., 263, 265-266, 296 Eustis, William, 198
Expeditions, against the Sav- ages, 38, 48, 51-52, 64, 66, 220-221; through Canada, 280-282, 295, 297-302; against Mackinac, 298-300 Explorers, French, 1; Brit- ish, 2
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Fasting and Prayer, day of, 276 Federalists, adverse influence of, 99, 161, 186-187
Findlay, Col. James, 197-198, 2I 3 Findlay, Ohio, 198 Firelands, 164
Forts: abandoned by British in 1796, 145; Adams in Ohio, 109, 124, in Missis- sippi, 157; Amanda, 215; Auglaize, 125; Ball, 217;
Barbee, 213, 215, 217,
Dearborn, Chicago, 18I;
201; Defiance, III, II2, 114, 116, 117, 12I, I22, 124-126, 137, 138; Deposit, Wayne's, 112, 113, Win- chester's, 223, 228-229; Erie, British, 88, 262-263; Feree, 216; Findlay, 190, 198, 217; Finney, 37; George at Niagara, 227, 264; Greenville, 96, 105, 123, 125; Hamilton, 67, 73, 83, 85; Harmar, 46; Harrison, 210, 2II, 213; Hawkins, Ga., 180; In- dustry, 164-165; in 1801, 160; Jefferson, 67, 76, 96, 97; Jennings, 213, 215; Lernoult, Detroit, 13, 147, 148, 290; Loramie, 125; McArthur, 197, 217; Mack- inac, 147, 181, 201, 298; Madison, 181 ; Malden, Brit- ish, 147, 168, 189, 192, 200-201, 214; Massac, 100, 252; Meigs, 230-231; be- sieged, 235-243, 251, 278, 297; Miami, British, 101, 102, 115, 119, 145; Miami, American, 147, 148, 201; Necessity, 197, 217; Osage, 181; Piqua, 125; Pitt, 48; Portage, 229, 252, 295; Prairie du Chien, 300; Recovery, 97, 102, 105; Refuge, 85, 187, 205; St. Clair, 96; St. Joseph, 299; St. Marys 125; St. Stephens, 180; Seneca, 251; Shelby, 290; Spanish, 153, 157; Stephenson, 256; Steuben, 48, 66; Turtle Island, British, 101, II8, II9; Vincennes, 40, 48; Wash- ington, 49, 54, 57, 67, 95, 148; Wayne, 56, 124, 132, 135, 137, 149, 162, 178, 181, 186, 188, 193; besieged, 207-208, 210; Winchester, 216, 229, 245, 276, 296
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Fourth of July celebrations, 139, 249 France and Spain, offended by Jay Treaty, 152-155; emissaries of, 99, 152, 154 Frankfort, Kentucky, 205 Franklin, Benjamin, quoted about the British, 28 Fremont, Ohio, 217
Fur trade, American, 92, 163, 182; British, 4, 80, 182
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Gaines, Colonel, 254 Gamelin, Antoine, peace agent, 49 Gano, Gen. John S., report, 294-296 Gardiner, Quartermaster, 295 Germain, Lord, savagery of, II Ghent, Treaty of Independ- ence at, 302-307
Gibson, Captain, slain, 105 Girty, Simon, renegade, 88 Grasson, Surgeon, slain, 74 Gratiot, Captain, 298
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Greenville, Ohio, Wayne's treaty at, 139-143; second treaty at, 291; see Fort Greenville
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Haldimand, Sir Frederick, Gov. of Canada, 23, 24 Hamilton, Alexander, 93 Hamilton, Captain, 237 Hamilton, Henry, Lieut .- Gov. of Canada, 10 Hamilton, Ohio, 67 Hammond, George, Ist Br. Min., 31, 91, 93 Hamtramck, Maj. John F., 54, 82, 132-133; report, 145-146, 148 Hardin, Col. John, 48, 56-57, 64; murdered by Savages, 82 Harmar, Gen. Josiah, 40, 45,
