his partnership with Lincoln, and failure, i. [39], [40].

Big Bethel,

battle of, i. [298].

Black, Jeremiah S.,

in Buchanan's cabinet, i. [188];

succeeds Cass in State Department, [198];

after vacillation turns toward coercion, [199], [200];

forces Buchanan to alter reply to South Carolina commissioners, [200].

Black Hawk war, i. [35], [36].

Blaine, James G.,