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by Colin G. Calloway


  Tanaghrisson and, 62–65, 67, 68–71, 90–91

  Washington and, 82m

  Anishinaabeg, 72. See also Ojibwas; Ottawas; Potawatomis

  Annosanah. See Gist, Christopher

  Apess, William (Pequot), 218

  Apotheosis of Washington (Commemoration of Washington), pl13

  Appalachian Mountains, 45, 181, 182, 284

  Armstrong, John, 132

  Arnold, Benedict, 222, 228, 229

  Aroas (Silver Heels) (Seneca), 7, 87, 108, 113, 128, 165, 175, 262

  Assarigoa (Howard Effingham), 30

  assimilation, 488. See also “civilization”

  Astiarix (Seneca), 244–45

  Atiatoharongwen (Atayataghronghta). See Cook, Louis (Abenaki–African American–Kahnawake Mohawk)

  Atkin, Edmond, 136–37, 138, 143

  Atkinson, James R., 569n17

  Atlantic exchange system, 32–33, 42, 255, 347

  Attakullakulla (Ada-gal’kala) (Little Carpenter) (Ouconecaw) (Overhill Cherokee chief) American Revolution and, 232

  British and, 43, 125, 129

  Dinwiddie and Glen and, 128–29

  Forbes and, 140, 145, 146, 156, 163

  frontier defense and, 130

  peace and, 166

  Royal Proclamation of 1763 negotiations and (1768), 188

  Treaty of Long Island of Holston (1777) and, 232–33

  Treaty of Sycamore Shoals and, 213

  Virginia and, 43, 164

  Auglaize River, 438, 439

  Aupaumut, Hendrick (Stockbridge Mahican), 1, 406, 412–13, 414, 416, 418, 458, 565n36

  Aupaumut, Solomon, 565n36

  B

  Bacon, Nathaniel and his rebellion, 25–26, 43

  Baily, Francis, 457, 466

  Baird (Beard), John, 428

  Ballew, Bennet, 338

  Baptiste, Jean. See Ogaghsagighte (Kahnawake Mohawk)

  Barbary powers, 446, 467

  Barr, Daniel, 272

  Barralet, John James, pl 13

  Bartoli, F., pl 6

  Battle of Barren Hill (1778), 243

  Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794), 379m, 438, 442, 454

  Battle of Fort Necessity (1754) described, 94–96

  Indians and, 92–95, 96, 97–98

  map, 296m

  surrender terms and, 104

  Washington and, 91, 100, 103–4, 114, 168, 172, 449

  Washington’s Indian land acquisitions and, 199

  withdrawal from, 96–97

  Battle of Horseshoe Bend or Tohopeka (1814), 475

  Battle of Indian Field (1778), 220

  Battle of the Monongahela. See Braddock’s defeat

  Battle of Newtown, 251

  Battle of Oriskany, 242

  Battle of Point Pleasant, 210

  Battle of Tohopeka or Horseshoe Bend (1814), 475

  Bayley, Jacob, 223, 226

  Beard (Baird), John, 428

  Beaujeu, Daniel-Hyacinthe-Marie Liénard de, 110

  Beauséjour fort (Nova Scotia), 102

  Beaver. See Tamaqua (Delaware)

  Beaver Creek, 51, 70, 132, 157

  Beaver River, 154

  Beaver Town (Sawcunk) (Shingas’s Town), 160

  Beckwith, George, 384, 411

  Bedel, Timothy, 224, 225–26

  Belt of Wampum (the Belt) (Kaghswaghtaniunt) (Tohashwughtonionty) (White Thunder) (Seneca), 57, 73, 108, 155, 498n30, 512n26

  Berkeley, William, 25, 26–27

  Berkin, Carol, 497n13

  Beverly, Robert, 22, 26, 28

  Beverly, William, 34

  Big Knives, 413

  Big Tree (Great Tree) (Karontowanen) (Kiandochgowa) (Seneca), 401, 402, 406

  Billouart, Louis, chevalier de Kerlerec, 127

  Birch, William, pl 11

  Bird Tail King. See Fusatchee Mico (Creek)

  Black Hoof (Shawnee), 443, 461

  Blair, John, 138

  Bloody Fellow (Nenetuah) (Nenetooyah) (General Eskaqua) (General Iskagua) (Cherokee), 7, 423, 424–25, 426, 430, 465, 466, 487. See also Treaty of Tellico (1798)

  Bloody Fellow Swan (Cherokee), 465

  Bloomfield, Joseph, 241

  Blount, John Gray, 356–57, 556n60

  Blount, Thomas, 356, 556n60

  Blount, William. See also Treaty of Holston (1791) British and, 474

  Cherokees and, 425, 430, 464

  Chickasaws and, 426

  Indian land acquisitions and, 305, 339, 356, 424

  on McGillivray, 366

  southern Indians and, 429, 430–31

  speculation and, 556n60

  Treaty of Hopewell and, 305

  Blue Jacket (Waweyapiersenwaw) (Pekowi Shawnee), 7, 381, 387, 391, 437, 443, 458–59, 460. See also Treaty of Greenville (1795)

