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benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigues, and guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism; this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare, by which they have been dictated. How far, in the discharge of my official duties, I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated, the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world. To myself, the assurance of my own conscience is, that I have at least believed myself to be guided by them.

In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe, my proclamation of the 22d of April, 1793, is the index to my plan. Sanctioned by your approving voice and by that of your representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me; uninfluenced by any attempt to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest to take, a neutral position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it with moderation, perseverance, and firmness.

The consideration which respects the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. I will only observe, that according to my understanding of the matter, that right, so far from being denied by any of the belligerent powers, has been virtually admitted by all. The duty of holding a neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose upon every nation, in cases in which it is free to act, to maintain inviolate the relations of peace and amity toward other nations. The inducements of interest for observing that conduct will be best referred to your own reflection and experience. With me, a predominant motive has been to endeavor to gain time to our country to settle and mature its yet recent institutions, and to progress, without interruption, to that degree of strength and consistency, which is necessary to give it, humanly speaking, the command of its own fortunes.

Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am, nevertheless, too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence; and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love toward it, which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations; I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat, in which I promise myself to realize without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government-the ever-favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers. GEORGE WASHINGTON.

UNITED STATES, September 17, 1796.

INDEX.

Their language and dialects, 12. Their tradition of a
universal deluge, 11. Ledyard's observation respect-
ing the, 11. Their agricultural productions, 13. Taken
to England, 58.

Acadie. Origin of the name, 58. Settled by the
French, 80, 121. Annexed to the British realm, 136.
The name of, changed to Nova Scotia, 132. Shirley
and Lawrence's expedition against, 155. Desolated,
in 1755, 185.

Accohannock Indians, 20.

Accomac Indians, 20.

Act of Supremacy, in 1534, 75.

ADAMS, ANDREW. Signer of the Articles of Confedera-
tion, 611.

ADAMS, JOHN. Defends Captain Preston, 222. Member
of the first Continental Congress, 1774, 553. Author
of the Petition to the King, 1774, 578. Suggests the
appointment of Washington as commander-in-chief,
233. On the Committee to draft the Declaration of
Independence, 251, 252, 589. His account of the rea-
sons why Jefferson was chosen to write the Declara-
tion of Independence, 559, 590. Signer of the Declara-
tion, 692. Chairman of the Board of War, 1776, 294.
On the Committee to confer with Lord Howe, 257.
Commissioner on the Treaty of Peace, 1782,348. First
Minister of the United States to Great Britain, 349.
Vice-President of the United States, 364. Re-elected
Vice-President, 377. Candidate for the Presidency,
1796; President of the United States, 1800, 382, 388. His
Administration, 383 ss. His remarks on the commerce
of Great Britain and the United States, 367; on
Ames's eloquence, 380; and on James Otis's speech,
1761, 213. Death of, 457. Portraits, autograph, and
notice of, 383, 589.

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. His letter to Mr. Jefferson on
the embargo, 1809, 403. Envoy, 1812, 419. Commis-
sioner at Ghent, 1814, 443. Secretary of State, 1817,
447. His treaty with Spain, 1819, 451. President of
the United States, 1525, 454. Portrait, autograph, and
notice of, 454.

ADAMS, SAMUEL, 219, 221, 227, 234. Member of the first
Continental Congress, 1774, 588. Member of the Com-
mittee on the Articles of Confederation, 604; signer
of the Articles, 611. Signer of the Declaration of In-
dependence, 602.

ADAMS, THOMAS. Signer of the Articles of Confedera-
tion, 611.

ADAMS, WILLIAM.

1814, 443.

British Commissioner at Ghent,

ADDISON, R. C. Commissioner at Panama, 1826, 457.
Address. To the Anglo-American colonies, 1774, 563-
572; written by William Livingston, 563. To the
People of Great Britain, 1774, 557-562; written by
John Jay, 557. To the Inhabitants of the Province
of Quebec, 1774, 572-579; written by John Dickinson.
572.

Admiralty. Massachusetts Board of, 307. Continental
Board of, 308.

