Lincoln, Gen., sent to aid Schuyler,
263; commands in South, 281, N.;
attempts capture of Savannah, 285;
surrenders Charleston, 285; re-
ceives Cornwallis's sword, 304.
Literary progress of the colonies,
149; in U. S., 642.

Livingston, Robert R., administers
oath of office to Washington, 320,
N.; aids Fulton, 320, N., 363; U. S.
agent in purchasing Louisiana,
356, 357.

Livingston, William, at Constitu-
ent Convention, 315, N.
Locke, John, draws model of gov-
ernment for Carolinas, 130, N.
London Company, chartered, 55;
laws of, 61; dissolved, 65.
Long Island, battle of, 253.
Long Island Sound, settlements, 89.
Long Parliament, 126.

Longstreet, Gen. James, at Knox-
ville, 547, N.

Lookout Mountain, battle of, 545.
Louis XIV, attempts to settle Lou-
isiana, 159, N.

Louis XV, attempts to found an
empire in America, 161, N., 162.
Louisburg, capt. by Eng. colonists,
175, N.; colonists and regulars, 189.
Louisiana, named, 158; founder of,
160, N.; ceded to Spain, 193; ceded
to France and purchased by U. S.,
356, 357; terms of purchase, 359;
state admitted, 383; secedes, 481.
Lowell, Francis, inventor, 632.
Lundy's Lane, battle of, 388, N.
Lynn, founded, 86.

McClellan, Gen. Geo. B., victorious
in W. Va., 492; commander-in-
chief, 495, N.; at Williamsburg, 521;
Fair Oaks, 523; South Mountain,
525; Antietam, 526; relieved of
command, 526.

McCulloch, Gen., at Pea Ridge, 508.
McDonough, Commodore, at Platts
burgh, 391, N.
McDougall, Gen., at
N. Y., 262, N.

Peekskill,

McDowell, Gen., at Bull Run, 493;
checked by Jackson, 522.
McHenry, Ft., bombarded, 386.
Macomb, Gen., at Plattsb'gh, 391, N.
Madeiras, discovered, 30.
Madison, James, leading Democrat,
333; Sec'y of State, 353; Pres., 366, N.
Magellan, 38, N.

Mail service, extended, 146; organ-
ized, 205; present state, 637.
Maine, coast explored, 54; colo-
nized, 82; how named, 82, N.; east-
ern part surrendered to Great
Britain, 193; admitted, 402.
Manhattan Island, settled, 106.
Manufactures, colonial, 212; of
U. S., 348, 632-636.

Marietta, founded, 325, N.
Marion, Gen., harasses the British,
286, N.; as a host, 287.
Marquette, 156, N.
Marshall, John, envoy to France,
344, N.

Maryland, colony formed, 70; royal
province, 73; agrees to Union, 298;
cedes land for a national capital,
323; ravaged by British, 385, 386;
refuses to secede, 490; invaded by
Lee, 509, 525; by Early, 553.
Mason, John, grant to, 82.
Mason and Slidell difficulty, 499, 500.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, coast
explored, 54; extended, 81, 82, 140;
royal charter, 85; laws of, 86; towns
of, 86; religious intolerance in, 90,
91, 99; new laws adopted, 96; one
of "United Colonies of New En-
gland," 97; state cedes N. W. Ter-
ritory to U. S., 298.

Massacre by Indians at Ft. Wm.
Henry, 184; at Wyoming, 274; at
Cherry Valley, N. Y., 275; at Ft.
Mimms, 384; Wahoo Swamp, 420.
Massasoit, treaty with, 79.
Matamoras, captured, 446.
Mather, Cotton, 141, N., 198.
Mather, Increase, 198, N.
Maximilian, in Mexico, 588.
Mayflower, the, 77.

