Hampton, Col. Wade, at the battle of
Eutaw Springs, 477.
Hampton Roads, 565.
Hancock, John, 143; president of Con-
gress, 155; excepted in a general am-
nesty proclaimed by Gen. Gage, 158.
Hand, Col., 209; holds the British in
check at Throg's Point, 227.
Hanging Rock, N.C., post at, 392.
Hard cider campaign, 545.
Harlem Heights, Washington hastens
to, 222; retreat to, 223; American
army at, 224; British attempt the
American line at, 225; Washington's
headquarters at, 228.
Harmar, Gen., defeated by Indians, 511.
Harper's Ferry, attacked by John Brown,
556.
Harrison, Gen. W. H., 529, 533, 545.
Hartford convention, 535.
Harvard, John, 32.
Harvard University, receives an appro-
priation of public funds, 32.
Harvey, Sir, governor of Virginia, 18.
Haverstraw bay, 361, 413, 464.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 543.
Head of Elk, 467, 484.
Heath, Gen., 228, 236, 369; sketch of,
237; appointed to the command of
a division in the Continental army,
228; in command at West Point, 463.
Heights of Abraham, 189.
Heister, Gen., Hessian officer, 209; at
Long Island, 211, 212; at White
Plains, 230.
Henderson, Col., 474; at the battle of
Eutaw Springs, 475, 476.
Henry, Patrick, bold speech in Virginia
convention, 148.
Herkimer, Gen., 288; against his judg-
ment, on the advice of his officers,
advances toward Fort Stanwix, 289;
his troops ambushed, 290; wounded,
290; death of, 291.
Herrick, Col., 293.
Hessians, at the battle of Long Island,
212; on the Delaware, 256; flight of,
at Trenton, 262; surrender at Trenton,
263.
Hobkirk's Hill, battle at, 459; Gen.
Greene at, 459.
Holland, Puritans in, 29.
Holmes, O. W., 543.
Hood, Gen. J. B., 573.
Hooker, Gen. Joseph, 570, 572.
Hornet captures Peacock, 530; captures
Penguin, 531.
Howard, Col., at the Cowpens, 437,
438.
Howe, Lord, leader of the Ticonderoga
expedition, 108; killed, 109.
Howe, Lord Richard, 232; arrives in
New York, 208; notice of, 208; as
peacemaker, 220, 221; his peace
overtures to Congress, 220, 221;
issues proclamation, 249; his fleet
puts to sea from New York, with
troops for a movement on Philadel-
phia, 285; anchors his fleet in the
Chesapeake, 286; his fleet on the
Delaware, 325; at Sandy Hook, 349.
Howe, Sir William, general, commands
a detachment at Bunker Hill, 162;
meditates a renewed attack on the
American works, 164; wounded, 165;
his popularity, 169; threatens to burn
Boston, 202; compelled to evacuate
Boston, 204; addresses commission-
ers of Congress, 221; his operations
about New York, 234, 235; captures
Fort Washington, 242; in winter
quarters at New York, 256; receives
intelligence of the discomfiture of the
garrison at Trenton, 266; baffled in
his attempts on Philadelphia, 275;
makes a landing at the head of Ches-
apeake bay, 298; at the Brandywine,
300, 301; inactivity of, after the battle
of the Brandywine, 306; eludes Wash-
ington on the Schuylkill, and cap-
tures Philadelphia, 308, 309; distribu-
tion of his forces at Philadelphia and
Germantown, 325, 326; his military
career in America comes to an end,
340; dissatisfaction in England with
his conduct of the campaign, 360.
Howe, Gen. Robert, in command of
American army in Georgia, 355, 356.
Hubbard, Col., 293.
Hubbardton, St. Clair's rear-guard at-
tacked at, 282.
Hudson, Henry, voyage of, 24.
Hudson Highlands, defences of the,
360; posts on the, 236, 237.
Hudson river, British ships on the, 222;
clear the barrier on the, 226; the ob-
structions of the, 226.
