dwellings and dress;
their relations with the Iroquois and the southern Indians;
tribal relations;
their numbers;
lack of cohesion;
numbers in the field;
their prowess in war;
their mode of war;
their discipline in battle;
their superiority to European troops;
usually the attacking party;
their cruelty
Allaire, Lieut., a New York loyalist, II;
Alleghanies, the, our western border for a century and a half, I;
America, its importance and accessibility, I;
twofold character of warfare in;
Spain's share in the conquest of;
difference between the Spanish-English conquests in;
constant succession of contests in;
her allies hostile to her interests, II;
Americans, a distinct people from the British, I;
western conquest, the great work of the;
their sharpshooters dreaded by the British officers, II;
as soldiers, Appendix;
Appalachian Confederacies, the, I;
their geographical position;
origin of the name;
how divided;
numbers;
Australia, small difficulty in settling;
Axe, the, its importance in the conquest of the west;
Backwoods levies, the character of;
Backwoodsmen, the, of Kentucky, I;
of the Alleghanies;
little in common with the tide-water inhabitants;
Americans by birth and parentage;
Scotch-Irish, the dominant strain in their blood;
from one people;
their creed, Presbyterian;
their intense Americanism;
their difference from the rest of the world;
their villages;
not a town-building race;
won and kept their lands by force;
their natural weapons;
their forts;
their mode of life;
size of farms;
society, dress, and arms;
their first lesson;
their helpfulness;
sports and quarrels;
weddings;
funerals;
schooling;
home employments;
pack-trains;
dangers of life;
as hunters;
warlike character;
their own soldiers;
military organization;
administration of justice;
sharp contrasts of society among;
wickedness of the lawless among;
their summary modes of punishment;
their superstitions;
their religion;
summary of their lives;
desire for revenge;
hasten to join Lewis;
assemble at the great levels of Greenbriar;
march of Lewis' army;
grimness of their character, II;
gather at Bryan's Station;
defeated at the Blue Lic