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Cherry, Ft., on Little Raccoon creek, 151.
Cherry, John, his death, 151, 152. Chestnut Ridge, 8.
Chilloway, Job, Delaware In- dian and interpreter, 75.
Clark, George Rogers, fa- mous American officer, 35, 54, 95, 131-138, 141, 187.
Clark, John, American officer, 83, 183.
Collie, Isaac, 55.
Conemaugh river, 8, 116, 119.
Conewango creek, 97, 99.
Connolly, John, Dunmore's agent at Pittsburg, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, 24.
Cook, Edward, frontier leader and magistrate, 10, 14; lieu- tenant of Westmoreland county, 146, 164, 181.
Corbly, John, Rev., massacre of his family, 164.
Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 71, 95, 98, 99.
Cornstalk, Shawnee war chief, 20, 23,
Coshocton, chief town of the Delawares, 21, 47, 81, 82; destroyed by Brodhead, April, 1781, 123-130.
Cox, Gabriel, militia officer, 135, 136.
Cracraft, Charles, American officer, 142.
Craig, Isaac, artillery officer, 132, 137.
Craig, Samuel, militia officer, 16, 116, 118. Craig, Samuel, Jr., 145.
Crawford, Ft., on the Alleghe- ny river, 88, 103, IIO.
Crawford, John, son of Colo- nel William, 167, 168. Crawford, Valentine, brother of William, 12.
Crawford, William, surveyor and American officer, 10, 12, 14, 27, 29, 35, 41, 48, 66, 79. 88, 132; his capture and death at the stake, 164-168. Crawford, William, son of Valentine, 167, 168.
Croghan, George, trader, In- dian agent and land owner, 10, 13, 14.
Cuyahoga river, 41.
Delaware Indians, 18, 20, 23, 47, 73, 81, 82, 96, 106, 149, 156, 167, 170, 184, 191; alli- ance with the United States, 74-79, 114, 123; joined the hostile league, 124; driven from the Muskingum, 130.
DePeyster, Arent Schuyler, British commander at De- troit, 126, 129, 144, 149, 150, 186, 192, 193.
Derry settlement, 8, 116.
Detroit, British headquarters in the west, 20, 22, 73, 126, 131, 133, 144, 149, 165, 190, 192, 193.
Doddridge, Joseph, pioneer historian, 128.
Douglass, Ephraim, trader and soldier, 62, 190-194.
Douglass, John, magistrate, 136.
Downing, Timothy, 164.
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 7, 16, 32.
Dunmore's war, II, 12.
Dunquat, Wyandot half-
king, 21, 149, 151, 19I.
Eighth Regiment of the Penn- sylvania Line, organization, 25, 62, 190; march to the East, 26, 63, 64; return to the border, 60, 67-72; ser- vices on the frontier, 80, 83, 86.
Elliott, Matthew, renegade and British officer, 46, 57, 149, 168, 192.
Fayette City, 32, 147.
Fife, William, 164. Findley, George, 116.
Fink, John, 154.
Finley, Ebenezer, son of Rev. James, 120.
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Finley, James, Rev., pioneer preacher, 120. Finley, John, soldier, 69, 79.
Finley, Joseph L., soldier, 79. Fleming, Richard, 144. Food, scarcity of on the fron- tier, 103, 109-113, 115. Forbes road, 6, 8.
Fowler, Alexander, merchant, 147. Franklin, Benjamin, 18.
French creek, 100.
Gaddis, Thomas, 164.
Gibson, George, trader and soldier, 32-36.
Gibson, John, trader and sol- dier, 14, 19, 32, 66, 77, 79, 147, 160; in command at Ft. Laurens, 83-86.
Girty, George, brother of Simon, 144.
Girty, James, brother of Simon, 47.
Girty, Simon, interpreter and tory, 20, 57, 129; flight from Ft. Pitt, 46; at siege of Ft. Laurens, 83-85; at the tor- ture of Crawford, 168.
Gnadenhuetten, Moravian In- dian town on the Tuscara- was, 125, 150; massacre of March, 1782, 153-161.
Graham, Arthur, soldier, 79. Greensburg, 176, 181. Guthrie, William, 116.
Guyasuta (Big Cross), Sene- ca chief, 18, 95, 98, 177. Half-king of the Wyandots (see Dunquat).