Huger, Gen., 445, 452.
Hughes, Col., impresses vessels for the
transport of American troops in the
retreat from Long Island, 217.
Hull, Gen. William, unjustly condemned
for surrendering Detroit, 532.
Humphreys, Col., in Shays' rebellion.
Humpton, Col., his troops slaughtered
at the Brandywine, 308.
Hunters, in Braddock's expedition, 73.
Huntington, Gen., distress of his troops,
333.
Hutchinson, Anne, banished from Mas-
sachusetts, 34; murdered by Indians,
Impressment of American seamen, 526.
Inauguration of Washington, 504–506.
Indian country in western New York
laid waste by Gen. Sullivan, 359.
Indian depredations in Virginia, 100-102.
Indian frontier in 1789, 507, 539; war of
1790-94, 511; power broken by Harri-
son and Jackson, 537.
Indians of North America, IO.
Inflexible, 238, 260.
Internal improvements, 541.
Inventions, in time of Jackson's presi-
Iowa, 550.
Iroquois, French hostilities with the, II.
Irving, Washington, 543.
Iuka, battle of, 568.
Jackson, Gen. Andrew, subdues the
Creeks, 534; defeats the British at
New Orleans, 535; invades Florida,
536; president, 540; puts down the
nullifiers, 542; corrupts the civil ser-
vice, 544; his war on the United
States bank, 545.
Jackson, Gen. T. J., "Stonewall," 561,
566, 570.
James I. and the London Company,
17, 18.
Jameson, Lieut.-Col., sends André's
papers to Gen. Washington, 409; his
strange conduct in regard to André,
409.
Jamestown colony, settlement of, 13;
land, system of, 15.
Jay, John, 498; on the general disorder
of public affairs under the Articles of
Confederation, 494; his treaty, 513.
Jefferson, Thomas, governor of Vir-
ginia, 458; 512; vice-president, 513;
author of Kentucky resolutions, 516;
president, 523; purchases the Louis-
iana territory of Napoleon, 524.
Johnson, Andrew, 564.
Johnson, Col. Guy, 167; incites the
Indians to hostilities, 173; with his
retainers and Indian followers in Can-
ada, 174.
Johnson, Sir John, a Tory, 167.
Johnson, Sir William, 72, 73, 116; gains
at Crown Point, 96, 98; his death, 167.
Johnson's "Greens," 289, 290.
Johnston, Gen. A. S., 563.
Johnston, Gen. J. E., 561, 566, 572, 573,
575.
Kansas-Nebraska bill, 552.
Kansas, struggle for, 554.
Kearsarge and Alabama, 573.
Kenesaw Mountain, battle of, 573.
Kennebec river expedition, 184.
Kent island, Clayborne's claim to, 20.
Kentucky, 538, 561, 563.
Kentucky resolutions, 516, 542.
Kieft, William, governor of New York,
26.
King, Rufus, candidate for presidency,
535.
King's Bridge, N.Y., 224, 227, 235, 401,
463.
King's Mountain, battle of, 421-428.
Kingston, N.J., 272, 273.
Kingston, N.Y., burned by the British,
316.
Kirkwood's Delaware infantry, 477.
Knowlton, Capt., 162.
Knox, Gen. Henry, notice of, 183;
brings supplies to the Continental
army, 199; directs the artillery in
crossing of the Delaware, 259; causes
the attack on the Chew's House, 329;
with Washington on the Hudson, 411;
at Yorktown, 480, 481; bids Washing-
ton farewell at the close of the war,
489; letter in Shays' rebellion, 494; a
correspondent of Washington's, 498;
at the inauguration of Washington,
505.
Kosciusko, Gen., fortifies Bemis' Heights,
310.
Knyphausen, Gen., 229, 244, 303, 348,
372; advances at Fort Washington,
235; attempts the passage of the
Hudson at Chadd's Ford, 304, 305;
at Monmouth Court-house, 343, 344;
in command of New York, 370.