Meade, Gen., at Gettysburg, 534, N.
Mecklenburg Resolutions, 242.
Meigs, Col., at Sag Harbor, 262, N.
Meigs, Ft., besieged, 376.
Memphis, ft. established, 165; capt-
ured by U. S., 508.
Menendez, Pedro, 46.
Mercantile system adopted, 147.
Mercer, Ft., evacuated, 263, N.
Meridian Raid, the, 548.
Merrimac and Monitor, 516-519, N.
Mexico, city of, captured, 453.
Mexico, conquest of, 40; recognized
by U. S., 404; wages war with U. S.,
446-457; Maximilian in, 588.
Michigan, settled, 156; organized as
territory, 399; admitted, 426; forest
fires in, 602.

Michillimackinac, founded, 158.
Miller, Col. James, at Lundy's Lane,
388, N.

Mimms, Ft., massacre of, 384.
Ministers of early New Eng., 198, N.
Mint, established, 323.
Minuit, Peter, 110, N.
Minute-men, organized, 231, N.
Mission Indians, 48.
Missionary Ridge, battle of, 546.
Mississippi, settled by French, 160;
admitted, 402; secedes, 481.
Mississippi River, disc. by De Soto,
41; by Marquette, 156; navigation
secured to Americans, 334; strug-
gle for possession of, 502-515; nav-
igation of, opened, 539.
Mississippi Scheme, 161, N., 162.

Mis

New

Mississippi Valley, described, 17;
explored by French, 155-158.
Missouri, admitted, 402; refuses to
secede, 490; field of Civil War, 492.
Missouri Compromise, 402; disre-
garded, 463, 473.

Mitchell, Col., at Oswego, 387.
Mobile, Alabama, settled, 160.
Mohawk Valley, ravaged, 264, N.
Monmouth's rebels, in Virginia, 136.
Monroe, Fortress, held by Union
forces, 485; headquarters Army of
Potomac, 520; prison of Jefferson
Davis, 568.

Monroe, James, leading Democrat,
333; agent of U. S. in purchasing
Louisiana, 356; Pres., 400, N.; re-
elected, 404.

Monroe Doctrine, the, 404.
Montana, organized territory, 573.
Montcalm, captures Ft. Oswego, 183;
destroys Ft. William Henry, 184;
defeats Abercrombie, 187; killed at
Quebec, 190-192, N.
Monterey, captured, 448.
Montezumas, 453, N.
Montgomery, Ala.,

Confederate

Convention at, 483.
Montgomery, Gen., captures Mon-
treal, 246, N.; killed at Quebec, 247.
Montreal, founded, 165; conquest
by American colonists planned,
169; captured by English, 193; by
Montgomery, 246; abandoned, 247.
Moore, Gov., attacks Spanish set-
tlements, 171.

Morgan. Gen. Daniel, aids Schuy-
ler, 263; wins battle of the Cow-
pens, 289, N.; pursued by Corn-
wallis, 290.

Morgan's raid, 540.
Mormons, 438, 439, N.

Morris, Com. Charles, 360, N.
Morris, Lieut., 516, N.

Morris, Robt., at Const. Conv., 315, N.
Morristown, winter at, 284.
Moultrie, Col. William, defends
Charleston, 249, N.; recaptures Port
Royal, S. C., 281.

Moultrie, Ft., named, 249, N.; evac-
uated by Anderson, 482.
Mound Builders, 2-5.

Murfreesborough, battle of, 513.
Mutiny during Řevolution, 297.

Napoleon Bonaparte, friendly to
U. S., 345; orders mourning for
Washington, 346; prophecy con-
cerning U. S., 357.

Napoleon III, designs on Mex., 588.
Narragansett Indians, threaten
war, 80; receive Roger Williams,
92; refuse to make war, 94, 95.
Narvaez, 41.

