BACON, Lord, his expedition to New Foundland, 74.
BACON, NATHANIEL, 110, 111, 112.

BAINBRIDGE, Commodore, Protects Am. Com. 390, 391,
Captured by Tripolitans, 891. Notice of, 891.
BALDWIN, ABRAHAM, 856, 629.
BALFOUR, Colonel, at Charleston, 887.
BALTIMORE, Lord, 152, 209.

Baltimore, Md, Capt. John Smith on the site of, 67.
Gen. Ross approaches, 436, 487. Congress meets at,
262. Massachusetts troops attacked in, 556.
Ball's Bluff, Battle of, 585.
Bank, Of Massachusetts, 372.

National, 872. Of New

BELKNAP, JEREMY, Dr., 57.

BELL, JOHN, Secretary of War, 474, 542.

Big Bethel, Battle at, 562.

Bill of Rights of the Continental Congress, 298.
BILLINGE, EDWARD, 160.

BILLOP, Captain, 257.

BINGHAM, Captain, 407.

Birmingham Meeting House, 278.

Blackfeet Indians, 33.

BLACK HAWK, 18, 82, 463.

Black Hawk War, 463.

Black Rock Village, burnt, 427.

BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM, Rev., 89.

Black Warrior, Steam Ship, 519.
BLAIR, JOHN, 856, 869.
BLAKELEY, Captain, 440.
BLENNERHASSET, 397.
BLOCK, ADRIAN, 72, 82.
Blockade Runners, 708.

Block House, Burnet's 192.

Block Island, Origin of the name of, 87.

BLOEMART, SAMUEL, 139.

Bloody Creek, Connecticut, 126.

Bloody Marsh, Florida, 173.

Bloody Pond, 190.

BLOOMFIELD, Joseph, 410.

BLOUNT, WILLIAM, 355, 356.
BLUCHER, 481.

BLYTHE, Captain, 430.

BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON, Emperor, 399. His decrees at
Berlin, 400; Milan, 402; and Rambouillet, 406. Treaty
with, 386, 603.

"Bonhomme Richard," 307.

Booksellers in the American Colonies, 179.
BOONE, DANIEL, 800.

BOOTH, WILKES, Assassin, 720.
BOSCAWEN, Admiral, 189, 195, 196.
Boston, Mass, Norwegians explore the region_near,
85. Founded, 118. Expedition from, to Port Royal,
135, 136. Revolutionary proceedings there, 221.

Boston, Port Bill, 225, 226, Boston Neck, 229. Forti-
fied by Gage, 229. Cannonaded, 247. Evacuated by

the British, 247.

BRADSTREET, Colonel, 197, 198. At Detroit, 205.

BRAGG, General, 632, 684, 638, 668, 665, 666.
Brandywine, Battle of, 278.

"Brandywine," frigate, 458.

BRANT, JOSEPH, 290, 291.

Brashear City, 684.

BREARLY, DAVID, 856.

Breed's Hill, 234.

BRENT, CHARLES, 489.

BREWSTER, ELDER, 77, 116.

BREYMAN, Colonel, 277.

Bridgewater, Battle at, 433.

British Agents among the Indians, 873. Fleet, depre-
dations by the, in the United States, 480; and in 1814
436, 487. Fleet on Lake Champlain, 435. Claims to
Oregon, 479.

BROCK, SIR ISAAC, General, 411, 414.
BROOKE, Lord, 85.

BROOKE, Colonel, 487.

Brookfield, Connecticut, 126.

Brooklyn, New York, Walloons at, 73.
BROWN, JACOB, 356.

BROWN, JACOB, General, at Chippewa, 438. At Pres-
cott, 426. At Sackett's Harbor, 426, 482.

Notice of

BROWN, Major, at Fort Brown, 482. Mortally wounded,

492.

BROWN, General, (British), 886, 337.