Lafayette, Marquis de, 511; offers his
services to the American cause, 285,
286; joins Sullivan at the Brandywine,
304; advises attack on Gen. Clinton,
341, 342; given command of the ad-
vance corps, 342; yields the command
to Gen. Lee, 343; Cornwallis and, in
Virginia, 457, 458; operations against
Cornwallis at Yorktown, 466, 467;
appeals to Count de Grasse, not to
withdraw his fleet from York river,
472; his operations at the siege of
Yorktown, 479.
Lake Champlain, 237; British fleet on,
238-241; encouraging prospects of
the campaign on, 242.
Lake George, Sir William Johnson, 97;
battle at, 97, 98.
Lamb, Capt., 177, 192, 196.
Lamb, Col., 413.
Lancaster road, 302.
Langdon, President of Harvard College,
159.
La Salle, Robert de, 49, 50.
Laudonnière, Réné de, 8.
Laurens, Col., 382.
Lawrence, Col. John, judge-advocate-
general at André's trial, 417..
Lawson, Gen., 450, 461.
Lear, Tobias, 519.
Learned, Col., 203.
Lechmere Point, fortified, 199.
Ledyard, William, makes a stubborn
defence of Fort Griswold, 465.
Lee, Arthur, in France, 340.
Lee, Gen. Charles, 207; career of, 144,
145; temperament and characteris-
tics, 147; his visits to Mount Vernon,
147; given command of troops near
King's Bridge, 227; criticises Wash-
ington, 228; made a division com-
mander, 228; reconnoitres at White
Plains, 230; at Northcastle, 236; plots
against Washington, 248; crosses the
Hudson, 250; made prisoner, 250-
255; circumstances of his capture,
253, 254; his conduct at Baskingridge,
252; his conduct while a prisoner,
274, 275; treasonable doings, 275;
exchanged, 341; his influence in the
army, 341; opposes Washington's of-
fensive movement against Clinton,
342; reinstated as the second in com-
mand in the army, 341; allows Lafay-
ette to take his place at the head of
the advance corps, 342; changes his
mind, 343; Washington orders him
to make an attack on Clinton at Mon-
mouth Court-house, 343; arrives at
Freehold, 344; rebuked by Washing-
ton for non-compliance with his or-
ders, 346, 347; demands an apology,
349; court-martialled and dismissed
from the service, 350; his funeral, 350;
his warning to Gates, 387.
Lee, Col. Henry, 475, 495; notice of, 299.
Lee, Gen. Robert Edward, 62, 299, 561,
Lee, Richard Henry, 206.
Leif Ericsson, 2.
Leopard and Chesapeake, 527.
Leslie, Gen., 230, 231, 267; in South
Carolina, 434, 452.
Lewis and Clark, expedition to Oregon,
525, 546.
Lewis, Lawrence, 518.
Lexington, battle of, 148-152; British
losses at, 152.
Liberty Tree, 140.
Lincoln, Gen., 228, 314; sent to take
command of the Southern department,
356; repulsed at Savannah, 369; his
operations at Charleston, 380-387; his
surrender, 385; opens the first parallel
at Yorktown, 478, 479; returns north-
ward in command of the army at
Yorktown, 484; one of Washington's
correspondents, 498.
Lincoln, Abraham, 543, 556, 560, 562,
569, 574, 575.
Literature, in Jackson's time, 543.
Little Belt, 529.
Livingston, Col. Brockholst, 193, 309;
aide-de-camp to Gen. Arnold, 310;
Livingston, Robert, 505.
Livingston, William, governor of the
Jerseys, 248.
London and Plymouth Company, 13.
London Company, fall of the, 17; its
charter annulled by James I., 18,
Long Island, battle of, 208-220; the
Americans retreat from, 215-219;
secrecy of the movements of the
Americans, 217; successful embarka-
tion of the American troops, 217, 218.
Longfellow, H. W.,
543.
Loudon, Lord, 103-105.
