INDEX. 



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Frontenac, Count, Governor of 

 Canada, aids the enterprises of 

 La Salle, i. 60 ; his expedition 

 against the Iroquois, 69, 70; cul- 

 tivates the friendship of other 

 Indians, 75 ; burns alive an Iro- 

 quois prisoner, ib. 



Frontier of Virginia, ii. 81 ; of 

 Pennsylvania, 88 ; the frontiers- 

 man described, 81-83. 



Frontiers of the English provinces, 

 ii. 1 ; how guarded, 2 ; ravaged 

 by the Indians, 28 ; sufterings of 

 the settlers, 42 ; dilficulties of 

 communication between the out- 

 posts and the settled country, 48 ; 

 the frontiers desolated, 85 et seq. ; 

 consternation of the settlers, ib. ; 

 fearful scenes enacted, 87 et seq. ; 

 general distress, 94 ; the number 

 slain or captivated during four 

 months, 115; the frontier people 

 make loud complaints of neglect, 

 116 ; their resentment against the 

 Quakers, ib. ; their intense hatred 

 of the Indians, 117. See Appen- 

 dix E. 



Fur-trade as carried on from Can- 

 ada, i. 49, 65, 71; from the Eng- 

 lish colonies, 72, 79 ; the courenrs 

 debois, renegades from civilization, 

 78 ; fur-trade, mode of operation, 

 153 ; equipment and character of 

 the fur-trader, 153, 158; difficul- 

 ties, hardships, and dangers of 

 the way, 154, 155 ; the call for 

 energy and courage, 158; char- 

 acter and habits of the existing 

 trapper and hunter in the tar 

 west, 158, 159 ; the white savage 

 compared with the red, 159; fur- 

 trade as conducted by the Eng- 

 lish; its great faults, 174; bad 

 character ot the English traders, 

 175 ; Frencli fur-traders inflame 

 the resentment of the Indians, 

 177, 326. 



G. 



Gage, General Thomas, present at 

 Braddock's defeat, i. 110; re- 

 ceives a severe wound, 112 ; his 

 singular testimony concerning 

 Pontiac, 255 ; succeeds Amherst 

 as commander-in-chief, ii. 103; 



sends a body of troops to Phila- 

 delphia, to protect it against the 

 Paxton rioters, 141. 



Galissonniere, Count, his plan of 

 French colonization, i. 63. 



Gallatin, Albert, quoted, i. 6, 26, 

 27. 



Gates, General Horatio, present at 

 Braddock's defeat, i. 110 ; severe- 

 ly wounded, 112. 



Gladwyn, Major, commands at De- 

 troit, i. 189, 209; the hostile 

 plans of Pontiac disclosed to him, 

 219 ; his precautions, 221 ; scene 

 between him and Pontiac, 226, 

 227 ; his letters to General Am- 

 herst, 227 note, 249 note ; suffers 

 Pontiac to escape, 227, 228, 230 ; 

 refuses to abandon the fort, 244 ; 

 Pontiac in vain endeavors to ter- 

 rify him, 291 ; Giadvvyn holds a 

 council with tlie Canadians, 291- 

 296 ; his speech to them, 292 ; 

 obtains a supply of provisions, ii. 

 107 ; proposes to exterminate" the 

 Indians by a free sale of kcm, 

 109 note. 



Gladwyn, schooner, on her return 

 to Detroit from Niagara, is at- 

 tacked by Indians, i. 318, 319 ; 

 gallant defence by the crew, 319 ; 

 saved bv a desperate expedient, 

 ib. 



Glendenning, Archibald, killed by 

 the Indians, ii. 87 ; masculine 

 spirit of his Avife, 88. 



Gnadenhutten, Pa., a Moravian mis- 

 sionary station, destroyed, ii. 

 129 



Goddard, an English fur-trader, i, 

 331. 



Godefroy, a Canadian, summons 

 Fort Miami to surrender, i. 278 ; 

 goes to Illinois as interpreter to 

 an English embassy, ii. 186 ; 

 saves Morris's life, 189; stands 

 firmly by his captain, 191-194. 



Gordon, Lieutenant, commander at 

 P'ort Venango, ii. 19 ; tortured to 

 death by the Indians, 20 ; roasted 

 alive during several nights, 38 

 note. 



Gorell, Lieutenant J., extracts from 

 his journal, i. 152 ; commands 

 at Green Bay, 362 ; his impor- 

 tant duties, ib. ; his prudent con- 

 duct, 363; his speech to the 



