History of the United States - John Clark Ridpath

INDEX.

A
Abercrombie, General, defeat of, at Ticonderoga, [143].
Abraham, Plains of, battle of, [146].
Acadia, named, [39];
conquered by the English, [141].
Acadians, exile of the, [141].
Act, the Importation, [150];
the Stamp, [151];
the Embargo, [219];
the Conscription, [308];
the Resumption, [339].
Adams, John, predicts American Independence, [150];
nominates Washington, [161];
on Declaration Committee, [165];
Commissioner to Paris, [197];
elected first Vice-president, [202];
reelected Vice-president, [208];
elected President, [210];
administration of, [211-213];
death of, [249].
Adams, John Quincy, Secretary of State, [244];
elected President, [247];
sketch of, [248];
administration of, [248], [249].
Adams, Samuel, at Boston town-meeting, [150].
Agricultural Department, established, [360].
Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, [93].
Alabama, admission of, [246].
Alabama Claims, the, [330].
Alabama, depredations by the, [315].
Alaska, purchase of, [325].
Algiers, tribute paid to, [210];
subdued by Decatur, [242].
Alexander, Pope, gives New World to Spain, [43].
Algonquins, regions inhabited by the, [16].
Allen, Ethan, captures Fort Ticonderoga, [159].
America, discovery of, [25];
derivation of name, [26].
Amendments to the Constitution, fourteenth and fifteenth, [328].
Amherst, general-in-chief of American forces, [144].
Amnesty proclamation, the, [324].
Anarchists, the Chicago, [352].
Anderson, Robert, defends Fort Sumter, [282].
André, John, capture of, [191].
Andros, Sir Edmund, royal governor of New England, [86];
demands surrender of Connecticut charter, [87];
governor of New York, [101];
treaty of with the Iroquois, [102].
Antietam, battle of, [301].
Anti-Federalist party, the, [201].
Appomattox Courthouse, surrender at, [319].
Arctic expeditions, [272].
Argall, Samuel, abducts Pocahontas, [65];
expedition against Acadia, [65];
elected governor of Virginia, [67].
Arizona Territory, organization of, [325].
Arkansas, organization of Territory, [246];
admission of State, [253].
Arlington, Earl of, grant of Virginia to, [73];
surrenders claim to Culpepper, [75].
Arnold, Benedict, at Ticonderoga, [159];
expedition against Canada, [162];
at camp on Delaware, [172];
at Bemis's Heights, [174];
treason of, [190];
in British army, [192].
Arthur, Chester A., elected Vice-president, [341];
becomes President, [346];
sketch of, [346];
administration of, [346-349].
Atlanta, capture of, [312].
Aztecs, regions inhabited by the, [16].
B
Bacon, Nathaniel, rebellion led by, [74].
Balboa discovers the Pacific, [27].
Ball's Bluff, battle of, [291].
Baltimore, Lord, secures charter for New Maryland, [122].
Baltimore, siege of, [238];
mob at fire on Union soldiers, [282].
Bank of North America, organization of, [192].
Bank of the United States, organization of, [207];
rechartered, [242];
rechartering vetoed by Jackson, [250];
rechartering vetoed by Tyler, [258].
Banks, N. P., in West Virginia, [297];
at Cedar Mountain, [300];
captures Port Hudson, [304];
Red River expedition of, [310].
Barclay, Commodore, on Lake Erie, [229].
Battle of Antietam, [301];
Atlanta, [312];
Ball's Bluff, [291];
Bemis's Heights, [174];
Bennington, [173];
Brandywine, [175];
Brier Creek, [185];
Buena Vista, [264];
Bull Run, [289], [300];
Bunker Hill, [159];
Cerro Gordo, [264];
Champion Hills, [303];
Chancellorsville, [307];
Chapultepec, [267];
Chickamauga, [304];
Chippewa, [235];
Chrysler's Field, [232];
Churubusco, [266];
City of Mexico, [265];
Cold Harbor, [316];
Corinth, [297];
Cowpens, [193];
Eutaw Springs, [195];
Fair Oaks, [299];
Five Oaks, [319];
Fort Edward, [142];
Fort Meigs, [228];
Fort Stephenson, [229];
Fredericksburg, [301];
Frenchtown, [228];
Germantown, [176];
Gettysburg, [308];
Guilford Courthouse, [194];
Kenesaw Mountain, [311];
King's Mountain, [189];
Lake Erie, [229];
Long Island, [166];
Lookout Mountain, [305];
Lundy's Lane, [235];
Malvern Hill, [299];
Missionary Ridge, [305];
Monmouth, [180];
Monterey, [263];
Murfreesborough, [297];
Nashville, [312];
New Orleans, [241];
Palo Alto, [262];
Plains of Abraham, [145];
Plattsburgh, [237];
Princeton, [171];
Queenstown, [226];
Resaca de la Palma, [262];
Sag Harbor, [171];
Sander's Creek, [188];
San Gabriel, [264];
Saratoga, [174];
Savannah, [183];
Shiloh, [293];
Spottsylvania Courthouse, [316];
Talladega, [231];
Thames, [230];
Tippecanoe, [223];
Trenton, [169];
Vera Cruz, [264];
Vicksburg, [303];
White Plains, [168];
Wilson's Creek, [290];
Yorktown, [196].
Beecher, Henry Ward, death of, [357].
Bell, A. Graham, inventor of telephone, [357].
Bellomont, Earl of, governor of New York, [103].
Bemis's Heights, battle of, [174].
Bennington, battle of, [264].
Berkeley, Sir William, governor of Virginia, [71];
elected by burgesses, [72];
rebellion against, [74];
oppression by, [75];
grant of New Jersey to, [115];
sells interest, [116].
Beverley, Robert, royalist captain, [74].
Black Hawk War, the, [251].
Blaine, James G., Secretary of State under Garfield, [345];
nominated for President, [349];
Secretary of State under Harrison, [362].
Block, Adrian, explorations by, [55].
Body of Liberties, [82].
Boone, Daniel, colonizes Kentucky, [208].
Booth, John Wilkes, assassinates Lincoln, [321];
death of, [321].
Boston, founded, [79];
occupied by British, [154];
massacre at, [154];
tea party, [155];
Port Bill, [156];
siege of, [159-164];
fire in, [331].
