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INDEX

Antanya, Michael, assists Dodge, 15.

Beaver Creek (Bever Criek), 9.

Blair, Archibald, 23.

Boston, visited by Dodge, 7, 15; Dodge meets General Gage there, 56.

Boyle, Philip, letter to, 15.

Butler, Mr., aids Dodge in inducing Indians to make treaty, 31.

Caldwell, Henry L., grandson of Israel Dodge, 14.

Canada, Dodge proposes to invade, 8.

Carleton, Sir Guy, Governor in Chief of Michigan Territory, 19; Mr. Jones reads letter from, 55.

Carlisle (Pennsylvania), Israel Dodge marries Ann Hunter at, 14.

Clark, Gen. George Rogers, of Virginia, captures Lieut.-Gov. Hamilton, 13; takes possession of the Western Illinois country, 17; letters to Congress considered by board, 19.

Clark, Mr., Dodge's letter to Congress referred to, 19.

Congress, Dodge visits, 7, 56; writes letter to, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; reports adversely to suggestions in letter, 13; Dodge writes second letter to, 17, 18; Committee of, report on the John Dodge report, 19; Commissioners of, treat with Indians, 32; Dodge informs, of council with Indians at Sandusky, 32.

Congressional Board, the, reports on letters of Colonel Clark and others relating to Hamilton, Dejean and Lamothe, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23; recommends punishment to be inflicted upon these prisoners, 23.

Connecticut, birthplace of Dodge 15; Dodge leaves, 29.

Continental talk, 32, 33.

Dejean, Philip, prisoner of war, 13; Justice of the Peace for Detroit, 19; prisoner of war, 19; his cruel treatment of Dodge and other prisoners, 20, 21, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 47, 48; captured by Colonel Clark of Virginia at Fort St. Vincent (Vincennes), 28; imprisons Dodge a second time, 45; informs Hamilton concerning Dodge, 48; seizes Dodge and companions near Sandusky, 51; examines Dodge's papers, 51.

Detroit, John Dodge locates there, 6; refers in letter to its garrison, 9; Governor of, bribes savages, 9; proposes to take by force, 10; visits, 15.

Dodge, Henry, son of Israel Dodge, 14; born October 12, 1872, 14; first Governor of Wisconsin Territory, 14.

Dodge, Ann Hunter, wife of Israel Dodge, 14.

Dodge, Israel, brother of John Dodge, 6; commissioned as lieutenant, 14.

Dodge, John, birth, 6; parentage, 6; early life as a trader, 6; purchases land, 6; confined in jail, 7; appointed Indian Agent by Virginia, 14; lays claim to western lands, 14; patents issued to his heirs, 14; date of death, 14; place of burial, 14; holds commission as colonel, 14; places visited in his travels, 15; writes second letter to Congress, 16, 17; acts as interpreter for Captain Wood, 29; makes present to Indians, 32, 33; writes to Hamilton, 33; taken prisoner by Indians at instigation of Hamilton, 33; taken to Detroit, 33; condemned to death, 34, 35; his suffering and sickness in prison, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38; released from prison, 39; his property confiscated, 40; engages in mercantile business, 41; rescues prisoner, 43, 44; taken captive by Dejean, 45; called before Commandant Mountpresent, 46; ordered to prison, 46; released, 47; threatened by Hamilton, 50; goes to Sandusky, 51; seized by Dejean, 51; cast into goal, 52; his property confiscated second time, 52; brought before Mr. Printices, Provost Marshal at Quebec, 53; put on board prison ship _Mariah_, 53; visited by Mr. Murray, Commissary of Prisoners, 53; paroled, 54; encounter with Mr. Jones, 55; forced to give bonds, 55; leaves Quebec, 56; arrives at Boston, 56; sent by Gates to General Washington, 56; appears before Congress, 56.

Dodge, John, Sr., father of John Dodge, 6.

Dodge, Lydia Rogers, wife of John Dodge, 6.

Dodge Narrative, time and place, 5; importance, 5; reprints, 5.

Edgar, John; Dodge attempts to carry off slaves of, 15; old friend of Dodge, 15; arrested and confined at Detroit, 15, 16; witness for Dodge, 16.

Fort Pitt, (Pittsburg), Dodge's visit to, 8; conference with Indians at, 16; speech of Shengenaba at, 16.

Gates, General, Dodge visits at Boston, 56.

Gibson, John, agent for Indian affairs, 32.

