e qualities of;
wage war of aggression;
attack immigrants;
their ravages;
ravages increase;
varying conditions of warfare against;
further ravages;
attacks on Ohio boats;
extent of damage done by, in Kentucky.
Individual initiative of settlers, chief characteristic of
settlement of Northwest
Innes threatens disunion.
Jackson, Andrew, intercourse with Spanish agents;
share in Indian fighting.
Jay, John, does not realize growth of West;
renders great services to West;
negotiations with Gardoqui;
offers temporary suspension of right to navigate Mississippi;
anger of Westerners at this;
his attitude and advice on subject.
Jefferson, fatuous military judgment of;
wise attitude towards West;
against slavery in Northwest.
Johnson boys, adventure of.
Jonesboro, convention at, declares for independence.
Kenton, Simon, surveyor and hunter;
Indian fighter;
rescues white captives;
leads raids against Indians;
his scout company.
_Kentucky Gazette_.
Kentucky,
great growth of;
good poor man's country;
emigrants to, American, German, Scotch, Irish;
characteristics of people;
their attitude towards Spain;
misery of early settlers;
great change in;
scourged by Indians;
prosperity of;
politics;
movement for separate statehood;
movement compared to that in Franklin;
wrangles with Virginia;
delays in movement;
Kentucky becomes a State.
King, Rufus, opposes slavery in Northwest.
Kirk, John, his family murdered by Indians;
brutal deed of his son.
Lake posts, held by British, importance of, to frontiersmen.
Land claims of States;
differences in substantial value of;
those of Virginia and North Carolina most important;
those of the other States very shadowy;
misconduct of Georgia;
attitude of the non-claimant States;
Continental Congress wrestle with;
question settled by compromise and bargain;
Connecticut's sharp bargain;
small money value of land.
Land companies.
Lands, western, eagerly sought by both settlers and speculators;
intense interest in.
Lee, "Lighthorse Harry," agrees with Jay about Mississippi;
borrows money of Gardoqui.
Lee, Richard Henry, share in