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award in visionary schemes, 475
Mathewson vs. Welles, fully treated in Appendix A, 591-622
Mathewson, Elizabeth, 2nd, married Benjamin Mckean, 483
Maxwell, Guy, acts as clerk at Picker- ing treaties, 186; the Indians adopt him and his descendants, 186; in charge of Hollenback's store, 252; removes to Newtown in 1795, 252, 514 Maxwell, Thomas, son of Guy, 179, 186 McDowell, Daniel, 245-6
McDowell, Judge John, 245, 514
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McDuffee, Daniel, comes to Tioga
Point as agent and probable pur- chaser of Erwin, 314; family still living on original purchase, note, 314
McDuffee, Rebecca, marries Horatio McGeorge, 502
McDuffee, Ferdinand, Beau Brummel of the Point, 346
McElhoe, Robert, purchases Patter- son's right, 239; sells it in 1805, 239 McGeorge, Horatio T., 502
McKean, Samuel, prominent politician of early Bradford, 454; attacked by Washingtonian, 456; from strong friend of C. F. Welles becomes bit- ter opponent, 457-8; his actions dis- closed in letter from Henry and C. F. Welles, 458; war of words ends in libel suit between former friends, 458; triumphs again in heated cam- paign of 1825, 466
McKinney, Henry, early settler in vil- lage, 581
Mckinstry, John, 303
Mengwe, Delaware name for Iroquois, 23
Merchants and shops of old Tioga Point, 431-2; extracts from account books, 431-2; amusing accounts of new merchants by Stephen Tuttle, 433-4; imprisonment for store debts enforced, 435; merchants protest against hawkers, 435
Methodist Church, 559
Mile Hill, 15, 278
Militia, organization, equipment, gen- eral training days, etc., 437-9
Miller, William, 252; location, 253 Milltown Neighbors, 582-3
Minquas or Andastes, 21, 30
Mirror of the Times, suppression of, 455
Montour family, puzzling history un- ravelled by Gen. John S. Clark, 107; first notice of M. Montour, note, 107; Madame Montour, 107-8; French Margaret, her daughter, and the mother of Queen Esther, 108; Cath- erine and Catherinestown, 109; older Montours prominent at treaties, 108-9; tradition of Painted Post, 114; mention of Andrew, 76
Monsey Indians approve peace treaties of 1757, 92, 93
Moore, Daniel, 252; location, 253
Moore's Ferry established in 1785, 525 Moravian missionaries in the Susque- hanna Valley, 71-3; mission estab- lished at Old Sheshequin, 105; diary and statistics of, 105-6; abandoned in 1772, 107
Morley family, 424-5
Morley, Alvin, 576
Morley, Gad Harmon, 576
Morley, Isaac, 3rd, narrative of, 424-5
Morley's Mill, 542
Morris, Robert, 254
Murray, Noah, Universalist preacher, early Justice, etc., 324
Murray, Abner, son of Noah, 425
Murray, Noah, Jr., active citizen, school teacher and Justice, 491
Murray, Elizabeth, daughter of Noah, Sr., 345
Murray's Inn, erected by Abner, 426 Museum-Library, given to town by Jesse Spalding, 555
NANTICOKE INDIANS, 22, 76 ; a southern tribe, 170; living at Diahoga, 78; at Chenango Point 1730, 23; revolting burial customs, 91
Narrows of Susquehanna described by N. P. Willis, 5
Navigation of Susquehanna River con- sidered a great project, 349; various surveys, appropriations and experi- ments, 520-525 ; finally decided im- practical, 525
Neighbors east of the Susquehanna, 580-2
Nevins, J. W., early Methodist preach- er, 513
Newcastle, or Cashiowaya, sent on a mission to Indians by the Governor, 79-80; returns bringing Teedyus- cung, 82 ; claims to be bewitched by Delawares, 83; great influence in re- storing peace, 83; authorized agent of Pennsylvania, 83; sent to Six Na- tions, 84
"New Purchase" from Indians con- summated in 1784, 253
Newspapers of early Athens, 573-4 New State project, 269; well exploited in Colonial Records, 270; Ethan Al- len agrees to assist in erection, 274- 80; settlement of Athens decided upon as part of scheme, 274; inter- cepted letters reveal scheme, 280-1; Benjamin Franklin interested, 281; names of conspirators, 280; various letters concerning scheme, 282-3; constitution drawn up by Oliver Wolcott, later Governor of Connec- ticut, 285; letters concerning scheme, 280-91.
