Montgomery, 288.

Morgan, 438.
Moosa, 172.

Motte, 335.

Moultrie, 249, 810, 468.
Nassau, 72, 93, 94,
Necessity, 183.
Niagara, 199, 200, 427.
Ninety-Six, 316, 335, 336.
Ontario, 189, 192.

Orange, 72, 189, 144, 148.
Oswego, 189, 192.
Pepperell, 189.
Pitt, 198.

Presque Ile, 181.
Prince George, 835.
Putnam, 253, 324.
Recovery, 374.
St. Frederic, 189.
St. Philip, 440.
Sandusky, 419.
Schuyler, 278.
Simon, 173.

Stanwix, 278.

Stephenson, 419.

Stoddart, 398.

FORWARD, WALTER. Secretary of the Treasury, 1841,475.
Fouls. The first taken to Virginia, 1609, 65.

Fox, CHARLES. His opposition to the measures of Great
Britain, 1777, 252. His remark respecting the battle
of Guilford, 833.

FOX, GEORGE. Visits his Quaker brethren in America,
1678, 94. Notice of, 122.

For Indians, 17. Conspire against the English, 1763,
205. See Sues and Fores.

France. A cross, with the arms of, planted on the
shore of Gaspé Inlet, 1554, 45. Cessation of her long
contest with England, 1604, 63. War with England,
168, 130. War of the Spanish Succession, 1702, 135.
First American embassy to, 1776, 266. Alliance of,
with the United States, 1778, 283. Fleet of, sent to
America, in 1778, 286. Secret treaty of, with Spain,
1779, 386. Depredations by, on American commerce,
1796, 352. Fleet of, attacked by Arbuthnot, 1781, 330.
Revolution in, 1793, 377. War with England, Spain,
and Holland, 1793, 377. Jealous of the United States,
1796, 382. War with the United States, 1798, 385.
Injures the commerce of the United States, 1806, 401.
Negotiations of, with the United States, 1810, 406.
Mr. Crawford, United States Minister to, 1513, 429.
Claims of, in North America, 180. Claims of the
United States against, 468: see French. Interfer-
ence of, respecting Cuba, in 1852, 513. Protests
against the annexation of the Sandwich Islands to the
United States, in 1853, 519.

FRANCIS I. His Expedition to America, in 1523, 47.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, 210. His Plan of Colonial Con-
federation, 1754, 183. A Colonel, against the Indians
at Kittaning, 1756, 193. At Boston, 1775, on the sub-
ject of the invasion of Canada, 239. Circulates in
England the State-papers of the Colonial Congress,
230. On the Committee to confer with Lord Howe,
257. On the Committee to draft a Declaration of In-
dependence, 251, 252. On the embassy to France,
1776. Issues commissions to naval officers, 308. Com-
missioner on the Treaty of Peace, 1782, 848. The

Pope's Nuncio makes overtures to, respecting an
Apostolic Vicar in the United States, 1783, 353. Mem-
ber of the Convention on the Articles of Confedera-
tion, 1787, 356. His proposition, respecting prayers
at the Convention, 1757, 859. His account of the
father of Cotton Mather, 134. Signer of the Declara-
tion of Independence, 602; and of the Constitution
of the United States, 629. M. Turgot's motto for a
medal in honor of, 603. Portraits of, 367, 589. Auto-
graph of, 367.
FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN.
FRASER, General, 276.
FREDERIC THE GREAT.

269.

His Expedition, in 1845, 509.

His opinion of Washington,

FREDERIC III., of Prussia, 431.

Fredericksburg, Virginia, 67.

Fredonia, New York. Antiquities found near, 11.
Free Institutions. Growth of, 114.

Freedom. Ideas of, in Massachusetts, in 1635, 118. In
the United States, 629.

FRELINGHUYSEN, THEODORE. Nominated Vice-Presi-
dent of the United States, 1844, 478.

FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES, Colonel. His exploits in
California, 487. At Los Angelos; at San Gabriel;
refuses to obey Colonel Kearney, and is deprived of
his commission, 487. Senator from California, in
1849, 499. Explores the Cochatope Pass, 516. Nom-
inated for the Presidency of the United States, in
1856, 532. Portrait, autograph, and notice of, 487,
488.

FRENCH, PARKER H., Colonel, 427.

French. Colony, on Sable Island, 57. Acadian, 121.
Possessions in North America, between the Penob
scot and St. Croix, 129. Protestants, thirty families
of, at Manhattan, în 1623, 73; in Carolina, 55. Revo-
lution, 377. Settlement, the earliest in the New
World, 55, 59. Spoliations, 468.

