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Crawford, W. H., leads the war party, 434; Diaz, Bartolomeo, at the Cape of Good

candidate for President, 452.

"Crédit Mobilier," 665.

Creeks in Georgia, 462.

Hope, 5.

Dickinson, John, in the Continental Con-
gress, 236; opposes independence, 276.

Crown Point, built, 140; capture of, 154, Doniphan, A. W., in New Mexico, 492.
Dorchester Company formed, 58.

291.

Cuba, discovered by Columbus, 8; De Soto, Dorchester Heights fortified, 268.

governor of, 14.

Cumberland Gap fortified, 565.

"Cumberland Road," 455.

Custer, G. A., death of, 658.
Cuttyhunk, Gosnold at, 30.

DAKOTA, history and industries of, 696 n.
Dakota Indians, 103.
Dallas, battle of, 618.

Dallas, G. M., elected Vice-President, 487.
Dalton, battle of, 618.

Dare, Virginia, birth of, 29.
Darien, Balboa at, II.

Davenport, John, at New Haven, 65.
Davis, Isaac, death of, 245.

Davis, Jefferson, life of, 536 n; elected
President of the Confederate States, 536;
flees from Richmond, 625; capture of,
630.

Dorchester moves to Connecticut, 64.
Dorr Rebellion, 486.

Dorr, T. W., in Rhode Island, 486.
Douglas, S. A., life of, 524 n; proposes
the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 521; debates
with Lincoln, 531; candidate for Presi-
dent, 533.

Dover, N. H., settlement of, 62; destruc-
tion of, 136.

Drake, Sir Francis, voyages of, 15; at
Roanoke Island, 28.
Dred Scott decision, 529.
Dress in the colonies, 192.
Duddington, William, of the " Gaspee,"

219.

Du Pont, P. S., at Port Royal, 596.
Durand, A. B., artist, 712.
Dustin, Hannah, story of, 135 n.
Dutch immigrants, 165.

Dayton, W. L., candidate for Vice-Presi- Dutch Lutheran Church, 179.

dent, 528.

Deane, Silas, signs treaty, 314.
Debt of the United States, 641.
Decatur, Stephen, and the " Philadelphia,"
428 n.

Declaration of Independence, 279.
Deerfield, Mass., massacre at, 115; second
massacre at, 139.

D'Estaing, Count, arrives, 316; attack by,
328; at Savannah, 339.

De Grasse, Count, in the Chesapeake, 360;
receives the surrender of the fleet, 362.
De Kalb, Baron, death of, 344.
Delaware, Lord, Sir Thomas West, 43.
Delaware, conquest of, 73, 81; Dutch set-
tlements at, 79; Swedish settlements in,
81; an English colony, 82; a proprietary
colony, 186.

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Dutch Reformed Church, 179.

EAST JERSEY, colony of, 84.
Edison, T. A., inventor, 728.

Edmunds' "Anti-Polygamy Law," 698.
Education, in the colonies, 174; in 1825,
460; in 1896, 721; higher, 722.
Electoral Commission, 670.
Electors, Presidential, duties of, 387.
Eliot, John, mission to the Indians, 107.
Elizabeth Islands named, 30.

Elizabeth, Queen, and Raleigh, 27.
Elizabethtown, N. J., settlement of, 85.
Elkton, British at, 297.

Ellsworth, Oliver, in Federal Convention.
381.
Emancipation, 644.

Emancipation Proclamations, 600.

Delft-Haven, Pilgrims sail from, 52; part- Embargo Act passed, 431.

ing at, 53 n.

"Demonetization" of silver, 679.

Democratic party formed, 464.

Emigrant Aid Society, 523.

Emerson, R. W., philosopher, 708.
Emigrant trains, 459 n.

(The numbers refer to paragraphs, not to pages.)

Endicott Charter, 57 ».
Endicott, John, at Naumkeag, 58; at Block
Island, 110.

England, Columbus seeks aid from, 7; in
the sixteenth century, 31; and the North:
west forts, 411; recognizes the Confed-
erate States as belligerents, 577, 598.
England's repressive policy, 203.
English colonization begins, 24.
English and French possessions, 133.
English immigrants, 165.

sion of, 160; purchase of, 446; admission
of, 484; history and industries of, 484 1;
secession of, 535.

Floyd, John, candidate for President, 472.
Floyd, J. B., escapes from Fort Donelson,
568.

Food in the colonies, 195.

Foote, A. H., at Fort Henry, 567; at
Island No. Ten, 572.

"Force Bill" of 1832, 470.

Fort Amsterdam built, 73.

English, W. H., candidate for Vice-Pres- Fort Carolana built, 123.

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Gettysburg, 603.