51; disastrous ex. agt. Savages, 54-58, 67 Harrison, William H., Sec. N. W. Ter., 156; Ist Rep. in Cong., 157; Ist Gov. of Ind., 158, 163, 175, 177- 178; Gen., 182-184, 186- 187; at Battle of Tippe- canoe, 190; visits Kentucky 205-207; supersedes Gen. Winchester, 214-216, 228; builds Ft. Meigs, 230, 231, 234; broad supervision of, 248, 252-253, 256; urged bldg. armed vessels on Lake Erie, 263; captures Br. army at the Thames, 288; goes to aid Army of the Centre, 292; resigns mili- tary com., 293; at second Treaty of Greenville, 291 Heald, Nathan, in com. Ft. Dearborn, Chicago, 193 Henley, Samuel, Quarter- master, 148
Hicks, Lieut. Porter, sur- renders Ft. Mackinac, 201 Holmes, Capt. Jeremiah, ex. through Canada, 297; slain, 299 Hospital ships, 280 Howard, Spanish General, I53 Howard, Gov. of Missouri Territory, 192, 206
Hull, William, Col., 24; Gov. Mich. Ter., 165, 167-168, 171, 177, 185, 193; urges mil. and naval forces, 195- 196; commissioned Brig .- Gen., and marches to De- troit, 196-201; surrenders to Br., 202-203 Hunt, Col. Thomas, 207
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Illinois Country, 48, 99 Illinois Territory organized, 205
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Indiana Territory organized, 205 Indians, a misnomer, 5; see Aborigines
Inefficiency of U. S. Govern- ment, 151
Inness, Judge Henry, 52, 62 Interpreters at Treaty of Greenville, 14I
Ironside, George, Br. trader, advice of, to Savages, 126
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Jackson, Lieut., wounded, 299
Jefferson, Thomas, Gov. of Va., 16; Sec. of State, 31; in Congress, 34; Sec. of State, 93; against Spanish, 100; President, for La. pur., 160; advice to sav- ages, 167-168
Johnson, Col. Guy, Br. agent, 26, 84 Johnson, Lieut .- Col. James, 275
Johnson, Sir John, Br. agent, ad. to Savages, 22, 42, 84 Johnson, Col. John, 181, 185- I86
Johnson, John, renegade, 299 Johnson, Col. Richard M., 208, 245, 248-249, 275, wounded, 289
Johnson, Stephen, clerk, slain, 2II Johnson, Sir William, Br. Supt., 84
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Kaskaskia, Illinois, 54 Kentucky, 53; organized as Territory, 54; troops of, 54, 56, 103, 108, 123, 205- 208, 240, 277; Board of War of, 62; organized as State, 85; disunion emis- saries in, 99, 152 Kethtipecanunk, Ind., 65
King George III., timidity of, 25; for savagery, 26 Knox, Gen. Henry, Sec. of War, 24, 47; reports of, 75, 80-91
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Lafayette, Ind., 64 Lake Erie, armed vessels recommended for, 196, 262-264
Lake St. Clair, 280, 289, 301 Land offices in Ohio, 158
Land titles at Vincennes, 49; in Ohio, 158
Larwell, Major, in Canada, 295
Lasselle, brothers, deserters from Br., 133-134
LeChauvre, Br. trader, 136
Lee, Arthur, Treaty Com., 35 Lee, Captain, expedition through Canada, 297 Leftwich, Va. General, 23 I
Le Maître, Francis, Br. Mil. Sec., 119
Lewis, Capt., messenger to Canada, 147-148
Lewis, Col. William, 207, 224, 227 Lincoln, Benjamin, Sec. of
War, 19; Peace Com., 86 Loftus Heights, Miss., 157
Logan, Benjamin, on Board of War, 62
Logan, Capt. John, 207-8 Loss of life, 38, 45, 47, 51-53; in Harmar's army, 58, 64, 66; in St. Clair's army, 74, 82, 86, 96, 102-105; in Wayne's army, 114, 121- I22, 187; in Harrison's army, 191, 213, 219-221; Winchester's army, 226- 227; at siege of Fort Meigs, 235, 238, 242-243, 250- 251; at Fort Stephenson, 257-258; in Perry's battle on Lake Erie, 271; in Har- rison's battle of the Thames
