146.

Great Miami River. See Big Miami River.

Greenville, treaty at, xx.

Grosse Pointe, resident, 143.

HALSTEAD, , at Elizabethtown, 170.

Hamilton (Ohio), site, 21.

Hardin, Col. John, defeat, 80, 90.

Harmar, Gen. Josiah, expeditions, xviii-xix, 20, 80, 96.

Harrisburg (Pa.), route via, 5.

Harrison, William Henry, home, xiv; speech, 34;
officer, 170.

Hawk, as Indian food, 71-72.

Hay, Henry, journal, 82, 95.

Heart, Capt. Jonathan, letter cited, 81.

Hickory, on the Ohio, n; on the Maumee, 84.

Hill, Lieut. , at Niagara, 156-59, 162.

Hill, Mrs. Lieut., kindness to Spencer, 159, 162.

Honey-trees, on the Ohio, n.

Hulbert, Archer B., The Old Glade Road, 6; Water
ways of Westward Expansion. The Ohio River
and Its Tributaries, 9, 23.

Hunt, Abner, Indian captive, 15; burned to death, 16.

Hunter, Peter, governor of Upper Canada, 143.

Hurricane, in Ohio, 55-56.

INDIAN agents, at Fort Wayne, 51-52; New York, 165.

Indians, dwellings, 83; household furniture, 86-87,
107; cooking methods, 122; dress, 87-89, 91; agri
culture, 85-86; sugar making, 125; fishing, 85;
feasts, 106-7; feast for dead, 80-8 1, 127; burial
customs, 81-82; belief in future life, 128; religious
observances, 54, 116; priestess, 78, 83, 116; treat
ment of women, 75; respect for property, 68-69;
orations, 103-4; amusements, 102-7, 110-13; fond
ness for liquor, 109-11; traditions among, 127-28;
relation to whites, vii, ix-x, 127; war parties, xii-
xiii, xvii-xx; treatment of prisoners, 42-48, 97-102.
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Iroquois Indians, join Shawnee, 70, 77, 79; confedera
tion formed, 78-79.

Ironside, George, Indian trader, 82; humanity, 86, 97,
114, 129, 132-33; residence, 95, 113; wife, 102, 114,
132; knowledge of Indian customs, 97, 103; dis
poses of Spencer, 126, 131; sketch, 82.

JACOB S Creek, boat built on, 9.

KANAWHA (W. Va.), passed, n.

Ked-zaw-saw (Simo-ne), Indian halfbreed, 82.

Keel boats, on the Ohio, 9.

Kentucky, part of Virginia, ix; Indian raids in, xiii,
117; militia from, xviii; expedition from, 17, 30;
shore of, 40; type of settler, 97, 98.

King s College, at Aberdeen, 82.

Kingsbury, Lieut. Jacob, commands garrison, 15.

Kinzie, John, silversmith, 95; sketch, 95.

Kollock s New Jersey Journal, 168.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 78.

Lake Erie, 160; battle of, 29; affluents, 135, 143; navi
gation, 139, 147-55; strait from, 159.

Lake George, 78.

Lake Huron, 143.

Lake Michigan, 146.

Lake Ontario, 78, 159-60.

Lake St. Clair, 143.

Laurel Hill, route via, 7.

Lee, Arthur, treaty commissioner, 91.

Lewiston (N. Y.), 157.

Library of Congress, 15.

Licking River, site opposite mouth of, xiv.

Light, Jacob, Columbia pioneer, 42-43; wounded, 45;
reports Spencer s captivity, 49.

Limestone (Ky.), a river port, xii, n.

Linden, on the Ohio, n.

Liquor, Indian fondness for, 109-11.

Little Miami River, settlers on, xii-xiii, 21; town on,
xiv, 5, 13, 134; road crosses, 17; mill on, 36.

Little Turtle, Miami chief, 90; daughter, 51; leads
war party, 115-17; sketch, 90.

Long Knives. See Semonthe.
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Long Point, on Lake Erie, 152.

Losantiville, first name for Cincinnati, xiv.

McKEE, Alexander, American Loyalist, 28, 96; sketch,
29.

