The Winning of the West, Volume 4 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 354 pages of information about The Winning of the West, Volume 4.

The Winning of the West, Volume 4 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 354 pages of information about The Winning of the West, Volume 4.
  Campbell, Captain Mis,
    killed at Fallen Timbers. 
  Campbell, Judge,
    attacked by Indians;
    charge to Grand Jury. 
  Camp-meetings. 
  Carondelet, Baron,
    corresponds with Simcoe;
    incites savages to war against Americans;
    intrigues with Southern Indians;
    frank treachery;
    foolishness of;
    intrigues with Westerners;
    correspondence with Wayne;
    failure of his negotiations with the Westerners;
    declines to carry out treaty. 
  Cherokees,
    (See Indians.)
  Chickamaugas,
    very hostile;
    treacherous;
    make open war;
    repulsed;
    their towns destroyed. 
  Chickasaw Bluffs. 
  Chickasaws,
    (See Indians.)
  Cincinnati raided. 
  Claiborne, Governor of Mississippi,
    proposes attack on Louisiana;
    Governor of Orleans;
    his loyalty. 
  Clark, Elijah,
    his establishment of a little freebooter state. 
  Clark, George Rogers,
    wishes to acquire Spanish territory;
    intrigues with French;
    accepts a French commission;
    organizes expedition;
    collapse of expedition. 
  Clark, Major,
    killed at St. Clair’s defeat. 
  Clark, William,
    serves under Wayne;
    defeats Indians in skirmish;
    at Fallen Timbers;
    his ability respected by Spaniards;
    starts across continent with Lewis;
    their voyage up the Missouri;
    their wonder at the strange animals;
    their good qualities as explorers;
    their attitude towards the Indians;
    they halt at Mandan for the winter;
    start west in the spring;
    travel through vast hunting grounds;
    cross the Rocky Mountains;
    their return voyage;
    adventures and accidents;
    their return;
    their after-fates. 
  Clay, Henry, and Burr. 
  Cocke, William, “the mulberry man”. 
  Collins, envoy of De Lemos. 
  Colter. 
  Connecticut Reserve. 
  County, the unit of organization. 
  Creeks,
    make treaties;
    raid on Georgians;
    bad faith of;
    (See Indians.)
  Cumberland District,
    ravaged by Indians;
    the settlers retaliate;
    rapid growth of. 
  Currency in the backwoods. 
  Darke, Colonel,
    gallantry of, at St. Clair’s defeat. 
  Daveiss, Joseph H.,
    Burr’s most formidable foe;
    ingratitude, shown to, by Jefferson. 
  Defiance, Fort, built by Wayne. 
  Democratic societies, seditious conduct of. 
  Denny, St. Clair’s aide,
    at St. Clair’s defeat;
    carries the news to Washington. 
  Disunionists, folly and treachery of. 
  Doak, founds a college. 
  Dorchester, Lord,
    his speech;
    correspondence with land speculators. 
  Dunlop’s Station, attack on. 
  Education, in Kentucky and Tennessee. 
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