I. NAVY ISLAND, AND THE FIRST SUCCESSORS TO THE

GRIFFON

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II. THE NIAGARA PORTAGE AND ITS FIRST ATTEMPTED

SETTLEMENT UNDER BRITISH RULE

IV. ROBERT HAMILTON, THE FOUNDER OF QUEENSTON

V. THE OLD CANEADEA COUNCIL HOUSE AND ITS LAST

COUNCIL FIRE

VI. THE SENECA MISSION AT BUFFALO CREEK.

Narratives of Early Mission Work on the Niagara Frontier

and Buffalo Creek:

III. A BRITISH PRIVATEER IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

I. THE QUAKERS AMONG THE SENECAS .

Frank H. Severance

165

II. JACOB LINDLEY'S JOURNAL, 1797

169

.

III. REV. DAVID BACON'S VISITS TO BUFFALO, IN 1800

AND 1801

183

IV. LETTERS OF REV. ELKANAH HOLMES FROM FORT NIAG-

ARA IN 1800

187

V. VISIT OF REV. LEMUEL COVELL TO WESTERN NEW

YORK AND CANADA, 1803 .

207

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VI. VISIT OF GERARD T. HOPKINS, 1804 .

217

VII. VISIT OF REV. JOSEPH AVERY, 1805

223

VIII. VISIT OF REV. ROSWELL BURROWS, 1806.

231

IX. A TEACHER AMONG THE SENECAS: NARRATIVE OF

Rev. Jabez Backus Hyde, 1811-1820 .

239

X. NARRATIVE OF ESTHER RUTGERS Low, 1819-1820

XI. JOURNALS OF REV. THOMPSON S. HARRIS, MISSIONARY

TO THE SENECAS, 1821-1828 ..

XII. REGISTER OF THE SENECA MISSION CHURCH, 1823-1848

THE LIFE OF HORATIO JONES .

INTRODUCTION

275

281

379

VIII.

IX.

X.

VAN CAMPEN'S CAPTURE AND ESCAPE .

PIGEONS AND PRISONERS-VAN CAMPEN AGAIN

EXPEDITIONS-THE WITCH OF THE TONAWANDA

440

449

459

XI. HORATIO A CHIEF-SARAH WHITMORE'S CAPTIVITY

XII. THE HOME IN THE WILDERNESS

XIII. THE BUFFALO CREEK COUNCIL OF JULY, 1788.

XIV. A NEW HOME-WITH PROCTOR IN 1791

474

483

XV. TREATIES AND COUNCILS-THE JONES AND PARRISH

TRACTS IN BUFFALO

493

XVI. ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES-DEATH OF HORATIO JONES

SARAH WHITMORE'S CAPTIVITY

compiled by his son, Stephen Parrish, and others

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTAINS JONES AND PARRISH.

From his own notes,

APPENDICES.

BIBLIOGRAPHY, BUFFALO IMPRINTS BEFORE 1850..

BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS-

DEDICATION OF BUILDING

ANNUAL MEETING, 1903

GEORGE S. HAZARD MEMORIAL

WILSON S. BISSELL MEMORIAL

JAMES O. PUTNAM MEMORIAL MEETING

LIST OF MEMBERS, BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT, GEORGE STARR HAZARD.

PORTRAIT, HON. JAMES O. PUTNAM

PORTRAIT, ROBERT HAMILTON

THE OLD CANEADEA COUNCIL HOUSE

PORTRAIT, SOLOMON O'BAIL

THE SENECA MISSION HOUSE, SOUTH BUFFALO

PORTRAIT, REV. ASHER WRIGHT

PORTRAIT, MRS. ASHER WRIGHT.

PORTRAIT, REV. JOHN OGILVIE, D. D..

THE TALK WITH THE INDIANS AT BUFFALO CREEK,

1793.

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