Clayborne, William, 60.
Clinton, De Witt, 146, 159.
Clinton, Sir Henry, attacks Charles-
ton, 99; on the Hudson, 109; su-
persedes Howe, 112; retreats to
New York, 113; sends out expe-
ditions, 114; takes Stony Point,
115; sails to Charleston, 118; cap-
tures Charleston, 119; returns to
New York, 120.

Coligny, Admiral Gaspard de, 24.
Colleges, Harvard, founded, 48; in
Canada, 53; William and Mary,
Yale, 77; number in 1763, 88;
number in 1781, 131.

Colonies, population of, in 1688, 71;
in 1748, 76; in 1763, 87; discontent
in the, 92.

Corinth captured by Grant, 212.
Cornwallis, Lord Charles, pursues

Washington, 102; portrait of,
103; at Trenton, 104; at Phila-
delphia, 110; at Charleston, 120;
defeats Gates, 121; pursues
Greene, 126; retreats, 127; in-
vades the North, besieged at
Yorktown, 128; surrenders, 129.
Cortez, Hernando, conquered Mexi-
co, 12; treatment of natives, 21.
Crown Point, built, 75, 82; captured,
96.

Cuba discovered, 10, 12.
Cumberland, sinking of the, 216.

D

Columbus, Christopher, portrait of, Dale, Sir Thomas, 33.

8; discoveries of, 9, 10.
Commission, Sanitary, Christian,

239.

Compromise, Missouri, 166; bill, 168.
Concord, encounter at, 95.
Confederacy, Southern, organized,
194; fails, 237.

110;

Davenport, John, 44.

Davis, Jefferson, 194; portrait of,
197; leaves Richmond, 236; cap-
tured, 237; pardoned, 238.
Dearborn, Henry, 148, 149, 151.
Debt, National, in 1789, 138; 238, 241.
Decatur, Stephen, 145; 150.
D'Estaing, Count, 112; arrives off
New York, sails to West Indies,
113; at Savannah, 118.

D'Iberville, Lemoine, 73, 75.

Congress, of colonial delegates, 94;
second Continental, 97; Decla-
ration of Independence passed
by, 99; enlarges Washington's | De Gourgues, Dominique, 26.
authority, 103; adopts a flag, De Grasse, Count, at Yorktown, 128.
106; removes to York,
adopts articles of confederation,
131; powerless, 134; passes or-
dinance of 1787, 137, 165.
Congress, Confederate, 201.
Congress of U. S., first session of,

138; abolishes slave trade, 145;
lays embargo, 147; orators in,
159; debates in, 188; votes mon-
ey for war, 208; passes the re-
construction act, 241; impeaches
Johnson, 242.

Connecticut settled, 42; war with

the Pequots, constitution of, 43;
joins United Colonies, 45; ob-
tains charter, 62; under Andros,
61, 99; ravaged, 115.
Constitution, adoption of the, 135;
ratified, 136; amended, 241, 242.
Convention, of nine colonies, 92: in
South Carolina, 167; at Charles-
ton, 191; at Chicago, 192; of se-
cession, 193.

De Kalb, John, 105; goes south, 120;
killed, 121.

Delaware, a dependency of Penn-

sylvania, separated, 69.

De la Warr, Lord, 32; arrives in
Virginia, 33.

De Leon, Juan Ponce, discovered
Florida, 11, 13; treatment of In-
dians, 21.
Democrats, 141, 143, 166, 187, 190; par-
ty divided, 192.

De Soto, Hernando, 13; discovers
Mississippi, dies, 14; treatment
of Indians, 21.

De Tonty, Henry, 72, 75.
Detroit, fort of, built, 75; surren-
dered, 149.

Dickinson, John, 132.
Dieskau, 82.

Donelson, Fort, capture of, 209, 210.
Douglas, Stephen A., portrait of,
189; 192.

Dutch, introduce slavery, 34; claim | Foote, Com. A. A., reduces Fort

Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 46, 54.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, 28.
Grant, Gen. U. S., portrait of, 210;
captures Fort Donelson, at Shi-
loh, 211; moves on Vicksburg,
214; 226; captures Vicksburg,
227; promoted, 228; in Virginia,
229; advances, 233, 234; takes
Petersburg, 236; captures Lee,
237; chosen president, 242.
Greeley, Horace, 237; portrait of,
238; 245.

