The Winning of the West, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 472 pages of information about The Winning of the West, Volume 2.

The Winning of the West, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 472 pages of information about The Winning of the West, Volume 2.
I;
    her share in the struggle
  Germanic peoples, overflow of, I;
    conquer Europe;
    fails to extend Germany. 
  Gibault, Pierre, the priest of Kaskaskia, II;
    a devoted champion in the American cause;
    goes to Vincennes;
    advances money to Clark;
  Gibson, John, bears Logan’s speech to Lord Dunmore, I;
  Girty, Simon, “The White Renegade,” I;
    arrives in camp;
    shows a spark of compassion;
    serves under Hamilton, II.;
    his cunning and cruelty;
    saves Kenton’s life;
    a witness of Crawford’s awful torture;
    at the attack on Bryan’s Station. 
  Gnadenhuetten, a settlement of Moravian Indians, I;
  Greathouse, his claim to remembrance, I;
    murders Logan’s kinsfolk;
  Great Kanawha, battle of the, I;
   fierce attack of the Indians;
    the backwoodsmen five way;
    they push the Indians;
    Charles Lewis mortally wounded;
    death of Col.  Field;
    Isaac Shelby in command;
    steadiness of the backwoodsmen;
    skill and bravery of the Indians;
    Cornstalk cheers his braves;
    flank movement of the Indians repulsed;
    the Indians outflanked;
    the Indians fall back;
    end of the action;
    loss of the whites exceeds that of the Indians;
    a purely American victory;
    results of the battle;
    Isaac Shelby’s account of, Appendix;
    Wm. Preston’s account of, Appendix;
  Great Kanawha River, Lord Dunmore’s forces to unite at the mouth of, I;
  Great Smoky Mountains, I;
  Half-breeds of the Red River and the Saskatchewan, I;
  Hambright wounded at King’s Mountain, II;
  Hamilton, Henry, summons a council of the tribes at Detroit, II;
    his character;
    Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest;
    the mainspring of hostility to the Americans;
    nicknamed the “hair-buyer” general;
    organizes a troop of rangers;
    tries to ransom Boon;
    plans an attack on Fort Pitt;
    marches to reconquer Illinois;
    muster of his forces;
    starts against Vincennes;
    difficulties of the route;
    captures Vincennes;
    measures to secure his conquest;
    goes into winter quarters;
    plans a great campaign;
    surrenders Vincennes to Clark;
    sent a prisoner to Virginia;
    hatred towards, of the backwoodsmen;
  Hammond, Colonel, rallies the troops at the capture of Eseneka, I;
    crosses the Kiowee;
    saves the troops a second time from disaster;
  Hampton, Lieutenant, gallantly seconds Hammond’s efforts, I;
  Harlan, with the Harrodsburg men at the battle of the Blue Licks, II;
    leads the advance guard; his death;
  Harrod, James, hunts in Tennessee, I;
    with Saowdowski founds Harrodsburg;
    leads a band to Kentucky;
    his memory revered by the old settlers;
  Harrodsburg, settlement of, I;
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