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Catholic Church, 525.

Cerro Gordo, battle, 750.

Champlain, Samuel, 35, 36.

Chapultepec taken, 762.

Charities, 799.

Culpepper, 109.

Dahcotahs or Sioux, 9, 202.
Dallas, George M., 693.
Danbury burned, 406.

Charters, colonial, 46, 51, 91, 133, 142, 157, Daniel, Father, 197, 201.

168.

Charleston, 144, 150; taken 469.
Chauncey, Captain, 590.

Cherokees, 152; war with, 266, 656; re-
moval of, 662.

Chesapeake, affair of, 566; capture of, 601.
Chickasaws, 25, 218.
Chihuahua taken, 743.
Chippewa, battle, 618.
Choctaws, 159, 217.

Church of England, 59, 104, 111, 141, 151.
Episcopal, 178, 179.

and State, separation of, 525.
Congregational, 524.

Churubusco, battle, 758.

Cincinnati Society, 515.

Claims against France, 671.

Clarke, George Rogers, 464.

Clarke and Lewis's explorations, 696.
Clay, Gen. Green, 600.

Clay Henry, 578, 581, 616, 651, 776; death,

784.

Clayborne, William, 99, 101.
Clayton, John M., 667, 771.
Clinton, De Witt, 656.

George, 325, 372, 515, 529; Vice
Pres., 559.

Clinton, Sir Henry, 327, 332, 353, 438, 448,
453, 460, 463, 468, 498, 508.
Coddington, William, 81.
Coke, Thomas, bishop, 524.
Coligny, 29, 34.

Colleges, 91, 110, 186, 224, 250, 279, 294.
Colonization Society, 645.
Columbus, Christopher, 2-6.
Common sense, 366.

Common schools, 91, 276.

Commerce, increase of, 561.
Commissioners, British, 449.

of peace, 511-615.

or customs, 302, 616.

Company, London, 46, 98.
Plymouth, 58, 75.
Dutch E. India, 114.

Compromises, constitutional, 521.

Missouri, 648-651.

of Texas, 1832, 667.
of 1850, 779.

Concord and Lexington, battle, 314.

Congress, Stamp Act, 291.

old Continental, 307.

the second

66 323.

Provincial, Mass., 313.

Dartmouth College, 294.
Davenport, Rev. John, 88.

Davis, Jefferson, 718, 722; senator, 777.
Deane Silas, 412.

Dearborn, General Henry, 590, 607.
Decatur, Stephen, 558, 641.
Declaration of rights, 291, 309.

independence, Mechlenburg

322.

Declaration of Independence by Congress
368.

of war opposed, 584.

Decrees affecting American commerce
563, 568, 573.

Delaware, Lord, 53.

Delawares, Christian, massacre of, 509.
D'Estaing, Count, 452, 453, 462.

Deposits, removal of, 668.
De Vries, 116, 118-120.
Deseret, 781.

Dictatorship, Washington, 396, 424.
Dieskau, 249, 250.

Dinwiddie, Gov., 227, 259, 251.
Dissenters, 141, 144, 148, 313.
Disunion convention, 781.
Donop, Count, 380, 426.
Doniphan's Expedition, 741.
Dorr, Thomas W., 692.
Dover destroyed, 209.
Drake, Sir Francis, 41, 43.
Dreuilettes, Father, 201.
Drummond, William, 107, 108, 142.
Dudley, Thomas, 75, 76,

Joseph, 177, 180, 184.

Duché, Rev. Jacob, 308.
Dunbar, Colonel, 236, 241.
Dunmore, Lord, 320, 352.
Dustin, Hannah, 212.
Duties imposed, 295.

Ecclesiastical organizations, 523-526.

Edwards, Jonathan, 223, 799.

Eliot, John, 93.

Elizabeth, Queen, 60.

Embargo, under Washington, 540.

Jefferson, 568.

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Enterprise, American, 533.
Episcopal church, 523.
Era in human progress, 529.
Erskine's negotiation, 571.

Connecticut colony, 81; emigration to, 88, Eutaw Springs, battle, 497.

168.

Constitution, federal, 521.

Exploring Expedition, 684.

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Fort William Henry, 253.

France, relations with, 547-552.

Howe, Robert, General, 456.
Hudson, Henry, 112-114.

Franklin, Benjamin, 139, 235, 251, 279, 293, Huguenots in the south, 29-34, in Canada,

323, 378, 412, 511, 521.

Franklin, Sir John, 783.

Free Masonry, 658.

Fremont, John C., 733, 735, 744, 745, 792.