French, The. In Canada, discover the Algonquins, 17.
First visit of, to the Sioux Indians, in 1660, 82, Ear-
liest explorers of the Middle and Upper Mississippi, 31.
Subjugation of, in North America, 204. Assailed by
the Natchez Indians, whom they almost annihilate,
in 1780, 29. Their expedition against Charleston,

169.

Schenectada, 130, 181.

FRY, JOSHUA, Colonel, 182.
Fugitive Slave Law, 507.

Boston, in 1854, 521.
"Fulton," ship of war, 512.
FULTON, ROBERT.
398, 399.

Repelled by Schuyler, 149.
Death of, 183.

Fugitive slave arrested at

Portrait, autograph, and notice of,

"Fundamental Constitutions," The, of Shaftesbury and
Locke, 164, 165, 167.

Funeral. Ceremonies, Indian, 15. Pyre, Algonquin, 15.
Furs. Trade in, 72, 116, 139, 140.

GADSDEN, CHRISTOPHER, Lieutenant-Governor, 812, 556,
558.

GAGE, THOMAS, General. A Lieutenant-Colonel at the
Battle of Monongahela, 1755, 186. Governor of Mon-
treal, 1760, 208. Enters Boston with soldiers. 1768,
220. Governor of Massachusetts, 1774, 226. Sends
his secretary to dissolve the General Assembly of
Massachusetts, 1774,227. Fortifics Boston, 229. No-
tice of, 229.

GAINES, EDMUND P., General. Arrests Aaron Burr, in
1807, 398. At Fort Erie, 1814, 733. His expedition
against the Seminoles, 1817; joined by General Jack-
son, 448.
Assailed by the Seminoles, near Withlacoo-
chee, 467. Notices of, 448, 467.
GALILEO. His theory of the revolution of the earth, 37.
GALLATIN, ALBERT. Leading member of the House of
Representatives, 1794, 889. Secretary of the Treasury,
390, 406. Envoy, 1812, 419. United States Commis
sioner at Ghent, 1814, 443.

Galleys. Described, 172.

GALLOWAY, JOSEPH, 260, 598.

Galveston. Pirates and slave-dealers at, 448.

GAMBIER, Lord. British Commissioner at Ghent, 1814,
433.

GANSEVOORT, Colonel. At Fort Stanwix, 278.

GARANGULA. One of the chief men of the Onondagas,

26.

GENET, EDMUND CHARLES. Minister from France to
the United States, 877. Fits out privateers, 377. Re-
called, in 1794, 378. Notice of, 377.

Genesee County, New York. Ancient bit of silver
found in, 11.

Geneva, Switzerland. Witchcraft at, 132.

Gentleman. Import of the word, in 1606, 64, 67.
glish: see English Gentleman.
GEORGE I., of England, 136, 187.

En-

GEORGE II., of England. Accession of, 137. Charter
granted by, for the proposed Georgia Colony, 100.
GEORGE III., of England. Accession of, 212. His insan-
ity, 93. Leaden statue of, at New York, pulled down,
252.

GEORGE, Prince of Denmark, 186.
"George Washington" frigate, 391.

Georgetown, District of Columbia. Burnt, in 1813, 430.
Georgia. Settlement of, 99. Seal of 100. Colony in,
founded by Oglethorpe, 62. Colony of; origin of the
name, 100. Invaded by the Spaniards, 172. Receives
Parliamentary aid, 209. Claims of, to Cherokee
lands, 461. Controversy in, concerning the Creek
lands, 455, 456.

GERARD, M. French Minister to the United States, 287.
Germans. In North Carolina, 168.

GERRY, ELBRIDGE, 356. Signer of the Articles of Con-
federation, 611; and of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, 602. Envoy to France, 1797, 385. Vice-Pres-
ident of the United States, 1808, 497.
GERMAINE, GEORGE, Lord, 282, 345.
Germantown. Battle of, 275.
GESLER. Notice of, 223.

GRAY, SAMUEL. Killed at Boston, by Preston's men, 221.
GRAYSON, WILLIAM, 355.

