Indians, 332.

Big Hockhocking river. _See_ Hockhocking.

Big Kanawha river. _See_ Great Kanawha.

Big Knives. _See_ Long Knives.

Big lick, 162.

Big Miami river. _See_ Miami.

Big Sandy river, in Shawnee campaign, 81-86.

Big Sewell mountain, origin of name, 57.

Bildercock, ----, militia officer, 227, 228.

Bingamon creek, forays on, 367, 369.

Bird, Henry, attacks American borderers, 254;
beseiges Ft. Laurens, 262;
invades Kentucky, 286, 297-300, 305.

Black Beard, Shawnee chief, 268.

Black boys, border regulators, 105, 106;
attack Pennsylvania traders, 109-116.

Black Fish, Shawnee chief, 201, 202, 266, 268, 273.

Black Hoof, Shawnee chief, 268.

Bledsoe, Anthony, in Dunmore's war, 167.

Blevins, William, early settler, 59, 60.

Blue licks, 268;
Boone's captivity, 265-267;
battle of, 351-354, 388.

Blue ridge, 69, 83, 100;
early tribes of, 44, 47;
early explorations of, 64;
Borden grant, 51;
first settlements beyond, 50, 52, 55.

Bluestone river, 61;
in Sandy creek voyage, 82.

Boiling Springs, Ky., represented in Transylvania legislature, 193.

Bolivar, O., 261.

Bonnett, John, killed by Indians, 377.

Boone county, N. Y., Delawares in, 136.

Boone, Daniel, on Holston, 59;
first explores Kentucky, 142-144;
second trip (1773), 144, 145, 147;
in Dunmore's war, 152, 153, 190;
founds Boonesborough, 190-197;
captured by Indians, 265-267;
in Chene's attack on Boonesborough, 268, 269;
in Paint creek expedition, 267, 268;
at battle of Blue licks, 351-353.

Boone, Mrs. Daniel, first white woman in Kentucky, 196, 197.

Boone, James, killed by Indians, 144, 145.

Boone, Squire, explores Kentucky, 143, 144.

Boonesborough, Ky., founded, 190-197;
first attacked by Indians, 200, 202, 205;
Bowman's arrival, 207, 208;
during Boone's captivity, 265-267;
Chene's attack on, 268, 270;
during Revolution, 350, 351.

Booth's creek, origin of name, 122, 123;
forays on, 247, 248, 290, 309, 343.

Booth, James, early settler, 122, 123;
killed by Indians, 247.

Borden, Benjamin, Sr., land-grant, 50-54, 66;
sketch, 51.

Borden, Benjamin, Jr., 52.

Boshears, William, scouting service, 227, 228.

Botetourt county, Va., 66, 70;
census (1830), 55, 56;
Holston settlement, 59;
militia of, 81, 164, 165, 167, 209, 210.

Bouquet, Henry, campaign against Indians, 106-10