INDEX



Montgomery County, establishment
   of, lv, n. 1; Indian raids in 416;
   militia of, 424, 434; order to lieu-
   tenant of, 416, 434.
 Montour, Captain, carries letter, 510.
 Montour, Andrew, interpreter for
   Washington, 308, n. 3.
 Montour [Montuerl, John, biog.
   sketch of, 308, n. 2; accompanies
   Wilson, xxxi, n. 3; leads Indian
   forays, 310.
 Montreal, occupied by Americans,
   175; presentment of jury of, lxxi.
Montuer, see Montour.
Moore, Captain James Francis, at-
   tests deposition, 593; deputy com-
   missary, 407; examination of, by
   commissioners, 519, 532, 558; ex-
   oneration of, 524.
Moore, John, captured by Indians,
  309.
Moore, Peter, signs return of regi-
  ment, 594.
Moore [More], Lieutenant Samuel,
  appointed lieutenant, 28; sent to
  Illinois as spy, lvii, 21, 22, 218.
Moorehead, Dolwood, marries Mrs.
  Murray, 101.
Moorehead [Moorhead, Morehead],
  Corporal George, letter to, from D.
  Lyster, 101; serves under Ham-
  ilton, 110; takes oath as prisoner,
  111.
Moravian Indians, allies of Virgin-
  ians, 109; expedition against, 460;
  reports of, xhii.
Mordock, Ned, death of, 557.
More, visited by Clark, 24, 28.
Morehead, Captain Samuel, elected
  member of defense comm:ttee, 566.
Morgan, Colonel George, Indian:
  agent, xviii, xxx, xxxi, xl, policy,
  xvii, xxxv, xl; instructions to, by
  congress, xxx; letter of, to Trent,
  cxx, n. 1; reports scarcity of powder
  at Fort Pitt, xiv, n. 3; urges attack
  on Detroit, xxxix.
Morgan, Charles, serves under Ham-
  ilton, 110.
Morgan, Colonel Zacheriah, presi-
  dent of court martial, 577.
Morgans, Lieutenant-Colonel Wil-
  liam, petition of, to T. Jefferson,
  501.
Morin [Morins], signs oath, 57.
Morin, Frangois, signs oath, 57.
Morris, see Myers,



Morris, Lewis, Papers of Continental
   Congress, xiv, n. 3.
 Morrison, delay of, 561; works on
   fort, 523.
 Morrison, John, indebtedness of
   Virginia to, 521; signs petition, 402.
 Morrow, James, works on fort, 522.
 Morrow, Colonel John, petition of,
   to T. Jefferson, 501.
 Moyers, see Myers.
 Muhlenberg, General, letter of, to
   Jonathan Clark, cxvi, n. 1; men-
   tioned, 18.
 Munsee Indians, number of, xv, n.
   1; participants in conference, xxxiv.
 Murphy   [Murfy], William, signs
   agreement, 568.
 Murray [Murry], Daniel, aids Clark,
   229.
Murray, Mrs., marries D. Moorehead,
   101.
Myers, [Mieres, Mires, Moires,
  Morris, Moyers], William, death
  of, 169, 294, 306, n. 1, 309, 311,
  322, 326, 333, 618; messenger, 69,
  76, 87, 89, 163, 164, 171, 292, 303,
  304, 305; warrant of, as messenger,
  305.
Nakiowin, treats with Clark, 252.
Nanaloibi, letter to, from G. R. Clark,
  313.
Nappirs, John, works on fort, 522.
Natchez [Natches, Noche, Noches],
  abandoned, 317; Bloomer at, cxxv,
  n. 1; captured by Spain, cxxvi, 408;
  Clark plans attack on, 316; desert-
  ers at, 419; held by British, cxxii,
  195; revolt at, 67; Virginia troops
  at, 173.
Neblick, William, works on fort, 521.
Neelie, visited by Clark, 25.
Negroes, in Kaskaskia, 30, 227.
Neil, John, works on fort, 521.
Nelson, lNilson], assembles militia,
  206.
Nelson, Thomas, letter of, to L. Wood,
  600; letter to, from; G. R. Clark,
  605, J. Montgomery, 585, G.
  Slaughter, 587; orders report on
  western expedition, 600.
Neville [Nevill], Captain John, biog.
  sketch of, 588, n. 1; exchange of,
  588,589, n. 1.
New Independent Province, settle-
  ment of, 12.
New London, Hamilton at, 322.



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