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BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLICATIONS.
VOL I. 1879.
8vo., pp. 436, illustrations and maps.
But very few copies procurable for sale. For many years
a scarce and much sought for volume.
CONTENTS.
Index—Prospectus—Officers—Preface.
Inaugural Address, .1862 . ... . . ..........Millard Fillmore
Origin of the Name of Buffalo . . . . . . . William Ketchum
Correspondence on the Name of Buffalo.............. .
Rev. Asher Wright, N. T. Strong
The Last of the Kah-Kwahs (Poem)................David Gray
Buffalo Cemeteries . . ................. William Hodge
Ode, at Forest Lawn Dedication .... Rev. John C. Lord, D. D.
The Braves' Rest ........................ William C. Bryant
The Old Black Rock Ferry............! . . Charles D. Norton
Addenda relating to the name of Black Rock . . . .
Hon. Geo. R. Babcock, Cdl.Wm.A. Bird
Annual Address, 1867:	Preachers, Pedagogues and
Poets of Buffalo in 1825 . . . Rev. John C. Lord, D.D.
Origin and Progress of the Society...........Oliver G. Steele
Buffalo in 1825 (reprint of pamphlet) ........... . . S. Ball
Letter relating to “Buffalo in 1825” . . Hon. Gideon J. Ball
Reminiscences of Buffalo and Vicinity .... James L. Barton
Execution of the Three Thayers . ............Nathaniel Wilgiis
Buffalo During the War of 1812 . . . Hon. William Dorsheimer
A Wreck and Stockade . ... E. H. Steuart and O. H. Marshall
Norris's Journal of Sullivan's Expedition, . . from original MS.
Building and Voyage of the Griffon ...... O. H. Marshall
497498
B. H. S. PUBLICATIONS.
A History of the Israelites in Buffalo......Rev. S. Falk,
Founding of the City of Ararat ...... Hon. Leivis F. Allen
Orlando Allen ..........................William C. Bryant
Addenda, supplementing the above.
Oliver Forward, Life and Public Services . . Hon. James Sheldon
The Grain Elevators of Buffalo .......... Joseph Dart
The Buffalo Common Schools .... .... . Oliver G. Steele
The First School House in Buffalo.......Crisdeld Johnson
VOL. II. 1880.
8vo., pp. 429. Frontispiece. As scarce and desirable as Vol. I.
CONTENTS.
Index—Officers of the Society—Preface.
Physiognomy of Buffalo................Rev. G. W. Hosmer, D.D.
Early Transportation, New York State . . . Col. Wm. A. Bird
Extracts from the Vanderkemp Papers, with notes.
The Germans of Buffalo . . . . . . . . ... Ismar S. Ellison
Oliver G. Steele, a Memorial Paper . . . Rev. G. W. Hosmer, D.D.
The Inland Lock Navigation Company:
First Report of the Directors . . . Philip Schuyler, President
First Report of the Engineer ......... William Weston
Joseph Ellicott ... . . . . . . . . . . . Ellicott Evans, D.D.
The Press of Erie County, Its Early History . Guy H. Salisbury
Red Jacket and His Portrait...................... Oliver G. Steele
Erie Canal Papers . . . . . . . . M. S. Hazvley, George Geddes
The Battle of Grand Island....................Nathaniel Wilgus
Fifty Years Ago . . . . . . . . . ... . .Hon. James Sheldon
Millard Fillmore: His Early History, . . . written by himself
Death of*Job Hoisington (Poem) ....... Elder A. Turner
The Niagara Frontier . . . ...................... O. H. Marshall
VOL. III. 1885.
8vo. pp. 119. Frontispiece and cut. Issued as “Transactions”
but forming Vol. Ill of the Publications Series.
CONTENTS.
Red Jacket. Obsequies at Forest Lawn; address by Wm. C. Bryant
Commemorative Exercises, Music Hall: Oration, . .
Hon. Geo. W. ClintonB. H. S. PUBLICATIONS.
499
Addresses . ..... Hon. James Sheldon, Gen. Ely S. Parker
List of Indian Delegates.
Red Jacket's Bones . . . . Letter from Ex-Gov, Horatio Seymour
Diagram, Indian Burial Lot at Forest Lawn.
“Hodenosaunee,” “Sagoyewatha's Rest”—Reports of the Re-
interment.
List of Subscribers—Officers of the Society.
Action of the Grand Council of the Six Nations of Canada on
the Return of Their Delegation.
How the Great Chief's Remains were Lost and Recovered.
Ruth Stevenson, Favorite Step-child of Red Jacket.
Death of the Great Orator.
Red Jacket's Disappointed Ambition.
“Sagoyewatha,” etymology of the word.
Sachems, Assistant Councilors and Head Men of the Iroquois.
“Otetiani,” its etymology.
Garangula, the great Onondaga Orator. (	'
Sketches of the Five Chiefs Reintombed with Red Jacket.
The Mohawk Centennial at Tyendinega, Bay of Quinte,
Sept. 4, '84.	*
The Mohawk Centennial, Grand River Reserve, Ont., Oct. 24, '84.
Origin of the; Names or Titles of the Fifty Original League
Sachemships.
Anecdote of Red Jacket; His Family in 1794.
An Interview with the Delawares; derivation of the word Man-
* hatten.
Poems Suggested by the Reburial of the Chiefs at Forest Lawn.
Personal Names Among the Iroquois; Onas, or Wm. Penn.
Index.
VOL. IV. 1896.
8vo. pp. 448. 111.
CONTENTS.
Officers of the Society—Preface.
Reminiscences *>f the Boundary Survey between the
United States and British Provinces . William A. Bird
Gaptain Brant and the Old King . . ... Wm. Clement Bryant
Adventures and Enterprises of Elijah D. Efner—An
Autobiographical Memoir.
Buffalo's First Mayor, Dr. Ebenezer Johnson . . F. M. Inglehart
.Samuel Wilkeson .................... . Rev. John C. Lord, D.D.500	. B. H. S. PUBLICATIONS.
“The Harbor-Maker of Buffalo.” Reminiscences of
Judge Samuel Wilkeson, by Samuel A. Bigelow,
recorded by . . ..... . . . . . Rev. Albert Bigelow
The Early Firm of Juba Storrs & Company . Rev. Albert Bigelow
The Journeys and Journals of an Early Buffalo
Merchant . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank H. Severance
The Free Soil Convention of . 1848, in Buffalo . . . John Hubbell
Development of Constitutional Law in New York
State, and the Constitutional Convention
of 1894 • • • •....... . . Hon. Henry W. Hill
George W. Clinton ............. Hon. David F. Day
A Forgotten People; The Flint Workers . . . . .
Very Rev. Wm. R. Harris
The Cholera in Buffalo in 1832 . . . . . . Hon. Lewis F. Allen
Roswell Willson Haskins . . . . . ..... . . L. G. Sellstedt
Nathan Kelsey Hall................. Hon. James O. Putnam
The Postal Service of the United States, in connection
with the local history of Buffalo . . . . . . .
Hon. Nathan K. Hall and Thomas Blossom
The Speculative Craze of 1836 . . . . . . . . Guy H. Salisbury
Notes on the Authors of Buffalo . ... . Frank H. Severance
Appendix—Documents and Miscellany—Index.	♦INDEX
[Not including names in the Bibliography of the Upper Canada Rebellion.]
“Abagail^ boat, 232.
Abbott, Mrs. Frank W., 409.
Abby, Lieut., 43.
Abert, Col., 264.
Abino, Point, see Point Abino.
Adam, J. N., 391.
Adam, Robert B., 379.
Adams, Edward A-, 327.
Adams, John Quincy, 416.
Adams, Maj. Parmenio,. 31, 36,
416.
Adams, S. C., 407.
Adams, William H., letter
written as acting A. D. C. to
Gen. Hall, 51-52.
“Adams,” brig, 202.
Adirondack Park, 332.
African Repository, edited by
Judge WilkesOn, 143.
Albany, Lieut. McDonogh at,
1812, 74 ; in 1817, 112, 129.
Albany Argus, cited, 186, note.
Albany Gazette, 243, note.
Albright Art Gallery, 391, 400.
Alderney, Eng., breakwater,
262.
Alexandria, Egypt, breakwater,
262.
Algiers, breakwater, 262.
Alleghany Mountains, 218.
Allegheny County, Penn., se-
ceders in, 153.
Allegheny Indians, murder
British soldier; pursuing
party unsuccessful, 15.
Allegheny River, early trade
route, 1387139, 177, 215-220.
Allen, Archibald, removes to
Buffalo, 305.
Allen, George W., 362.
Allen, Capt. Levi, 293; re-
moves to Buffalo, 305; com-
mands steamer Buffalo, 308.
Allen, Lewis F., Capt, Sloan’s
reminiscences addressed to,
215, note; “The cholera in
Buffalo in 1832,” mentioned,
315, note; tells of the be-
ginning of the Buffalo His-
torical Society, 3857386;
death, 386, note; distin-
guished guests of, 416 ; Ara-
rat monument, 418.
Allen, Orlando, 387.
Allen, Richard L., 362.
Allen, William K., 359, note;
388.
Allen, Movius & Wilcox, 338.
Alvord, Dr., killed at Lewis-
ton, 1813, 104.
Alvord, Hon. Thomas G., 342.
American Catholic Historical
. Society of Philadelphia,. “Rec-
ords,” reprint from, 63;
American Colonization Society
controlled by Judge Wilke-
son, 143.
“American Eagle,” vessel, 300.
American Electro-Therapeutic
Association, 398, note.
American Institute of Archie
tects, 397, note.
American Institute of Electri-
can Engineers, 397, note.
American Pioneer, cited, 135.
J Amherst, Maj. Gen. Sir Jef-
fery, 1, 5, 6.
Amherstburgh, Can., 225.
Amos,- Hon. Jacob, 395, 397,
note.
Amsterdam, N. Y., in 1817,
112.
Andersen, Hendrick Christian,
401.
Anderson, Col. John, 319.
Anderson, Martin B., 327, 342.
Angell, Cyrus, 55.
Angevine, Jackson, farm of,
418, 424.
I Angus, Lieut. Samuel, 80, note.502
INDEX.
“Anthony Wayne,” steamer,
308.
Antietam, relics of, 406.
Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius,
statue of George III repre-
senting, 7.
Ararat, Grand Island, 418.
Architectural League of New
York, 398.
“Argus,” vessel, 90.
'Arkell, Hon. James, 350.
Armstrong, Lieut., 230.
Ash, James, 379; trustee of
Lincoln Birthday. Assoc.,
407.
Ashtabula, O., 231; harbor,
289.
Atchenson, Lieut. Col., see At-
kinson, Lieut. Col.
Atherton, Fisher C., 409.
Atkinson, Lieut. Col., 29, 36.
Au Glaize River, Indian vic-
tory, 162.
Auburn, N. Y., in 1817, 116.
“Aurora,” vessel, 300.
“Austerlitz,” schooner, 307.
Austin, Capt., one of the first
to take refuge in Buffalo
harbor, 191.
Austin, J. P., of Unionville,
336.
Austin, S. G., 210.
Austin, Seymour, 287.
Avery, Trueman G., Niagara
Frontier Landmarks Assn.,
409, 410, 425; presides at un-
veiling of Griffon memorial,
424; address at unveiling of
tablet on site of St. John
house, 425, note.
Avon, N. Y., 117.
Ayres, Charles, 201.
Babcock, George R., 366.
Babcock, Capt. L. L., “Siege of
Fort Erie,” cited,.64; mem-
ber Niagara Frontier Land-
marks Assoc., 409.
Bacon, Hon. Ezekiel, letter to,
107-108.
Bacon, Rev. John S., 338.
Badger, Mr., of Buffalo, 306.
Baird, Capt., see Beard, Capt.
James.
Baker, Howard H., 375, 379.
Baker, Moses, 210.
Baldwin, John, 37-38, 41.
Baltimore, early western trade,
157,158.
Bamman, Mr. and Mrs., 129.
Banta, Jacob W., 292.
“Barba,” vessel, 90.
Barker, Capt., 80-81.
Barker, Jacob A., 291; part
owner of steamer Buffalo,
308.
Barker & Holt, 291.
Barnes, actor, m.
Barnum, Georee G., 359, note.
Barto, Daniel, 299.
Barton, Benjamin, 105.
Barton, James L., 290; re-
moves to Buffalo, 305.
Barton, Joseph, removes to
Buffalo, 305.
Barton homestead, Lewiston,
421.
Bass, Hon. Lyman K., 407.
Bastia, Corsica, breakwater,
262.
Batavia, Gen. Hall's headquar-
ters, 1813, 29.; Jan., 1814, 37-
49.
Batavia, office of Jonas Harri-
son, collector of customs,
101-107; in 1817, 117, 128.
Batavia Street, now Broadway,
Buffalo, 100.
Bath Island, see -Green Island.
Batteries in Buffalo, 413-415.
Bayliss, Dr. A. W., 398, note.
Beaches fields, 29.
Beard, Capt. James, “Capt.
Baird,” 118, 122; command-
er of sloop Contractor, 225;
commander of brig Union,
231,	295; character, 296;
voyage to Cleveland, 297-299.
Beard, William H., 296.
Beardsley, Levi, “Reminis-
cences,” mentioned, 114, note.
Becker building, Buffalo, 412.
Beebe and Freeman, architects,
374-
Beecher, Rev. Thomas K., 338.
Belden, James J., 333.
Belknap, Robert Lenox, secre-INDEX.
503
tary Niagara Falls Associa-
tion, 326, 334.
Belle Famille, La, on Niagara
River, 421.
Bemis, Asaph, 306.
Benedict, Dr. A. L., member
Niagara Frontier Landmarks
Assn., 409.
Benedict, Thomas E., 329, 339.
Bennett,* Maj., 1.02, 105.
Berrick, Charles, 370.
Berry, Maj., Seneca chief, 62.
Besser, Otto, 359, note.
Biddle, Capt. Thomas, 87-88.
Biden, Rev. John D., 338.
Bidwell, Benjamin, 292.
Bidwell & Banta, 292.
Bidwell & Carrick, 292.
Bidwell & Davidson, 292.
Bierstadt, Albert, 338.
Bigelow, Samuel A., 211.
Billings, Dr. John Shaw, 383.
Binkley, J., 330, note.
Bird, Cyrus Remington, 425,
note.
Bird, Grace E., 425, note.
Bird, William A., “The sortie
from Fort Erie,” 95-98; resi-
dence, 95, note; “Reminis-
cences of the Boundary Sur-
vey,” mentioned, 301, note;
425, note.
Bird, William A., Jr„ 425, note.
Bird Island, 236, 240, 263-264.
Birdsall, Capt., 67.
Bissell, Herbert P., 409, 410;
makes address at unveiling
of Griffon memorial, 424.
Bissell, Hon. Wilson S., 395-
Bisshopp, Lt. Col. Cecil, 416.
Black Hawk, 312.
Black River, Michigan, 223,
note.
Black River, Ohio, harbor, 289,
Black Rock, fortified, 1812, 22;
first gun fired, War of 1812,
23; fired upon by British,
23-24; battle, Dec., 1813, 28 ;
troops posted, Dec., 1813, 31;
burial place of soldiers killed
at Fort Erie, Aug., 1814, 69-
70; McDonogh’s letters
from, 1812-1813, 77-83; sor-
tie from Fort Erie planned
at, 95-96; battle, Dec.. 1813,
139; advocated as canal ter-
mination,. 136, 141, 185, 187;
on trade route, end of 18th
century, 177; state aid for
harbor building, 198; first
lake steamboat built there,
204; negotiations for build-
ing second steamboat, 204-
206; 215, note, 229, 231, 233,
235; settlement of, 240; con-
test for terminus of the Erie
Canal, 136, 141, 241; rivalry
with Buffalo, 290, 305; ves-
sels at, in 1817, 292; promi-
nent citizens remove to Buf-
falo, 305; shipyard, 415; bat-
tle of, Aug., 1814, 415-416;
attempted capture, July,
1813, 416-417; marking of
bridge suggested, 423-425.