Great Britain. First maritime connection with Rus-
sia, 47. Invaded by the Spanish Armada, 57. Cessa
tion of the long contest of, with France, 1604, 63, War
with France, 1658, 180; with Holland, 1672, 147; with
Spain, 1779, 135, 306; with Holland, 1780, 327. Ac-
knowledges the Independence of the United States,
1783, 848. Non-intercourse with the United States,
1806, 399. Injures the commerce of the United States,
401. Navy of, in 1812, 414. At war with the United
States, 1812, 409; Treaty of Peace, 1815, 443. Claims
of, to territory in North America, 17, 63, 180, 478, 479.
Difficulties of, with the United States, concerning the
fisheries, 1852, 511. Interference of, respecting Cuba,
1852, 513. Protests against the annexation of the
Sandwich Islands to the United States, 519. Reci-
procity treaty of, with the United States, 523. Difficul-
ties of, respecting enlistments, in 1835, 528. Royal
standard of, 144.

Green Bay. Indians on the western shores of, 18.
GREEN, CHRISTOPHER, Lieutenant-Colonel, of Rhode
Island, 275.

GREENE, NATHANIEL, General. Appointed Brigadier-
General, 1775, 238. At Fort Lee, 239. At Trenton,
1776, 259. Accompanies La Fayette to Rhode Island,
1778, 289. At Springfield, 1780, 320. Succeeds Gates,
1780; his operations, 330. Joins Morgan at the Yad-
kin, 1751; his retreat from Virginia, 832. Opposes
Cornwallis at Guilford court-house, 333. Pursues
Cornwallis; at the battle of Hobkirk's Hill; his letter
to M. Luzerne, 334. At the siege of Fort Ninety-Six,
1781, 336. Pursues Stewart, 337. At the battle of
Eutaw Springs, 338. Receives intelligence of the cap-
ture of Cornwallis, 345. Takes possession of Charles-
ton, 1782, 348. Portrait and autograph of, 331.
GREENE, ZECHARIAH, Rev. 252.

Greenland. Settlement of, 35. Traffic of, with Nor-
way and Denmark, in 950, 35.

Greenville, Treaty of, in 1795, 24.

Grenadiers. Described, 201.

GRENVILLE, GEORGE. Author of the Stamp Act, 921.
GRENVILLE, SIR RICHARD. His Expedition to America,

55, 56.

Grenville, Georgia, 213.

GREY, General. His marauding Expedition, 290.
GREY, Captain. Of Boston, 479.

Greytown. Bombardment of, in 1854, 524

GRIDLEY, RICHARD. Engineer of the Continental Army,

135, 190, 198, 234.

GRIDLEY, Mr. Advocate for the Crown, 1761, 212.

GRIER, Mrs. Judge Henry's account of 241.

GRIFFITH, Admiral. At Castine, 1814, 428.

GRIJALVA, JUAN DE. His Expedition to Mexico, 43.

GRINNELL, Henry. His Expeditions in search of Sir
John Franklin, in 1850 and 1853, 509.

Groton, Massachusetts, 57, 127.

GRUNDY, FELIX. On the war of 1812, 409.

Guanahama. The place of Columbus's first landing in
America, 40.

GUDRIDA. Wife of a Scandinavian Navigator; and
mother of a child born in America, 35.

GUESS, GEORGE. A native Cherokee, invents an alpha-
bet of his language, 28.

Guilford. Battle of, 1781, 823.

Gun-boats of the United States, 401.

GUNNISTON, Captain. His Expedition to explore a route
for a Pacific railroad; attacked by Indians; death
of, 516.
"GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS." The assumed name of Ar
nold, 92, 825.

515.

GUTHRIE, JAMES. Secretary of the Treasury, in 1858,
GUTTENBERG, JOHN. Prints a Bible, with cut metal
types, 62.

GWIGNEDD, OWEN, Prince. His son Madoc sails from
Wales to America, 1170, 82.

GWINN, WILLIAM M. United States Senator from Cal-
ifornia, in 1849, 499.

GWINNETT, BUTTON. Signer of the Articles of Confed-
eration, 604; and of the Declaration of Independence,
602.

Habeas Corpus. The Writ of, 619.

Hadley's Quadrant, 209.

Hudley, Connecticut, 126.

HAKLUYT, RICHARD, 63.

HAZZARD, W. W. His plantation, 178.
Head of Elk, Maryland, 340.

HEALD, Captain, 412.

HEATH, SIR ROBERT, 97, 98.

HEATH, WILLIAM, General, 238. In the Highlands, 259.
At Peekskill, 260. In New Jersey, 264, 265.
HECKEWELDER. His History of the Indian Nations, 33.
Hedge's Wharf, Plymouth, 79.

HALF, NATHAN, Captain. Executed, 258.

"Half-Moon," The. Henry Hudson's ship, 48, 59, 71.
Picture of, 59.

HALL, LYMAN. Signer of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, 602.

