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Pugi, F., 619, 624.
Putnam, Harvey, 629.
Putnam, Hon. James O., Buffalo His-
torical Society's memorial evening,
627; address by J. N. Larned, 628-
633; Mr. Sellstedt's offering, 633-
637.

Putnam, Mrs. James O., 635.
Pye, Capt. at Fort Niagara, 462.

"Quakers among the Senecas," 165-
168.

Quakers. See Friends, Society of.
Quarantine regulations, Spain and Mo-

rocco, 1-13.

Quaw-wa. See Brewer, James.
Quebec, Brant's mission to, 467; pris-
oners sent to, 415.
Queenston (Queenstown), Robert Ham-
ilton, founder, 73-95; visited and
described by the Duke de la Rouche-
foucault Liancourt, 1795, 73-74, 79;
begun as "West Landing," 1789, 81,
78; named, 78; commercial import-
ance, 78-79; described by John
Maude in 1800, 79; letters from
Robert Hamilton, 1791-4, 87-88, 91-
93; first use of present name, 1792,

92;

Rev. Lemuel Covell preaches
at, 211-213, describes, 215; visited
by Rev. Joseph Avery, 1805, 227.
Quinté, Bay of, 467.

Ramsdell, Orrin P., 613.
Randolph, Beverly, 495-497, 495, note.
Ranney, Orville W., 635.

Ransom, Capt. Elias, 134, 228, 278
and note.

Ratlen, Mrs. Martha Hunter (Mrs.
John Ratlen), 524.

Reade, Gen. Sir Thomas, mentioned,

10.

Recorder cited, 265.

"He

Red Jacket (Sa-go-ye-wat-ha,
Keeps them awake"), probably at
Caneadea, 103; his grand-nephew
at last Indian council on the Gene
see, 109-111, 120-121, and his son,
III-112; his defense of Tommy
Jemmy, 112; known by Orlando
Allen, 118; attends Mr. Alden's
preaching, 130; at Tonnewanda,
131; leader of the Pagan party,
132. 140, 264-266, 270, 273, note,
303; succeeds in breaking up mis-
sion at Buffalo Creek, 149-150, 348-
349; repudiates his wife upon her
conversion to Christianity, but re-
turns to her eventually, 152, 367-
369; first burial-place, 161; inter-
view with Missionary Harris and
Capt. Parrish, 140, 141, 289;
ceives Rev. David Bacon, 1800, 184;
invites Rev. Elkanah Holmes to
preach at Buffalo Creek, 195-196;
address to Mr. Holmes, 1800, 197-
200; notifies Mr. Holmes that Sen-
ecas will build mission house, 1803,
210; his advocacy of the project,
216, note; met by G. T. Hopkins,
221; discomfited by Christians, 1822,

re-

319; interview with Missionary
Harris, 342-343; plan for the over-
throw of the mission, 344-346;
death, 378-379, note; mentioned,
386; invitation to Phelps to meet
Indians at Buffalo Creek, 476; dele
gate to Philadelphia, 1790-1, 486-
487; inclined to thwart U. S. In-
dian policy, 1791, 487; renders Col.
Proctor's mission futile, 491-492;
his mark, 493, note; at Buffalo
Creek council, 1794, 498; at Can-
andaigua council, 1794, 498-499;
anecdotes of, 508-509; mentioned,
513; opposed to civilization, 535-
536; signs treaty at Buffalo, 1815,
537; statue undertaken, 626.
Red Jacket, Mrs., 379.
Reed, Col. Seth, 479-483.
Reese, George, & Co. 274.
Remington, Cyrus K., 133, 275, note,
623, 624.

Remington, Rev. David, 133, 275, note.
Remington, Elizabeth H., 133-134, 275,

note.

Remington, Mrs. Esther Rutgers Low,

teacher at Seneca mission, Buffalo
Creek, 133-136; marries Rev. David
Remington, 133, 275, note: cited,
137 and note; sketch, 275, note;
"Narrative of Esther Rutgers Low,
her sojourn at the Tuscarora and
Seneca missions, 1819-20," 275-280.
Remsen, Henry, 48.

"Renown" ("Harcourt"), ship, 64-67.
"Republican," schooner, 1-14.
Reuben James, 380.

"Revenge," privateer, 68.
Revised statutes, N. Y.

See New

York State, Revised statutes.
Revolution. American, Iroquois allies
of the British, 100.

Rich, G. Barrett, 613, 614, 624.
Richardson, Capt. John, friend ot

John Porteous, 48; sails on the
"Vengeance," 49-50; letter, Feb.
1779, 51-53; letter from Savannah
River, Mch., 1779, 56-59: letter,
May, 1779, 61-63; account of at-
tack on the "Vengeance" by the
"Renown," 64-67; anxiety about
Capt. Dean, 70; at Fort Niagara,
1789, 85.

