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ton's connection with, 292; Thomas Lee's
connection with, 292; Mr. Hanbury agent
in London for, 292; John Mercer secretary
of, 296.

Ohio, George Washington's tour to, in 1770,
416.

Onondaga Indians, 390.

Orme, Capt., account of Braddock's defeat,
64; death, 91.

Ourry, Capt., commanding at Ft. Bedford,
Pennsylvania, 212.
Pennsylvania authorities

uneasy at en-
croachments of French, 7, 8; tract of
land ceded by treaty of July 6, 1754, 63;
ravages of the enemy in, 76; Gazette, letter
in, about Maj. Grant's defeat, 179; Gazette,
obituary notice of Gen. John Forbes, 189;
controversy with Virginia concerning
boundary lines, 434; letters and documents
respecting controversy about boundary,
457; controversy with Maryland about
boundary, 530; controversy with Virginia,

553.

Penn, Governor John, Gen. Gage's letter to,
on encroachments of white settlers on In-
dians' lands, July 2, 1766, 343; letter
to Governor Fauquier, Virginia, for re-
moving white settlers on Indians' lands,
September 23, 1766, 343; answers to ques-
tions of Earl of Dartmouth, 549.
Pittsburg, Virginia troops build a fort at,
April, 1754, 28; Ensign Ward builds a fort
at, 28; Post's arrival at, 171; extract from
letter of Col. Hugh Mercer, dated January
8, 1759, 194; Gen. Monckton's arrival at,
June 29, 1760, 199; inscription to Col. Bou-
quet in, 202; wire suspension bridge at,
286; Gist and Trent build first house, Feb-
ruary 17, 1754, 371; Washington's account
of, in 1770, 418; meeting in favor of Ameri-
can rights, held May 16, 1775, 571.

Pitt, William, character of, 177; letter from,
about rebuilding Ft. Duquesne, 310.
Point Pleasant, Virginia, description of leaden
plate found at, 239.

Pokanoket Indians, 387.

Tuscaroratown, Loskiel's account of, 86;
connection with Rev. David Zeisberger, 87;
first journal of, 99; sent by government of
Pennsylvania, 1758, to the Delaware, Shaw-
anese, and Mingos, to persuade them to
withdraw from the French, 89; conference
with King Beaver, 103; with messengers
from Indians at Ft. Duquesne, 105; goes to
Ft. Duquesne, 107; speeches to Indians,
109; character of Indians, 124; character
of Five Nations, 134; second journal of
travels, on a message from Governor of
Pennsylvania to Indians on the Ohio,
1758, 145; speeches to the Indians, 159; ar-
rival at Pittsburg, 171.
Potawatomie Indians, 389.
Presqu'ile (now Erie), Col. Bouquet marches
with troops to, July 7, 1760, 199; Col. Hugh
Mercer to go to, with three companies of
Pennsylvania regiment, 199; Col. Brad-
street's messages from, to Col. Bouquet, 220.
Proclamation of February 24, 1768, against
persons settling on Indian land, 343.
Royal American Regiment, notice of, 332.
Sac Indians, 389.

Schoenbrun, account of, in Heckewelder's nar-
rative, 88.

Seminole Indians, 394.
Seneca Indians, 390.

Shannopinstown, derivation of name of, 96.
Shawanese, derivation of, 6; possessions of,
7; and Delawares join the French, 8;
friendly to the English, 52; Heckewelder's
account of, 315, 388.

Shingiss, makes friendly overtures to the
English, 113; notice of, 9.
Sioux Indians, 389.

Six Nations in Pennsylvania, 4; possessions
of, 4; government of, 4; friendly to the
English, 62; treaty of July 6, 1754, with,
63; tribes in alliance with, in 1742, 335;
De Witt Clinton's character of, 396.
Smith, Capt. James, scenes at Ft. Duquesne
day after Braddock's defeat, 72.
Sparks', Washington, account of Braddock's
defeat, 126.

Pontiac, death of, account of J. N. Nicollet, St. Clair, Arthur, 178, 437, 439, 445, 571.
322.
Population of French North America, in

1688, 7.