Natchez, Miss., settled, 160, 165; capt-
ured by Union forces, 515.
Natchez Indians, exterminated, 163. |

National Bank Bill, vetoed, 435.
National debt, 577; reduction of, 626.
Naval battles: the Bon Homme
Richard and Serapis, 283; bet. Eng.
and French at Yorktown, 302;
Guerrière and Constitution, 372;
Wasp and Frolic, 373; Hornet and
Peacock, 378; Chesapeake and
Shannon, 378; Argus and Pelican,
379; Essex and British ships, 379;
of Lake Erie, 380-382; United States
and Macedonian, 397, N.; Alabama
and Kearsarge, 498; on the Missis-
sippi, 508; Monitor and Merrimac,
516-519; in Mobile Bay, 560.
Navigation Acts, embarass Ameri-
can trade, 128; renewed, 147.
Navy of U. S. in the Rev., 283, N.; in
the Civil War, 496, N.
Nebraska, admitted, 594.
Necessity, Ft., built, 177.
Negroes, introduced in America as
slaves, 62, 135, N.; confiscated by
Butler, 529; take part in the Civil
War, 531; civil rights estab., 589.
Nevada, ceded to U. S., 457; be-
comes a state, 573.

New Amsterdam, founded, 106;
seized by Eng. and name changed
to New York, 115; recaptured by
Dutch, 117; ceded to England, 117.
New Brunswick, ceded to Great
Britain, 193.

New England, suffers in War of 1812,
387; oppose the war, 390, 392.
New France, named, 43; father of, 47.
New Hampshire, settled, 82, N.; part
of Massachusetts, 140; claims Ver-
mont, 237, N.

New Haven, founded, 89, N.; laws
of, 89; one of "United Colonies of
New England," 97; site of Yale
College, 200.

New Jersey, named, 116; purchased
by Quakers, 118; receives the Cov-
enanters, 137.

New Mexico, settled, 48, N.; ceded to
U.S., 457.

New Netherlands, named, 105; char-
acter of inhabitants, 107; discon-
tent in, 114; seized by Eng., 115; re-
captured, 117; ceded to Eng., 117.
New Orleans, founded, 161, N., 162;
growth of, 164; American depot,
334; battle of, 394, 395; captured by
Union forces, 514, 515.

New Sweden, founded, 110, N.; con-
quered by the Dutch, 113.

New York, harbor entered, 43; city
named, 115; captured by Dutch,
117; ceded to Eng., 117; colony
loses its charter, 138; claims Ver-
mont, 237, N.; city seized by Brit.,
255; state cedes N. W. Terr., 298;
city evacuated by Brit., 308; Wash-
ington inaugurated as Pres., 320;
riots in, 533.

Newcastle, Duke of, 214.

Pir

Ric

Pirates, in colonial times, 213; of
Barbary States, 329, 335, 360, 397.
Pitcher, Molly, 272, N.

Pitt, Wm., premier of Eng., 185; se-
lects Wolfe to attack Quebec, 192,
N.; biography, 219, N.; takes part of
colonists, 229; opinion of Second
Continental Congress, 236.
Pittsburgh, site of fort, 176; named,
188; riot at, 621.

Plains of Abraham, 190, N., 191.
Plattsburgh, battle of, 391.
Plots, against Washington, 265, N.,
268, N.; to make Washington
king, 310.

Plymouth Colony founded, 78; part
of Mass., 81, 140; becomes one of
"United Colonies of New Eng.," 97.
Plymouth Company, 55.
Pocahontas, 64, N.

Point Comfort, named, 57.
Polk, James K., Pres., 441; biogra-
phy of, 443, N.
Ponce de Leon, 39.

Pontiac, conspiracy of, 194.
Pope, Gen., at Cedar Mountain, sec-
ond Bull Run, and Chantilly, 524.
Population of Ú. S. in 1880, 627.
Port Hudson, held by Confederates,
528; surren. to Union forces, 539.
Port Royal, Nova Scotia, twice capt-
ured by Massachusetts volunteers
and named Annapolis, 169.
Port Royal, S. C., named, 44; capt-
ured by British and recaptured, 281;
fort captured by U. S., 501, N.
Porter, Capt. David, com. Essex, 379.
Porter, Com. D. D., assists at Ft.
Fisher, 559, N.

