CONTENTS OF VOL. I. Xvii 



CHAPTER V. 



1755-.1763. 



The Wilderness and its Tenants at the Close of the 

 French War. 



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Sufferings of the Frontier. — Treaties with the Western Tribes. — 

 Christian Frederic Post. — The Iroquois. — The remote Tribes. 



— The Forest. — Indian Population. — Condition of the Tribes. 



— Onondaga. — The Delawares and neighboring Tribes. — 

 Their Habits and Condition. — The Shawanoes, JNIianiis, 

 Illinois, and Wyandots. — English Settlements. — Forest 

 Thoroughfares. — Fur-traders — Their Habits and Character. — 

 The Forest Traveller. — The French at the Illinois. — Military 

 Life in the Forest. — The Savage and the European. — Hunt- 

 ers and Trappers. — Civilization and Barbarism 142 



CHAPTER VL 



1760. 

 The English take Possession of the Western Posts. 



The victorious Armies at Montreal. — Major Robert Rogers. — His 

 Expedition up tlie Lakes. — His Meeting witli Pontiac. — Am- 

 bitious Views of Pontiac. — He befriends the English. — The 

 English take Possession of Detroit. — Of other French Posts. — 

 British Power Predominant in the West 161 



CHAPTER VII. 



1760-1763. 

 Anger of the Indians. — The Conspiracy 



Discontent of the Tribes. — Impolitic Course of the English. — Dis- 

 orders of the Fur-trade. — Military Insolence. — Intrusion of 

 Settlers. — French Intrigue. — The Delaware Prophet. — An 

 abortive Plot. — Pontiac's Conspiracy. — Character of Pontiac. 



— Gloomy Prospects of the Indian Race. — Designs of Pontiac. 



— His War Messengers. — Tribes engaged in the Conspiracy. 



— Dissimulation of the Indians. — The War-belt among the 

 Miamis ' ^'^^ 



CHAPTER VIIL 



1763. 



Indian Preparation. 



The Indians as a military People. — Their inefficient Organization. 

 -— Their insubordinate Spirit. — Their Improvidence. — Policy 

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