Baird, J. M.: 268. Baird, McKnight & Chambers: 268-271. Baker and Company, I. G.: 210. Balance of trade: 393. Baltimore: 45, 168. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. organized: 349. Bank examiner: distance traveled by one, 208. Batts, Thomas: 101. Beale, Lieutenant: 250. Bear, black: 163. Beaver, skin: price of, 190. Becknell, William: 270-272. Bee Hunter, The: 176, 181. Benton, Thomas: 300. Benton, Fort: 209. Bering Sea: 387. Berkeley, Bishop: 38. Bicknell, William: 270. Big Men: America rich in, 126-7. Birch-bark: absence of in Montana, 197. Birch-bark canoe: description of, 19-24. Blackfeet, The: 341-2. Blue Ridge mountains: barrier formed by, 48. Boarding: cost of in the West, 215. Boat, The American: description of, 19-24. Bob, Col. R. E.: foot-note, 164. Bodley, Thomas: 79. Bonneville, Captain: 312-315, 329. Boone, Daniel: 45; leaves Society of Friends, 77; moves from Bucks county, 77-8; brothers-in-law, 79; marriage, 80; called Luther of frontiering, 88; personality, 89-90; personal description, 91-94; birth, 94; second marriage, 95; with Braddock as a wagoner, 96; determines to explore Kentucky, 98; where is his fame as an explorer, 102; departure from the Yadkin settlement for the West, 103; left alone in the wilderness, 105; moves family to Kentucky, 107; undertakes discovery of surveyors, 107-8; lays out road from the Holston to the Kentucky, 108; knowledge of woodcraft, 109; capture of his daughter by the Indians, 110; captured by Indians and taken to Detroit, 111; life saved by Kenton, 114-15; adventure with two Indians, 115-16; leaves Kentucky, 116; granted a commission by Spanish governor of Louisiana, 117; land taken from him by the government, 117; date of death, 118; his late years, 118-19; his body and that of his wife moved to Kentucky, 120; compared with Davy Crockett, 145-6. Boone, Squire: 104; family moves to Kentucky, 106; death, 113. Boonesborough: 42, 99; founding of, 108; saved by Boone, 111-112. Bore, in rifle: 13. Bowie, James: 177. Braddock: 96. Brandywine, battle of: 82. Brant, Mohawk chief: 48. Bread riot: 216-218. Bridger, Fort: 295-6. Bridger, Jim: 295-6. Britain, ancient: 36. Broadwater, Colonel Charles A.: 210. Bryan, James: 79. Bryan, Morgan: 79-80. Bryan, Rebecca: 80, 95. Bryan, William: 79. Bryant’s Station, fight at: 113. Buchanan, Mrs. Sally: 56. Buena Ventura: 243. Buffaloes: first seen by Boone, 103. “Bullboats”: 197. Bullitt’s Lick: 65. Burro: price of, 203. “Caches” of Baird and Chambers: 269. Cahokia: 45. Calico: price of, 190. California: discovery of gold in, 200; density of population in 1870, 220; discovery of gold, and its effect on the West, 381-385. Callison, Susannah: 82. Calloway family: 110. Canada: emigration to, and cause, 391; emigration to the United States 1821-1850, 407; emigration to, 416-418; will it be Americanized, 418-422. Canal, Washington’s: 67.