364. Present at the review of Sulli- van's brigade, 391. Treaty with them at German Flats, 408. Bounty offer- ed to, for prisoners, 430. Employed by British and Americans, 494. First movements of Congress towards em- ploying, 496. Of no essential service during the Revolutionary war, 497. Colonel Gist authorized to procure, IV. 272. Their favorable disposition to be cultivated, V. 3. Employment of them, 273. Disposition of, towards the Americans, 354, 387, 414 West- ern expedition against them, VI. 184 – 189, 205, 235, 247, 356, 384. Some of them desire peace, 240, 384. Gen- eral rules upon attacking, 265. In- cursions of, at Skenesborough and Tryon County, 495. Vaudreuil's token to them; their visit to Rochambeau, and his speech, VII. 183, 184. Their incursions stopped by authority, VIII. 360. Measures proposed in regard to them after the war, 477. Justice to be the basis of proceedings with, X. 107. On the mode of civilizing and educating, 132, 228. Difficulty with, from land-jobbing, and the proceed- ings of the New York legislature, 156, 172. Measures taken for their pro- tection, 195. Causes of the difficulties with them, 240, 261, 298, 434. Major Trueman murdered, 260, 262. Attack the station at Nashville, 262, 279. Hints about treaties with, 263, 265, 267. Spanish interference, 267, 278. Movements for a treaty with them at the Lower Sandusky, 328, 335, 343. Remarks for and against annuities to, and respecting treaties, XI. 10, 12. The constitutionality of a negotiation with, by an individual State, question- ed, 39. How to be treated, XII. 20, 30. Measures should be taken for restraining the commission of outrages upon them, 30. Measures recom- mended for conciliating their attach- ment, 40, 52, 62, 65. Commerce with, and trading-houses recommended, 40, 53. Inadequacy of the measures to protect them from violence, 61. Mes- sage to Congress respecting hostilities with them, 79. Message respecting treaties with them, 81. See United Brethren.
Indians, Caghnawaga, near Montreal, a chief of, visits the American camp; communicates information, III. 54. A party of, visit Schuyler, 245. Visit Washington, 260. Embarrassments about employing them, 262. Visit Rochambeau at Newport, VII. 183. Indians, Catawba, II. 10, 111. Visited
by commissioners, 114. Must be en- gaged, 147, 155. Hindered from ren- dering assistance, 199. Fifty of them return home, 202. Are on a scout, 208. Their misbehaviour, 293. Visit the President at Mount Vernon, XI. 153.
Indians, Cayuga, desire peace, VI. 240.
Indians, Cherokee, II. 10, 111. Visited by commissioners, 114. Must be en- gaged, 147. Few, join the Virginia forces, 189. Are hindered from ren- dering assistance, 199. Aid of, neces- sary, 244. Troubles with them, 260. Disposed to aid the British, but dis- couraged, 269. Wander toward the Maryland and Pennsylvania Indian settlements, 283. Perfidy and repulse of, 335. Sue for peace, 336; IV. 272; X. 107. Disapprove a settlement by the whites at Muscle Shoals, 196. Ă deputation from them visits the Presi- dent, 219, 225, 240; 261. Murders among them, 316. On running the boundary line between, and the United States, XI. 152. Treaty with them, XII. 23, 28, 57, 87. Commit depre- dations, 28. Outrages and intrusions upon them; proclamations, 40, 57, 88, 124.
Indians, Chickamaga, their situation; commit depredations, XII. 28. Meas- ures taken in regard to them, 29. Indians, Chickasaw, II. 10. Plan pro- posed for bringing them in, 237; X. 196, 220, 261.
Indians, Chippewa, II. 10, 13. Indians, Choctaw, X. 196, 220, 261, 348.
Indians, Creek, plan proposed for bring- ing them in, II. 237. Treaty with them, X. 75. Disapprove offers for a settlement at Muscle Shoals, 196; 220, 349, 367, XII. 40. Treaty with them, and embarrassments, 57, 84 - 87, 108, 181. Meeting of their depu- ties at Colerain; measures for perpet- uating peace with them, 65. Relin- quish land to Georgia, 86. Indians, Delaware, sue for peace, II. 322. Attack the Virginia frontiers, 340; 433. Claim compensation for lands, 531.
Indians, Five Nations, X. 228. Indians, Iroquois. See Six Nations. Indians, Miami, commit murders, X. 213.
Indians, Micmac, treaty with, IV. 38. Indians, Mingoes, claim compensation for lands, II. 531; VI. 384. Indians, Muncey, expedition against, VI. 384, 387.
