The Winning of the West, Volume 4: Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807Roosevelt, Theodore
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The Winning of the West, Volume 4: Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807
Roosevelt, Theodore
Northwest, Old -- History; United States -- Territorial expansion; West (U.S.) -- History
duplicity of;
repudiated by Creeks;
loss of influence;
death of.
McKee, British Indian agent,
treats prisoners well;
holds council with Indians;
advises them;
incites them to war;
presides at war councils;
at Fallen Timbers;
taunts the British with their treachery.
Mero district, convention wishes to retaliate on Indians.
Michaux, French agent.
Miller, Christopher and William, Wayne's scouts.
Mississippi Territory.
Monroe.
Montgomery, the filibuster.
Morales, Spanish Intendant, takes away right of deposit.
Muscogee, _See_ Creek.
Napoleon,
his plans of empire;
gets Louisiana from Spaniards;
his utter moral depravity;
wishes to occupy Louisiana in force;
chimerical nature of his hopes;
designates Victor as commander;
his army destroyed in Hayti;
sells Louisiana;
recognizes the inevitable.
Natchez,
Americans and Spaniards at;
turmoil at;
importance of;
lawlessness at.
Nickajack, Chickamauga town, destroyed.
Nolan, Philip, his adventures and death.
North Carolina, cedes her western territory to United States.
O'Fallon, James, connection with Yazoo companies.
Ohio,
made a State;
its development hindered by the speculative land companies;
adopts foolish constitution.
Oldham, Col., killed at St. Clair's defeat.
Ore, Major, at attack of Chickamauga towns.
Orleans. _See_ Louisiana.
Owen, murder of.
Pickens, Andrew, Peace Commissioner.
Pickering, Timothy, fatuity of.
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery,
the explorer;
ascends the Mississippi;
starts for the Rocky Mountains;
hardships and perils encountered;
taken by the Spaniards;
sent home;
his death.
Pinckney, Thomas, his treaty.
Pioneers. _See_ Frontiersmen.
Political Club, of Danville.
Power, Thomas, Spanish envoy.
Putnam, Rufus, treaty with Wabash Indians.
Quincy, secessionist speech of.
Race expansion,
methods by which a race can acquire new territory;
through deeds of soldiers and diplomats;
under conditions established by diplomats;
through the action of settlers only;
acquisition of Alaska and Louisiana compared.
Recovery, Fort,
built by Wayne on scene of St. Clair's defeat;
attacked by Indians.
Red Bird, the Cherokee, quaint "talk" of.
Revival, the great,
the Methodist and Baptist churches,
under its influence become the leading churches of the West;
enthusiasm of the religious leaders;
their self-devotion.
Robertson, James, made brigadier-general;
land speculations;
works hand in hand with Blount;
wounded by Indians, together with his son;
puts the Cumberland militia on guard;
protects Indians;
organizes expedition against Chickamauga towns;
interferes on behalf of Chickasaws;
prevents filibustering.
Robinson, Dr. J. H..
Rutherford, Gen. Griffith.
Salcedo, Spanish Governor, disapproves of Morales.
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