Black Rock Harbor, 214, 240-
241, 265, 277-278, 281.
Blackburn, George E., 336..
Blackwell Ship Canal, con-
structed, 246; mentioned,
248, 259.
Blakeslie (Blakeslee), Col., 29,
3L 36-37-
Bliss, Dr., removes to Buffalo,
3°5-
Bloody Run, Devil’s Hole, Ni-
agara River, 419.
Bloomer, Rev. J. J., 338.
Bloomfield, N. Y., 28, 128.
Boatmen of the Mississippi,
158-159-
Boatmen of the Ohio and its
branches, 178-181.
Boeckel (Boechel, error), Adam,
379-
Bogardus, John D., 382.
Boisblanc Island, 31*.
Bolin, Gaius (Gaines, error) C.,
395.
Bond, Ely, 287.
Bonnard, Henry, Bronze Com-
pany, 401.
Bothwell Bridge, mentioned,
138.
Boughton, Lt. Col., N. Y. mi-,
litia, 31, 36.
Boulogne, France, breakwater,
262.5u4
INDEX.
Bouquet, Brig. Gen. Henry, 4.
Bowerman, John, 55.
Boyd, Gen., 82.
Boynton, M. K., of Essex, 342.
Braddock, Gen. Edward, 5.
Braddock’s Field, meeting at,
during Whiskey Insurrec-
tion, 167.
Bradford, David* leader of
Whiskey Insurrection, 167,
170.
Bradstreet, Col. John, 4, 9, 14,
16-17.
Bradys, The, in border war-
fare, 1.51.
Bran, Lester, removes to Buf-
falo, 305.
Brant, John, 228 and note.
Brant, Joseph, 228, note.
“Brant's Church," 420-421.
Breakwaters described, 261-
262;. Buffalo harbor, 188-
194, 199-201, 263-281; stone,
or. rubble mound breakwat-
ers, 272; concrete-shell con-
struction, 277-278; cost of,
280.
Breckenridge, Hugh Henry,
167.
Breckenridge Street, Buffalo,
cannon planted by Gen. Scott
in, 418.
Breckenridge Street Church,
Buffalo, 416.
Bridgewater, near Chippewa,
Ont., 121.
Bridgewater, battle of, see
Lundy’s Lane, battle of.
Briggs, Prof. Horace, member
of Niagara Frontier Land-
marks Assn., 409, 410, 425;
committee report, 423; ad-
dress at unveiling of tablet
on site of St. John house,
425, note.
Brintnal, Phineas, removes to
Buffalo, 305.
Brisbane, Albert, 367, 368.
Brisbane, George, 367, 368.
Brisbane, James, 12Q.
Bristol, Capt R. C., 308.
British Northwest Fur Com-
pany, 309.
Broadway, Buffalo, - formerly
Batavia St., 100.
Brock, Gen. Isaac, killed at
Queenston, 24,	76; first
buried in Fort George, 120,
422; spot where he fell, 121;
to have had command of
Fort Erie, 123; monument,
422.
Bronson, Capt., N. Y.. militia,
58.
Brooks, Hon. Erastus, 342, 358,
359, note.
Brown, Lieut., of 70th Regt.,
British, 121.
Brown, Adam and Noah, naval
architects, New York, 315.
Brown, Alex. H., M. D., of
England, 327.	■
Brown, Mrs. Alex. H., 327.
Brown, George, 362,
Brown, Maj. Gen. Jacob, 64;
sortie from Fort Erie, 96-98;
encamned at Queenston,
1814, 107; at Fort Erie, 122.
Brown, Noah, architect of the
Walk-in-the-Water, 315, of
the Superior, 204-206.
Brown, Noah & Brothers, New
York, naval architects, 204,
3L5.
Brown, Peter, 55.
Brown, Lieut. T. S., survey of
Buffalo harbor, 263.
Brown, Walter L., 382-383.
Brownell, J. R., 407.
Browning, Col., of Bradstreet’s
force.on the Niagara, 11.
Bryant, A., 210.
Bryant, William, 306.
Bryant, William Clement, 359,
note, 388.
Bryant, William Cullen, 406.
Buchanan, Hon. William I.,
396, note.
Buck (Burke) Maj., at Fort
Erie, 123, 127.
Buffalo, Montgomery and force
encamped opposite jthe rao-
ids, 1764, 14; arrival of Gen.
Hall, 1813, 29:	forces at,
Dec. 27. 1813, 31; burned,
Dec., 1813, 36, 40, 139. 229;INDEX.
505
post-office destroyed, 105,	j
107; return of Jonas Harri-
son, collector of customs,
107, 108; in 1817, 117, 127-
128; swamp along Buffalo
Creek and the river, 137;	»
army encamped at “Sandy
Town,” below the Front,	|
1814-1815,	140; court of	I
Samuel Wilkeson, Justice of	j
the Peace, 140; “Recollec-
tions of the West and first
Building of Buffalo Harbor,”
by Judge Wilkeson, 147-214;
at close of War of 1812, 185;
the building of the harbor,
in same, 185-214; terminus
of the Erie Canal, 241; com-	i
merce, 265, 283; in 1817. 290-
291prominent citizens re-
move from Black Rock, 305;	j
principal business men in	j
1817, 306; contract with the .
Buffalo Library, 381-382;
historic sites, 411-417, 423-
425; .first school house and
first church, 412; county seat
of Niagara county, 413.
Buffalo Common Council, neti-
tion to the Secretary of War
in relation to the sea wall,
254-255, note.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,
quoted, 215, note, 362.
Buffalo Creek, earliest men-
tion, 1764, 15; explored by
Montresor, 1764,	17,	18;
Capt. Hull ordered to, 1814,
51; survey, 1818, 185-186,
288; meeting, 1816, to con-
sider enlarging mouth, 189,	j
note; new mouth, 192-197,	|
203; harbor, 136 and note,	j
232-235, 240; Seneca villages	I
on, 411.	|
Buffalo Deutscher Saenger-
bund, 359, note.
Buffalo Engineers’ Society,
378.	|
Buffalo Express, 216, note;	j
quoted, 309.	j
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy,
union building planned, 367;
rents rooms in Young Men’s.
Association building, 368;
mentioned, 371; rooms pro-
vided in new library building,
373; reception of members
and friends, 376.
Buffalo Gazette, cited, 59, note,
62, 90, 106, note.
Buffalo Good Government
Clubs, 378.
Buffalo harbor, built by Samuel
Wilkeson, 135-137, 140-142;
history of, by Samuel Wilke-
son, 185-214; building of,
232-237; “History of Buffalo
Harbor,” by Maj. T. W. Sy-
mons and J. C. Quintus, 239-
285: state takes control, 243;
in 1821, 243-244; first appro-
nriation by the federal gov-
ernment, 244; entrance chan-
nel and piers, 245-2*2; the
sea wall, 252-258; sand-catch
pier. 258-260;	breakwaters
and outer harbor, 260-28*;
part of South harbor section
wrecked by the Galveston
storm, 275-276; appropria-
tions for, 281; inner harbor,
282; lights, 283-285; con-
struction commenced,.288 and
note.
Buffalo Harbor Association,-^^
Harbor Association, Buffalo.
Buffalo Harbor Company, 198,
232.
“Buffalo, Harbor-maker of,”
135, note.
Buffalo Historical Society, ac-
quires “Garrison Burying
Ground,” Williamsville, 79,
note; acquires letter-book of
Jonas Harrison, 99; receives
copy of ’Capt. Langslow’s
journal, in, note; “Publica-
tions” cited, 135, note, 140,
note, 214, note; acquires old
mortar used in building Buf-
falo harbor, 194, note: manu-
scripts deposited in,- 287,
note: represented at openin'*
of Niagara Reservation, 359,
note; union building planned,506
-INDEX.
367; rents rooms in Young
Men’s Association building,
368; mentioned, 371; rooms
provided in new library
building, 373; reception of
members and . friends, 376;
“New ^ Home in Delaware
Park,” 385-404; notes on the
earlier years, 385-396; home
in the Young Men’s Associa-
tion building, 387; in the new
Buffalo Library building, 388-
389; record of legislation,
390-396; New York State
building at Pan-American
Exposition becomes the home
of the society, 392-396; “The
Building Described,” by Geo.
Cary, 397-494: bronze doors,
400, 401, note; cost of build-
ing, 403-404; represented in
Niagara Frontier Landmarks
Assoc., 409, 410; places a
cannon at soldiers’ burying
ground on Eleven Mile
Creek, 417.
Buffalo Law Library, 368.
Buffalo Library (afterward the
Buffalo Public Library),
“Historical Sketch,” by J. N.
Larned, 361-376; Young
Men’s Association of Buffalo
becomes “The Buffalo Li-
brary,” 375; new building
opened, 376; liberal manage-
ment of, 377-378; income
from Iroquois Hotel, 378;
committee appointed to take
measures toward making the
library free, 379; bill passed
and approved, authorizing
the transfer of books t© the
city, and appropriations for
maintenance by the city, 380-
381; life members constitut-
ed a corporation, 380; con-
tract with the city, 381-382;
opened to the public, 383.
Buffalo Liedertafel, 359, note,
407.
Buffalo Lyceum, 361, 363.
Buffalo Merchants’ Exchange,
378.
Buffalo Orpheus, 359, note.
Buffalo Plains, 417.
Buffalo Public Library (for-
merly the Buffalo Library).
“Buffalo Free Library Move-
ment,” bv H. L. Elmendorf,
377-384; contract with the
city. 381-382: formally opened
as a free library, 383; growth
of, 384, note; site of first
court house, 41?.
Buffalo Savings Bank, 100 and
note.
Buffalo Society of Natural Sci-
ences, union building planned,.
367; rents rooms in Young
Men’s Association building,
368; mentioned, 371; rooms
provided in new library
building, 373:	reception of
members and friends, 376.
Buffalo Young Men’s Associa-
tion, organization of, 361-362;
library started, 363; Ameri-
can Hall leased, 364; quarter-
centennial anniversary, 365;
union building planned, 367;
St. James Hotel and Hall
purchased, 367; J. N. Larned
made superintendent, 369;
site at Washington, Broad-
way and Clinton streets pur-
chased, 370-372; new build-
ing erected, 372-375; name
changed to “The Buffalo Li-
brary,” 375; relations with
the Historical Society, 387.
Buffalo Young Men’s Catholic
Association, 368.
“Buffalo,” steamer, 308.
Bull, Capt., at first battle of
Black Rock, 416.	•
Bull, Mrs. Edward C., 409, 410.
Bull Run, relics of, 406.
“Bunker Hill,” play, 1817, 111.
Bunting, Lieut., 93. -
Burdock, Clark, 201.
Burdock, Simon, 201.
Burke, Maj., see Buck, Maj.
Burnett, Brig. Gen. William,
37, 47-49, 57.
Burnham, Hon. E. K., opposes
Niagara Reservation Bill, 349.INDEX.
507
Burning spring, near Chippewa,
Ont., I2I-I22.
Burns, Robert, 294, note.
Burnt Ship Bay, Grand Island,
418.
Burrell, Mrs. Fredrica, 346.
Burt, George, 305.
Burt & Goodrich, 305.
Burtis, Peter P., 379.
Bushnell, Clarence M., member
of Niagara Frontier Land-
marks Assn., 409.
Butler, Messrs., 363.
Butler, Edward H., 379.
Butler, William Allen, 338.
Byrne, M. J., 379.
Cady, John E., 332.
Caledonia, N. Y., 117.
“Caledonia,” schooner, 61.
Calhoun, Mr., engineer of the
Walk-in-the^Water, 322.
Callender, Samuel N., 362.
Camp, Capt., N. Y. militia, 32,
36-
Camp, Maj., part owner of brig
Hunter, 230-231.
Camp, John G., 186, 210, 211.
Campbell, Capt., N. Y. militia,
58.
Campbell, H. M., 210.
Campbell, Thomas, “Gertrude
of Wyoming,” mentioned,
228, note.
Canada, American captives, 176.
Canada, Upper, intercourse
with the U. S. interdicted,
108.
Canajoharie, N. Y., in 1817, 113.
Canandaigua Academy, 28.
Canandaigua, N. Y., 38, 39, 53,
116, 128, 336-337-
Canandaigua Lake, 1812, 74.
Canaseraga, N. Y., 115.
Canawagas, N. Y., 28.
Canawauga or Johnstown, N.
Y., 112.
Canonsburg, Penn., 153; col-
lege, 161.
Cantor, Hon. J. A., 349, 355.
Carlisle, Penn.', birthplace of
Judge Samuel Wilkeson, 138;
emigration from, 148.
“Caroline,” steamboat, seized
. by the5 British, 419.
Carpenter, William A., 206.
Carter, Hon. James C, 359,
note.
j Cary, George, “The Historical
j	Building Described,' 397-
|	404; plan for New YcTrk
State building at the •Pan-
American Exposition accept-
ed, 399.
Caryl, Benjamin, 211.
Casawaga, Fort, see Meadville.
“Caskey, Uncle,” 299.
Castle William, blown up, 1776,
6.
' Catfish, Penn, see Washington,
Penn.
Catholic Mutual Benefit Associ-
ation, 397, note.
Cattaraugus Creek harbor, 289.
Cayuga, N. Y., passed by stage
in 1817, 116.
Cayuga Creek, 418.
Cayuga Island, 418.
Cayuga Lake, 74.
Chadwick, Prof. E., 336-337.
Chamberlin, Hunting S., 362.
Chambersburgh,Penn., 156.
Chapin, Col., 31, 36.
Chapin, Maj., 89-90.
Chapin, Alfred C„ 328, 339.
Chapin, Dr. Cyrenius, 210, 211.
I Chapin, Gen. Israel, 28.
Chapin, Sheldon, 210, 300.
Chapin, Lieut. Janies, 51.
Chapin, W. W., 211.
“Charles & Ann,” vessel, 219.
“Charles Townsend,” steamer,
318.
“Charlotte,” schooner, 14.
“Charlotte Temple,” by Susan-
na Row son, cited, 8, note.
Charter Oak, 406.
Chartier’s Creek, 149-150.
Chatham, N. Y., 130.
Chauncy [Chauncey], Commo-
dore Isaac, 86, 88-89.
Chautauqua Lake on early trade
route, 138-139; Capt. Sloan
on, 215-216, note; food sup-
ply of settlers in neighbor-
hood, 217, 220.508
INDEX.
Cheat River, 217-218.
Cherbourg, France, breakwater,
262, 280.
“Chesapeake,” vessel, 220.
Cheshire, Mass., 38.
Chester, Rev. A. T., 359, note.
Chicago, no steamboat at, prior
fp 1832, 310 ; in 1832, 313-314.
Chicago River, 314.
Children of the American Rev-
olution, 409, 410.
Chippewa, Ont., 34: in 1817*
118, 121-122; adventures of
N.. K. Olmstead, 202-203;
mentioned, 220, 230; historic
sites, 422.
Chippewa, battle of, mentioned,
64.
Chippewa Creek, 1; village of
the Missisaugue, 9, note.
Chippewa Indians, 221-225.
Chittinango, N. Y., 115.
Choate,. Edna E., 409.
Cholera on government trans-
ports, 1832, 310-315.
Christmas at Sackett’s Harbor,
1813, 91-92.
Church, Capt. Fairbanks, 302.
“City of Buffalo,” steamer, 292,
.309-
Citv of the Lakes, see Buffalo.
City Ship Canal, see Blackwell
Ship Canal. .
Clark, E. M., 330, note.
Clark, Stephen,, inn-keeper, 306.
Clarke, G. Hyde, 337.
Clark’s Inn, N. Y.,115.
Clark’s mills, near Bridge-
water, Ont., 121-122.