Freneau, Philip, 540.
Frolic, the, taken, 596.
Frontenac, 209.

Fugitive slave law, 779.
Fulton, Robert, 643.

Gage, General, 237, 297, 305, 312, 328, 333.
Gallatin, Albert, 542, 599, 615.
Gaspé, revenue vessel, 300.

Gates, Horatio, 241; sketch, 360, 389, 434,
in the south, 473.

Georgia, 156-166, 446; subdued, 483; In-
dian lands in, 656, 662.
Genet's mission, 539, 540.
Germantown, battle, 424.

35, 145.

Hull, Isaac, Captain, 595.

William, General, 586, 587.

Hurons, 197, 199, 202.

Hutchinson, Anne, 80, 81.

Governor, 299, 302.

D'Ibberville, Lemoine, 215, 216.
Impressment, British, 564, 583, 588, 683.
Incidents, 103, 108, 120, 158, 334, 377, 595, 611.
Indented servants, 104, 110, 408.
Independence, question of, 364, 368.
Indians, divisions of, 9; see names of
tribes.

Indians, efforts to convert, 93, 101, 122,
176, 662.
Indiana, State, 642.
Indigo, 282.

Individual responsibility, 709.

Germans in the colonies, 152, 136, 159, 217. Influence, men of, 181.

Gerry, Elbridge, 520, 548.

Gist, Christopher, 226, 231.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 38.

Glover, Colonel, 376, 377.
Goffe, 167, 173.

Gorges, Sir Ferdinand, 89.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, 57.
Gourges, Dominic de, 34.
Graffenried de, 152.

Grand Model, the, 142.

Grant, Colonel, 259, 268.

Dr., 687.

Grasse, Count de, 498, 502, 505, 508.

Green Mountain Boys, 319.

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Jamestown, 47; burned, 107.

Jasper, Sergeant, 362.

Greene, Nathaniel, General, 336, 358, 421, Java, the, taken, 596.

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Hale, Nathan, 379.

Presi.

Jay, John, 309, 511; Chief Justice, 531;
Mission, 543.

Jefferson, Thomas, 323, 367, 523; Sec. of
State, 531, 537; V. P. 546; President,
555-570; death, 657.

Jesuits, 35, 197, 202, 212.
Jogues, Father, 200.

Hamilton, Alexander, 306, 504, 530, 531, Johnson, Sir William, 235, 248, 334.

537; death, 560.

Hamilton, Andrew, 187,

Hancock, John, 297, 313, 323, 354, 453.

Hand, Colonel, 373, 397.

Hanson, Alexander, 586.

Harmer, General, 534.

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Kalb, Baron de, 411, 419, 471, 475.

Harrison, William Henry, 576, 599; Presi- Kane, Dr. E. K., 783.

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Lee, Charles, General, 258, 333, 351, 386,
390; treason, 448; death, 452.
General Henry, 446, 462, 493, 552, 586.
Richard Henry, 285, 307, 309, 367.
Leisler Jacob, 182--185.
Leon, Juan Ponce de, 12.
Levant and Cyane captured, 640.
Lexington and Concord, battle, 314.
Libraries, 798.

Lincoln, Benjamin, General, 313, 435, 456,
459, 462, 467, 501, 569. [Abraham, 797.
L'Insurgente, frigate, captured, 552.
Little Belt, affair of, 575.

Livingston, Robert R., 823, 367, 556, 643.
William, 290, 307.

Lloyd, Senator, 582.'

Locke, John, 142.

Long Island, battle, 373-377.

Lopez, General, 782.

Louisburg taken, 220; again, 257.

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Loudon, Lord, 252, 255.

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Mason, Captain John, 86, 87.

Monmouth, battle, 450.

Monroe, James, 394, 547, 565; Sec. of
State, 607; President, 614-654.
Monroe doctrine, 652.
Monterey captured, 706.

Montcalm, 253, 254, 258; death, 265:
Montgomery, Richard, 339, 342.
Monts, Sieur de, 35.

Morality, laws enjoining, 56, 135, 275.
Moravians, 161, 164, 509.
Morgan, Daniel, 336, 342, 420, 434, 489
Mormons, 779-781.

Morris, Gouverneur, 540.
Robert, 500.
Morse, Samuel F. B., 796.
Moultrie, Fort, 361.
Muhlenburg, Colonel 404.
Muhlenburg, Rev. H. M. 140.
Narragansets, 169, 174.
Nashville, 465.

Natchez, 217, 218.

National Bank, 532.

debts assumed, 532.
Bank, 642.
flag, 409.

