in dire straits;
fight with Tipton's men;
further forays against Indians;
fails to protect Indian prisoners;
reprobated for his failure;
abandoned for moment by frontiersmen;
arrest ordered by Governor of North Carolina;
leads other forays;
is arrested;
escapes;
proceedings against him dropped;
corresponds with Gardoqui;
offers to enter into alliance with Spain;
becomes a Federalist;
destroys Indian town on Coosa;
ransoms captive whites;
made brigadier-general.
Sevier, Valentine, at Muscle Shoals.
Shawnees, hostile;
surrender prisoners;
burn prisoners.
Shelby, Evan, appealed to by state of Franklin;
corresponds with Sevier;
hostile to state of Franklin.
Slavery, negro, in West;
a curse to the whites;
prohibited in Northwest.
Slim Tom, an Indian, brutal murder by.
Spaniards, on southwestern frontier;
their dominion jeopardized by backwoodsmen;