Africa. Navigators pass round the southern cape of, 36.
Agriculture. Encouraged by Captain John Smith, 67,
65. American, 447.

Agua Nuera, 455.

Albany, or Fort Orange, 144. Dutch fort and store-
house at, 1614, 72, 140. Walloons at, 1623, 73.
ALBEMARLE, Duke of, 98.

Albemarle County, 97. Colony, 164.

ALBERT, Prince. Chief patron of the World's Fair, 517.
Aleutian Islands, 11.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT, 11. Proposed colossal statue
of, 69.

ALEXANDER, Emperor of Russia, 481. Proposes to me-
diate between Great Britain and the United States,
419. Invites Professor Morse to be present at his
Coronatiou, 1856. 508.

ALEXANDER, SIE WILLIAM. Earl of Stirling, 80. See

STIRLING.

ALEXANDER, son of Massasoit, 124.
Algerine Pirates. 381, 444, 445.
Algiers. The United States at war with, in 1801, 890;
and in 1815, 445. Decatur at, 1815, 445. Treaty of
Peace between the United States and, 1795, 851.
Algonquin Indians. Discovery of the, 17. Their
tribes and territory, 17. History of the, 17-22.
Language of the, 12. With Samuel Champlain, 168,
59. In the Indian confederacy to exterminate the
white people, 1763, 18. Funeral ceremonies of the, 15.
Population of the, in 1650, 81. See Lenni-Lenape.
Alien Law of the United States, 356.
Alleghany Mountains. Extent and name of the, 19.
ALLEN, ETHAN, Colonel, 234. At Montreal, 240. Notice
of, 240.

ALLEN, Colonel. In the Indian War of 1813, 416, 418.
ALLEN, Captain. Of the brig Argus, 429.
ALMAGRO. His quarrel with Pizzaro, 44.
ALSOP, JOHN. Member of the first Continental Con-
gress, 1774, 588.

Amalfi. The magnetic needle known at, in 1802, 39.
Amboy, New Jersey. Origin of the name, 160.
AMBRISTER, ROBERT C., 445, 451.
Amelia Island, 448.

America. Discovery of $4. Origin of the name, 41.
First colony in, 42. Intercourse of, with the Old
World, long before the Christian era, 11. Marvellous
stories of the inhabitants of the interior of 12. He-
roic age of, 10.

American. Agriculture, 417. Association, 228. Col-
onies, cost of, to England, in sixty years. 206. Com-
merce, protected in 1801, 890, 891. Manufactures, 447.
System, 458, 459. Party, in 1856, 531.

AMES, FISHER. Portrait, autograph, and notice of, 380,
AMHERST, JEFFREY, Lord. His expedition against
Louisburg, 196. Captures Ticonderoga, 199; ani
Crown Point, 199, 200. At Quebec, 203. Portrait of
196. Notices of, 196, 199.

AMIDAS, PHILIP. His expedition to America, 55.
AMPUDIA, General, 481. Surrenders Monterey, 484.
AMSTERDAM. Henry Hudson sails from, in 162, 59.
Charter to merchants of, in 1614, 72,

Andastes Indians, 19, 23. Invaded by the Five Na-
tions, 24.

ANDERSON, JOHN. The assumed name of Major André,
325.

Anderson's Constitutional Gazette, 595.

ANDRE, Major, Arnold's bargain with, 325. Captured
and executed; memorial to, 326.

ANDROS, SIR EDMUND. Arrives at Boston, 199. Impris
oned, 130. Governor of New York, 147; and of New
Jersey, 159, 169. Usurpations by, 155, 156.
Androscoggin Indians, 22.

Aix-la-Chapelle. Peace of, 183. Conference at, 1854, Annapolis, Maryland. The Continental Congress meets

respecting Cuba, 522.

Alabama. State of, 448.

Alabama Indians. In the Creek Confederacy, 1856, 30.

Alatamaha River, 99.

Antiquities American, 11.
Anti-Rentism, 130.

ANVILLE, Duc d', 138.

Apache Indians, 33.

Appalachee Buy. Nervaez at, 44.

Appalachian Indians.

the, in 1703, 169, 170.

Moore's expedition against

Appalachian Mountains, 19. De Soto crosses the, in

1539, 44.