  Blue Licks attack, 278

  Blue Ridge Mountains, 29, 30, 33–34 Washington and, 37–38, 115, 171, 296m

  Boone, Daniel, 109, 112, 149, 264–65, 278

  Boone, Israel, 278

  Bosomworth, Abraham, 134, 141, 142, 144

  Boston, 210, 219, 223, 226, 231, 238, 281

  Boston Tea Party, 206

  Botetourt, Governor, 189, 192, 199

  Bougainville, Louis Antoine de, 135

  boundaries. See also frontier advance and Cherokee war; Hawkins, Benjamin; Royal Proclamation of 1763; Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) and other treaties; westward expansion British and, 437

  Canada-US, 411

  Chickasaws and, 569n24

  Creek-Georgia, 355

  DuCoigne and, 415

  W. Johnson on, 5

  McGillivray and, 362

  national unity and, 283–85, 284–85, 290, 292

  Piominko and, 426

  Red Jacket and, 416–17

  southern Indians and, 353

  Spain and, 338

  speculators and, 324

  treaties and, 186m

  US-Canada, 437

  Washington on, 292

  Bouquet, Henry, 139, 148, 149–51, 155, 159, 160, 161, 162, 173, 174, 177

  Bowdoin, John, 229–30

  Bowles, William Augustus, 365, 374–75, 376

  Bowman, John, 246

  Boyd, Thomas, 254

  Braddock’s defeat (Battle of the Monongahela), 107. See also “French and Indian War” aftermath, 116–17, 118

  British and, 512n23

  British army and, 102, 105, 108–9, 110, 111–13, 120, 122

  Indians and, 105–8, 109, 110, 113–14, 135, 512n26

  Indian ways of fighting and, 112–13, 121–22

  strategy of, 102–3

  Washington and, 6, 13, 103–4, 108, 109–11, 112, 114–15, 121–23, 145, 150, 168, 197, 385

  Braddock’s Defeat (Preston), 513n36

  Bradstreet, John, 151

  Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea) (Mohawk). See also Philadelphia Indian diplomacy attacks by, 244, 245, 248, 257, 258, 304

  Aupaumut and, 413

  background of, 240, 242, 408

  black servants and, 410

  British and, 242, 402, 408, 410, 421

  Cook and, 413

  Cornplanter and, 400, 402

  Indian unity and, 317–18

  Northwestern Confederacy and, 381, 408–9, 417

  Ohio River as boundary and, 406

  Philadelphia diplomacy and, 409–10, 411–12, 412–13, 414, 420

  portrait, pl 5

  Sandusky conference and, 420–21

  on Schuyler, 300

  Simcoe and, 411–12, 420–21

  on St. Clair’s defeat, 391

  Sullivan’s campaign and, 251, 252, 255

  Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) and, 400

  Washington and, 7, 244, 245, 248, 410, 416, 441, 455–56

  Wayne and, 440

  Brant, Molly (Mary), 408

  Brent, Giles, 25

  Bright Lightning, 498n30

  Britain and the British. See also American Revolution; Anglo-French rivalry; Atlantic exchange system; Braddock’s defeat (Battle of the
Monongahela); Brant, Joseph and other Indians; Canada; frontier advance and Cherokee war; Jay Treaty (1794); Johnson, William and other British people; law of nations; Logstown (Ohio country); Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Indian diplomacy; Royal Proclamation of 1763; settlers (colonials, farmers, frontiersmen, squatters); Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) and other treaties; Virginia and other British colonies after Fort Duquesne, 173, 175

