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s, I; her share in the struggle Germanic peoples, overflow of, I; conquer Europe; fails to extend Germany. Gibault, Pierre, the priest of Kaskaskia, II; a devoted champion in the American cause; goes to Vincennes; advances money to Clark; Gibson, John, bears Logan's speech to Lord Dunmore, I; Girty, Simon, "The White Renegade," I; arrives in camp; shows a spark of compassion; serves under Hamilton, II.; his cunning and cruelty; saves Kenton's life; a witness of Crawford's awful torture; at the attack on Bryan's Station. Gnadenhuetten, a settlement of Moravian Indians, I; Greathouse, his claim to remembrance, I; murders Logan's kinsfolk; Great Kanawha, battle of the, I; fierce attack of the Indians; the backwoodsmen five way; they push the Indians; Charles Lewis mortally wounded; death of Col. Field; Isaac Shelby in command; steadiness of the backwoodsmen; skill and bravery of the Indians; Cornstalk cheers his braves; flank movement of the Indians repulsed; the Indians outflanked; the Indians fall back; end of the action; loss of the whites exceeds that of the Indians; a purely American victory; results of the battle; Isaac Shelby's account of, Appendix; Wm. Preston's account of, Appendix; Great Kanawha River, Lord Dunmore's forces to unite at the mouth of, I; Great Smoky Mountains, I; Half-breeds of the Red River and the Saskatchewan, I; Hambright wounded at King's Mountain, II; Hamilton, Henry, summons a council of the tribes at Detroit, II; his character; Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest; the mainspring of hostility to the Americans; nicknamed the "hair-buyer" general; organizes a troop of rangers; tries to ransom Boon; plans an attack on Fort Pitt; marches to reconquer Illinois; muster of his forces; starts against Vincennes; difficulties of the route; captures Vincennes; measures to secure his conquest; goes into winter quarters; plans a great campaign; surrenders Vincennes to Clark; sent a prisoner to Virginia; hatred towards, of the backwoodsmen; Hammond, Colonel, rallies the troops at the capture of Eseneka, I; crosses the Kiowee; saves the troops a second time from disaster; Hampton, Lieutenant, gallantly seconds Hammond's efforts, I; Harlan, wit
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