Newtown battlefield marked, 585
Nicholson, John, 254 Nichols neighbors, 584
Nitchsman, Susanna, first white pris-
oner recorded as detained at Dia-
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hoga, horrors of captivity cause her death, 77
North Branch Canal, projected in 1827, 532; surveyed and begun, de- layed, suspended, etc., 533; sold by state and purchased by organized company of private citizens, 535; towpath ultimately used for road bed of Lehigh Valley R. R., 536
OLD PIONEER MEETINGS, 514-6; insti- tuted by Thomas Maxwell and Judge McDowell "to save from oblivion history of settlement of Chemung and Susquehanna Val- leys," 514
Old Time Sports, hunting, fishing, etc., 538-40
Oneida Indians, meaning of name, 23 Onochsae, 44; at Meshoppen, 45
Onondogas, 21; meaning of name, 23; called Entonhonorons by Champlain, 34
Onondoga or Onondaga, headquarters or council town of Iroquois, 72, 73. 80
Ontario County, set off from Luzerne, later name changed to Bradford, 395 Original Proprietors of Athens, lists, explanations, etc., 300-311
Oscolui, old Indian town at mouth of Sugar Creek, 44, 45
Ovenshire, Samuel, purchaser of Pat- terson's location, family still in pos- session, 239
Overton, Thomas, arrives at Tioga Point as agent of Jos. Wharton, 384; arranges to purchase Red Tavern, 384-5, 599; Mrs. Matthewson with- draws from agreement and arrests him, 386; later lives at Ulster, 384 Overton, William, son of Thomas, 487
PAGE, THOMAS, 577
Paine, Clement, 332-4; interesting cor- respondence of, 338, 339, 342, 344, 345, 399; active in improving town, 399 ; protests against Intrusion Law, 405; removes to Troy, note, 333
Paine, David, 331-4; made clerk of Susquehanna Company, 333; letters of. 340-2; plans to erect house, 342 ; very active for Susquehanna Com- pany, 344; asks advice of Col. Jenk- ins concerning controversy, 347 ; val- uable comments on politics and con- troversy, 411; purchases Alexander property, 415; establishes first libra- ry in 1815, 481; home a centre of literary culture, 403; death, 574
Park, Chester, 497; licensed to exhort, 559
Park, Dana, 497
Park, Moses and Amos, 559
Parks, Thomas, settled at State Line in 1783, 238
Parry, William, 484-5
Part I, History of Tioga Point Before Settlement by Whites, 3
Part II, The Connecticut Claim, 220 Part III, The Pennsylvania Claim, 352 Part IV, General History, 1785-1860, 479
Patrick, Harris W., teacher, lawyer and "town builder," 500
Patterson, Benjamin, first settler in Athens Township, 238; his location, 239; sells possessory right to Mc- Elhoe, 239; buys Connecticut right of Waterman Baldwin, 239; moves to Chenango, 239
Patterson, Judge, report on Confirming and Compromise Acts, 617
Paxinosa, Shawanese chief, lived at Teaoga, as well as at Wyoming, 76- 8; speaker in Newcastle's council, 80; removes to Ohio 1758, 94
Pennamite Wars, 227
Penn family, their feudal methods in granting land, 235 ; grants under pre- emption deed of 1736, 236; grant to John Anderson in 1742, 236
Pennsylvania claim to "Indian Ar- row," summary of value, 449
Pennsylvania claims at Tioga Point, advance of, 349; coming of claim- ants to Tioga Point, 353; Lockhart's claim purchased by Richard Caton and George and Ashbel Welles, 353; transaction consummated, 356; copy of Lockhart's deed, 356; various legal transactions listed, 378; for further information see Welles-Mat- thewson Controversy, and Appendix A, 591
Pennsylvania titles under Province and State, 235
Perkins, Edward H., 486-7
Perkins, George A., 485-6 Physiography of the Valley, 7-16 Physicians of early Athens, Hopkins, Huston, Kiff, Hoyt, Corbin, Allen, 567-72
Pickering, Timothy, appointed by Washington to conduct treaties, 174; active in ending new state scheme, 294; seizure of as hostage for Franklin, 295; abductors acting under orders of Jenkins and McKin- stry, 295 ; deposition of Garret Smith and others as to plans for abduction, 307; released, 295
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Pioneers, 200 Pioneer Life, 537-43
Pioneers, third generation, active cit- izens in 1860, 518
Pike, John M., last proprietor of "Ir- win's Tavern," 513
Political campaign of 1844 a lively one, Athens becomes banner town of Democrats, and has banner pre- sented, 510-12
Pomeroy, M. M. (Brick), 573
