National Road, see Cumberland Road. New England, westward migration from, 99; 175-177. New Orleans, Indians seek equipment at, 18; Jackson's victory, 159. New Orleans, The, first steamboat in West, 168. Niagara, council with Indians at, 17. Northwest Territory, extent of, 1-2; French settlements, 2; Franklin advises British to retain, 20; ignorance of country, 21-22; questions of settlement and government, 22 et seq.; settlement, 37 et seq., 79-82; Continental Congress claims, 71; Treaty of Paris gives to U. S., 75; state claims yield to nation, 77; migration to, 97 et seq.; character of country, 110-112; pioneer life, 112 et seq.; in War of 1812, 151 et seq.; loses frontier character, 162; religion, 170; education, 170-171; sectionalism, 173-174; Southern influence, 176-177; national issues, 178-179; form of government, 179-180; slavery, 180-184; explorations upon upper Mississippi, 189-191; fur trade, 191-193; lead-mining, 194-195; after Black Hawk War, 205-206; Indian treaties, 206-208; bibliography, 211-214; see also names of States. O. Ohio, settlement, 98 et seq.; routes to, 102 et seq.; formed from part of Northwest Territory, 132; admitted as State (1802), 132, 165; means of transportation in, 157; frontier settlers in, 172; Southerners in, 174-175. Ohio Company, 39, 80-81. Ohio River, emigrants on, 106-109. Ordinance of 1787, 77-78, 131, 180, 181, 182. Oswego, Pontine surrenders at, 18. Ottawa (Ill.), French settlement near, 2. Ouiatanon, 35. P. Paine, R. D., The Fight for a Free Sea cited, 153 (note). Paris, Treaty of (1783), 20, 22, 75. Parkman, Francis, quoted, 5-6, 19, 32-33. Perry, Commodore O. H., 154. Pike, Lieutenant Z. M., 190. Pitt, Fort, 15, 16, 17, 34, 36. Pittman, Captain, 34. Pontiac, Indian chief, 3; conspiracy, 9 et seq.; power broken, 17; further plots, 34; meets Croghan, 35. Presqu'isle (Erie), council with Indians at, 17. Proclamation of 1763, 24, 24 (note), 41-42. "Prophet," see Laulewasikaw. Prophet's Town, 139. Putnam, General Rufus, 80, 81, 82. Q. Quebec, province provided under Proclamation of 1763, 24, 24 (note). Quebec Act (1774), 41-43. R. Radisson, Pierre, 189. Raisin River, 153. Rayneval, secretary to French Foreign Minister, 74. Recovery, Fort, 91. Red Bird, Indian chief, 196, 197. Revolution, effects on West, 45. Rocheblave, commandant at Kaskaskia, 54. Rogers, Major Robert, 3, 4. Roosevelt, Theodore, quoted, 61, 156. S.