Indians, Norridgewock, Natanis, the last of the, III. 112.
Indians, Nottoway, II. 170. Indians, Nova Scotia, aid solicited of, III. 460, 497.
Indians, Ohio, attack the frontiers in 1763, II. 340.
Indians, Oneida, visit head-quarters and profess friendship, IV. 370. At- tached to the Americans, V. 274; 414. Deputation from them visits Ro- chambeau, VII. 183.
Indians, Ottowa, II. 10, 13. Indians, Passamaquoddy, III. 272. Indians, Penobscot, aid of the, solicited, III. 460, 496, 497. Indians, St. Francis, visit head-quarters, III. 60, 63. Referred to General Schuyler, 63. Indians, St. John's, III. 272. Aid of the, solicited, 460, 497. Treaty of, with Massachusetts, IV. 38.
Indians, Seneca, with others, visit the army, and Philadelphia, V. 414; VI. 387. Two murdered, and measures taken to prevent hostilities, X. 113. Their chiefs; an address to them by the President, 128-131. Reply to the speech of the chiefs, and presents made to them, 210-214; 240. Indians, Shawanee, II. 135, 340. Their residence; claim compensation for lands, 531, X. 107.
Indians, Six Nations, various names given to the, II. 36; 433; 531. dress to, by Congress, III. 496. Ex- pedition against, VI. 206, 224, 225, 264, 356, 384. Impolicy of expelling from the country they inhabited be- fore the war, VIII. 479. Treaty with them, IX. 76, 79; X. 156. Treaty with, laid before the Senate, XII. 23. Message to Congress concerning en- croachments by the, 104. Indians, Southern, measures taken for a treaty with the, X. 23, 73, 75. Opin- ions of the Cabinet respecting the affairs with, 348. Commit depreda- tions, XII. 8. Measures suggested in regard to them, 79. Representations made to the Spanish government re- specting them, 100.
Indians, Stockbridge, III. 439. Early enlisted by the Massachusetts Provin- cial Congress, 495. Join the camp at Cambridge, 496. Several of them en- gaged at different times, VII. 203, 204. Indians, Tuscarora, II. 170; V. 414 A deputation of, visits Rochambeau, VII.
Indians, Twigtwee, visited by Gist, in 1751, and described, II. 37.
Indians, Wabash, X. 119. On a treaty
with the, 263. Depredations by them, XII. 13. Expedition against them,
Indians, Western, the dissatisfaction of the, IX. 58, 76, 81, 114. Treaty with thein, 105, 114. Their depredations, X. 140, 154, 213, 222, 225. Propose a conference at Auglaise; commission- ers appointed and receive instruc- tions, 313, 317. Their hostilities and depredations, 343, XII. 8, 13. Expe- dition against them, 14. Further measures adopted, and recommended, 19. Unsuccessful attempts to con- ciliate, 27, 39. Wayne's provisional treaty with them, 56. See WAYNE. Indians, Wyandot, XII. 82. Inland Navigation, XII. 281. See West- ern Inland Navigation.
INNES, HARRY, on secret propositions made to the Kentuckians, IX. 473. His report to the governor of Ken- tucky, XI. 99.
INNES, JAMES, Colonel, commander of the Ohio expedition in 1754, JI. 41. Ordered to construct a fort at Will's Creek, 63. Left with the command there by Braddock, 86. Goes to North Carolina, 112. Consulted after the skirmish at Edwards's Fort, 142. Goes to Fort Cumberland, 161. INNES, Colonel, declines the office of attorney-general, XI. 79. Inspectorship, in the army, temporary institution of the, V. 347. Impor- tance and good management of the, VIII. 315, XI. 251. See STEUben. Intemperance, in the camp, discounte- nanced, II. 141. The penalty for, 149. Prevalence of, 188.
Inventions, encouragement of, recom- mended, XII. 9.
Invoices of goods to be sent from Eu- rope, XII. 253. IREDELL, JAMES, appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court, X. 53. Iron-works, persons employed in, should not be exempted from military duty, IV. 397.
IRVINE, WILLIAM, Brigadier-General, V. 168. Wounded and made prisoner, 181. In want of provisions, and re- ceives directions, VI. 432. His expe- dition under Stirling to Staten Island, 441-444. In the expedition to Bull's Ferry, VII. 116. Exertions of, in quelling a ferment in the Pennsylva- nia line, 188; 336; 436; VIII. 80. To take the command at Fort Pitt, 248. Queries proposed to, in regard to the fur trade, IX. 303, 326, 445. IRVINE, Captain, escapes from Boston, III. 306.
