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Bald Eagle Creek, 451, 456.

Baldwin, John, 169.

Baldwin, Joshua. 169.

Baldwin, Capt. Waterman, 489, 491.
Baltimore, Mrs. Esther (Henry), 380.
Baptist Church, mission of Rev. Ros-
well Burrows to Western N. Y.,
231-238; teacher invited to Tonne-
wanda, 296-297; driven away, 312.
Baptist Church, Tuscarora Reserva-
tion, 182.

Barca, Calderon de, 12.

Barge, Dominick de, 491. (Correct
form De Barges, also written De-
bartzch and De Bartych, q. v.), 472,

491.

Bartle, Capt. Peter, 477, 481.

Barton, Rev. W. E., "Early ecclesias-

tical history of the Western Re.
serve" cited, 181.

Bartych, de, French trader, 472. See
Barge, D. de.

Basket, Elizabeth, 361.
Bassett, Rev. Archibald, 181.
Bassett, Maj. Henry, letter to Gen.
Haldimand, cited, 44, note.

Batavia, N. Y., 208; in 1804, 221;
visited by Rev. Joseph Avery, 1805,

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Bennett, a guide, 510.

Bently, Eli, 523.

Bently, Mrs. Mary Hunter (Mrs. Eli
Bently), 523.

Benton, Dr. Caleb, 481.
Berard, Claude, 60.

Berkshire (Mass.) Missionary Society,
223, note.

Berrick's Sons, Charles, 611.

Berry, Maj. Jack, (Do-eh-saw) 176,
391, 392, befriends Horatio Jones,
402-414; goes to Little Beard's
Town, 418; on committee acting in
sale to Phelps and Gorham, 482.
Bible, portions translated into the
Seneca language, 131-132, 135, 146,
147, 152-153, 159-160.
Big Jacob, 379.

Big Throat. See Parrish, Capt. Jas-
per.

Big Tree (Ga-non-do-wa-nah), 484,
486, 487, 489, death, 507.

Big Tree Treaty, 100, 499.

Big Tree's Village (the Genesee Castle
of the Senecas), 393, 483, 484 and
note, 485.

Billimer, Michael, 441, 447.

Billy, Captain, Indian chief, 131, 155,
380.

Billy, Mrs. Captain, 380.

Birch, Mrs. Martha (Mrs. John), 175.
Bird, Wm. A., purchase of the Bird
farm, Buffalo, 502.

Bishop, Asenath, 148, 150, 157, 346,

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Blacksnake, Wm. (Sho-noh-go-waah),
at last Indian council on the Gene-
see, 114.

Blakey, Wm., 169, note.

Blanco del Valle, Don Juan, 7-13.
Blanford, Mass., 181.

Blood, Caleb, missionary tour to head
of Lake Ontario, 208; good results,

215.

Bloomfield, Conn., 181, 223, note.
Board of Correspondents, in the col-
ony of Connecticut, New England,
appointed and commissioned by the
Honorable Society in Scotland for
propagating Christian Knowledge,
166.

Bolton, Scotland, home of Robert
Hamilton, 74.

Bombary, Capt., Btsh. officer at the
Miami, 1793, 497.

Bomford, Capt. Thomas, 71.
Bomford, Trevor, 71.
Boston Baptist

cited, 236.

Missionary Society

"Boston," schooner, built, 31; fate,
32.

Boughton, Enos, 478, 480.

Boughton Hill, Victor, N. Y., 480.
Boughton, Jared, 478.

Bouquet, Col. Henry, and early boat-
building on Lake Erie, 20-22, 24-25.
Bovier, Asa P., 443, note.

Boyd, Col. John, 389, 393; captured

by the Senecas, 394, 398, 400; runs
the gauntlet, 408-409; sent to Que-
bec, 415; dies, 415, note;
tioned, 423, 443, note.

Boyd, Lt. Thomas, 393;

men-

tortured to

death, 422, 442, 483 and note.