Braddock, Edward, arrives in America, [139];
defeat and death of, [140].
Bradford, John, landing of, [51].
Bradford, William, governor of Massachusetts, [77].
Bragg, Braxton, at Murfreesborough, [297];
at Chickamauga, [304];
at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, [305].
Brandywine, battle of, [175].
Breckinridge, John C., elected Vice-president, [274];
commands Confederate cavalry, [317].
Breed's Hill, fortification of, [159].
Brier Creek, battle of, [185].
Brooklyn Bridge, construction of the, [347].
Brown, John, insurrection led by, [276].
Bryant, William Cullen, death of, [343].
Buchanan, James, Secretary of State, [261];
elected President, [274];
sketch of, [275];
administration of, [275-277].
Buckner, S. B., defends Fort Donelson, [293].
Buena Vista, battle of, [264].
Bull Run, battles of, [289], [300].
Bunker Hill, battle of, [159].
Burgesses, House of, organized, [67];
scene in, [152].
Burgoyne, Gen., campaign of, [172-175];
surrender of, [175].
Burnside, Ambrose E., takes command of Army of the Potomac, [301];
at Fredericksburg, [301];
death of, [356].
Burr, Aaron, elected Vice-president, [213];
duel with Hamilton, [217];
schemes of, [217].
Butler, Benjamin F., at New Orleans, [296];
at Fort Fisher, [314];
joins Grant at Bermuda Hundred, [316];
nominated for presidency, [349].
C
Cabinet, the first, [205].
Cable, Atlantic, laying of the, [275], [325].
Cabot, John, voyage and discoveries of, [41].
Cabot, Sebastian, voyage and explorations of, [42].
Calhoun, John C., Secretary of War, [244];
elected Vice-president, [247];
for nullification, [251];
death of, [272].
California, conquest of, [264];
discovery of gold in, [267];
admission of, [268].
Californians, regions inhabited by the, [16].
Calvert, Sir Cecil, charter issued to, [123].
Calvert, Sir George, in Maryland, [122].
Cambridge, named, [81].
Canadian insurrection, the, [256].
Canonchet, King, violates treaty, [84];
death of, [85].
Canonicus, King of the Narragansetts, [107].
Capitol of the United States, location of the, [213].
Carolinas, history of the, [125-127];
separation of the, [127].
Caroline, firing of the, [256].
Carteret, Sir George, proprietor of New Jersey, [115].
Cartier, James, voyages of, [36], [37].
Carver, John, governor of the Pilgrims, [51];
death of, [76].
Census of 1790 and 1800, [213];
of 1810, [222];
of 1870, [329];
of 1880, [342];
of 1890, [366].
Centennial Exposition, the, [333].
Centennial of the Republic, the, [362].
Cerro Gordo, battle of, [264].
Champion Hills, battle of, [303].
Champlain, Lake, discovered, [40];
expedition to, [141];
abandoned by the French, [145].
Champlain, Samuel, voyages of, [39], [40];
founds Quebec, [39];
discovers Lake Champlain, [40];
governs New France, [40].
Chancellorsville, battle of, [307].
Chandler, Zackariah, death of, [343].
Chapultepec, battle of, [267].
Charlesbourg, Fort, settlement at, [47].
Charleston, founded, [128];
British repulsed at, [164];
taken by British, [187];
evacuated, [195];
taken by Sherman, [313].
Charleston earthquake, the, [353].
Charter Oak, the, [87].
Charter of New England, [78].
Chase, Salmon P., Secretary of the Treasury, [281];
as Chief-justice presides at impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, [327].
Chen Lan Pin, the Chinese Minister, [340].
Cherokees, regions inhabited by the, [16];
difficulties with the, [252].
Cherry Valley, massacre at, [181].
Chesapeake, the affair of the, [233].
Chesapeake Bay, explored, [61].
Chicago, the great fire in, [330];
the Anarchists in, [352].
Chickamauga, battle of, [304].
Chicora, first name of South Carolina, [29].
Chinese Embassy, establishment of the, [340].
Chippewa, battle of, [235].
Chrysler's Field, battle of, [232].
Churubusco, battle of, [266].
Circumnavigation of the globe, [28].
Civil Rights Bill, the, [326].
Civil Service Reform, the, [351].
Civil War, causes of the, [284-287];
history of the, [281-319].
Clark, George Rogers, campaigns of in the West, [181].
Clarke, William, expedition of, [218].
Clay, Henry, advocates Missouri Compromise, [246];
advocates Omnibus Bill, [270];
death of, [272].
Clayborne, William, surveys of, [122].
Cleveland, Grover, elected President, [349];
sketch of, [350];
administration of, [350-360];
renominated, [358];
receives majority of popular vote, [359].
Clinton, Sir Henry, repulsed at New York, [164];
bombards Charleston, [164];
at battle of Long Island, [166].
Code of Laws, given by London Company, [68].
Cold Harbor, battle of, [316].
Colonies, the American, war of with Great Britain, [157-198];
independence of, [165-197].
Colonization Society, founded, [243].
Colorado, admission of, [335].
Columbia, District of, organized, [213].
Columbus, Christopher, sketch of, [24];
discovers America, [25];
other voyages of, [26];
misfortunes of, [26];
death of, [26];
discovers Orinoco, [43].
Comanches, regions inhabited by the, [16].
Commerce, aggressions on American, [219].
Concessions, account of the, [116].
Concord, founded, [80].
Confederacy, the Southern, [277].
Confederation, articles of, [199];
history of the, [199].
Confederate cruisers, depredations by, [315].
Congress of the Colonies, [139];
the Stamp Act, [152];
the First Continental, [156];
the Second Continental, [161].
Conkling, Roscoe, resigns seat in Senate, [345].
Connecticut, colonization of, [106];
history of, [106];
charter of, [109];
joins New England, [111].
Conscription in the North, [308].
Constitution of the United States, proposed, [200];
committee appointed, [200];
report of committee adopted, [201];
provisions of, [201];
adopted by the States, [202].
Constitution, the affair of the, [225].
Continental Army, organization of the, [162].
Convention, the Constitutional, [200];
the Hartford, [239].
Cooke, Jay & Co., disastrous failure of, [333].