Fort Caroline built, 20; capture of, 22.
Fort Christina built, 81.

Fort Cornwallis, capture of, 358.

Fort Donelson, fortified, 565; capture of,
568.

Fort Du Quesne, built, 143; burned, 153.
Fort Edward garrisoned, 148.

Fort Frontenac, capture of, 152.

Fort Granby, capture of, 358.
Fort Griswold, capture of, 353.

Ewell, R. S., re-enforces Jackson, 586; at Fort Henry, fortified, 565; capture of, 567.

Fort Lee fortified, 283.

Executive powers of the United States, 387. Fort McAllister, capture of, 622.

Explorers, French, 129.

Fort McHenry, victory at, 441.

Exports, from the colonies, 171; in 1763, Fort Marion, capture of, 596.

201; in 1789, 395.

FAIR OAKS, battle of, 587.

Fort Mott, capture of, 358.

Fort Moultrie, battle of, 340 n.

Fort Niagara, built, 140; capture of, 154.

Faneuil Hall, town meetings in, 178; ac- Fort Ontario, capture of, 149.
count of, 222 n.

Farms, small, in the colonies, 170.

Fort Pemaquid, capture of, 136.

Fort Pillow, fortified, 565; evacuated, 572.

Farragut, D. G., life of, 572 n; on the Mis- Fort Pitt built, 153.

sissippi, 574; at Mobile Bay, 623.

Federal Convention, 380-382.

Federalist party formed, 403.

Fenians in Canada, 653.

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Fort Pulaski, capture of, 596.

Fort Saybrook, attack upon, 109.

Fort Schuyler, attack upon, 304; relief of,
305.

Fort Sumter, surrender of, 550; effect of
capture of, 552.

Fort Ticonderoga, attack upon, 152; cap-
ture of, 154.

Fort Washington, fortified, 283; capture
of, 286.

Fort William Henry built, 148; capture
of, 150.

Fortress Monroe, McClellan at, 582.
Forts in the North-west, 411.
Fourteenth Amendment, 648.

France, in America, 120; shut out of North
America, 160; versus England, 131–162;
negotiations with, 313; alliance with, 314;
fleet of, 316; Revolution in, 410; danger

(The numbers refer to paragraphs, not to pages.)

of war with, 416; treaty with, 418; emi- | Genevan Awards, 656.
gration from, 457, 718; recognizes the
Confederate States as belligerents, 577,
598.

Francis I. and Verrazano, 16.

Franklin, Benjamin, life of, 144; in the
Continental Congress, 263; signs treaty
with France, 314; peace commissioner,
365; signs Treaty of Paris, 367; and the
Rising Sun," 381 n; in the Federal Con-
vention, 381; and the lightning, 728.
Franklin, battle of, 621.

Frazer, Simon, death of, 309.
Frazer's Farm, battle of, 588.
Fredericksburg, battle of, 593.
Freedmen after the Civil War, 646.
Freedom, religious, 183, 461, 724.
Freeman's Farm, battle of, 307.
Free Soil party formed, 498.

Genoa, trade with the East, 5; birthplace
of Columbus, 6; Columbus seeks help
from, 7.

George III., of England, 226; and John
Adams, 366 n.

Georgetown, capture of, 358.
Georgia, colony of, 92; Indians in, 462;
secession of, 535; readmission of, 649.
Germantown, battle of, 299.

Germany, emigration from, 165, 457.
Gerry, Elbridge, in the Federal Conven-
tion, 381; envoy to France, 417; elected
Vice-President, 444.

Gettysburg, battle of, 602-606.
Ghent, treaty of, 443.

Giddings, J. R., from Ohio, 518.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, at Newfoundland,
26.

Frelinghuysen, Theodore, candidate for Gilmore, Q. A., at Fort Pulaski, 596.

Vice-President, 487.

Fremont, J. C., in California, 492; candi-

date for President, 528; in Missouri,
564.

Girard, C. A., French ambassador, 316.
Gold, discovery of, 503 n.
Gold reserve, 680.

Goldsboro, L. M., at Roanoke Island, 596.

French Alliance, reception of the news of, Goldsboro, N. C., surrender at, 627.
321 n.

French and Indian War, 142-162.

French explorers, 129.

French hopes in America, 132.

French Huguenot immigrants, 165.
French in the west, 140.

Friends, 94, 182.

Frobisher, Martin, visits Labrador, 25.
"Frolic,"
," "Wasp" and, 437.

Fugitive Slave Law, 503.

Furniture in the colonies, 194.

Goodyear, Charles, inventor, 728.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 32; sends out the
Popham colony, 36; life of, 62 n; receives
grant of land, 62.