Hamilton, Lieut. Gov. Henry, cruelties and irregularities of his rule in Detroit, 5; indicted for murder, 5; confined in irons, 6; sends Dodge as prisoner to Quebec, 7; bribes savages, 9; captured by Gen. George Rogers Clark, 13; released from prison and reinstated as lieutenant governor of Canada, 14; letters of Colonel Clark relating to, 19; incites Indians to perpetrate cruelties, 20; Committee's report as to his treatment of John Dodge, 20, 21; gives standing reward for scalps, 21, 32; capture by Colonel Clark at Fort St. Vincent (Vincennes), 28; dissuades Indians from assembling at Fort Pitt, 30, 31; Dodge writes letter to, 33; throws Dodge into prison at Detroit, 34; advises Dodge not to try to obtain redress, 40; orders Dodge to march with scouting party of savages, 41; threatens Dodge, 42, 50; succeeded by Captain Mountpresent, 42; returns to Detroit, 49; orders Dodge detained at Quebec, 54, 55.

Harman papers, their reference to Dodge, 15.

Henry, Moses; Henry Dodge, his namesake, 14; his bravery at Vincennes, 14, 15.

Henry, Patrick, commissions Dodge as Colonel, 14.

Heron, James, aids Dodge in inducing Indians to make treaty, 31.

Illinois (Islianoy) Country, the, Dodge refers to it in letter to Congress, 17, 18; effect of its occupancy by troops under Col. Clark, 17, 18.

Indians, bribed by Hamilton, 9; offered standing reward for scalps, 21; invited by Capt. James Wood to a treaty at Fort Pitt, 16, 29; dissuaded by Hamilton from assembling at Fort Pitt, 29, 30; persuaded by argument of Dodge and Heron, 31; make treaty with Commissioners of Congress, 32; their cruelty to prisoners, 42, 43, 44.

Jones, John Rice, letter from, 15.

Jones, Mr., in company with Dodge, 55.

Kaskaskia, Dodge located there as Indian Agent, 14; visits, 15; writes letter from, 15.

Kichoga, 9.

Lafleur, Joseph Poupard, sells land to Dodge, 6.

Lamothe, William (Le Mote), prisoner of war, 13, 19; Captain of Volunteers, 19; captain of volunteer scalping party of Indians and whites, 20; his capture by Col. Clark, of Virginia at Fort St. Vincent (Vincennes), 28; commands scouting Indians, 41, 42.

Mackinac, 7.

_Mariah_, prison ship, Dodge confined on, 53.

McIntosh, General, marches from Beaver Creek, 9; Dodge censures in letter to Congress, 11.

Michilimackinac, Dodge trades at, 41; arranges to send rescued prisoner there, 45.

Missouri Historical Society, references to Dodge, 15.

Montgomery, General, Dodge speaks in his defense, 55.

Montour, John, letter to from Dodge, 8.

Mountpresent, Capt., 42, 47, 50.

Morgan, Col., his arrival at Pittsburg, 12; sends message to the Indian (Endian) Nations, 12.

Murray, Mr., Commissary of Prisoners, visits Dodge, 53; informs Dodge that he is not to go with prisoners, 54.

New Orleans, 15.

New York, visited by Dodge, 15.

Ohio District, John Dodge in, 6.

Patridge, Mr., Dodge's letter to Congress referred to, 19.

Philadelphia, visited by Dodge, 15.

Piankeshaw Indians, 15.

Pittsburg (Fort Pitt), Dodge visits, 15.

Pontiac, his son Shegenaba speaks at Fort Pitt, 16, 17.

Presque Isle (Preskeele), 9.

Printice, Mr., Provost Marshal of Quebec, 53.

Pue, Jacob, of Virginia, hired to attend fellow prisoner, 47.

Quebec, John Dodge sent as prisoner to, 7, 53; escapes, 7; visited by Dodge, 15.

Sandusky (Ohio), Dodge locates there as a trader, 6, 29; visits, 15; disturbed by Revolutionary War, 29; Savages hostile in, 32.

Shawnee Indians, 16.

Shegenaba, son of Pontiac, speech at Fort Pitt, 16, 17.

Ste Genevieve (Mo.), Dodge buried at, 14; Dodge visits, 15.

Sugar Creek (Shugar Criek), 9.

Tanisee River, the, Hamilton appoints council of Indians to meet at the mouth of, 20.

Tucker, William, has negotiations with John Dodge, 6.

Vincennes (Ind.), George Rogers Clark at, 13; captured by Gov. Hamilton, 14; visited by Dodge, 16; Hamilton, Dejean, and Lamothe taken prisoners at, 28.

Virginia, Council of, letters and narratives of Dodge read by members of, 13; recommends the punishment of Henry Hamilton, Philip Dejean and Wm. La Mothe, 13; expenses in connection with the Illinois country, 17.

Washington, Gen. George, Dodge meets him, 7, 56.

Williamsburg (Va.), Hamilton taken to by Clark, 13.

Wolcot, Mr., Dodge's letter to Congress referred to, 19.

Wood, James, appointed to command expedition against the Shawnee, 16; deputed to invite Western Indians to a treaty at Fort Pitt, 16, 29; his fatigues, difficulties and dangers, 16; his compensation, 16; meeting with the Indians, 16; calls at the house of Dodge, 29.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_.

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