Cooper, Peter, candidate for Presidency, [335].
Cordova, Fernandez de, explorations of, [28].
Corinth, battle of, [297].
Cornbury, Lord, governor of New York, [104].
Cornwallis, Lord, joins Clinton, [164];
at Long Island, [167];
takes Fort Lee, [168];
pursues Washington, [169];
at Brandywine, [176];
at Monmouth, [180];
at Sander's Creek, [188];
pursues Greene, [194];
in Virginia, [195];
blockaded in Yorktown, [196];
surrender of, [197].
Cortereal, Gaspar, voyages of, [34].
Cortez, Fernando, conquers Mexico, [28].
Cotton gin, invention of the, [285].
Cowpens, battle of, [193].
Cranfield, Edward, governor of Province of New Hampshire, [86].
Credit Mobilier, the, [332].
Creek cession, the, [249].
Creeks, war with the, [231].
Crown Point, Johnson's expedition against, [141];
deserted by the French, [145].
Cuban "Filibusters," the, [271].
Culpepper, John, leader of insurrection in North Carolina, [126].
Culpepper, Lord, grant of Virginia to, [73];
appointed governor, [75];
sole proprietor, [75];
removed, [75].
Custer, General, defeat of, [334].
D
Da Gama, Vasco, doubles Cape of Good Hope, [42].
Dakota Territory, organized, [325].
Dakotas, the separation of the, [360].
Dakotas, regions inhabited by the, [16].
Dare, Virginia, birth of, [46].
Darrah, Lydia, story of, [176].
Davis, Jefferson, President of Confederacy, [277];
sketch of, [289];
escape of, [319];
capture of, [320].
Daye, Stephen, first printer in America, [81].
Deane, Silas, commissioner to France, [178].
Dearborn, Fort, surrender of, [225].
Dearborn, Henry, commander-in-chief of American army, [224];
expedition against Toronto, [231].
De Ayllon, voyage of, [29].
Decatur, captures the Philadelphia, [216];
captures the Macedonian, [226];
conquers the Algerian pirates, [242].
Declaration of Rights, [153];
of Independence, [165].
Decree, the Milan, [220].
De Gourgues, Dominic, revenge of, [38].
De Kalb, joins patriot forces, [172];
killed, [181].
Delaware, Lord, governor of Virginia, [62];
voyage to Virginia, [63];
return to England, [34];
death of, [67].
Delaware, secession of, [120].
Delaware, the, crossed by Washington, [169].
De Monts, patent of, [38];
at Port Royal, [39].
De Soto, Ferdinand, expedition of, [30-32];
discovers the Mississippi, [31];
death of, [32].
D'Estaing, fleet of, [179].
Detroit, surrender of, [225].
Dieskau, defeat of, [142].
Discovery of America, [25].
Division of land, [64].
Dolbear, A. C., inventor of the telephone, [347].
Donelson, Fort, capture of, [293].
Dorchester Heights, fortification of, [163].
Dorr's Rebellion, [258].
Douglas, Stephen A., advocates State sovereignty, [274].
Dover, founded, [113].
Drake, Sir Francis, voyages of, [44];
at Roanoke, [45].
Dred Scott case, the, [276].
Du Quesne, Fort, built, [138];
battle near, [140];
destruction of, [144].
E
Early, J. A., invades Pennsylvania, [317];
surprises Union camp, [318];
defeated at Winchester, [318].
East India Company, the Dutch, [53].
Edison, Thomas A., inventor of the telephone and electric light, [347].
Edward, Fort, built, [141];
battle at, [142].
Electoral Commission, the, [336].
Electric light, invention of the, [347].
Elizabethtown, founded, [115].
Emancipation Proclamation, issued, [302].
Embargo Act, passage of, [219];
repeal of the, [321].
Endicott, John, governor of Plymouth, [78].
Ericsson, John, invents the Monitor, [294].
Ericsson, Leif, discovers America, [21].
Ericsson, Thorwald and Thorstein, [22].
Erie, Fort, siege of, [236].
Erie, Lake, battle of, [229].
Esquimos, regions inhabited by the, [16].
Eutaw Springs, battle of, [195].
Evarts, William A., delivers Centennial oration, [333].
F
Fair Oaks, battle of, [299].
Farragut, Admiral, captures New Orleans, [296];
captures Mobile, [314].
Fava, Baron, Italian minister, [368].
Federalist party, the, [201].
Field, Cyrus W., lays Atlantic cables, [275], [324].
Fields, James T., death of, [343].
Fillmore, Millard, elected Vice-president, [268];
becomes President, [270];
administration of, [270-272].
Fisher, Fort, capture of, [314].
Fishery award, the, [340].
Fishery dispute, the, [271].
Fisk, Clinton B., prohibition candidate for Presidency, [359].
Five Forks, battle of, [319].
Florida, origin of name, [27];
cession of, [245];
admission of, [260].
Force Bill, introduction of the, [365].
Fort Charlesbourg, settlement at, [37].
---- Dearborn, surrender of, [225].
---- Donelson, capture of, [293].
---- Du Quesne, built, [138];
destruction of, [114].
---- Edward, built, [141];
battle at, [142].
---- Fisher, capture of, [314].
---- Jackson, capture of, [296].
---- Le Bœuf, built, [136];
arrival of Washington at, [136].
---- McHenry, bombarded, [238].
---- Meigs, building and siege of, [228].
---- Mercer, taken by British, [176].
---- Mifflin, taken by British, [176].
---- Moultrie, bombarded, [164].
---- Nassau, building of, [55].
---- Necessity, built and defended, [138].
---- Stephenson, siege of, [229].
---- St. Philip, capture of, [296].
---- Sumter, fired upon, [282].
---- Venango, built, [136].
---- William Henry built, [142];
massacre at, [143].
---- Windsor, building of, [95].
France, explorers sent from, [35];
colony at Fort Charlesbourg, [37];
colonizes Florida, [37];
settlement at Quebec, [39];
aid of, [172];
treaty with America, [178];
relations with America, [178-186];
troubles with, [211];
treaty of peace with, [212].
Franklin, Benjamin, one of Declaration Committee, [165];
in France, [178];
sketch of, [179];
plan of confederation by, [191].