Appomattox River, 69.

Approval and Veto powers of the President of the
United States. 616.

Aquiday Island. Indian name of Rhode Island, 91.
Aquinuschioni. A name given to the Five Nations, 23.
Aquitneck, or Aquitnet. The Indian name of Rhode
Island, 91.

ARBUTHINOT, Admiral.

Besieges Charleston, 309, 310.

Sails to New York, in 1780, 313. Attacks the French
fleet, 1781, 380.

ARBUTHNOT, ALEXANDER, 448, 451.

ARCHDALE, JOHN, Governor, 165, 167.

ARGALL, SAMUEL, Captain. His piracies, 1613, 58. Cap-
tures Pocahontas, 70. Deputy-Governor of Virginia,
70. Story of him and Dutch traders, in 1613, 72.
"Argus" brig, 429, 430.
"Ariel" schooner, 420.
ARISTA, General.

At Metamoras, 481.

Arkansas Indians, 32.

Arkansas. State of, 451. Added to the Union, 469.
ARLINGTON, Earl of, 110.

Armada, Spanish. Described, 57.

ARMISTEAD, Major. At Fort M'Henry, 1814, 437.

ARMSTRONG, JOHN, General, 193. Author of the New-
burg Address, 349. Secretary of War, 426. Notices
of, 349, 426.

ARMSTRONG, JOHN, Colonel, 193.

Army, American. Condition of the, in 1776, 257, 261.

Bank of officers in the, 308. Disbanded, 1782, 350.
Army, British. In America, number of men in the,
258. Sums granted for the, 206. State of, in 1778. 255.
ARNOLD, BENEDICT. GOV. of Rhode Island, 1663, 158.
ARNOLD, BENEDICT, General. At Fort Stanwix, 278;
Lake Champlain, 234, 261; Penn's House, 162; Phil-
adelphia, 1775, 287; Point aux Trembles, 241; Que-
bec, wounded, 241, 242; Ridgefield, 270; Saratoga,
252; Sillery, 243. Reprimanded by Washington, 325.
Treason of, 324, 325, 326. Escapes to the Vulture,
326. Depredations committed by, in Virginia, in
1781, 330; and in New England, 340. Portrait and
autograph of, 325. Notices of, 324, 327.

ARNOLD, JAMES ROBERTSON, Notice of, 326.

Articles of Confederation of the United States, 1782,
266, 267, 358, 355. Copy of the Articles, 604 ss.
ASHBURTON, Lord. His negotiations with Mr. Webster,
1842, 472.

ASHF, General, 295.

Tarleton, 332.

Ashley River, 98, 99.

Anecdote of Mrs., and Colonel

Origin of the name, 99.

Asia. Inhabitants of the north-eastern coast of, resem-
ble Indians of North America, 11.

Assemblies. In America, arbitrary dissolution of, 596,

597.

Assembly House. At Chester, Pennsylvania, 97.

Assiniboin Indians, 31, 32.

ASTOR, JOHN JACOB. His trading station, 479.

Athapascas Indians, 17.

Athos, Mount, 60.

ATKINSON, HENRY, General. Drives hostile Indians be-

yond the Mississippi; notice of, 463.

Atlixco. Defeat of Santa Anna at, in 1847, 497.

Atonement. Doctrine of, among Indians, 16.

Attainder. Bill of, 619.

Attiouandiron Indians, 23.

Augusta, Georgia. Captured by Lee, 1781, 336, 337.

ATTUCKS, CRISPUS, 221.

AUSTIN, ANN, the Quakeress.

1656, 122.

AUSTIN, STEPHEN F., 477.

Arrives at Boston, in

Austria. Aided by Russia, crushes the rebellion in

Hungary, in 1848, 518. The Consul-General of, seizes
Martin Koszta, in 1853, 518.

Austrian Succession. War of the, 187.

Autographs:

ADAMS, JOHN, 383.

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, 455.

AMES, FISHER, 380.

ARNOLD, BENEDICT, 325.

BAINBRIDGE, Commodore, 391.

BOONE, DANIEL, 929.