Clay, Henry, 413, 416.
Cleveland, Grover, elected .gov-
ernor, 326; signs preliminary
Niagara Reservation bill,
327; mentioned, 328; anec-
dote of, 329; favors Niagara
Reservation bill, 333, 342, 358,
359. note; mentioned, 416.
Cleveland Greys, 359, note.
Clinton, De Witt, 106: as Ca-
nal Commissioner, decides
that Erie Canal shall termi-
nate at Buffalo, 141-142, 206;
election as governor of New
York, 1820, 214, note; guest
of Gen. Porter, 416.
Clinton, Hon. George, 327, %\>.
Clinton, Judge George W., 366.
Clinton College, 114.
Cluck, Alvah, 331.
Cochrane, A. G. C., 362.
Coe, Phebe (Mrs. Amos Hall),
27.
Coit, George, 214, note, 291,
293. .
Coit, Kimberly & Co., 290.
Coit, Capt. Oliver, 211, 293.
Colburn, G. M., 330, note.
Colchester, Conn., 131.
Cold Spring, Buffalo, 229.
Coleman, Charles, 405.
Colombo, Ceylon, breakwater,
262.
Colt, Lieut. Col., 49.
Commerce : “Early commerce
of the west,” 156-159; Pitts-
burgh the western center,
160; growth on Great Lakes
and Ohio River system, end
of 18th century, 176-181;
“Adventures of a Pioneer
Trader,” 215-237.
“Commodore Perry,” sloop,
231.
Commons Reservation Society
of London, 359, note.
Comstock, Hon. A. C., 350.
Comstock, George W., member
of Niagara Frontier Land-
marks Assn., 409.
Conjockada Creek, see Scaja-
quada Creek.
Conneaut Creek, harbor, 289.
Connecticut, land claim settled,
28; settlement of the West-
ern Reserve, 184.
Connewango River on early
trade route, 138, 220.
Connelly. Capt., 71.
“Constitution,” frigate; 406.
Constitution of the U. S., dis-
approved in western Pennsyl-
vania, 163, 172.	\
Conti, Fort, see Fort Conti.
“Contractor,” sloop, 225.
Conynis Inn, N. Y., 129.
Cook, Dr. Joseph T., 409.INDEX.
509
Cooper, James Fenimore, on	|
the Niagara, 114.	.	* j
Cornell, Alonzo B., governor
of New York, 326, 344.
Corning, Erastus, 333, 33&
Cornplanter, 226.
Council Rock, Devil's Hole	i
glen, 420.	j
Council House, near Buffalo	j
Creek, 411, 412.	j
Court for the Correction	of	Er-	|
rors, Samuel Wilkeson,	j
judge, 142.	•/	j
Courts-martial, Williamsville,	i
55-56.	j
Covert, Mr. 95.	j
Covington, Fort, see Fort Cov-	I
. ington.	|
Cox’s tavern at King’s Bridge,	|
New York, 7.
Coxe. Alfred C, 336.	■
Coxe, Rt. Rev. A. C., 359, note,	i
376.	!
Crafts, John W., 409.
Craig, Maj. Isaac, 164.	j
Crary, as ship’s cook, 214, note.
Charles, Capt., 304.
Chase, Capt., letter to, 51.
Crawfords, The, in border war-
fare, 151.
Crooks, John. 38, 41.	|
Crosby, Rev. Howard, 335.
Cruikshank, E., “Documentary
history of the campaign on
the Niagara frontier,” cited,
59, note.
Cullen, Hon. John J., 344.
Cumber land River, 180.
Cummings, James, of Chippe-
wa, Ont., 233.	|
Cummings, Col. James, 310.
Curtis, George William, 320,
333,406.
Customs, collector Of, district
of Niagara, J. Harrison, 99-
109.
Cutler, Hon. O. W., 330, 350,
357-	.	’
Cuyahoga River harbor, 289,
297-
Cuyler, Maj. William Howe,
death, 61-62.
Daley, Martin, 210.
Dallas, Hon. Alexander J., let-
ters to, 108-109.
Daly, Maj., at building of Fort
Erie, 1764, 18.
Daly, Hon. James, 335, 344.
Daley (Daly, error). Rev. D. J.,
338.
Dana, Charles A., 338.
Danforth, F. L., 407, 408.
Danforth, Frederick W., 407,
408.
Danforth, William E., 407.
Darcy, Rev. M., 338.
Darrow, Erastus, 111, note.
Dart, Joseph, 211, 282; “Grain
Elevators of Buffalo,” men-
tioned, 282, note; mentioned,
363.
Daughters of . the American
Revolution, 409, 410.
Davidson, Hon. Andrew 350.
Davidson, Frank, 331.
Davis, Lieut. Col.. N. Y. militia,
49,52,57.
' Davis, Maj., 127.
Davis. Sergeant, death from
cholera, 311.
Davis, Hon. Cyrus E., 350.
Davis, Hon. George A., 393.
Davis, Jefferson, 227.
Davis, Capt. John, 3x6.
Davis, Selden, 211.
Daw, Henry, removes to Buf-
falo, 305; does blacksmithing
on the Walk-in-the-Water,
316; MS. history of the
Walk-in-the-Water cited, 321,
note, 323, note.
Dawes, Julius H., 388.
Day, D. M., 211.
Dayton farm, near Black Rock,
61.
Deacon, Lieut., 87.
Dearborn, Maj. Gen. Henry, 41,
72, 77-
Dearborn, Fort, see Fort Dear-
born.
De Forrest, Mr., of York (To-
ronto), 116-120.
Delano, Francis R., 330, 342.
Denonville, Fort de. see Fort
de Denonville.
DeForest, Robert W., 326.510
INDEX.
DeForest & Weeks, 340.	|
Delaware breakwater, 262.
Delaware, Lackawanna & West- 1
ern Railroad, contest the
ownership of the north pier,
250-252.
Delaware Park, Buffalo, 391,
395-
Demarest, James, 211.
Denis, Col., 82.
Depew, Chauncey M.,	343;
writes letters in behalf of Ni-
agara Reservation bill, 348;
reception to, 398, note.
Depew, Ganson, 379.
Derry, siege of, mentioned, 138.
Devil’s Hole, massacre, 2, 4, 11,
419-420; marking of site sug-
gested, 423.
Detroit, 220; fisheries and fur
trade, 221; mentioned, 225,
230, 231; projected exposi-
tion, 394.
Detroit, Fort, see Fort Detroit.
Deveraux, Quartermaster’s Ser-
geant, 71.
De Watteville’s corps at Fort
Erie, 123.
Dickson, William. 37-38, 41.
Diehl, Hon. Conrad, 396.
Dillworth’s “Spelling book,”
161.	!
Dingly, Capt. Warren, 301.
Dixon, Col., British Indian	j
agent, 319.	j
Dixon, William, see Dickson,	j
William.	.	j
Dobbin, Col. Hugh W., 37, 58.	I
Dobbins, Lieut. Col., see Dob-	j
bin, Lieut. Col. Hugh W.
Dobbins, Capt. Daniel, 323, ' j
note.
Dodge, Alvin, 211.
Donnelly, J. B., 279.
Doolittle, Benjamin, 336.
Dorr, Capt. E. P., 388.
Dorsheimer, Hon. William,
326; commissioner of the
State Reservation at Niagara,
327; mentioned, 345 ; formal
delivery of the Niagara State
Park to the state, 359, note;
Young Men’s Association an-
niversary, 365; his office first
headquarters of the Buffalo
Historical Society, 386.
Douglass, Capt., 112, 124.
Dowsman, Michael, 311.
“Dread,” sehoouer, 300.
Driess, Hon. J. A., 349.
Drummond, LieuL Gen. Sir
Gordon, 31, 34, 38, 69, 971,123.
Drummond, Lt. Col. William,
66-68.
Drummond, Fort, see Fort
Drummond.
Duane, William, Adj utarft Gen.,
92-93-
Dudley, Joseph P., manager of
Buffalo Library, 382; trustee
of Lincoln Birthday Assoc.,
407, 408.
Dufferin, Lord, 325.
Dun building, Buffalo, 412.
Dunbar, Sir J., 126.
“Dunkirk,” packet, 300.
Dunn, Capt., N. Y. militia, 58.
Eagle tavern, Buffalo, 141,
4i3.
“Early Days on the Lakes,”
287-318.
Ecxford, Henry, 292.
Eckford & Westervelt, 292.
Eden, N. Y., “Two dramatic in-
cidents” from history of, 61-
62.
Education in early Western
Pennsylvania, 155, j 60-161.
Edwards, Maj. Abraham, 319.
Edwards, Joseph, 37-38, 41.
Efner, Elijah D., quoted, 214,
note; mentioned, 306.
Eidlitz, C. L. W., architect of
the Buffalo Library building,
374-	.	•	,	,
Eleven Mile Creek, soldiers’
burying ground on, 417; see
also Williamsville.
Elgin marbles, 403.
“Elizabeth,” schooner, wrecked,
321, note.	K
Ellicott, Joseph, 220, 417.
Ellicott’s Creek, see Williams-
ville.
Elliott’s (Ellicott’s) Creek, see
Williamsville.INDEX.
511
Ellison, Kitson & Co., 401.
Ellsworth, Hon. Timothy E.,
342, 350.
Elmendorf, H. L., “The Buf,-
falo Free Library Movement,”
377-384; appointed superin-
tendent of the Buffalo Public
Library, 383.
Elmira, N. Y., birthplace of
Archer (galloway, 21.
El well, Frank Edwin, 401.
Elv, Rev. Foster, 338.
Ely, Hon. W. Caryl, 337, 349;
member of Niagara Frontier
Landmarks Association, 409,
410.	*
Emerson, George D., Niagara
Frontier Landmarks Assoc.,
409, 410; submits sketches
for tablets for historic sites,
424; makes address at un-
veiling of tablet on Niagara
Street bridge, 425.
Emerson, Henry P., 379.
Emigration, westward after the
Revolution,. 148-150, 157-158.
Ensign, Charles, 2Qi.
“Enterprise,” steamer, 289.
Erie (Presq’ Isle), Penn., 1, 6;
danger of British attack, Jan.,
1814, 43; talk of expedition
to, among British officers,
1814, 49; force under Mead,
Feb., 1814, 50; on early trade
route, 177, 217, 220; govern-
ment vessels at, 1815, 231.
Erie, city at head of Grand
Island, projected, 186, note.
Erie Basin, 264-265, 278, 281.
Erie Canal, western terminus,
135-137, 140-142, 185-187, 214,
241; termination at Buffalo
decided, 141-142, 206, 241;
law of 1822, 198; commis-
sioners decline to accept Buf-
falo harbor for the state, 198;
completion, 142, 244; men-
tioned, 248, 264, 304, 365, 413.
Erie County Medical Society,
368.
Erie County, N. Y., included in
Niagara Co., 100, 413; land
sold by Holland Land Co.,
136; Samuel Wilkeson, first
Judge of the Common Pleas
Court, 142; oldest house, 417.
Erie County Savings Bank, 367.
Erie, Fort, see Fort Erie.
Erie, Lake, mapped by Mon-
tresor, 1764,	9; vessels
launched, 1764,14; early com-
merce, 135-137 and note, 139;
growth of commerce after
the Revolution, 138-139, 176-
178; marriage to the sea by
the completion of the Erie
Canal, 142.
Erie, Lake, battle of, 225.
“Erie,” packet, 300.
“Erie,” schooner, 231, 292-295,
302.
“Erie,” steamer, 308.
Esenwein, August, and F. W.
Humble, architects, 374.
Esty, Hon. E. S., 350.
I	Evans, C. W., 247.
j	Evans, Lewis Ellicott, 417.
Evans house, Williamsville,,
I	417-
1 Evans Ship Canal, 247.
! Evershed, Thomas, directs sur-
vey of Niagara Reservation,
327; mentioned, 336.
Everts, house on Canada side
of Niagara, 230.
Excise law, Penn., see Whiskey
Insurrection.
Fairchild, Charles S., 340, 341.
“Fairplay,” vessel, 300.
Fanchot, Nicholas V. V., 395,
400.
Faneuil Hall, wood from, 406.
Fargo, Jerome, 409.
Farmer’s Brother, Seneca chief,
62, 227-228 and note, 411; at
battle of Black Rock, 416.
Farnden, Me., 126.
Farnum, Lieut., N. Y. militia,
3i.
“Fayette’s Packet,” early lake
vessel, 300.
Featherstonehaugh, Mr., 112.
Fenian invasion, site of battle
of Ridgeway, 422.
Fenton, Reuben E., 333, 338.512	INDEX.
Fillmore, Mrs. Caroline C., 388.
' Fillmore, Millard, president of
the Buffalo Historical Socie-
ty, 386; library bequeathed
by Mrs. Fillmore to the His-
torical Society, 388; men-
tioned, 406; home of, 413.
Fillmore house, Buffalo, 423.
Fink, Mike, “the last of the
boatmen,” mentioned, 181.
“Fire Fly,” vessel, 300.
Firemen’s Benevolent Associa-
tion, 368.	«
“Firing the First Shot,” War
of 1812, 21-25.
Fish, Capt. Job, commands the
Walk-in-the-Water, 316, 320.
Fisher, Capt., 230.
Fisk, Jabez, quoted, 6q.
Five Mile . Meadows, below
Lewiston, 100, 104-105, 421.
Flagler, Hon. B., 330, 336.
Flat-boats on the Mississippi,
158-159.
Fleeharty, Capt. John, 308.
Flemming, Capt. Robert, 96.
Flint Hill, 417.
Floyd, Capt. George, ?o8.
Fobes, Mrs. C. L., bequest to
the Buffalo Historical So-
ciety, 390.
Fobes, William Dana, 388.
Folsom, Ezekiel, 210.
Folsom, Wm., 211.
Forsyth, William, proprietor of
the Falls Inn, Ont., 118, 121,
127.
Fort Adams, see Fort Tomp-
kins.
Fort Casawaga, see Meadville.
Fort Chippewa, site of, 422.
Fort Conti, first fort on site of
Fort Niagara, 421.
Fort Covington, N. Y., 46, note.
Fort Dearborn, 313.
Fort de Denonville, site of, 421.
Fort Detroit, Maj. Gladwin be-
sieged, 2; arrival of Lieut.
Rutherford, 3; garrison re-
lieved by Montresor, 1763, 5-
6; military force gathered,
1812, 74; kidnapped children
sold by Indians, 150; surren-
dered by the British, 177; see
!	also Detroit.
I	Fort Drummond, site of, 422.
|	Fort Erie, “first construction,”
1-19; Montresor sent to se-
lect site, 1764, 16; site select-
ed. 17; post established and
fort built and named, 18-19;
I	taken by the Americans, July
3, 1814, 64; captured by the
British, Aug. 15, 1814, 63, 65-
70; “Sortie from Fort Erie,”
•	by Wm. A. Bird, 95-98; in
1817,	122-125,	127; sortie
!	from, 123-124; brig Adams
cut out, 202; garrison sup-
plied by Capt. Sloan during
!	siege, 215, note; dates of
!	building and rebuilding, 422.
| “Fort Erie, A Hero of,” 63-93.
| Fort Erie village (formerly
|	Waterloo), 22, 220, 230; citi-
zens oppose the taking of
; i	stone for Buffalo harbor, 237.
I Fort Franklin, 215, 220.
! Fort George, evacuated by the
|	British, 84; occupied by the
Americans, 85-90; in 1817,.
|	118-120; Farmer’s Brother
'	injured, 227; ruins, 422.
Fort Gratiot, 222, 310.
Fort Gray, 104-105, 420.
j Fort Le Boeuf, see Waterford.
Fort Little Niagara, 2; fortifi-
j	cation of the portage, 12-13;
I	distance from Fort Niagara
and Lewiston Heights, 15;
|	provisions brought by Mon-
!	tresor, 15-16; marking of
site suggested, 419; see also
Fort Schlosser.