Hamilton, Henry, British commander at Detroit, 22, 39, 44, 47, 49, 95. Hand, Edward, American general, 17, 37-43, 45, 48, 60. Hand, Ft., in Northern West- moreland, 88, 90.
Hanna, Robert, tavern keeper and magistrate, 7, 10, II, 176; capture of his wife and daughter, 180.
Hannastown, county seat of Westmoreland, 7, 24, 72, 103, II4; patriotic meetings there, II, 14; destruction by Indians, July 13, 1782, 176. Hardin, John, 136.
Hardin, John, Jr., American officer, 89, 98, 136, 164.
Hardman, head chief of the Shawnees, 20. Harrison, Lawrence, Ameri- can officer, 33, 88. Harrison, William, 167, 168.
Hays, Christopher, West- moreland leader and legis- lator, 10, 134, 137, 146.
Hazen, Moses, American of- ficer, 183, 187.
Heath, Andrew, 55.
Heckewelder, John, Moravian missionary, 124, 125, 149.
Henry, Ft., at Wheeling, 34, 88, 125, 141, 184.
Henry, Patrick, governor of Virginia, 18, 54. Hinkston, John, Indian
fighter, 119. Hoagland, John, 164, 169.
Hood, Andrew, 164. Hopkins, Captain, 119. Huffnagle, Michael, 10, 62, 178. Huntingdon, 51. Huron Indians (see Wyan- dots). Indian treaties, at Ft. Pitt, Oc- tober, 1775, 18; at Ft. Pitt, October, 1776, 23; at Ft. Pitt, September, 1778, 74-79. Iroquois Indians, 5, 18, 19, 28, 52, 68, 90, 144, 193.
Irvine, William, American general, 97 (note), 147, 153, 160, 163, 164, 172, 173, 182, 185, 187.
Jack, John, scout, 15I.
Jack, Matthew, soldier, 178.
Jack, William, soldier and magistrate, 90. Jackson, Philip, 151.
Johnson, Sir Guy, British In- dian agent, 19. Jones, David, Rev., mission- ary to the Indians, 9. Killbuck, Delaware chief, 21, 75, 79, 123, 124, 125, 126, 130, 153, 160. Killgore, David, American of- ficer, 62. King's Orchard, at Pittsburg, 45. Kiskiminetas river, 26, 29, 103, II9.
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Kittanning, 5, 25, 29, 51, 63, 96, 119.
Knight, John, military sur- geon, 163, 167, 168.
Knotts, John, 58.
Kuskuskee, Indian town on Beaver river, 97 (note), 107. Lame Indian, story of, 170.
Lanctot, Godfrey, 106. Laughlin, Randall, 118.
Laurel Hill, 6.
Laurens, Ft., on the Tuscara- was, 82-87, 96.
Leet, Daniel, 135, 164.
Leet, William, 164.
Lewis, Andrew, American of- ficer, 74-79.
Lewis, Thomas, brother of Andrew, 74.
Leyba, Francisco de, Spanish commandant at St. Louis, 56.
Licking river, scene of Rod- gers's defeat, 56-59.
Ligonier, 8, 41, 90, 106.
Lincoln, Benjamin, secretary at war, 183, 186, 190, 194. Linn, William, 32-36.
Lochry, Archibald, 10, 146; lieutenant-colonel of asso- ciators, 15; lieutenant of Westmoreland, 40, 102, 122, 134, 138, 146; fatal voyage down the Ohio, 139-145.
Long, Peter, hunter and scout, 20.
Loskiel, George Henry, Mo- ravian missionary and histo- rian, 158.
Loyalhanna creek, 8, 116, 181. McCleery, William, militia of- ficer, 113.
McClelland, John. militia of- ficer, 134. 164, 169.
McClure, David, Rev., 62.
McCulloch, John, 14.
McCully, George, 191, 192.
McElroy, Patrick, 55.
McFarlane, Andrew, capture by Indians, 24. McFarlane, James, 24, 29. McGeehan, Duncan, 164.
McIntosh, Ft., at mouth of Beaver river, 80-81. 87.
McIntosh, Lachlan, American general, 60, 67, 73, 79, 80-86.
Mackay, Eneas, magistrate and American officer, 10, 24. 26, 62, 64.
McKee, Alexander, 45, 186; flight from Pittsburg, 46.
McKee's Rocks, 45.
Maclean, Allan, British of- ficer, 193.
Mahoning river, tributary of the Allegheny, 93, 96.
