Oregon Territory, 301-338 "Origin of the Erie Canal, The," 219 Owens, David, 166-168 PACIFIC Fur Company, 291, 292 Parker, Rev. Samuel, 308, 309 Parkersburg, W. Va., 167 Parsons, --, 120 Pennsylvania Canal, 249-254 Pennsylvania Railway, 249, 250, 254 Pennsylvania Road, 118 Perryopolis, Fayette Co., Pa., 55 Philadelphia, 241 Philadelphia and Columbia Railway, 253 Pickell, --, 189 Pike, Zebulon M., 272-277, 281 "Pilot" stage line, 200 "Pioneer" stage line, 200 Pittsburg, 115, 163, 168 Platt, Judge, 218, 219 Polk, James K., 353, 354 Porter, Hon. James M., 324, 325 Post, Frederick Christian, 134-137 Potomac Company, 74-76, 236-240, 245 Potomac River Improvements, 58-61, 65-68, 72, 75, 79, 213, 236-240, 297 Potter County, Pa., 140 Prentiss, Miss (Mrs. Whitman), 307, 310 Presbyterian missions to Indians, 304 Putnam, Gen. Rufus, 106-114, 118-127, 182, 260, 342, 343 "RACCOON," 296 Railroads, 242-246, 248-255 Read, Thomas B., author "Sheridan's Ride," 336 Rianhard, William, 201 Richardson, Judge, 224 Rickman, --, 331 River improvement, 237 Road-building, 35, 77, 181-206, 352-356 Robertson, Donald, 158 Robinson, Moncure, 252 Rome, N. Y., 136, 223 Roosevelt, Theodore, quoted, 264, 275 SANDUSKY, Ohio, 143 Sargent, Winthrop, 112, 115 Schönbrunn, Ohio, 141 Schuyler, Gen. Philip, 218 Schuylkill and Susquehanna Canal, 215 Scioto Company, 114 Sheridan, Philip, 336 "Sheridan's Ride," 336 Slavery, 123 Soldiers' lands, 48-52, 111, 112, 122 South Pass, 308, 322 Spaulding, Rev. Henry H., and wife, 310-313 Sproat, Col. Ebenezer, 118, 120 Stagecoach lines, 199-202 St. Clair, Gov. Arthur, 120, 122, 125, 126, 284 Steamboats, 72, 218 Steubenville, Ohio, 166 Stewart's Crossing (Connellsville, Pa.), 163, 171 St. Louis, 263, 270 Surplus for internal improvements, 347 Surveyors, 158-160 Swann, Thomas, 248 TAYLOR, Lieut.-Gov. John, 219 "Tents of Grace" (Gnadenhütten), 141 Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 113 Thomas, Nathaniel, 90 Thomas, Philip Evan, 35, 241-243, 255 Thompson, Chief Justice, 219 Thorn, Captain, 292 Thornton, Col., 331 Todd, Col. John, 177 Toledo, Ohio, 261 "Tom Thumb," Peter Cooper's locomotive, 246 Tompkins, Governor, 219, 220 "Tonquin," 292-294 Transylvania Company, 88-91, 98-100, 116, 172, 173 Treaty of Fort Mclntosh, 121 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 59, 87-89 Treaty of Fort Watauga, 90 Tupper, --, 120 UNIONTOWN, Pa., 199 VANCE, --, 189 Varnum, --, 119 Virginia, 30, 59, 79, 87-89, 98-100, 173, 176, 177, 239, 240 WALKER, Felix, 91 Walpole Grant, 49, 51 "Washington and the West" (Hulbert), 65, 80 Washington Coal and Coke Company, 56 Washington, George, 27-30, 39-80, 106-108, 126, 159, 160, 163, 182, 236, 238, 252, 253, 297, 334 Washington State, Settlement of, 312, 316