Gosnold, Bartholomew, at Buzzard's Bay,
30; member of the Virginia Company,
32; sails for Virginia, 37; death of, 41.
Gourgues, Dominic de, avenges the Hugue-
nots, 23.

Government bonds issued, 599.

Graham, W. A., candidate for Vice-Presi-
dent, 506.

GADSDEN, Christopher, in the Continental Grant, U. S., life of, 656; at Belmont,

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564; at Fort Henry, 567; at Fort Donel-
son, 568; at Shiloh, 570; at Vicksburg,
607; at Missionary Ridge, 610; at Look-
out Mountain, 611; made Lieutenant-
General, 613; in the Wilderness, 614;
at Petersburg, 615; elected President,
654; re-elected President, 666.
Gray, Asa, botanist, 710.

Great Britain, emigration from, 457, 718.
Great Northern Railroad, 659.
Great Swamp fight, 116.

Great West, industries of, 716, 717.
Greeley, Horace, candidate for President
666.

Greenback party formed, 672.

(The numbers refer to paragraphs, not to pages.)

"Greenbacks," issue of, 599, 678.
Greene, Nathaniel, life of, 355 n; of Rhode
Island, 248; at Brooklyn, 283; at Ger-
mantown, 300; at Newport, 328; at
Springfield, 332; succeeds Gates, 355;
at Guilford Court House, 357; at Eutaw
Springs, 358.

Greenland, discovery of, 3.

Greenough, Horatio, sculptor, 713.
Groton, battle of, III.

Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty of, 497.
Guanahani, discovery of, 8.
"Guerriere,"
""Constitution" and, 437.
Guiana, exploration of, 27 n.
Guilford Court House, battle of, 357.
Gustavus Adolphus, life of, 79 n.
Guyot, Arnold, geographist, 710.

HAKLUYT, Richard, 32.

Hale, J. P., candidate for President, 506.
Hale, Nathan, life of, 284 n.

Halleck, H. W., in Missouri, 564; in com-

mand of the army, 571.

Hamilton, Alexander, life of, 409 n; at
Annapolis, 378; in the Federal Conven-
tion, 381; secretary of the treasury, 401,
409; leader of the Federalist party, 403;
resigns, 410; state papers of, 703.
Hamilton, Henry, governor of Detroit, 327.
Hamlin, Hannibal, elected Vice-President,
533.

Hampton Roads, fleet at, 578.

Hancock, John, president of Massachusetts,
234.

Hartford, settlement of, 64; convention,
442.

Hartley, David, peace commissioner, 367.
Harvard College, founded, 175; homespun
suits worn at, 211

Hatteras Inlet, capture of, 596.
Haverill, Mass., massacre at, 137.
Hawaii, republic of, 700.

Hawley, Joseph, and independence, 240,
275.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, novelist, 706.
Hayes, R. B., life of, 672 n; elected Presi-
dent, 669; inauguration of, 671.

Hayne, R. Y., Webster and, 468; governor
of South Carolina, 469.

Hazen, W. B., at Stone River, 573.
Heights of Abraham, battle of, 157.
Heister, L. P. von, at New York, 282.
Hendricks, T. A., candidate for Vice-Presi-
dent, 669; elected Vice-President, 673.
Hennepin, Louis, explorations of, 129.
Henry, Patrick, life of, 239 n; opposes
Stamp Act, 211, 212 n; in the Conti-
nental Congress, 236, 263; foresees inde-
pendence, 240.

Henry VII. sends out Cabot, 9.
Henry VIII. becomes a Protestant, 24.
Hessians, German mercenaries, 282.
Higginson, John, teacher at Salem, 59.
Higher education, 722.
High license, 727.

Hildreth, Richard, historian, 709.
Hill, A. P., at Gettysburg, 603.
Hispaniola, Columbus ruler of, 8 n.
Hobkirk Hill, battle of, 357.

Hancock, W. S., candidate for President, Hoch-e-laga discovered by Cartier, 17.

672.

Hand, Samuel, philanthropist, 726.
Hanging Rock, battle of, 343.
Hanover Court House, battle of, 585.
Harlem Heights, army at, 285.
Harmer, Josiah, and the Indians, 406.
Harper's Ferry, John Brown at, 532; Banks
at, 586.

Harrison, Benjamin, in the Continental
Congress, 236.

Harrison, Benjamin, life of, 676 n; elected

President, 674; not re-elected, 675.
Harrison, W. H., life of, 483 n; at Tippe-
canoe, 434; at the Thames, 439; candi-
date for President, 476; elected Presi-
dent, 480; death of, 481.
Harrison's Landing, army at, 589.

Hoe, R. M., inventor, 728.

