Dorchester's speech.
Slavery, attitude of West towards.
Southwestern Territory, _See_ Tennessee.
Spaniards, hostility to Americans;
intrigues with Indians;
gross treachery of;
tortuous intrigues;
ingratitude of;
bad faith;
try to bribe Westerners;
irritation with frontiersmen;
trust to corruption and intrigue;
negotiate with United States Government;
try to corrupt Westerners;
refuse to yield territory;
refuse to fulfil treaty engagements;
last efforts to corrupt the West;
and to retain their own;
yield;
religious bigotry;
fear Westerners;
jealous policy;
their civilization and government in Northern Mexico,
Stallion, Cherokee chief,
St. Clair, put in command of Northwestern army;
hampered by difficulties;
unfit for task;
his troops wretched stuff;
delays on march;
fails to guard against surprise;
his camp attacked at dawn;
his courage in the battle;
leads bayonet charges;
destruction of his troops;
their wild rout;
they reach Cincinnati;
he is held guiltless of the blame;
but showed himself incompetent;
effect of his defeat on the Southern Indians;
warns Shelby against Clark;
governor of what is now Ohio;
unpopularity of,
Talleyrand's smooth duplicity,
Tellico Blockhouse, peace conference at,
Tennessee, intolerable nature of;
Indian outrages in;
becomes a State;
constitution of;
statehood.
Tennesseeans, wronged by Indians and by the Federal Government;
not allowed to retaliate on their foes.
Territorial Legislature of the Southwestern Territory,
petitions for war against the Creeks and Cherokees.
Texas, Texans.
Tipton, Jacob, slain at St. Clair's defeat.
Toussaint Louverture.
Towns, insignificant development of, as compared with new settlements
to-day.
Trade in the backwoods.
Trueman, Alexander Major, treacherously slain by Indians.
United States commissioners, puzzled by conduct of Creeks;
peace commissioners, Lincoln, Randolph, and Pickering, failure to
make treaty with Northwestern Indians.
United States Government, reluctantly wars on Indians;
injustice of, towards Chickasaws;
towards Blount;
towards the Southwesterners generally.
Van Cleve, Benjamin, at St. Clair's defeat.
Van Rensselaer, Captain, wounded at Fallen Timbers.
Wabash Indian towns, ravaged