Population of Athens in 1858, 518 Post, Christian Frederick, worthy German, sent on mission to Western Indians, 94; sent on mission to Sus- quehanna Indians, 96; second mis- sion to Ohio, 97; visits Diahoga, 97 Post routes and stage coaches, 529-31 Pottery, Indian, in Murray garden un- usual, 199; group of buried pottery, 202; discovery of place of manufac- ture, kiln, etc., 207; method of pro- cedure, 208; many forms and ma- terials used here, 209
Prentice, Dr. Amos, 569
Prentice, William, first lawyer and postmaster, 398
Prisoners at Tioga Point, their nar- ratives, 77, 78, 84, 85, 113, 123, 124, 125
Proctor, Col. --- , sent by Wash- ington to northwest Indians, 182; his journal of the expedition, 190-4; at Tioga Point, 191; account of In- dian worship, 194
Protestant Episcopal Church establish- ed, 560-1
Province changed to State, 253; es- tablishes land offices for vacant lands, and for those in "new pur- chase," 253
Proprietaries (Penn's agents) grant early warrants, 106, 236; obliged to relinquish jurisdiction to State, 253 Pumpelly, James, 365; his survey of Tioga Point, 366
QUEEN ESTHER, true story of, 107-8; plants a town some distance north of Sheshequin, exact location easily decided, 109; her personality, 111- 14; description of town and castle, 111-13; town destroyed, 112; savage behavior at Wyoming, 111-12; Mrs. Whittaker's account, 113; pleasant story of Esther, 114; interesting rel- ics of Esther's town in Museum, 112, 205
"Quieting Acts," various ones given, 381, 596; disdained by Connecticut settlers, 381
RAFTS in common use to ship lumber and produce, 521; perils of running the river, 522
Raids on frontier not ended by Sul- livan Expedition, 166; last one the attack on Roswell Franklin's home, 168; Indians incited to raids by scalp bounty, Benjamin Franklin's. "deliberate fiction," 169
Red Jacket, 178-9, 181, 187
Reeves, Joseph B., 501
Religious meetings of interest in Milan- and Ulster, 560
Report of committee to Legislature "respecting the territorial contro- versy at Wyoming," recommend a military force to be posted at "point of Tioga," 344
River craft, from dug-out to steam- boat, 521-5
Roads, first public ones, 527-8
Roberdeau, Gen. Daniel, a friend to George Welles, 355
Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Duc de la, visits Tioga Point 1795, 214 Roman Catholic Church, 560
Rose, Dr. Robert, arrives as agent for Pennsylvania landholders, 386; en- courages Connecticut settlers, 386; friendly to both parties, 388; first came as agent of commissioners, 418 ; has surveyor at work, 419; calls meeting 1808, and proposes applica- tion to Legislature, 427 Round Top, view from, 4 Rural Amity Lodge, No. 70, 572-3
SALTMARSH FAMILY, 397, 398, 494 Sapoonies, Indian tribe, origin un - known, 72, 169
Sasquesahannocks, see Susquehanna Indians
Satterlee, Daniel, 547
Satterlee, Elisha, aggressive Connec- ticut man at Wyoming, 286; leader of Swift's and Satterlee's Band, 304; proclamation concerning him and comrades, 273; strong adherent of Col. Franklin, 309-310; assists in laying out Athens, 274; settles here in 1788, 294; continues to defy Penn- sylvania, 424; a leader of the Wild Yankees, 412; biography, 306-8; or- iginal spelling Satterly, 308; ex- changes use of lots with Matthew- son, 422-3; Mrs. Matthewson brings suit against, long litigation, deposi- tions valuable historically, 423 ; Judge Huston's notes of evidence, 603-6; applies for Pennsylvania title, 430 Satterlee, Dr. Elias, executor of Elisha Matthewson, 382, 385, 599
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Satterlee, Benedict, early school teach- er at Tioga Point, 547
Satterlee, John Franklin, 308; becomes influential citizen, 452; buys Irwin Tavern, 453; an opponent of the Welleses, changes twice, seeks friendship, 463
Satterlee, Orrin Day, 508
Satterlee, Samuel, petitions Legisla- ture to include Bedford, Ulster and Athens, 393; letter to Henry Welles, 393
Satterlee vs. Matthewson, instituted, 423; depositions valuable historical- ly, 423; verdict rendered by Chief Justice Huston, 450; see also Ap- pendix A
Sawyer family, 513, 517 Sayre, 4
Schotts, John Paul, 302
School History, 545-55
School Lands, 545-7
Schools, 547-8
Scouting parties between Wyoming and Tioga Point, 120-2
Scull, Nicholas, makes maps for the proprietaries, 39
Second New State scheme, 335