BUCHANAN, JAMES, 532.

BURE, AARON, 397.

CALHOUN, JOHN C., 458.
CARROLL, Archbishop, 354.
CARROLL, CHARLES, 601.
CHURCH, BENJAMIN, 128,

CLAIBORNE, Governor, 449.

CLAY, HENRY, 500.

CLARKE, GEORGE R., General, 850.
CLINTON, DE WITT, 456,

COLDEN, CADWALLADER, 216.
COXE, TENCH, 369.

DECATUR, Lieutenant, 392.
DICKINSON, JOHN, 219.
ELLSWORTH, OLIVER, 360.
FILLMORE, MILLARD, 502.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, 267.
FREMONT, JOHN C., 458.
FULTON, ROBERT, 398.

GREENE, NATHANIEL, General, 331.
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, 361.
HANCOCK, JOHN, 231.

HARRISON, WILLIAM H., 474.
HAYNE, ROBERT Y., 463.
HENRY, PATRICK, 214.

HOPKINSON, FRANCIS, 284.
JACKSON, ANDREW, 460.
JACKSON, JAMES, 347.
JAY, JOHN, 379.

JEFFERSON, THOMAS, 389.
JONES, PAUL, 807.

KIRKLAND, SAMUEL, Rev., 25.

LIVINGSTON, EDWARD, 452.
LIVINGSTON, ROBERT R., 366.
KING, RUFUS, 395.

MACDONOUGH, Commodore, 435.
MADISON, JAMES, 405.
MARION, FRANCIS, 817.
MARSHALL, JOHN, 351.
MATHER, COTTON, 133.
MONROE, JAMES, 447.
MORRIS, ROBERT, 264.
MOTTE, REBECCA, 335.
PENN, WILLIAM, 95.
PERRY, Commodore, 423.
PIERCE, FRANKLIN, 514.
PINCKNEY, C. C., 354.
PINKNEY, WILLIAM, 400.
POLK, JAMES K., 479.
PUTNAM, RUFus, 362.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, 403.
RITTENHOUSE, DAVID, 211.
RUSH, BENJAMIN, 251.
SCHUYLER, PHILIP, 239.
SHELBY, ISAAC, 417.
STORY, JOSEPH, 612.
STUYVESANT, PETER, 112.
TAYLOR, ZACHARY, 498.
THOMPSON, BENJAMIN, 446.
THOMSON, CHARLES, 227.
TRUMBULL, JONATHAN, 323.
TYLER, JOHN, 476.

VAN BUREN, MARTIN, 470.
VAN RENSSELAER, SOLOMON, 413.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE, 365.

WASHINGTON, MARTHA, 887.

WEBSTER, DANIEL, 503.

WEST, BENJAMIN, 210.

WHIPPLE, ABRAHAM, 310.

WILLIAMS, ROGER, 90.

WINTHROP, JOHN, 117.

Antossee, Alabama. Battle at, 1813, 428.

Avalon. Territory of. 81.

Aztecs, The. Empire of, 10. Colossal statuary of, 10. Their
tradition of a universal deluge, 11. Account of, 493.
BACON, Lord.

His unsuccessful expedition to New-
foundland, in 1610, 74.
BACON, NATHANIEL, 110, 111.

Death of, 112.

His exploits, 111, 112,

BADGER, GEORGE E. Secretary of the Navy, 1841, 474.

Bahama Islands, 98.

Columbus, 40.

The land first discovered by

Protects American com.

Bail. In the United States, 630.

BAINBRIDGE, Commodore.

merce, in 1801, 390, 391. Captured by Tripolitans, in

1803, 391. Portrait, autograph, and notice of, 891.

BANISTER, JOHN, 611.

Bank. Of Massachusetts, 372. National, 372. Of New
York, 872. Of North America, 329, 372.

Banner. Of the expedition of Columbus, described, 40.
Baptists, The. Coinpelled to pay fines, in Virginia,
1660, 110.

Barbary Powers. The United States at war with, in
1801, 390.

BARBOUR, JAMES. Secretary of War, 1825, 454.
Barcelona. Columbus's journey from Palos to, 40.
BARCLAY, ROBERT. Governor of New Jersey, 160. His
"Apology for the Quakers," 160.