Fort Massasauga, see Fort Mis-
!	sissaga.
Fort Maumee, 139, 218.
Fort Mississaga, origin and
name, 9, note; in 1817, 119-
j	120; still standing, 423.
Fort Niagara, relinquished by
i	the French, 1759, 1; arrival
of Lieut. Rutherford, 2, 3;
arrival of Col. Bradstreet and
army, 4; visited by Capt.
Montresor in 1763, 6; arrivalINDEX.
513
of Montresor, 1764, 5, 8-9;
regiments recalled from the
portage, 13; distance from
Fort Little Niagara, 15;
opening of the War of 1812,
22; captured by the British,
1813, 30, 34; British garrison
enumerated, Jan., 1814, 49;
taken by the British, Dec.,
1813, 100-106; occupied by
American troops, May-, i8ij5,
109; visited in 1817, 120; sur-
rendered by the British, 1796,
177; mentioned, 418 ; chapel
at, 419; “Magazin Royal/' its
predecessor on the river, 420;
site of British landing, Dec.,
1813, 421; syllabus of history,
421.
Fort Ontario, 9, 16.
Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh), 1, 215;
see also Pittsburgh.
Fort Porter, 414.
Fort Schlosser, arrival of Lieut.
Rutherford, 3; embarkation
of Bradstreet’s army, 1764, 4;
bake-house constructed, 17-
18; patrol to, from Hard-
scrabble, 1814, 47; on early
trade route, 177, 304;. site,
419; old chimney, 419, 423;
see also Fort Little. Niagara.
Fort Schuyler, 113.
Fort Tompkins (Fort Adams),
414, 416; marking of site
suggested, 417, 423.
Fort Washington, 162.
Forward, Judge Oliver, 141,
186-188, 198, 232.
Foster, Capt., 67-68.
Four Mile Creek, 105.
Four-mile Point, see Stony
Point.
Fowl, Capt.: 230.
Fowler, Benjamin, part owner
of schooner William, 301;
mentioned, 306.
Fox, Capt., aid in building Buf-.
falo harbor, 191-102.
Fox, Carlton W-, 291.
Fox, James. 49.
Fox, Capt. Simon. 318.
Fox,' Winthrop, 233 ; monopoly
|	of business of lightering, 291.
| Francis, Daniel, 405.
! Francis, Guilford R., 408.
i Francis, Julius E. and the Lin-
coln Birthday Association,
405-408; biographical sketch,
I	405-
Francis, W. C., 407.
Franklin (Fort Franklin),
Penn., 215, 219, 220.
1 Fraser, Major Donald, 32, 96-
97, 294 and note; engaged in
boundary survey, 301.
French, Henry C, 375.
French, Thomas B., 359, note.
French Creek, 151, 177, 220.
French Mills, N. Y., 46 and
note, 92.
French Revolution, American
sympathy, 164.
Frenchman’s Landing, Niagara
River, 419.
Frost,. H. H., 336.
Fulton, Robert, right	to navi-
gate part of Lake	Erie by
steam sold by his heirs, 204.
Gage, Gen. Thomas, 6.
i Gage, Lady, 7.	,
I Gaines, Brig. Gen. E. P., quot-
ed, 66-68: at Fort Erie, 69,
!	97- . .
Gallatin, Albert, and the Whis-
;	key Insurrection,	168.
Gallaudet Home for Deaf-
!	Mutes, 131.
Galloway, Archer, “Firing the
|	first shot,” 21-25; biographi-
|	' cal sketch, 21.
|	Galloway, Milford, 21.
I	Galveston storm, 1900,	275, 279.
I	Ganson, Maj. James, 38.
|	Gardiner, Col:, 29, 31.
j	Gardner, James T., 325, 326.
|	Gardner, Nancy Strong, 425,
|	note.
Gardner, Mrs. W. Allen, 425,
|	note.
Garrison Burying Ground, Wil-
-	liamsville, 79,	note.
Gaskill, C. B., 330. 332.
Gelshenen, William H., 395.
“General Jackson,” vessel, 231,
i	300.!
514	•	INDEX.
Genesee Co., N. Y., 28; Jonas
Harrison, Collector ot Inter-
nal Revenue for, 99-100.
Genesee River, 117,
Genesee Valley, 411.
Geneseo, N. Y., 28.
Geneva, N. Y., camp, 1812, 73;
in 1817, 116, 129.
Genoa, Italy, breakwater, 262.
George III., equestrian statue,
New York, disfigured 7;
birthday celebrated on Niag-
ara frontier, 1764, 12-13.
George, Fort, see Fort George.
Germain, Charles B., 359, note.
“Gertrude of Wyoming,” men-
tioned, 228, note.
Gettysburg, relics of, 406.
Geyer, S., 330, note.
Gibson, J., Inspector Gen.. 03.
Gibson, R. W., 398; selects plan
for New York State building
at the Pan-American Exposi-
tion, 399, 400.
Gilbert, Erastus, 211.
Gillet, killed at Lewiston, 1813,
104.
Gillet, Joshua, 306-.
Gillett, Col., 350, 357.
Gillet, Reynolds, 301.
Gladwin, Maj. Henry, 2, 3.
“Gladwin/’ schooner, 14, 18.
Glenny, John C., 417.
Gluck, A. H., 330, 331.
Gluck, James Fraser, 348; rec-
ord of the organization of the
Buffalo Public Library, men-
tioned, 377; trustee of Gros-
venor Library, 379; manager
of Buffalo Library, 382.
Gold, Lucius, 211.
Goldfrap, Lieut., 119.
Goodell, Jabez, 210.
Goodrich House, Buffalo. 417.
Goodyear, Charles W., 395.
Gorham, George, 379.
Gorham Mfg. Co., 408.
Gosling, J. Woodley, 401, note.
Grace, Rev. Luke A., at unveil-
ing of Griffon memorial, 424.
Grain elevators, 282 and note.
Grknd Island, duel between
Gen. Porter and Gen. Smyth,
80 and note; projected city
of “Erie” at head of island,
186. note; historic sites, 418.
Grand River, Ohio, 234, note;
harbor, 287-288.
Grand River, Ont., 228, 231.
Granger, Judge Erastus, 227.
Granger, Col., 31, 36.
Granger homestead, Buffalo,
417.
Grant, Col., 120, 126, 127. -
Grass Islands, Niagara River,
203.
Gratiot, Fort, see Fort Gratiot.
Grattan, Rev. B. B., 338.
Graves, Gen. John C., 359, note.
Gray, David, reading of poems,
365, 366, 3o8>
Gray, Fort, see Fort Gray.
Great Lakes, increase and
changes in lake transporta-
tion, 136, note; marriage to
the sea by means of the Erie
Canal celebrated. 142; “Early
Days on the Lakes,” 287-318;
“Adventures of a Pioneer
Trader,” 215-237 ; commerce
end of 18th century, 177.
Green, Capt., 119.
Green, Andrew H., commis-
sioner of Niagara Reserva-
tion, 327; Green Island
named for him, 350, note;
mentioned, 351.
Green Bay, Mich., 308.
Green Island (Bath Island),
350 and note, 351.
Greenbush, N. Y., 39, 71-73,
129.
Greene, Dr. Joseph C., 388, 391.
Greenville, Treaty of, 176 and
note.
Greeve, Lieut. Col. Walter, 38.
Greiner, Fred, 395, 400.
Griffin, Horace, part owner of
the schooner William, 301;
mentioned, 306.
Griffin, Zachariah. 211.
Griffon, marking of site of ship-
yard, 418, 423-425.
Grosvenor, Seth, 229.
Grosvenor & Heacock, 229, 306.
Grosvenor Library, Buffalo,INDEX.
515
founding of, 366; Union
building planned, 367 ; rents
rooms in Young Men’s Asso-
ciation building, 368; plan to
cooperate in new library
building, 371; plan aban-
doned, 373; petitions the
Common Council to secure
maintenance, 379; appropria-
tions by the city authorized
by Legislature, 381.
'“Growler,” vessel, 87.
Guilford, Conn:, 27.
Guiteau, J., 211.
Gustin, E. L., of East Worces-
ter, 337.
“H. S. Holden,” steamer, 137,
note.
Haggerty, Hon. James, 349;
urges Gov. Hill to sign Ni-
agara Reservation bill, 352.
Haines, Emmor, .359, note, 388.
Hale, Jno., of Canandaigua, 322.
Hale, Hon. Mathew, appraiser
of lands of Niagara Reserva-
tion, 327, 353-
Hall, Maj. Gen. Amos, “Militia
service of 1813-1814,” 27-59;
biographical sketch, 27-28;
journals, letters and orders,
29-59-
Hall, Mrs. Amos, see Coe,
Phebe, 27.
Hall, Capt. Elias, 22.
Hall, Hyde, 337.
Hall, Maj. James, 68.
Hall, Capt. Stephen, 27.
Hamilton, Col., 49.
Hamilton, Gen. Alexander, 170.
Hamlin, Capt., N. Y: militia,
29, 31.	.
Hand, Judge Samuel, 354.
“Hannah” (“Hanna”), sloop,
231, 292-293, 302.
Harbor Association, Buffalo,
' Hi-
■“Harbor-maker of Buffalo,”
Judge Samuel Wilkeson, 135,
note.
Hardson’s Iim, near Fort Erie,
122.
Hardscrabble, N. Y., 46-47, 107.
Harmar, Gen. Josiah, command
of western posts, 162.
Harper's Weekly, 406.
Harries, Mrs. Oscar L. (Jeanie
L. Harries), Niagara Fron-
tier Landmarks Assoc., 409,
410, 423, 425.
Harrington, M., 330, note.
Harris, Lt. Col. John, 37, 46,
47, 48, 57-
Harrison, Rev. J. B., cor. sec.
of the Niagara Falls Associa-
tion, 326, 330, 348.
Harrison, James C., 100.
Harrison, Jonas, “A war-time
letter-book”:	extracts from
correspondence, 99-109; on
citizens’ committee to borrow
m©ney for building Buffalo
harbor, 186.
Harrison, Gen. William Henry,
82, 92, 139.
Harrisons, The, in border war-
fare, 151.
Hart, Rev. Mr., missionary to
the west, 1821, 322.
Hart & Cunningham, 210.
Hart & Lay, 306.
Hartford, in 1817, 130-131.
Harty, John D.,' removes to
Buffalo, 305.
Harvey, Lieut. Col. J., letter to
Gen. McClure, 31-32.
Harvey, Dr. Leon F., 359, note.
Harwood, Maj. Franklin, 259.
Haskins, Roswell W., 362.
!	Hastings, Hugh, ed. “Public
Papers of Daniel D. Tomp-
kins,” cited.
j	Hawley, Hon. Elias S., 359,
|	note,	388.
Hawley, Seth C., 362.
| Hayes (Indian), 226.
I	Hayes,	Burt C, 409, 410.
j	Hayes,	George B., member of
library building committee,
!	373;	term expires, 375.
j	Hayes,	George E., 362.
j Hazard, George S., 388.
| Heacock, R. B. & Co,, 210.
1 Heacock, Reuben B., 229; part
owner of the schooner Wil-
liam, 301; mentioned, 306.516
INDEX.
Heacock & Griffin, 305.
Hefford, Robert R., 375.
Heins, George L., N. Y. state
architect, 397.
Heixley, Capt., 120.
Henderson,*Rev. Mr., 153.
Hendricks, Hon. Francis, 332,
34Q.
Henion, D., 211.
Hennepin, Father Louis, places
on Niagara River connected
with, 420.
Hennepin’s Landing, near Lew-
iston, 420.
Hennepin’s Point, 420.
Henning, A. W. R., 330, note.
“Henry Clay,” steamer, 310.
“Hercules,” propeller, 309.
Herkimer, N. Y., in 1817, 113,
129.
“Hero of Fort Erie,” 63-93.
Hervey’s “Meditations,” 161.
Hibbard, Ensign Harris, 51.
Hill, Gov. David B., 342, 343;
visits Niagara Falls, 350-351;
delays signing Niagara Res-
ervation Bill, 352-356; signs
the bill, 357; veto message
prepared, 358; receives Niag-
ara Reservation for people of
New York State, 359, note.
Hill, Hon. Henry W., intro-
duces bills in the Assembly
providing for Buffalo Histor-
ical Society building, 390; in-
troduces resolutions concern-
ing the Pan-American Expo-
sition, 392-394; presents plan
for making the New York
State building at the Pan-
American Exposition the
home of the Historical So-
ciety, 394; introduces in the
. Assembly bill providing for
New York State building,
395“396; mentioned, 397 ;
committee on Lincoln statue,
408.
Hill, Rowland F., 341, 342, 346.
Hinchman, Mrs. Catharine, 320,
322.
Hindman, Maj., 67-68, 90-92.
Historic sites of Niagara Fron-
tier, report on, 410-423.
Hitchcock, C., of Homer, 336.
Hobbie. Dr. George S., 409, 410.
Hodge, Benjamin, 211.
Hodge, Velorus, 211.
Hodge, Wm., Sr., 211.
Hodge, William, “Buffalo Cem-
eteries,” mentioned, 294,
note; member of Buffalo
Historical Society, 388; ad-
dress before the Historical
Society, cited, 389.
Hoffman, Alexander W., Niag-
ara Frontier Landmarks As-
soc., 409, 410, 423, 425.
Holland Land Company, atti-
tude toward building of Buf-
falo harbor, 136; mentioned,
412.
Holland Purchase, home of
first settlers, 420.
Holley, Myron, Canal Commis-
sioner, 142.
Hollister, Frank, 308.
Hollister, Frank M., 379.
Hollister, George, 308.
Hollister, James, 308.
Hollister, John, -308.'
Hollister, Joseph, 308.
Hollister, Robert, 308.
Hollister, William, 308.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 406.
Holt & Ensign, 291.
Holyhead, breakwater, 262.
Hooker, J. C., Niagara Fron-
tier Landmarks Assoc., 409,
410,425.
Hopkins, Brig. Gen., 29, 31,-41.
Hopkins, Lieut. Col. Caleb, 38-
40.
Hopkins, Willard, 409.
Horne, Hon. W. P., 328, 330,
note, 342, 349.
Horses in early days on Niag-
ara frontier, 13; in early
Pennsylvania, 148-149,	152^
156-157.
Horseshoe reef, head of Niag-
ara River, 284.
Horton, Mrs. John Miller
(Katharine Pratt Horton),
Niagara Frontier Landmarks
Assoc., 409, 410, 424, 425.INDEX.
517
Hosmer, George, letters when
aid-de-camp to Maj. Gen.
Hall, 34-55-
Howard, George, 370.
Howard, Gen. R. L., 366.
Howe, Hon. Henry C., 336, 349.
Howe, Hon. Walter, 341.
Howland, Henry R., 379; Ni-
agara Frontier Landmarks
Assoc., 409, 410, 425; com-
mittee report, 423.
Howland, John, descendants of,
398, note. >
Hoyt, J. D., 210.
Hubbell Hon. Walter S., in-
troduces N iagara Reservation
Bill, 330, 341; mentioned,
349-
Hudson, John S., 322.
Hudson River, steamship ride
by Capt. Langslow, 1817, 112.
Hughes Bros. & Bangs, Syra-
cuse, 271.
Hull, Capt. William, defense of
Sodus, 1813, 25; sent to Buf-
falo, Feb., i8i4, 51; men-
tioned, 416.
Hunsicker, Joseph N., 379.
Hunt, Major Jed., 322.
Hunter, Palmer & Co., 291.
“Hunter,”' brig, 61, 231.
Huntington, Daniel, 326.
Huron, Ohio, rivalry with San-
dusky, 288; ship-building,
289; harbor, 289; shipyard
established, 302.
Huron, Lake, 221; boundary
survey, 301.
“Huron Mechanics’ Associa-
tion,” 289.
