Henry Lee, Craik, 362, 363; the of-
ficers of the army, 363; Trumbull,
Robert and Gouverneur Morris, 363;
regard for and courtesy toward
Franklin, 364; love for Lafayette,
365; care for his family, 366; last-
ing regard for Fairfaxes, 366, 367;
kindness to Taft family, 367, 368;
destroys correspondence with his
wife, 368; their devoted relation-
ship, 368; care for his step-children
and relatives, 369, 370; charged
with lack of humor, 371; but never
made himself ridiculous, 372; not
joyous in temperament, 372; but
had keen pleasure in sport, 373;
enjoyed a joke, even during Revo-
lution, 374; appreciates wit, 375;
writes a humorous letter, 376-378;
not devoid of worldly wisdom, 378,
379; enjoys cards, dancing, the the-
atre, 380; loves horses, 380; thor-
ough in small affairs as well as
great, 381; controversy over site
of church, 381; his careful domes-
tic economy, 382; love of method,
383; of excellence in dress and fur-
niture, 383, 384; gives dignity to
American cause, 385; his personal
appearance, 385; statements of
Houdon, 386; of Ackerson, 386,
387; his tremendous muscular
strength, 388; great personal im-
pressiveness, 389, 390; lacking in
imagination, 391; strong passions,
391; fierce temper, 392; anecdotes
of outbreaks, 392; his absence of
self-love, 393; confident in judg-
ment of posterity, 393; religious
faith, 394; summary and conclusion,
394, 395.

Characteristics of. General view,
ii. 304-395; general admiration for,
i. 1-7; myths about, i. 9-12, ii.
307 ff.; comparisons with Jeffer-
son, ii. 69; with Lincoln, ii. 310-
312; with Hampden, ii. 312, 313;
absence of self-seeking, i. 341; af-
fectionateness, i. 111, 285, 331, 345, ii.
332, 362-371; agreeableness, ii. 344-
347, 377; Americanism, ii. 307–328;
aristocratic habits, ii. 314, 316;
business ability, i. 105, 109, ii. 5,

352, 382; coldness on occasion, 1.
223, 224, 263, ii. 318; courage, i.
77, 78, 86, 127, 168, 292; dignity, i.
81, 161, ii. 52–57, 76; hospitality, ii.
360; impressiveness, i. 56, 83, 130,
138, 319, ii. 385; indomitableness,
i. 177, 181, 227; judgments of men,
i. 295, ii. 64, 86, 334, 335; justice
and sternness, i. 287, 330, ii. 203,
352-358, 389; kindliness, ii. 349-356,
359; lack of education, i. 62, ii.
337; love of reading, i. 62, ii. 341,
342; love of sport, i. 56, 98, 113-
116, 118, ii. 380; manners, ii. 282-
283, 314; military ability, i. 154,
166, 174, 183, 197, 204, 207, 239, 247,
265, 267, 305-320, ii. 331; modesty,
i. 102, 134; not a figure-head, ii. 329,
330; not a prig, i. 10-12, 41-47; not
cold and inhuman, ii. 332, 342; not
dull or commonplace, ii. 330, 332;
not superhuman and distant, i. 9,
10, 12, ii. 304, 305; open-minded-
ness, ii. 317; passionateness, i. 58,
73, 90; personal appearance, i. 57,
136, 137, ii. 282, 343, 385-389; reli-
gious views, i. 321, ii. 393; ro-
mantic traits, i. 95-97; sense of
humor, ii. 371-377; silence regard-
ing self, i. 14, 69, 70, 116, 129, 285;
ii. 37, 336; simplicity, i. 59, 69, 348,
ii. 50, 340; sobriety, i. 49, 52, 134;
ii. 43, 45, 333, 373; tact, i. 162, 243,
244-246; temper, i. 73, 92, 110, 168,
236, 237, 260, ii. 98, 392; thorough-
ness, i. 142, 323, 341, ii. 381.