BARCLAY, Commodore, 420. His tribute to Commodore
Perry, 423.

BARLOW, ARTHUR. His expedition to America, 55.
BARLOW, JOEL, 399.

BARNEY, Commodore. His flotilla, in 1814, 436. Notice
of, 436.

BARNWELL, Colonel, 168.

Baronies. In England, account of, 62, 63.

BARRE, Colonel, 217, 225. Opposes the measures of
Great Britain respecting America, in 1777, 282.
BARRON, Commodore, 401.

BARRY, WILLIAM T. Postmaster-General, in 1829, 461.
BARRY, Captain, 308.

BARTLETT, Jostal.

Signer of the Articles of Confeder-
ation, 611; and of the Declaration of Independence,
602; and the Constitution of the United States, 629.
BARTON, WILLIAM, Colonel, 271.

Bible, The. The statute-book in Connecticut, 1639, 154.
BIDDLE, EDWARD. Member of the first Continental
Congress, 1774, 588.

BIDDLE, Captain, 308.

Bill of Rights, of the Continental Congress, 223.
BILLINGE, EDWARD, 160.

BILLOP, Captain, 257.

Bills in Congress, how originated, etc., 616.
BINGHAM, Captain, 407.

Biography, American, by Jared Sparks, 60.
Birmingham Meeting-House, 273.

Blackfeet Indians, 33.

BLACK HAWK, Sac chief, 18, 32, 463. Captured, in 1823,

rejects the proposed Union of the Colonies, 188, 1894.
Of Trade and Plantations, 184. Of War, appointed by
Congress, in 1776, 294.

Bohemia. Reformation of the Church in, 62.
BOLIVAR, General. President of Colombia, 457.
BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON. Emperor, 899. His decrees
at Berlin, 400; Milan, 402; and Rambouillet, 406.
His tribute to Washington, 387. His treaty with the
United States, in 1810, 386. His remark on the Dec-
laration of Independence, 603.

"Bonhomme Richard." Paul Jones's ship, 307.
Booksellers. In the American colonies, 179.
BOONE, DANIEL. Portrait, autograph, and notice of 300,

Beaver. Figure of a, on the seal of New Netherland, BORDEN, JOSEPH. Member of the Stamp Act Congress,

Belt, Wampum, 13.

Bemis's Heights. Battle of, 281.

BENNET, RICHARD. Governor of Virginia, 1652, 109.
Bergen, New Jersey, 93, 94.

BERKELEY, Lord. Purchases New Jersey, 159. Sells
West Jersey to the Quakers, 95.

BERKELEY, SIR WILLIAM, 98. Governor of Virginia, 97,
108. His delay in defending Virginia against the
Seneca Indians, 110. Controlled by the popular
will, 111. His flight from Bacon, 111, 112.
cruelties, 112. Reproached by Charles II., 112.
BERKELEY, Admiral, 401.

His

BERKELEY, Dean. His lands in Rhode Island, 158. No-
tice of 159.

Bermuda Islands. Gates, Newport, and Somers wreck-
ed on one of the, 1609, 68.

BERNADOTTE. With his Swedish army, 1814, 431.
BERNARD, Governor, 220.

BERRIAN, JOHN MPHERSON, Attorney-General of the
United States, in 1829, 461.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. La Fayette at, 273.

556.

BOSCAWEN, Admiral, 189, 195, 196.

Boston, Massachusetts. Norwegians, in 1002, explore
the region near, 35. Founded, 118. Expedition from,
to Port Royal, 135, 136. Revolutionary proceeding
at, in 1770, 221. Boston Port Bill, 225, 226, 596. Bos
ton Neck, 229. Fortified by Gage, 229. Cannonaded,
in 1776, 247. Evacuated by the British, in 1776, 247.
Rejoicing at, on account of liberty in France, 877.
Boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, 472.
Bounties. Paid on American commodities, 206.
BOUQUET, Colonel, 19, 198. At Pittsburg, 205. Notice
of, 205.

BOZMAN. His History of Maryland, cited, 151.
Braceti. Battle of, 488.

