leads other forays;
      is arrested;
      escapes;
      proceedings against him dropped;
      corresponds with Gardoqui;
      offers to enter into alliance with Spain;
      becomes a Federalist;
      destroys Indian town on Coosa;
      ransoms captive whites;
      made brigadier-general. 
    Sevier, Valentine, at Muscle Shoals. 
    Shawnees, hostile;
      surrender prisoners;
      burn prisoners. 
    Shelby, Evan, appealed to by state of Franklin;
      corresponds with Sevier;
      hostile to state of Franklin. 
    Slavery, negro, in West;
      a curse to the whites;
      prohibited in Northwest. 
    Slim Tom, an Indian, brutal murder by. 
    Spaniards, on southwestern frontier;
      their dominion jeopardized by backwoodsmen;
      who look at them as the Germans once looked at the Roman Empire;
      they recognize the frontiersmen as their special foes;
      treachery of;
      diplomatic negotiations with;
      corruption of officials;
      outrages by American and creole traders;
      seize goods of Cumberland trader;
      dread the backwoodsmen;
      try to keep the Indians their allies;
      and incite them to war against settlers;
      towards whom they behave with shameful duplicity;
      religious intolerance of;
      expel American traders from among the southern tribes. 
    St. Clair, Arthur, Governor of Northwest Territory;
      christens capital Cincinnati;
      his share in governing the Northwest;
      holds treaties with Indians. 
    Sullivan, Daniel, fight with Indians. 
    Sullivan, John, proposes filibustering expedition. 
    Symmes, John Cleves, judge in Northwest. 
    Tennessee, river, rich lands along;
      settlements along headwaters of;
      immigrant route down;
      three counties on, proceed to form new government;
      elect delegates to meet at Jonesboro. 
    Tipton, John, in Jonesboro Convention;
      rivalry with Sevier;
      revolts against Franklin government;
      hostility to Sevier;
      defeats Sevier’s forces;
      captures Sevier. 
    Treaties, failure of;
      violated by Indians. 
    Trotter, Robert, Col., good conduct of;
      misconduct of. 
    Union, the, immense importance of, to welfare of race;
      without its adoption the revolutionary war would have gone for nought;
      triumph of Union feeling in West;
      western movement in favor of. 
    Van Swearingen, son killed by Indians. 
    Vermont, affairs similar to those in Kentucky. 
    Vigo, Francis, trading on Ohio;
      misadventure with Indians. 
    Vincennes, condition of, in 1786;
      anarchy at;
      Indians threaten;
      garrison established at, by Clark;
      citizens surrender charter.