McKenzie, John. See Kinzie.

Mackinac, a British post, 143; garrison, 145.

Mad River (Ohio), branches of, 66; crossing of, 67.

Manary s Blockhouse, skirmish near, no.

Maple sugar. See sugar.

Maples, on the Ohio, n.

Marietta (Ohio), founded, xii; Indian raid near, xviii;
a river town, n; settlers, 35, 170.

Massachusetts, settlement, xi; land purchase, 162.

Maumee River, forks of, xix, 75, 84, 89, 95-97, 126,
133; rapids, 96-97, 135; mouth, 163; Indian towns
on, 21, 89, 93, 100, 135; trading house, 29; traders,
82, 113; war parties, 81, 116; battle, 80; fort, 145;
crossed, 125; voyage on, 133-35; description of, 84-

85-

Maysville (Ky.) . See Limestone.
Meadows, Polly, Indian captive, 96.
Meecheway, Spencer s Indian name, 123.
Mendham (N. J.) , Spencer s home, 6.
Metacooseaqua, Indian name for British, 127.
Methodist Book Concern, xxiii.
Methodist Episcopal minister, xxi.
Miami Exporting Company, president, xxi.
Miami country. See Big Miami River and Little

Miami River.
Miami Indians, villages, 21, no; chieftain, 90; war

party, 115-17; respect for Wells, 51-52.
Miamitown, Indian village, xyiii-xix; trader at, 95.
Michilimackinac. See Mackinac.
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, 148.
Middle Bass Island, 148-50.
Milford (Ohio), route to, 13.
Mill Creek (Ohio), hunting on, 98.
Mills, in the Miami settlement, 36.
Mississippi River, as a boundary, ix, 79. ^
Mississippi Valley, waters of, 7; changes in, 10.
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Mohawk Indians, among the Shawnee, 70, 79; war

chief of, 78; defeat of, 79; alliance with British, 79;

death of, 80; name, 82.
Mohawk River, route via, 167.
Monmouth, battle of, 4.
Monongahela River, boat building on, 9.
Montreal (Can.), 131.
Moore, William, Indian captive, 97-102, 104-6, 113;

fishing, no.

Morris, Robert, son, 162.
Morris, Thomas, of Canandaigua, 162-66; kindness to

Spencer, 166.

Muskingum River, settlement at, xii.
NEW ENGLAND, founds Ohio Company, xii; settlers

from, xv; settlers in, 3-4.

New Jersey, settlers from, xii-xiii, xv-xvi, xx; Revolu
tion in, 4; governor, 168.
New York City, Spencer in, 165-67.
New York State, 115, 126; western part, 157, 162.
Newark (Ont.), Simcoe s residence, 160, 162.
Newell, , killed by Indians, 17.
Niagara, British post, 115, 139, 153, 159-60; Spencer

reaches, i55-5 6 > l6 6; garrison, 157-58.
Niagara Falls, Spencer sees, 155; description of, 159-

62.

Niagara River, crossed, 162, 164.
North Bass Island, 148, 153.
North Bend (Ohio), founded, xiv; Indian attacks on,

xvii.

North Carolina, Indians from, 79.
Northwest Territory, Indian wars in, vii, ix, 89;

British posts, ix-x, xx; ordinance for, xii; governor,

20.

OAKS, on the Ohio, n; on the Maumee, 84, 95.
O Brian, Ensign , at Detroit, 141.
Ogden, Col. , Spencer s uncle, 163.
Ogden, Robert, of New Jersey, xv.
Ogden family, related to Spencer, 141-42.
Ohio, colonized, xii-xvi, 170; Indian cession of, xx.
Ohio Company, formed, xii.

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Ohio River, as a boundary, ix-xi, 104; trading voyage

on,xii; emigrants on, xiii, xvi, xviii, 9-12, 126, 170;

towns on, xiv, n; description of, n; Indians

attack boats on, 17, no.
Old Glade Road, 6-9.

Old Northwest. See Northwest Territory.
Oldham, Col. William, in St. Glair s defeat, 22.
Oneida Indians, in Iroquois confederacy, 79.
Oneida Lake, outlet, 167.