IRVINE, a British major, killed at Georgetown, VII. 439.
IRWIN, MATTHEW and THOMAS, a ves- sel belonging to, captured by an Al- gerine cruiser, X. 15.
Isle-aux-Noix, III. 85. Americans re- tire to, 110. Sullivan stops at, for orders, 442.
IZARD, RALPH, VII. 175; 380; X. 443. On sending ministers abroad, 479.
JACKSON, HENRY, Lieutenant-Colonel, makes an unsuccessful descent on Montresor's Island, IV. 136. Is to attend Arnold, V. 412. Joins the ar- ny, 422. Detached to join Sullivan in Rhode Island, VI. 8, 11; 52. Effi- ciency of his regiment in the action at Springfield, VII. 507.
JACKSON, WILLIAM, accompanies the President in his tour through the east- ern States in 1789, X. 46. JACKSON, Major, exchanged, VII. 290. Jackson's River, Il. 190, 194. James River, a project for connecting the navigation of, with the western rivers, IX. 31, 64, 80, 91, 115, 147, 172, 291.
James River Company, on the appro- priation of one hundred shares in the, IX. 83, 108, 116, 133, 142, XI. 3, 19, 20, 25, 172, 473.
JAMESON, JOHN, Lieutenant-Colonel, his conduct and agency in the capture of André, VII. 214, 219, 256, 524, 529.
JAY, SIR JAMES, IX. 86.
JAY, JOHN, on the early intention of the colonists to become independent, II. 500. Opposed to the Canada expe- dition, VI. 113. Chosen president of Congress, 141, 378. His letter to Lafayette respecting the Canada expedition, 149. On communicating important events to the people in an official manner, 179. Sends to Wash- ington an extract from Gates's letter, 214. Cited, 223, 241, 343. His com- mendation of Gérard, 348. Appointed minister plenipotentiary to negotiate a treaty between the United States and Spain, 377, 378, 385. His voyage, 469. Despatches sent to, after the capitulation of Cornwallis, VIII. 188. Appointed a commissioner to negotiate a treaty of peace, 372. Appointed sec- retary of foreign affairs, IX. 135. His difficulty with Littlepage, 157, 166. On the principles and features of a new form of government, 230, 510.
A writer in The Federalist, 284. On the Constitution, 286, 287, 289, 367, 393, 408; 485. Queries to, by the President, X. 3, 464. Discharges the duties of secretary of state, 11, 41. Appointed chief justice of the Su- preme Court of the United States, 35. Favors Gardoqui's proposals for a treaty with Spain, 73; 113. A let- ter from, 186, 499. His appointment as envoy extraordinary to Great Brit- ain, 405, 406, 409, 413, 418. His suc- cess in his negotiation, 445. Signs the British treaty, XI. 32. Resigns the office of chief justice, 33, 34. Chosen governor of New York, 34. Cited respecting the British treaty, 64, 104, 123, 481; respecting the Fare- well Address, XII. 395.
Jay's Treaty. See British Treaty and Great Britain.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS, chosen to the second general Congress, II. 405. On the early purpose of the colonists to become independent, 501; VI. 152. Directs James Monroe's studies, 264. Chosen governor of Virginia; writes to Washington in regard to the treat- ment of the British governor Hamil- ton, 315-317, 407. Requested to pro- vide against the arrival of the French fleet, VII. 35. Permits Hamilton and Hays to go to New York, 291. De- sires Washington to take the com- mand in Virginia, VIII. 73. A com- missioner for a treaty of peace, 372. On a committee of arrangements for the last audience of the Commander- in-chief, 569. Favors a project for western inland navigation, IX. 30. On a committee that reports a plan of government for the Western Territo- ry; appointed a commissioner for form- ing commercial treaties in Europe, 47. Employs Houdon to execute a statue of Washington, 51, 131. His plan of a coinage, 125. His appointment as secretary of state, X. 11, 40, 54, 77. His arrival in America, 42. Written to about the proclamation for a perma- nent seat of government, 147. Cited respecting difficulties on the north- western boundary, 151. His agency in the republication of Paine's "Rights of Man," 159. On the invitation from Florida for foreigners to settle there, 163. His letter, urging the President to be a candidate for a second elec- tion, 254, 504. His disagreement with Hamilton, 280, 283, 306, 515, 517. His opinion as to the place of admin. istering the inaugural oath to the President, 321. His conversation with
M. Genet, 356, 536. His resolution to resign, 364. On the power of the Executive to change the place of con- vening Congress, 375, 549. On mak- ing public the negotiations with Great Britain, 385. His resignation, 390. Remarks attributed to, respecting the President's sentiments, 430, 432. On the proclamation against the Penn- sylvania insurgents, 531. On trans- planting the College of Geneva to the United States, XI. 19, 473. Last let- ter to, from Washington, 137. Elected Vice-President of the United States, 194. His friendship for Washington, 228. Declaration attributed to, respect- ing Monroe, 229; XII. 319. JESKAKAKE, an Indian chief, II. 438, 439.
