- McAfee family, Kentucky pioneers, 125.
- McClellan, Alexander, Kentucky pioneer, 125.
- McCulloch, John, explores Kentucky, 91.
- MacDowell family, Kentucky pioneers, 125.
- McGary, Maj. Hugh, in Revolutionary War, 138, 188, 189.
- McKee, Capt. Alexander, raids Kentucky, 186.
- Marquette, Father Jacques, discovers Mississippi, 86.
- Marshall, Col. Thomas, surveyor, 181, 192, 193, 195.
- Martin, Josiah, governor of North Carolina, 116.
- Maryland, Boones in, 43, 59;
increase of settlement, 97;
commerce with Kentucky, 202.
- Matthews, Albert, on "Long Knives," 111.
- Maugridge, Mary, marries George Boone1, 1.
- Mausker, Caspar, of Long Hunters, 94.
- Maysville (Ky.), 194;
in Revolutionary War, 138;
Boone at, 201, 202, 207-210, 212.
- Medicine, on frontier, 32.
- Mill, John Stuart, on forcing civilization, 51.
- Miller, William, Kentucky pioneer, 117.
- Mingo Indians, in Dunmore's War, 105;
in Revolutionary War, 132, 139-144, 156, 157, 161-167.
- Mingo Junction (Ohio), Logan tragedy near, 105.
- Missouri, Boone family in, viii, 43, 220-241;
life previous to cession, 223-226;
first stone house, 239;
Constitutional Convention, viii, 239;
releases Boone's remains, 240.
- Moccasin Gap, followed by Boone, 73.
- Monocacy Valley, Boone in, 10.
- Montgomery, Alexander, scout, 160.
- —, Col. John, raids Cherokees, 44-46, 55.
- Mooney, James, accompanies Boone, 72-79.
- Moore, Sergeant, in Dunmore's War, 108.
- —, William, Kentucky pioneer, 117.
- Moravian Indian missions, 7, 8.
- Morgan, John, grandfather of Daniel Boone, 5.
- —, Sarah, marries Squire Boone1, 5, 59;
life in Oley, 5-15.
- — family, Welsh settlers, 5.
- Morton, Mrs. Jennie C., aid acknowledged, x.
- Muskrats, 18.
- Nall, James, Kentucky pioneer, 117.
- Nashville (Tenn.), hard winter at, 175.
- Neely, Alexander, joins Boone, 78-81.
- Neversink Mountains, Boone in, 10.
- New France, fall of, 48, 60, 87, 98.
See also French.
- New Mexico, New Englanders in, 86.
- New Orleans, French at, 19;
Spanish, 228;
North Carolinians, 66, 67;
Virginians, 90, 91;
early commerce with, 197.
- New York (State), Indian uprising, 37;
sends emigrants to Kentucky, 178.
- North Carolina, pioneers of, 13-15;
sends colony to Louisiana, 66;
Boones in, viii, 17-102, 241;
in French and Indian War, 21-23, 48-50, 56;
interest in Western settlement, 100, 138, 178;
Henderson's colony, 113-176;
opposition to Henderson, 116, 123, 127;
regulators, 61, 62;
rapid settlement, 42.
- North Wales (Pa.), Boones in, 4, 5.
- Northwest Territory, organized, 207.
- Ohio, Shawnese in, 135, 144, 149-160, 170, 182, 190;
Boone hunts in, 211, 218.
- — Company, founded, 20;
operations of, 24;
land grants on Ohio River, 87.
- Oley township (Pa.), Boones in, 4-15.
- Opecancano, Indian hero, 52.
- Orange County (Va.), settlers hunt in Kentucky, 89, 90.
- Ordinance of 1787, 205.
- Osage Indians, mentioned by Boone, 232.
- Otter Creek, Boone on, 117.
- Otters, 18, 74.
- Owatin Creek (Pa.), Boones on, 6.
- Ozark Mountains, Virginians in, 91.
- Paint Lick Town. See Chillicothe, Little.
- Panthers, 18.
- Paris (Ky.), fort on site of, 137.