Richmond, Eliza (Mrs. Charles Jones),

525.

Ridge Road, murder of John Street,
488.

Rivardi, Maj. T. I. Ulrich, 188, 191;
letter from, 194; removed from
Fort Niagara, 197.
Roanoke River, 537.

Roaring Creek, Penn., 180.
Robbins, Rev. Thomas, 181.
Roberts, Jacob G., 511.

Roberts, John, 511.
Roberts, Peter, 511.

Robertson. Mrs. John, afterward Mrs.
Robert Hamilton, 77.
Robinson, Capt. Thomas, 451.
Robison, Capt. Thomas, quoted, 75.
Rochefoucault Liancourt, Duc de La.

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Sacarese (Sagareesa, etc., or Sword-
carrier), asks Friends to send
teachers to the Tuscaroras, 166; be.
gins to reform, 190; signs address
to N. Y. Missionary Society, 193;
negotiates purchase of land from
Holland Land Co. for Tuscaroras,
221; address to Secretary of War,
537.

Sa-da-ga-o-yase, 464.

Sagareesa. See Sacarese.
Sa-go-ye-wat-ha. See Red Jacket.
St. Augustine, papers of the "George
Washington" sent to, 53.

St. Catharine's, Ont., 214, note.
St. Catharine's, Island of, the "Ven-
geance" ashore, 69.

St. Clair, Gen. Arthur, news of his
defeat received at Fort Niagara, 91.
St. James Hall, Buffalo, 628.
St. Lawrence River, its part in trans-
Atlantic trade, 14, note.

St. Louis Church, Buffalo, 630.

St. Mark's, Niagara, Ont., 214, note.
St. Regis, Canada, 247.

St. Simons, Island of, letter from
Capt. Dean, 69.

Salisbury, H. A., 273, note, 379.
Salisbury, N. Y., 179.

Salmon, Joseph. 440.
Sam George, Colonel.
Colonel Sam.

See George,

Samson, W. H., "History of the
treaty of Big Tree," 499, note.
Sandusky, O., delegation of Friends

attend treaty, 168; preaching by
Rev. Joseph Badger, 181; Cayugas
at, 250.

Sangerfield Monitor cited, 265.
Savannah, captured by the British,
1778, 53; the town in 1779, 58;

"Vengeance" stops on last cruise,
69-70.

Savannah River, letters from the
"Vengeance," 1779, 53-59, 69-70.
Savery, Wm., his journal quoted, 166-
167, cited, 168; attends a treaty at
Sandusky, 168; at council with U.
S. commissioners, 1793, 497, note;
quoted, 499.

Sawyer, John, 59.

Scajaquada Creek, 501-502.
Scarlet, John, 169.

Schenectady, N. Y., business of John
Duncan, 38, 40; mentioned, 84, 88,
93, 94; Whitmore children reunited,
470; marriage of Horatio Jones and
Sarah Whitmore, 519.

Schlosser, Fort. See Fort Schlosser.
Schoolcraft, Henry R., 181; "Notes
on the Iroquois" mentioned, 182.
Schooley, Asa, 173-176.

Schools for the Tuscarora and Seneca
Indians, 125-161, 191-194, 251.
Schuyler, Maj. Peter, 478.
Schuyler Co., N. Y., 493.
Schuylkill River, Jacob Lindley's ride
up the valley, 1797, 169-170; his
return, 180.

Scott, Wm., commissary with Gen.
Lincoln, 1793, 497, note.

Scott, Wm., member Seneca mission
church, 380.

Scott, Mrs. Wm., 380.
"Scott," vessel, 14, note.

Scoville collection, Buffalo Historical
Society, 621.

Scoy-gu-quoy-des Creek. See Scaja-
quada Creek.

Scribner's magazine, David

poem credited, 107, note.

Sears, Tabor. 621.

Gray's

Seaton, Joel, occupies old council
house. Caneadea, 106.

Sedgwick, H. C., 505, note.

Selden, Phebe, 148, 150, 157, 379.
Sellstedt, Lars G., reminiscences of
James O. Putnam, 633-637.
Se-ne-at'-do-wä.

Jasper.

See Parrish, Capt.

Seneca, Mrs. Chas. (Ruth). 380.
Seneca, John. See John Seneca.
Seneca, Mother, 370.

Seneca, Phebe (Mrs. Jabez Jones),
380.

Seneca, White. See White Seneca.
Seneca hymn book, 146-147, 152-153,
160.