JOHNSON, GUY, Colonel, an Indian agent, III. 12. Strongly suspected of exciting the Indians, 41, 496. Ar- rives at New York, IV. 39. JOHNSON, SIR JOHN, Indians attached to, III. 400. Violates his parole, 409. Escapes to the Lakes; finds his way to New York, 410. Reports respect- ing, 418, 419, 496. Penetrates New York with a body of the enemy from Canada, VII. 63. Commits ravages on the Mohawk River, 281; VIII. 25, 276.
JOHNSON, M., wife of Sir John, at Al- bany, III. 410, 431. JOHNSON, SAMUEL, declines the Presi- dency of Congress, VIII. 112. JOHNSON, THOMAS, in Congress, nomi- nates Washington for Commander-in- chief of the American army, III. 480. Governor of Maryland, IV. 386. vors inland navigation, IX. 32. On the election of the first president, 438. Declines being district judge, X. 55, 66. Appointed associate justice, 182. Resignation of, 318. Declines the offer of the secretaryship of state, XI. 59, 76.
JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM, finishes his fort
at Lake George, II. 117. Indian agent; proposes a colony on the Ohio, 484. JOHNSTONE, SIR GEORGE, a commis- sioner for carrying into effect Lord North's bills, V. 397, 398. Facts re- specting, 402. Writes to members of Congress; the proceedings of Con- gress thereon, VỈ. 31, 32, 79. JONCAIRE, a French officer, II. 438-
JONES, JOSEPH, his letter respecting Conway's Cabal, V. 499. Cited re- specting the powers of Congress, VII. 68; on Greene's resignation, and Pickering's appointment as quarter-
master-general, 150. Letters to, re- specting the affair of the Newburg Addresses, VIII. 393, 400. Cited in regard to reports in Philadelphia of dangerous combinations in the army, 394.
JONES, PAUL, concerts with Lafayette the plan of an attack on the west coast of England, VI. 546, 547. Answers questions of the Board of Admiralty, VIII. 45; IX. 259. Returns to France, 262, 305. Employed by Russia against the Turks, 424. Death of, X. 357. JoNEs, a clergyman of Morristown, an- ecdote of, XII. 410.
JOSIAH, lieutenant in the Continental navy, IV. 41. Capture and ill-treat- ment of; exchange of, proposed by order of Congress, 50; acceded to by Lord Howe, 512, 555. Journal. See Diary. Judiciary, proposed nominations for the, and its importance, X. 26, 34, 35, 36, 49, 55, 66, 86. On alterations in the system of the, 182, XII. 31, 37. In- competent to enforce the laws in Pennsylvania, 46. See Supreme Court. JUMONVILLE, and his party, skirmish with, II. 26, 32, 451. Killed, 32, 447. Number and intentions of the party, 33, 39, 47. Prisoners taken, how disposed of, 458, 467.
Jumonville, a poem, by M. Thomas, II. 450.
Justice, public national, urged, VIII. 443, 449. Want of, IX. 168. To be the basis of proceedings with the In- dians, X. 107. Enjoined, XII. 228,
KALB, Baron de, arrives in America with Lafayette; appointed major-gen- eral, V. 62; 97; 154, 157, 163; 449, 450; 531. Disapproves an attack on Philadelphia, 168. Conway's remon strance against his appointment as major-general, 204; 531. Ordered to return to camp, 291. In the council of war at Valley Forge, 360; VI. 347. Commands at Elizabethtown and Am- boy, 487. Commands the Maryland troops, VII. 8, 19. Directions to, 15. Mortally wounded at the battle of Camden; commended for his bravery by General Gates, 185, 239. Buried at Camden, XII. 200. KEAN, JOHN, X. 256. KELLY, Lieutenant, wounded and mur- dered, IV. 310.