Postal service, see Mail service.
Potomac River, banks ravaged by
British, 284.
Powhatan, 64.

Praying Indians, 101; persecuted
by whites, 102.

Preble, Com. Edward, blockades
Tripoli, 360, N.

Prescott, Col., at Bunker Hill, 238, N.
Prescott, Gen. (British), 257, 262, N.
Price, Gen., in Missouri, 508.
Prince Edward Island, capt., 189.
Princeton, battle of, 260, N.
Princeton College, founded, 201.
Pring, 54.

Printing-press, type-revolving, 636.
Printz, gov. of New Sweden, 110, N.
Privateers, in the Rev., 283, 315, N.;
in the War of 1812, 373; of the Con-
federate States, 498.

Proctor, Gen., brutality to prison-
ers, 375; defeated at Fts. Meigs and
Stephenson, 376; at battle of the
Thames, 383.

Providence, founded, 92, N.
Public education in N.W. Terr., 324.
Public improvements, disputes on,
411; during Jackson's term, 423.
Public schools in the U. S., 641.

U.S. H.-25.

Railroads, 412; Pacific R. R. ex-
plorations, 471; growth of, 629.
Railway riots, 620.

Raleigh, N. C., captured by Sher-
man, 563.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 51, N., 54.
Rall, Colonel, 259.

Randolph, Edmund, Attorney-gen-
eral, 321, N.

Randolph, John, fights duel with
Henry Clay, 402, N.
Rasles, Father, killed, 173.
Reconstruction of the Southern
States, 591, 598.

Red Jacket, 276, N.

Regulators, in North Carolina, 223.
Reign of Terror, effect in Amer., 329.
Religion of Indians, 26.

Religious differences in Eng., 74.
Religious intolerance in Massachu-
setts, 90, 91.

Republican or Dem. party, 333.
Republican party, org., 476, 590, N.
Resaca de la Palma, battle of, 446.
Resolutions, the Mecklenburg, 242.
Restrictions on colonial industry,
128, 147, 148, 224, 244.

Resumption of specie provided for,
611; effected, 626.

Revenue Laws, evaded in R. I., 225.
Revere, Paul, 232, N.
Revolution, French, effect in Amer-
ica, 38, 329.

Revolution in England, 140; settles
three great principles, 144.
Rhode Island, settled, 92, 93, N.;
charter of, 98; charter lost, 139;
smuggling in, 225; sends no dele-
gates to Constituent Convention,
314; rebellion in, 437, N.

Rhode Island, island of, purch'd, 93.
Riall, Gen., defeated at Chippewa,
387; capt. at Lundy's Lane, 388.
Ribault, 44, N.

Richmond, Ky., battle of, 510.

Richmond, Va., settled, 66; Demo- |
cratic convention at, 479; capital
of Southern Confed., 493; threat-
ened by Union troops, 520, 521; re-
lieved, 522, 523; Grant's advance on
begun, 550; outer defenses capt.,
552; besieged by Grant and cut off
from South, 554; capt. by Grant,
565, 566; burned, 566.
Riedesel, Hessian general, 266.
Right of search, claimed, 364, 367,
368; abandoned, 396.
Ring robberies, 610.

Rio Grande, explored, 48; claimed
by Texas as boundary, 445.
Riots, in New York, 533; railway, 620.
Roads, in colonial times, 211.
Roanoke Island, first settlement,
52; second settlement, 53, N.; re-
covered by Union forces, 528.
Robertson, James, pioneer, 223, N.
Rochambeau, Count de, 302, N.
Rolfe, John, 64.
Rosalie, Fort, 160.

Rosecrans, Gen., at Murfreesbor-
ough, 513; at Chickamauga River,
543; relieved of command, 543.
Ross, Gen., burns Washington, 385,
N.; attacks Baltimore, 386.
Rotation in office introduced, 415.
Roxbury, founded, 86.