Huron River (Wolf River),
223 and note.
Husted, Gen. James W., favors
the Niagara Reservation Bill,
333; chairman of Ways and
Means committee, 343, 345;
mentioned, 349, 350.
“Illinois,” steamer,: 307.
“Independence,” boat, carried
over the Niagara falls 111
1810, 202.
Independence Hall, wood from,
406.
Indian Church Road, Buffalo,
411.
Indian Ladder, Niagara River,
41?.
“Indian Show of Storrs & Co.,”
mentioned, 291, note.
Indians, excesses committed at
Lewiston, 1813, 31-33, 101-
104; warfare on the frontier,
14-iq, 112, 150-151, 138, 160-
163, 169; Treaty of Green-
ville, 176 and note; driven
from Ohio valley by emi-
grants, 183-185.
Ingalls, S. -M., 337.
International Association of
Milliners, 397, note.
International Sunshine Society,
397, note.
Irish in western Pennsylvania,
160-161, 165.
!	Iroquois Hotel, 376, note;	tax-
j	ation of, *378.
I sham, George, 336.
Ives, William,	librarian of
Young Men’s Association, af-'
terward Buffalo Library, 365;
|	50th anniversary of his con-
j	nection with the library, 365,
note.
j “J. J. Hill,”'steamer, 137, note.
“J. W. Gates,”	steamer,	137,
note.
Jack, Patrick, 220.
Janies, A., 210.
James, J. Willis, 326.
James, Thomas L., 338.
“James Madison,” steamer, 308.
Jamestown, N. Y., 219.
Jamesville, N. Y., 113.
Jamison, innkeeper at Chippe-
wa, 1810, 220.
Jamison. Mary, see Mary Jemi-
son.
Jemison, Mary, 411.
Jenkins, Lewis, 365.
Jenks, B. W., 363.
Jenks, P. G., 210.
i Jennings, Capt. Samuel, 22.
| Jewett, Edgar B., 383.
| Jewett, Josiah, 379.
i Jewett, Sherman S., 359, note;518
INDEX.
active in the purchase of site
for Buffalo Library building,
370-372.
Johnson, Capt., U. S. A., at
Chicago, 1832, 313.
Johnson, Dr. Ebenezer, 186,
210.
Johnson, Maj., 92.
Johnson, Sir John, 112.
Johnson, Capt. Levi, 231, 301.
Johnson, Mrs.-Samuel* 27.
Johnson, Sir William, 1, 16;
built church at Johnstown or
Canawaugh, 112: site of vic-
tory over the French, at La
Belle Famille, 1759, 421.
Johnson’s “Centennial History
of Erie County,” cited, 243.
Johnson’s Landing, 10, 11.
Johnstown or Canawauga, N.
Y., 112, 129.
Joncaire, Chabert de, site of
cabin at Lewiston* 420.
Jones, Capt. Augustus, 302.
Jones, Degarma, 313.
Jones, Horatio, interpreter, 227.
Jones, Robert, of Syracuse, 336.
Kavanagh, Rev. P. V., 337.
Keel-boats, 178-181.
Keese, G. Pomeroy, 33*7.
Kellicott, D. S., 376.
Kellogg, Lieut., 29, 31, 33.
Kelsey, Capt., 57.	v
Kent, Lewis, 21, 23.
Kentucky, early caravan trade
with the seaboard. 157; mi-
litia, 1791, ^62; disaffection
during Whiskey Insurrection,
169.
Kentucky River, 180.
Kenyon, Ada M., 409, 410.
Kernan, Francis, 338.
Kerr, Dr. T. A., 409.
Ketchum, William, “History of
Buffalo” cited, 59, note; 62,
note; 106, note; subscriber
to Buffalo harbor fund* 241.
Keyes, W., innkeeper at Bata-
via, 117, 129.
“Keystone State,” steamer, 308.
Kimberly, John L., 305.
Kimberly, Pease & Co., 290.
“Kingbird,” schooner, wrecked,
321, note.
King’s Regiment [the 8thl, 49.
King’s Settlement, 217 and
note.
Kinsrsford, Thompson, 336, 338.
Kingston, 84, 86; British troops
sent to, Oct., 1813, 90.
Kinsley, Myron H., 330.
Kirkpatrick, Maj. Abram, 164,
166, 168.
Knox, “History of the Church
of Scotland,” 161.
Kossuth, Louis, in Buffalo, 413.
Kruse, Hon. F. K., 349.
La Belle Famille, on Niagara
River, 421.
Lackawanna Steel Company,
272.
Lacy, William H.. 362.
“Lady of the Lake,” schooner,
288.
Lafayette, Gen., in Buffalo, 413,
416.
Lafayette Square, Buffalo: old
mortar used in building Buf-
falo harbor, placed in sauare,
194, note; events in its his-
tory, 413.
Lake Erie Steamboat Company,
316.
Lakes, The Great, see Great
Lakes.
Lambe, Col., 42.
Land speculations in western
Pennsylvania, 182-185.	'
Landon, Joseph, innkeeper, 124,
306.
Landon’s Inn, Buffalo, 117, 118,
127.
Lang, Gerhard, 359, note.
Langdon, Andrew, 379; presi-
dent of Buffalo Historical
Society, 389; member of
committee on legislation, 391;
mentioned, 395, 398: gives
bronze entrance doors, to
Historical Society building,
400, 401 , note; committee on
Lincoln statue, 408; member
of Niagara Frontier Land-
marks Assoc., 409.INDEX. .	•	519
Langslow, Henry A., hi.
Langslow, Capt. Richard, “A
Niagara Falls tourist of the
year 1817: journal,” 111-133.
Lanier, Charles, treasurer Ni-
agara Falls Association, 326.
Lanigan, David L., 331.
Lanigan, Janies A., 344.
Lansing, Hon. Frederick, 343,
349.
Larned, J. N., “Historical
Sketch of the Buffalo Library
prior to the free Library
Movement,” 361-376'; super-
intendent of Young Men’s
Association Library, 369;
member of building commit-
tee, 373; mentioned, 379; re-'
signs superintendency of Buf-
falo Library, 383.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier de,
building of the Griffon, 418,
425; presumptive site of his
house at Fort Niagara, 421.
La Salle, N. Y., site of the
building of the Griffon, 424.
“Last of the boatmen,” men-
tioned, 181.
Latimer, Mr. and Mrs., passen-
gers op the Walk-in-the-
Water, 322.
Latimer, William, 287.
Lautz, F. C. M., 37Q.
Lautz Co., 408.
Lawrence, Lieut. Col. N. Y.
militia, 1813, 29, 36.
Lay, John, 306.
Lazalere, Mr., jeweler of Buf-
falo, 306.
Lazelle, John A., 211.
Leaning, J. K., M. D., 337.
Leavenworth, Col. Henry, 319.
Le Boeuf, Fort, see Waterford.
Lee, John R., treasurer of the
Young Men’s Association,
362. 376.
Lee, Robert, 106 and note.
Leicester, N. Y., 117.
Lenox, N. Y., in 1817, 115.
Leonard, Capt. Lusher, 102, 105.
“Leopard,” vessel, 220.
Lerches [?] Ferry, Buffalo
Creek, 51.
Le Roy, N. Y., 128.
Lesnets. The, in border war-
fare, 151.
Letchworth, O. P., owner of
site of La Belle Famille, 421.
Letchworth, Hon. W. P., 388.
Lewis, Hon. George A., 424.
Lewis, Maj. Gen., 82.
Lewis, George H., 391.
Lewiston, opening of War of
1812,	22, 2A.\ Col. Lawrence,
in command, 29; excesses
committed by Indians, 1813,
31-33 ; American camp near,
Jan., 1814, 46; destroyed by
British and Indians Dec.,
1813,	100-105; American
troops encamped on site,
July, 1814, 107; rebuilding
begun, 109; mentioned, 219,
220,	304; historic sites
around, 420-421.
Lewiston Heights, 2, 11, 15.
Lexington, battle of, 6.
Liberia, Africa, Colony of, gov-
erned by Judge Wilkeson,
J43.
Lighthouse depot, Buffalo, built,
249.
Light House Reef, 236.
Lighthouses, Buffalo main light,
283-	284; Breakwater light,
284; Horseshoe Reef light,
284-	285; Niagara River range
light, 285....
Ligonier valley, Penn., 150.
Lima, N. Y:, removal of the
collector of the customs, dis-
trict of Niasrara, to, 108;
mentioned, 117.
Lincoln, Abraham, statue in
Buffalo Historical Society
building, 405, 408.
Lincoln Birthday Association,
405-408.
Lincoln Memorial Collection,
405-406.
Little Falls, N. Y., in 1817. 113.
Little Niagara, 2, 12-13, 15-16;
site of the building of the
Griffon, 418, 424.
Little Niagara, Fort, see Fort
Little Niagara.520
INDEX.
Little York, see Toronto.
Littlejohn, DeWitt C., 342.
Livingston, Mr. and Mrs., 112.
“Livonia,” sloop, 300.
Lockwood, Hon. Daniel N.,
chairman of New York State
Board of Managers of the
Pan-American Exposition,
395, 398, note, 400.
Lockwood, John, 5.5; -
“Lodi,” schooner, 307.
Long, Wm., 211.
Longfellow, Henry W., 406.
Lord, Rev. Dr. John C., his
sketch of Judge Wilkeson
cited, 135, note; 140, note.
Lossing, B. J., “Field book of*
the American Revolution,”
cited, 61; “Field Book of the
War of 1812,” cited, 69; fa-
vors' Niagara Reservation
bill, 333, 338.
Love, Thomas C., 211.
Lovell, Prof. T. B., member of
Niagara Frontier Landmarks j
Assoc., 410; at unveiling of
Griffon memorial, 424.
Low, Hon. Henry R., 3^0.
Low, Hon. James, 326, 330.
Low, Hon. Seth, 333, 336.
Lundv’s Lane, battle of, men-
tioned, 64; site, 422.
McCarthy, John, of Middle-
field, 337.
McClure, Brig. Gen. George,
29, 30-33.	.
McComb, Maj. Gen. Alexander,
416.
McCook, John, 343.
McCrea, Col., 96-98.
McCurdy, Richard, 343.
Macdiarmid, H., 374.
McDonald, aid to Gen. Brock.
76.
McDonogh, Anne, see O'Brien,
Mrs. Anne McDonogh.
McDonogh, Lieut. Patrick, “A
hero of Fort Erie,” 63-93.
McFadden, vessel captain, 308.
McFarland (Macfarlane), Maj.
Abram, 166.
McGlynn, Rev. Edward, 343;
letter relative to the Niagara
Reservation bill, 344.
McIntosh, Capt., in command
of brig Wellington, 309.
McKenzie, Lieut. Samuel, 322.
Mackenzie’s camp, Navy Island,
419.
Mackinaw, surrendered by the
British, 177; mentioned, 311,
3I5> 317.
McKinley, William, assassina-
tion of, 398, note; 414, note.
McKnight, James, 305.
McLaughlin, Hugh, 343: favors
the Niagara Reservation bill,
344.
McMahon, Col. James P., Da-
vid Gray’s poem mentioned,
368.
McMillan, Daniel H., 379.
McMullen, Rev. Mr., 161.
McNabb, Rev. W. J., 338.
McPherson, Judge, 305.
McSliane, Rev. E. F., 338.
“Mad Anthony, steamer, see
Anthony Wayne.
Magazin Royal, at Lewiston, 420.
Mahan, Capt. F. A., 267.
Mahoney, Father, 300.
Mahoning County, Ohio, Judge
Samuel Wilkeson’s furnace,
143.
Maischoss, Frank, 379.
Maitland, Maj. John, 73. and
• note.
Malcomb, Maj., 46.
Mallory. Col., 31, 36, 42. 54.
Malone, Rev. Sylvester, 338.
Malov, Rev. P. A., 338.
Manchester, Niagara Co., N.
Y., see Niagara Falls.
Manchester, Oneida Co. N. Y.,
115.
“Manhattan,” brig, 307.
Manlius (formerly Sinai), N.
Y., 115.
Manning, Daniel, mo.
Mansion House, Buffalo, 204-
205.
Marcellus, N. Y., 115.
“Marengo,” schooner, 307.
Marseilles, France, breakwater,
262.	|INDEX.
521
Marsh, Luther R., 327.
■“Marshal Ney,” schooner, 307.
Marshall, John E., 211.
Marshall, Orasmus H., trustee
of the Grosvenor Library,
366; aids in organizing the
Buffalo Historical Society,
385-387-
Martine, Randolph B., 338.
Marvin, Maj. Mathew, 29.
Marvin, Capt. Nathan, 29, 35,
43, 45-
Maryland, militia from,- 1794,
170.
Mason, Wm., 210.
Mason Street, Buffalo, 417.
Massasauga, see Fort Massa-
sauga.
Masten, Hon. J. G., 36^; trus-
tee of Grosvenor Library,
366.
Mathews, Sylvester, 210.
Mathies, J. D., 322.
Matteson, Capt., N. Y. militia,
57'.
Maumee, Fort, see Fort Mau-
mee.
■‘‘Maumee Packet/5 301.
Maumee River, 218, 232.
Maurice, Capt. Theodore W.,
253-
Maxwell, Mrs., of Fort Erie,
124, 125, 127.
Mayflower descendants, 398,
note.
Maynard, Judge Isaac H., 329.
Mayville, N. Y., 217, 219.
Meacham, George, 407, 408.
Mead, Maj. Gen. David, letters
to, 43-46; situation at Erie, 50.
Meadows, boatman at Buffalo,
1820,233.
Meadville, Pa., 220.
Meldrum, H. A. Co. 412.
Men’s Club of Lewiston, 409,
410.	•
Mental Elevator, 412.
Merrill, F. B., 211.
Merritt, George, M. D., 337.
Merwin & Giddinsrs, 313.
Mexican .National Band, 359,
note.
Meyer, Col. Albert J., 409.
Michigan, fisheries and fur
trade, 221-222.
Michigan, Lake, harbors, 289.
“Michigan,” man-of-war, 359,
note.
“Michigan,” schooner, 231, 292-
293; sent over the falls, 293;
mentioned, 302.
“Michigan,” steamer, 307.
Mier, Wyandot Chief, see Walk-
in-the-Water.
“Mike Fink, the last of the
boatmen,” mentioned, 181.
Milburn, John G., member of
Buffalo Library building
committee, 373; member of
committee on free library,
379; residence, 414, note.
Militia of western Pennsylvania
and Kentucky, 1791,	162;
| from Virginia, Maryland,
New Jersey and Pennsylva-
nia, 170.
“Militia service of 1813-1814,”
27-59..
Millars (Miller). Maj. Fred-
erick, 41.
Miller, Capt. William T., 211,
213; captain of the Erie, 294;
pilot on the Walk-in-the-
Water, 317, 320.
Milwaukee, harbor, 289.
“Milwaukee,” steamboat, 290.
Miner, Worthington C., 379.
Missassagues, Indians, 9, note.
“Missassagues,” sloop, 9, 13.
Mississaga, Fort, see Fort Mis-
I	sissaga.	*
“Mississauga,” vessel, 9, note.
Mississippi River, early flat-
boating, 158-159, 229.
“Missouri,” steamer, 308.
Mitchell, Col., 92.
Mohawk Indians, village near
;	Lewiston, 421.
Mohawk River, 74, 112-114, 304.
Mohawk Valley, 397, note.
•. “Mohawk,” vessel, 16.
Monongahela River, 149, 152,
217,218.
Monroe, James Waldo’s ?‘Tour
of Monroe,” mentioned, 114,
note.522	INDEX.
Montgomery, Capt. Richard, 9,
11-12, 14.
Montreal Point, near Niagara,
Ont., 423.
Montresor, Col. Henry Ed-
ward, 5, note.	>
Montresor, Col. James, 5,. 8.