Boyd, William, 393.

Boyne, battle of the, 523.

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Bradley, Mrs. Catharine Wheeler, 150.
Bradley, Hanover, teacher at Seneca
mission, Buffalo Creek, 150;
charge of mission, 154; 346.
Bradstreet, Gen. John, expedition to
Detroit, 1764, 31.
Bradt, Capt. Andrew, 87.
Brant, Elizabeth, marriage to Col. W.
B. Kerr, 108.

Brant, Capt. Joseph, embassy to Que.
bec, 1791, 89; mentioned,

103;
presence of his grandson, Col. Kerr,
at last Indian council on the Gene-
see, 108, 117; saves James Pember-
ton from torture, 426; expedition
to Pennsylvania, 1780, 442-447, 516;
visits Gen. Haldimand and secures
Grand River tract for Mohawks,
467; notifies Gov. Clinton of repu
diation of treaty of Feb., 1789, by
the Six Nations, 480; mission to
western Indians, 1791, 491; at Ni-
agara council, 1793, 496; urges
western Indians to make peace with
the U. S., 1793, 497; at Buffalo
Creek council, 1794, 498.
Brant, Mary, Mrs. Wm. Johnson, 93.
Brewer, James (Quaw-wa), 511-512,
513.

Briggs, Dr. Albert H., 624.

"British privateer in the American
revolution," 47-71.

Brock, Gen. Sir Isaac, burial, 214,
note.

Brooks, Preston, 628.
Bronson, Isaac, 503.
Brothertown, 190.

Brown, Mrs. D. C., "Memoir of the
late Rev. Lemuel Covell" cited, 208,
note.

Brown, George V., "From Lake Erie
to Morocco,' I-14.

Brown, Marion (Mrs. Charles Clute),
525.

Brown, Capt., Cumberland Co. (Pa.)
militia, 388.

Brown's buildings, Buffalo, site of,
541.

Brownell, J. R., 613.
Brussels, 632, 636.
Bryant, Abner, 340.

Buchanan, Sir Andrew, 12.

Buck Island. See Carleton Island.
Buell, Mrs. Ann Hunter (Mrs. Thos.
Buell), 523:

Buell, Mrs. Margrate Hunter (Mrs.
William Buell), 523.
Buell, Col. Thomas, 523.
Buell, William, 523.

Buffalo, 1; "Messenger" sails from,
14, note; English railway iron
shipped to, 14, note; Seneca mis-
sion-house and cemetery, 134; Main
St. site of First Universalist Church,
134, 278; visited by Joseph Badger,
1801 and 1802, 181; visited by
Rev. David Bacon, 1800 and 1801,
183-186; visited by Rev. Elkanah
Holmes, 194-196; visited by Rev.
Lemuel Covell, 1803, 209, 214; visit
of Gerard T. Hopkins, 1804, 217-
222; visit of Rev. Joseph Avery,
visit of Rev. Roswell
1805, 228;
Burrows, 1806, 231-238; twenty-four
Tonnawanta Senecas remove to, 261,
note; passed by Miss Esther Low,
1819, 278; arrival of Rev. T. S.
Harris, 1821, 281; first picture, a
sketch of Seneca council, 1793, 495,
note; Jones and Parrish tracts, 500-
in 1820-30 (?) and payment
502;
of Indian annuities, described by
Orlando Allen, 539-545.
Buffalo Board of Trade Regiment,
626-627.

Buffalo Creek, migration of Senecas
annual
to, IOI; anecdote of an
council, 120; "The Seneca mission
at Buffalo Creek," 125-161; "Nar-
ratives of early mission work," 163.
380; visited by Jacob Lindley, 1797,
173, 176; Joseph Badg's team the
first to cross, 1802, 181; visits of
Rev. David Bacon, 1800-1, 183-186;
first mention of flood, 1800, 196;
trail followed by Horatio Jones,
1782, 437 council of July, 1788,
Phelps and Gorham Purchase, 476-
477, 493; beginning of Mile Strip,
536.