  American national unity and, 288

  on American policy, 380

  American trading posts and, 453–54

  Aupaumut and, 413

  W. Blount and, 474

  Brant and, 242, 402, 408, 410, 421

  Cherokees and, 65, 125–26, 130, 143–44, 165–66

  Cornstalk and, 265

  Delawares and, 268

  Efau Hadjo and, 472

  French and, 411, 438, 445

  gifts and, 133–34, 160, 175, 177

  Hoboithle Mico and, 475

  Indian allies of, 56

  Indian land and, 20, 22, 182, 213, 237

  Indians and, 4, 56, 167, 173, 176, 265, 446

  Indigenous peoples and, 484

  Iroquois and, 98, 237–39, 405, 440

  Logstown Treaty and, 59

  McGillivray and, 347–48, 350

  Miamis and, 56

  North American population of (1700-1775), 172

  Northwestern Confederacy war and, 380, 397

  Northwest Territory and, 396

  Ohio Company and, 47–48, 174

  Ohio country and, 49–53, 53–54

  Old Briton and, 61

  Oneidas and, 258

  Ostenaco and, 166

  Philadelphia diplomacy and, 401, 409, 410–13, 414

  plantation system of agriculture and, 172

  Proctor and, 404

  Sandusky conference and, 420

  Scarouady and, 100

  Senecas and, 263–64

  Shawnees and, 173, 175, 311

  Silver Heels and, 175

  smallpox and, 281

  Spain and, 365

  St. Clair, Arthur and, 383

  Tanaghrisson and, 58, 59, 99

  trade and, 177–78, 305, 470

  treaties and, 285

  Washington and, 95, 213, 437, 444–45

  Washington’s tobacco trade and, 177–78

  Wayne and, 437, 438, 439

  westward expansion and, 172–73, 179–81, 328

  British army (regulars), 89, 103, 104, 122, 167, 173, 179–80, 510n29. See also Braddock’s defeat and other battles and campaigns

  Brodhead, Daniel, 248, 250–51, 255, 257, 267, 271–72, 273–74, 507n14, 541n48

  Brown, John (Chickasaw), 431

  Bryan’s Station attack, 278

  Buchanan, George, 33

  Buckongahelas (Pachgantschihilas) (Delaware), 263, 383, 391, 443

  Bucksinosa. See Paxinosa (eastern Shawnee)

  Bullen, James (Jimmy) (Catawba), 146

  Bullitt, Thomas, 158, 178, 204

  Bullskin Creek, 38

  Burgoyne, John, 216, 220, 227, 242, 243, 532n5

  Burnaby, Andrew, 28–29, 579n33

  Burr, Aaron, 393

  Burwell, Lewis, 50

  Butler, Jane, 26

  Butler, John, 244, 251, 257

  Butler, Richard, 8, 208, 310–12, 389, 391. See also Treaty of Fort Finney (1786)

  Butler, Walter, 244

  Butler, William, 245

  Byrd II, William, 29, 42, 518n70

  Byrd III, William, 126, 139, 140, 144, 146, 164, 165

  Byrds of Westover, 25

  C

  California, 281

  calumet pipe of peace, 1, 2, 370, 414, 415, 427, 430

  Calusas, 21m

  Cameron, Alexander, 193

  Campbell, Arthur, 348, 350

  Campbell, John. See Loudon, Earl of

  Campfield, Jabez, 253

  Canachquasy. See Kanuksusy (Seneca)

  Canada and Canadians. See also New France; Quebec; Quebec Act; Simcoe, John Graves and others Battle of Monongahela and, 107

  boundary with US and, 411

  French and, 116, 163, 246

  Gnadenhütten massacre and, 275

  invasion of, 139, 246, 280

  Iroquois and, 99, 488

  Villiers and, 94

  Washington on, 164

  westward expansion and, 396

  Canadian Indians, 219–20, 221–25, 228, 241, 282, 416. See also Seven Nations of Canada; St. Lawrence Indians

  Canasatego (Onondaga), 321, 578n86

  Captain Abeel. See Cornplanter (Allegheny Seneca)

  Captain Jacobs (Tewea) (Delaware), 113, 119, 132

  Captain Lewis. See Vincent, Lewis (Huron)

  Captain Pipe. See Pipe (Delaware)

  Captain Solomon. See Hendricks, Solomon (Stockbridge)

  Captian Oppamylucah (Delaware), 57

  Carey, James, 474

  Carleton, Guy. See Dorchester, Lord

  Carolina, 27

  Carondelet, Baron, 425, 426–27

  Carroll, Charles, 418

  Carroll, Daniel, 293

  Carter, Robert “King,” 31, 36

  Carter family, 34–35

  Cassiowea. See Kanuksusy (Seneca)

  Caswell, Richard, 305

  Catawbas. See also Hagler and other Catawbas Braddock and, 105

  British and, 144

  Dinwiddie and, 65

  Forbes and, 141, 143

  frontier war and, 124, 135

  Iroquois and, 30, 143

  map, 21m

  Mingoes and, 126

  Ohio Company and, 49

  Shawnees and, 72, 126

  smallpox and, 164

  Tanaghrisson’s war and, 86

  Virginia and, 30, 124, 135–36

  Washington and, 129, 146, 377

  Catherine the Great of Russia, 8, 311–12

  Caughnawagas (Caughnuagas). See Kahnawakes

  Cavagnial, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de, 115

  Cavelier, René-Robert (sieur de La Salle), 49

  Cayenquerigo, Jonathan (Mohawk), 65, 506n75

  Cayugas, 21m, 30, 51, 239, 249, 254, 406, 535n16. See also Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) and their confederacy; Jeskakake (Déjiquéqué) and other Cayugas; Mingoes; Treaty of Canandaigua (1794); Treaty of Fort Schuyler (1788)