Franklin, Sir John, Arctic expedition of, [272].
Fredericksburg, battle of, [301].
Free Coinage Bill, introduction of the, [365].
Free Soil Party, organization of the, [272].
Fremont, John C., in California, [263].
French and Indian War, history of the, [135-146].
Frenchtown, battle of, [228].
Frobisher, Martin, searching for northwest passage, [43].
Fuller, Melville W., appointed Chief-justice of the United States, [357].
Fulton, Robert, invents the steamboat, [220].
G
Gadsden Purchase, the, [273].
Gage, General, occupies Boston, [154].
Garfield, James A., elected President, [341];
sketch of, [344];
administration of, [344-346];
assassination of, [345];
death of, [346].
Gates, Horatio, commands northern army, [175];
defeat at Sander's Creek, [188].
Gates, Sir Thomas, in Virginia, [63-66].
Genet, Citizen, trouble caused by, [208].
Georgia, history of, [130-134];
named, [131].
Germantown, battle of, [176].
Gerry, Elbridge, envoy to France, [211];
Vice-president, [227].
Gettysburg, battle of, [308].
Ghent, the treaty of, [241].
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, voyage of, [44];
lost at sea, [45].
Gist, Christopher, commands exploring party, [136].
Gold, searches for, [43];
discovery of in California, [267].
Gorges, Sir Ferdinand, proprietor New Hampshire, [113].
Gosnold, Bartholomew, voyage and explorations of, [46];
in the London Company, [47].
Grant, Ulysses S., captures Fort Donelson, [293];
at Shiloh, [293];
at Vicksburg, [303];
general-in-chief, [311];
in the wilderness, [316];
at Petersburg, [318];
enters Richmond, [319];
final victory of, [319];
elected President, [327];
sketch of, [328];
administration of, [328-336];
reelected, [331];
tour of the world, [342];
death of, [355];
tomb of, [355].
Gray, Elisha P., inventor of telephone, [347].
Great Britain colonizes America, [41-52];
governs Virginia, [70-75];
governs New York, [100-105];
oppressions by, [149-156];
revolutionary war with, [157-197];
war of 1812 with, [221-241];
treaties with, [197], [241], [258], [330].
Great Eastern, the, carries Atlantic cable, [325].
Great Meadows, battle at, [138].
Greeley, Horace, nominated for Presidency, [331];
death of, [331].
Greenbacks, issued, [320].
Greene, Nathaniel, campaigns of, [193].
Grenville, Sir Richard, voyage of, [45].
Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty of, [267].
Guilford Court House, battle of, [194].
H
"Half Breeds," the, [345].
Half Moon, voyages of the, [53], [54].
Hamilton, Alexander, builds Fort Washington, [168];
urges adoption of Constitution, [201];
first Secretary of the Treasury, [206];
financial policy of, [207];
killed by Burr, [217].
Hamilton, Andrew, defends Zenger, [104].
Hancock, Winfield S., death of, [356].
Harmar, General, expedition of, [207].
Harrison, Benjamin, nominated for Presidency, [359];
elected, [359];
sketch of, [361];
administration of, [361-369].
Harrison, William Henry, governor Indiana Territory, [215];
at Tippecanoe, [222];
campaigns of, [228-330];
resigns commission, [232];
elected President, [256];
sketch of, [257];
death of, [258].
Hartford, founded, [80].
Hartford Convention, the, [239].
Harvard College founded, [81].
Harvey, Sir John, governor of Virginia, [70].
Hayes, Rutherford B., elected President, [336];
sketch of, [337];
administration of, [337-343].
Hayne, Isaac, hanging of, [195].
Hayne, Senator, debate with Daniel Webster, [251].
Hendricks, Thomas A., elected Vice-president, [349];
death of, [356];
sketch of, [356];
statue of, [357].
Hennessey, David C., assassination of, [368].
Henry, Patrick, speech of, [152].
Herjulfson, discovers America, [21].
Hood, J. B., evacuates Atlanta, [312];
Nashville campaign of, [312].
Hooker, Joseph, storms Lookout Mountain, [305];
commands Army of the Potomac, [307];
at Chancellorsville, [307];
death of, [356].
Howe, Admiral, at battle of Long Island, [166].
Howe, General, arrives in Boston, [159];
at Bunker Hill, [160];
surrenders Boston, [163];
at Battle of Long Island, [166];
at White Plains, [168];
at Brandywine, [176].
Hudson, Sir Henry, voyages of, [53];
mutiny against, [54].
Huguenots, massacre of the, [33], [38];
colony of, [37];
in South Carolina, [129].
Hull, Isaac, in naval battle, [225].
Hull, William, begins War of 1812, [224];
surrenders Detroit, [225].
Hunt, Robert, in London Company, [47].
Huron-Iroquois, regions inhabited by the, [16];
characteristics of the, [16].
Hutchinson, Ann, accused of heresy, [80];
exile of, [81].
I
Icelanders, the, in America, [21-23].
Idaho, organization of Territory, [325];
admission of State, [366].
Illinois, admission of, [245].
Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, [327].
Importation Act, the, [150].
Independence, Declaration of, by North Carolina Convention, [161];
by congress of the United Colonies, [165];
leading principles of, [166].
Independent Treasury Bill, the, proposed by Van Buren, [255];
repeal of, [258].
Indiana, organization of Territory, [214];
admission of State, [242].
Indians, sketch of the, [15-19];
troubles with in Northwest Territory, [207].
Indian Territory, set apart, [252].
Internal revenue, sources of, [320].
Iowa, admission of, [260].
Iroquois, regions inhabited by the, [16].
Isabella, Queen, sympathy with, and aid to Columbus, [25].
Island Number Ten, siege of, [294].
J
Jack, Captain, leads Modoc war, [332].
Jackson, Andrew, begins career, [188];
subdues the Creeks, [231];
drives British from Florida, [239];
in command at New Orleans, [239-241];
subdues Seminoles, [245];
elected President, [249];
administration of, [250-253].
Jackson, Stonewall, valley campaign of, [297];
at Cedar Mountain, [300];
seizes Harper's Ferry, [300];
at Chancellorsville, [307];
death of, [307].
Jamestown, settlement of, [48];
colony at, [57].
Japan, intercourse opened with, [273].