Louisburg, capture of, 51; restored to
the French, 51; expedition to, 104; re-
captured, 107, 108.
Louisiana purchase, 524, 553.
Louisiana, state of, 537, 542.
Lovell, James, concerned in the Con-
way Cabal, 338.
Lowell, J. R., 549.
Lundy's Lane, battle of, 533.
Lyon, Gen. Nathaniel, 562.
McClellan, Gen. G. B., 561, 562, 566,
567, 574.
McDougall, Gen., 230, 327; defends
Chatterton's Hill, 231; commandant
at West Point, 362;
McDowell, Gen., at King's Mountain,
425.
McDowell, Gen. Irwin, 561, 566.
McGowan's ford, 443.
McKonkey's ferry (Taylorsville), N.J.,
McLane, Col. Allen, 328.
McLean, John, 555.
Macdonough's victory on Lake Cham-
Madison, James, 498, 509, 516, 528.
Magaw, Col., 235, 242, 246.
Magellan, voyage of, 5-7.
Majoribanks, Maj., 476.
Malmedy, Col., 475.
Manhattan Island, the Dutch on, 24.
Marblehead fisheries, Col. Glover's reg-
iment, 216, 219, 259.
Marcy, W. L., author of one of the most
infamous remarks recorded in history,
Marion, Gen. Francis, carries on irregu-
lar warfare against the British in
South Carolina, 428, 458; called the
Swamp Fox, 429; pursued by Tarle-
ton, 429; in the engagement at Eutaw
Springs, 475.
Marshall, John, 523.
Maryland, Catholic emigration to, 19;
settlement of, 19; intolerance of the
Protestants in, 20; Virginia and Mary-
land, 20; Calvert's charter annulled,
21; remains true to the Union, 561;
invaded by Lee, 567.
Mason and Slidell, 562.
Massachusetts, the name, 30.
Massachusetts Bay, province of, its
settlement, 30-32; form of govern-
ment, 31; Episcopacy not tolerated,
31; its charter threatened, 32; colonial
government coins money, 39; the char-
ter annulled, 44, 45; becomes a royal
province, 45, 46; political condition
of, 46; alteration of its charter, 138,
139; enforcement of obnoxious par-
liamentary measures, 139; rebellion
in, 142; Continental Congress de-
clares the province absolved from
allegiance to the crown, 155.
Matthew, Gen., 244.
Manhood, Col., 269, 271.
Manhood's artillery, 270.
Maxwell's infantry driven at the Brandy-
wine, 302, 305; engages the enemy at
White Clay creek, 300.
Maxwell's Virginia brigade, 327.
Meade, Gen. G. G., 570.
Megantic, Lake, 186.
Memphis, battle of, 564.
Mercer, Gen., 248, 249, 268.
Merchant marine of United States, de-
stroyed by idiotic legislation, 558.
Merrimac and Monitor, 565.
Mexican war, 549.
Michigan, 539, 547.
Middlebrook, N.J., Washington's head-
tribute," 514.
Millspring, battle of, 563.
Mingo Indians, 359.
Mississippi, 537.
Mississippi, discovery of the, 50.
Missouri, 537, 561, 563.
Missouri compromise, 538, 549, 553.
Mobile Bay, battle of, 573.
Mohawks, Champlain attacks the, II.
Mohawk country, 72.
Molucca islands, 7.
Monckton, Col., 347.
Monk's Corner, 478.
Monmouth, battle of, 341-350.
Monroe, James, 261, 514, 536.
Monroe doctrine, 536.
Montcalm, successes of, 102; death of,
Montgomery, Gen. Richard, notice of
174, 175; leader of expedition to
Canada, 177; defection in his ranks,
187; determines an assault in Que-
bec, 192-194; surprises the enemy at
Quebec, 195; death of, 195; his burial
at Quebec, 198; his widow, 316.
Montgomery, Maj., 465.
Montreal, Iroquois attack on, in 1689,
II; capitulation of, 123, 124.
Montresor, Capt., 219.
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