Settlement in the West : Sketches of Rochester; with incidental notices of western New-York ...

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SETTLEMENT IN THE WEST.

SKETCHES OF ROCHESTER;

INCIDENTAL NOTICES OF WESTERN NEW-YORK.

Appendix

RECENT INDIAN OCCUPANTS OF WESTERN NEW-YORK— The courage, wisdom, and eloquence of the Six Nations, 337 ; parallel between the Old World and the New, 338; conquests of the Six Nations, &c, 339; connexion of the history of our northern Indians with the antiquities of Central America, 340; Discourse on the History of the Six Nations by De Witt Clinton, :!41, &c. ; glances at the former condition of the tribes of North America, 342 ; possessions of the Six Nations, 343; the Romans of the Western World, 344 ; local advantages of Western New- York, well fitted for warlike tribes, 345 ; French, English, and Indian claims to territory, 346 ; wise and energetic policy of the Indian Confederacy, 347 ; distinctions of tribes, 348 ; love of liberty, the Romans and the Confederates. 349 ; superiority of the Iroquois, 350 ; warlike character, 351 ; training of ihe Indians, 352 ; scalping and torture, 353; employment of savages in war, 354 ; causes of Indian wars, 355 ; forts and trading-posts in Western New-York, 356 ; ambition and policy of the Iroquois, 357 ; their conquests, 358 ; terror inspired by the Confederacy, 359 ; Indians formed a barrier against the French, 360 ; their wars with the French in Canada, 361 ; the

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Senecas involved in efforts to destroy the British Colonies, 362; horrors of Indian warfare in the revolution, 363 ; sublimity of Indian eloquence, 364; Indian massacres, 365; leases of Indian lands annulled, 366 ; Red Jacket, Logan, and Cicero, 367 ; the Confederates superior to other Indians, 368 ; Indian languages, 369 ; population of tribes, 370 ; number of warriors, 371 ; decrease of Indians, 372; their degradation, 373; baneful influence of the white man upon the Indians, 374; Indian wars, diseases, &c, 375 ; effects of spirituous liquors, 376 ; annihilation of the Indian power in the State of New-York, 377.

Antiquities of Western New- York — ancient forts, 377 ; theories respecting them, 378 ; not the work of the Indians, 379 ; antiquity of these forts, 381 ; geological appearance of the Ridge- Road connected with the inquiry about antiquities 381 ; ancient occupants of America, 382 ; incursions of Asiatic barbarians, 383.

Notes on the wars of the Six Nations with Southern tribes, 384 ; ravages of disease among the Indians, 385 ; alliance between the British and Indians in the revolution, 386 ; Indian desire for neutrality, 387 ; the White Woman's account of the arts used by the British, 388 ; Indian hostilities, 389 ; General Herkimer and Jos. Brant, 390 ; last conference with the Indians, 391 ; Cornplanter's account, 392.

Sullivan's expedition against the Six Nations, 393 ; forces employed to avenge the massacres of Cherry Valley, Wyoming, &c, 394; skirmishes with the Indians and tories, 395 ; operations of the American army against the Senecas at Genesee River, 396; Indian barbarity towards Lieutenant Boyd, &c, 397 ; Butler, Brant, &c, 398 ; destruction of Indian villages and provisions, 399 ; sufferings of the Indians during the winter of 1779-80, and their retaliatory measures, 400.

Indian difficulties after the revolution affecting the welfare of Western New-York, 401 ; account given by Judge Hosmer of the union of Senecas with the Indians that fought against Harmer, St. Clair, Wayne, and Harrison, 402 ; effects of Wayne's victory on the Senecas, 403 ; danger of the early settlers of Western N. York, 404.

Canal Question, note, 405 ; Jesse Hawley, Joshua Forman, and the Rochester committee, 406.

Nathaniel Rochester — one of the few early settlers who are not spared to see the present prosperity of the city, 407 ; his capture of a tory force in the revolution, 408 ; further services in the army, and in the convention that formed the government of North Carolina, 409 ; his early views respecting Western New- York, 410 ; purchase of the Hundred-acre Tract, &c, 411; his political course, letters from Jefferson and Madison, 412; his connexion with this city and county, 413; state of society in Rochester, 414 ; influence of the French philosophers while Colonel Rochester was in the revolutionary army, 414: proceedings of the corporation of the city and various other public bodies at the death of Col. Rochester, 415.

Rochester in 1826— statements respecting its condition, and letters on the subject from Governor Clinton and Dr. Mitchill to Everard Peck, 416,