Secord family, 117-9; tory sentiments, 117; first settlers at Tioga Point, 118; commissary for British troops before descent on Wyoming, accord- ing to Jane Strope Whittaker. 118; transfers property to Matthias Hol- lenback, 119; lives at Niagara after war, 118
Seneca Indians, 21; meaning of name, 23
Settler, first in valley, John Anderson, 105
Settlers, first permanent in valley, at New Sheshequin, 237
Settler, first in township, Patterson, 238
Settler, first permanent in township, Snell, 239-40
Settlers' Bill or Cause, 449; settlers' plea, written by C. F. Welles, "high- ly spoken of," 449; remarkable speech by Henry Welles, possibly on this bill, 450, and Appendix C
Settlers' Rights, Suffering Rights, Original Rights, Half Share Rights, meaning of, 230
Seventeen Townships, what and where located, 227
Shamokin, now Sunbury, strategic point, held by Iroquois, 74 Shapley, William, 501
Shawanese Indians, original home, 23 ; removed to Diahoga by order of Iroquois, 78
Shepard, John, 245-6; clerk for M. Hollenback, 246; later large land owner, miller, merchant, etc., 246; early proprietor in Athens, 311; later settles at Milltown, 246
Shepard, Job, notes, 246, 490 Shepard, Isaac P., descendant of John, 58, 246
Shepard, Charles Henry, 58, 246
Sheshequin, town planted there, of Munsies or Monsies, 103; originally called Schechschequanink, meaning of word, location, 103; Moravian mission established in Old Sheshe- quin 1768, 104; another Indian town across the creek, 104; John Roth's diary at the mission, 105; John An- derson's trading house there 1769, 105-6; arrival of first surveyors of proprietary warrants, May 1769, 105; appeal to Governor Penn for re- dress, 105; statistics of the mission, 106; death of Echgohund and es- tablishment of Queen Esther's town, 107; abandonment of mission 1772, 107; settlement of New Sheshequin over the river, 237; name of Old Sheshequin changed to Ulster, 401 Sheriff's sale of Tioga Point, purchas- ed for Charles Carroll, 372
Shikellimy, or Swatana, famous Onei- da chief, 71-4; appointed interpreter or agent in connection with Conrad Weiser, 71; visits Teaoga en route to Onondoga, 72
Shipman, Chauncey M., enterprising business man, erects fine house and stores, 496-7; leaves Athens in 1859, 496
Silver Lake settlers, disappointed, re- move to Athens, 482
Smiley, Thomas, 404, 405
Smith, Lockwood, 271, 401, 414, 429, 578
Smith, Capt. John, explorations and writings, 26
Smith, William, son of Lockwood, 271 Smith, Dr. Wm. Hooker, acts as spy, 273 ; intercepts letters, 280; offers to arrest Connecticut conspirators, 280; writes letter of accusation, discover- ed and obliged to fly, 282
Snell, Jacob, first permanent settler in Athens Township, 239; comes in 1784, 239; their first and later loca- tions, 240; son Abraham first white child born in township, 241; posses- sory rights only, 241; Connecticut rights purchased, 431; trouble in se- curing Pennsylvania title, 431
Societies, improving of various sorts, organized, 503
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Soldiers' Monument erected, 555 South Waverly, 4
Spalding, Joseph, original proprietor of old Ulster, 319; settles on pur- chase west of Chemung, 319; sells to Isaac Morley, 320
Spalding, John, 2nd, son of Joseph, 319, 320
Spalding, John, son of Simon of She- shequin, 320
Spalding, Simon, 237; with compan- ions makes first permanent settle- ment in this valley at Sheshequin, 238; names of his companions, 237- 238
Spalding, William Witter, 320
Spalding, Robert, 320
Spalding, A. Hanson, 581
Spangenberg, Moravian missionary, visits Teaoga in 1737 and 1745, 71-2; reports Teedyuscung as cause of troubles in 1756, 83
Spanish Medal, dated 1558, dug up at Tioga Point, 67-8
Spanish Hill, 51; location, 52; earliest recorded descriptions of, 52; Roche- foucault's account, 52; Alexander Wilson's verse on the hill, 53; at- tributed to Mound Builders, 53; theories as to origin, 53-7; the hill a terminal moraine or drift mound, 55; theories of I. P. Shepard, Prof. Ralph S. Tarr and Dr. Frederic Corss, 55; the irregular portions eskers, 56; fortifications on the hill, and various descriptions of, 57-8; possible covered way to water, 59; top leveled off, 59; General Clark locates Carantouan on the hill, 60; relics found there, 60; antiquity of occupation, 60; name and traditions, 61-6; Clark's identification generally accepted, 60; many conjectures, 61; called Espana or Hispan by Indians, 62; possible Spanish expeditions, 62; Indians' fear of the hill, 64; poem or elegy on the hill, 65
