I. I. Illinois, Clark's troops, 124 , 125 (note) , 283 ; Robertson journeys to, 185 ; and Clark, 285 . "Indian Summer," origin of term, 41 . Indiana and Clark, 285 . Indians, relation to white men in West, 38 - 48 ; use of hickory, 45 ; and the traders, 52 et seq. ; and French, 53 , 54 , 58 , 178 - 179 ; and Spanish, 53 , 54 , 55 , 255 ; Boone and, 101 - 102 ; 103 ; Dunmore's War, 114 et seq. ; "Cresap's War." 117 ; treachery toward, 117 - 118 purchase of land from, 131 - 134 ; trouble in Kentucky, 135 - 136 , 139 , 143 , 152 - 153 ; see also names of tribes. Ireland, Scotch-Irish from, 6 ; see also Ulster Plantation. Iroquois Indians, location, 57 ; loyalty to English, 58 ; Croghan and, 118 ; cede Kentucky to British, 132 ; see also Six Nations. J. Jackson, Andrew, 243 , 266 . Jay, John, On the Peace Negotiations of 1782-1788 as illustrated by the Secret Correspondence of France and England , cited, 252 (note) . Jefferson, Thomas, and navigation of Mississippi River, 254 . Jefferson, Fort, 150 , 151 . Jennings, Mrs., Donelson's account of, 188 , 190 , 191 . Johnson, Sir William, and Iroquois Indians, 58 , 179 ; and sale of Indian land, 111 . Johnston, Gabriel, Governor of North Carolina, 9 . Jonesborough (Tenn.), county seat of Washington, 184 ; delegates meet to form State, 233 ; court at, 237 ; Andrew Jackson at, 266 . K. Kalb, Johann, French agent in America, 249 . Kansas, Daniel Boone in, 277 . Kenton, Simon, 125 (note) , 143 . Kentucky, meaning of name, 95 (note) ; Boone's first expedition to, 95 - 97 ; expedition of Boone and Findlay into, 97 - 103 ; settlement and Indian troubles, 104 - 156 ; admitted as State (1792), 156 ; and Mississippi River, 254 ; as Boone's monument, 284 ; bibliography, 289 - 290 . Keppoch, Laird of, legend concerning, 11 . King, trader, 117 , 118 . King's Mountain, Battle of, 214 - 221 . Knoxville (Tenn.), Sevier and Jackson in, 268 ; Sevier buried in, 269 - 270 . L. La Charette (Mo.), Boone at, 274 - 275 , 281 ; see also Boone's Settlement. Le Bœuf, Fort, 79 . Lewis, Colonel Andrew, 114 - 115 , 122 - 123 , 124 (note) , 158 . Lewis, Colonel Charles, 115 , 124 . Lewis, Meriwether, 282 , 283 . Logan, Mingo chief Tach-nech-dor-us, 119 , 120 , 126 - 127 . Logan, Benjamin, 125 (note) , 135 , 136 , 141 - 142 , 149 . Long Hunters, 103 . Loudon, Fort, 158 . Louisbourg in hands of English, 87 . Louisville, Findlay reaches site of, 97 ; Clark founds, 150 ; Wilkinson at, 262 . Lulbegrud Creek, 100 . Lutheran Church, 15 . Luzerne, French Ambassador at Philadelphia, 251 . Lytle, Captain, 203 - 204 . Lytle, Mrs., and Ferguson, 204 . Lyttleton, Governor of South Carolina, 85 . M. McAden, Rev. Hugh, of Philadelphia, 50 . McAfee, James, 136 . McAfee brothers, 113 , 136 . McDowell, Colonel Charles, 200 - 201 , 202 , 206 , 210 , 211 - 212 , 213 , 243 . McDowell, Joseph, 243 . McGillivray, Alexander, Creek chief, 59 , 255 - 261 . McGillivray, Lachlan, father of Alexander, 58 - 59 , 256 , 257 . McGregor, William, 9 . Macdonald, Allan, of Kingsborough, 14 . MacDonald, Flora, 14 . MacLean, J. P., An Historical Account of the Settlement of Scotch Highlanders in America , cited, 11 (note) . MacNeill, Hector, (Bluff Hector), 12 . MacNeill, Neil, of Kintyre, 12 . Mansker, Gasper, 103 , 185 . Marion, General Francis, 229 . Martin, Josiah, Royal Governor of North Carolina, 13 . Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 8 . Mereness, N. D., ed., Travels in the American Colonies , cited, 18 (note) . Mingo Indians, 114 , 117 , 118 , 119 - 120 , 126 . Miró, Don Estevan, Governor of Louisiana, 254 - 255 , 259 , 260 - 261 . Mississippi (State), Choctaws in, 63 . Mississippi River, French territory on, 56 ; Choctaws on, 57 ; Stewart's party reaches, 95 ; Spain refuses right of navigation of, 253 - 254 . Missouri, Boone settles in, 274 ; Boone dies in, 284 . Mobile, French hold, 57 . Mohawk Indians, 178 , 179 . Montgomery, John, 125 (note) . Montreal in hands of English, 87 . Mooney, James, 98 , 100 . Moore's Fort, Boone commands, 122 . Moravians, 15 , 16 - 24 . Morgan, David, 125 (note) , 222 . Morgan, Sarah, marries Squire Boone, 26 ; see also Boone, Sarah Morgan. Morgantown (N. C), Sevier sent to, 242 - 244 . Mountain Leader (Opimingo), Indian chief, 247 . Mountaineers of the South, 223 - 224 . Müller, Adam, 16 . Musgrove's Mill, engagement at, 202 . N. Nantuca Indians, deputation of warriors from, arrive at Chota, 178 . Nash, General Francis, 163 , 186 (note) . Nashborough, Nashville first named, 186 . Nashville, founded, 186 ; Andrew Jackson at, 266 ; Robertson buried at, 270 . Nathanael, Brother, one of the Moravian Brethren, 21 . Navigation Acts and Ireland, 4 . Necessity, Fort, 81 . Neely, Alexander, 100 . New France, 87 , 88 . New Market (Va.), Sevier founds, 167 . Nolan, aids Wilkinson, 264 . "Nolichucky Jack," nickname of John Sevier, 184 ; see also Sevier. North Carolina, Scotch-Irish in, 7 ; Craighead in, 8 ; Highlanders in, 12 - 13 ; Moravians in, 18 ; journey of Moravian Brethren into, 19 - 24 ; rainfall, 43 ; pioneer homes in, 45 - 47 ; in French and Indian Wars, 82 - 83 , 86 ; Indian policy, 83 - 84 ; Daniel Boone in, 92 ; Regulation Movement, 104 , 137 , 159 - 164 ; Transylvania Company formed in, 129 - 130 ; emigrants go to Tennessee, 159 ; Robertson from, 165 ; boundary line, 170 , 185 , 186 ; Watauga petitions for annexation, 171 - 172 ; erects Washington County, 172 ; Colonial Records , cited, 176 (note) , 177 (note) ; sends out Robertson as Indian agent, 183 ; Ferguson in, 203 ; Ferguson's proclamation to, 212 - 213 ; Cornwallis expected to retreat through, 228 ; resolution of gratitude to overmountain men, 230 ; cedes overmountain territory to United States, 231-233; and State of Frankland, 234 , 236 - 237 , 238 ; and Sevier, 239 , 240 - 245 ; and State of Franklin, 240 ; and Tennessee settlements, 259 - 260 . North Wales (Penn.), Boone family in, 25 . O. Oconostota, Cherokee chief, 118 , 132 . O'Fallon aids Wilkinson, 264 . Ohio, Clark against Indians of, 151 , 153 . Ohio Company, 77 , 78 , 81 , 111 - 112 . Old Tassel, Cherokee Indian, 270 . Oley Township, Berks County (Penn.), George Boone at, 25 , 26 . Opimingo (Mountain Leader), Chickasaw chief, 247 . Oswego in hands of English, 87 . Ottawa Indians, 118 , 178 . P. Palatines, see Germans. Paris, Treaty of (1763), 94 . Patrick Henry, Fort, 186 . Penn, William, Boone seeks information from, 25 . Pennsylvania, Scotch-Irish in, 1 , 6 ; Germans in, 15 , 16 ; Boone family in, 25 - 28 ; disputes Fort Pitt with Virginia, 112 . "Pennsylvania Dutch," 15 . "Pennsylvania Irish," 6 . Peyton, Ephraim, one of Donelson's party, 189 . Peyton, Mrs. Ephraim, Donelson's account of, 188 , 189 , 190 . Philadelphia, Boone family reaches, 25 . Pickett, History of Alabama , cited, 257 (note) . Piqua, Indian town, 153 . Pitfour, Lord, of Aberdeen, 196 . Pitt, Fort, 88 , 112 - 113 , 115 . Pittsburgh site a crucial point in 1754, 81 . Point Pleasant, Battle of, 123 - 124 , 164 , 272 . Pontleroy, French secret agent in America, 249 . Powell's Valley, 135 ; Boone's