St. Clair. Sir John, Deputy Quartermaster, ar-
rives at Philadelphia from Pittsburg, De-
cember, 1760, 200.

Post, Rev. Christian Frederick, missiou at Stanwix, Maj. Gen. John, account of his build-

ing Ft. Pitt, 195; arrival at Philadelphia,
198; presentation at court, 198; death, 198,
262, 265.

Stobo, Capt. Robt., hostage to the French, 51;
hostage not returned by the French, 59;
letter from Ft. Duquesne, 59; notices of, 283,
336, 370.

Virginia House of Burgesses, vote of thanks
to George Washington, 57.
Virginia, controversy with Pennsylvania, con-
cerning boundary line, 434; letters and
documents respecting controversy about
boundary, 457; controversy with Pennsyl-
vania, 553.

Tanacharison, Half-King of Six Nations, 5, Ward, Ensign, surrenders fort at Pittsburg to

15, 29, 30, 373.

Teedyuscung, Post's notice of, 99; at Lancas-
ter, Pennsylvania, 1762, 222.
Ticonderoga, expedition against, 179.
Tomlinson, A. B., letter on mounds at Grave

Creek, Virginia, 233.

Treaty of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1744, 3.
Treaty of Logstown, 1752, 9.

Treaty with the Six Nations, July 6, 1754, 63.
Treaty of Col. Bouquet, 1764, 284.

Treaty of 1763, French forts ceded by, 319;
remarks on, 329.

Treaty with Indians, August, 1760, at Ft.
Pitt, 331.

Treaty, first, of Ft. Stanwix, in 1768, 399.
Trent, Capt. Wm., sent by Governor Dinwid-
die to the Indians on the Ohio, 1753, 12;
and Christopher Gist, build first house at
Pittsburg, February 17, 1754, 371.
Tulikens, Maj., commanding at Ft. Pitt, 1760,
198.

Tuscarora Indians, 391.
Twightwees, account of, 309.
Uchee Indians, 392.

Van Braam, Capt. Jacob, Washington's
French interpreter, 12; hostage to the
French, 51; not returned, carried to Que-
bec, 59; notice of, by Lyman C. Draper,
370.

Venango, French fort, 28.

Villiers, M. de, French commander at battle
of Great Meadows, 51; account of trans-
actions at battle of Great Meadows, 52;
notice of, 375.

Virginia troops march to Pittsburg, and erect
a fort, 28.

Contrecœur, April 17, 1754, 28; M. Contre-
cœur's summons to surrender, April 16,
1754, 83.

Washington, George, appointed by Governor
Dinwiddie to visit French forts on the Ohio,
10; Governor Dinwiddie's instructions to,
10; journal of a tour over the Allegheny
Mountains, November, 1753, 12; advance
on the French, 29; battle of Great
Meadows, May 27, 1754, 30; battle of
Great Meadows, official report of, 34;
builds Ft. Necessity, 38; reply to M. de
Villiers' account of transactions at Great
Meadows, 54; joins Braddock's army, July
8, 1754, 64; conduct in Braddock's cam-
paign, 132; ordered from Ft. Cumberland
to Raystown, 179; preference for taking
southern route in Forbes' campaign, 201;
controversy with Col. Bouquet, 262, 263;
reasons in favor of the southern route, 266;
account of the taking of Ft. Duquesne,
281; journal of a tour to the Ohio, in 1770,
416.

Washington, Lawrence, connection with the
Ohio Company, 292.

Washington, Augustine, connection with Ohio
Company, 292.

Wyandot Indians, 390.
Yamassee Indians, 394.

York, petition of town and county of, August
28, 1756, 76.
Zeisberger, Rev. David, locates Moravian mis-
sion, 1772, in Schoenbrun, Tuscarawas
county, Ohio, 86; connection with Post, 87;
remarks of traditions, etc., of Indians, 271.

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Page 92, 2d line from bottom, for "1734" read 1794.

Page 177, 14th line from bottom, for that "noble man " read nobleman.

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