Greene, Gen. Nathaniel, 112, 113;

portrait of, commands in South,
125; retreats to Virginia, 126;
pursues Cornwallis, 127.
Grenville, Sir Richard, 27, 28.
Guanahani discovered, 9, 10.

H

Halleck, Gen., 209, 210; 220.
Hamilton, Alexander, 132, 136; sec.
of treasury, 137, 138; portrait of,
139; killed, 145.

Hancock, John, 94; proscribed, 97.
Harper's Ferry 191; 201; 221, 222.
Harrison, William Henry, governor

of Indiana, 147; commands
Western army 150; chosen
president, 171; dies, 172.
Hennepin, Louis, 72.
Henry, Patrick, portrait of, 91; 93;
speech of, 94; dies, 143.

Hessians, 98; 101; 101; 128.
Hill, Gen. A. P., 221.

Hispaniola, 10; population of, 20.
Holly Springs, 214.

Ι

Illinois settled, 72; 130; admitted,

164; war in, 168.
Independence, Declaration of, 99.
Indiana, 147; admitted, 164.
Indians, 16; number of, families of,
17; character of, 18-20; treat-
ment of, 21, 22; 43; 54; attempt
to convert, 58, 59; massacre by,
34, 60; 63; Penn's treaty with,
68; 74; hostilities of, 76, 81, 85, 86;
decline of, 87; 106; atrocities,
108; at Wyoming, 114; 139, 140;
146, 147; 149; 153; 168, 169.
Iowa admitted, 182.

Iroquois, 17; character of, 18; de-
stroy the Hurons, 72; aid Eng-
lish, 73, 106; at Wyoming, 114.
Irving, Washington, portrait of, 183.

J

Jackson, Andrew, subdues Indians,

153; at New Orleans, 156; por-
trait of, 157; chosen president,
167; in Florida, 170.
Jackson, Gen. T. J., at Bull Run,
portrait of, 205; defeats Banks,
218; joins Lee, 219; assails Pope,
220; in Maryland, 221; captures
Harper's Ferry, 222; shot, 224.
Jamestown, founded, 30; Starving
Time in, 33; defended against
Indians, 34; 51; burned, 66.
Jay, John, 132; 136; 138; 141.
Jefferson, Thomas, 99; 132; sec. of
state, 137, 138; 142; elected presi-
dent, 143; portrait of, 144.

Johnson, Andrew, becomes presi-
dent, 237; 240, 241; impeached,
242.

Johnson, Sir William, 82, 83.
Johnston, Gen. A. S., 209; at Shiloh,

Hood, General, in command, 231; Jesuits, 51, 52; move westward, 72.
defeated at Nashville, 232.
Hooker, Gen. Joseph, in command,
224; at Chancellorsville, 224; re-
signs, 225; in the West, 227.
Howe, Admiral Richard, at New
York, 100, 101; 106.
Howe, Sir William, at Boston, 96;
evacuates Boston, 98; attacks
Long Island, 101; 106;
Philadelphia, 110; 112.

Hudson, Henry, 53.

Huguenots, 24, 25; 70; 77.

Hull, Gen. William, 148.

Hundred Associates, the, 52.

takes

Hutchinson, Mrs. Anne, banished,

41; death of, 45.

211; wounded, 212.

Johnston, Gen. J. E., 204; at Bull
Run, 206; portrait of, 215; 218;
wounded, 219; in command,
228; retreats to Atlanta, 230; re-
lieved, 231; surrenders, 237.
Joliet, Louis, 72.

Jones, Com. Paul, 116.

K

Kansas, migration, admitted, 190.

Long Island, 53; battle on, 101.
Longstreet, Gen., in Maryland, 221;
at Knoxville, 228.
Louisburg, 76; 83.

Louisiana, named, 73; purchased,
143; admitted, 158; secession of,
195; re-admitted, 242.