At

BURGOYNE, JOHN, General, 234. At Fort Edward, 276,
277. At Lake Champlain, 272. At St. John, 271.
Ticonderoga, 275. Surrenders at Saratoga, 281. Dines
with General Schuyler, 281. Notice of, 282.
BURKE, EDMUND, 217, 221, 282.
Burlington, Count Donop at, 262.
BURNET, PETER H., 499.

BURNSIDE, AMBROSE E., General, 589, 606. Head quarters
of, 607. Takes command of the Army, 681. Is super-
seded, 631, 664.

Canonchet, Treaty of Peace with, 125. His perfidy and
death, 127.

Canonicus, Narraganset chief, 21, 90, 91, 115.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 121.

Cape Ann, colony at, 116. Bajador, 36. Breton, 137,
138. Charles, origin of the name, 64. Cabot passes,
46. Cod, origin of the name, 57. Farewell, 46. Fear,
origin of the name, 55. Of Good Hope, origin of the
name, 87. Henlopen, 93. Henry, origin of the name,
64. May, 35; purchase of, and origin of the name, 94.
Capital of the United States, 888.
CARAMELLI, HAMET, 892, 895.
Carcass, described, 236.

CARDON, Lord, 166.

BURNS, ANTHONY, Fugitive Slave, arrest of, 519.
BURE, AARON, in Arnold's expedition to Quebec,
Vice-President, 888. Duel with Hamilton, 361, 396.
Proposed invasion of Mexico, 396. Tried for treason,
898. His conduct towards Blennerhasset, 397. Notice
of, 397.

BURLINGTON, GEORGE, Governor of North Croliana, 171.
BURROUGHS, Rev,, The. executed as a wizard, 133.
BURROWS, Lieut., Captures the British brig "Boxer,"
432.

BUSHNELL, DAVID, his torpedo, 252.
BUTE, Lord, 213.

BUTLER, BENJAMIN, F., 483, 579, 609. Commander of New
Orleans, 611, 632, 635. Relieved of the Department of
the Gulf, 636, 688, 691. Colored troops under, 696.
BUTLER, JOHN, Colonel, 278, 290.

BUTLER, PIERCE, 356.

BUTLER, WALTER N., 291.

BUTLER, ZEBULON, Colonel, Notice of, 290.

BYRON, Admiral, 805. Succeeds Lord Howe, 292.

C.

CABOT, GEORGE, 444.
CABOT, JOHN, Notice of, 60.
CABOT, SEBASTIAN, his commission from Henry VII, 46.
Sails for America in 1497, 46. His second expedition,
in 1498, 47. Discovers Labrador, Newfoundland and
portions of New England, 41. Explores the coast from
Labrador to the Carolinas, 47. Navigates the northern
coast of Hudson's Bay. Explores the coast of Brazil,
47. Discovers the Río de la Plata, 47. Notices of, 47, 60.
CADWALADER, LAMBERT, Colonel, 355,

CADWALLADER, JOHN, General, at Trenton, 263, 268.
Cahokia, captured by Major Clarke, 303.
Cahokia Indians, 19.

CALDWELL, Rev. Dr., 834.

CALDWELL, JAMES, 221.

"Caledonia" The, one of Perry's vessels, 420.
CALEF, Mr., of Boston, 133.

CALHOUN, JOHN C., his views of the war of 1812, 409.
Secretary of War, 447. Vice-president, 454, 459. No-
tices of, 458, 459.

California, Conquest of, 487.

Admitted to the Union, 501.

CALUMETS, Indian, 14.

CALVERT, CHARLES, 153.

Discovery of Gold, 497.

Excludes slavery, 499.

Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, 288, 588.
CARE, Sir ROBERT, 123.

CARROLL, CHARLES, of Carrollton, 252, 602.
CARROLL, DANIEL, 356.

CARROLL, JOHN, Archbishop, 354. Notice of, 354.
CARTERET, Sir GEORGE, 93, 159. Purchases New Jersey,

159.

