war with the Chickamaugas, the Creeks, and Cherokees;
inrush of settlers;
war with Indians;
end of the war with the British and Tories;
quarrels over the land;
system of surveying;
further Indian troubles;
peace concluded with the Chickasaws;
growth of;
frontier towns;
frontier characters
Huger slain at Monk's Corners, II
Hunters, the, perils of, I;
unsuccessful in killing buffalo with small-bore rifles;
a party relieved by Clark;
Hurons, the. See Wyandots;
Illinois, the, location of the scattered survivors of, I;
Clark's conquest of, II;
claimants of;
Clark sends spies to;
made a county;
Todd appointed commandant;
financial difficulties;
burning of negroes accused of sorcery;
disorders of the government;
lawlessness;
the land question;
benefits of the conquest of;
memorial of the inhabitants of;
Illinois Towns, the, situation of, I;
population of;
Indian Fighters, I;
Indian Lands, untrustworthiness of official reports regarding
encroachments on, I.
Indians, the, the most formidable of savage foes, I;
effect of, upon our history;
estimate of their numbers;
civilization of, in the Indian territory;
strongest and most numerous tribes of, in the southwest;
number of the northwest;
strike the first blow in Kentucky;
tribes engaged in Lord Dunmore's war;
their inroads;
double dealing of;
a true history of our national dealings with, greatly needed;
instances of our Indian injustice;
question of the ownership of land;
Indian reservations;
our Indian policy;
literature of the Indian question;
foolish sentiment wasted on;
employment of, by the British against the Americans, II;
slight losses of, in conflicts with the whites;
Indian Talks, a sample of, II;
Indian Wars, importance of, I;
Lord Dunmore's begun by the Shawnees;
the northwest Indians go to war, II;
odds immeasurably in favor of the Indians;
nature of their forays;
nature of the ceaseless strife;
Iroquois hold their own for two centuries, I;
their dwelling-place;
their numbers;
hostile relations with the Algonquins of the northwest;
ancient superiority acknowledged
Island Flats on the Holston River, I;
march of the settlers to, from Eaton Station;
Indians surprised near;
the battle of;
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