Knox, Gen. Henry, 113; portrait of, Louisville, founded, 130; 164.

Lee, Gen. Chas., 102; captured, 103; Maryland, settled,60; population

McDowell, Gen. I., 205, 218.
McPherson, Gen., 230.
Meade, Gen. G. G., 225.

Memphis, captured, 212.

Menendez, Pedro, portrait of, 25.
Mexico, conquest of, 12; war with,
173; treaty with, 181.
Michigan, 148; admitted, 182.
Minnesota, admitted, 191.

Minuet, Peter, 54; in N. Sweden, 55.
Mississippi, admitted, 164; secession
of, 194.

Mississippi River, discovered, 14;
72; becomes a boundary, 86;
opened, 227.
Missouri, admitted, 165; compro-
mise, 166; 190; 200; war in, 207.
Mobile, founded, 75; port of, closed,
234.

Monitor and Merrimac, 216.
Monroe, J., elected president, 166.
Montcalm, Louis Joseph de, 82; cap-

tures Fort William Henry, 83;
defends Quebec, 84, 85.

Monterey, capture of, 175.

at New Orleans, 212; at Vicks-
burg, 21; Haprovement ir, 217.
Nebraska, admitted, 242.
Nevada, admitted, 212.
New Amsterdam, 54; 55.

New England, coast explored, 28;
37; council for, 37; 46; 54; char-
ter resigned, 41; progress of, 46;
population in 1660, 59; Charles
II. proclaimed, 62; Andros, gov-
ernor, 64; population, 71; set-
tlements attacked, 73, 74; manu-
facturers of, 87.
Newfoundland, explored, 12; claim-

ed for England, 26; captured, 74.
New France, named, 12; settled,

51-53; at war, 74; forts in, 79;
surrendered to England, 85.
New Hampshire, settled, 41; named,
united with Massachusetts, 42.
New Haven, settled, laws of, 44;
joins United Colonies, 45; united
with Connecticut, 62; 115.

New Jersey, 64; 67; assigned, set-
tled, 68; map of, 104.

Montgomery, Gen. Richard, in- New Mexico, 14; 26; annexed, 176;

vades Canada, 97, 98.

Montreal, 74; captured, 85; 97.

Morgan, Gen. Daniel, 125.

Mormons, 183.

a territory, 188.

New Netherland, settled, 53; direct-

ors of, 54, 55; laws of, 55; name
changed to New York, 56.

Morse, Prof. S. F. B., portrait of, 182. New Orleans, founded, 75; map of,

Moultrie, Col. William, 99.

Mt. Vernon, 129.

Murfreesborough, battle of, 213.

N

Narragansett Indians, 43, 45, 63.
Nashville, 129; battle of, 232.
National, Road, 159; Bank, 166.
Naval battle, 116; at Tripoli, 145;

battle of, 156; 164; captured, 212.
Newport, 12; 45.

New Sweden, 55; 56.

New York, harbor explored, 12;
53; settled, 54; captured by the
Dutch, 67; in 1763, 87; Stamp act
in, 92; tea at, 93; Howe arrives
at, 98; map of, 101; Continental
Congress at, 137.

between the Chesapeake and
the Leopard, 148; Constitution
and Guerriere, Wasp and
Frolic, United States and Mace-
donian, Constitution and Java,
150; of Lake Erie, 152; Chesa-
peake and Shannon, 153; on
Lake Champlain, 155; Monitor
and Merrimac, 216.
Navigation Act, 60; 63; 65; 90.
Navy, of U. S., 100, 116, 144, 145, 148 Oglethorpe, James Edward, 75.
149; on Lake Ontario, 151; on Ohio, settled and admitted, 158.
Lake Erie, 152; on Lake Cham- Ohio River, discovered, 72.
plain, 155; development of, 207; | Omnibus bill, 188, 189.

New York State, named, 56; under
Andros, 64; governors of, 67; set-
tlements of, attacked, 73; new
constitution of, 100.
Nicolls, Richard, 67.
North Carolina, 75; 87; secedes, 200;
re-admitted, 242.

Nullifiers, convention of, 168.