HALL, NATHAN K. Postmaster-General, in 1850, 502.
HALL, Judge. Arrests General Jackson, 1815, 443.
HAMER, General, 483.

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, General. Washington's favor-
ite Aid and Secretary, 360, 361. Member of the Con-
vention on the Articles of Confederation, 1757, 356.
Signer of the Constitution of the United States. One
of the authors of "The Federalist," 361. Secretary of
the Treasury, 1789, 370; his financial Reports, 870, 371,
His Scheme respecting Public Lands, 372. His disa-
greement with Jefferson, 374. His duel with Burr,
396. Portrait and autograph of, 361. Notice of, 360,
HAMILTON, PAUL. Secretary of the Navy, 1509, 406.
HAMPDEN, JOHN, 85. His supposed intention to mi-
grate to America, 120.

HAMPTON, WADE, General, 410, 427.

Hampton Roads. The British fleet in, in 1813, 430.
HANCOCK, JOHN. At Salem, 230. Gage's purpose to
hang him, 234. Leads troops to Rhode Island, in
1778, 289. Signer of the Articles of Confederation,
611; and of the Declaration of Independence, 252,
602. His sloop "Liberty," 220. Portrait, autograph,
and notice of, 230, 281.

HARRISON, ROBERT H., Judge, 369.

HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY. At the battle of Tippe-
canoe, 408. Commands the army of the North-east,
412. His Expedition against the Indians, 1818, 416.
At Fort Meigs, 418. Attacks Malden, 1813, 423. His
fame, 424. President of the United States, in 1841;
his administration, 473. Death of, 475. Portrait and
autograph of, 474. Notice of, 473.

HART, JOHN. Signer of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, 602,

Hartford, Connecticut, 88. Convention at, in 1814,

444.

HARTLEY, DAVID, 348,

HARVARD, EBENEZER, 373.

HARVARD, Joux, Rev. 121.

Harvard College, 121, 178.

HARVEY, SIR JOHN, 107, 165. Impeached, 207.

HARVIE JOHN. Signer of the Articles of Confedera-
tion, 611.

HASLETT, Colonel. Death of, 269.

Hatteras Indians, 20, 55, 167.

Harana. The body of Columbus removed to, 41. The
"Black Warrior" steamer seized at, 521.

Haverhill, Massachusetts, 134.

HAVILAND, Colonel, 203.

Havre-de-Grace, Maryland, 82, 430.

HAWLEY, JESSE, 456.

HAYNE, ISAAC, Colonel, 337.

HAYNE, ROBERT Y. Portrait, autograph, and notice of,

468, 464.

Hell Gate, New York. Navigated by Block, 72.
Helmet, Ancient. Found at Montevideo, 11.
Hemp, American, 206.

HENDERSON, General, 483.
HENDRICK. Death of, 190.

Henrietta Maria, sister of Louis XIII., of France, 81.
HENRY, Prince, of Portugal. Patron of navigators, 36.
HENRY IV., of France. His edict of Nantes, 166.
HENRY IV., of Castile and Leon, 38.

HENRY VII., of England. Zealous in the cause of mar-
itime discovery, 46.

HENRY VIII., of England. Defies the Pope; Defender
of the Faith, 75. Revival of an obsolete statute of,
221. Punishes witchcraft, 182.

HENRY, PATRICK. Member of the First Continental
Congress, 1774, 228, 588. His eloquence, in 1775, 237.
His regiment at the battle of the Great Bridge, 243.
Member of the Convention on the Articles of Confed-
eration, 1787, 356. Declines the appointment of En-
voy to France, in 1799, 385. Picture of, before the
Virginia Assembly, 207. Portrait, autograph, and
notice of, 214.

Capture of, at Trenton, by Washington, 263. With
Burgoyne, 231.

HEWES, JOSEPHI, 588.

Member of the Convention on

the Articles of Confederation, 604. Signer of the Dec-
laration of Independence, 602.

HEYES, PETER, 92, 94.

HEYWARD, THOMAS, JR. Signer of the Articles of Con-
federation, 611; and of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, 602.

HI-A-WAT-HA, Legend of, 23, 24.

HICKEY, Mr. His "Constitution of the United States,"
613.

Hichittie Indians, 30.

Hierarchy. Described, 175.

Hieroglyphics, Indian, 13.

HIGGINSON, Rev. Mr. 117. Death of, 118.
High Hills of Santee, 337.

Highlanders, in Georgia, 171.

HILDRETH. His History of the United States, 60.
HILTON. The brothers, fishmongers, 79.