Mahoning river, tributary of the Beaver, 42.
Mann, Andrew, 63.
Markle, Gaspard, 140.
Marshel, James, lieutenant of Washington county, 135,
136, 155, 164.
Mason and Dixon's line, 7.
Miami Indians, 33, 83, 84.
Miami river, 141, 186, 187.
Miller, John, 164.
Miller, Samuel, 62, 180; killed by Indians, 72.
Mills, Benjamin, 79.
Mingo Bottom, on Ohio river, 155, 160, 164, 167.
Mingo Indians, Iroquois liv- ing in Ohio, 18, 21, 23, 24, 83, 84.
Money depreciation, 109.
Monongahela river, 8, 32, 110, 113, 132, 135, 14I. Monongalia county, Va., 35 (note), 80, 113, 132.
Montour, John, French-Iro- quois, 21, 23, 124, 125.
Moorhead, Samuel, border leader, 26. 29, 90.
Moravian missions, 124, 125, 153: driven from the Tus- carawas, 148-151; massacre at Gnadenhuetten, 155-160. Morgan, Daniel, American general, 65.
Morgan, George, merchant and Indian agent, 20, 23, 74, 77 (note). Morgan's Rifle Corps, 65.
Mountz. Providence, 15. Muncy Indians, a clan of the Delawares, 42, 71, 89, 94, 100, 104, 105. Munn, James, 164.
Muskingum river, 20, 126. Myers, Eliezer, soldier, 63.
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Nanowland, Delaware war- rior, 91, 93, 99, 124, 125, 153, 160. Neville, John, Virginia of- ficer, 16, 37, 38.
Newcomer, chief sachem of the Delawares, 21, 47.
Newcomer's Town, 127.
New Orleans, 33, 56.
Nicholson, Joseph, interpreter and guide, 20, 21, 99.
Nicholson, Thomas, 164.
Nimwha, Shawnee chief, 76.
Ohio county, Va., 35, 80, 125, I32. Ohio river, 33, 56, 137, 14I. Oil creek, 100.
Olentangy, Battle at, 167.
Ormsby, John, 10.
Orr, Robert, 139, 144, 145.
Ourry, Wendel, 62.
Palmer's Fort, Ligonier val- ley, 41.
Pentecost, Dorsey, surveyor and magistrate, 10, 132, 135. Perry, James, 92. Piggott, James, 62.
Pipe, Delaware chief, 47, 75, 79, 124, 126, 149, 191.
Pittsburg, 9, 13; character of its population, 8, 9; patriotic meeting there, 13; occupied by Virginia troops, 16-17; transferred to continental care, 37; tory plots, 44. Pluggy, Mohawk warrior, 21. Pluggystown, Mingo village on Scioto, 21, 24. Poe, Adam, 151, 152.
Poe, Andrew, 151, 152.
Pollock, Oliver, merchant at New Orleans, 33, 54.
Pomeroy, John, militia of- ficer, 116, 117, 12I.
Powder, procured from the Spaniards, 31-35, 54-56.
Proctor, John, pioneer leader, 10, 15.
Quoshquoshink, Delaware town on the Allegheny, 97.
Raccoon creek, 104, 154.
Randolph, Ft., at Point Pleas- ant, 40, 88. Rankin, Thomas, 164.
Rattlesnake flag, 16. Red Bank creek, 71, 93.
Redstone, 45, 54, 55, 136. Reed, David, 164.
Reed, Ft., at Hannastown, 176.
Reed, Joseph, President of Pennsylvania, 133, 134, 146. Rice's blockhouse, 185.
Ritchie, Craig, 164.
Roads of Western Pennsylva- nia, 6, 8, 181.
Rodgers, David, his defeat 1 and death at Licking river, 14, 54-58.
Rose, John, (Henri-Gustave Rosenthal), Russian volun- teer in America, 163, 164, 167.
Ross, Ezekiel, 164.
Russell, William, Virginia of- ficer, 66.
Saint Clair, Arthur, American officer, 8, 10, 15, 16.
Salem, Moravian Indian town on the Tuscarawas, 124, 150, 157, 158, 160.
Sandusky plain, battle of, 166. Sandusky river, 21, 104, 106, 130, 148, 150, 156, 165, 191. Sandusky, Upper, 107, 129, 152, 165, 168, 184.
Scalps, rewards for, 106.
