GENERAL INDEX.
Reading edition
Prefatory note 3
Memoir of Major S. S. Forman 5
Forman’s narrative 5
Tunis Forman captures two Tories 6
Major Lee’s strategy 6
British foray at Middletown Point 6, 7
Major Burrows’s loss and captivity 7
Denise Forman’s services 7
General David Forman 7
German town battle 7
Capture of a British sloop 8
A British and Tory scout 9
Services of Major Burrows 9
Major Burrows’s narrow escape 9, 10
Denise Forman and Philip Freneau 10
Sufferings in British prison ships 10, 11
Captain Freneau’s after-life 11, 12
Monmouth battle 12
Fugitives return to New York 12
British evacuate New York 13-15
Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Cumming 14
Anthony Glean noticed 14
Washington parting with his officers 15
Washington and Franklin in Federal Convention 15
Washington’s second inauguration 16
Major Forman settles at Cazenovia, N. Y. 17
His subsequent career 17, 18
His narrative—departure for the Ohio 19
Detention at Lancaster 20
Meeting Charley Morgan 22
Scant of funds for traveling 22
Arrival at Pittsburg 23
Flat-bottomed boats for the journey 23
Colonel Turnbull’s entertainment 24
Departure down the river 25
Difficulties of navigation 25, 26
Arrival at Wheeling 26
Flocks of wild turkeys 26
Arrival at Marietta 27
Limestone and Columbia 27
Arrival at Cincinnati 27
General Harmar’s hospitality 27, 28
Captain Kirby vs. Captain Kersey 28, 29
General Jonathan Forman noticed 29
General Harmar’s defeat 30
Indian rendezvous at Scioto 30
Gallipolis settlement 30, 31
Anecdote of Captain Osmun 31
Arrival at Louisville 32
Fort Jefferson; Fort Steuben 32
Ensign Luce and North Bend 32, 33
Lacassangue and his station 33, 34
Early dancing parties at Louisville 35, 36
Generals Wilkinson and St. Clair 35
Dr. John F. Carmichael 36
Ezekiel Forman starts for Natchez 36
Effort to lure ashore and destroy Forman’s party 37
Louisville incidents; Ashby and family; Mr. Smith; moccasins at balls 38, 39
An egg-nog frolic 39, 40
The Sabbath kept by S. S. Forman 40
A billiard-table at Louisville 40, 41
A fleet of tobacco boats 41
Mr. Buckner purchases Mr. Forman’s goods 42
Mr. Forman’s mishap 42
Departure from Louisville 42, 43
Incident at Fort Massac 43
Planters and sawyers 44
Mouth of the Ohio 44, 45
An Indian alarm 45
Indian visit; dinner 46
Visit Indian village 46, 47
Arrival at L’Anse a la Graisse 47
Lieutenant Foucher’s hospitality 48-50
Lieutenant Foucher noticed 47, 48-50
Colonel Pope’s tour cited 50
Colonel P. B. Bruin noticed 51, 52
A cub bear 52
Arrival at Natchez 52
Walnut Hills settlement project 52, 53
Dr. O’Fallon; General Clark; Colonel Holder 52, 53
Natchez and surroundings 53
Sir Wm. Dunbar noticed 54
S. S. Forman’s land grant 55, 58, 59
Fine society at Natchez 56
Mons. and Madam Mansanteo 56
Major Stephen Minor noticed 56, 57
Colonel Anthony Hutchins noticed 56
Sickly at Natchez in 1790 56, 57
A round of visits 57, 58
Bad treatment of servants 59
Colonel Osmun noticed 59, 60
Departure for New Orleans 60
A genial priest 60, 61
Voyage and incidents to Philadelphia 61-63
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Major Forman’s Narrative.
Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90. By Major Samuel S. Forman, of New Jersey. With a Memoir and Illustrative Notes. By Lyman C. Draper, LL.D. of Wisconsin.
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General David Forman of New Jersey in 1789, entered into a negotiation with the Spanish minister Don Diego de Gardoque, for his brother Ezekiel Forman of Philadelphia, to emigrate with his family, and about sixty colored people, men, women and children, and settle in the Natchez country, then under Spanish authority. Major Samuel S. Forman accompanied this emigrating party, and in this narrative gives a minute account of their trip, the places they passed through and at which they stopped, prominent people they met, with many curious particulars.
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Transcriber's Note
Archaic spelling is preserved as printed.
Inconsistency in the use of apostrophes in date ranges is preserved as printed.
Minor punctuation errors have been repaired.
There were some instances of a single inconsistent spelling of a proper noun where it appears more than once. These, along with apparent typographic errors, have been repaired as follows:
Page 19—Foreman amended to Forman—General David Forman, ...
Page 37—beech amended to beach—... ran on the beach, imploring ...
Page 37—Osmnn amended to Osmun—But for the circumstance of Captain Osmun ...
Page 51—à amended to a—... from L’Anse a la Graisse to Bayou Pierre, ...
Page 57—afflcted amended to afflicted—Uncle Forman was severely afflicted ...
Page 58—Pittsburgh amended to Pittsburg—... which had traveled with me from Pittsburg ...
Page 60—ta amended to at—... of the country to exchange work at times; ...
Page 63—Wickoff amended to Wyckoff—... when I went to my friend Wyckoff, ...
Page 66—mocassins amended to moccasins—... Mr. Smith; moccasins at balls, ...
Page 67—Madame Mansant amended to Madam Mansanteo—Mons. and Madam Mansanteo, 56