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cerning it, 12, 13 ; their fantastic 

 legends, 14, 15 ; rude state of the 

 arts among them, 16 , their 

 agriculture, ib. ; their fortifications 

 and strongholds, ib. ; their dwell- 

 ings, 17 ; tiieir life of excitement, 

 18 ; preparation for war, 19 ; re- 

 turn from war, ib. ; fiendish cruel- 

 ty, ib. ; their boundless pride, 21 ; 

 military strength, ib. ; destroy the 

 Hurons, 23, 21 ; and several other 

 Indian nations, 25; their cruel 

 treatment of captives, 26 ; their 

 licentiousness, 28 ; their god of 

 thunder, 38 ; attack made on 

 them by Champlain, 66 ; they be- 

 come the irreconcilable foes of 

 the French colonies, 67 ; their 

 attack on Montreal, 68 ; tiieir ex- 

 treme ferocity, ib. ; expedition of 

 Frontenac against them, 69, 70; 

 their rancor abates, 70; irritated 

 against the Englisli and why, 88 ; 

 influence over them gained by 

 Sir William Johnson, 90. See 

 Appendix A. They assume to dis- 

 pose of lands in Pennsylvania, 

 85, 102 ; treaty of alliance with 

 them, 102 ; they induce the 

 Delawares to make peace with 

 the English, 142; flock to the 

 British standard, 146 ; estimate 

 of their numbers, 148 ; what their 

 approach to civilization, 149; 

 meet Sir William Johnson in 

 council, and are restrained by 

 him from war against the Eng- 

 lish, ii. 72 ; the Senecas already 

 at war with them, i. 180, 187, ii. 

 20, 29, 72 ; the Iroquois send a 

 message to the Delawares, ex- 

 horting them to bury the hatchet, 

 74 ; a war-party of the Iroquois 

 goes out to fight the Delawares, 

 113 : their success, ib. 



J. 



Jacobs, mate of schooner Gladwyn, 



orders the vessel blown up, i. 



319 ; lost in a storm, 320 note. 

 Jamet, Lieutenant, at Michillimack- 



inac slain by the Indians, i. 341,364. 

 Jenkins, Lieutenant Edward, taken 



prisoner by the Indians, i. 276 ; 



his letter, 277 note. 



Jesuit missionaries in Canada, i. 52 

 et seq. ; their religious zeal and 

 enterprise, 53 ; tiieir sufferings, 

 53, 54 ; slender results, 55 ; lead 

 the van of French colonization, 

 ib. ; the firm auxiliaries of French 

 power, 56. 



Jogues, Isaac, a Jesuit missionary, 

 a captive among the Iroquois, i. 

 54 ; tortured by them, ib. ; his 

 death, ^'6. 



Johnson, Sir William, settles on the 

 Mohawk River, i. 90 ; trades with 

 the Indians, ib. ; acquires great 

 influence over them, 91. See Ap- 

 pendix A. Becomes a major- 

 general and a baronet, ib. ; re- 

 peatedly defeats the French, 91, 

 115-119, 125; his death, 92; his 

 good and bad qualities, ib. ; his 

 noble figure, ii. 300 ; his estimate 

 of the Indian population, i. 148 ; 

 his annoyance from Indians, 152 

 note : his statement of the French 

 policy toward the Indians and its 

 results, 114: note; his letters quot- 

 ed, 74 note, ii. 74 note ; his influ- 

 ence keeps the Indians around 

 him quiet, ii. 29 ; convokes a 

 council of the Six Nations and 

 persuades them not to attack the 

 English, 72; arms his tenantry, 

 74 ; theirnumbers, 74 note ; offers 

 fifty dollars each for the heads of 

 two noted Delaware chiefs, 113; 

 sends messengers to the north- 

 western tribes, 164 ; meets a con- 

 ference of Indians at Niagara, 

 168 note; his interview with Pon- 

 tiac at Oswego, 300 et seq. ; his 

 address, 301 ; his indecision at 

 the outbreak of the Revolution, i. 

 91 ; his death, 92. 



Johnston, Captain, cut off with 

 nearly all his men, ii. 79 note. 



Jonois, a Jesuit priest, i. 275 ; com- 

 mended for humanity, 276, 349, 

 350, 353 ; visits Detroit, 275, 354. 



K. 



Kaskaskia, a French settlement, i. 



62, 156. 

 Kickapoos attack George Croghan, 



ii. 289. 



