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INDEX
Forts


FORTS (continued)—

    • Necessity: Washington's account of erecting, 3, 151; meaning of name of, 152; Washington compelled to occupy, 156; view of site of, 157; battle of, 159–167; remains of, 171–172; surveyed by Freeman Lewis, 173; shape of, 173–188; plans of, 175, 179; surveyed by Robert McCracken, 177; site owned by Lewis Fazenbaker, 177; Jared Sparks's description of, 183; importance of campaign of, 4, 23.
    • Newport, 7, 59.
    • Niagara: Braddock to conquer, 4, 43–51, 74; failure of Shirley to capture, 135; sketch of, 7, 60–61.
    • Nicholson, 7, 53, 123.
    • Number Four, 7, 118–119.
    • Old Fort Schuyler, 12, 101.
    • Oswego: built, 7, 58; Montcalm captures, 5, 68.
    • Ouiatanon, correct site of, 7, 66.
    • Pennsylvania forts: on frontier, 5, 48–64; west of Susquehanna, 63.
    • Pitt: origin of name, 5, 158; heroic defense of (1763), 174–176.
    • Presque Isle: built, 3, 74; attack on (1763), 5, 173; controls portage, 7, 63.
    • Randolph, see Fort Adams.