boats;
      extent of damage done by, in Kentucky. 
    Individual initiative of settlers, chief characteristic of
      settlement of Northwest
    Innes threatens disunion. 
    Jackson, Andrew, intercourse with Spanish agents;
      share in Indian fighting. 
    Jay, John, does not realize growth of West;
      renders great services to West;
      negotiations with Gardoqui;
      offers temporary suspension of right to navigate Mississippi;
      anger of Westerners at this;
      his attitude and advice on subject. 
    Jefferson, fatuous military judgment of;
      wise attitude towards West;
      against slavery in Northwest. 
    Johnson boys, adventure of. 
    Jonesboro, convention at, declares for independence. 
    Kenton, Simon, surveyor and hunter;
      Indian fighter;
      rescues white captives;
      leads raids against Indians;
      his scout company.
    Kentucky Gazette. 
    Kentucky,
      great growth of;
      good poor man’s country;
      emigrants to, American, German, Scotch, Irish;
      characteristics of people;
      their attitude towards Spain;
      misery of early settlers;
      great change in;
      scourged by Indians;
      prosperity of;
      politics;
      movement for separate statehood;
      movement compared to that in Franklin;
      wrangles with Virginia;
      delays in movement;
      Kentucky becomes a State. 
    King, Rufus, opposes slavery in Northwest. 
    Kirk, John, his family murdered by Indians;
      brutal deed of his son. 
    Lake posts, held by British, importance of, to frontiersmen. 
    Land claims of States;
      differences in substantial value of;
      those of Virginia and North Carolina most important;
      those of the other States very shadowy;
      misconduct of Georgia;
      attitude of the non-claimant States;
      Continental Congress wrestle with;
      question settled by compromise and bargain;
      Connecticut’s sharp bargain;
      small money value of land. 
    Land companies. 
    Lands, western, eagerly sought by both settlers and speculators;
      intense interest in. 
    Lee, “Lighthorse Harry,” agrees with Jay about Mississippi;
      borrows money of Gardoqui. 
    Lee, Richard Henry, share in ordinance. 
    Legrace, J. M. P., French commandant at Vincennes. 
    Lincoln family attacked by Indians. 
    Logan, Benjamin, protects immigrants;
      presides at meeting of Kentucky field officers;
      successful raid against Shawnee towns;
      fails to enforce discipline;
      leads other forays;
      prominence of;
      takes lead in movement for statehood. 
    Logan, John, scatters Cherokee war party. 
    Louisville, population in 1786. 
    Madison, intercourse with