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INDEX. 



Penobscot Indians attacked by the 

 Mohawks, i. 7 note. 



Philadelphia, a place of outfit for 

 the Indian trade, i. 153 ; the Mo- 

 ravian converts removed thither, 

 ii. 132 ; great alarm felt at the 

 approach of the Pax ton boys, 

 138 ; the people called to arms, 

 143 ; extreme excitement, 145 ; 

 treaty with the rioters, 148. See 

 Appendix E. 



Picquet, a Jesuit missionary, i. 56 ; 

 engages in military enterprises, 

 89. 



Pittman, Captain, does not ascend 

 the Mississippi, ii. 268, 2&9. 



Pittsburgh (Fort Du Quesne) occu 

 pied by the English, i. 'J9 ; by thv 

 French, 107 ; its capture by Gen- 

 eral Forbes, 122. 



Pontiac, his origin, i. 183 note; leads 

 the Ottawas out in the attack on 

 Braddock's force, 109, 184; his 

 interview with Rogers, 165 ; his 

 haughty behavior, ib. ; his char- 

 acter, 166, 217, 229, 257 ; submits 

 to the Enghsh, 166, 167; his 

 extensive influence among the 

 Indians, 182 ; his commanding 

 energy, 183; a fierce, wily sav- 

 age, 183, 217, 229 ; his great 

 qualities, 183, 255; his enduring 

 fame, ib. ; in alliance with the 

 French, 184 ; sends ambassadors 

 to excite the Indians over all the 

 West, 186: hstens to the false- 

 hoods of the Canadians. 186 ; re- 

 solves on war with the English, 

 lb.; the proposal accepted, 187; 

 he collects a multitude of Indians 

 in a council, 200 ; his appearance, 

 202 ; his speech, 203 et seq. ; alle- 

 gory told by him, 204-207 ; his 

 plan for an attack on Detroit, 

 208, 210 ; performs a calumet- 

 dance within its walls, 209 ; 

 Pontiac at home, 217; his plan 

 to seize Detroit, 218-220; the 

 plot revealed, 219. See Appendix 

 C. Pontiac aduiitted to the fort, 

 225, 230 ; finds that his designs are 

 known, 226 ; his treachery, 227, 

 228 ; scene between him and 

 Gladwyn, 226, 227, 230; Glad- 

 ■wyn permits him to escape, 227, 

 228, 230 ; Pontiac throws off the 

 mask, 231; the war begins, 232; 



Pontiac enraged, 233; the war- 

 dance, lb. ; attack on the fort, 

 235, 236; his duplicity, 2.j7 ; de- 

 tains two British officers, 240 ; 

 threatens to burn Gladwyn alive, 

 248 ; visited by a deputation of 

 Canadians, 249-253 ; his speech 

 to them, 251-253; provides sup- 

 plies of food for his followers, 

 254 ; issues promissory notes for 

 the payment, 255; is desirous of 

 learning war from Europeans, ib.; 

 General Gage's account of him, 

 255 ; Major Rogers's account, 256 ; 

 account of him by William Smith, 

 256 7iote; his magnanimity illus- 

 trated by anecdotes, 257, 259 ; 

 number of his followers, 272 ; 

 tries to terrify Gladwyn into a 

 surrender, 291 ; sends messen- 

 gers to the Indians of Mackinaw, 

 333, 360 ; his long-cherished hopes 

 of assistance from France come 

 to an end, ii. 108 ; his message 

 to Gladwyn announcing this re- 

 sult, 109; ab;,n;lons tiie siege of 

 Detroit, ib. ; his interview with 

 Captain Morris on the Maumee 

 River, 187-189; his hopes crushed, 

 but his spirit whole, 260; goes to 

 the Illinois country, iJ). ; is aided 

 by liie French settlers there, 261 ; 

 they deceive liim with hopes of 

 aid from France, 262 ; Neyon, the 

 P'rench commandant, discourages 

 him, 263 ; rouses the tribes of the 

 Illinois to war, 264 ; sends mes 

 sengers, with similar intent, t( 

 the Indians in Southern Louisi 

 ana, 270 ; and to New Orleans. 

 271; they return without suc- 

 cess, 274. Pontiac saves the lite 

 of Lieutenant Eraser, 284 ; seizes 

 a cargo of English goods, 287 ; 

 his followers lorsake him, and he 

 finds that all is lost, 287 ; otters 

 the English envoy, Croghan, the 

 calumet of peace, 291 ; his speech 

 to the Indian tribes assembled at 

 Detroit, 295 ; meets Sir William 

 Johnson at Oswego, 301 ; prom- 

 ises a full compliance with the 

 English demands, 305; still sup- 

 posed to cherish thoughts of 

 vengeance, 307 ; visits St. Louis, 

 308 ; appears in French uniform, 

 ib. ; his assassination at Cahokia, 