Jay, John, first Chief-justice, [206];
envoy to England, [210].
Jefferson, Thomas, prepares Declaration of Independence, [165];
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, [205];
elected Vice-president, [210];
elected President, [213];
administration of, [214-220];
reelected, [217];
death of, [249].
Johnson, Andrew, elected Vice-president, [320];
becomes President, [323];
sketch of, [323];
administration of, [323-327];
issues Amnesty Proclamation, [324];
impeachment of, [327].
Johnston, Joseph E., at Bull Run, [289];
wounded at Fair Oaks, [299];
surrender of, [313];
death of, [367].
Johnstown flood, the, [363].
Jones, Paul, conquers the Serapis, [186].
Joseph, chief of the Nez Percé Indians, [338].
K
Kane, Elisha Kent, Arctic expedition of, [272].
Kansas, troubles in, [274];
admission of, [325].
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, the, [274].
Karlsefne, Thorfinn, explorations of, [22].
Kearny, Philip, expedition to California, [263].
Kenesaw Mountain, battle of, [311].
Kentucky, admission of, [208].
Kidd, Captain William, story of, [103].
Kieft, Sir William, governor of New Amsterdam, [96].
King's Mountain, battle of, [189].
Kingston, destroyed by Indians, [98].
Kossuth, Louis, tour of in America, [271].
L
Labor agitations, the, [351].
Lafayette, Marquis de, enters American army, [172];
wounded at Brandywine, [176];
campaigns of in Virginia, [194-196];
revisits America, [246].
La Roche, Marquis of, brings colonists to America, [38].
Laudonniere, in Florida, [38].
Law, the alien, [213]; the sedition, [213].
Lawrence, James, commands the Hornet, [232];
commands the Chesapeake, [233];
death of, [234].
Le Bœuf, Fort, built by the French, [136].
Lee, Charles, besieges Boston, [162];
captured by British, [169];
exchanged, [172];
trouble with Washington, [180].
Lee, Richard Henry, offers Resolutions of Independence in Congress, [164].
Lee, Robert E., at Cheat Mountain, [288];
Confederate commander-in-chief, [299];
at Bull Run, [300];
invades Maryland, [300];
at Antietam, [301];
at Chancellorsville, [307];
invades Pennsylvania, [308];
at Gettysburg, [308];
in the Wilderness, [316];
at Spottsylvania C. H., [319];
flees from Richmond, [319];
surrender of, [319].
Leisler, Jacob, insurrection of, [102].
Lewis, Captain, expedition of, [218].
Lexington, battle of, [157].
Liberia, colony in, [243].
Liberty pole, fight at, [154].
Life-saving Service, establishment of the, [340].
Lincoln, Abraham, elected President, [276];
sketch of, [281];
administration of, [281-321];
issues Emancipation Proclamation, [302];
reelected, [320];
assassination of, [321];
burial of, [321].
Lincoln, General, campaigns of in the north, [174-175];
campaigns of in the south, [185-187].
Livingston, Edward, negotiates purchase of Louisiana, [215].
Livingston, Robert R., on Declaration Committee, [165].
Locke, John, draws up the Grand Model, [125].
Logan, John A., death of, [356].
London Company, organization of, [47];
grants to, [47];
settlement of Jamestown, [48];
new charter of, [62];
third patent, [65];
charter cancelled, [69].
Long Island, battle of, [166].
Longstreet, James, death of, [367].
Lookout Mountain, storming of, [305].
Loudoun, Earl of, commands Colonial army, [142].
Louisburg, captures of, [92], [143].
Louisiana, purchase of, [215];
Territory of, [216];
admission of, [224].
Lovelace, governor of New York, [100].
Lundy's Lane, battle of, [235].
Lyon, Nathaniel, at Booneville, [290];
killed at Wilson's Creek, [290].
M
Madison, James, elected President, [220];
administration of, [221-227].
Mafia Society, in New Orleans, [368].
Magellan, Ferdinand, voyage of around the world, [28].
Maine, the Province of, [85];
admission of, [246].
Malietoa, king of Samoa, [363].
Malvern Hill, battle of, [299].
Manhattan Island, purchase of, [94].
Marion, Francis, raids of, in South Carolina, [188].
Marshall, John, envoy to France, [211];
Chief-justice of the United States, [216];
presides at trial of Aaron Burr, [217].
Maryland, history of, [122-125].
Mason, James M., Confederate ambassador to England, [291].
Mason, John, in Pequod war, [107];
grant to, [113].
Massachusetts, colonization of, [47-52];
history of, [76-93].
Massachusetts Bay Colony, [78].
Massacre, the Boston, [154];
the Cherry Valley, [181];
the Indian, [68];
the New Orleans, [367];
the Wyoming, [180].
Massasoit, visits Plymouth, [76].
Mather, Cotton, favors prosecution of witches, [89], [91].
May, Cornelius, explorations of, [55];
leader in Dutch settlement, [94].
Mayflower, voyage of the, [50].
McClellan, George B., campaigns of, in West Virginia, [288];
commands Army of the Potomac, [290];
Peninsular campaign of, [299];
at Antietam, [301];
death of, [356].
McDonough, Commodore, at battle of Plattsburg, [237].
McDowell, Irwin, at Bull Run, [289];
death of, [356].
McHenry, Fort, bombardment of, [238].
McKinley Bill, adoption of the, [364].
Meade, George G., in command of Army of the Potomac, [308];
at Gettysburg, [308];
in the Wilderness, [316];
flees from Richmond, [319];
surrender of, [319];
death of, [356].
Meigs, Colonel, attacks Sag Harbor, [171];
rewarded by Congress, [172].
Meigs, Fort, built, [228];
siege of, [228].
Menendez, Pedro, expedition of, [32];
massacre of Huguenots, [33], [34], [38].
Mercer, Fort, taken by British, [176].
Merrimac, the, fights with the Monitor, [294].
Mexico, City of, siege of the, [265].
Mexico, French occupation of, [324].
Mexico, war with, [261-267];
declaration of war with, [262].
Miamis, war with the, [207].
Miantonomah, gives Rhode Island, [81].
Michigan, organization of Territory, [218];
admission of State, [253].
Mifflin, Fort, taken by British, [176].