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Loss of life-Continued
289 ; in expeditions in Can- ada, and North, 298-299, 30I Lower Sandusky, Ohio, now Fremont, 217 Lowry, Lieut., slain, 96
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M'Afee, Capt. Robert B., 208, 219, 251, 276, 279 McArthur, Col. Duncan, 196, 198; General, 252, 278, 286; exp. through Canada, 300- 302
McCune, Captain, 252-253 McKee, Alexander, Br. agent, 85, 87, 91, 100, 104-106, 115, 118, 119, 127, 129, 134, 168, 185 McKeehan, Surgeon, 260-261 McMahon, Major, 102-103 McPherson, Captain, 200 Madison, Maj. George, 226- 227 Madison, Pres. James, 198, 303 Marietta, Ohio, 49
Marschalk, Captain, 148
Mason, J., Supt. trading agencies, 180 Massachusetts cedes claim in the Ohio Country, 36 Massacres by the Savages, 79, 202, 221, 238, 24I Massie, Lieutenant, 134-135 May, William, 83, 85 Meek, Major, 295 Meigs, Gov. Return J., 196, 202, 205 Miami Villages, 50, 56-57, 66, IIO, 122, 132 Michigan Territory organized 165; under British rule until 1796, 148; settlements in, 191-192; 285-286, 290 Miller, Christopher, captive, III, II4 Missouri Territory organized, 192
Money, kinds of in 1796, 149 Montjoy, Lieutenant, 252 Montreal merchants lose trade, 80
Morris, Gouverneur, agent to London, 28
Morrow, Jeremiah, Peace Com., 202 Muir, Br. Major, 234, 238 Murray, Br. Major Patrick, 55
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Navarre, Peter, messenger, 225 Navigation of Mississippi River, 39, 40, 99
Navies on Lake Erie, Am. and Br., 262-273 Newport, Kentucky, U. S. Arsenal in, 277
Niagara, 199; frontier re- lieved, 300-302
Northwestern Territory, con- ditions in 1814, 294-296. See under Civil Organiza- tions
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Ohio Company of Associates, 37
Ohio Country, efforts to open for settlers, 36; increasing interest in, 157; uniform land titles in, 49, 158
Ohio Territory, population of in 1796 and 1800, 159; in 1802, 162; organized as a State, 162
Ohio troops first in the field in the War for Independ- ence, 196, 199 ; surrendered to the British by Gen. Hull, 202, 203-204, 209, 213; Gen. Tupper's com., 217, 252, 266, 280, 294-296 Oliver, William, messenger, 181, 237 Ordinance of 1787, 44
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Ottawa Towns, 213, 217 Ouiotenon, Ind., 64-66 Overton, Major, 226 Owens, Col. Theodore D., 253
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Packet, Lieutenant, 296 Parsons, Samuel H., Judge, 44 Patriotism, absolution from, 207-208 Paul, Col. George, 252 Payne, General, 228 Peace Commissioners, 86;
prisoners of the British, 88; report of, 91; for closing War of 1812, 302; over- tures unavailing, 80, 82; victory of, 131; Wayne's last overture for, III
Pennsylvania, savagery in, 79; troops from, 48, 54, 56, 216, 23I
Perry, Oliver H., builds armed vessels, 263-273; captures all of Br. squad- ron, 269; aids invasion of Canada, 286; loses trophies in storm, 289; goes to
Buffalo, 292
Perrysburg, Ohio, 230
Pickering, Timothy, 86
Pinckney, Thomas, Ist Min- ister to Great Britain, 3 I Piqua, Ohio, 206 Pogue, Colonel, 215 Pontiac, 7, 79, 172
Population, of Michigan Ter. in 1811, 191; of Ohio Ter.