BRADDOCK, EDWARD, General, 184. His meeting with
the Governors of the colonies, 183. His expedition to
Fort Du Quesne, 186. Death of, 186. Shot by Thomas
Faucett, 186.

BRADFORD, WILLIAM. Governor, 115, 118.

BRADFORD, WILLIAM. Editor of the New York Gazette,
150.

BRADSTREET, Colonel, 197, 198. At Detroit, 205.
"Bramble" schooner, 443.

BRANCH, JOHN. Secretary of the Navy, in 1829, 461.
Brandywine Battle of 273. Map of the battle, 278.
“Bandywine" frigate, 453.

BEANT, JOSEPH. The famous Mohawk, 26. His hostile
measures, in 1778, 291. Not at Forty Fort, 290, 291.

Portrait of, 278.

Brass. Ancient ornaments made of, found in America,

11.

BRAXTON, CARTER. Signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 602.

Brazil. Cabot explores the coast of, 47.

BREARLY, DAVID, 356. Signer of the Constitution of
the United States, 629.

BRECKENRIDGE, JOHN C. Vice-President of the United
States, 1857, 581.

Breed's Hill, 234.

BUSHNELL DAVID. His torpedo, 252.
BUTE, Lord, 213.

BUTLER, General, 483. At Monterey, 484.

BUTLER, BENJAMIN F. Attorney-General of the United
States, in 1838, 470.

BUTLER, JOHN, Colonel, 278, 290.
BUTLER, PIERCE, 356, 629.

BUTLER, WALTER N., 291.

BUTLER, ZEBULON, Colonel, 290. Notice of, 290.
BYRON, Admiral, 305. Succeeds Lord Howe, 292.

CABOT, GEORGE. President of the Hartford Convention,
444.

BRENT, CHARLES. Governor at Santa Fe; murdered, CABOT, JOHN. Notice of, 60.
489.

BREWSTER, Elder, 77, 116.

BREYMAN, Colonel, 277.

Bridgewater. Battle at, in 1814, 433.

BRIDPORT, Lord. His tribute to Washington, 388.
BRIGHT, Rev. Mr. Comes to America, in 1629, 117.
Bristol, England. Cabot sails. from, for America, in
1497, 46.

British. Agents among the Indians, after 1783, 373.
Fleet, depredations by the, in the United States, in
1813, 430; and in 1814, 436, 437. Fleet on Lake
Champlain, captured, in 1814, 435. Claims to Oregon,
479.

British Government: see Great Britain.

Broadway, New York city, 72.

BROCK, SIR ISAAC, General, 411, 414.

BRODHEAD. His History of the State of New York, 72.
BROOKE, Lord, 85.

BROOKE Colonel. Succeeds General Ross, in 1814, 437.
Brookfield, Connecticut, 126.

Brooklyn, New York. Walloons at, în 1623, 78.
BROWN, JACOB. Delegate from Delaware, to the Con-
vention on the Articles of Confederation, 356; signs
them, 629.

BROWN, JACOB, General. At Chippewa, 433.

At Pres-

cott, 426, 427. At Sackett's Harbor, 426, 432. Portrait
of, 432. Notice of, 433.

BROWN, JOHN. Secretary of the Continental Board of
Admiralty, 1779, 308.

BROWN, Major. At Fort Brown, 482. Mortally wounded,

492.

BUCHANAN, JAMES. Secretary of State, in 1845, 478. At
the Ostend Conference, in 1854, 522. President of the
United States, 1857, 531. Portrait, autograph, and
notice of 532.

Buena Vista. Battle of, 486.

Buffalo, New York. Burnt, in 1813, 427.
BUFORD, ABRAHAM, Colonel. His troops slaughtered by
Tarleton, 1780, 313.

BULL, Captain. Anecdote of him and Andros, 156.
Bull, Papal. Described, 46. The Golden Bull of
Charles IV., 46. In favor of Portugal and Spain, 46.
Bull. Brought to America by Columbus, in 1493, 41.
Bullet. See Silver Bullet.

Bunker Hill, 234. Battle of, 236. Map of the battle,
235.

