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INDEX. 



tices, ib ; a massacre there, 121. 

 See Appendix E. 



Conner, Henry, Indian interpreter, 

 his statement respecting Pontiac's 

 birth, i. 183 7Wle; his account of 

 the disclosure of the plans of 

 Pontiac, 217-220. 



Conference of Indians witli Sir 

 William Johnson at Niagara, ii. 

 168 ; they ask forgiveness, 172. 



Conspmicy of the Indians against 

 the Englisli after the Frenclt war, 

 i. 172 fits causes, 178 ; the Eng- 

 lish neglect to cultivate their 

 friendship, 173, 175; disorders of 

 the Engiisli fur-trade, 174 ; in- 

 trusion of settlers on the Indian 

 lands, 176 ; the arbitrary conduct 

 of Sir Jeffi-ey Amh.ei'st, 195; the 

 discontent of the Indians artfully 

 increased by the French, 177 ; 

 Indian plot to destroy the Eng- 

 Ush, 180, 181 ; a great crisis for 

 the Indian race, 181; tire conspir- 

 acy discovered, 2l«-220 ; treach- 

 ery of Poniiac, 223-231 ; the war 

 begins, 232 ; attack on the fort at 

 Detroit, 235, 236 ; negotiation, 

 237 ; comes to no good result, 

 238 et seq. 



Conyngham, Redmond, publishes 

 an account of the massacre at 

 Cones toga, 121 note. 



Council of Indians summoned by 

 Pontiac, i. 2)0 et seg. ; appearance 

 of Pontiac, 202 ; his speech, 203 

 et seg. : council-house at Onon- 

 daga, 9 note, 17, 18. 



"Coureurs de bo/'s," or bush-rangers, 

 i. 78, 211 ; their degradation, ib. ; 

 and superstition, 79 ; excite the 

 Indians against the English, 177. 



Creek nation hostile to the English, 

 ii. 111. 



Creoles along the Mississippi ; their 

 character and modes of life, ii. 

 252. 



Croghan, George, his representa- 

 tions to the Lords of Trade, ii. 

 156, 157. They are disregarded, 

 159 ; sent to negotiate with the 

 western Indians, 275 ; his convoy 

 seized by the Paxton men, 277, 

 278; at Fort Pitt he meets In- 

 dians in council, 282 ; finds them 

 undecided in their plans, 283 ; 

 descends the Ohio, 288; is at- 



I tacked by the Kickapoos, 289 ; 

 arrives at Vincennes, 290 ; meets 

 witli Pontiac, who oilers the 

 calumet of peace, 291 ; proceeds 

 to Detroit, 292; holds a council 

 there with the Indians, 292-297 ; 

 his speech to the Ottawas, 2yl; 

 outdoes the Indians in the use of 

 figurative language, 291, 296 

 note ; his complete success, 297. 



Crown Point, a French fort erected 

 there, i. 96; plan tor its reduction, 

 105; the plan fails, 114, 115; 

 another attempt, 125 ; the fort 

 evacuated, 126. 



Cumberland County, Pa., settled 

 by the Scotch-Irish, ii. 84. 



C aside, a Tuscarora Indian, the 

 historian of his tribe, i. 14, 15 

 not en. 



Cuyler, Lieutenant, leaves Niagara 

 with a reinforcement for Detroit, 

 i. 265 ; is attacked by Indians, 

 266 ; fate of his detachment, 268. 



D'Abbadie, governor of the French, 

 New Orleans, ii. 271 ; gives audi- 

 ence to the messengers of Pontiac, 

 ib. ; refuses aid, 272 ; dies, ib. 



Dahcotah, then' estimated military 

 strength, i. 362 ; their hatred of 

 the Ojibwas, 365; their interfer- 

 ence saves the EngUsh garrison 

 at Green Bay, ib. 



Dalzel, Captain, leaves Niagara 

 with a reinforcement for Detroit, 

 i. 305; attacked by the Indians, 

 307 ; arrives at Detroit, ib. ; his 

 night attack on the Indians, 309 ; 

 his great bravery, 313; falls in 

 the action, 314. 



Davers, Sir Robert, murdered by 

 Indians, i. 234; the transaction 

 erroneously reported, 261. 



Delaware tribe of Indians, a brave 

 and generous people, i. 31 ; called 

 also Lenni Lenape, 30 ; the parent 

 stem of the Algonquin tribes, ib. ; 

 subjugated by the Iroquois, 7 ; 

 recover their independence, 31 ; 

 their treaty with William Penn, 

 30, 82 ; oppressed by his descend- 

 ants, proprietors of Pennsylvania, 

 84-87, 102: driven from their 