Onondaga Indians, in Iroquois confederacy, 79.
Ordinance of 1787, xii.
"Ottawa," lake vessel, 146.
Ouiatanon, Indian village, 17.
Owasca Lake, outlet, 167.
PARROQUETS, in Ohio Valley, 36.
Pennsylvania, frontiers, ix; militia from, xviii.
Pennsylvania Road, emigrants on, xvi, 6-9.
Pero. See Pirault.
Perry, Oliver W., victory, 29.
Phelps, Oliver, purchaser of New York lands, 162.
Philadelphia (Pa.), road terminus, 7; capital, 114;

resident, 162.

Pirault (Pero), a baker, 95.

Pittsburgh (Pa.), route to, 7, 170; departure from, n.
Point Au Plait, 154.
Point Pelee, in Lake Erie, 149-50.
Poplars, on the Ohio, n; on the Maumee, 125, 128.
Post Vincennes. See Vincennes.
Pumpkins, as Indian food, 107.
Put-in-bay, on Lake Erie, 147, 150, 152.
Puttshawk s Point. See Long Point.
QUAIFE, M. M., Chicago and the Old Northwest, 52,

96; "Henry Hay s Journal," 82, 95.
Quasay. See So-tone-goo.
Queen s Rangers, at Queenstown, 160.
Queenstown (Conn.), 155, 157, 160, 163-64.
RABBITS, as Indian food, 114.
Raccoon, as Indian food, 47, 52.
Rattlesnakes, on Lake Erie islands, 151.
Redstone (Pa.) , as a port, xii.
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Robertson, William, Detroit merchant, 131.

Rochester (N. Y.), site, 157.

Rocky Mountains, as a boundary, 103.

Rome (N. Y.), portage at, 167.

ST. CLAIR, Gov. Arthur, names town, xiv; Indian
campaign, xviii-xix, 20-30; defeat, 23-29, 51, 89-
90, 93, 96, 104.

St. Lawrence River, Indians on, 78-79.

St. Mary s on the Maumee, 96.

San Domingo, governor, 115.

Sanford, , tavern keeper at Canandaigua, 165-66.

Sassafras, on the Ohio, n.

Sauk Indians, hostilities, vii.

Schenck, James F., naval officer, 170.

Schenck, Robert C., in Civil War, 170.

Schenck, Gen. William C., 170.

Schenectady (N. Y.), Spencer at, 167.

Scott, Gen. Charles, expeditions, 17, 30.

Semonthe, Indian name for Americans, 117, 127.

Seneca Indians, in Iroquois confederacy, 79; agent,
165.

Seneca Lake, outlet, 167.

Sharon (Ohio), site, 46.

Sharp, George, Detroit trader, 130, 136; character
ized, 134; sketch, 131.

Shawnee Indians, at St. Clair s defeat, 28, 89; capture
Spencer, 70; Iroquois among, 70, 77, 79; villages,
52, 79-80-89; capital, 100; chieftains, 89, 91; war
party, 115-17; language, 120, 136.

Shaylor, Capt. Joseph, in St. Clair s defeat, 26.

Sidney (Ohio), site, 71.

Simcoe, John Graves, governor of Upper Canada,
rescues Spencer, 131, 139, 157; Spencer visits, 162-
63; characterized, 163-64; sketch, 114-15.

Simcoe, Lady, 164.

Simo-ne. See Ked-zaw-saw.

Six Nations Indians, confederacy, 79.

Slough, Capt. Jacob, in St. Clair s defeat, 23.

Snake, Shawnee chief, 91; described, 92-93; village,
116.

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Sorel River, Indians on, 77.

So-tone-goo (Quasay) , Indian girl, 82, 114, 120; bids
Spencer farewell, 129.

South Bass Island, 148.

Spears, Capt. , at Detroit, 145.

Spencer, Col. Oliver, Columbia settler, xv-xvi, 168; in
the Revolution, 4; Columbia home, 14; attack on,
18.