Seneca Indians, wrath against British
aggression, conciliation by Sir Wm.
Johnson, 1761, 35-38; the "Keepers
of the door," 97-101; settlement in
Genesee valley, 99: villages de-
stroyed by Gen. Sullivan, 100; de-
parture from the Genesee valley,
105-106: loyalty to Americans in
War of 1812, 108-109; the last
council at Caneadea, 107-123; set-
tlement at Fort Niagara and Buffalo
Creek after expulsion from Genesee
valley, 125; "The Seneca mission
at Buffalo Creek," 125-161; early

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missions to, 163-380, 181-182; visit
of Rev. Samuel Kirkland to Buffalo
Creek, 1788, 165-166; "Quakers
among the Senecas," 165-168; early
temperance movements, 168; Jacob
Lindley's visit to Buffalo Creek,
1797. 176-177; work of Rev. El-
kanah Holmes among Tuscaroras
and Senecas, 187-204; visit of Rev.
Lemuel Covell to western N. Y.,
1803, 207-216; council considers
building house for public worship
and school, 1803, 209-210, 216, note;
"A teacher among the Senecas: nar-
rative of Jabez Backus Hyde, 1811-
1820, 239-274: Seneca character
and customs, 240-242; religion, 242-
246; progress of the Gospel and
civilization, 256-273; "Life of Hor-
atio Jones," 381-000; organization
of council, 464; peace negotiations
and release of prisoners at end of
Revolution, 467-470; extensive sale
of lands, 1788-9, 474-483; delega-
tion sent to President Washington,
1790-1; asking for justice, 486-487;
Col. Proctor's effort to obtain their
aid in securing peace with western
tribes, 1791, 488-492; boundaries of
their lands established, 1794, 498;
Dr. Hosmer's poems of Seneca life
and legends, 505-506; treaty at
Tioga Point, 1790, 534; treaty at
Albany, 1802, 536; treaty at Buf-
falo, 1815, 5373 payment of an-
nuities at Buffalo described by Or-
lando Allen, 539-546.

135;

Seneca Lake, first settlers, 471-478.
Seneca language, portions of the Bible
translated into, 131-132,
hymns by J. B. Hyde, 138; hymn-
book with translation from the
Bible prepared by James Young and
Rev. T. S. Harris, 146-147, 152-153,
273, note, 333; first book printed
in, 158; the "Mental elevator,"
Seneca spelling book, and other pub-
lications of the Mission Press, Buf-
falo Creek and Cattaraugus, 158-
160; usefulness of translations, 271-
272; translations of Hyde and Har-
ris, 273-274, note.
"Seneca mission at Buffalo Creek,"

125-161; conducted by J. B. Hyde,
128-138; described by Mr. Alden,
129-132, 134-137; transferred by the
New York Missionary Society to
the United Foreign Missionary_So-
ciety, 138; conducted by Rev.
Thompson S. Harris, 138-154; first
rept. to U. S. War dept. 1821, 143-
145; first church organized, 145,
147-148; mission broken up, 1824,
150, 348-349; work resumed, 1825,
150: under control of Am. Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions, 151; new church built, 1829,
153; reservation abandoned, 1843-4,
158, 161; old mission house, built
in 1833, still standing, in 1903, 134,
155, 161; life at, 157; first peri-

odical, "The mental elevator," print-
ed, 158; reservation sold to Ogden
Land Co. and mission family moved
to Cattaraugus Reservation, 160-161;
"A teacher among the Indians: nar-
rative of Jabez Backus Hyde, 1811-
1820," 239-274; "Narrative of Es-
ther Rutgers Low, 1819-20," 275-
280; "Journals of Rev. Thompson
S. Harris, 1821-28," 281-378; work
of Mr. Harris, 378-379, note; "Reg
ister of the Seneca Mission Church
organized Aug. 10th, 1823," 379-
380.

Seneca Mission Church, Register,
1823-50, 379-380.

Seneca village, Buffalo Creek, 127-
128; visited by Rev. Samuel Kirk-
land, 1788, 165-166; visited by G.
T. Hopkins. 1804, 221. See also
Seneca mission.
Seneca White, 127, 136, 139-140; joins
the church, 148; mentioned, 156,
279, 286; disapproves hunting, 291:
supports missionaries in question of
resident children, 336-337; discloses
Red Jacket's plan for overthrow of
the mission, 344; meetings at his
house, 354, 358-361;
in mission
church register, 379.
Seneca White, Mrs., 379-
Senseman (Sensemann), Gottlobb, Mo-
ravian missionary, 181.

"Sermon on the mountain," Seneca
version, 147, 152-153.