Kentucky, IX. 134, 180, 510. Secret propositions made to the inhabitants SS*
of, by the British, 473, 485; X. 137. Admission of, into the Union, 139, XII. 13, 32. Governors of, 419. Members of Congress from, during Washing- ton's administration, 432.
KEPPEL, Admiral, arrives in the Ches- apeake with Braddock's forces, and furnishes thirty sailors for his expedi- tion, II. 68, 469. Declines taking French prisoners on board his ships, 467.
KIASHUTA, an Indian sachem, II. 525, 529.
KIERSE, Quartermaster, VII. 262.
KING, RUFUS, on the value and settle- ment of the western lands, and the war with the Wabash Indians, X. 156. Appointed minister to London, XI.
King, the proposition to make Wash- ington, VIII. 302.
Kingsbridge, fortifications near to, and their importance, III. 430, IV. 10. Encampment at, 41. Favorable con- dition and situation of, 83. Plan to surprise the enemy at, 435; V. 211. Post evacuated by the British, 381. King's County, resolves not to oppose the enemy; a committee of the Con- vention sent thither, IV. 42. King's Ferry, American troops ordered to, VII. 125.
Kingston, burnt by the British, V. 129, 130.
KIRKLAND, JOHN THORNTON, cited re- specting Fisher Ames's speech on the British treaty, XI. 127.
KIRKLAND, SAMUEL, missionary to the Oneida Indians; his influence with them; visits head-quarters, III. 110, IV. 370, V. 274, X. 228.
KIRKLAND, Colonel, secured, III. 204. Sent to Congress for examination, 213. KIRKPATRICK, JOHN, secretary to Wash- ington, II. 110.
Kittaning, III. 72. Troops detached to, VI. 205.
KNIGHT, JOHN, Captain, a British pris- oner, III. 501.
Knighthood, a proposition for, disap- proved by Congress, IX. 14. Knowledge, essential to a free govern- ment, XII. 9, 227.
KNOWLTON, Major, attacks the enemy near Bunker's Hill, III. 241. Sta- tioned at Bergen, IV. 20. Mortally wounded near Haerlem, 98, 104. His connexion with Nathan Hale's going as a spy to Long Island, VII. 550. KNOX, HENRY, assists in planning the encampments around Boston, III. 138. Supersedes Gridley in the command of the artillery, 148, 197. Instructions
to, on going to Ticonderoga, 160. His departure, 174. Overcomes great difficulties and effects his purpose, 211. Goes to Newport to give sug- gestions for its defence, 368. His plan for the artillery, IV. 14. Recom- mended for promotion, 237. Pre- sents a memorial to the Massachusetts government respecting bounties, 316. Associated with Greene in planning the defence of the North River, 416, 434. His efficiency in the artillery department; must not be supersed- ed by Ducoudray; commendation of, 444-446. His laconic letter to Con- gress, declining to serve under Du- coudray, and the resolve of Congress, 490, 491; V. 154, 157, 163. Disap- proves an attack on Philadelphia, 168. His great success in his department, 339. In the council at Valley Forge, 340, 360. His return of the artillery, in April, 1779, VI. 197. Despatched to the New Jersey legislature, VII. 79; 108. To forward artillery to the south, 289. Directions to, on the pro- posed attack upon York Island, 306; 308. Despatched with a circular to the eastern States, 353-356. Instruc- tions to, respecting the siege of New York, 407, 415. Directions to, about the proposed attack on the north end of York Island, VIII. 94. His exer- tions for the army's supplies in Vir- ginia, 151. His interview with Count de Grasse, 162. Difficulty about the promotion of; appointed major-gen- eral, 202-204, 214. His appointment to meet commissioners in relation to prisoners, 215, 249, 260, 264, 267, 334. To command at West Point, 339. A commissioner at the meeting for a general cartel, at Tappan, 342. To forward ordnance and stores to Alba- ny for the frontier posts, 472. Com- mands the army during the Com- mander-in-chief's attendance on Con- gress at Princeton, 474; 497; 500. Ördered to reduce the army, 502. Returns to West Point from New York, 503. His connexion with the Newburg Addresses, 552, 564. Sug- gests the idea of the Society of the Cincinnati, IX. 22. On powers to raise troops in time of peace, 36. Secre- tary at war, 108. On donations to Washington by Virginia, 108. Cited respecting Greene's son, 202. respondence with, respecting the con- duct and sentiments of the eastern States, 207, 225, 228, 233. On the convention of 1787, 228, 236, 251, 513; on a form of government, 230,
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