Naval efforts, 345, 346.
Navy, the, 404, 545, 593.

department of, 530.

Nebraska bill, 787.
Nelson, Governor, 504.
Newark burned, 608.
New Amsterdam, 115, 124.
York city, 113, 114, 674.
York province, 127.
Netherland, 115, 126.
Sweden, 124.

Jersey, 128.

Haven, 88.

France, 196.

Orleans, 217; battle, 635.

London burned, 503.

Lights, 223, 286.

Nicholson, Francis, 155, 182.
Nipmucks, 172, 175.

Massachusetts, 74, 90, 168, 220, 615, 628, Norfolk burned, 352.

632.

Massasoit, 70, 71, 176.

Matamoras occupied, 704.

Mather, Cotton, 189-194.

Increase, 188.

May, Colonel, 702, 723.

Mayhew, Thomas, 94.

Mechlenburg declaration, 322.

Megapolensis, Domine, 122, 200.
Meigs, Colonel, 407, 600.

McCrea, Jenny, 429.
McCulloch, Major, 715.

McHenry, Fort, defended, 627.

Melendez, Pedro, 32, 33.

Mercer, General Hugh, 371, 398.
Fort, defended, 426.

Mesilla Valley purchased, 786.

Methodist Episcopal Church, 162, 524.

Mifflin, Thomas, 321, 370, 517; Gov., 542.

Miantonomoh, 85, 86.

Minuits, Peter, 115, 123.

Mississippi, 25, 203.

Missions, Jesuit, 35, 198, 201, 202, 208.

Spanish, 149.

Missouri Compromise, 648-651.

Mobilian tribes, 9.

North, Lord, 299, 301, 442, 511.
Nullification, 666.

O'Brien, Captain, 720, 725.

Oglethorpe, 156-166.
Ohio Company, 225.

State of, 556.

Old Lights, 223.

Opechancanough, 96, 97, 103.
Orders in Council, 581, 588.
Ordinance of 1787, 522.

Oregon, boundary, 695-698.

emigration to, 732; State of. 738,

Otis, James, 284, 296.

Packenham, General, 635, 637.

Palo Alto, battle, 700.

Parker, Sir Peter, 361.

Parliament, measures of, 346.

Parris, Samuel, 190-194.
Patroons, 116.

Penn, William, 131-139, 291.

Pennsylvania, 133; settlers, German, 158

Presbyterian, 138; Western, 541.

Pepperell, William, 220.

Pequods, war with, 84-88.

Mohawks, or Huron-Iroquois, 9, 117, 119, Perry, Commodore, 787.

199, 208, 334, 414.

Mohegans, 84, 118, 121.
Monongahela, battle, 237.

first settlers on, 541.
lino del Rey, battle, 760.

O. H., 602.

Philadelphia, 134; taken, 424.
Philip's, King, war, 169-175.
Phillips, General, 414, 489.

Phipps, Sir William, 191, 211.

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Pizarro, 14.

Pocahontas, 49, 52, 54.

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General Philip, 333, 337, 339

360, 408, 416, 428, 431.

Polk, James K., 691; President, 693, 704, Scott, Lieutenant-General Winfield, 591,

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Prejudices, sectional, 348, 371.

524, 541.

617, 662; Mexican War, 705, 713, 746,
755.

Sears, Robert, 321, 350.

Seminoles, 150; war with, 646, 670.
Shawnees, 199, 227.

Shay's rebellion, 518.

Presbyterians, 129, 138, 141, 147, 151, 274, Sherlock, Bishop, 285.

President, frigate, taken, 640.

Prescott, Colonel William, 328, 381.

General, capture of, 416.

Press, the, 91, 105, 135, 177, 797.

liberty of, vindicated, 187.

Preston, Captain, 298.

Princeton, battle, 397.

Prisoners of war, 402, 514.

Prevost, Sir George, 599, 621.

Provost, Bishop, 529.

Pulaski, Count, 419, 423, 462.

Puritans, 60, 102, 168.

Putnam, Israel, 248, 317, 330, 374, 402.

Quakers, 92, 130, 136, 147, 279.

Quebec Act, 304.

founded, 36, 262, 266, 341.

Queenstown attacked, 590.

Quincy, Josiah, 298.

Josiah, jr., 582.

Quitman, John, General, 707.

Raisin River, battle, 599.

Rahl, Colonel, 392, 394.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 39, 41; death, 43.
Randolph, Edmund, 521, 531.

John, 580.

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Sherman, Roger, 367.
Shingis, 230, 251.