Miller, James, at Lundy's Lane, [236].
Mims, Fort, attacked by savages, [231].
Minnesota, admission of, [276].
Missionary Ridge, storming of, [305].
Mississippi, organization of Territory, [215];
admission of State, [244].
Mississippi River, discovery of, [31].
Missouri, admission of, [246].
Missouri Compromise, the, [246].
Mobilians, regions inhabited by the, [16];
tribes of the, [16].
Model, the Grand, account of, [125].
Modocs, war with the, [332].
Monitor, fights the Merrimac, [294].
Monmouth, battle of, [180].
Monroe Doctrine, the, [246].
Monroe, James, negotiates Louisiana purchase, [216];
elected President, [243];
sketch of, [244];
administration of, [244-247];
reelected, [246].
Montana, organization of Territory, [325];
admission of State, [360].
Montcalm, General, at Fort William Henry, [142];
at Plains of Abraham, [145].
Monterey, capture of, [263].
Montgomery, Richard, attack of on Quebec, [162];
death of, [162].
Mont Real, island and town of, [36].
Morgan, John, raid of, [306].
Mormons, troubles with the, [259], [275].
Morris, Robert, gives financial aid, [170];
Secretary of Finance, [192];
brought to poverty, [200].
Morse, Samuel F. B., inventor of the telegraph, [260].
Morton, Levi P., elected Vice-president, [359].
Morton, Oliver P., death of, [343].
Mound-builders, account of the, [12-15].
Moultrie, bombardment of, [164].
Murfreesborough, battle of, [297].
Mutiny in Continental Army, [192].
N
Narvaez, De, governor of Florida, [29].
Nashville, siege of, [312].
National Banks, establishment of, [320].
National debt, the, [320], [324].
Naval battles between the Chesapeake and the Leopard, [219];
Chesapeake and the Shannon, [233];
Constellation and the Insurgent, [212];
Constitution and the Guerriere, [225];
Constitution and the Java, [226];
Essex and the Nocton, [226];
Essex and the Phoebe and Cherub, [234];
Hartford and the Tennessee, [314];
Hornet and the Peacock, [232];
Hornet and the Penguin, [241];
Lawrence and the Detroit, [229];
Monitor and the Merrimac, [294];
Niagara and British fleet, [229];
Poictiers and the Wasp, [226];
Poor Richard and the Serapis, [186];
President and the Little Belt, [223];
United States and the Macedonian, [226];
Wasp and the Frolic, [226].
Nebraska, admission of [325].
Necessity, Fort, built and defended, [138].
Negro Plot, the, [104].
Nevada, admission of, [320].
New Amsterdam, founded, [54].
New England, named, [49];
colonization of, [51], [52], [76-93], [106-114].
New France, [36-40].
New Hampshire, the province of, [86], [113];
history of, [113].
New Haven, founded, [108].
New Jersey, named, [115];
history of, [115-118];
division of, [116].
New Netherlands named, [55];
history of, [94-99].
New Orleans, battle of, [241];
capture of, [295];
exposition in, [350];
massacre in, [367].
Newport, Christopher, commands fleet, [48];
brings immigrants, [61].
New Sweden, colonization of, [95-99].
New York, colonization of, [94-99];
named, [99];
under English, [100-105].
New York City, settlement of, [94];
under Dutch, [94-99];
under English, [100-105];
occupied by Washington, [164];
operations about, [166];
taken by British, [167];
evacuation of, [198];
world's fair in, [274];
riots in, [309].
Nez Percé Indians, war with the, [338].
Niagara, captured by English, [144].
Norsemen, early discoveries by the, [21];
voyages of the, [20-23];
remains in America of the, [23].
North Carolina, history of, [125-127];
ratifies constitution, [206].
North Dakota, admission of, [360].
Northeastern boundary, establishment of, [258].
Northwest Passage, the, [43].
Nullification, account of, [250-251].
O
Oglethorpe, James, founding of Georgia by, [130-134].
Ohio, admission of, [214].
Ohio Company, organization of, [136].
Omnibus Bill, the, [270].
Oregon, admission of, [276].
P
Pacific, discovery of the, [27].
Pacific Railroad, route of surveyed, [278];
completion of, [328].
Pakenham, Sir Edward, commands British at New Orleans, [239-241].
Palo Alto, battle of, [262].
Panic of 1836-37, the financial, [253], [255];
of 1873, [332].
Paper Money, origin of in America, [89].
Patroons, account of the, [95].
Paris, the treaty of, [146].
Parris, Samuel, joins in witchcraft persecutions, [89].
Penn, William, purchases East Jersey, [117];
proprietor of Pennsylvania [118];
sketch of, [119];
treaty of with Indians, [119];
founds Philadelphia, [120];
death of, [120].
Pennsylvania, history of, [118-120].
Pension legislation, [354].
Pequods, war with the, [107].
Perry, Oliver H., victory of on Lake Erie, [229].
Petersburg, siege of, [316];
capture of, [319].
Philadelphia, founded, [120];
taken by British, [176];
evacuated by British, [180].
Philadelphia, the, captured and retaken, [216].
Philip, King, war with, [84].
Phipps, Sir William, commands English troops, [88].
Pickett, George G., charge at Gettysburg, [308].
Pierce, Franklin, elected President, [272];
administration of, [273-274].
Pilgrims, so named, [50];
promise to the, [50];
landing, [51];
sufferings, [51].
Pirates, the Algerine, [210].
Pittsburgh, building on site of, [137];
named, [144].
Platt, Thomas C., resigns seat in Senate, [345].
Plattsburgh, battle of, [237].
Plymouth Company, the, organization of, [47];
grants to, [47];
attempt at colonization, [48].
Plymouth Council, organization of, [49];
grant to, [49].
Plymouth Rock, landing at, [51].
Pocahontas, rescues John Smith, [60];
abducted by Argall, [65];
marriage of, [65].
Polk, James K., elected President, [260];
sketch of, [261];
administration of, [261-268].
Ponce de Leon, voyages of, [27].
Pope, John, takes Island Number Ten, [294];
at Bull Run, [300].
Port Bill, the Boston, [156].
Porter, Admiral, bombards Vicksburg, [304];
captures Fort Fisher, [314].
Port Royal, founded, [39].