Buffalo Creek, Treaty of, 1838-9, 160;
treaty of, 1788, 467, 493.
Buffalo Creek Reservation, 127; land
sold to Ogden Land Co. and In-
dians removed, 161; saw mill built,
temperance movement encouraged,
168; "A teacher among the Sene-
cas: narrative of Jabez Backus Hyde,
1811-1820," 239-274; progress of
Christianity, 271; "Journals of Rev.
T. S. Harris, 1821-1828," 281-378;
council called by Cornplanter, 1791,
490; council to consider Col. Proc-
tor's mission, 1791, 491-492; treaty
with Senecas at, 1815, 537; council
of Six Nations, 1823, 537; Hon.
Orlando Allen's account of payment
of Indian annuities, 539-546; see
also Seneca mission at Buffalo
Creek; visit of Gen. Benj. Lincoln,
1793, 495; sketch of this council by
Col. Pilkington in possession of
Massachusetts Historical Society,
495, note; council of Feb., 1794,
497-498; treaty concerning sale of
Little Beard's Reservation to Hora-
tion Jones, 503.

Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 618.
Buffalo Historical Society, possession

of ms. of Geo. V. Brown, 14; "Pub-
lications" cited, 29, note, 30, note,
607, 612, note; J. B. Hyde's ms.
cited, 128; possession of only
known copy of first edition of
Young's Seneca hymn book, 147 and
note; preservation of weather-vane
from Seneca mission church, 153,
note; possession of Burrows ms.,
231, note; possession of Hyde ms.,
239, note; possession of Harris ms.,
281, note; possession of set of the
Gospel Advocate, 379; purchases
ms. of "Life of Horatio Jones,"
383; possession of ms. of Augustus
Porter, 503. note; possession of
Orlando Allen papers, 527, note,
545, note; Hon. Orlando Allen's
narrative, 539, note; dedication of
the building, Sept. 30, 1902, 607-
616; history and work of the so-
ciety, 607-609; history of the build-
ing, 610-612; unveiling of the sta
tue of Lincoln, 612-616; proceed-
ings of 41st annual meeting, Jan.
13, 1903, 616-626; President Lang-
don's report, 617-622; presentation
to Mr. Langdon of a golden key to
doors of society's building, 622-626;
"Memorial on the death of George
S. Hazard," 626-627; "Memorial on
the death of Hon. Wilson S. Bis-
sell," 627; James O. Putnam me-
morial evening, 627-637.
Buffalo Medical Association, 608.
Buffalo, Park Commissioners, Board
of, 610-611, 624.

Buffalo Patriot, cited, 153, 274, 280,
note.

Buffalo, Presbytery of, trial of Jabez
B. Hyde, 1827, 237. note.
Buffalo & Rochester Railway, 629.

Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences,
618.

Buffalo Tom. See Jemison, Thomas.
Burch, John, 86, 88-89.
Burford, Ont., 212.

Burril, Adam and Sarah, 174.
Burrows, Rev. Roswell, "Visit to Buf-
falo, in 1806," 231-238.
Burrows, Roswell L., 231, note.
Burton, Simon, 379.

Butler, Col. John, 76, 390, 427, 447,
458, 462, 492.

Butler's Rangers, at Newark (Niagara-
on-the-Lake), 84; mentioned 85, 86,
88, 104, 451.

Butterfield, C. W., "History of the
Girtys" quoted, 496, note.

Cadiz, quarantine regulations, 1-4; re-
turn of "Republican" to, 13.
Calderon de la Barca, 12.
Caledonia, N. Y., 230, 461.
Calhoun, John C., Dr. Morse's rept.
to, 269, note; appealed to in vain
to save the Allan tract at Mt. Mor-
ris, 493; Jasper Parrish's letters to
concerning lands at Green Bay, 537-
538.

