Braddock, plans to capture Ft. Niagara, 206-207 Brock, Gen. Isaac, sketch of life, 231-238; replies to Hull's Proclamation, 244-246; captures Hull, 246-253; relations with the Indians, 252-253; death, 256; eulogies, 257-262; monuments to, 48, 259-262 Brodie, "Steve," goes over the Falls, 137 Browne, G. W., on St. Lawrence, 4, 161; on De Nonville at Niagara, 187-189 Brulé on Niagara frontier, 165 Buckley, A. B., _Fairyland of Science_, cited, 168 Buffalo, N. Y., growth of, 4-8 Buffalo Historical Society mentioned, 6 Burnt Ship Bay, 10, 212 Burton Act for preservation of Niagara, 116-120 C Calverly, C. M., the "American Blondin," 132 Campbell, W. G., Niagara crank, 149 _Canada_ (_Story of the Nations_), see Bourinot Canadian Niagara Falls Power Co., 104, 112, 117 _Canals, Great American_, see Hulbert Cantilever bridge, 46 _Caroline_, the, incident, 291 _Cassier's Magazine_ quoted, 121 Cataract House, the, 75 "Cave of the Winds," the, 28, 31-33 Cayuga Creek mentioned, 10 Céloron at Niagara, 203 _Century Magazine_ quoted, 29, 42-44 Champlain on Niagara frontier, 158-163 Chippewa Creek, 46; battle of, 279 _seq._ Chrystie, Col., in War of 1812, 264 Church's "Niagara" mentioned, 14 Clark, George Rogers, compared with Brock, 249 Clark, Dr. John M., on "destruction of Niagara," 117 Colcourt, Henry, Blondin's assistant, 125 Colour of Niagara water explained by Mrs. Van Rensselaer, 42-44 Commissioners of N. Y. State Reservation, first report of, 82 _seq._ Crystal Palace, Blondin at, 128 Cutter, O. W., Niagara committeeman, 89 D Dallion, Father, at Niagara, 166 "Darting Lines of Spray" explained, 45 Day, D. A., report, 17 Dearborn, Gen., in War of 1812, 274 _seq._ De Leon, "Prof.," Niagara crank, 131 De Nonville, Gov., on Niagara frontier, 186-194 "Destruction of Niagara" discussed, 110-120 De Troyes at Fort Niagara, 190-194 "Devil's Hole," 49; massacre, 214-215 Dittrick, W., Niagara crank, 148 Dixon, S. J., tight-rope artist, 132 Dogs go over Falls, 151-152 Dorsheimer, William, on first Niagara Commission, 80; presents the park to New York State, 92 Dufferin Islands, 46 E Electrical Development Co., 117 Ellicott, Andrew, estimates Niagara's age, 63 Erie Canal, importance to Niagara frontier, 6 Evershed, Thomas, devises wheel-pits, 101 F Farini, Signor, tight-rope artist, 129 Flack, R. W., killed in race in Niagara River, 148 _Fool-Killer_, see Nissen Forts: Chippewa, 46; Drummond, 48; du Portage, 15; Erie, 8; battle of, 285 _seq._; Frontenac, 17, 170; George, 50, 274-276; Niagara, the first, 189-194; building, 197-202; during French War and Revolution, 204-229; Sir William Johnson captures, 278; Rouille, 293; Schlosser, 15