Royal officials in the colonies, 214.
Russian America purchased, 594.

Sachems, 25.

be-

Sacs and Foxes, moved west, 418.
Sag Harbor, British vessels and
stores destroyed, 262, N.
St. Augustine, founded, 46;
sieged by Oglethorpe, 153, 174.
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur, at Hubbard-
ton, 264, N.; governor of N. W. Ter-
ritory, 325, N., 326.

St. Eustatius, captured by British
and restored, 300.

St. Ignace, Mich., established, 156.
St. John's, Canada, captured by
Montgomery, 246; abandoned, 247.
St. John's River, settlement, 45.
St. Joseph's, Mich., founded, 158.
St. Leger, Col., 264, N.

St. Mary, Mich., established, 156.
Salem Colony, founded, 84, N.; city
offers wharves to Boston mer-
chants, 228.

Salem witchcraft, 141, N., 142.
Salt Lake City, founded, 439.
Samoset, 79.

San Antonio, captured, 452.
San Francisco, becomes city, 459.
San Jacinto, battle of, 440, N.
San Salvador, discovered, 33.
Sandys, Geo., translates Ovid, 197.
Sanitary Commissions during Civil
War, 585, 586.

Santa Anna, Gen., in Mexican War,
449-453, N.

Santa Fé, founded, 48, N.; captured
by U. S. forces, 454.
Saratoga, first battle of, 265, N.; sec-
ond battle of, 266, N.; effect of vic-
tories, 270.

Savannah, founded, 151; capt. by
British, 280; attempt at recapture,
285; evacuated by British, 307; oc-
cupied by Sherman, 559.

Say, Lord, establishes settlement in
America, 89.

Saybrook, Conn., founded, 89; col-
lege at, 200.

Schenectady, attacked by Ind., 168.
Schofield, Gen., pursues Hood, 558.
Schurz, Carl, 631.

Schuyler, Gen., 246, N.; 265, N.
Science, in the colonies. 206; in the
U. S., 643.

Scott, Winfield, prisoner by British,
371, N.; at Lundy's Lane, 388; in
South Carolina, 417; in Seminole
War, 420; on Canadian frontier, 431;
in Mexican War, 447, N., 450-453;
candidate for Pres., 473, N.; retires
from active service, 495.
Secession, right claimed, 416; of the
South, 481, 490; inadmissable, 581.
Second Continental Congress, 234-
236; abolish "colonial system," 250;
commissions La Fayette, 261, N.;
removes to Lancaster, 263; refuses
to receive British envoys, 271; re-
turns thanks for result of Rev.,
305; pass "Ordinance of 1787," 324.
Sedition Law, 342.

Semi-centennial, celebrated, 413.
Seminole War, 419, 420.
Semmes, Raphael, 498. N.
Separatists, 75, 76.

Serapis, captured by Jones, 283.
Seven Cities of Cibola, 42, N.
Sewall, Justice, 142.

Seward, Wm. H., on duration of
Civil War, 488, N.; attack on, 570.
Sewing-machine, invented, 635.
Shaftesbury, Lord, 130.
Sharpsburg, battle at, 526.
Shenandoah Valley, operations in,
522, 532, N., 552, 553.

Sheridan, Gen. Philip, at Murfrees-
borough, 513; at Missionary Ridge,
546; raid in Virginia, 552, N.; de-
feats Early, 553; at Five Forks, 552,
N., 564; pursues Lee, 567.
Sherman, Gen. W. T., at Shiloh, 506;
at Chattanooga, 544-546; relieves
Burnside, 547; conducts Meridian
raid, 548; chief command in West,
549; advances into Georgia, 555;
defeats Hood, 556; compels de-
struction of Atlanta, 557; march to
the sea, 558, N.; captures Savannah,
559; Columbia, S. C., 562; defeats
Johnston at Averysboro and Ben-
tonville, 563; captures Raleigh,
N. C., 563; receives Johnston's sur-
render, 567, N.