journey to, 106 , 107 . "Powwowing Days," 41 . Presbyterian Church, and Scotch-Irish, 3 , Charles I suppresses, 4 . Preston, Colonel William, 115 , 120 , 125 . Priber, French agent to Cherokees, 66 - 70 . Proclamation of 1763, 110 - 111 , 113 , 170 . Puck-e-shin-wa, Shawanoe chief, 125 . Pulaski, Count, 199 (note) . Q. Quaker Meadows, Sevier's troops at, 209 . Quakers, see Friends, Society of. R. Red Shoe, Choctaw chief, 63 . Regulation Movement, 104 , 137 , 159 - 164 ; Revolutionary War, Highlanders in, 13 - 14 ; Indian raids in Kentucky, 139 ; King's Mountain, 195 et seq. ; attitude of France and Spain in, 248 et seq. Roane, Archibald, Governor of Tennessee, 267 . Robertson, James, "father of Tennessee," 124 - 125 (note) , 133 ; at Watauga, 165 - 166 , 170 , 181 ; personal characteristics, 165 ; and Sevier, 167 , 239 ; commands Wataugans, 172 ; Indian agent at Chota, 183 ; leads settlers into middle Tennessee, 185 ; founds Nashville, 186 ; and Ferguson, 195 ; and Indian war, 246 , 255 ; characterizes McGillivray, 259 ; death (1814), 270 . Robertson, Mrs. James, 246 . Robertson, Mark, 185 . Robinson, Colonel David, 149 . Rogers, John, 88 . Rogers, Joseph, 153 . Roosevelt, Theodore, The Winning of the West , cited, 134 (note) . Russell, William, 107 , death of his son, 108 . Rutherford, Griffith, 163 . Rutledge, John, President of South Carolina, 176 (note) . S. St. Asaph's Station founded, 136 . St. Augustine, Spanish at, 55 , 56 . St. Vincent, Island of, Ferguson on, 197 . Sapperton, trader, 117 . Scotch-Irish, as immigrants, 1 - 2 , 6 ; characteristics, 2 - 3 , 5 - 6 ; religion, 3 , 4 ; persecution of, 4 - 5 ; and American Independence, 7 - 8 ; bibliography, 287 ; see also Highlanders. Seven Years' War, casus belli , 76 ; in Europe, 82 ; land promised to soldiers of, 118 ; Ferguson in, 196 . Sevier, John, 133 ; probably seen by Brother Grube, 20 - 21 ; marriage, 48 ; at Watauga, 166 - 167 , 169 , 170 , 171 ; and New Market, 167 ; and Robertson, 167 , 168 , 239 ; personal characteristics, 168 - 169 ; writes Virginia Committee, 173 - 174 ; and Indian troubles, 174 , 181 - 183 , 226 - 228 ; and "Bonnie Kate," 182 ; nicknamed "Nolichucky Jack," 184 ; and King's Mountain, 200 - 201 , 205 - 206 , 208 et seq. ; as a statesman, 226 et seq. ; feud with Tipton, 227 , 234 , 239 - 240 , 241 , 267 ; elected Governor of Tennessee, 265 ; and Jackson, 266 - 269 ; death (1815), 269 . Sevier, John, Jr., 243 (note) . Sevier, Valentine, 125 (note) . Shawanoe Indians, 178 ; location, 57 ; and French, 58 ; Findlay a prisoner of, 97 ; and Boone, 98 - 99 , 108 , 143 - 148 ; war with, 114 , 118 , 123 - 126 ; relinquish right to Kentucky, 131 ; capture girls from Boonesborough, 141 . Shelby, Isaac, at battle of Point Pleasant, 124 (note) ; Colonel of Sullivan, 184 ; at King's Mountain, 200 et seq. ; moves to Kentucky, 230 . Sheltowee (Big Turtle), name given to Boone by Indians, 145 . Sherrill, Bonnie Kate, wife of John Sevier, 182 . Six Nations, right to dispose of territory, 76 ; see also Iroquois Indians. Social customs, of seaboard towns, 32 ; of pioneers, 32 et seq. South Carolina, Yamasi Indians in, 56 ; and Cherokees, 177 ; Tories in, 195 ; see also Carolinas. Spain, and Indians, 53 , 54 , 55 ; attitude toward American independence, 248 - 255 ; plots against United States, 255 - 265 ; State of Franklin and, 259 . Spangenburg, Bishop, 18 . Spanish Succession, War of (1701-13), 15 . Spencer, Judge, issues warrant for Sevier, 241 . Stanwix, Fort, treaty of (1768), 132 . Stephen, Adam, Boone, 