Steamboats, efforts to introduce on Susquehanna unsuccessful, 522-4; account of trip to Wilkes-Barré by N. P. Willis, 524 Stephens, Ira, 306-8
Stephens, Chester, 308
Stephens, Jedediah, 308
Stephens, Phineas, 308 Stephens, Uriah, 309 Stickler, Joseph and. Charlotte Snell, present Soldiers' Monument to Ath- ens, 555
Store houses, many built at Tioga Point, 432
Stuart, Charles B., enterprising en- gineer of Erie road, located tempor- arily at Athens, 498, 499; interested in intellectual development, 503
Sullivan Expedition assumes its prop- er place in history, as a great epi- sode of the Revolution, 144-5; plan- ned entirely by Washington, 146; ar- rangements create alarm along frontiers, 148; forces assembled and preparations begun, 148-9; expedi- tion leaves Wyoming, 150; sketches in Col. Hubley's journal, 150-1; ar- rival at Teaoga, arrangement of camps, 152-3; construction of Fort Sullivan, 153-4; letters from Fort Sullivan, 155-6; soldiers of the ex- pedition known to be buried at Ti- oga Point, 157; reports of the suc- cess of expedition and return march, 160-1; return of the expedition, 161; banquet and rejoicing, 161; destruc- tion of the fort, 162; return to Wyo- ming, 161
Sullivan, John, biography, 146-7; Washington's letter offering him command of expedition, 147; Sulli- van's replies to letters protesting against expedition, 149; rises to every emergency, proving worthy of trust, note, 146; much of interest concerning him, note, 147; praises his soldiers and joins in general re- joicing, 160
Surveys, first orders of, 236; chamber surveys, difficulties resulting there- from, 235; first ones in this locality, three warrants, 236
Survey of Tioga Point by Wm. Mac- lay, hitherto unpublished, 259
Survey of Athens Township, with field notes, by John Jenkins, 275-6 Survey of Lockhartsburg, by James Pumpelly, 366
Susquehanna, source of, 3; buried val- ley of, 13; its first discoverers, 32-3; origin and meaning of the name, 32; Otsego Lake the source of, 38; nar- rows of the river described by Wil- lis, 5; poem, descriptive of, 40-1
Susquehanna, navigation of, 349; rafts from Tioga Point reach Baltimore 1792, 356
Susquehanna, declared public high- way 1771, 520; schemes to improve navigability, 520, 521; Caton's mis- taken idea of possible navigation, 522; friends of "river interest" op- pose canal scheme, obtain appro- priation, 523; hope of navigability abandoned, 524
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Susquehanna Company, organized in Windham, Conn., in 1753, and com- mittee appointed to view land, etc., 224; purchase of Indians a tract of land called Wyoming, 225; large company formed and settlers repair to Wyoming, which becomes the seat of heated controversy until De- cree of Trenton, 225; meeting at Hartford 1785, 268; meeting at Hartford, May 1786, appoints com- mittee to locate townships, 280; "last grand movement" according to Miner, meeting at Hartford, Decem- ber 1786, 283; meeting, December 1787, 294; stirred to activity 1794, meeting at Athens called, 334; 1,200 men attend, 335; great activity in granting townships, 336; active in defiance of Intrusion Law, 337; meeting at Athens 1796, 342-4; meeting of proprietors at Wyalus- ing, May 1807, 406; result, leaders indicted for conspiracy, account of suit by Thos. Duncan, 407; books of the company in Franklin's posses- sion in 1801, 408; remained in his keeping and in his home after death, until 1862, 408; now in Con- necticut Historical Society, 408; Franklin furnishes copies of rules, etc., to commissioners, 408; meeting at Athens, October 1801, 409; meet- ing at Athens, May 1802, 410; ap- peal to Pennsylvania landholders, 410; some settlers under meet at Wyalusing, February 1803, again at- tempt compromise with landholders, and are scorned, 415-417; the cause abandoned after Bedford and Ulster Act, 420
Susquehanna Indians, sometimes call- ed Sasquesahannocks, earliest men- tion by Capt. John Smith and Jesu- its, 26, 43; probably same as An- dastes, 43
Sutcliff, Robert, English traveler, vis- its Tioga Point, 216