Hindostan. Origin of the Indians referred to, 11.
HINMAN, Captain, 308.

HI-O-KA-TOO, Seneca Chief, 25.
History of the World, Raleigh's 55.
Hobkirk's Hill. Battle of, 334.
Hoboken. Slaughter of Indians at, 141.
HOBOMOK. Famous New England Indian, 21.
Hochelaga. Cartier at, in 1535, 48.
HOOKER, THOMAS, Rev. His colony, 86.
HOOPER, JOHN. Bishop of Gloucester, 76.
HOLBORNE, Admiral, 194.

Holland. Expeditions from, to America, 71, 72. War
with England, in 1672, 147; and in 1780, 827.
HOLMES, Admiral, 201.

HOLMES WILLIAM, Captain, 85.

HOLT, Chief Justice.

and slavery, 533.

His decision respecting slaves

HOLTEN, SAMUEL. Signer of the Articles of Confedera-
tion, 611.

Homestead Bill, The, 1854, 520.

HOOPER, WILLIAM. Member of the first Continental
Congress, 1774, 588. Signer of the Declaration of In-
dependence, 602.

HOPKINS, EDWARD, Governor, 88, 155.

HOPKINS, EZEK. First Commander-in-chief of the
American Navy, 1775, 309.

HOPKINS, STEPHEN. Member of the first Continental
Congress, 1774, 588. Signer of the Declaration of In-
dependence, 602; and of the Articles of Confedera-
tion, 604.

HOPKINSON, FRANCIS. Signer of the Declaration of In-
dependence, 602. Portrait and autograph of, 284.
Notice of, 285.
HOPKINSON, JOSEPH.

Author of " Hail Columbia," 285.

HOUSTON, WILLIAM. One of the Georgia Delegates to
the Convention of 1757, 356.

HOUSTON, WILLIAM CHURCHILL. One of the New Jer-
sey Delegates to the Convention of 1757, 356.
HOUSTON, General. At the battle of San Jacinto, 478.
HOWARD, JOHN EAGER, Colonel. At the battle of the
Cowpens, 332.

HOWARD, Admiral, 57.

HOWE, GEORGE, Lord. Notice of, 197.

HOWE, RICHARD, Lord. At Boston, 247. At New
York, 252. Prepares to attack New York; paroles
General Sullivan; asks Congress to appoint a Com-
mittee of Conference, 257. His letter to Washington,
253. Meets the Committee appointed by Congress,
1776, 257. In Raritan bay, 257. His fleet disabled by
a storm, in 1775, 259.

HOWE, ROBERT, General, 244, 292, 298. Suppresses the
mutiny at Pompton, 1751, 329.
HOWE, SIR WILLIAM, General, 202, 234, 235. At Que-
bec, 202. At New York, 252. His Proclamation, 260.
Perplexes Washington, 272. At Brandywine, 273.
At Elkton, 178. Attempts to entice Washington from
his encampment, 183. Knighted, after the battle of
Brooklyn, 273.

HOWELL, Mr., of Rhode Island. Member of the Com-
mittee of Congress, 1754, on Slavery, 534.
Huamantla. Battle of, in 1847, 494.

HUDSON, HENRY, Captain. Sent to America by Lon-
don Merchants; his voyage to the polar regions; his
ship; applies to the Dutch East India Company, 59.
His glowing account of his discoveries, 71. Fate of,
59. Portrait of, 59.

Hudson's Bay, 17, 47.

Discovered, 59.

Hudson's Bay Fur Company, 509.
Hudson River. Henry Hudson sails up the, 59.
Huerfano River, 516.

HUGER, Colonel. Defeated by Tarleton, in 1780, 811.
Huguenots, The. Persecution of, in France, 166. Ad-

miral Coligny, the friend of, 49. In North Carolina,
168. In South Carolina, 166. Influence of, in Amer-
ica, 52.

HULL, ISAAC, Commodore, 414.

HULL, WILLIAM, General, 410, 411.

HULSEMAN, The chevalier, 511. His procedure in rela-
tion to Koszta, in 1553, 518.
HUMPHREY, ALEXANDER, 80.
HUMPHREY, Jonn, 117.

HUMPHREYS, CHARLES. Member of the first Continent-

al Congress, 1774, 588.

Hungary. Revolution in, 511.

HUNT, Captain. Kidnaps Indians, 74.
HUNTER, ROBERT, Governor, 150.
"Hunter's Lodges," 472.

HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL. Signer of the Declaration of
Independence, 602; and of the Articles of Confedera-
tion, 611.