Camp, Caroline (Mrs. William Jones),
524.

Camp, Edward, 524.

Camp, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones (Mrs.
Edward Camp), 524..

Campbell, Lt. Col. Archibald, 53, 57-
Campbell, Capt. Donald, 21-22, 24-25;

warns Fort Niagara of Seneca plot,
1761, 35; with Maj. Rogers takes
possession of Detroit, 1760, 38.
Campbell, Capt. Patrick, visit to Niag
ara Falls and Queenston, 1791-2, 79-
80, 91; "Travels in the interior in-
habited parts of North America,"
cited, 80, note.

Canada, settlement of Quakers in, 169,

note: missionary visit of Covell
and Warren, 1803, 207-216; Cayuga
Indians in, 250.

Canada, Upper. See Upper Canada.
Canadaway, N. Y., 234 and note.
"Canadian archives,' cited, 17-22
notes, 24-27 notes, 33, note, 76,
note, 77, note, 82, note.
Canadian Institute, Transactions, cited,
75, note, 76, note.
Canandaigua, N. Y., visit of Rev.
David Bacon, 1800, 184; passed by
G. T. Hopkins, 1804, 222; visited by
Miss Esther Low, 1819, 276; village
founded, 1788, 478; Joseph Smith
opens tavern, 480; on early trade
route, 480; visit of Horatio Jones
and family, 485; signatures and
marks of Indian chiefs, etc., in On-
tario county clerk's office, 493, note;
Horatio Jones meets Jemima Wil-
kinson, 494;. last general council
between the U. S. Government and
the Six Nations, Oct., 1794, 498,
534; Indian annuity paid at, 537;
death of Jasper Parrish, 538.
Canandarque, N. Y., 534.

Canaseraga Creek, N. Y., 489.
Can-a-wáu-gus, Seneca village, 101.
Caneadea (Ga-ó-ya-dé-o), N. Y., old
council house, 97-123; Seneca vil-
lage, 102; the last council, 107-123;
in 1779-81, 389-391; running of the
gauntlet, 407-411, 415, note, 456;
mentioned, 490.

Canistiere (Canisteo) River, 171, 179.
Canidoway Creek Settlement.

Canadaway, N. Y.

See

Canniff, Dr. Wm., "History of the
province of Ontario," cited, 74;
quoted, 83.

Carleton, Gen. Guy, 75, 467.

Carleton Island (Deer or Buck Isl-
and), Lake Ontario, Robert Hamil-
ton's trading-post, 75-77.
Carlton, Upper Canada, 236.
Cartier, Jacques, 97.

Cartwright, Richard, 75; partnership
with Robert Hamilton, 76-77, 84;
Judge of Mecklenburgh, 82; in the
Legislative Council of Upper Can-
ada, 83.

Carver, Capt. Jonathan, "Travels
through the interior parts of North
America" cited, 19 and note, quoted,
32-33 and notes.

Cary, George, 611, 621.
Cashong, 472.

Caswell, H. S., "Our life among the
Iroquois" cited, 157, note.

Cat Fish Creek, wreck of the "Bea-
ver," 29.

Cataraqui. See Kingston.
Catawissa, Pa., 170, 180.
Cattaraugus Creek, migration of Sene-
cas to, 101; passed by Horatio
Jones, 1782, 437; by Col. Proctor,

1791, 491.

Cattaraugus Reservation, delegates to
last Indian council on the Genesee,
107; teachers sent to by Society of
Friends in Philadelphia, 127, 150-
151, 250; home of Mrs. Martha E.
Parker, 128, note, 155; preaching
by J. B. Hyde, 135; under charge
of Rev. T. S. Harris, 150; placed
under control of Am. Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions, 151; printing-press estab-
lished, 1846, 158-160; removal to of
Indians and mission family from
Buffalo Creek reservation, 161; re-
quest aid from Quakers, 167-168;
visited by Rev. Roswell Burrows,
1806, 235-236; introduction of
Christianity, 267-269; "Journals of
Rev. Thompson S. Harris: his mis-
sionary labors, 1821-28," 281-378;
Chester C. Lay, U. S. interpreter
for, 386; former ownership of part
of land, 504.