- Patterson, Col. Robert, Kentucky pioneer, 125, 194.
- Peeke, James, Kentucky pioneer, 117.
- Penn, William, founds Pennsylvania, 2.
- Pennington (Peninton), Hannah, mentioned by Boone, 234.
- Pennsylvania, founded by Penn, 2;
Boones in, viii, 2-14, 102, 174, 183, 211, 212;
Finley, 79;
sends settlers to southwest, 13-15, 20, 24:
interest in Western settlement, 138, 178;
increase of settlement, 97, 130;
in French and Indian War, 20-23, 37;
in Revolutionary War, 148, 159;
losses in Indian wars, 205.
- Pensacola (Fla.), Boone in, 65.
- Philadelphia, in time of Boones, 3, 4, 10, 102, 212.
- Pickaway, Shawnese town, 179.
- Pittsburg, French at, 20, 21, 41;
Virginia hunters, 89;
in Dunmore's War, 105, 107;
in Revolutionary War, 138, 148, 183.
- Poage, Sergt. W., in Dunmore's War, 108.
- Point Pleasant (W. Va.), battle at, 108, 110-112;
Boone, 201, 210-222.
- Pompey, negro interpreter, 151, 161.
- Pontiac, Indian hero, 52, 59, 60.
- Pope, Col. William, militia leader, 180, 181.
- Presbyterians, among frontiersmen, 33.
- Preston, Col. William, in Dunmore's War, 105, 109;
in Revolutionary War, 136.
- — family, Kentucky pioneers, 125.
- Prestonburg (Ky.), Boone near, 69, 70.
- Quakers, Boones of this persuasion, 1, 2, 4-7, 10-12;
expel Boones, 12;
familiar with Indians, 13;
among frontiersmen, 14, 33.
- Ranck, George W., Boonesborough, x.
- —, Mrs. George W., aid acknowledged, x.
- Randolph, Nathaniel, Kentucky pioneer, 125.
- Reading (Pa.), Boones near, 6.
- Red Jacket, Indian hero, 52.
- — Stone. See Brownsville, Pa.
- Regulators, in Carolinas, 61, 101.
- Religion, on frontier, 33.
See also the several denominations.
- Revolutionary War, 175;
effect on proprietary governments, 123;
causes Washington to turn from West, 89;
checks Western colonies, 100;
Western interest in, 128, 170, 171;
G. R. Clark, 125, 138, 139, 158, 159, 169;
Kentucky in, 132-192.
- Richmond (Va.), seat of government, 181, 182, 207, 208, 215.
- Ringe, Daniel, 234.
- River Alleghany, French on, 20.
- — Big Sandy, Boone on, 69-71, 211;
Washington, 88.
- — Catawba, early settlements on, 17;
Indian hostilities, 42.
- — Clinch, Boone on, 69, 101, 103-112;
early settlement, 97.
- — Cumberland, Long Hunters on, 93, 95;
Boone, 101;
in Transylvania cession, 115;
in Revolutionary War, 139.
- — Dick's, Boone on, 83.
- — Elk, Boone on, 221.
- — Elkhorn, Boone on, 208;
in Revolutionary War, 137.
- — French Broad, early settlement on, 97.
- — Gauley, Boone on, 219.
- — Green, Long Hunters on, 93, 94;
Boone, 77.
- — Great Miami, Shawnese on, 179.
- — Holston, Finley on, 79;
Boone, 57, 69, 73;
Long Hunters, 91;
in Cherokee War, 47, 50;
in Revolutionary War, 134, 138, 144, 161;
early settlements, 97, 126.
- — Hudson, Iroquois on, 99.
- — Kanawha (Great Kanawha), explored, 86;
in Dunmore's War, 108;
Boone on, viii, 210-222;
hunting, 218, 219.
- — Kentucky, Boone on, 73, 79, 83, 112, 180, 211;
Transylvania settlement, 115-119, 121;
crown lands abutting, 121, 130;
capture of girls, 134-136;
in Revolutionary War, 137, 139, 176;
bounds Fayette County, 179;
Boone leaves, 201.