Huron, Lake: see Lake Huron.

Huron King. Taken by Cartier to France; dies in
France, 49.

Huron indians, 21, 23. With Samuel Champlain, 59.
Huron-Iroquois Indians, 22-26. Their territory, 23.
Their language, 12.

Huron County. Invaded by the Five Nations, 24.
Huss. The Bohemian Reformer, 62.

HUTCHINSON, Governor, 222. His famous "Letters,"
224, 225.

HUTSON, RICHARD. Signer of the Articles of Confeder-

ation, 611.

HYDE, EDWARD, Governor, 149, 150.

Iceland. Discovered and colonized; traffic of with
Norway and Denmark, in the year 950, 35. Com-
prised in Scandinavia, 34. A Norwegian vessel sails
from, to Greenland, in 1002, 35. Columbus's voyage
to, 87. Icelandic Chronicle, cited, 35. Intimations
in the tales and poetry of, respecting America; early
voyages from, 34.

Idol. Representing a man without arms, found near
Nashville, Tennessee, 11.
Ile-aux-Noia, 203.

Illinois Indians, 17, 18, 19. Invaded by the Sacs and
Foxes, 18.

Illinois. Territory and State of, 890, 448.
Immigrants. How admitted, according to the Consti-
tution of the United States, 619.

Immortality of the Soul. Taught by the Indians, 15.
Independence, American. General desire for, in 1776,
250. War for, 229. Asserted by the Committee of
Conference with Lord Howe, 257. Acknowledged by
Great Britain, in 1753, 348.

Indian. Alliances, against the Colonies, 124. Burial-
place, 15. Chiefs, 14; Chiefs, dine with Governor
Winthrop, 115. Confederacy, against South Carolina,
170. Corn, Captain John Smith eats, on the spot
where Baltimore is now situated, 67: see Maize.
Doctrines of Atonement, 16; and of the Immortality
of the Soul, 15. Rule of lineal descent, 16. Dresses,
13. Food, 13. Funeral ceremonies, 15. Government,
16. Graves, 15. Hieroglyphics, 13. Implements of
labor, 13. Lauds, purchased by the United States
from the Sacs and Foxes, 18. Manitou, 15. Money,
18. Mounds, 15. Polygamy, 15. Portraits and cos
tumes, 53. Presents, received from Great Britain, 206,
Religion, 15. Sachems, 14. Sacrifices, 16. Territory,
17, 390. Totum, 15. Traditions of the Creation, the
Deluge, and their own origin. 16. Treaties, 362, 363;
Treaty of Peace, 1795, 374. Wampum, described, 13.
War-club, 14. Weapons, 14.

Indians, The. Early history of, involved in obscurity,
10, 11. Origin of, referred to the Phoenicians, Egyp
tians, Hindoos, and lost tribes of Israel, 11. Rescin
blance of, to Asiatics, 11. Account of the Aboriginal
tribes of, 12. Employments of women among, 12, 18.
Extreme Western, 32, 33. Population of, in the
United States, 1853, 32. Their hostility to the white
people; their plan to exterminate the white people;
slaughter of, in 1622, 106.

Indian War of 1832, 462. Hostilities, 1855, 527.
Indies, The. Columbus's voyage in quest of a western
passage to, 34. The trade of, monopolized by the
Italian cities, 36.

Indigo, American, 206.

Industry, Private. Effects of, in Virginia, and in Ply.
mouth, 70.

Infidels, Not any, among Indians, 15.

INGERSOLL, JARED, 356, 416. Signer of the Constitution
of the United States, 629.

INGHAM, SAMUEL D. Secretary of the Treasury, 1829,
461.

INGOLDSBY, RICHARD, 148, 150.

INGRAHAM, Captain. His exploit at Smyrna; Congress
votes a sword to, 518. Portrait of, 518.

Intolerance. In Massachusetts, 118, 119, 123. In Mary-
land, New York, and New England, 182, 183.
"Intrepid," The. Tripolitan vessel, 392.
"Investigator" ship, 510.

Iowa Indians, 32.

Iowa. State of, added to the Union, 1845, 478.

Iron. Utensils, found in ancient mounds in America,
11.

Iron Chain across the Hudson, 824.

Iroquois Indians. The Wyandots incorporated with
the, 24. Population of the, in 1650, 31.
IRVIN, Colonel. At Agua Frio, 486.
IRVINE, WILLIAM, 355.