Silk culture, 157, 161.

Sioux or Dahcotahs, 9, 202.
Slater, Samuel, 534.

Slave law, fugitive, 779.

representation, 521, 631.

trade, 309, 366, 367, 522, 682.

Slavery in the colonies, 96, 125, 146, 161,
166, 278, 281.

Slavery in the territories, 522, 649, 773,

775, 777, 788.

Slavery discussion on, 772, 778.

Slaves in British army, 514.

Sloughter, Colonel Henry, 183, 184.

Smith, John, 47-52, 58.

Joseph, 779.

Smugglers, English, 163.

Society for propogating the Gospel in

foreign parts, 151, 159.

Soto, de, 22-26.

Sons of Liberty, 290, 321.
Squanto, 58, 70.

St. Clair, General, 403, 414-416; defeat,

535.

St. Leger, General, 430.

Specie Circular, 674.

Speculation, 673, 674, 676.
Stamp Act, 288, 293.

Standish, Miles, 66, 72.

Stark, John, 248, 317, 330, 393; Bennington,
432.

State Department, 346.

Stephenson, Fort, defended, 600.
Steuben, Baron de, 446, 498.
Stirling, Lord, General, 375.
Stockton, Commodore, 737.
Stonington bombarded, 628.
Stony Point, taken, 461.

Stoughton, William, 178, 191-194.
Stuyvesant Peter, 122-126,

Susquehannas, 100, 105.

Sub-Treasury, 675.

Sullivan, John, General, 312, 358, 373, 391,

421, 453, 458.

Sumter, General, 472.

Talleyrand, 549.

Taney, Roger B., 669.

Tariffs, 532, 642, 653, 659, 660, 665, 667, 769
Tarleton, Colonel, 468, 489.

Taxes, parliamentary, 283, 287, 296.

Taylor, Zachary, 570; Mexican war, 695
699, 702, 706, 721; President, 771, 778.
Tea taxed, 295, 301; destroyed, 303,
Tecumseh, 575, 600, 603.

Santa Anna, 685, 688, 710, 714, 716-728, Telegraph, the, 796.

749, 754, 764.

Santa Fé taken, 739.

Ban Jacinto, battle, 688.

Temperance Movement, 798.
Tennent, Rev. William, 224.

Territory, North-west, 522.

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Texas annexation, 684-691.
Thames, battle, 603.
Thanksgiving day, 72.

Thomas, General, 336, 355, 359.
Thomson, Charles, 307.

Ticonderoga taken, 319, and 415.
Tippecanoe, battle, 577.
Toleration, 102.

Tompkins, Daniel D., 543.

Tories, 299, 514, 518.

Wars of the Revolution, 311-512.
with Tripoli, 557.

King William's, 208.
Washington, Fort, taken, 384.

George, youth, 227-229, 230,
232, 237, 260; commander-in-chief, 325,
337, 355, 380, 383, 385, 392-398, 413, 421,
423, 451, 466, 500, 515; retirement,
517, 520; President, 527-546; death,

552.

Trade, colonial, 110; restrictions, 146, 168, Washington, John, 105.

177, 281.

Treasury Department, 357, 530.

Colonel William, 490, 495.
City pillaged, 626.

Treaties with England, 512; Jay's, 544, at Wayne, Anthony, 404, 423; Stony Point,

Ghent, 638; at Washington, 682.

Treaties with Spain, 545, 648.

Algiers, 545, 641.

Mexico, 767.

Japan, 787.

Ottoman empire, 672.

Indians, 536, 642.

Trenton, battle, 392.

Trist, N. P., commissioner, 752, 760, 767.

Tryon, Governor, 350, 405, 460.

Tuscaroras, 152, 153.

Tyler, John, 678-692.

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461; 499, 536.

Webster, Daniel, 613, 029, 664; Sec. of

State, 680, 774; death, 784.

Wesley, John and Charles, 161, 162.
Wetherford, the chief, 609, 610.

Wheelock, Rev. E., 294.

Whigs, 209.

Whiskey Insurrection, 541-543.

Whitefield, George, 162, 220, 224.

White Plains, battle, 382.

Whitney, Eli, 656.

Wilkinson, James, General, 390, 605, 607,

617.

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Writs of Assistance, 283.

Wyoming, ruin of, 454; revenged, 458.

Yamasees, 152, 154.

Yeamans, Sir John, 143, 146.
Yeardley, George, 55, 98.
York, taken, 606.
Yorktown, siege of, 503–505.

Zenger, John Peter, 187

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