125 (note) . Stewart, John, brother-in-law of Daniel Boone, 95 , 98 , 100 . Stoner, Michael, 120 , 121 . Stover, Jacob, husband of Sarah Boone, 25 . Stuart, Henry, deputy Indian agent, 177 . Stuart, John, with Dunmore's forces, Boone, 125 (note) ; British agent, 174 , 176 (note) ; in Revolution, 229 . Sullivan County, formed from Washington County, 184 ; troops in, 201 . Sycamore Shoals, conference with Indians at (1775), 132 - 134 , 170 ; troops mustered at, 206 . T. Tach-nech-dor-us (Branching Oak of the Forest), Mingo chief, see Logan. Tarleton, Sir Banastre, British officer, 218 . Taylor, Hancock, 113 , 121 (note) . Tecumseh, 125 . Tennessee, 157 et seq. , 259 ; name, 158 (note) ; and Mississippi River navigation, 254 ; admitted as State (1796), 265 ; bibliography, 290 - 291 ; see also Frankland, Franklin, Watauga. Test Acts, 4 . Thomas, Isaac, trader, 173 , 174 , 177 , 178 , 228 . Thwaites, R. G., Daniel Boone , cited, 25 (note) , 276 (note) ; Documentary History of Dunmore's War , cited, 125 (note) . Tipton, Colond John, feud with Sevier, 227 , 234 , 239 - 240 , 241 , 267 ; judge for North Carolina, 237 . Tipton, Jonathan, 226 - 227 . Todd, John, 149 . Tories, 195 . Traders among the pioneers, 52 et seq. Traders' Trace, 94 . Transylvania Company, 130 - 140 . Trent, Captain William, 81 . Tryon, William, Governor of North Carolina, 104 , 169 . Tuckabatchee, Creek town, Sevier buried at, 269 . Turner, F. M., Life of General John Sevier , cited, 243 (note) . U. Ulster Plantation, 3 - 4 . Ulstermen, see Scotch-Irish. V. Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, French Minister, 250 , 251 , 252 . Virginia, claim to the Ohio, 76 - 77 ; Indian policy, 83 ; Indians apply for redress to, 85 ; Daniel Boone in, 92 ; disputes Fort Pitt with Pennsylvania, 112 ; Harrodsburg Remonstrance, 140 ; Clark and, 140 , 142 ; and Boone, 141 ; and Mississippi River navigation, 254 . Virginia, Valley of, Müller's settlement in, 16 . W. Wachovia Tract, 18 . Waddell, Hugh, of North Carolina, in French and Indian wars, 86 , 87 ; erects fort on Holston, 158 ; and Regulation Movement, 163 . Walpole Company, 112 . War of 1812, part of mountaineers in, 224 . Ward, James, 95 . Ward, Nancy, half-caste Cherokee prophetess, 174 , 177 . Warriors' Path, 107 , 132 , 134 , 186 . Washington, George, journeys to Fort Le Bœuf, 79 ; at Great Meadows, 81 ; "Braddock's Defeat," 82 ; surveys in Kentucky, 111 ; tries to secure land patents for soldiers, 113 ; and Indian allies, 176 (note) ; Ferguson's story of, 179 . Washington, District of, 233 . Washington County, erected by North Carolina, 172 ; divided, 184 . Watauga Colony, lands leased to, 134 ; Harrod and Logan get supplies from, 141 - 142 ; William Bean builds first cabin, 159 ; and Regulators, 163 ; Robertson at, 165 - 166 , 170 , 181 ; Sevier at, 166 - 167 , 169 , 200 ; found to be on Indian lands, 170 ; petitions North Carolina for annexation, 171 - 172 ; made into Washington County, 172 ; Indian attacks on, 176 , 181 - 183 ; and King's Mountain, 200 - 201 , 205 ; see also Frankland, Franklin, Tennessee. Wayne, Mad Anthony, 263 . Welsh in America, 54 . Wheeling (W. Va.), as rendezvous for troops, 115 ; Cresap at, 116 . White Eyes, Delaware chief, 118 . Wilkinson, General James, 261 - 265 . Williams, Colonel, 209 . Williams, Jaret, 173 . Winchester, German settlement near, 16 . Winsor, Justin, The Westward Movement , quoted, 176 (note) . Winston, Major, 176 (note) . Woolwich, Ferguson studies at, 197 . Wyandot Indians, 114 .