Swift. John, 304-5
Swift's Band, 304
Sword, old, found underground at Sheshequin, 67-8
TACHNECHDORUS, son of Shikellimy, 76
Talleyrand passes through Tioga Point, 218
Teaoga, 5; persistence and significance of the name, 25; Red Jacket's pro- nunciation, 26; first visited by white men, 32; much troubled by French 1757, 92; the southern door of "the
Long House," 70; Cayuga sachem stationed here, 72; Bartram de- scribes site of town, 72; becomes a Delaware stronghold during French and Indian War, 77
Teedyuscung, Reichel's description of, 75; his influence in the French war, 76; holds council of war 1755, 76; his apostacy and fiendish raids in 1754, 77; makes Teaoga or Diahoga his stronghold, 77; comes with forty Indians to council at Easton 1756, S2; claims to be king of ten na- tions, 82; Six Nations displeased with him, 85; failed to keep his promises, 83-4 ; his authority doubted by Weiser, 86; again proclaims him- self king at Easton treaty 1757, makes imperious demands, 90; re- quests white man's town, with priv- ileges at Wyoming, 90; Six Nations oppose publicly at treaty, 91; at last faithful in establishing peace, 91; deserts Tioga in 1757 and settles at Wyoming 1758, 91, 92; visits Gov- ernor at Philadelphia and reports peace accepted, 93; not well known by Six Nations, repudiated by them, 95, 96; his hut at Wyoming burned, and he burned to death 1763, 99 Tekeni, Indian word from which Tea- oga was derived, 26
Teukghanacke, Andaste town, now Tunkhannock, 44
Thompson, James, active in promoting town interests, 581
Thurston, Rev. Curtis, 558
Teoka, same as Teaoga, 5; meaning of word, 25-6
Territorial Law passed, 403, 596
Teuka, Indian word similar to Teoka, 26
Tiaogu, Newcastle's name for Teaoga, 77, 80
Tilghman, Edward, protests against Judge Yeates' decision on Intrusion Law, 408
Tioga Point, geographical and scenic description, 3, 4, 5; various names for, 4; Indian names for, 5, 25, 26; Red Jacket's dictum as to the Point, 26; physiography and geology of, 7-16; fossils of, 11; terminal mo- raine easily distinguishable here, 14; kettle holes near, 14; first white man visitor, 29; key of the upper Susque- hanna valley, 26
Tioga Point, the rendezvous of the Indian, the Tory and the Wild Yan- kees, 296; natural stopping place for emigrants into New York State, 397
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Tioga Point in early days of Revolu- tion, 120-6; rendezvous for Indians, British, Tories and deserters, 120; valley used as a fortress, and all captives held here, 120-3; descent upon Wyoming organized here, con- tinues to be rendezvous for coun- cils, etc., after Hartley's expedition. 144 ; many raids from here to Wyo- ming, Cherry Valley and other points, 144
Tioga Point Railroad projected 1841, 498
Tioga Point, written up for New York Courier 1841, 498
Titles, adjustment of, 397
Tompkins, Isaac, 481-2
Tories along the Susquehanna, 116-9; Secord family prominent among them, 117-8; Secord located at Ti- oga Point 1778, 118; Lord and Hop- kins at Sheshequin shelter deserters from American army, 120; twenty- five Tories captured, 121; known to be in force at Tioga Point and She- shequin in 1778, 122; Tories give warning of descent on Wyoming, 123 Towanda, probable derivation of name, 25
Town meeting, earliest on record, 421 Tozer, Julius, head of Athens family, 340
Tozer Company, War of 1812, 436
Trading posts and traders, 189-90; Anderson's at Old Ulster, 105
Trenton Commissioners, private letter, now in Athens, 228; correspondence of Pickering and John Dickinson concerning same, 229
Troops to be sent to Tioga, 294
Troup, Robert, agent of Pulteney es- tate, letter concerning Tioga Point, 379
Turnpikes, origin and development of, 528; Cayuga and Susquehanna es- tablished, 529
Tuscarora Indians, 21
Tutelows, at Wyoming and Teaoga, 72-3; Shamokins, 74; meaning of name, 23; visited by Zeisberger on present Tutelow Creek 1767, 100 Tuttle, Stephen, comes to Tioga Point, 398; valuable letters, 398
Tyler, Francis, becomes prosperous, purchases farm still held by descend- ants, 483
Tyler, Hugh, 566
Tyler, Joseph, original proprietor of Athens, victim of land controversy, 319