Bunker Hill Monument, 235.

Burgesses, The Virginia House of, 106.

BURGOYNE, Jons, General, 234. At Fort Edward, 276,
277. At Lake Champlain, 272. At St. John, 271. At
Ticonderoga, 275. Surrenders at Saratoga, 281. Dines
with General Schuyler, 251. Portrait of, 278. No-
tice of, 282.

Burial-Place, Indian, 15.

BURKE, EDMUND, 217, 221, 282.

Burlington. Count Donop at, 262.

BURNET, PETER H. Chief Justice of California, 499.
BURNET. Justice, of Derby, 94.

"Burns Riot," The, at Boston, 1854, 521.
BURR, AARON. In Arnold's expedition to Quebec, 241.
Candidate for the Presidency of the United States, in
1800, 388. Vice-President, 388. Not re-nominated,
896. His duel with Hamilton, 361, 396. Proposed in-
vasion of Mexico, 396. Tried for treason, i807, 398.
His conduct toward Blennerhasset, 397. Portrait and
autograph of 397. Notice of, 396. The widow of, 259.
BURRINGTON, GEORGE. Gov. of North Carolina, 171.
BURRITT, ELIHU. His speech at the opening of the
World's Fair, 1853, 517.

BURROUGHS, Rev. Mr. Executed as a wizard, 133.
BURROWS, Lieutenant. Captures the British brig
"Boxer," 432.

CABOT SEBASTIAN. His commission from Henry VII.,
46. Sails for America, in 1497, 46. His second expe-
dition, in 1498, 47. Discovers Labrador, Newfound-
land, and portions of New England, 41. Explores the
coast from Labrador to the Carolinas, 47. Navigates,
in 1517, the northern coast of Hudson's Bay. Ex-
plores, in 1526, the coast of Brazil, 47. Discovers
the Rio de la Plata, 47. Notices of, 47, 60. Portrait
of, 46.

CADWALADER, LAMBERT, Colonel, 355.

CADWALLADER, JOHN, General. At Trenton, 263, 268.
Cahokia. Captured by Major Clarke, 303.
Cahokia Indians, 19.

CALDWELL, Rev. Dr., 334.

CALDWELL, JAMES. Killed at Boston, in 1770, 221.
"Caledonian," The. One of Perry's vessels, 420.

CALEF, Mr., of Boston. His controversy with Cotton
Mather, 133.

CALHOUN, JOHN C. His views of the War of 1812, 409.
Secretary of War, 1817, 447. Vice-President of the
United States, 454, 459. Portrait, autograph, and no-
tice of, 458, 459.

California. Number of Indians in, in 1853, 33. Con-
quest of, 487. A Territory of the United States, 497.
Admitted to the Union, 501.

CAMPBELL, WILLIAM, Colonel. At King's Mountain,
319.

CAMPBELL, Colonel (British), 291, 292, 294.

Canada, Attempted conquest of, 1659, 181. Proposed
conquest of, 1711, 186. Pitt's scheme for conquering,
1759, 199. Measures for the conquest of, 1760, 203, 204.
End of French dominion in, 1763, 22. Address of
Congress to the people of, 239. Proposed invasion of,
1778, 194. Hull's invasion of, 410. Invasion of, 1812,
412. Wellington's troops sent to, 1814, 432. Revolu
tionary movement in, in 1837, 471, 472.
Canadian River, 516.

Cantons, Indian, 17.

CANUTE. Placed upon the throne of Alfred by the Sea
Kings, 35.

Cape. Ann, colony at, 116. Bajador, 36. Breton, 187,
138. Charles, origin of the name, 64. Cabot passes,
in 1497, 46. Cod, origin of the name, 57. Farewell,
46. Fear, origin of the name, 55. Of Good Hope,
origin of the name, 37. Henlopen, 93. Henry, origin
of the name, 64. May, 35; purchase of, and origin of
the name. 94.

Capes of Virginia, 59.

Capital Crimes, in the United States, 630.
Capitol of the United States, 388, 509.
CARAMELLI, HAMET, 392, 395.

Caravels. Light Spanish coasting vessels, 39.

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