A History of Jonathan Alder: His Captivity and Life with the Indians

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Adlum, John, 199n. 119 ague, 51 Alabama, 8 alarm whoop, 189n. 55 Alder, Bartholomew, 3, 29 Alder, David, 1, 29, 30, 31, 138–39 Alder, Hanna, 2, 29, 137–38, 166 Alder, Henry, viii, 21 Alder, Henry Clay, vii, viii, 20; manuscript, 20, 21–23 Alder, James W., vii Alder, John, 29, 139 Alder, Jonathan, vii, viii, 18–20, 23–24; adopted, 45–46; attacked by panther, 93–94; at Battle of Fort Recovery, 109–13; captured, 1, 29–30; hunts, 74–77, 93–94, 99, 100, 105; injured during bear hunt, 74–77; kills otter, 105–6; learns to hunt, 55, 67–69; learns to skin game, 51–52; lives with his adoptive sister Sally, 46–48; makes salt, 65–66, 74–75; marries Mary Blont, 139; nearly drowns, 63–65; quarrels over hogs, 130–33; refuses to be exchanged following Revolution, 56–63; returns to Virginia, 14, 136–39; runs the gauntlet, 42–44; separates from his Indian wife, 14, 120; serves as scout during War of 1812, 155–60; settles on Darby Creek, 14,117; taken to Ohio, 1, 32–42; travels to Kentucky to steal horses, 23–24, 81–85, 88–91, 97–100; uses dead fall trap, 107–8; uses fire ring, 133; village attacked by whites, 69, 77, 80, 91–92; Alder, Mark, 29, 137, 139 Alder, Mary Blont, vii, 139, 140–41, 143 Alder, Paul, 29, 136–37, 140 Amherstberg, Ontario. See Malden, Ontario Amity, Ohio, 160, 165 Appalachian Mountains, 10 Armstrong, Elizabeth, 195n. 92 Armstrong, Jeremiah, 86 Armstrong, John, 195n. 92 Armstrong, Robert, 86–87 Atwater, Caleb, 18 Auglaize River, 199n. 117 Augusta, South Carolina, 4 backcountry Germans, 3–4 backcountry Irish, 4 Baily, Knowlton, 105 Barshaw, 103–4, 117, 120–21 Battle of Fallen Timbers, 3, 13, 92, 102, 113–15, 199n. 119 Battle of Fort Recovery, 3, 109–13 Battle of Point Pleasant, 5 Battle of the Thames, 13, 96n. 97 Battle of Tippecanoe, 153–54 Beach, Ambrose, 160 Beach, Uriah, 160 bear, 39, 75–76, 79, 93, 99, 103–4, 140, 143–44 Beatty, Charles, 189n. 56 beaver, 104 Beaver Wars, 6–8 Beers, W. H., 21–24 Belaho, Joseph, 161 Betts, Henry, viii, 21 217 Index ) Big Cat, 186n. 40 Big Darby. See Darby Creek Big Sandy River, 36, 138 Big Turtle, 67–68, 83, 103, 111–12 Black Foot, 83–84 Blair, John, 143 Blanchard’s Fork, 78 Bland County, Virginia, 3 Blaylock, George, 161–64 Blennerhassett’s Island, 195n. 92 Blont, Adam, 161 Blont, Mary. See Mary Blont Alder Blue Jacket, 13, 109 Blue Jacket’s Town, 195n. 83 Boone, Daniel, 5, 169, 195n. 83 Bouquet, Henry, 11–12 Bowman, Col. John, 204n. 153 Brant, Joseph, 199n. 119 Brickell, John, 85–86, 186n. 40, 195n. 89, 198n. 106 British Indian Department, 186n. 40, 199n. 114 Brown, Israel, 127 Brown, Orley E., 20–21 Buckongahelas, 13 buffalo, 38, 69–70, 79 Burnett, Jacob, 18 Calhoun, 157–58 Campbell, William, 201n. 129 Camp Bull, 203n. 144 Canaan Township, 119, 161, 164 canals, 17 canoes, 36–37, 81, 97, 105 Captain John, 149–51 captivity narratives, 1–2, 12; stylistic evolution of, 18–19, 22–24 Cary, Abraham, 165 Cary, Isaac, 165 Cary, Sarah, 165 Cary, Stephen, 163, 165 Champaign County, Ohio, 40 Chard, 123–24 Chillicothe, Ohio, 16, 40, 45, 50, 65, 74, 139–40, 150, 160, 169–70, 176 Cincinnati, Ohio, 16–17 Circleville, Ohio, 188n. 49 Clark, George, 170 Clark, George Rogers, 196n. 94 Clarno, Andy, 157–58 Cleveland, Ohio, 17 Columbus, Ohio, 14, 17, 25, 42, 85–86, 99, 104, 135–36, 140, 147, 160, 177 Crabb, Henderson, 143 Crane Town, 201n. 126 Crawfish Creek. See Big Darby Crawford, Col. William, 3, 50, 53–54, 55 Crow, 83–84 Cumberland Gap, 5 Cushen, John, 149–51 Cuyahoga River, 7 de Crevecoeur, J. Hector St. John, 3 Darby Creek, vii, 14, 40, 74, 79, 99, 103–5n. 108, 117, 119, 121, 125–26, 128–30, 134, 136, 140, 150, 152, 160 Darby Plains, 40–41, 74, 103, 133, 160 Davis, Samuel, 144–47 Davison, Doyle, vii–viii, 21, 23 death halloo, 189n. 55 deer, 15, 39, 69, 79, 90, 93, 99, 102, 104–7, 120, 125, 133 Deer Creek, 74 Delaware River, 18 Detroit, Michigan, 7, 13, 174 Dickinson, Col. John, 5 distillery, 143 Dominy, Jeremiah, 118 Downing, Francis, 142 Druger, Peter, 173–74 Druilliard, Pierre (See Peter Druger) Dublin, Ohio, 202n. 134 Dunmore’s War, 214n. 159 Duquania, 199n. 119 Dyer, 160 Edgar, John...