CARTERET, PHILIP, Governor of New Jersey, 94, 159.
Carteret County Colony, 98, 164, 165.
CARTIER, JAMES, his expeditions, 48, 49.
CARTWRIGHT, GEORGE, 123.

CARVER, JOHN, Governor, 77, 78. His interview with
Massasoit, 114. Death of, 115. Notice of, 78.
Cascades, Oregon, Attacked by Indians, 528.

Casco Village, attacked by the French and Indians, 131.
CASEY, General, 616.

CASS, LEWIS, General, at Detroit, 424.

the Presidency, 1848, 498.

Candidate for

CASTILLON, General, deserts Colonel Walker at Rivas,

CHAMPE, Serjeant, attempts to capture Arnold, 326.
CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL, his expedition, 59. Discovers
Lake Champlain, 59; and Lake Huron 59. His pub-
lications, 59.

Champlain, Lake, discovered, 59.
Chancellorsville, Battle of, 649.
Chanco, 106.

Chandler, Notice of, 426.

CHARLES I, of England, 74, 107, 116.

CHARLES II., of England, 109, 110. His Gifts to Lord Cul-
pepper, and the Earl of Arlington, 110. Grants a new
charter to Connecticut, 155. Declares the Massachu-
setts charter void, 129. Makes judges independent of
the people, 110. Reproaches Governor Berkeley, 112.
Gives New Netherland to his brother James, 144.
Death of, 113.

CHARLES IX., of France, 49, 51. His commission to Co-
ligny, 50.

Charleston, South Carolina, founded, 99, 117. Freneh
and Spanish expedition against, 169. Seige of, 309,
311. Captured by the British, 312. Evacuated, 348.
at Oglethorpe, 100, 703.
Charlestown, Mass., 286.

Charter of Liberties, William Penn's, 162, Of New
York, 147.

Chatham, The Earl of, 218. His conciliatory measures,
231. His denunciations in the House of Lords, 282

Christians, Indian, converted by French Jesuits,22.
Christian Commission, 723.

Christina, in Deleware, 93.

CHRONICLE, WILLIAM, Mayor, 819.
Chrysler's Field, Battle of, 427.

CHURCH BENJAMIN, Captain, 127. Death of, 127.
Church of England in the reign of Charles II., 110.
Established in Maryland, 154. In North Carolina,
168. In South Carolina, 169,
Church and State, in Massachusetts, 118.

Churchmen, persecuted by Puritans, 119.
Cincinnati Society, instituted, 352. Order of the, 852.
Cipher Writing of the New York tories, 309.

City Hall of New York, 366. City Hall Park, 148.
Civilization, New period of, in America, 52.

CLAIBORNE, WILLIAM C. C., Governor, 440. Notice of,
441.

Clans, Indian, 17.

CLARENDON, Lord, 98.

Clarendon County Colony, 98.

CLARK, ABRAHAM, 356, 602.

CLARKE, GEORGE R., General, his operations in South
Carolina and Georgia, 314, 315, 319, 336, His expedi-
tion against the Indians, 303. Captures Kaskaskia,
and Cahokia, 303. Notice of, 303.
CLARKE, Captain, his tour of exploration with Captain
Lewis, in 1804, 479.

CLAY, GREEN, General, at Fort Meigs, 413, 419.
CLAY, HENRY, United States Commissioner at Ghent,
443. Nominated for the Presidency, 454. Secretary

of State, 454. His compromise bill, 464. Nominated
for the Presidency, 478. Notice of, 500.

CLAY, Lieutenant-Colonel, 486.

CLAYBORNE, WILLIAM, 82, 151.

"Clermont," Fulton's first steamboat, 899.

CLEVELAND, BENJAMIN, 319.

CLINCH, General, 467.

CLINGMAN, WILLIAM, 611.

CLINTON, DE WITT, 416. His part in the Erie Canal, 457.
Notice of, 457.