Schoenbrun (Beautiful Well), Moravian Indian town, 150, 159, 160, 165. Scioto river, 20, 104, 14I.
Scotosh, Wyandot chief, son of the Half-King, 151, 152. Scott, Thomas, frontier leader, 137, 146.
Semple, Samuel, tavern keep- er at Pittsburg, 14.
Seneca Indians, 18, 39, 71, 89, 95-100, 104, 106, 177. Seventh Virginia Regiment, 163. Sewickley settlement, 8, 10, 92, 134, 140.
Shannon, Samuel, militia of- ficer, 139, 142.
Shawnee Indians, II, 12, 18, 20, 23, 33, 39, 46, 47, 75, 77, 95, 104, 144, 166, 168, 184, 186, 187, 189.
Shepherd, David, lieutenant of Ohio county, Va., 35, 125. Shields, John, 15, 116, 117.
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Sinking Spring valley, 50. Slaves in Western Pennsylva- nia, 8, 146.
Slippery Rock creek, 101.
Slover, John, guide, 164, 168.
Smith, Devereux, 10, 24, 190.
Smith, James, pioneer and sol- dier, 15, 41, 119. Smoky Island, at Pittsburg, 130, 153, 160.
Snow, the deep, 102.
Speer, Joseph, trader, 25.
Springer, Uriah, soldier, 112.
Squaw campaign of General Hand, 37-43. Stephenson, John, 79.
Stokely, Thomas, soldier, 139, I44. Stoops, Mrs. Jennie, 107.
Surphlit, Robert, tory, 46.
Swearingen, Van, border lead- er and soldier, 19, 62, 63, 65, 89.
Thanksgiving day, 188.
Thirteenth Virginia regiment, 35, 38, 48, 66, 67, 80, 83.
Tionesta river, 97.
Tomlinson's run, 151.
Tories, at Pittsburg, 44-48; in Bedford county, 49.
Turney, John, British ficer, 165.
of-
Turtle creek, 8, 106, 172.
Tuscarawas river, 81, 124, 127, 148-150, 153, 157.
Upper Sandusky (see San- dusky).
Venango trail, 100.
Veness, Jerome, 71.
Vernon, Frederick, American officer, 86, 87.
Walhonding river, 21, 150, 151. Wallace, Ft., near the Kiski- minetas, 41, 117, 119-12I.
Wallace, Richard, of Ft. Wal- lace, 116, 117, 144.
Wallace, Robert, of Raccoon creek, 155, 158; capture of his family, 154.
Walthour's blockhouse, 163, 170.
Ward, Edward , prominent resident of Pittsburg, 14.
Washington county, 8, 135, 151.
Washington, George, his con- nection with frontier opera- tions, 9, 12, 37, 43, 60, 61, 86, 95, 10I, 132, 147, 183, 186. Washnash, Muncy war chief, 105.
West Augusta, District of, 13, 14, 35 (note).
Westmoreland county, erec- tion and extent, 5; character of its settlers, 6, 8-10; patri- otic organizations, 11, 14; military bodies, 14, 15, 62, 63, 105, 139; Col. Lochry's ex- pedition and disaster, 139; destruction of Hannastown, 176.
Weston, John, Bedford tory, 50-52.
Weston, Richard, 50, 53.
Wheeling, 34, 40, 125, 127, 137, 141, 184.
White Eyes, Delaware chief sachem, 18, 21, 23, 47, 74-79, 124; his death, 82.
Willard, -, killed by the In- dians, 163, 170, 171.
Williamson, David, militia of- ficer, 153; raid on Gnaden- huetten, 155-161; in Craw- ford's expedition, 164, 167.
Wilson, George, magistrate and soldier, 10, 26, 62, 64.
Wilson, James, leader of the Derry settlement, 116, 117, 119, 121.
Wilson, William, trader, 20- 23.
Wingenund, Delaware chief, 76, 126.
Wolf clan of the Delawares (See Muncy Indians).
Wyandot Indians, 18, 20, 22, 23, 29, 83, 104, 106, 11I, II2, 129, 144, 149, 151, 156, 165, 184, 191.
Wyoming, massacre of, 68.
Yohogania county, Va., 35 (note), 80, 113, 132.
Youghiogheny river, 8, 141.
Zane, Ebenezer, Wheeling pi- oneer, 185.
Zane, Jonathan, scout and guide, 99, 164. Zeisberger, David, Moravian missionary, 97 (note), 149.
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