Severance, Frank H.. "Old trails on
the Niagara frontier" cited, 166,
note; "Quakers among the Sene-
cas, 165-168; continuation of Har-
ris' "Life of Horatio Jones." 493-
514; "Bibliography of the Niagara
Region: Pamphlets and Books
printed in Buffalo prior to 1850,"
547-606; on Lincoln statue commit-
tee of Buffalo Historical Society,
614; reelected to Board of Histor-
ical Society, 1903, 616; services in
securing building for Historical So-
ciety, 625.

Seymour, Hon. Norman, "Sketch of
Horatio Jones" quoted, 436.
"Shabear Jean Coeur." See Joncaire,
Chabert.

Shaftsbury Baptist Association, Rev.

Lemuel Covell and Elder Obed
Warren sent to western N. Y. and
Canada, 207-216; Covell and Irish
sent to Upper Canada, 232.
Shakespeare Club, Buffalo, 634-
Shanks, John (Noh-Sahl), 115.
Sharp Shins, 401, 402;

men-

attempts to
kill Horatio Jones, 409-410;
tioned, 414; his encounters with
Horatio Jones, 432-435; later friend.
ly meeting, 505; signs treaty at
Buffalo, 1815, 537.

Sharpe, W., letter to, from Gen. Am-
herst, 1762, 42-44.
Sharpless, Joshua, 169.
Shawnee Flats, Pa., 443.

Shawnee Indians, conquered by the

Senecas, 264, note;

unwilling to

make peace with the U. S., 1793,
497 and note.

Sheldon, Henry, 380.

Sheldon, Hon. James, 623.

Sheldon, Laura M. See Wright, Mrs.
Laura M. Sheldon.

Shepherd, Verona (Mrs. Hiram W.
Jones), 524.

Sherman, Gen. Wm. T., quoted, 616.
Ship-building on the Great Lakes, 14,
note; first successors to the Griffon,
17-33.

Sho-gyo-a-ja-ach. See Jacket, John.
Shoh-son-do-want. See Jemison, Thos.
Shongo, Captain, signs treaty at Buf-
falo, 1815, 537-

Shongo, Col., 390, 391, 392; advo-
cates adoption of Horatio Jones by
Senecas, 414; mentioned, 451.

Shongo, Jacob,_379.

Shongo, Mrs. James, 380.
Shongo, Maud, 616.

Shongo, Moses, "Fore-word," v-vi;
616.

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Short Hills, Ont., 174.

Blacksnake,

Silverhcels, Abagail, 380.
Silverheels, George, 380.
Silverheels, Mrs. Joseph, 380.
Silverheels, Robert, 380.

Simcoe, Mrs., at Queenston, 1792, 80.
Simcoe, Col. John Graves, Lt. Gov.

of Upper Canada, 83, 89; building
of fort in Miami county, 91; visited
by Gen. Benj. Lincoln, 1793, 495;
mentioned, 497, note.

Simmerton, John, 470.

Simms, Jephtha R., "History of Scho-
harie Co." cited, 440, note, quoted,
444-445.

Simpcoe, Col. See Simcoe, Col. J. G.
Singing. See music.

Sinnemahoning Creek, 399, 400, 404,

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note.

Spain, diplomatic controversy with the
U. S. concerning schooner "Repub-
lican," 1-14.

"Spelling book in the Seneca lan-
guage," published, 1842, 159.
Sprague, E. C., 635.

Sprague. J. W., and Co., Huron, O.,
Spring, Betsy, 225.

Spring, Mrs. James, 380.
Squ-agh-kie, or Squakie, Indians, cap-
tured by the Iroquois, 431.
Squakie Hill, N. Y., 101, 113, 431,
432, 465. 489.

Squaw Island, schooner

"Huron"

anchored near, 1761, 23.
Squier, Rev. M. P., cited, 379.
Stamford, Ont., 210, 211, 213, 215.
Stanford. See Stamford, Ont.
Stanwix. Fort.
Starr, Elijah, 525.
Starr, Elizabeth.

See Fort Stanwix.

Elizabeth Starr.
Starr, Eunice, 170.
Starr, John, 170.

See Jones, Mrs.

Starr, Mrs. Rebecca (Hewitt), 525.
Steadman (Stedman), John and Philip,
tradition concerning house at Ni-
agara, 39-40.

Stedman, John, house and rights on
Niagara portage. 44; his farm at
Fort Schlosser the end of the Mile
Strip, 536.

Stedman, Philip, 86, 94.
Steele, Oliver G., 607.
Steinway & Co., 620.
Stephen, A., 63.