CLINTON, Sir HENRY, General, at Boston, 234, 236. Joins
Sir Peter Parker, 248. On Long Island, 253. At New
York, 272. Captures Forts Clinton and Montgomery,
283. At Monmouth, 257. His moonlight dispatch,
238. His marauding expeditions, 296. Succeed Howe,
287. Evacuates Rhode Island, and proceeds to the
Carolinas, 806, 309. In New Jersey, 320. Deceives
Washington, 820, At the Seige of Charleston, 309.
Sends emissaries to the Pennsylvania mutineers, 328,
829.

CLINTON, JAMES, General, at Tioga Point, 304.

the art of war with, 52. The friend of Huguenots, 49.
COLLETON, JAMES, Governor, 166.

COLLETON, SIR JOHN, 98.

COLLIER, SIR GEORGE, 297.

Colonies, American, History of the, 51, 52 104 174
American population of the, 179. New England, pro-
posed Union of the, 121; the Union dissolved, 122
Colony, The earliest in America, 42.

Colorado, 678.

Columbia, District of, 388.
Columbia River, 279.

Columbia, S. C., Fall of, 712.

COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER, 87. His voyage to Iceland, St.
Queen Isabella fits out a fleet for him, 87. He sals
from Palos, 89. His voyages and discoveries, persecu
tions and death, 41.

Comanche Indians, 33. Territory of the, 45.
Combahee River, D'Ayllon at the mouth of, 43.
Commerce of the American colonies. Restrictions im-
posed on the, 212. American, 381, 392, 890, 391; Pro-
tected, 891; Injured by England and France, 400, 401;
Injured by pirates, 458. Of Great Britain and the
United States, 367.

Committee of Safety of Massachusetts, 234.

mittees of Correspondence, 226.
Como, Witchcraft at, 182,
Company of Free Traders, 96.

Com-

"Concessions," The, of Berkeley and Carteret. 139.
Confederation, American Articles of, 266, 267, 858, 833.
Confederation of New England colonies, 121.
Confederates, Finances of, 679.
Confederacy, Excitement in, 545.

Congaree Indians hostile to the South Carolina col-
onies, 170.

Congress, First Continental, at Philadelphia, 227, 228.
Second Continental, 215, 288; Appoints a Committee
to confer with Washington, 239; Measures of, 245;
Armed Marine of, 307; Committee on Naval Affairs
807; Continental Naval Board of Marine Committee,
and Board of Admiralty of, 308; Resolution on Inde-
pendence, and Committee on the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 251; Committee for conferring with Lord
Howe, 259; Sends an embassy to France and to other
European courts, 266; Rejects Lord North's Concilia-
tory Bills, 286. Of the United States, resolution of the,
to allow military officers half pay for life, 349; Disbands
the army, 350; Efforts of, at New York, 362; Recom
mends the appointment of a day for thanksgiving and
prayer, 370; Measures of the, respecting Revenues
366, 367: Extraordinary Sessions of, 475. Provincial
at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 230; Makes salutary
change in postal arrangements, 507; Sends steam ves
sels to coast of China and round Cape Horn, 515; Re-
construction policy of, 726; Passes tenure of office bill,
729; Impeaches the President, 729, 782.
Congress Mexican, Assumes provisional authority, 49%.
"Congress," frigate, 414.

Connecticut, Origin and signification of the word, $3.
Settlement of, 62. Pequod Indians in, 21. History of
the Colony of, 154. Constitution of, 154. Charter of
155. Takes part in the war against King Philip, 155
Refuses to surrender its charter, 156. Joins the con-
federacy of colonies, 121. Grant to, from Parliament,
206.

Connecticut River, Discovered by Block, 72, 82.
ony at the, 85, 86.
Canonchet, 21.

Col-

CONNOR, Commodore. Sails for the Gulf of Mexico, 480.
Captures Tampico, Tabasco, and Tuspan, 455. At
Vera Cruz, 489.

"Constellation," frigate, 882. Captures the frigate L'
Insurgente, 385. Action of the, with the frigate La
Vengeance, 385.