in 1796 and 1800, 159; in 1802, 162
Poquette, Francis, slain, 159 Port Clinton, Ohio, 277 Porter, Capt. Moses, 148
Presque Isle, of Maumee River, 113, 223 ; of Maumee Bay, 229; Erie, Pa., 263 Prisoners, Am., 201, 227, 243 ; Br. 243, 260, 273, 289 Proclamations, of neutral-
ity, 31, 100; for peace by Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Gen. Wayne, 81-82 Proctor, Col. Thomas, 63 Proctor, Col. and Gen. Henry A., Br., at Battle of the Raisin, 227; Siege of Fort Meigs, 235-239; at Fort Stephenson, 259; down- fall at the Battle of the Thames, 288; asks more than he would accord to others, 292
Prophet, the Shawnee, 174- 189 Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, 266, 27I Put-in-Bay Island, 271, 296 Putnam, Gen. Rufus, 82
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Quebec, 227 Quincey, Josiah, opposed Louisiana purchase, 187
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Raisin River, lesson of defeat at, 228
Randolph, Gov. Beverly, 62, 86
Refuge forts built, 85, 187, 205
Religious missionaries, 6, 1 59 Reports, from Am. mil. posts, 175-189; Gen. Gano, 294- 296; Col. Hamtramck, 132- I36; Peace Commissioners, 91, 95-96, 102, 112, 114, 116, 117, 127, 140 Reservations: for Aborigines, 170; for United States, 35 Revolutionary War, no peace after, 17; see under War Reynolds, James, Surgeon's Mate, 200
Richardson, Br. Major, re- port of cannibalism, 239 Richardville, Chief Jean B., I34
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Rivers, along which the Aborigines lived, derived much of their food, and passed their happiest mo- ments when not on the war-path : Auglaize, 75, 83- 84, 90, 97, 105-106, 109, III, 125, 169, 245; Blan- chard, 197, 213, 217; Cuy- ahoga, 35, 39, 249; Detroit Strait, 267, see under De- troit; Eel, 65, 66, 82; Illinois, 164; Mad, 39; Mau- mee, 35, 49-51, 54-56, 59, 65-66, 75, 82, great coun- cils by, 83-91, 101, 104- 106, 109; excels in beauty, IIO, great emporium of the hostiles, II-III, 115, 118, 125, 128, 146, 164, 169, 196, 199, 207, 245; Miami, 37, 67, 125; Mis- sissippi, discovery of, 1; navigation of, 39, 40, 99; Niagara, 263-264; Ohio, Rapids of, 45, 47-49, 65- 66, 88-89, 98, 148, 164; Portage, 229, 252, 266; Raisin, battle and massacre at, 224-227, 291 ; Sandusky, 35, 128, 216; St. Clair Strait, 298, 301; St. Marys, 124, 208; Scioto, 81, 142, 174, 197; Swan Creek, 118, 119, 164; Thames, Canada, 286-287, 297; Tiffin, IIO; Tippecanoe, 174, 190; Tus- carawas, 35; Wabash, 45, 48-49, 54, 64, 66, 68, 82, 154, 164; White, Ind., 153 Roads, treaty for, 171-172 Roche de Bout, Rock point, French landmark in Mau- mee River, 112, 145, 196
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St. Clair, Arthur, 43; Gov. N. W. Ter., 44, 46, 49, 54-55, 63, 66; army, 67; defeat of, 68, 75, 81
St. Clair, Arthur, naval offi- cer, 298
St. Marys, Ohio, 125, 208 Sandusky, Ohio, 181
Sargent, Winthrop, Sec. N. W. Ter., 44, 54, 151, 153; Gov. Miss. Ter., 156 Savages, allied to Br. against Americans, II-17; massed with Br., 235; see, also, under Aborigines, Massa- cres, and Cannibalism
Scalps, bought of Savages, 6, 13, 282 ; exhibited to Br. to show effective work, 104 Schaumberg, Captain, 146, I54 Scott, Gen. Charles, 51, 62, 64-65; reinforces Wayne, 108, 122; Gov. of Ken- tucky, 205 Scott, Colonel, 207
Scott, Col., afterwards Gen., Winfield, 263
Settlements, 45; inefficient protection of, 60; receive impetus and stability, 160, 171; petition for protection 190-19I
Shelby, Gen. Isaac, member Board of War, 62; Gov. of Kentucky, 277; with Har- rison at Battle of the Thames, 289
Sickness: influenza (la grippe) in Wayne's army, 95-96; among the British and Savages, 119; in Winches- ter's army, 218-219; at Fort Meigs, 247
