survivors of, I;
    Clark’s conquest of, II;
    claimants of;
    Clark sends spies to;
    made a county;
    Todd appointed commandant;
    financial difficulties;
    burning of negroes accused of sorcery;
    disorders of the government;
    lawlessness;
    the land question;
    benefits of the conquest of;
    memorial of the inhabitants of;
  Illinois Towns, the, situation of, I;
    population of;
  Indian Fighters, I;
  Indian Lands, untrustworthiness of official reports regarding
  encroachments on, I.
  Indians, the, the most formidable of savage foes, I;
    effect of, upon our history;
    estimate of their numbers;
    civilization of, in the Indian territory;
    strongest and most numerous tribes of, in the southwest;
    number of the northwest;
    strike the first blow in Kentucky;
    tribes engaged in Lord Dunmore’s war;
    their inroads;
    double dealing of;
    a true history of our national dealings with, greatly needed;
    instances of our Indian injustice;
    question of the ownership of land;
    Indian reservations;
    our Indian policy;
    literature of the Indian question;
    foolish sentiment wasted on;
    employment of, by the British against the Americans, II;
    slight losses of, in conflicts with the whites;
  Indian Talks, a sample of, II;
  Indian Wars, importance of, I;
    Lord Dunmore’s begun by the Shawnees;
    the northwest Indians go to war, II;
    odds immeasurably in favor of the Indians;
    nature of their forays;
    nature of the ceaseless strife;
  Iroquois hold their own for two centuries, I;
    their dwelling-place;
    their numbers;
    hostile relations with the Algonquins of the northwest;
    ancient superiority acknowledged
  Island Flats on the Holston River, I;
    march of the settlers to, from Eaton Station;
    Indians surprised near;
    the battle of;
    defeat of the Indians
  Jack, Colonel Samuel, destroys some Indian towns, I;
  Jails, scarcity of, in the wilderness, I;
  Jennings, Jonathan, accompanies Donaldson, II;
    his boat wrecked;
    killed by the Indians;
  Johnson, Richard, a babe at Bryan’s Station during the attack, II;
    leads the Kentucky riflemen at the victory of the Thames;
  Jonesborough, first town in the Holston settlements, II;
    Salem church built at;
  Kaskaskia, condition of, reported to Clark, II;
    march of Clark to;
    surprised;
    ball at the fort;
    interrupted by Clark
  Kenton, Simon, first heard of, I;
    reaches Kentucky;
    one of his companions burned alive by Indians;
    a scout in Lord Dunmore’s army;
    the bane of the Indian tribes;
    saved from torture and death by Logan;
    reaches Boonsborough;
    his character, II;