ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS



French, 141, funds, 378, re-en-
forcements, 150, 240, 294, 597;
appoints arbitrator, 63; asks ex-
change of Bentley, 306; attitude of,
towards: Fort Jefferson, cxxi, Ham-
ilton, 168, 287, Illinois, lvii, 30, n.
1, 31, 32, 606, Indians, lxviii, clxvii,
144, 243, 287, Kentucky, lxxxvi
213, 217, 596, Todd, 173, West,
clxiii; authorized to: attack De-
troit, cxliii, cxlvi, 485, enlist troops,
34, 36, make expedition against
Illinois, lix, 27, 33, 55, 57, 72, 78,
115, 116, 219, organize militia, lvi,
protect Kentucky, 602; authorizes
Craig's leave of absence, 516;
awaits Montgomery, 172; besieges
Fort Sackville, lxxxii, lxxxiii, 141,
165, 186, 280; builds the Willing,
156, 266, 334; capture of letters of,
169; captures: British stores, 171,
Indian party, 161, 345, Kaskaskia,
lxiii, 120, 220, 227, 428, 613, 615,
Vincennes, 65, 111, 145, 162, 168,
169, 170, 176, 188, 191, 238, 281,
n. 2, 289, 305, 306, 308, 316, 319,
322, 333, 334, 336, 344, 362,
391,443; carries: ammunition, 214,
letter, 37; characterization of, lii,
207, 624, 627; closes land office,
cxxxviii; commissioned brigadier-
general, cxlv, cxlv, n. 3, 496, n. 1,
500, 501; commissions: Bailey, 28,
Bowman, 27, Chapline, 28, Donne,
374, express, 305, Harrod, 28, Helm,
xciv, 27, 307, Houghton, 28, Laies,
257, Linn, 28, Maxfield, 28, Smith,
27, Wilkerson, 28; congratulated
on appointment, 37; contract of, I
with J. Gibson, 571; countersigns:
bills, 378, 563, decision of court I
martial, cliv, 577, return of troops,
326, table of deprecation, 379;
credit of, xcviii, 331; critical situ-
ation of, 80, 97, 169, 173, 267, 330,
335, 592; declines command at
St. Louis, cxxxiv, n. 1; delegate to
Virginia, liv, 13, 15, 210; demands
surrender of Fort Sackville, 143,
187,285, denies protection to Span-
ish deserters, 343; describes: Illi-
nois, 154, Kaskaskia, 30; desertions
from, 42, 118, 419, 583, 597, 605;
destroys records, 621; Diary of, 20;
disappointment of, 608; disciplines
troops, 118; discovers importance
of St. Louis, cxxx, drafts of, on:



Pollock, xcvii, 173, 325, 329, Vir-
ginia, lxv, 55, 57 625; enlistment
of troops of, lxix, clv, 27, 28, 40, 44,
116, 220, 239, 410, 423, 424, 549,
559, 570, 577, 579; establishes:
courts, lxix, 235, posts, 79, 364,
377, 385, 386, 391, 392, 405, 414,
422, 427; ethics of, 115, 381,
382; expedition of, against: Detroit,
xcii, cvii, cviii, cix, cx, cxiv, cxvii,
131, 146, 148, 149, 151, 172, 290,
293, 300, 316, 327, 333, 356, 359,
366, 407, 413, 417, 505, 536, 542,
546, 548, 550, 552, 556, 559, 560,
561, 562, 565, 569, 571, 577, 582,
596, 605, Illinois, lvii, lxi, lxii,
33, 43, 115, 223, 612; Indians,
cxxxv, cxli, 598, Mississippi, 436,
Shawnee, cxxxviii, cxl, cxli, clvi,
153, 591, Vincennes, 98, 100, 140,
155, 168, 170, 186, 267, 268, 322,
334, 345; explorations of, lii, liii,
1, 2, 2, n. 1; failure of, 625; fears
British attack, 404; forms partner-
ship with Henry, 27; fortifies Falls
of Ohio, lx, 118, 221; forwards
letters, 68, 306; frontier knowledge
of, 116; general orders of, 354;
Girault interpreter for, 99, n. 1;
gives money to Harrison, 578;
Hamilton: attempts capture of,
132, 185, 265, characterized by,
143, confers with, lxxxiv, 143, 144,
161, 162, 166, 167, 171, 190, 286;
Henry urges congressional support
of, 73; heroism of, 159; hires horse,
28; Indians attempt capture of,
lxxiv, cxxviii, 126, 248, 262; Indian
relations of, lxxxii, xcii, xciii, 64,
66, 67, 69, 72, 73, 78, 79, 98. 116,
123, 124, 129, 146, 151, 172, 242,
258, 259, 260, 295, 299, 334, 341,
382, 403, 428, 626; influence of,
151, 152, 317, 318; instructions to,
lxxxvi, lxxxvii, ci, 34, 36, 39, 51, 55,
57, 78, 220, 386, 414, 415, 499, 601;
invention of, 626; investigates
conditions in Illinois, 516; invited
to celebration, 570, 571; issues land
warrants, 412, 413, joined by:
Bowman, 117, 169, Crockett, 559,
Dejean, 203, Delland, 118, George,
367, Gibson, 508, Heath, 508,
Helm, 117, Jones, lii, n. 1, liv, n. 4,
214, Montgomery, 83, 118; Journal
of, 164, 618; journey of, to
Williamsburg, 23, 24, 210; lacks:



680