- — Keowee, Cherokees on, 45.
- — Licking, Shawnese on, 135, 137, 151, 166, 170, 178-180, 188, 190;
Boone, 83, 208, 211.
- — Little Miami, Shawnese on, 151, 190;
in Revolutionary War, 160, 170.
- — Little Sandy, Washington on, 88.
- — Little Tennessee, Cherokees on, 45, 48, 49.
- — Maumee, Wayne on, 217.
- — Miami, Indians raided on, 214.
- — Mississippi, Iroquois on, 99;
French, 19, 60, 85-87, 207;
early English explorations, 20, 85-87, 89-91;
North Carolinians, 66, 67;
in Revolutionary War, 179;
Spanish, 85, 197, 198, 202-205;
free navigation sought by West, 203-205, 226;
early commerce on, 197, 198.
- — Missouri, Boone on, 221, 232, 234, 240.
- — Monongahela, fur trade route, 24;
Braddock on, 71;
early settlements, 98, 130;
Boone, 212, 215, 216.
- — New, Batts on, 86;
Squire Boone, 78;
settlers explore Kentucky, 90, 91.
- — Nolichucky, early settlement on, 97.
- — Ohio, drains Virginia, 16;
French on, 19, 20, 41, 42;
early explorations, 22;
Virginia hunters, 89-91;
Gist, 87;
Finley, 22, 23, 71;
in Dunmore's War, 105;
Iroquois land sale, 99;
Boone on, 69, 70, 83, 183, 201, 202, 210, 222;
in Transylvania cession, 114, 129;
in Revolutionary War, 138, 151, 159, 170;
Indian wars on, 88, 107, 108;
early settlements, 98, 100, 104, 207, 214;
highway for emigrants, 130, 172, 178, 184, 196, 201;
early commerce, 197, 198;
last of Indian raids, 213-218.
- River Platte, Boone on, 232.
- — Potomac, fur trade route, 24.
- — Powell, Boone on, 73, 95, 96, 125;
early settlements, 97, 102, 115, 119.
- — Red, Boone on, 79.
- — Rich, in Dunmore's War, 109.
- — Rockcastle, Indians on, 80, 117.
- — St. Joseph, Indians raided on, 213.
- — St. Lawrence, Indians on, 19.
- — Salt, Indians near, 190.
- — —, Beech Fork of, 208.
- — Sandy, West Fork of, Boone on, 70.
- — Savannah, Indians on, 37.
- — Schuylkill, Boones on, 6-15.
- — Scioto, Shawnese on, 157, 158, 160, 167, 207;
Indians raided, 213.
- — Shenandoah, Boones on, 16.
- — Tennessee, Indian uprising, 37, 45;
Iroquois land sale, 99, 114;
in Transylvania cession, 114.
- — Wabash, Shawnese on, 206, 207;
French, 207;
English, 87;
in Dunmore's War, 105;
Indians raided on, 213, 214.
- — Watauga, Boone on, 55, 56, 101, 115;
Cherokee council, 115, 116, 133;
early settlement, 97.
- — Yadkin, early known to Pennsylvanians, 14;
Bryan family on, 25-27, 43;
Boone family, 16-20, 24-27, 34, 43, 55-57, 68-70, 81, 89, 95, 96, 100, 102, 103, 125, 158, 168, 169, 208, 209;
Indians on, 18, 19, 22, 37-56, 59, 60;
hunting, 17, 18, 28-34, 55, 58;
trading caravans, 31, 58;
crime, 60-62;
Finley's arrival, 71, 72.
- — Yellowstone, Boone on, 229.
- Robinson, Chief Justice, on Wilderness Road, 172, 173, 175.
- —, David, militia leader, 134.
- Rockingham County (Va.), Boones in, 16;
Lincolns, 174.
- Rocky Mountains, explorations of, 231, 232.
- Rowan County (N.C.), Boones in, 25, 55, 174.
- Russell, Henry, killed by Indians, 103.
- —, Col. William, starts for Kentucky, 101-103;
in Dunmore's War, 105, 108;
in Revolutionary War, 134.