The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• Cayuga Indians, [10], [11].

• Champlain, Samuel de, early explorations, [26], [35];
  • founds Quebec, [36], [246];
  • fights the Iroquois, [196];
  • on Lake Huron, [246], [247];
  • as governor of New France, [251], [252];
  • death, [248].

• Charles I., king of England, interest in Virginia, [75];
  • interest in Maryland, [82], [84];
  • interest in Carolina, [88];
  • attitude towards the Puritans, [125], [127];
  • annuls Massachusetts charter, [131];
  • grants Windward Islands to Carlisle, [237];
  • execution, [76].

• Charles II., king of England, reception of Berkeley, [79];
  • proclaimed in Massachusetts, [159];
  • attitude towards Quakers, [166];
  • displeased with New Englanders, [166]-168, [174];
  • treatment of Connecticut and Rhode Island, [168], [169];
  • claims New Netherlands, [202], [203];
  • interest in New Jersey, [212];
  • charter to Penn, [215];
  • charters Hudson's Bay Company, [243];
  • attitude towards New France, [252];
  • death, [175].

• Charleston, S. C., founded, [92], [93], [98];
  • churchmen in, [109];
  • characteristics, [228];
  • arrival of Scotch, [269];
  • attacked by French, [278].

• Charlestown, Mass., founded, [122], [127];
  • fortified, [131];
  • hanging of a witch, [190].

• Charters, commercial privileges of, [104], [105];
  • of Virginia, [60], [66]-69, [72], [74], [113];
  • of Maryland, [81], [82];
  • of the Carolinas, [88], [89], [267], [272];
  • of Georgia, [259];
  • of Delaware, [216];
  • of Pennsylvania, [210], [215], [217];
  • under the Dutch, [197], [198];
  • South Company of Sweden, [208];
  • of New Jersey, [211]-213;
  • of Connecticut, [61], [141], [168], [175], [276], [277];
  • of Rhode Island, [60], [61], [148], [149], [168], [175];
  • Plymouth Company, [120], [121], [124], [131], [150];
  • Massachusetts Bay, [60], [125]-127, [131], [159], [169], [174], [175], [177];
  • to the Gorges, [122], [125], [150];
  • to John Mason, [125], [150], [152];
  • New Hampshire, [174];
  • ministerial attacks on the (1701-1749), [266], [267].

• Cherokee Indians, status, [11];
  • relations with Georgians, [259], [261].

• Chesapeake Bay, Cabot at, [25];
  • reached by Lane, [39];
  • reached by Jamestown colonists, [70];
  • arrival of royal commissioners, [76];
  • Claiborne's operations, [77], [83];
  • geography, [218], [219].

• Chickasaw Indians, status, [11];
  • relations with Georgians, [261], [262].