Cayantha, Peter, 489, 491.
Cayuga, Judy, 416, note, 505.
Cayuga, Tom, 416, note, 505.
Cayuga Indians, 98, 114;

those at

Buffalo Creek Reservation agree to
receive missionary teachers, 133;
consent to receive a settled minister

at Buffalo Creek, 137; remnants
scattered, 250; consent to receive
missionary teachers, 262; clans, 415;
lands ceded to the state, 479; treaty
repudiated by the Six Nations, 480;
confirmed in their reservation, 1794,
498; receive annuity from N. Y.
State, 539-544; part settle at Grand
River, Canada, 540, note.
Cayuga Lake, 222.

Cazenovia Creek, Indian settlements,
127-128.

Cemetery, Indian, at Buffalo, 134.
Chalmers, Rev. Thos., invited to Can.
ada, 83.

Champlain, Samuel de, (7-98.

Chapin, Rev. Calvin, 181.

Chapin, Gen. Israel, 495, note, 497 and

note, 534.

Chapman, Charles, 180.

Charles, Isaac, 193.

Charlotte, Queen, Queenston named in
honor of, 78.

"Charlotte," sloop. See "Royal Char-
lotte."

Charlton, Hon. B. E., 622.
Charter Oak, 614.
Chegouamigon Bay, 17.
Chemung Narrows, 530.
Chemung, N. Y., 528, 530.

Cherry Creek, Indian massacre, 100.
Chester, Rev. Alfred, 338.
Chester Co., Pa., 515.
Chew, Wm., 361.

Chickasaw Indians, mission to, 187.
Childs, Patty, 276.

Chimney, stone, at Niagara, surmised

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227.

Chippewa, Fort. See Fort Chippewa.
"Chippewa." ship, 497.

Chippewa Indians, adoption of John
Rutherford, 27; mentioned, 497.
Choctaw Indians, Rev. David and
Mrs. Remington missionaries to,
275, note.

"Christ's Sermon on the Mountain,"
Seneca version, 147, 152-153.
"Church Covenant, A," by Elkanah
Holmes, fac-simile of page. 205.
Church property bill, N. Y. State, 629-
631.

Clark, Gilman, missionary at Seneca
mission, Buffalo Creek, 150, 351.
Clark, Col. John, 80.

Clayton, Thomas, 440.
Cleveland, O., sailing of the "Massil-
lon" and "Valeria" from, 14, note.
Clinton, DeWitt, 621.

Clinton, Gov. George, 478-482.

Clinton, Hon. George W., 607.

Clute, Alexander, 524, 525.

Clute, Mrs. Almira Glines (Mrs. Jas.
H. Clute), 525.

Clute, Charles, 525.

Clute, Charles Benjamin, 525.

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Clute, Myrtle, 525.

Clute, Mrs. Nancy Jones (Mrs. Jellis
Clute), 524.

Clute, Mrs. Šarah E. (Mrs. Alexander
Clute), 524, 525.

Clute, Sarah J. E. (Mrs. Chester B.
Gunn), 525.

Clute, William, 525.
Coates, Isaac, 169.

Cobb, Ebenezer S., 538.

Cochrane, Capt. Gavin, rescue of the
"Beaver's" shipwrecked crew, 29.
Cockspur Island, Ga., 58.
Cohocton River, 171, 179.

Colden, Lt. Gov. Cadwallader, corre-
spondence with the Lords of Trade
regarding encroachments on Indian
lands, 42.