IRVING, WASHINGTON, Life of Columbus by, 60,
ISABELLA, Queen. Sister of Henry IV., of Castile and
Leon, 35. Columbus's personal interview with; por-
trait of, 38.

Isinglass Mirrors. Ancient, found in Ohio, 11.
Isle of Rhodes, 91.

Israel. The origin of the Indians referred to the lost
tribes of, 11.

Italian cities. Their monopoly of the trade of the In-
dies, 36.

IZARD, General. Succeeds Wilkinson, 432. Notice of, 434.

JACKSON, ANDREW, General. Anecdote of him, when a
boy, 314. The mother of, 314. His confidence won
by Burr, 397. His expedition against the Creeks, in
1818, 428. Storms Pensacola, 1814, 438. At New
Orleans, 438, 439. His treaty with the Creek Indians,
1814, 438. His expedition against the Seminoles, 1817,
448. Captures Pensacola, 1818, 451. Subdues the
Seminoles, 30. Nominated for the Presidency of the
United States, 1825, 454. President of the United
States, 1829; his administration, 459. Re-elected,
1832, 464. Portrait and autograph of, 460. Notice of
459, 461. See United States Bank.

Jalapa. Generals Scott and Twiggs at, 489, 490.
JAMES I., of England. Character of; persecutes Puri-
tans, 76. His hatred of tobacco, 70. His proposal to
contract for the whole crop of tobacco in Virginia, in
1628, 107. His acts of usurpation in Virginia, 107.
Death of, 116. Patents granted by, 63, 64.

JAMES II., of England. Accession of; his character, 118,
147. Oppressive measures of, 129. His arbitrary pro-
ceedings respecting the Jerseys, 160.
Driven into
exile, 162.

James River. Origin of the name, 64. English navi-
gators enter the, 20, 61. Indians on the, 17.
JAMESON, Colonel, 326.

Jamestown, Virginia. Founded, 166. Origin of the
name, 64. Picture of the building of, 61. Captain
Smith at, in 1608; Captain Newport at, in 1608, 67.
Cultivation of tobacco at, 70. Famine at, in 1610;
saved by Pocahontas; Lord Delaware's arrival at, 69;
saved by Chanco, 106. Nathaniel Bacon at, 111.
Destruction of, by Bacon, 112. Picture of the ruins
of, 112.

Japan. Perry's expedition to, 512.

JASPER, Sergeant, 249, 305.

"Java" frigate, 415.

JAY, JOHN. One of the authors of the Federalist, 861.
Addresses to the people of Great Britain, written by,
225, 557. Commissioner on the Treaty of Peace, 1782,
348. First Chief Justice of the United States, 369.
Special envoy to Great Britain, 1794, 379. His treaty,
879, 380. Portrait and autograph, and notice of, 379.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS. On the Committee to draft the
Declaration of Independence, 251; the reasons why
he was chosen to write it, 589, 590. Signer of the
Declaration, 602. His letter to Richard Henry Lee,
590. Tarleton's attempt to capture, 339. Commis-
sioner on the Treaty of Peace, in 1782, 348. Chair-
man of the Committee of Congress, 1784, on Slavery;
his report, 534. Denounces the slave-trade, as pirati-
cal, 593. Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 1759, 370. His
disagreement with Hamilton, 374. His remarks re-
specting Algerine piracies, 381; and on Coins and
Coinage, 372. Vice-President of the United States, in
1796, 358. President, 1800, 388. Re-elected, 396.
His embargo, 1807, 402, 403. His account of Logan,
26. The motto on his seal, 130. Death of, 457. Por-
Notice of, 388, 389.

traits and autograph of, 889, 589.

JEFFREYS, Colonel, 112, 113.
JENNINGS, Colonel, 416.

JENIFER, DANIEL, of St. Thomas, 256, 629.

Jersey. Grant from Parliament to, in 1756, 206. West,
139. Union of the Jerseys, 161.

Jersey Prison-Ship, 259.

JESSUFF. Bashaw of Tripoli, 392.

JESSUP, THOMAS S. At Fort Dade; notice of, 468.

Jesuits, The. Origin of, 130. Missionaries, 180. Their
Influence over the Indians, 22, 130.

JOHN, King of Portugal. His Expedition to America,
47. Names the Cape of Good Hope, 37.

"John Adams," frigate, 488.

JOHNSON, CAVE. Postmaster-General, in 1845, 478.
JOHNSON, ISAAC, and Lady ARABELLA, 1.
JOHNSON, SIR JOHN, 278, 373.

JOHNSON, SIR NATHANIEL, Governor, 169.

