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homes, 86 ; some of tliem present 

 at the battle of the Monoiiijahela, 

 107; in alliance with the French, 

 142; attack the English settle- 

 ments, 143 ; their number esti- 

 mated, 148 ; where located in 

 1700, 150; found at present be 

 yond the Mississippi, 81 ; in- 

 censed against the English, 176 ; 

 a Delaware prophet, his wide 

 influence, 179; the Delawares at- 

 tack Fort Pitt, ii. 12, 23; attack 

 a body of British troops at Bushy 

 Run, (51 ; are repulsed with great 

 loss, 67 ; moral effect of the affair, 

 71 ; their hostile inroads in Penn- 

 sylvania, 99; a party of them 

 brought prisoners to Albany, 113; 

 their inveterate hostility, 190, 

 194; their worthless promises, 

 195; they sue for peace, 216-222. 



Detroit founded, i. 213 ; description 

 of, 213, 215 ; held by a French 

 garrison, 55, 62, 125, 164, 167 ; it 

 capitulates to the English, 168, 

 169 ; its population at that time, 

 213; character of its inhabitants, 

 214 ; the fortifications, ib. ; the 

 British garrison in 1760, 215, 216; 

 plan of Pontiac to seize the fort, 

 218-220; the plot revealed, 219. 

 See Appendix C. Pontiac in De- 

 troit, 224 et sec/.; attack on the 

 fort, 235, 236 ; distress of the gar- 

 rison, 246 ; Detroit alone of all 

 the frontier posts escapes captui'e 

 by the Indians, 272 ; the garrison 

 reinforced, 290 ; Gladwyn holds a 

 council with the Canadians, 291- 

 296 ; his speech to them, 292 ; 

 Indian attempt to burn an armed 

 schooner, 300 ; the garrison again 

 rehiforced, 307 ; their numbers, 

 318 ; a supply of provisions col- 

 lected, ii. 107 ; the Ojibwas and 

 other tribes ask for peace, ib.; the 

 siege of Detroit abandoned, 109 ; 

 moral effect of the failure, 112; 

 the garrison continue to be har- 

 assed by Indian hostility, 181; 

 arrival of Brads treet with a large 

 military force, i6. ,• he meets the In- 

 dians in council, 182 ; his absurd 

 demands, 183 ; gives great offence 

 to the Indians, 185. 



Devil's Hole, near Niagara, de- 

 scribed, ii. 76; a convoy attacked 



there by Indians, 77 ; the fearful 

 issue, lb. 



Dieskau, Louis Auguste, Baron, 

 sails from Brest with troops for 

 Canada, i 103 ; his ilefeat at Lake 

 George, 115-119; wovmded dan- 

 gerously, but not mortally, 119, 

 120 note. 



Dinwiddle, Robert, Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor of Virginia, remonstrates 

 against French encroachment, 

 i. 97. 



Dionondadies, or Tobacco Nation, i. 

 22. 



Dogs, proposal to Imnt the Indians 

 with them, ii. 40 ; the plan given 

 in detail, 41 note. 



E. 



Easton, Pa., peace there made with 

 the Indians, i. 142. 



Ecuyer, Captain Simeon, com- 

 mander at Fort Pitt, ii. 5 ; his 

 letters to Colonel Bouquet quoted, 

 5, 6 note, 7, 11, 26 ; his answer to 

 the proposal to sun-ender, 14 ; 

 his answer to a similar and sub- 

 sequent demand, 24; his precau- 

 tions for the safety of the lort, 27 

 note; his gallant conduct, 26 ; his 

 discontent at the service, 161. 



Elder, John, pastor at Paxton, Pa., 

 his creditable military career, ii. 

 96 ; his report to Governor Penn, 

 96 note; his character, 119; 

 preaches to armed men, ib.; en- 

 deavors to divert the Paxton men 

 from their murderous design, but 

 in vain, 124 ; his letter to Colo- 

 nel Burd, 127 note. See Appen- 

 dix E. 



Eliot, Charles, brave action of his, 

 ii. 51. 



English colonies, their character- 

 istics as contrasted with those 

 of France, i. 47, 48, 50, 65, 73 ; 

 neglect to cultivate the friend- 

 ship of the Indians, 74, 173 ; plan 

 for a union of these colonies, 101 ; 

 its failure, and the reason why, 

 ib. ; English colonies, their expos- 

 ure to Indian hostility, in 1760, 

 194 ; how far they extended at 

 that time, ii. 1, 2. 



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