Political Opinions. On Alien and
Sedition Acts, ii. 196; American
nationality, i. 191, 250, 251, 255,
262, 279, ii. 7, 61, 133, 145, 324,
325, 327, 328; Articles of Confed-
eration, i. 297, ii. 17, 24; bank, ii.
110, 111; colonial rights, i. 120,
124-126, 130; Constitution, i. 38-
41; democracy, ii. 317-319; Demo-
cratic party, ii. 214, 239, 240, 258,
261, 267, 268; disunion, ii. 22; du-
ties of the executive, ii. 190; edu-
cation, ii. 81, 326, 339; Federalist
party, ii. 71, 246, 247, 259, 260, 261,
269-274, 298; finance, ii. 107, 108,
112, 122; foreign relations, ii. 25,
134, 142, 145, 147, 179, 217-219, 323;

French Revolution, ii. 139, 140, 295,
318; independence of colonies, i.
131, 159, 160; Indian policy, ii. 82,
87, 88, 91, 92, 104, 105; Jay treaty,
ii. 184-205; judiciary, i. 150; nomi-
nations to office, ii. 62; party, ii.
70, 222, 233, 249; protection, ii.
116-122; slavery, i. 106-108; Stamp
Act, i. 119; strong government, i.
298, ii. 18, 24, 129, 130; treaty
power, ii. 190, 207–210; Virginia and
Kentucky Resolutions, ii. 266, 267;
Western expansion, ii. 6, 8-16, 135,
163-165, 218, 322.

Washington, George Steptoe, his sons
educated by Washington, ii. 370.
Washington, John, brother of George,
letter of Washington, to, i. 132.
Washington, Lawrence, brother of
George Washington, educated in
England, i. 54; has military career,
54; returns to Virginia and builds
Mt. Vernon, 54; marries into Fair-
fax family, 54, 55; goes to West
Indies for his health, 62; dies, leav-
ing George guardian of his daugh-
ter, 64; chief manager of Ohio
Company, 65; gives George mili-
tary education, 65.
Washington, Lund, letter of Washing-

Brandywine, 1. 198; his opinion of
Germantown, 199; at Monmouth
urges Washington to come, 235;
ready to attack Stony Point, 268;
his successful exploit, 269; joins
Lafayette in Virginia, 307; ap-
pointed to command against Iual-
ans, ii. 100; his character, 100;
organizes his force, 101; his march,
102; defeats the Indians, 103.
Weems, Mason L., influence of his
life of Washington on popular opin-
ion, i. 10; originates idea of his
priggishness, 11; his character, 41,
43; character of his book, 42; his
mythical "rectorate" of Mt. Ver-
non, 43, 44; invents anecdotes of
Washington's childhood, 44; folly
of cherry-tree and other stories,
46; their evil influence, 47.
West, the, its importance realized by
Washington, ii. 7-16; his influence
counteracted by inertia of Con-
gress, 8; forwards inland naviga-
tion, 9; desires to bind East to
West, 9-11, 14; formation of com-
panies, 11-13; on Mississippi navi-
gation, 14-16, 164; projects of Genet
in, 162; its attitude understood by
Washington, 163, 164; Washington
wishes peace in order to develop
it, 218, 219, 321.

Whiskey Rebellion," passage of ex-
cise law, ii. 123; outbreaks of vio-
lence in Pennsylvania and North
Carolina, 124; proclamation issued
warning rioters to desist, 125; re-
newed outbreaks in Pennsylvania,
125, 126; the militia called out,
127; suppression of the insurrection,
128; real danger of movement, 129;
its suppression emphasizes national
authority, 129, 130; supposed by
Washington to have been stirred up
by Democratic clubs, 242.
White Plains, battle at, i. 173.
Wilkinson, James, brings Gates's mes-
sage to Washington at Trenton, i.
180; brings news of Saratoga to
Congress, 220; nettled at Sher-
man's sarcasm, discloses Conway
cabal, 220; quarrels with Gates,
223; resigns from board of war,