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  • Blane, John, 6, 199.
  • Bledsoe's, Captain, 6, 102.
  • Blesser's, 12, 62.
  • Bloody Island, St. Louis's duelling ground, 12, 196.
  • Bloomfield (New York) in 1805, 12, 136.
  • Blue Licks, Battle of, 6, 129, 174.
  • Blue Point (Illinois), Vincennes Trace passes near, 8, 50.
  • Blue Ridge, Walker crosses, 6, 58.
  • Bollman, Eric, letter describing western trip in 1796, 12, 77–88.
  • Bollman, H. L., 12, 77.
  • Bollman, Lewis, 12, 77.
  • Bond, Mr., on Roosevelt Erie Canal committee, 14, 198.
  • Bonnécamps, Father: compares French and American forests, 7, 62; Journal, cited, 9, 22; map of Ohio River (1749), 24.
  • Boone, Daniel: Autobiography, cited, 1, 113; on buffalo roads, 113; opened road on Indian trail, 2, 15; Kentucky described by, 6, 32–33; at Fort Watauga treaty, 42–43; explores Kentucky, 79, 83, 88; negotiates Watauga Treaty, 92–93; letter to Henderson, 143; vital importance of Henderson's settlement described by, 143; letter to Governor Isaac Shelby asking for contract to improve Wilderness Road, 203–204.