Stephenson, Alexander Semple, 340.
Stephenson, James, 148, 379.
Sterling, James, Niagara representa-
tive of Livingston, Rutherford &
Syme, 27; trading-post at Niagara
portage, 36-45; partnership with

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Stony Creek, 176.

Storer, Charles, 497, note.

Street, John, 488.

Street, Samuel, 486.

Street & Butler, 86.

Strickland, Agnes, 384.

Strickland, Edward D., 625.

Strickland, Gen. Silas A., 384.

Stringer, George A., address at dedi-
cation of Buffalo Historical Society
building, 607-609; reëlected to

board, 1903, 616.

Strong, Indian chief, 540.

Strong, Rev. Henry P., 137 and note.
Strong, Rev. Paschal H., 137, note,
279, 280, note.

Stuart, Rev. John, 83.
Stumpfoot, 489.

Suicide among the Senecas, 245.
Sullivan, Gen. John, destruction of
Indian villages on the Genesee, 100,
102, 111, 125, 483; expedition men-
tioned, 422, 441, 471; battle near
Newtown, N. Y., 530-531.
Summerville, James, 393, 395.
Sumner, Charles, 628.
Sundown, Mrs. Nancy, 380.

Superior, Lake, first ship built, 18-19.
"Surprize," privateer, 59.
Sweeney, James, 616.

Sweet Briar farm, home of Horatio
Jones, near Geneseo, N. Y., 499,
500, note, 504-505, 512, 513, 520.
Sweezy, Mr., 211, 213.
Swift, John, 502.
Sword-carrier. See Sacarese.

Table Rock, in 1804, 220.

Tall Chief. See Tallchief.

Tall Peter, 136, 148, 279, 379.
Tall Peter, Mrs., 379.
Tallchief, 103; his grandsons at last
council on the Genesee, 114, 507;
Idines with President Washington,
507; mentioned, 509.
Tallchief, Jesse, 114.
Tallchief, Lucy, 380.

Tallchief, Nancy, 370.

Tallchief, William, 114.

Tanawantae Creek. See Tonawanda
Creek.

Tangier, quarantine regulations, 5-12.
Tantawanta. See Tonnewanda.

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Temperance and intemperance among
Indians, 168, 176-177, 216, 245, 479-
Tetuan, Leopold O'Donnell, duke of,
7, note.

Thacksburgh, Rd. Letter to Sir Wm.
Johnson, 1762, quoted, 41.

Thames, River, Canada, 186.
Thay-en-da-na-ge-a (Thay-en-dan-ega-
ga-onh). See Brant, Joseph.

Thayer, Mr., school at Cattaraugus,
340, 363, 372.

Thirty-Mile Creek, Ont., 212.
Thomas, Abenego, 522.
Thomas, John, 380.

Thomas, Mrs. Mary Jones (Mrs. Abe-

nego Thomas), 521, 522.

Thomas Asylum, copy of Seneca hymn
book found in cornerstone, 147.
Thompson, Archibald, 210, 213.
Thompson, John, 86.

Thwaites, Reuben Gold, delivers ad-
dress at dedication of Buffalo His-
torical Society building, 609.

Tilden, Dr. Jared Hyde, 622.

Tioga Point, 442, 489; treaty at, 534.
Tioga River, 171, 179, 404, 529 and
note.

Titus, John, 541.

To-an-do-qua, 391, 392, 417.

Tobacco, at Detroit, 1779, 76.
Todd & McGill, 90.

Tomahawk owned by Chief Mohawk,
Maj. Van Campen, and Horatio
Jones, 457-459 and note.

Tommy Jemmy, 112.

Tompkins, Gov. Daniel D., signs treaty
with Senecas. 537.

Tonawanda Creek, migration of Sen-
eca Indians to, 101; crossed by Ja-
cob Lindley, 1797, 177-178; by G.
T. Hopkins, 1804, 222; by Horatio
Jones, 1782, 438; Horatio Jones
braves the witches, 461-462: Hora-
tio Jones' adventure near, 487-488.
Tonawanda Reservation, school-master
wanted, 141; land sold to Ogden
Land Co., and afterward repur-
chased, 160.

Tonnewanda, Indian religious coun-
cils, 257-259; first converts to Chris-
tianity, 261, note, 269; opposition,
267; request for a teacher, 283-290,
296-297; Baptist school teacher
driven out, 311-312; passed by Hor-
atio Jones, 461.

Tonnewanto Creek. See Tonawanda
Creek.

Tonnewanda (Tonewanto, Tonnewan-
ta, etc., old Indian village), preach-
ing by Mr. Hyde, 135; temperance
movement, 168; Jacob Lindley at,
177-178, 190.

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