JOHNSON, REVERDY. Attorney-General of the United
States, 1849, 499.

JOHNSON, RICHARD M., Colonel, 424. Vice-President

of the United States, 469.

JOHNSON, ROBERT, Governor, 171.

JOHNSON, THOMAS, 588.

JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM. His exploit against Dieskan,
190. His Expedition against Crown Point, 185, 189.
Accompanies General Prideaux to Fort Niagara, 200.
At the battle of Quebec, 1760, 203. Notice of, 278.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM SAMUEL, 356, 556, 629.
JOHNSTONE, GEORGE. Commissioner sent to America,
in 1778, 286.

JONES, JOHN PAUL, Commodore. His exploits, 806, 307.
Sails for Holland, in 1779, 307. His fleet, in 1779, 308.
Congress presents a gold medal to him, 308. Portrait
and autograph of, 307. Notice of, 306.

JONES, THOMAS AP CATESBY, Lieutenant, 489.
JONES, SIR WILLIAM. Decides against the Duke of
York's claim to New Jersey, 160.

JONES, Captain. Of the sloop “Wasp,” 415.
JONES, WILLIE, of North Carolina, 256.

Judiciary of the United States, 365, 369, 623, 624, 626,
631.

JUMEL, Madame, 259.

JUMONVILLE, M. Death of, 183.

Jury, Trial by. Established in the Colony of Virginia,
1621, 106.

KALB: see DE KALB.

KAMEHAMEHA, King. Death of, in 1854, 519.

KANE, Judge. His action, in the case of Wheeler's
slaves, 526.

KANE, ELISHA K., Dr. His Expedition in search of Sir
John Franklin, in 1853; portrait and notice of, 510.
Kansas. Boundaries of, 519. Kansas-Nebraska Bill,
1854, 519, 520, 521. Civil war in, 1855, 529-581.
Kansas Indians, 20, 82.
Kansas River, 20, 21.
Kaskaskia Indians, 19.

Kaskaskia. Captured by Major Clarke, 303.
Kayingehaga Indians, 23.

KEANE, General, 439.

KEARNEY, STEPHEN W., Colonel. At Santa Fé, 486.
At San Gabriel, 487. Notice of, 486.
Kegs, Battle of the, 285.

KEITH, SIR WILLIAM. Advises the policy of the Stamp
Act, 1728, 541.

KENDALL, AMOS. Postmaster-General, 1836, 470.

Kennebec. Sir John Popham at, in 1607, 73.

Kensington, Philadelphia, 96.

KENT, Chancellor, 613.

Kent Island, 82.

KENTON, SIMON. Joins Major Clarke, 803.

Kentucky. Added to the Union, in 1792, 377.
KEPPEL, Admiral, 185.

Kettle Creek. Skirmish at, in 1779, 295.
KEY, FRANCIS S., 437.

Kickapoo Indians, 17, 18.

KIDD, Captain. His Expedition against the pirates;
executed, 149.

KIEFT, SIR WILLIAM, Governor, 140. Recalled in 1647;
death of, 141.

KING, RUFUS, 356. American minister at London, 401.
Nominated for Vice-President of the United States, in
1809, 396, 404. Nominated for President, in 1817, 446.
Portrait and autograph of, 395. Notice of, 396. Signer
of the Constitution, 629.

KING, WILLIAM R. Vice-President of the United
States; death of, 513.
KING, SAMUEL W., 477.
King George's War, 136.

KING PHILIP. His father; last of the Wampanoags, 21.
Arouses the New England tribes against the English,
22. His hostility to the White Men; attacks Ply-
mouth men; is besieged and flees, 125. His war of
extermination, 126, 127. Death, 22, 128. His son, sold
as a slave, 128.
King's College, 178.
King's Mountain.

Battle of, 319.

Major Ferguson at, in 1780, 819,

Kingston, New York. Burned, 288, 297.
King William's War, 184.

KINNEY, H. S., Colonel, 524, 525.

KINSEY, JAMES. Member of the first Continental Con-
gress, 1774, 488.

Kipp's Bay, 258.

KIRKLAND, SAMUEL, Rev. Missionary to the Six Na-
tions; portrait and autograph of, 25. Notice of, 25,

26.

Kittaning. Chastisement of the Indians at, 198.
Knights-errant, of Europe, 14.

Knisteneaux Indians, 17.

KNOWLTON, Colonel. Death of, 258.

Nominates Washington as

KNOX, HENRY, General.

Commander-in-chief, 238.

Takes possession of Fort

George, 350, 351. At Washington's last Interview.