Montresor, Capt. John, 1;
achievements on the Niagara, j
1-19; arrival at Fort Niag- \
ara, 1764, 5, 8-9; engineering j
career, 5; garrison of De- j
troit relieved in 1763, 5-6; at
Niagara and New York, 1763,
6; in the Revolution, 6-8; re-
turn to England, 1778, 8; re-
lations with Charlotte Stan-
ley (“Charlotte Temple,,), 8,
note; ordered to Niagara, 9-
10; fortifying of the carry-
ing-place, 10-16; return to j
Fort Niagara, 16; sent to se-
lect site for fortification at
outlet of Lake Erie, 16; ex-
plores Buffalo Creek, 17;
crosses river and selects site
of Fort Erie, 17; choice ap- .
proved and fort built. 18-19;
blockhouses built by, 419, 420.
Montresor journals, 5, note.
Montule, E., “Voyage to North
America,” mentioned, 114,
note.
Mooney, James, 379.	■
Morehouse, Capt., N. Y. Mil-
itia, 29, 31.
More, Thomas, 210.
Morgan, Gen. Daniel, 164.
Morgan, Maj. Lodowick, 415.
Morgan, William, imprison-	]
ment at Fort Niagara, 421.	j
Morris, Gouverneur, 338.
Mortar used for hammer, in	j
building Buffalo narbor, 193-
194, and note.
Mott, John T., 395.
Moulton. Joseph W., 206, 214,
note.
Mowat, Hon. Oliver, 359, note.	j
Mullany, Maj., 76, 78.	i
Murphy. Hon. Michael C., 344-
Muskegon, Mich., 405.	j
Myer’s Inn, Batavia, 128.	\
Napier, Capt. John, 301.
Napier, Capt. Joseph, 301.
“Napoleon,” schooner, 307.
Nash, E. A., 332.
National Ass’n of Builders,.
398, note.
National Consumers’ League,
397, note.
National Free Soil Party, 413.
National Shorthand Reporters'
Ass’n, 397, note.
National Wholesale Lumber-
men’s Ass’n, 398, note.
Navy Hall, Niagara, Ont., 422.
Navy Island, in 1764,-11, 12, 14,
18; Mackenzie’s camp, 419.
Negro emancipation, Judge
Wilkeson and the American
Colonization Society, 143.
Nehemiah, mentioned, 175.
“Neptune,” schooner, 231, 300.
Neversink, 112.
Neville, Gen. John, 164-167.
Neville, Morgan, “Mike Fink,
the last of the boatmen,”
mentioned, 181.
Neville, Col. Presley, son of
Gen. John Neville, 164, 166.
New Connecticut, see Western
Reserve. '
New Hartford, N. Y., in 1817,
114.
New Haven, Conn., in.
New Jersey, militia from, 1794,
170.
New London, Conn., in, 131.
New Orleans, trade with West-
ern Penn’a,-157-160, 174.
New York City, . statue of
George III. disfigured, 7; in
1817, 111-112.
New York harbor, waters min-
gled with Lake Erie’s, 1825,
142.	'
New York Heavy Artillery
• Veterans’ Assn., 398, note.
New York State, militia ser-
vice of 1813-1814, 27-59; bre-
vet commissions, 40-41, 54;
condition of trooos on the
frontier, Feb., 1814, 52-54;
journey of Capt. Langslow
across, in 1817, 111-133.INDEX.
523
New York State, western, first
census, 1790, 27-28.
New York State Stenographers’
Assn., 397, note.
New York State Teachers’
Assn., 397, note.
New York Times, 406. .
Newark, Ont., see Niagara,
Ont.
Newberry, Oliver, 210, 307, 313.
Newman, Wm. H. H.. 359, note,
388.
Newton, B. R., 399.
Newtown, N. Y., see Elmira,
N. Y.
Niagara. Ont., 84; visit of
Capt. Langslow, 1817, 118-
120, 126; historic sites, 422.
Niagara, battle of, see Lundy’s
Lane, battle of.
Niagara Co., N. Y., included
Erie Co., 100; first court-
house, 413.
N iagara, district of, Jonas Har-
rison, Collector of Customs
for 1813-1819, 99-109.
Niagara Falls, formerly Man-
chester, 29; patrol to, from
Hardscrabble, 1814, 47; mili-
tary force gathered at, 1812,
74; post-office destroyed,
1813, 105; visited in 1817 by
Capt. Langslow, 121,	127,
128; visited by Cant. Sloan,
220 ; schooner Michigan sent
over the falls, 293; meeting
of citizens on behalf of Niag-
ara Reservation bill, 330; his-
toric sites, 418-419; tunnel or
New Factory district, 418.
Niagara Falls Association, or-
ganized, 326; work in behalf
of Niagara Reservation bill,
327-359; circular letters from,
334, 347.
Niagara Falls, carrying place,
see Niagara portage.
Niagara Falls Orpheus Society,
359, note.
Niagara Falls Power Company,
327.
Niagara Falls Schubert Society,
3*59» note..
“Niagara Falls tourist, A, of
the year 1817,” 111-133.
Niagara Fort, see Foft Niagara.
Niagara frontier, achievements
of Capt. John Montresor on,
1-19; Lieut. McDonogh’s let-
ters relating to the military
service; 1812-1814, 63-93; pa-
pers relating to the war of
1812: for contents see War
of 1812 on the Niagara fron-
tier.
Niagara Frontier Historical So-
ciety, 410; erects boulder
monument on Griffon site,
424.
Niagara Frontier Landmarks
Assn., 409-425..
Niagara Park Commission for
Ontario, 359, note.
Niagara Patriot, cited, 186,
ndte, 243, note, 320, note.
Niagara portage, 1-2, 4, 9; for-
tification of, 11-16.
Niagara Reservation, “How Ni-
agara was made Free,” 325-
3591 state survey made, 327;
bill passes the Assembly, 349 *
b(ill passes the Senate, 350;
signed by Gov. Hill, 357; res-
ervation formally opened,
359, note; no historic sites
on, 419.
Niagara River, travelers and
published accounts of visits
to, 114, note; early trade
route, 138-139; mentioned,
215-216, note, 235, 240, 274 ;
lignthouses, 285; harbor in
1817, 290; historic sites on,
413-423.
“Niagara,” steamer, 308.
Niagara street bridge, Buffalo,
tablet on, 425, note.
Niagara University alumni, 348.
Niehaus, Charles H-, 405, 408.
Nielson, H., 330, note.
“Nile,” steamer, 307.
Noah, Maj. Mordecai Manuel,
418.
North, Gen., 310.
Northwest Company, 220.
Norton, Charles D., letter to,524
INDEX.
from Wm. A. Bird, 05-98;
mentioned, 215, note; histori-
cal address cited, 361-362,
363; mentioned, 365.
Norton, E, F., 186, 210.
Norton, Heman, 33-35.
Norton, Hon. Nathaniel W.,
member of law committee of
Buffalo Library, 379; sub-
mits draft of free library act,
380; president of Buffalo Li-
brary, 382, 383,
Norton, Capt. Walter, 293, 310.
Nuno, Christina M., 409.
O’Brien, Mrs. Anne McDon-
ogh, 64, 81, note; 87 ; letters
to, 75-77, 86-90.
Odell, Benjamin B., Governor
of New York, 397, note, 398,
note.
O’Connor, Rev. James, 338.
Ogden, D. A., 128.
O’Hara, Gen. James, 177-178.
Ohio, Judge Wilkeson in, 138,
143; part ceded to the U. S.
by Treaty of Greenville, 176,
note; settlement of the West-
ern Reserve, 184; harbor im-
provement, 287-289.
Ohio River, Indian raids from
beyond, 150-151; emigrant
route, 158, 162; commerce af-
ter the Revolution, 158-159;
178-181; mentioned, 229.
O’Keefe, Charles F., work for
Niagara Reservation bill, 340,
343-
“Old Ironsides,” wood from,
406.
Old South Church, Boston,
wood from, 406.
“Old Tauwah,” see Pomeroy,
Oliver.
Olean, 217, note.
Olean Point, 217 and note.
Olin, Rev. W. H., 349.
“Oliver Newberry,” steamer,
307. .
Olmstead, Jonathan, 233, 236.
Olmstead, N. K.. stone con-
tractor, Buffalo Harbor, 201-
203.,.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 325,
326.
O’Loughlin, C., 330, note.
Oneida Castle, Indian village
in 1817, 115.
Oneida Indians, 74.
Oneida Lake, 115, 304.
Oneida River, 304.
Onondaga Hollow, 115.
Onondaga salt, 139, 177-178.
Ontario County, N. Y., 22, 28.
Ontario, Fort, see Fort On-
tario.
Ontario Historical Society, 410.
Ontario, Lake, coasted by Capt.
v Montresor and party, 9-10;
: mentioned, 304.
Oram, James, 144.
Oram, Jane (Mrs. Samuel
Wilkeson), 144.
O’Reilly, Isabel M:, “One of
Philadelphia’s soldiers in the
War of 1812,” cited, 63 and
note; quoted, 68-69.
Osborn, Miss, passenger on
the steamboat Walk-in-the-
Water, 322.
Osborne, Hon. Edward B., 332.
Osgood, Lieut., in command of
schooner Scourge, 86.
Oswego, 177, 217, 219, 235.
Oswego River, 9, 304.
Otis, Hon. N. P., 353, 356, 358.
Owen, Capt. Royal Navy; plan
of Fort Erie, 1817, 123.
Pack-horses, the packer’s
trade, 157.
Page, Timothy, 210.
Painesville, O., harbor, 287-288.
Palatine, N. Y., in 1817, 113.
Palmer, George, offers land to
the Young Men’s Ass’n, 365.'
Palmer, Mary A. Withered,
“The Wreck, of the Walk-in-
the-Water,” 319-323.
Palmer, Thomas, passenger on
the Walk-in-the-Water, 320,
322.
Palmer’s Inn, Ont., on Niagara
River, 122.
Palmyra, N. Y., youth of Ar-
thur Galloway, 21.INDEX.
525
Pan-American Exposition, state
legislation concerning, 392-
396.
Pan-American Press Club, 397,
note.
Paris, N. Y., 115.
Parker, Samuel, 220.
Parkinson’s ferry, 168.
Parrish, Jasper, interpreter,
227.
Parsons, Dr. Usher, 80, note.
Patriot War of 1837, 418.
Patterson,, Charles E., .342.
Patterson, Capt. Levi, 300.
“Paul Hamilton,” vessel, 86.
Pauls, The, in border warfare,
151.
Peabody, C. A., Jr., 343, 345-
Peacock, Hon. William, 186
and note.} 197; Report to the
Legislature, 1819, cited, 243,
note.
Pease, John, 290; removes to
Buffalo, 305.
Pease, Sheldon, 303-304.
Pease, Capt. William T., re-
moves to Buffalo, 305; com-
mands the Niagara, 308;
commands the Superior, 310.
Pease & Trobridge, 290.
Peck, Jesse, “Lake Travel and
Building in Buffalo,” men-	j
tioned, 323, note.
Peckham, Hon. Rufus W., 338;
anecdote of, 355.
Pembroke, N. Y., 117.
Pennsylvania, “Recollections of	j
the west,” i784~i8io[ ?|, 147-	j
185; Whiskey Insurrection,	!
163-176 ; settlement of north-	j
western part, 182-184.
Pennsylvania, Western, militia, j
1791, 162.	/
“Pennsylvania,” steamer, 308.
“Pennsylvania teams,” 305.
Percival, C. R., 374.
Perkins, Capt., early lake cap-
tain, 301.
Perkins, Stephen D., 336.
Perry, Commodore Oliver H.,
victory mentioned, 89. 223,
415.
Perry, R. Hinton, 401 and note.
Perry treaty, 413.
Peru, Pan-American commis-
sioners from, 397, note.
Peters, Mary (Mrs. Samuel
Wilkeson") 144.
Peters, William, 83, 88.
Phelps and Gorham Purchase
27.
Philadelphia, home of Lieut.
McDonogh, 63-64; early
western trade, 157-160; pris-
oners of Whiskey Insurrec-
tion, 171; District Court of
United States decides “Popu-
lation Company’s” suits, 184.
Philharmonic Orchestra, 376.
Phillips, George, “Travels in
North America,” mentioned,
114, note.
Phillips, Wendell, 406.
Philpott, William A., Jr., 410.
Pike, Brig.-Gen. Zebulon M.,
69.
“Pilot,” brig, 307.
“Pilot,” schooner, 231.
Pinckney, Col., in command,
Ft. Niagara, 1817, 120.
“Pioneer Trader, Adventures
and Recollections of a,” 215-
237.
Pithole Creek, 219.
Pitt, Fort, see Fort Pitt.
Pitts, E. L„ 333«f
Pittsburgh, early settlement
near 149-150; early trade,
160, 177, 216, 219, 220, 226;
lack of schools, 161; Whis-
key insurrection, . 165-168,
170-172; neighboring tracts
settled, 183-184; ship-build-
ing, 229; see also Fort Pitt.
Platt, John L, 335-
Platt, Z., 211. ,
Plattsburgh, 74.
Plumb, Ralph, 379.
Plymouth, Eng., breakwater,
262.
Poes, The, in border warfare,
151.
Poinsett Barracks, 414, note.
Point Abino 231, 232.
“Pollard,” Seneca chief, 62.
Pomeroy, Oliver (“Old Tau-526
INDEX.
wall”), inn-keeper, 306.
Pomeroy’s tavern, Buffalo, 117,
189, note, 227.	,
Pomroy, Hon. S. S., 330, note.
Pontiac, 2, 3.
Pool, Hon. William, 330, note.
Poole, Rushmore, 362,
“Population Company” for set-
tlement of northwestern
Pennsylvania, 182-184.
Port Clinton harbor, 289.
Port Said, breakwater, 262.
Portage. N. Y., Mary Jemison,
buried at, 411.
Portage Road, 419.
Porter, A. Augustus, 345.
Porter, C. K., 374.
Porter, John, gift of Jonas
Harrison’s letter-book to
Buffalo Hist. Soc., 99; note
in same quoted, 99-100, 104-
105.
Porter, Hon. Peter A., 330,
note; member Niagara Fron-
tier Landmarks Ass’n, 410;
committee report, 423; makes
address on anniversary of
building of the Griffon, 424;
director of Landmarks Ass’n,
425; makes address at un-
veiling of tablet on Niagara
street bridge, 425, note.
Porter, Gen. ©Peter B., duel
with Gen. Smyth, 80 and
note: sortie from Fort Erie,
95-98; advocates terminating
Erie Canal at Black Rock,
141; passenger on the Walk-
in-the-Water, 320, note; pre-
sents Gen. Lafayette to the
public, 413; residence, 416.
Porter, Barton & Co., 304, 418;
Porter, Fort, see Fort Porter.
Porter residence, Buffalo, 416;
marking with tablet sug-
gested, 417, 423.
Portland, Chautauqua Co., N.
Y., Wilkeson family at, 139;
commerce, 217, 219; schooner
Ranger wrecked at, 300.
Portland, Eng., breakwater,
261-262.
Potter, George R., 194, note.
Potter, H. B., 186, 210.
Potter, Howard, 326; circular
letter on oehan of the Niag-
ara Reservation bill, 334.
Poucher, William, of Oswego,
342.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. in 1817,
112.
Poughkeepsie Eagle, 335.
Powers, D. W*> 333-
Pratt, Capt. Amos, 308.
Pratt, Hon. Hiram, 211, 362. ,
Pratt,. Pascal P., appraiser of
Niagara Reservation Lands,
327; mentioned, 333; offers
services to the Niagara Falls
Association, 330, 338; one of
syndicate for purchase of
Buffalo Library site, 370;
trustee of Lincoln Birthday
Association, 407.
Pratt, Samuel, 229, note.
Presqu’ lie, see Erie Pa.
Prideaux, Gen. John, grave at
Fort Niagara, 421.
