their cruelty
  Allaire, Lieut., a New York loyalist, II;
  Alleghanies, the, our western border for a century and a half, I;
  America, its importance and accessibility, I;
    twofold character of warfare in;
    Spain’s share in the conquest of;
    difference between the Spanish-English conquests in;
    constant succession of contests in;
    her allies hostile to her interests, II;
  Americans, a distinct people from the British, I;
    western conquest, the great work of the;
    their sharpshooters dreaded by the British officers, II;
    as soldiers, Appendix;
  Appalachian Confederacies, the, I;
    their geographical position;
    origin of the name;
    how divided;
    numbers;
  Australia, small difficulty in settling;
  Axe, the, its importance in the conquest of the west;
  Backwoods levies, the character of;
  Backwoodsmen, the, of Kentucky, I;
    of the Alleghanies;
    little in common with the tide-water inhabitants;
    Americans by birth and parentage;
    Scotch-Irish, the dominant strain in their blood;
    from one people;
    their creed, Presbyterian;
    their intense Americanism;
    their difference from the rest of the world;
    their villages;
    not a town-building race;
    won and kept their lands by force;
    their natural weapons;
    their forts;
    their mode of life;
    size of farms;
    society, dress, and arms;
    their first lesson;
    their helpfulness;
    sports and quarrels;
    weddings;
    funerals;
    schooling;
    home employments;
    pack-trains;
    dangers of life;
    as hunters;
    warlike character;
    their own soldiers;
    military organization;
    administration of justice;
    sharp contrasts of society among;
    wickedness of the lawless among;
    their summary modes of punishment;
    their superstitions;
    their religion;
    summary of their lives;
    desire for revenge;
    hasten to join Lewis;
    assemble at the great levels of Greenbriar;
    march of Lewis’ army;
    grimness of their character, II;
    gather at Bryan’s Station;
    defeated at the Blue Licks;
    fate of the captured;
    their increase during the Revolution;
    their wars;
    governments instituted by them;
    their individualism;
    character of the pioneer population;
    what they had done at the close of the Revolution;
  Balme La, his expedition against Detroit, II;
  Baubin captures Boon, II;
  Bear Grass Creek, ravaged by Indians, II;
  Big Bone Lick, remains of mastodon discovered at, I;
  Big Foot, a gigantic chief of the Wyandots, II;
    fight with Andrew Poe, 134;
    killed by Adam Poe;
  Big Island of the French Broad, the;
    Christian’s army reach,