Portuguese explorations, [34].
Prescott, William, fortifies Breed's Hill, [159].
Prideaux, General, campaign of against Niagara, [144].
Princeton, battle of, [171].
Pring, Martin, voyage of, [46].
Printing-press, introduction of in America, [81].
Privateers, British, [209].
Prohibition Party candidates, the, of 1884, [359].
Proprietors' Rights, purchase of, [77].
Providence, R. I., founded, [80].
Pulaski, Count, honored by Congress, [176];
killed at Savannah, [186].
Puritans, sketch of the, [49];
character of the, [93].
Q
Quakers, persecution of the, [82].
Quebec, founded, [39];
captured by Wolfe, [146];
expedition of Arnold against, [162].
Queenstown, battle of, [226].
R
Ragged Regiment, Marion's, [188].
Raleigh, Sir Walter, voyage of with Gilbert, [44];
expeditions of, [45], [46].
Randolph, Edmund, introduces resolution to adopt a new Constitution, [200].
Rebellion, Bacon's, [74].
Reconstruction, measures of, [325].
Red River Expedition, the, [310].
Reed, Thomas B., Speaker of House of Representatives, [365].
Remonetization of silver, [339].
Republic, the New, [202].
Resaca de la Palma, battle of, [262].
Resumption Act, adoption of the, [339].
Revere, Paul, ride of, [157].
Revolution, causes of the, [149-156];
history of the, [157-198].
Rhode Island, founded, [80];
history of, [111-113];
ratifies the Constitution, [206];
Dorr's rebellion in, [258].
Ribault, John, voyages of, [37].
Richmond, capital of Southern Confederacy, [283];
fall of, [319].
Rights, declaration of, [153].
Roanoke, colony at, [45].
Roberval, Frances of, attempts to found colony in New France, [37].
Rodgers, Commodore, commander of the President, [223].
Roebling, John, architect of the Brooklyn bridge, [348].
Rolfe, John, marriage of, [65].
Rosecrans, W. S., at Murfreesborough, [297];
at Chickamauga, [304].
Ross, General, captures Washington, [237];
expedition against Baltimore, [238].
Ryswick, treaty of, [89].
S
Salem, founded, [78];
witchcraft at, [89].
Samoa, difficulty in, [363].
Samoset, welcomes the Pilgrims, [76].
Sander's Creek, battle of, [188].
San Domingo Commission, the, [329].
Sandys, Sir Edwyn, treasurer of London Company, [68];
sends wives to colonists, [68].
San Gabriel, battle of, [264].
Santa Anna, called to Mexico, [263];
at Buena Vista and Cerro Gordo, [264];
driven from Mexico, [267].
Saratoga, battle of, [174].
Savannah, founded, [131];
taken by British, [183];
bombardment of, [185];
taken by Sherman, [313].
Saybrook, founded, [107].
Scott, Winfield S., at Lundy's Lane, [235];
commander-in-chief in Mexican war, [262-267];
commander-in-chief of the Union, [283];
retires from service, [290].
Seamen, the impressment of, [219].
Secession, account of the, [277].
Seminoles, war with the, [245], [252].
Seven Days' battles, the, [299].
Seward, William H., Secretary of State, [281];
diplomacy of, [292];
attempted assassination of, [321].
Seymour, Horatio, death of, [357].
Shackamaxon, treaty of, [119].
Sheridan, Philip H., ravages Shenandoah valley, [318];
ride to Winchester, [318];
general-in-chief, [348];
death of, [367].
Sherman, Roger, on declaration committee, [165].
Sherman, William Tecumseh, at Chickasaw Bayou, [297];
advance on Atlanta, [311];
captures Atlanta, [312];
march to the sea, [312];
resigns command, [348];
death of, [367].
Shiloh, battle of, [293].
Silver, remonetization of, [339].
Sioux Indians, war with the, [333].
Sitting Bull, in Sioux war, [335].
Slavery, introduction of in Virginia, [67];
in South Carolina, [128];
in the Territories, [269];
abolition of, [302];
amendment to the Constitution, [323].
Slidell, John, Confederate ambassador to England, [291].
Sloughter, Colonel, governor of New York, [103].
Smith, John, in London Company, [47];
at Jamestown settlement, [48];
voyages of, [48];
names New England, [49];
admiral of New England, [49];
trouble with colonists, [58];
captured by Indians, [59];
rescue by Pocahontas, [60];
explores Chesapeake Bay, [61];
president of Virginia, [62];
returns to England, [63].
Smyth, Alexander, takes command of American forces, [226];
charged with cowardice, [227].
Sons of Liberty, organization of, [153].
South Carolina, history of, [128-130].
South Dakota, admission of, [360].
Spain, discovers and colonizes America, [24-34];
treaty with, [245].
Spanish Florida, war with, [133].
Specie Circular, the, [255].
Specie Resumption, the, [341].
"Spoils System," the, [345].
Spottsylvania Courthouse, battle of, [316].
"Stalwarts," the, [345].
Stamp Act, adoption of the, [151];
repeal of the, [153].
Standish, Miles, landing of, [51];
expedition of, [76].
Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, [281].
Starving Time, the, [63].
St. Augustine, founded, [33].
St. Clair, expedition of against Miami Indians, [207].
Steamboat, invention of, [220].
Stephens, Alexander, defends theory of secession, [277];
Vice-president of Southern Confederacy, [277].
Stephenson, Fort, siege of, [229].
St. Lawrence River, named, [36].
Stony Point, taken by British, [184];
retaken by General Wayne, [184].
Strike, the great railroad, [337];
the southwestern, [352].
Stuyvesant, Peter, governor of New Netherlands, [97-99].
Sumter, Fort, fired upon, [282].
Sumter, Thomas, raids of, in South Carolina, [188].
Supreme Court, organization of, [206].
T
Talladega, battle of, [231].
Tariff, the protective, agitation of, [249];
issue in presidential campaign, [358], [359].
Taylor, Bayard, author of National Ode, [333];
death of, [343].
Taylor, Zachary, campaign in Florida, [254];
campaigns in Mexican War, [261-264];
elected President, [268];
administration of, [269-270];
death of, [270].
Tea Party, the Boston, [155].
