Fort Dearborn, massacre at, 109; mention, 190. Fort Edwards, terminus of mail route, 151. Fort Harmar, 64. Fort Jefferson, 24, 25, 30. Fort La Motte, mention, 107. Fort Massac, 73, 79, 95, 107. Fort Nelson, mention, 32. Fort Russell, established, 108. Fort Stanwix, mention, 56. Fort Wayne, Treaty of, 79. Fox Indians, 33, 81. Fox river, first flour-mill on, 167. Franklin, Benjamin, mention, 34, 195. _Fredonian_, mention, 197. Free masons, organized, 194 Freehold qualifications, 77, 112, 113. Freeholders, housekeepers privileged as, 147. Freight charges, 94, 124, 160 _et seq._ French, Augustus C., 145. French settlers, attitude toward Americans, 47-49; land holdings 13, 18, 99; misled by La Balme, 34; offered free land by Spanish, 55; priests, emigrate from Illinois co., 68; towns, character of, 11. French-Swiss from Lord Selkirk’s colony reach Galena, 172. Frontier, The, 48, 91, 100, 147, 206; Carlyle eastern limit of, 107. Frontiersman, analysis of character of, 191, 201, 202. Fruit, 129, 133, 168. Fuel, scarcity of, 131. Fulton county separated from Madison, 188. Fur trade, 96. _See also_ American Fur Company. Furs, 130. G Gage, _Gen._ Thomas, 10. Galena, 150-53; lead-mining, 172. Gallatin county, saline, 170; slaves in, 180. Game, 14, 51, 132. Gamelin, Antoine, clerk of District Court, Post Vincennes, 60. George, _Capt._ Robert, mention, 40. Germain, _Lord_ George, mention, 32. Gibault, _Father_ Pierre, mention, 68. Governor and judges, 58, 62. Grammar, John, rep., 113. Grand Ruisseau, 52. Granger, _Postmaster-General_ Gideon, mention, 203. Gratiot, Charles, 39. Great Britain, King’s proclamation, 1763, 10. Great Western Road, 157. Greene county, separated from Madison, 188. Greenville, Treaty of, 79. H Hamilton, Alexander, 138; mention, 91. Hamilton, _Gen._, leads British against Vincennes, 15. Hampden Sidney College, mention, 209. Hamtramck, _Maj._ John F., at Kaskaskia, 53; petitioned for troops, 65. Hancock, John, mention, 34. Harmar, _Gen._ Josiah, 50; advice to French, 52; expedition from Vincennes to Kaskaskia, 51; on emigration from Illinois, 64; refuses request for troops, 69. Harrison, Benjamin, 40; receives petition for General Assembly, 85. Health, 27, 91, 95. Henry, Mr., elected magistrate, 61. Henry, Patrick, 209; instructions concerning Illinois County, 9. Hinde, Thomas S., career in Illinois, 196, 197; description of Peter Cartwright, 192. Hog raising, 14, 20. Hogs, 144. Honey, 129, 130, 133. Hooker, _Rev._ Thomas, founder of Hartford, _Conn._, 203. Horse stealing, 65, 67, 69. Hubbard, Adolphus Frederick, 210. Hubbard, Gurdon Saltonstall, agent American Fur Company, 157. Hubbard’s Trail, extent of, 157. Hunting, as occupation, 132. Huron (Ouisconsin or Wisconsin) Territory, claims Galena, 150. I Iles, Elijah, career of, 205, 206. Iles, Elizabeth Crockett, mention, 205.