Prideaux’s Landing, 422.
“Princeton,” propeller, 308.
Prisoners, American, restored
by Treaty of Greenville, 176.
Prisoners, British, 1814, 37-38,
4L.57-
“Projector’s” scheme for a city
of “Erie” at head of Grand
Island, 186, note.
Prospect Park, Niagara Falls,
in 1885, 350.
Prospect Park Company. 346.
Provoost (Provost), John M.,
<±09.
Puckwanosh, Chippewa chief,
222, 223.
Pultneyville, 25.
Put-in-Bay, 298.
Putnam, Harvey W., 379.
Putnam, Hon. James O., 359,
note.
“Queen City,” steamer, 308.
Queenston, American army en-
camped, July, 1814, 107; in
1817. 121; in 1810, 220. a
Queenston, battle of, 24-25, 75-
76.INDEX.
527
Queenston Heights, 84; in
1817, 121; Brock’s monument,
422.
Queenstown, see Queenston.
Quigly, Thomas, 210.
Quintus, John C., “History of
Buffalo harbor,” 239-285.
Rain-cat, Indian chief, 218.
Raines, Hon. John, 336, 349. v
Ramsdell, O. P., 370; trustee
of Lincoln Birthday Ass’n,
407.
Ramsdell, Thomas T., 370.
Randolph, Capt. Thoma’s M.,
83-
“Ranger,” schooner, 292, 300.
Ransom, Capt., 31.
Rathbun, Benjamin, Eagle tav-
ern, 141.
Rathburn, Byron, 336.
Raymond, Charles H., manager
of the Young Men’s Ass’n,
362; librarian, 363.
Raynaud, Mr., of Schenectady,
112.
Read, Richard F., 56.
Reading, Mich., home of Ar-
cher Galloway, 21.
“Recollections of the west,”
147-214.
Red Jacket, Seneca chie*f, 227,
411, 412, 416.
“Red Jacket,” schooner, 301-
302.
Reed, Capt., U. S. N., 118, 120.
Reed, Gen. Charles M. ship-
owner, 307-308.
Reed, James, 210.
“Reese, Uncle,” blacksmith, 306.
Revenue laws, Pennsylvania,
see Whiskey Insurrection,
Revolution, destitution of ex-
soldiers, 147-148, 153.
Rhodes, Benjamin, 330, note.
Riall (Reall), Major General
Phineas, 31-32, 34, 128.
Rich, G. Barrett, 395; vice-
president of Lincoln Birth-
day Ass’n, 407, 408.
Richards, Capt., early vessel
master on the lakes, 308.
Richardson. H. H., architect,
374.
Richmond, Alonzo, 387.
Richmond, Henry A., president
of the Young Men’s A§s’n,
369; opening of the Buffalo
Library building, 376; men-
tioned, 379.
Richmond, Jewett M., member
of Buffalo Library building
committee, 373 ; president of
Young Men’s Ass’n, 375.
Richmond Hotel, Buffalo, burn-
ed, 376, note.
Riddle, Lieut., 15th U. S. I., 46,
96; as Major, 41, 44.
Ridge Road, 29, 44, 46, note,
101, 104, 1.07, 114, 421.
Ridgeway, Capt,, at Canandai-
gua arsenal, 1814, 38, 53. *
Ridgeway, Ont., site of battle,
422.
Rigaudville (Riquandville),
Maj., 9, 14.
Riley, James, 221, 224.
Riley, John, 221.
Riley, Mary, 221.
Riley, Peter, 221.
Ripley, Brig. Gen. E. W., 97,
128.
Ripley’s Inn, Le Roy, 128.
Roach, Lieut., 76, 78, 84.
Robb, Hon. J. Hampden, 326;
commissioner of Niagara
Reservation, 327; work on
behalf of Niagara Reserva-
tion bill, 328, 330, 339-342,
348-352, 355-
|	Roberts, Dr., at Porter-Smyth
| duel, 80, note.
i	Robertson, Capt. Richard E.,
j	308.
!	Robinson, John Beverly, Lieut.
Gov. of Ontario, 359, note.
i	Robinson, Lucius, Governor of
New York, 325, 333, 334, 342.
|	Robinson, Mary (Mrs. John
j	Wilkeson),	138.
Robinson, Hon. Thomas. 336.
“Robinson Crusoe,” play, 1817,
|	hi.
|	Robson, Capt. Charles, 2.
Rochester, John H., 332.
Rochester, Nathaniel, Niagara
Frontier Landmarks Ass’n,
409, 410, 425.	•528
INDEX.
Rochester Chamber of Com-
merce, banquet, 358.
Rochester Historical Society,
copy of Capt. Langslow’s
journal, presented to Buffalo
Historical Society, 111, note.
Roesch, Hon. G. F., 349.
Rogers, Abm., 118, 125-126.
Rogers, Henry W., MS. me-
moir of Henry Daw, men-
tioned, 323, note.
Rogers, Capt. Jedidiah, com-
mands the Walk - in - the -
Water, 316, 321, 322.
Rogers, John, “Primer,” 161.
Rogers, Maj. Robert, 1.
Rogers, Hon. Sherman S.,
work for the Niagara Reser-
vation bill, 327, 341, 342, 345;
initiates movement for the
purchase of site for Buffalo
Library building, 370-372;
opening of Buffalo Library
building, 376.
Rohr, Mathias, 382.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 348, 395;
approves bill for the New
York State building at the
Pan - American Exposition,
396 ; oath of office as Presi-
1 dent, 414, note; mentioned,
424.
Root, Francis H., 370.
Root, John, 210.
Ropes, Ripley, 338.
Rosford, Roswell, 211.
Ross, Rev. J. H., 400.
Ross, William, 37-38, 41.
Rough, Capt. James, sends
schooner Michigan over the
falls, 293; biographical
sketch, 294 and note.
Rowson, Susanna, originals of
characters in her “Charlotte
Temple,” 8, note.
Royal Scots, 1st, 49.
Ruddell, Mr., 126.
Rumsey, Bronson C., 391.
Rumsey, Dexter P., 370.
Rush, Richard, letter to, 101-
103, 106.
Rutherford, Lieut., 2-4; nar-
rative of captivity cited, 4,
note.
Rutherford, Duncan & Co., 1.
Ryan, Rt. Rev. S. V., 338.
“S. J. Murphy,” steamer, 137,.
note. .
Sackett, Henry W., 353.
j	Sacketts Harbor, 83, 91-92.
j	Sailing vessels, disappearance
from the lakes, 136, note;
I on Lake Erie, 1817-20, 300.
|	Sailors’ Batterv, Buffalo. 415.
St. Clair, Maj. Gen. Arthur*
I	defeat by the Indians, 160-
j	163; mentioned, 218.
|	St. Clair, Lake, 231.
|	St. Clair River, 223.
!	St. Domingo, Mr. Raynaud*
refugee from, 112.
I	St. James Hotel, Buffalo, 367.
St. John, Gamaliel, 412.
St. John, Mrs. Gamaliel, 425*
note.
St. John, Sarah (Mrs. Samuel
Wilkeson), 144.
St. John house, Buffalo, 412*
' 423, 424-
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., 354.
“St. Louis,” steamer, 308.
j	“Salem Packet,” 300.
Salina, N. Y., 127.
Salisbury, H. A., 186, note, 211*
Sally, wife of Farmer’s Broth-
er, 227-228.
“Sally,” boat, 232.	r'
Salt, first exportation west-
ward from Onondaga, 177-
178.
Salt Point, 217.
“Samson,” propeller, 308.
Sand-catch pier, Buffalo har-
bor, 258-260.
! Sandusky, Ohio, rivalry with
Huron, 288.
;	“Sandy Town,” Buffalo, 140.
Sansom, Joseph, “Sketches of
Lower Canada,” mentioned
114, note.
Sanson, Lieut., 119.
Sargeant, Phineas, 364.
Scajaquada Creek, 225; battle*
1813, 28, 139; battle, 1814,
see Black Rock.
Schenectady, Lieut. McDonogh
at, 1812, 74; in 1817. 112;INDEX.
529'
mentioned, 221.
Schlosser’s Landing, 304, 418.
See also Fort Schlosser, and
Fort Little Niagara.
Schodeck, N. Y.. 130.
Schoellkopf, Arthur, 330.
Schelope, Fort. See Fort
Schlosser.
Schoolhouse, first in Buffalo,
412, 424.	^ .
Schultz, Christian, “Travels on
an Inland Voyage,” cited,
114, 121.
Schuyler, Fort, see Fort Schuy-
ler.
Scioto River, Indian victory
on, 162; freighting on, 180.
Scotch in western Pennsyl-
vania, 160-161.
Scott, Capt., 42.
Scott, Paymaster, 70th, and
Mrs. S., suspected of writing
Waverley novels, 127.
Scott, Col., 72, 81, 83, 85, 90.
Scott, Col. Hercules, 67.
Scott, John, 291.
Scott, Sir Walter, Waverley
novels attributed to Mr. and
Mrs. Scott, near Fort George,
127.
Scott, Maj. Gen.* Winfield, 21,
24-25;	229; passenger to
Chicago on the Sheldon
Thompson, 311-312; passen-
ger on the Walk-in-the-
Water, 320, note; mentioned,
416; headquarters, at Wil-
liamsville, 417; cannon plant-
ed in Breckenridge street,
418; battery planted above
Lewiston Ferry, 421.
Scott & Barker, 291.
“Scourge,” vessel, 86.
Scovell, J. Boardman, member
of Niagara Frontier Land-
marks Ass’n, 409, 410; com-
mittee report, 423.
Scull, G. D., 5, note; quoted, 7.
Sea Wall, Buffalo, 252-258;
petition to the Secretary of
War concerning, 254-255,
note; authorized by Legisla-
ture, 256 ; construction aban-
doned, 256-258.
Sears, Tabor, 403. '
Selkirk, Earl of, 319.
Seceders in western Pennsyl-
vania, 153.
“Seneca Chie’f,” packet d^oat,
makes first passage of Erie
Canal, 142.
Seneca Co., N. Y., 22.	T-;-
Seneca Indians, massacre at
Devil’s Hole, 420.
Seneca language, books in, 412.
Seneca Mission Church, Buf-
falo, 411.
Seneca Mission House, Buf-
fam St., Buffalo, 412, 423.
Seneca River, 304.
Severance, Frank H., “Achieve-
ments of Captain John Mon-
tresor on the Niagara, and
the first construction of Fort
Erie,” 1-19; committee on
Lincoln statue, 408; member
of Niagara Frontier Land-
’ marks Ass’n, 409, 425 ; “Re-
port on Historic Sites,” 410-
423; “Contributions towards
a bibliography of the Niag-
ara region: Part 1, The Up-
per Canada Rebellion of
1837-W 427-495.
Seward, William H., 338.
Seymour, H. R., 211.
Seymour, Hon. Horatio, 325-
333.
Sharpe, George H., 342.
Shaw, S. M., of Cooperstown,
337.
Sheaffe, Maj. Gen. R. H., 24.
Sheard, Titus, 342.
Shea’s Garden Theater, 412.
Sheehan, William F., 333, 349.
Sheffield, Mass., 130.
Sheldon, Hon. James, 214f note,
359, note; opening of Buf-
falo Library building, 376;
connection with Buffalo His-
torical Society, 387, 388, 389 ;
dedication of Lincoln Me1
morial Collection, 406.
“Sheldon Thompson,” steamer,
288, 304; transports troops
to Chicago, 310.
Shepard Iron Works, 415.
Sherman, Mrs. R. J., 409.530
INDEX,
Ship-building, Navy Island,
1764, 14.
“Shriners,” 397, note.
Sidway, Franklin, 425, note.
Sidway, Jonathan, owner of
brig Union, 231, 295, 297;
mentioned, 306, 425, note.
Sill, Nathaniel, 290.
Sill, Thompson & Co., forward-
ing house at Black Rock, 232,
290; owners of the Michi-
gan, 293; part owners of the
Erie, 294; part owners of
the Red Jacket, 301; see also
Thompson & Co.
Sinai, N. Y., see Manlius, N. Y.
.Skaneateles, in 1817, 115-116,,
129.
Skaneateles Lake, 74.
Skate, early Buffalo boatman,
233-
Skinner, Hon. Charles R., 397,
note.
Skinner, Isaac W., 362.
Slavery in western New York
in 1790, 28; Judge Wilkeson
and the American Coloniza-
tion Society, 143.
Sloan, George B., 333.
Sloan, Capt. James, stone con-
tractor, Buffalo harbor, 201-
202 and note; “Adventures
and Recollections of a Pio-
neer Trader, with an account
of his share in the building
of Buffalo Harbor,” 215-237;
biographical data, 215-216,
note; trading on the Alle-
gheny, 215-219; comes to
Buffalo, 219; among the
Chippewa Indians, in Michi-
gan, 221-226; trading on the
Niagara and Lake Erie, 229-
232; building Buffalo har-
bor, 232-237; ‘mentioned, 304.
Sloan, John and Nancy, 218.
Sloan, William, 220.
“Slocumb,” skit at Judge Wil-
keson quoted, 214, note.
Smith, Mr., engineer, Fort Ni-
agara, 120.
Smith, Lieut. Col. Avery, 57,
58.
Smith, Hon. Clark E., 332, 337.
Smith, Corporal William, 55.
Smith, Edward B., president of
Young Men’s Ass’n, 371;
chairman of building com-
mittee, 372; declines re-elec-
tion to presidency, 375.
Smith, Henry K., 362.
Smith, Philip S., member of
Niagara Frontier Landmarks
Ass’n, 409, 410, 425 ; commit-
tee report. 423.
Smith, Hon. James M., 359,
note: member syndicate for
purchase of site for Buffalo
Library, 370; member Buf-
falo Historical Society, 388;
gift to Historical Society,
390; member committee on
legislation, 391-392.
Smith, Dr. Justin, 29.
Smith, S. M., Dunkirk, 336.
Smith, Hon. Samuel H., com-
missioner of the Revenue,
letters to, 100, 108.
Smyth, Brig. Gen. Alexander,
73, 76-78, and note; duel, 80
and note.
Smythe, Gen., see Brig. Gen.
Alex.- Smyth.
Sneeden, shipwright, builder of
sch. Michigan, 293.
Society of Colonial Wars, 409,
410.
Society of the War of 1812,
409,	410.
Sodus Point. 25.
Sons of Liberty, The, 169.
Sons of the American Revolu-
tion, Buffalo Chapter of the
Empire State Society, 409,
410.
Sons of the Revolution, 409,
410.
“Sortie from Fort Erie,” 95-98.
South Buffalo, historic sites,
4II-
“South Channel,” 253, 258-260.
Spaulding, Hon. E. G., 359,
note.
Spaulding, Franklin, 330.
Spaulding, RufUs, 107-108.
Spencer, Isaac, 36. :INDEX.
531
Sprouts, The, in border war-
fare, 151.
Stafford & Co., 376.
Stanard, Capt. Asa, 292.
Stanton, Asst. D. Com. Gen.,
120, 122-125, 127.
Steadman’s house, ' Niagara
Falls, 419.
Stanard & Bidwell, build the
schooner Erie, 294-295; build
the Red Jacket, 301.
Stanard, Bidwell & Davidson,-
aid in building the Walk-in-
the-Water, 315-316.
Stanchfield, John B., 338.
Stanley, Charlotte, 8, note.
Stannard, Capt., 31.
Staunton, Maj., 57.
Stearns & Cutter, 305.
Steele, Oliver G., manager of
Young Men’s Ass’n, 362,
368; “Ske_tch of the Buffalo
Historical Society,” cited,
386.
Steinway & Sons, 397, note.
Stern, Leopold, 395.
Steuben Co., N. Y., 28.
Stevens, Capt., 304.
Stevens, Edward, 365.
Stevens, Frederick P., 362.