ULSTER, OLD, application for grant, 271 Ulster, location of first grant disputed, 400; Jenkins' map generally accept- ed, 400; another map recently found gives different location, 401; ac- count of these grants, 401; Tench Coxe's opinion, agrees with map in American Philosophical Society, 408; Cooper's "history of the town- ship," 413-14; provided for by spe- cial act, 428; Athens settlers apply under, 428; commissioners under Bedford and Ulster Act unable to find original survey, 428; careful de- positions taken, which establish bounds satisfactorily to commission- ers, 429; all certificates to Athens settlers granted under "Old Ulster," 431; third grant divided in 1819, east part named Sheshequin, 431 Universalist Church, 560
Van Horn vs. Dorrance, important suit to test titles, report of Judge, 617
WALKER, NATHANIEL FLOWER, 302
Walker, Zephon Flower, 493
Walking Purchase, 74-5
Ward and Halsey's claim against Con- necticut Gore, 297
Ward, Christopher L., writes poem for pioneer festival, 515
Warner, Dr. Adonijah, 568
Warner, Samuel, and family, 482
Warrants, list of those in Athens Township, 255
War of 1812 agitates neighborhood, Clement Paine offers gratuity to vol- unteers, heads subscription list, 435- 6; Julius Tozer, Sr., raised a com- pany, which bore his name, in Swift's and Dobbins' Regiment, New York Volunteers, 436; incomplete list of names, 436; Samuel Tozer's letter describing battle at Fort Erie. 436; Capt. Julius Tozer wounded, 436
Washingtonian, a a scurrilous sheet, started as organ of Federalists, un- scrupulous editor employed, 454; varied opinions as to real founders of paper, 454; called Peter's Pat- terns, 455 ; fight to prevent publica- tion, 455; attack Welles brothers fiercely, 455; response in Gazette, 456; the Welles-Matthewson contro- versy used as a weapon, 456; editor generally denounced, 456; issues cease with election of Findley, 457; like a serpent leaves its trail, 459 Watkins, John, 577 Waverly, 4
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Weiser, Conrad, not first white man at Tioga Point, 29 ; appointed Indian agent, 71; visits to Diahoga, 71-2; active in many Indian councils, 78- 98; death, 99
Weiser, Conrad, narratives of different journeys past Tioga Point, 210-12 Weld, Isaac, at Tioga Point, 214
Weller families, Jacob's and Freder- ick's, 578
Welles, Ashbel, 353; locates at Balti- more, 355 ; becomes partner of Rich- ard Caton 1796, 356; purchase of } "Indian Arrow," deeds his } to Ca- ton, 361; comes to Athens in 1800, 355; removed to Owego, and later to Binghamton, and elected member of New York Assembly, 355; addi- tional history, 478
Welles, Charles Fisher, shares broth- er's responsibilities, 446 ; holds vari- ous county offices, 447 ; wages polit- ical war, assumes defence of broth- er, 465; repairs to Harrisburg to espouse Henry's cause, 467 ; appears with Mathewson before committee, 467
Welles, Charles F., Jr., 508, 534, 536 Welles, George, 353, 354; owner of } of Indian Arrow, 356; resumes ship trade, 355; arrives at Tioga Point, 359; purchases various Connecticut claims, 360 ; makes vain advances to Elisha Matthewson, 360; opens "Welles and Caton store," 360; builds Welles' Folly, 361; mortgages his a to Caton, 361; letter to Gov- ernor Mckean, 368; writes indig- nant letter to Caton, 372-3; builds house, occupied by four generations of family, 380; victim to cold fever, dies 1813, 381
Welles, George O., 566
Welles, Henry, son of George, enters on the scene, 369; runs the river, 369, 370 ; proposes to purchase fath- er's interest, 371; at Baltimore, 374; letters to Caton, 374, 375, 376, 383, 384, 385, 387, 389, 391, 392, 393, 395; proposed to purchase by exchange, 374. 593; arrangements for same, with explanations, 374-7 ; list of legal transactions by which his purchase is consummated, 378; letter to Troup's agent concerning communi- cation. 379; controversy with Mat- thewsons, 382-90; 430-71; 591-622; elected to Legislature, 393; letters from Harrisburg to father, 394, 395, 396; writes to Caton concerning lot on Academy square and receives re- ply, 422; frames Bedford and Ulster
Act. 428; appointed on Governor's staff, title, General, 457; keeps his possessions, 474; dies suddenly, De- cember 1833, 475; some account of his descendants, 476
Welles, Prudence, asserts her mater- nal privileges, 464-5
Welles, Sarah Spalding, 446, note, 461, 475
Welles, Raymond M., 518
Welles' Folly, built in 1799, 361
Welles and Shipman Foundry started, 516
