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
Sargent, Winthrop, does well in St. Glair's expedition;
Governor of Mississippi;
failure as such.
Scolacutta, Cherokee chief.
Scott, General Charles, raid on Wabash town;
joins Wayne with mounted volunteers.
Seagroves, James, Indian agent;
deceived by Indians.
Sebastian, corruption and treachery of;
detection of.
Settlers, _See_ Frontiersmen and Westerners.
Sevier, John, made brigadier-general;
a college trustee;
mercantile ventures;
co-operates with Blount;
puzzled by the Indian attitude;
prevents Indian outrages;
takes command of Tennessee militia;
successful expedition;
elected Governor of Tennessee.
Shelby, Isaac,
agrees with Brown that there should be peace with Southern Indians;
beloved by frontiersmen;
bad conduct towards United States Government;
weakness of.
Shipbuilding on the Ohio.
Shoulderbone, treaty at.
Simcoe, Lieutenant-Governor of Canada, builds fort on Miami;
corresponds with Carondolet;
distributes Dorchester's speech.
Slavery, attitude of West towards.
Southwestern Territory, _See_ Tennessee.
Spaniards, hostility to Americans;
intrigues with Indians;
gross treachery of;
tortuous intrigues;
ingratitude of;
bad faith;
try to bribe Westerners;
irritation with frontiersmen;
trust to corruption and intrigue;
negotiate with United States Government;
try to corrupt Westerners;
refuse to yield territory;
refuse to fulfil treaty engagements;
last efforts to corrupt the West;
and to retain their own;
yield;
religious bigotry;
fear Westerners;
jealous policy;
their civilization and government in Northern Mexico,
Stallion, Cherokee chief,
St. Clair, put in command of Northwestern army;
hampered by difficulties;
unfit for task;
his troops wretched stuff;
delays on march;
fails to guard against surprise;
his camp attacked at dawn;
his courage in the battle;
leads bayonet charges;
destruction of his troops;
their wild rout;
they reach Cincinnati;
he is held guiltless of the blame;
but showed himself incompetent;
effect of his defeat on the Southern Indians;
warns Shelby against Clark;
governor of what is now Ohio;
unpopularity of,
Talleyrand's smooth duplicity,
Tellico Blockhouse, peace conference at,
Tennessee, intolerable nature of;
Indian outrages in;
becomes a State;
constitution of;
statehood.
Tennesseeans, wronged by Indians and by the Federal Government;
not allowed to retaliate on their foes.
Territorial Legislature of the Southwestern Territory,
petitions for war against the Creeks and Cherokees.
Texas, Texans.
Tipton, Jacob, slain at St. Clair's defeat.
Toussaint Louverture.
Towns, insignificant development of, as compared with new settlements
to-day.
Trade in the backwoods.
Trueman, Alexander Major, treacherously slain by Indians.
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