Tecumtha, conspiracy of, [222];
lays ambush, [224];
besieges Fort Meigs, [228], [229];
death of, [231].
Telegraph, invention of the, [260].
Telephone, invention of the, [347].
Tennessee, admission of, [210].
Territory, southwest of the Ohio, organization of the, [207].
Territories, organization of the, [325].
Texas, secedes from Mexico, [260];
annexation of, [260].
Thames, battle of the, [230].
Ticonderoga, defeat of English at, [143];
abandoned by French, [145];
taken by Ethan Allen, [159];
captured by British, [173].
Tilden, Samuel J., election as President claimed by Democrats, [355];
death of, [357].
Tippecanoe, battle of, [223].
Tobacco, cultivation of, [67].
Toronto, attacked by Americans, [231].
Treaty with Indians, [77];
of Ryswick, [89];
of Utrecht, [92];
of Aix-la-Chapelle, [93];
of Shackamaxon, [119];
of Paris, [146];
with France, [178];
of 1783, [197];
with France, [212];
of Ghent, [241];
with Spain, [245];
the Webster-Ashburton, [258];
of Guadalupe Hidalgo, [267];
of Washington, [330].
Trent, affair of the, [291].
Trenton, battle at, [169].
Tripoli, war with, [216].
Truxtun, Commodore, [212].
Tyler, John, elected Vice-president, [256];
becomes President, [257];
sketch of, [258];
administration of, [258-260].
U
Underhill, John, commands Dutch forces, [96].
Union of Independent Colonies, the, [200].
United Colonies of New England, [82].
United Colonies of America, the, [161].
Utah Territory, founded, [259];
difficulties in, [275].
Utrecht, treaty of, [92].
V
Valley Forge, American army at, [177].
Van Buren, Martin, elected President, [253];
sketch of, [254];
administration of, [254-256].
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, at Queenstown, [226].
Van Twiller, Wouter, governor of New Netherlands, [95].
Venango, Fort, built, [136].
Vera Cruz, surrender of, [264].
Vermont, admission of, [207].
Verrazano, John, explorations of, [35].
Vespucci, Amerigo, voyages of, [26].
Vicksburg, battle of, [303].
Vincennes, capture of, [183].
Virginia named, [45];
colonization of, [48];
history of, [57-75].
W
Wadsworth, Joseph, hides the charter, [87].
Waite, Morrison R., Chief-justice of the United States, death of, [357].
Wallace, Lewis, at Romney, [289];
saves Cincinnati from capture, [296];
defeated by Early, [317].
Walloons, at New Amsterdam, [94].
Walker, Francis A., superintendent of Tenth Census, [342].
War, with Indians, [92], [96];
with Susquehannas, [73];
King Philip's, [84];
King William's, [88];
Queen Anne's, [91];
King George's, [92];
with Pequods, [107];
Yamassees, [129];
with Spanish Florida, [133];
French and Indian, [135-146];
with Great Britain, [157-198];
with Miamis, [207];
with Tripoli, [216];
of 1812, [221-241];
Black Hawk, [251];
Seminole, [252];
with Mexico, [261-267];
the Civil, [281-319];
Modoc, [332];
Sioux, [333];
Nez Percé, [338].
Warren, Joseph, at Bunker Hill, [160].
Washington, admission of, [360].
Washington City, founded, [213];
burned by the British, [238].
Washington, George, embassy to St. Pierre, [136];
at Great Meadows, [138];
with Braddock, [139];
in Shenandoah, [142];
against Fort Du Quesne, [144];
commander-in-chief, [161];
sketch of, [161];
besieges Boston, [162];
occupies Boston, [163];
at New York, [164];
on Long Island, [166];
retreats to New York, [167];
occupies Fort Lee, [168];
retreats to Trenton, [169];
crosses the Delaware, [169];
at Trenton, [170];
at Princeton, [171];
at Brandywine, [176];
at Germantown, [176];
at Valley Forge, [177];
at Monmouth, [180];
quells mutiny, [192];
farewell to army, [198];
elected President, [202];
administration of, [205-210];
inauguration of, [205];
reelected, [208];
farewell address, [210];
recalled from retirement, [212];
death of, [213].
Washington Monument, completion of the, [348].
Washington, Treaty of, [330].
Wayne, Anthony, at Stony Point, [184];
subdues the Indians, [208], [209].
Webster, Daniel, reply to Hayne, [251];
Secretary of State, [257], [271];
concludes Ashburton Treaty, [258];
death of, [272].
Wesley, Charles, in America, [133].
Wesley, John, in America, [132].
West India Company, the Dutch, organization of, [94].
West Virginia, admission of, [309].
Weymouth, founded, [77].
Wheeler, William A., elected Vice-president, [336].
Whisky Insurrection, the, [208].
Whitefield, George, preaching in America, [133].
Whitemarsh, operations at, [176].
White Plains, battle of, [168].
Whitney, Eli, inventor of cotton gin, [285].
Wilderness, battles in the, [316].
Wingfield, Edward, in London Company, [47];
at Jamestown settlement, [48];
embezzles stores, [58].
William Henry, Fort, building of, [142];
massacre at, [143].
Williams, Roger, arraigned for heresy, [79];
banished from Massachusetts, [80];
with the Narragansetts, [107];
founds Providence, [111];
founds Rhode Island, [112].
Wilson's Creek, battle of, [290].
Winthrop, John, governor of Massachusetts, [79].
Winthrop, the younger, founds Saybrook, [107];
secures charter for Connecticut, [109].
Wisconsin, admission of, [268].
Witchcraft in Salem, [89-91].
Wives for colonists, [68].
Wolfe, General, captures Quebec, [145];
death of, [146].
World's Fair in New York, the, [274].
Writs of Assistance, the, [150].
Wyatt, Sir Francis, governor of Virginia, [68];
retires from office, [70];
reelected, [21].
Wyoming, massacre of, [180].
Wyoming, organization of Territory, [325];
admission of State, [366].
Y
Yale College, founded, [110].
Yamassees, war with the, [129].
Yeamans, Sir John, governor of Carolina, [128].
Yeardley, George, appointed governor of Virginia, [67];
reappointed, [70];
death of, [70].
Yellow fever epidemic, the, [339].
Yorktown, siege of, [196].

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