Welles-Matthewson and Mathewson- Welles controversy, first step, 382- 474. 591-622 ; apparently settled by sale to Thos. Overton, etc., 384-5; Dr. Rose renews the storm, 386; Overton's payments declined, 386; Henry Welles' possession under deed from Mrs. Matthewson, 509, 601, 606, 607 ; brings trespass suit, 388, 608: "hard quarreling" sets in, 388 ; writ served under protest, 390, 608- 609 ; contradictory statement of
Job Irish, counsel for Mrs. Mat- thewson, 391; matters again seem adjusted in 1808. 391; Mrs. Mat- thewson's application under Bedford and Ulster Act disputed by Henry Welles and rejected by commis- sioners in 1810, 430; made a party issue in election of 1818; Mrs. Mat- thewson petitions Legislature twice, 459; being unsuccessful, her son Constant takes a hand, 460; petition referred to special committee, re- monstrances presented. 461; Henry Welles builds house on a contested lot, 461; committee report bill, re- jected, 462; Constant Mathewson elected to Legislature, his bill again presented, provokes discussion and heated argument, 463 ; passes House, rejected by Senate, 464; copy of bill, 464; the mother of Henry Welles takes up his cause, appeals to Charles to defend his brother, 464-5 ; Charles undertakes the work, 465, also Appendix A; partial defense printed and Constant Mathewson re- sponds, supposedly by Mckean's hand, 466; political aspect again to the front, 468; defense convinces committee of illegality of bill, 469; Henry Welles sues Mathewson for libel, notable depositions, 469 ; Zeph- on Flower's accompanied by de- scriptive map. 470; Henry Welles accused of framing act to help his cause, 471; whole question to gratify ancient grudge of party men, 472;
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committee report same old bill, ask- ed for more careful report, given, and laid on table, 473; Legislature declining to repeal seventh section, title of bill altered, 473; Townsend Haines presents careful statement, leading to passage of act for relief of heirs of Elisha Matthewson, 474; commissioners make valuation and pay Matthewson heirs $10,000, thus ending controversy, 474; newspapers favor Henry Welles, 474 White Gate, 367
Wilawan, meaning of, 19
Wilawana, first mention by Zeisberger, 100; established by Monsey Indians 1767, 100; Meethan, a chief, and some Indians visit Governor 1770, report themselves as from "Wila- waning or Big Horn," 102
Wild Yankees, name given to half -. share men, 230
Wild Yankees, fill valley from Wyo- ming to State Line, 289; paper sup- posed to be their Leagues, 291; call- ed by Alexander Patterson, Frank- lin's Ravengers, 292; called Swift's or Swift's and Satterlee's Band, 304 Willis, N. P., gives amusing account of steamboat trip on the upper Sus- quehanna, 524
Williston, Horace, Judge, 564
Williston, Horace, Jr., made agent of Caton's and Carroll's lands, 494; life history, 494-6
Wilson, Alexander, the ornithologist, writes poem descriptive of journey, Easton to Niagara, 215 Wilson, Uriah, and son James, 483 Wisner, Dr. William, 556; extracts from his book concerning Athens, 556
Wisner, W. C., Jr., 556
Wolcott, Erastus, eccentric character, 579
Wolcott, Silas, pioneer of Litchfield, 580
Worden, O. N., first editor, 573 Wright, Foster and Jason K., 576
Wyoming, or Wyomink, called by In- dians Seahoantowano, 76-7; seat of Connecticut controversy until De- cree of Trenton, 225
Wyoming, first massacre, 99; second, or famous one, 123
Wyoming, descent on, planned for 1777, 123 ; final preparations made at Tioga Point, feast of white dogs, war paint, war songs, departure of the fleet, 123-4; number of British and Tories, 123; flight from Wyo- ming, story of Elizabeth Satterlee, 124-5; return of the party, laden with booty, to Tioga Point, 125
Wyoming, events there after Decree of Trenton, 273-4; arrival of Ethan Allen to assist Connecticut settlers, 274; removal of controversy to Ti- oga Point, 234
YANKEE-PENNAMITE SEE-SAW, 387 Yeates, Judge, opinion on Intrusion Law, 407; his report in Enslin vs. Bowman, concerning "rights of property," 617
ZEISBERGER, DAVID, Moravian mission- ary, passes Diahoga 1737, 1745, 1750, 1753, 72-3; reports no Indians at Diahoga in 1766, 100; visits Wila- wane 1767, 100
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