ce;
their towns burned;
Chickasaws, the, belonged to the Appalachian Confederacy, I;
the smallest of the Southern nations;
their numbers;
their unity;
their wars and successes;
definite peace concluded with, II;
Chillicothe, attacked by Boon, II;
burned;
Chippewas, the, location of, I;
Choctaws, the, an Appalachian tribe, I;
the rudest of the confederacy;
their location;
numbers;
character;
Christian, Col. William, commands the Fincastle men, I;
refused permission to march with Lewis;
reaches the Great Kanawha after the battle;
gathers the Virginia troops at the Great Island of the Holston;
marches against the Cherokees;
reply to the Cherokees;
destroys the Indian towns;
agrees to terms of peace;
marches homeward;
Chronicle, killed at King's Mountain, II;
Civil war on the border, I;
Clark, George Rogers;
compared to Allen and Marion, I;
relieves a party of hunters in Kentucky;
with Cresap at the outbreak of Lord Dunmore's war;
his character;
accompanies Lord Dunmore;
arrives at Harrodstown;
sent to Virginia as a delegate;
presents petition to Governor and Council;
asks for gunpowder;
transports it in safety to Kentucky;
procures the erection of Kentucky County;
living at Harrodstown, II;
shares in the defence of Kentucky;
skirmishes with the Indians;
matures his plans for the Illinois campaign;
goes to Virginia to raise troops;
incidents of travel;
lays his plans before Patrick Henry;
authorized to raise troops;
organizes the expedition;
difficulty in raising men;
starts down the Ohio;
lands at the mouth of the Kentucky;
reaches the Falls of the Ohio;
joined by Kenton and the Kentuckians;
meets a party of hunters;
the march to Kaskaskia;
surprises the town;
a dramatic picture;
his diplomacy;
his winning stroke;
sends troops to Cahokia;
his difficulties;
prepares for defence;
establishes friendly relations with the Spanish authorities;
dealings with the Indians;
apprehensive of treachery;
puts the Indians in irons;
his seeming carelessness;
offers peace or war to the Indians;
makes peace with the Indians;
his influence over them;
prepares to resist Hamilton;
narrow escape from the Indians;
receives news of Vincennes;