defeat of the Indians
Jack, Colonel Samuel, destroys some Indian towns, I;
Jails, scarcity of, in the wilderness, I;
Jennings, Jonathan, accompanies Donaldson, II;
his boat wrecked;
killed by the Indians;
Johnson, Richard, a babe at Bryan's Station during the attack, II;
leads the Kentucky riflemen at the victory of the Thames;
Jonesborough, first town in the Holston settlements, II;
Salem church built at;
Kaskaskia, condition of, reported to Clark, II;
march of Clark to;
surprised;
ball at the fort;
interrupted by Clark
Kenton, Simon, first heard of, I;
reaches Kentucky;
one of his companions burned alive by Indians;
a scout in Lord Dunmore's army;
the bane of the Indian tribes;
saved from torture and death by Logan;
reaches Boonsborough;
his character, II;
saves Boon's life;
accompanies Boon to the Scioto;
fight with the Indians;
steals horses from the Indians;
captured by the Indians;
treatment of, by the Indians;
runs the gauntlet;
taken from town to town;
tortured by women and boys;
abandons himself to despair;
ransomed by traders;
escapes and reaches home in safety;
a favorite hero of frontier history;
joins Clark at the Falls of the Ohio;
with Logan at the Blue Licks;
Kentucky claimed by a dozen tribes, I;
belonged to no one;
famous for game;
excites Boon's interest;
its beauty as seen by Boon;
first white victim to Indian treachery;
"like a paradise,";
abandoned by whites in 1774;
isolation of the first settlers;
called by the Cherokees "the dark and bloody ground,";
religion of the settlers;
Jefferson and Henry determine to keep it a part of Virginia;
foothold of the Americans in;
permanent settlers come in;
early marriages;
dislike to the Episcopal Church;
Baptist preachers arrive in;
different types among the settlers;
three routes to;
danger from savages;
hardships endured by settlers;
amusements and explorations;
growth of;
war with the Indians;
population of as set forth in Shater's "History of Kentucky";
the struggle in, II;
whites outnumbered by the invading Indians in;
bloodthirstiness of war in;
settled chiefly through Boon's instrumentality;
Clark's conquests benefit;
land laws;
inrush of settlers;
occasional