Coleman, Michael, 393.
Coleman, Thomas, 393.
Colt, James F., 483, note.
Commerce, trans-Atlantic, from the

Great Lakes, 14, note; early ship-
building on the Great Lakes, 17-33.
Commerce, over the Niagara portage,
1779-1796, 75-78; Canadian trans-
fer business controlled by Robert
Hamilton, 81.
Comstock, Jared, 172.
Comstock, Mary, 172.
Comstock, Nathan, 172.
Comstock, Otis, 172.

Connecticut, Missionary Society of.
See Missionary Society of Connec-
ticut.

Connewago, 489.

Conover, Hon. George S., 386.
Constellation, Toronto, quoted, 80.
"Constitution," frigate, 614.

Cook, Lt. John, 393, 394; captured
by the Senecas, 395, 398; tortured,
400; sent to Quebec, 415; dies,
415, note.

Cook, Col. William, 393, 441.
Cook House, near Deposit, N. Y.,
425 and note, 426, 527, 528.
Cooper, Rev. D. M., "Rev. David
Bacon's visits to Buffalo 1800 and
1801; from memoranda by the Rev.
D. M. Cooper, of Detroit," 183-186.
Copper mines on Lake Superior, early
exploration, 18.

Cornelius Creek, Buffalo, 502.
Cornplanter (Ga-yant-hwah-geh, John
O'Bail), mentioned, 103; his grand-
son at last council on the Genesee,
115-117; known by Orlando Allen,
118, 120; proposes education of

Seneca boys by Quakers, 166-167;
first advocates, then opposes Chris-
tianity, 270; family and influence,
416; sent as delegate to Philadel-
phia, 1790, 486-487; goes to the
Allegheny, 1791, 487; calls council
at Buffalo, 1791, 490; trouble with
militia on the Allegheny and nego-
tiations with Col. Proctor, 490-491;
mentioned, 510; annuity, 540.
Cornwallis, Lord, entry into Philadel-
phia, 1777, 48.

Cornwallis chair, Buffalo Historical
Society, 620.

Cottier, Wm., 620-621.

Couagne, Jean Baptiste de, 22, 36, and

note, 37.

Council house, Caneadea, N. Y., 97-
123.

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Covell, Rev. Lemuel, "Visit of Rev.
Lemuel Covell to Western New
York and Canada in the fall of
1803,' 207-216; "Narrative of a
missionary tour" cited, 208, note;
Mission to Upper Canada, 232;
death, 236.

Coville, Capt. Stephen, 1-14.
Cownesky River, 171, 179.
"Cradles" used in hoisting goods at
Lewiston, 78.

Cram, Rev. Mr., missionary, rejected

by the Senecas, 127, 130, 250, note.
Crane, Rev. James C., teacher and
missionary to the Tuscaroras, 126,
182, 250, note, 265, 277, sketch of,
330, note; death, 355, 363; mission
chapel begun, 377.

Crane, Mary Ann Davenport, 340.
Crawford, Wm., 619-620.
Crooked Lake, in 1797, 171.
Crouse, George, 380.

Crouse, Mrs. George, 380.
Crouse, Rachel, 380.

Crow, Captain, Indian chief, 303 and

note.

Crow, Franklin, 380.

Crow, Thomas, 380.

Crow St., Buffalo, now Exchange St.,
541.

Crusan, Katharine (Mrs. Benjamin
Jones), 522.
Cuillierie,

to

Angelique, marriage
James Sterling, 44. See Cuillierier;
both forms given in original mss.
Cuillierier, Antoine, purchase of John
Rutherford from the Indians, 27.
Culbertson, James, 491.

Cummings, Arthur, 483, note.

Cummings, Sarah E. (Mrs. Charles
Jones), 525.

Curtiss, Fred B., 622.
Cusick, Dennis, 278.
Cusick, David, 182.
Cusick, James, 181-182.
Cusick, Nicholas, 182.
Cutler, John, 174.
Cutler, John, Jr., 176.

Da-ha-ya-dah-woh-goh. See Jones, Hor-
atio, 465, note.

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