Holland, Pilgrims in, 50; and the Dutch,
69.

Holmes, O. W., poet, 707.

Hood, J. B., evacuates Atlanta, 619; in-
vades Tennessee, 621.

Hooker, Joseph, at Williamsburg, 584; in
command, 593; at Chancellorsville, 594;
superseded, 602; at Lookout Mountain,
611.

Hopkins, Esek, in command of fleet, 291.
Hopkins, Stephen, member of Continental
Congress, 236.

Houses in the colonies, 193.
Houston, Samuel, in Texas, 483.
Howard, O. O., at Gettysburg, 603.
Howe, Elias, inventor, 728.

(The numbers refer to paragraphs, not to pages.)

Howe, Richard, arrives at New York, 282. | Iowa, admission of, 496; history and in-
Howe, Robert, at Savannah, 336.

Howe, William, in command, 255; evacu-
ates Boston, 268; arrives at New York,
282; captures Fort Washington, 286;
outgeneralled by Washington, 296; sails

dustries of, 497 n.

Ireland, emigration from, 457, 718.
Iroquois Indians, 103.

Irving, Washington, author, 705.
Isabella, Queen, 7.

for Philadelphia, 297; at Philadelphia, | Island No. 10, fortified, 565; capture of,
317; succeeded by Clinton, 322.

572.

Hudson, Henry, makes exploration in Isle of Jersey, 84 n.
America, 70.

Hudson River explored by Hudson, 70.
Huguenots, persecuted in France, 18; settle
French Florida, 19; massacred by Men-
endez, 22.

Hull, William, surrenders Detroit, 436.
Hunt, Robert, member of the Virginia
Company, 32.

Hunter, David, in command, 564.
Hutchinson, Anne, banished from Massa-
chusetts, 67.

ICELAND discovered by Northmen, 3.
Idaho, admission of, 699; history and in-
dustries of, 698 n.

Italy, emigration from, 718.
Iuka, battle of, 572.

JACKSON, Andrew, life of, 468 n; at Hang-
ing Rock, 343; at New Orleans, 443; in
Florida, 446; candidate for President,
452; elected President, 466; inaugura-
tion of, 467; re-elected President, 471;
attacks the Bank, 472; removes the de-
posits, 473.

Jackson, C. F., governor of Missouri, 563.
Jackson, T. J. (Stonewall), life of, 594 ";
threatens Washington, 586; joins Lee,
587; at Antietam, 591; death of, 594.
James River named, 38.

Illinois, admission of, 447; history and in- Jamestown, settlement of, 35, 38; before

dustries of, 449 n.

Immigration, into the colonies, 165; early,
457; later, 695, 718, 719; question, 736.

Implements in the colonies, 196.

the Revolution, 166.

Japan and Commodore Perry, 527.
Jasper, William, death of, 339.
"Java,"
," "Constitution" and, 437.

Imports into the colonies, 171; in 1763, Jay, John, life of, 414"; in the Continental

201; in 1789, 395.

Independence Hall, Constitutional Conven-
tion at, 382.

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'Independent Treasury," 479.
India, trade with, 5.

Indian characteristics, 98; mound builders,
98; features, 99; mental and moral traits,
100; employments, 101; women, 102;
tribes, 103; modes of warfare, 106; Bible,
107.

Indiana, admission of, 444; history and
industries of, 443 n.

Indians, numbers of, 104; and white men,

105; defeat Harmer, 406; defeat St.
Clair, 406; in Georgia, 462; in the
Northwest, 658.

Industries, in the colonies, 169-172; in
1789, 392; in 1825, 457, 458; in 1896, 715,
717, 728.

Inness, George, artist, 712.
Interstate commerce, 690.

Intolerable acts, 228.

Inventions, 728.

Congress, 263; peace commissioner, 365;
signs Treaty of Paris, 367; makes treaty
with Great Britain, 412.

Jefferson, Thomas, life of, 424 n; drafts the
Declaration, 278; peace commissioner,
365; Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 401;
a party leader, 403; Secretary of State,
409; resigns, 410; elected Vice-President,
413; elected President, 422; inauguration
of, 423; political views of, 424; re-elected
President, 432; death of, 464; views on
slavery, 509; state papers of, 703.
Jeffrey's Ford, on the Brandywine, 298.
Johnson. Andrew, life of, 642 n; elected

Vice-President, 636; proclaims that the
war is over, 637; and the Republicans,
650; impeachment of, 651.
Johnson, R. M., elected Vice-President, 476.
Johnson, Sir William, at Crown Point, 148.
Johnson, W. S., in the Federal Conven.
tion, 381.

Johnston, A. S., in command, 566; at
Corinth, 569; death of, 570.

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