Narrative of Mr. John Dodge during his Captivity at DetroitDodge, John
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Narrative of Mr. John Dodge during his Captivity at Detroit
Dodge, John
Detroit (Mich.); Indian captivities; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons
Dejean, Philip, prisoner of war, 13;
Justice of the Peace for Detroit, 19;
prisoner of war, 19;
his cruel treatment of Dodge and other prisoners, 20, 21, 35, 36,
37, 38, 39, 47, 48;
captured by Colonel Clark of Virginia at Fort St. Vincent
(Vincennes), 28;
imprisons Dodge a second time, 45;
informs Hamilton concerning Dodge, 48;
seizes Dodge and companions near Sandusky, 51;
examines Dodge's papers, 51.
Detroit, John Dodge locates there, 6;
refers in letter to its garrison, 9;
Governor of, bribes savages, 9;
proposes to take by force, 10;
visits, 15.
Dodge, Henry, son of Israel Dodge, 14;
born October 12, 1872, 14;
first Governor of Wisconsin Territory, 14.
Dodge, Ann Hunter, wife of Israel Dodge, 14.
Dodge, Israel, brother of John Dodge, 6;
commissioned as lieutenant, 14.
Dodge, John, birth, 6;
parentage, 6;
early life as a trader, 6;
purchases land, 6;
confined in jail, 7;
appointed Indian Agent by Virginia, 14;
lays claim to western lands, 14;
patents issued to his heirs, 14;
date of death, 14;
place of burial, 14;
holds commission as colonel, 14;
places visited in his travels, 15;
writes second letter to Congress, 16, 17;
acts as interpreter for Captain Wood, 29;
makes present to Indians, 32, 33;
writes to Hamilton, 33;
taken prisoner by Indians at instigation of Hamilton, 33;
taken to Detroit, 33;
condemned to death, 34, 35;
his suffering and sickness in prison, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38;
released from prison, 39;
his property confiscated, 40;
engages in mercantile business, 41;
rescues prisoner, 43, 44;
taken captive by Dejean, 45;
called before Commandant Mountpresent, 46;
ordered to prison, 46;
released, 47;
threatened by Hamilton, 50;
goes to Sandusky, 51;
seized by Dejean, 51;
cast into goal, 52;
his property confiscated second time, 52;
brought before Mr. Printices, Provost Marshal at Quebec, 53;
put on board prison ship _Mariah_, 53;
visited by Mr. Murray, Commissary of Prisoners, 53;
paroled, 54;
encounter with Mr. Jones, 55;
forced to give bonds, 55;
leaves Quebec, 56;
arrives at Boston, 56;
sent by Gates to General Washington, 56;
appears before Congress, 56.
Dodge, John, Sr., father of John Dodge, 6.
Dodge, Lydia Rogers, wife of John Dodge, 6.
Dodge Narrative, time and place, 5;
importance, 5;
reprints, 5.
Edgar, John;
Dodge attempts to carry off slaves of, 15;
old friend of Dodge, 15;
arrested and confined at Detroit, 15, 16;
witness for Dodge, 16.
Fort Pitt, (Pittsburg), Dodge's visit to, 8;
conference with Indians at, 16;
speech of Shengenaba at, 16.
Gates, General, Dodge visits at Boston, 56.
Gibson, John, agent for Indian affairs, 32.
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