rouse the Indian tribes to begin hostilities;
twofold character of, II;
Rewards offered by the South Carolina Legislature, I;
Reynolds, Aaron, "a very profane, swearing man," II;
rebuked by Patterson;
taunts Girty;
saves Patterson at the battle of the Blue Licks;
capture of, by the Indians and escape;
Rifle, the, the national weapon of the backwoodsman, I;
Robertson, James, comes to the Watauga in 1770, I;
a mighty hunter;
returns to North Carolina;
leads a band of settlers to Tennessee;
his energy and ability;
a member of the civil government of the Watauga Commonwealth;
treats with the Cherokees;
his mission of peace;
trusted by the Cherokees;
success of mission;
a sergeant in Lord Dunmore's war;
discovers Cornstalk's army;
attacks the Indians;
made superintendent of Indian affairs;
sends warning to the Holston settlements;
value of Gilmore's Life of;
founds the Cumberland settlement, II;
travels to the Cumberland;
visits George Rogers Clark;
guides settlers to the Cumberland;
builds Nashborough;
warns the settlers;
draws up a compact of government;
his son killed by the Indians;
his character
Rocheblave commands at Kaskaskia, II;
attached to the British interest;
treated harshly by Clark;
sent a prisoner to Virginia
Rogers, Lieut., defeated by Girty and Elliott, II;
Russell, Capt., joins Lewis before the battle of the Great Kanawha, I;
Rutherford, Gen. Griffith, relieves the besieged stations, I;
takes the field against the Cherokees;
his route;
destroys the middle towns;
proceeds against the valley towns;
escapes falling-into an ambush;
returns to Canucca;
meets Williamson;
reaches home in safety;
result of his expedition;
St. Asaphs. See Logan's Station, I;
St. Augustine, her prosperity and decay, I;
Sacs and Foxes, the, their location, I;
Salem, a settlement of Moravian Indians, I;
Salem Church, the first in Tennessee, II;
Sandusky, the fight at, II;
Saunders, John, his contract with Clark, II;
Scioto River, the, remains of mound builders at mouth of, I;
Scotch-Irish, the,
the dominant strain in the blood of the backwoodsmen, I;
a mixed people;
their religious antipathies;
a bold and hardy race;
backbone of the order-loving element;
staunch patriots;
Seminoles, the,