Siege, of Fort Wayne, 207- 209; of Fort Meigs, 238- 242; second investment, 251-255
Simcoe, Col. John Graves, Lieut .- Gov. Canada, 80, 86, 100; builds Ft. Miami by Maumee, 101, 114, 127- I28
Sinclair, Capt. Patrick, Br. Com. Fort Mackinac, 15
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Slaves, African, at Detroit, I9I
Slocum, Charles E., History of The Maumee River Basin, 21, 136; on the six Forts Miami, 201
Slough, Captain, at St. Clair's defeat, 68
Smiley, Major, Expedition through Canada, 295
Spain, scheme to capture territory of, 43, offended by Jay Treaty, 152; builds forts in Am. territory, 153; abandons forts, 157; pro- tection of against Br., 155; cedes Louisiana to France, I60
States organized, see under Civil Organizations
Steuben, Baron von, 23
Stewart, Commander, 196, 262 Stickney, Major Benjamin F., 193 Symmes, John C., Judge, 45 T
Tecumseh, Shawnee chief, conspiracy of with the "Prophet" and Br., 174, 182, 187, 189, 254; slain, 288
Temple, Sir John B., Br. consul, 27
Territories west of the Alle- ghany Mts .: N. W., 80, 144, 146, 156, 158; S. W. I4I, 144, 156-157; see also, under Civil Organiza- tions, Northwestern Terri- tory, Ohio Country, and Union with U. S. Imperilled Tiffin, Ohio, 217
Tories, loyalists, 30, 43, 93 Trading agencies for the Ab- orgines, 128, 177, 180, 182 Treaties, with Aborigines: 1784, 34; 1785, 35, 36; 1786,37-38; 1789, 46; 1792,
82; 1795, 138-143; 1803, 163; 1804-05, 164-165; 1807, 168-170; 1808, 171- 172; 1809, 178-179; 1814, 291; object of, 173
With Great Britain: 1783, at Paris, 18, 23, 24; 1794, by John Jay, 146; 1814, at Ghent, 302-307
With Spain, 1795, 144 Between France and Spain against the U. S:, 1796, 152 With France, 1800, 160 Trimble, Major David, 237 Truman, Alexander, peace messenger, killed by the Savages, 82
Tryon, Gov. William, Br., 13 Tupper, S., agent, 177; Gen., 204, 217 Turner, Captain on Lake Hu- ron, 300
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Union with United States Imperilled, 40, 43-45, 152- 154, 161, 166
United States beset on all sides, 98-99; see under Federalists; inefficiency of government of, 60-61 ; mil- itary posts held by Br. in, 23 ; reservations of land, 35, 138-143 ; troops of, 45, 48-49, 55-57, 67, 72, 96, 252-253, 262, 266 Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 217 Urbana, Ohio, 196, 204
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Vance, Major, 295 Van Horn, Capt., wounded, 299 Varnum, James M., Judge, 44 Vincennes, 49, 179, 196
Virginia, cedes claim in Ohio Country to the U. S., 34; troops from, 48, 62, 216, 231; savagery in, 79
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Walker, Lieut., slain, 234 War, Board of, 62
War of 1812, the War for Independence, 195; Inde- pendence assured, 307-308 Washington, George, General, 16, 23, 26; President, 44, 49, 58, 63, 75, 80-81, 84, 86, 100, 102; Lieut .- Gen., 157 Wayne, Gen. Anthony, chos- en to lead third army against the Savages, 81, 83-84; reports to Sec. of War, 95-96, 102, 112, 114, 116, 117, 127, 140; meets hydra of opposition, 100; is caught under falling tree, 109; at Battle of Fallen Timber, 113; makes treaty at Greenville, 138-143; death of, 149, 150
Wells, Capt. William, 175, 201; murdered and eaten, 202
Western confederacy advo- cated, 40, 43-45, 152-154, 161, 165-166
Western Reserve, Connecti- cut's, 39, 158, 164
Wilkinson, Gen. James, 43, 64, 66-67, 76, 82, 97; suc- ceeds Gen. Wayne, 146, 148, 157 Williams, General, 149 Winchester, Gen. James, 206- 207; great sufferings of his army at Defiance, 218- 220, 222-223; army de- stroyed at the Raisin, 224- 226 Wood, Capt., builds Fort Meigs, 230-23I Worthington, Thomas, 198, 202 Wyllys, Major, slain, 57
Z Zeisberger, Rev. David, diary quoted, 21
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