Spencer, Jr., Oliver, as a type of Indian captives, viii;
capture, 42-48; attempts to escape, 58-61; recap
tured, 64; ill-treatment, 65-95; restored to health,
97; life among Indians, 98-122; purchased by Brit
ish, 126; voyage to Detroit, 133-37; at Detroit,
137-47; sent to Niagara, 147-55; returns home, 157-
70; sketch, xx-xxi.

Spice wood, on the Ohio, n.

Sportmen s Hall, on the Ohio, 40.

Springfield (N. J.), battle at, 4.

Squash, as Indian food, 107.

Squirrels, as Indian food, 67, 106.

Steamboats, on western rivers, 10.

Stites, Benjamin, Ohio settler, xii-xiv, xvi, 13.

Strentian Island, described, 148.

Sugar, maple, making of, 125-26.

Sycamores, in Ohio, n, 67.

Symmes, John Cleves, Miami settler, xiii-xiv; letter
to, xvi.

TENNESSEE (Cherokee) River, Indians on, 79.

Three River Point, 167.

Tobacco, as Indian sacrifice, 54.

Tom, vessel cook, 151-54.

Treaty of Paris (1783), ix-x.

Treaty of Fort Mclntosh (1885), 91.

Treaty of 1795 (Jay s), xx.

Treaty of Greenville, 1795, xx, 51; signers, 90.

Turkey Bottom, near Columbia, 38.

Turpin, , miller, 36.

Tuscarawa Indians, migrate north, 79.

Twenty-fourth British Infantry, 142, 145; uniform,
158.

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UPHAM, , New York schoolmaster, 165-66.
Upper Canada, governors, 114-15, 143.
VINCENNES (Ind.), officer at, 51, 114.
Virginia, western possessions, ix; settlement, x; mili
tia from, xviii.
WABASH River, raid on, 17; St. Glair s defeat on, 22,

3-

Wade, D. E., Cincinnati pioneer, 31.

Walker, Captain, Indian warrior, 104-6, 113.

Wallace, Col. John S., aids in relief of garrison, 15.

Walnut trees, on the Ohio, n.

War of 1812, xx, 51, no, 143, 168.

Warren County (Ohio), 170.

Washington, George, intercedes for Spencer, 114.

Washington s birthday celebration, 83.

Waugh, B., and Mason, T., publishers, xxii.

Waw-paw-maw-quah. See White Loon.

Wawpunnoo, White Loon s brother, 74; in sports,
104-5.

Wayne, Gen. Anthony, conquers Northwest Indians,
xix-xx, 29, 90, 96, 97, 145; scout for, 51; builds
fort, 95.

Wea Indians, village raided, 17.

Wells, Capt. William, Indian agent, 51; Spencer s in
terview with, 114; sketch, 51-52.

West Virginia, frontiers, ix.

Western Christian Advocate, xxi, xxiii.

Wheeling (W. Va.), a river town, n.

White Loon (Waw-paw-maw-quaw) , captures Spencer,
47, 52, 89; captures Moore, 98-99; steals a horse,
53, 57J treatment of captives, 64-65, 69-70, 73;
offers sacrifice, 54; hunting, 71, 126; fishing, no;
relates adventure, 72-73; home of, 89; brother, 74;
at a feast, 104-5; burned, 113; in war party, 115-
17; later visits to Spencer, 171; characterized, 70-

7i-

Wickersham, , owns mill, 36.
Wild cat, killed by Spencer, 118-20.
Wilkinson, Col. James, Indian expedition, 17; at Fort

Washington, 114; sketch, 114.



Wisconsin Historical Collections, 146.

Wisconsin Historical Library, xxi, xxii, 20, 49.

Willows, on the Ohio, 40; on the Maumee, 84.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Proceedings, 82.

Wolf Tribe of Iroquois, 77.

Wyandot Indians, captive among, 29; village, 135;

Spencer left with, 136-37.
Wood Creek, route via, 167.
Wyllys, Maj. John, defeat, 80.
YORK (Ont.), 157-
Yorktown (Va.), surrender at, 115.
Youghiogheny River, emigrants on, xvi, 9.



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