Stevens, Horatio, 289-290.
Stewart, Conn., 131-132.
Stocking, Joseph, 210.
Stone, Capt., 51-52.
Stone, lake captain, 308.
Stonely Grange, Huntingdon-
shire, Eng., 5, note.
Stony Point (Four-mile Point),
245; breakwater to, 264-265,
268-272.
Stranahan, J. S. T., 343, 345.
Stringer, George A., 392;, Ni-
agara Frontier Landmarks
Ass’n, 409, 410, 425.
Stuart, J. B., -“Sailor Stuart,”
316.
Sullivan, Rev. Francis, 338.
Sullivan’s raid, 411.
Summers, William, 379.
Sunday, in .western Pennsyl-
vania, 18th century, 153.
“Superior,” first steamboat
built in Buffalo, 204-214, and
note; mentioned, 288, 309;
government transport, 310;
engine of the Walk-in-the-
Water placed in the Superior,
318.
Swan, Capt., N. Y. militia, 58.
Sweeney, James, 409, 410/
Swinney (Sweeney) Capt., 118,
119, 121.
Symons, Maj. Thomas W.,
“History of Buffalo harbor,”
239-285; takes charge of
harbor works, 268-270.
Tabor, Mr., of New York, 129.
Taylor, Miss, 319.
Temple of Music, Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition, 414, note.
Terrell, S. V., of Brooklyn,
336.
Thomas, David, “Travels
through the Western Coun-
try,” mentioned, 114, note;
survey for the Erie Canal,
206.
Thomas, Hon. E. B., 350.
"Thomas Jefferson,” steamer,
308.
Thompson, Hubert, 351.
Thompson, Mrs. Mary N., Ni-
agara Frontier Landmarks
Ass’n, 409, 410, 425; com-
mittee report, 423.
Thompson,7 Capt. Sheldon, 219,
232, 290; towing boats up
the rapids, 303; character,
304; removes to Buffalo, 305.
Thompson, Hon. W. P., 342.
Thompson & Co., 290; intro-
duce chain cables, 302; men-
tioned, 304; see also Sill,
Thompson & Co.
Thurber, S. M., of East Wor-
• cester, 337.
Thurston, Jason, 321, 322:
Ti-au-wash, Indian woman,
224.
Tifft Farm basin, 248.
“Tiger,” schooner, 301.
Tilden, J. H., 359, note.
Til den, Samuel J., 333, 352;
favors the Niagara Reserva-
tion bill, 353, 356; influence532
INDEX.
on Gov. Hill, 358.
Tillinghast, Dyre, 362.
Tillinghast, James, 388.
Tippecanoe, battle of, 224.
Titus, Capt. J. F., 308.
Titus, Hon. Robert C., 333, 349.
Tolfrey, Frederick, “The Sports-
man in Canada,” mentioned,
.114, note.
Tompkins, Daniel D., Gov. of
N. Y., 22 ; letters, to, 30, 33-
34, .40-42, 50, cited, 59, note;
“Public Papers.” cited, 59,
note; mentioned, 97 ; candi-
date for Governor of New
York in 1820, 214, note.
Tompkins, Fort, see -Fort
Tompkins. *
Tonawanda, 22, 418.
Tonawanda Creek, N. Y., 117.
Toronto" British magazine
blown up, 69 ; mentioned, 84;
raid on British stores, 85.
Townsend, Hon. Chas., build-
ing of Buffalo harbor, 141.
186-188, 197-198; of firm of
Townsend & Coit,,29i; part
owner of sloop Hannah, 293.
Townsend,'E. Corning, 379.
Townsend, George W., 359,
note.
Townsend & Coit, 210, 232, 291.
Townsend, Bronson & Co., 219.
Townshend, Lord, 7.	*
Towson, Capt. N., 68, 91-92.
Towson’s • battery, Fort Erie,
1814, -96, 97.
Tracy, A. H., 186.
“Trade routes, Early,” 215-237.
“Traveller,” vesisel, 300.
Tredenniek, Capt. (Btsh), 120.
Tienton, Lieut. McDonogh at,
64, 70-71.
Tribe’s Hill, 112.
Trimble, Maj., 66-67.
Troy, N. Y., 95:
Tucker, Lt. Col., 415.
Turnden, Dr., 119.
Turner, T. C., of Cooperstown,
337-
Tuscarora, Reservation, near
Lewiston, 420.
Twiggs, Col., 310.
“Two dramatic incidents,” 61-
62.
Umpstead,- Jonathan, see Olm-
stead, Jonathan.
Underhill, Mr. of Canandaigua,
129.
“Union,” brig, 231, 292, 294-
295.
Unionville, N. Y., 336.
United States, War Dept., 77.
United States Police, 218.
United -Trades and Labor
Unions, Council of Erie Co.,
378.
Upper Canada, see Canada, Up-
per.
Utica, Lieut. McDonogh at,'
1812, 1813, 74, 91; in 1817,'
113-114,129.
Utica and Rome Canal, 304.
Van Brunt & Howe, Boston,
374-
Van Buren, Martin, nominated
for president in Buffalo, 413.
Vanderbilt,. Cornelius, 326, 343.
Van Etten, Edgar, 338.
Van Rensselaer, J. T., 326.
Van Rensselaer, Col. Solomon,
24 and note; 80, note.
Van Rensselaer, Maj. Gen.
Stephen, 24, 75-76,^^ 80, note;
site of camp near Lewiston,
420.
Vedder, Hon. C. P., 336.
Vermilion River harbor, 289. .
Vernon, N. Y., 115.
Viele, Sheldon T., Niagara
Frontier Landmarks . Ass’n,
409, 425.
| Vincent,.Maj. Gen., 31.
Virginia, militia from, 1794,
!	170.
Vorhees, Theodore, 338.
I Vosburgh, Nathaniel, 211.
Vrooman, Hon. John W., 348.
Vrooman’s battery; site of, near
Queenston, 422.
Wadsworth, Gen. Elijah (Gen.
W. Wadsworth), 24.
Wadsworth, W. A,, 337.INDEX.
533
Wait, Edward, of Lansing-
burgh, 337.
Walden, Ebenezer, 186, 211.
Waldo, S. Putnam, “Tour of
James Monroe in 1817,” men-
tioned, 114, note.
Waldon homestead, 389.
Walk-in-the-Water,	Wyandot
chief, 319.
“Walk-in-the-Water,”	steam-
boat, 204, 233, 303, 309: built
at Black Rock, 315-316; de-
scription of, 317-318; “Wreck
of the Walk-in-the-Water,”
by Mary A. W. Palmer, 319-
323; passengers on first voy-
age, 319; mentioned, 415.
Walker, Capt. Augustus, 234,
note; “Early Days on the
Lakes,” 287-318; death, 287,
note; builds steamer at
Huron, 289; comes to Black
Rock, 290; a voyage with
Capt. Beard, 297-299; moves
to Buffalo, 305; removes to
Huron, 305; returns to Buf-
falo, 306; commands the
Sheldon Thompson. 310;
transports troops to Chicago,
310-315; memoranda cited,
323.
“War of 1812 on the Niagara
Frontier, Papers relating to” :
i, Galloway, A. “Firing the
first shot,” . 21-25.^-ii, Hall,
A. “Militia service of 1813-
1814,” 27-59—iii, Warren, A.
“Two dramatic incidents,”
61-62.—iv, McDonogh, P. “A
hero of Fort Erie,” 63-93.—v,
Bird, W. A. “The sortie from
Fort Erie,” 95-98.—vi, Har-
rison, J. “A war-time letter-
book,” 99-109; “Two drama-
tic incidents” : death of Maj.
Wm. Howe Cuyler; shoot-
ing of an Indian spy, 61-62;
destruction of lake com-
merce, 139; Samuel Wilke-
son in, 139-140; places con-
nected with, 414-425.
“War-time letter-book, A,” 99-
109.
Ware, H. S., 330, note.
War reft, Col., 230.
Warner & Brocket!, Rochester,
374.
Warreri, Col., 419.
Warren, Mr.j magistrate, Fort
Erie, 1817, 124.
Warren, Geft. Asa, “Two dra-
matic incidents,” 61-62.
Warren, Jbseph, 365.
Warren, William Y., 409.
Washington, Gen. George, ap-
pointment of Gen. St. Clair
to command of western posts,
162-163 J Whiskey Insurrec-
tion, 164, 168; medal present-
ed to Farmer’s Brother, 228.
Washington, Penn., 154; 161.
Washington County, Penn., se-
ceders in, 153.
Washington, Fort, see Fort
Washington.
I Waterford (Fort Le Boeuf),
|	217, 220.
| Waterloo, N.Y., 116.
j Waterloo, Ont., see Fort Erie
village.	.
Watrriough, Lieut. John G.,
65-67.
Watson, Col/ Joseph, 319.
Watson, S. V. R., 367, 368.
Watson, Mrs. S. V. R„ 375.
Watteville’s (De) German le-
gion, 49, 51; at Fort Erie,
123.
Watts’ psalms, 53.
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, com-
mand of western posts, 163;
victory on the Maumee, 169;
treaty of Greenville, 176 and
note; mentioned, 215, 218.
Webster, Daniel, 413, 416.
Weed, G., 210.
Weed, T:, 210.
Weeks, Francis H., 326; chair-
man of executive committee
of Niagara Falls Association,
340; promotes construction
of- hydraulic tunnel. 341,
note; mentioned, 343, 351.
Weishnan, Capt. Philip H., 304.
Welch, Hon. Thohias V., “How
Niagara was made free,” 325-534
INDEX.
359; letter to members of the
Assembly relative to the Ni-
agara Reservation bill, 331;
member Niagara Frontier
Landmarks Ass’n, 410.
Welcome Hall, Buffalo, 384.
“Wellington,” brig, 309.
Weltzells, The, in border war-
fare, 151.
Wentworth, A., of Randolph,
336.
“West, Recollections of the,’
147-214-
West Bloomfield, N. Y., 27, 28,
117.
West Point, 112.
West Virginia, disaffection
during Whiskey Insurrection,
169.
“Western Metropolis,” steamer,
292.
Western Reserve, settlement of,
184.
Western Savings Bank, 387, i
388.
Westminster House, Buffalo,
384.
West’s Equestrian Expedition,
112.
Wethersfield, Conn., 405.
Wheeler, Cant. Frederick, 309.
Wheeler, William A., 338.
Whitney, Drake, 409.
Whirlpool, Niagara River, vis-
ited by Capt. Langslow, 1817,
127.
Whiskey, early trade, western
Pennsylvania, 157, 158, 173-
174-
Whiskey Insurrection, 163-176.
Whistler, Major, 313.
Whitaker, Lieut., 58.
White, Lieut., 119.
Whitehaven, Grand Island, 418.
Whitney, Mrs. Harry Payne
(Gertrude Vanderbilt), 400.
Whitney, S. M. N., 330, note.
Whittier, John G., 406.
Wickham, Walker & Co., 306.
“Widow’s Son,” vessel, 300.
Wight, Capt. John F.* 310.	j
Wilber, Benjamin. 56.
Wilcox, Ansley, letters con- j
cerning the Niagara Reserva-
tion bill, 339, 346; mentioned,
341, 342; residence, 414, note.
Wilcox, W. H, St. Paul,
Minn., 374.
Wilkeson, Capt. Bayard, 145.
Wilkeson, Eli, 144.
Wilkeson, Elizabeth, 144.
Wilkeson, John, father of Sam-
uel, 138.
Wilkeson, John, son of Samuel,
144 and note;; 145.
Wilkeson, Mrs. John, mother
of Samuel, 138.
Wilkeson, Capt. John Wilkes,
145-	-
Wilkeson, Louise, 144.
Wilkeson, Judge Samuel, “His-
torical writings,” 132-214;
biographical sketch by his
son, 135-145; “Recollections
of the West and first build-
ing of Buffalo Harbor,’ 147-
214; cited j 243; mentioned,
215, note, 229, 232; Buffalo
indebted to him for aid in
building harbor, 235; men-
tioned, 288, note; owner of
the Aurora, 300; residence,
4i3.
Wilkeson, Samuel, Jr., “Bio-
graphical sketch [of Judge
Wilkeson],” 135-145; state-
ment concerning, 135, note;
death, 144, note.
Wilkeson, Mrs. Samuel, 144.
Wilkeson, William, 144. ...
Wilkeson family, 137-138.
Wilkeson homestead, Buffalo,
413.
Wilkins, John, 160.
Wilkins, Capt. Thomas, 308.
Wilkins, Samuel, 8r
Wilkinson, Gen. James, 54, 85,
88, 92.
“William,” schooner, 300.
William Ives Branch Library,
365, note; 384, note.
“William Peacock,” steamer, 308.
“William Penn,” steamer, 310.
Williams, Lieut., 57.
Williams, Brig. Gen. (David
R.?),85.INDEX.
535
Williams, Capt. Alexander J.,
65-68.
Williams, Edward T., 410.
Williams, Elisha, 210.
Williams, George L., 382.
Williams, Gibson T., 333, 363,
387.
Williams, Henry R.. 362.
Williams Col. Jonas, founder
of Williamsville, 79 and note.
Williams, Richard, “History of
Black Rock Harbor, Pier,
Water Power and Flouring
Mills,” cited, 323, note.
Williams, Capt. W. G., Reports
on harbor improvements on
Lake Erie, cited, 247, 254.
Williamsons, The, in border
warfare, 151.
Williamsville (Eleven Mile
Creek), rations stored and
distributed, Jan., 1814, 38;
troops quartered, Jan., 1814,
3<& Gen. Hopkins in com-
mand, Jan., 1814, 41; new
companies ordered to, 44-46;
Gen. Burnett ordered to, 47-
48; Gen. Halhs headquar-
ters, 1814. 49-59; courts-mar-
tial, 55-56; origin of name,
military station, War of 1812,
79, note: Capt. Langslow at,
117; oldest house in, 417.
Willoughby, Ohio, 229.
Willson, Lieut., Royal Engi-
neers, 124, 125.
Wilson, Capt., N. Y. militia, 38,
43-
Wilson, C. Townsend, 408.
Wilson, Charles R., 379.
Winchester, Brig. Gen. James,
82.
Winchester, 156.
Winder, Gen. W. H., 82.
Windmill Point, 231, 273.
Wing, Halsey R., 362.
Winne, Dr. Charles, 362.
Winne, Cornelius, 412.
Winters, Lieut., commander of
i
i
schooner Paul Hamilton,
1813, 86.
Winters, A., of Cannonville,
33 7.
Winthrop, Buchanan, 326.
Winthrup, James, 112.
Wolcott, Dr., of Utica, 1817,
113.
“Wolf,” schooner, 301.
Wolf River, see Huron River.
Women, early settlers of west-
ern Pennsylvania, 148-155.
Wood, Lt. Col., 96-98.
Wood Creek, 304.
Woodworth, Capt., 58.
Wright, Rev. Asher, mission-
ary to the Senecas, 412.
Wright, Hon. George W.,
member of Niagara Frontier
Landmarks Ass’n, 410.
Wybault; Mr., 119, 120, 126,
127.
Wyckoff, Mrs. C. C., 409.
Yaw, A. P., 194, note.
Yeo, Sir James, 86, 88-89.
York, Ont., see Toronto.
Youngs, Col., 49.
Young, Ed., “Night thoughts,”
mentioned, 161.
Young, J. F., 363.
“Young King,” Seneca chief,
62,411; death, 417.
Young Men's Association of
Buffalo, see Buffalo Young
Men's Association.
Young Men’s Christian Asso-
ciation of Buffalo, building,
366 and note; rents rooms in
Young Men's Association
building, 368.
Youngstown, site of salt bat-
tery, War of 1812, 421.
Yost, George E., 395.
Zaneses, The, in border war-
fare, 151.
Zeller, G. Frederick, 379.
“Zephyr,” vessel, 300.
Zipp, Henry, 379.