  Cayuhoga River, 132

  Céleron de Blainville, Pierre-Joseph, 49–50, 53–54, 61, 79

  Chapin, Israel, 440

  Chapin council (1794), 440–41

  Charles II, 31

  Chenussio (Genessee Castle), 254

  Chequalaga. See Doublehead (Cherokee)

  Chernow, Ron, 199, 294–95, 360, 481

  Cherokees (Ani-Yunwiya). See also Bloody Fellow and other Cherokees; Lower Cherokees; southern Indians; Treaty of Long Island of Holston (1777); Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768); Treaty of Hard Labor (1768); Treaty of Holston (1791); Treaty of Hopewell (1785-86); Treaty of Lochaber (1770) American Revolution and, 230–31, 231–32, 234, 534n91

  ancient lands and, 9

  W. Blount and, 474

  Braddock and, 105

  British and, 65, 125–26, 130, 143–44, 165–66

  “civilization” and, 473

  colonists and, 164, 427–28, 526n57

  Delawares and, 153

  Dinwiddie and, 65, 126–27, 130

  Forbes’ campaign and, 140–41, 143–45, 146–47, 163

  Franklin (state) and, 299

  French and, 65, 126, 133, 146

  gun trade and, 27

  Iroquois and, 30, 143, 153

  Knox and, 424–25, 427–28, 429–30

  map, 21m

  Mississippi Company and, 179

  Northwestern Confederacy and, 416

  Ohio Indians and, 144

  Philadelphia diplomacy and, 2

  Revolutionary War in the West and, 246, 264–65

  Royal Proclamation of 1763 negotiations and (1768), 188

  scalped by colonists, 163–64

  Shawnees and, 126–27, 128, 21
3–14

  smallpox and, 164, 281

  South Carolina trade and, 42–43

  Spain and, 425

  Tanaghrisson’s war and, 86

  US Senate and, 358

  Virginia’s alliance with (1755-1758), 124–26, 128–29, 130, 133–34, 137–38, 140–41, 142–47

  Virginia’s Indian country and, 20, 30

  Washington and, 3, 136, 143, 145–46, 163, 165–66, 179, 337–39, 427–28, 430, 431, 462, 465–66, 468, 487

  Winchester and, 115

  Cherokee war, 163–66

  Chickahominies, 19

  Chickamauga Cherokees, 246, 281, 423, 430, 460, 568n2

  Chickasaws. See also Piominko and other Chickasaws; Treaty of French Lick (1784); Treaty of Hopewell (1785-86) American Revolution and, 305

  boundaries and, 569n24

  “civilization” and, 427

  Creeks and, 426, 429

  map, 21m

  Philadelphia yellow fever and, 2

  Pickens and W. Blount and, 429

  Spain and, 305–6, 425, 426–27, 431–32, 446

  St. Clair’s army and, 390

  Tanaghrisson’s war and, 86

  trade and, 27, 470

  US Senate and, 358

  Washington and, 3, 339–40, 425, 426–27, 431–32

  Wayne and, 436

  westward expansion and, 425

  chickens, 11

  Chillicothe division of Shawnees, 51, 246

  China Breast Plate, 565n36

  Chincanacina. See Dragging Canoe (Chickamauga Cherokee)

  Choctaws, 21m, 306–7, 358, 425, 426–27, 429, 436, 446, 470, 473, 507n4. See also Franchimastabé; southern Indians; Taboca and other Choctaws; Treaty of Mobile (1784); Treaty of Hopewell (1785-86)

  Chota, 128, 186m, 213–14, 232, 337, 349m, 463

  Chouteau, Auguste and Pierre, 425

  Christian, William, 233

  Christianity. See religion

  Chuquilatague. See Doublehead (Cherokee)

  Chutloh (Tsu-la) (Kingfisher) (Cherokee), 423

  “civilization.” See also education; religion agriculture and, 331, 332f, 454–55

  assimilation and, 488

  Brant and, 455–56

  Cherokees and, 462–68, 473

  Chickasaws and, 427, 473

  Cornplanter on, 401

  Creeks and, 461, 468–75

  Franklin and, 329

  Indian agents and trading posts and, 453–54

  Indian land and, 375

  Indian reactions to, 456–59, 472, 473, 475

  Indians and, 45, 412

  Knox on, 402–3

  Pickering and, 343–44

  private property and, 451, 458–59

  Sullivan’s campaign and, 250

  Treaty of Greenville (1795) and, 459–61

  Treaty of New York (1790) and, 369

  Washington and, 205, 330, 332f, 341, 387, 427, 451–53, 454, 458, 461–62, 472–73, 473–74, 475–76, 484–85

 

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