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  of, 327, 409; furnishes provisions
  to troops, 545, 563; goes to Rich-
  mond, 545 555; trade of, 409.
Bergand, Dominique, signs oath, 58.
Berguins, Jean Baptiste, signs oath,
   58.
Berkley County, draft of troops in,
  cxlvi, cxlvii, 502, 504, 507; militia
  of, cxliv, n. 1, 423, 486, 501, 504;
  order to lieutenant of, xxxiv, 486,
  487, 501; petition of officers of,
  to Jefferson, 501; excused from
  western service, 517.
Berry, Lieutenant James, marries
  Mrs. Wilson, 21; ordered to go to
  Fort Pitt, 41.
Bertiomme, Francois, signs oath, 58.
Bertiomme, Rouel, signs oath, 58.
Bertons, Jean (1), signs oath, 57.
Bertons, Jean (2), signs oath, 57.
Berwick, James, certifies: deposition,
  593, minutes of council, 603; mem-
  ber of council, 601.
Bienvenu dit Delisle, see Delisle.
Big Bone Lick, erection of fort at, 42.
Big Gate, Clark riakes peace with,
  255.
Big Knives, see Virginia.
Bigras, Corporal Alexander, serves
  under La Mothe, 111.
Bill of exchange, drawn by: Clark,
  lxv, xcvii, 55, 57, 173, 325, 329, 625,
  Hamilton, 103, Shannon, 328, 329;
  drawn on, Pollock, lxv, lxvi, lxvii,
  173, 330, 379, 496; payment of, in
  tobacco, 329; protest of, 330.
Biord, Louis, signs oath, 58.
Bird, Colonel Henry, leader of In-
  dian forays, xxxviii, 1, cxiv, CxXix,
  cxxxvi, cxxxvii, 108; superintends
  erection of fort, 101.
Biron, Jacques, signs oath, 59.
Bissonette [Bisonet), Antoine, signs
  oath, 57.
Black, visited by G. R. Clark, 26.
Blackamore, visited by G. R. Clark,
  24.
Black Bird, letter to, from G. R.
  Clark, 253; makes peace with
  Clark, 72, 252, 255.
Blackfish, Indian chief, 70.
Blackley, at Detroit, 105.
Blair, Archibald, clerk of executive
  council, 340; signs: copy, 379, in-
  structions, 83.
Blair, John, member of council of



  Virginia, 33; signs action of board,
  25, n. 1.
Blanchard, Pierre, signs oath, 58.
Blankets, trade in, 28, 574.
Bliss, Leonard, death of, 3, n. 2.
Blomer, Captain, letter to, from H.
  Hamilton, 184; stationed at Nat-
  chez, cxxv, n. 1.
Board of War, furnishes supplies to
  Clark, 551; letter to, from G.
  Washington, 535, 562; report of,
  xlvi; requests congress for supplies,
  cxlix.
Boats, building of, 83, 109, 556; see
  Willing.
Bogard [Bogarts], Jacob, takes oath
  as prisoner, 111.
Boggess, A. C., Settlement of Illinois,
  c, n. 1.
Boivez, see Bauvais.
Bolton, Lieutenant-Colonel Mason,
  commander at Niagara, 176; letter
  to, from R. B. Lernoult, 307; re-
  port of, to Haldimand, lxxxvii.
Books, traffic in, 27.
Boom, James, works on fort, 522.
Boom, Ratty, works on fort, 522.
Boone [Boon, Boons], Captain Dan-
  iel, capture of, 40, 42; commis-
  sioned captain, ivi, n. 4; lieutenant-
  colonel of Fayette County, cxlvi;
  member of court mar'ial, 29.
Boone, Captain Squire, arrival of,
  22; attempts to form settlements,
  604, n. 1; company of, 454; leader
  in Shawnee expedition, cxxxix;
  meat stored at home of, 532; treats
  with Indians, 69; wounded by
  Indians, 21, 22, 70, 557.
Boonesborough [Boonesburg, Boons-
  borough], garrison at, 42, 331;
  Indian attack on, xl, xli, 21, 22, 69;
  land office at, 209; population of,
  xli, n. 1; settlement of, cxix, n. 1,215;
  settlers of, petition G. R. Clark,
  398.
Booth, Isaac, private in King's regi-
  ment, 110; takes oath as prioner,
  112.
Bordeleaux, Antoine, signs oath, 58.
Borrance, John, works on fort, 522.
Bosseron [Bosron, Burron, Bursow,
  Busron], Captain Frangois, advises
  sending re-enforcements, 363; aids
  Clark, 281, 281, n. 2, 325; captain
  in militia, 91; captures British



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