PRESIDENT, THE,

Affair of, 391.

PRINCETON,

Battle of, 318.

PRING MARTIN,

Voyage of, 84.

PRINTING-PRESS, THE,

SANDERS CREEK,

Battle of, 342.

SANDYS, SIR EDWYN,

Governor of Virginia, 111.

SANTA ANNA

At Buena Vista, 453; at Cerro Gordo, 455; driven
from Mexico, 457.

282.

Project to annex, 555.

SAVANNAH,

Founding of, 239; conquest of, 333; capture of
by Shermian, 527.

SAYLE, WILLIAM,

SCHUYLER, GENERAL,

Governor of South Carolina, 230.

In command of the Northern army, 321.
SCOTT, WINFIELD,

At Lundy's Lane, 408; plans the invasion of Mex-
ico, 450; at Vera Cruz, 454; at Cerro Gordo, 455';
enters Mexico, 457; commander-in-chief of the
Union army, 485.

SEA-KINGS, THE,
Character of, 52.

SECESSION,

Account of, 480, 485.

SELISH, THE,

Territorial position of, 44 and Map I.

SEMINOLES, THE,

War with, 418, 431.

SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES, THE,
Account, of, 504.

SEWARD, WILLIAM H.,

Secretary of State. 484; diplomacy of in the Trent
affair, 495; attempted assassination of, 542; death
of, 562.

SHERIDAN, PHILIP H.,

In the Shenandoah Valley, 537; in pursuit of Lee,

539.

Ambassador of the Confederacy, 494; capture of,
494; liberation of, 495.
SLOUGHTER, WILLIAM,

Governor of New York, 177.
SMITH, JOHN,

Voyages of in New England, 87; captured, 88;
troubles of at Jamestown. 96; explores the James,
96; sketch of, 97; captivity of, 99; exploration of
Chesapeake by, 102; president of Virginia, 104;
wounded, 105; returns to England, 105.
SMITHSON, JAMES,

Notice of, 460.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, THE,
Establishment of, 460.

SMYTH, ALEXANDER,

In command on the Niagara frontier, 399.
SONS OF LIBERTY,

Organization of, 292.

SOTHEL, SETH,

Career of in North Carolina, 227; in South Caro-
lina, 233.

SOUTH CAROLINA,

Colonization of, 230; history of, 230-237.

SPAIN,

Discovers and colonizes America, 54-69; territo-
rial possessions of in 1665, see Map IV; treaty
with, 419.

WARREN, COMMODORE,

Expedition of against Louisburg, 157.

WARREN, JOSEPH,

At Bunker Hili, 300.

WASHINGTON CITY,

Founding of, 375; capture of by the British, 410.
WASHINGTON, AUGUSTINE,

Mentioned, 250.

WASHINGTON, GEORGE,

Sent by Dinwiddie to the French, 252; builds and
defends Fort Necessity, 255; campaign of with
Braddock, 258-261; made general-in-chief, 302;
sketch of, 302; negotiations of with Howe, 310;
saves the army at Long Island, 312; retreat of
across New Jersey, 314; at Trenton, 316; at
Princeton, 317; at Brandywine, 324; sorrows of,
327; at Monmouth, 331; at Yorktown, 353; favors
Union, 38; chosen President, 362; administra-
tion of, 363-371; tour of, 364; wrath of, 367; re-
elected, 367; Farewell Address of, 371 and Ap-
pendix G; reappointed commander-in-chief, 373;
death of, 375.

WHIG PARTY, THE,

WHISKY INSURRECTION, THE,

ant, 462.

Account of, 368.

Founding of, 192.
YAMASSEES, THE,
War with, 236.
YEAMANS, SIR JOHN,

Governor of Carolina, 225.
YEARDLY, SIR GEORGE,
Governor of Virginia, 110.
YORKTOWN,

Siege of, 353.

YUSEF, THE EMPEROR,

Is brought to his senses, 381.