Hays, William, Boone's son-in-law, 117. --, Mrs. William, daughter of Boone, 117. Hazelrigg, Captain, letters from Boone, 193-195. Hempinstall, Abraham, hunts in Kentucky, 89, 90. Henderson, Col. Richard, settles Kentucky, 113-115, 118-120, 122-124, 126, 129, 133. --, Samuel, marries Betsey Calloway, 143. Hennepin, Father Louis, explorations of, 86. Hewett, Gen. Fayette, aid acknowledged, xi. Hicks, William, Kentucky pioneer, 117. Hill, William, accompanies Boone, 69, 70. Hinkson, Maj. John, Kentucky pioneer, 121. Hite, Isaac, Kentucky pioneer, 125. Holden, Capt. Joseph, accompanies Boone, 72-77; defeated by Indians, 185. Howard, John, in Kentucky, 87. Hunting, early practised by Boone, 9-12, 16; in Yadkin country, 17, 18, 28-34, 55, 58, 62, 63; early trail through Cumberland Gap, 73, 89; in Tennessee, 55-57; abundant in Kentucky, 76, 98, 132, 218; Long Hunters, 91-95; Boone's long Kentucky hunt, 72-84, 86, 94-97; Boone's contemporaries, 87-91; after Revolution, in Kentucky, 197, 211, 218; in Kanawha Valley, 218, 219; in Missouri, 220, 229-232; profits of, 57-59, 73-75, 229; methods employed, 75, 76; camps described, 63, 64; game decreasing, 62, 97, 124, 219. See also the several animals. Iberville, Lemoyne d', explorations of, 86. Illinois, French in, 42; English, 87. Indian Territory, mentioned by Boone, 232. Indians, understood by Boone, viii, 7, 8, 10; influence of women, 46; lodge life, 153; adopt captives, 152, 153; affected by fur trade, 133; barrier to settlement, 98; in eastern Pennsylvania, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13; infest mountain valleys, 14, 16; in French and Indian War, 19-23, 36-56; raid Yadkin region, 27, 36-56; raid Kentucky, 126, 127; warrior's paths, 73, 76, 79, 180; gauntlet-running, 154, 155; methods of warfare, 39-41, 52-54, 111, 140, 141, 160-167, 186-189, 205; ethics of border warfare, 50-54, 206; finally quieted in Northwest, 216-218. See also the several tribes. Irish, among frontiersmen, 14, 24, 196. Iron Mountain, crossed by Boone, 73. Iroquois, in Kentucky, 99, 113, 114. Jefferson, Thomas, governor of Virginia, 182; President, 224. Jefferson County (Ky.), organized, 179-181; in Revolutionary War, 188; Lincolns in, 174. Jennings, Edmund, Kentucky pioneer, 117. Jessamine County (Ky.), Bone in, 101. Jesuits, seek Mississippi River, 86. Johnson, Andrew, escapes from Indians, 157. --, Thomas, Kentucky pioneer, 117. Joliet, Louis, discovers Mississippi, 86. Jones, Capt. John Gabriel, delegate to Virginia, 133.
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