a bag of gunpowder; goes to England, for surgical
aid, 68. His popularity with the Indians, 69. Em-
ployed by the Plymouth Company, in 1614 and 1615;
captured by a French pirate; his escape; Admiral,
74. Offers his services to the Puritans, 77. The In-
dian capturer of, 106. His History of Virginia, 65.
Portrait of, 61. Notice of, 65.

SMITH, JONATHAN BAYARD. Signer of the Articles of
Confederation, 611.

SMITH, JOSEPH. Founder of Mormonism; portrait of

504.

SMITH, PERSIFER F., General. At Contreras, 1847, 493.
SMITH, RICHARD. Member of the first Continental Con-
gress, 1774, 588.

SMITIL, ROBERT. Secretary of the Navy, 390. Secro-
tary of State, 406.

SMITH, SAMUEL, General. At Fort Mifflin, 1777, 275.
At Baltimore, 1814; notice of, 436.

SMITH, Lieutenant-Colonel (British), 232.

Smoking Tobacco. Its general use among the Aborigi-
nals of North America, 14.

Smyrna. The affair of Koszta at, in 1853, 518.

SMYTH, ALEXANDER, General, 414.

Snake Indians. 33.

Snake Device, The. Picture of, 226.

SNORRE. The child of Gudrida, 35.

SNYDER. A boy, killed at Boston, in 1770, 222.

SOMERS, SIR GEORGE, 68.

South River, or Delaware River, 94.
South Sea. Origin of the name, 42.
South Virginia, 63, 68.

At war

Spain. Cedes the Floridas to England, 204.
with England, in 1779; secret treaty of, with France,
in 1779, 306. Treaty of, with the United States, 1795,
881; and 1819, 451.

Spaniards. Claim Port Royal, 166. Menace South Car-
olina settlements, 167. Moore's Expedition against,
169. Contests of, with Oglethorpe, 172.
Spanish. Voyages and discoveries, 36-45.
see Armadi.

Specie Payments. Suspended, in 1837, 471.
"Speedwell," Puritan ship, 77, 115.

SPENCER, JOHN C. Secretary of War, 475.

SPENCER, JOSEPH, General, 235, 259.

Armada:

Spring. At Shawmut, 118. Williams's, at Providence,
Rhode Island, 90.

Springfield Indians, 127.

Springfield, Connecticut, 86, 127.

Springfield, New Jersey. Skirmish at, in 1780, 320,
321.

Spruce-street, Philadelphia. Origin of the name, 162.
SQUANTO. Indian Chief, 74, 114. Kidnapped by Cap-
tain Hunt, 74.

Stamp Act, The. Becomes a law, 1765, 213. Fate of,
in America, 215. Repealed, 217. History of, 541.
Copy of, 541-548. Stamp distributors, 59s.
Stamp Act Congress, The. State Papers put forth by,
in 1765, 549; Declaration of Rights, 549; Petition to
the King, 550; Memorial to Parliament, 552. Mem-
bers of, 556.

STANDISH, MILES, Captain, 78, 115.

STARK, JOHN, General, 198, 234, 277.

State Banks. The public funds distributed among the,
in 1836, 470.

State House at Philadelphia. Picture of the, 250.
Statuary. Colossal, of the Aztecs, 10.

Statue. Of Alexander the Great, 60.
Steamboat Navigation, in the United States, 899.
Steamship. Picture of a, 516.

STEDMAN. His remark on Tarleton's want of humani-
ty, 313.

STEPHENS, SAMUEL, Governor, 98.

STEPHENS, Major. His Expedition to explore a route
for a Pacific Railroad, 516.

STEUBEN, Baron. In Virginia, in 1781. 333. Pursues
Cornwallis, 1781, 839. Portrait and notice of, 291.
STEWART, Commodore, 440.

STEWART, Colonel. At Orangeburg, in 1781, 837. Pur-
sued by Greene, 337, 338.

STIRLING, Lord, General, 144, 248, 254, 261. His skir
mish with a corps under Cornwallis, 272. Notice of,
254.

STIRLING, Colonel (British), 259.

Stockade. Described, 183.

Stockbridge Indians, 189.

STOCKTON, RICHARD. Signer of the Declaration of In-
dependence, 602.

STOCKTON, ROBERT F., Commodore. Takes possession
of Los Angelos; at San Gabriel, 487. Notice of, 457.
STODDART, BENJAMIN. First Secretary of the Navy,
382, 389.

STONE, THOMAS. Signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 602; and of the Articles of Confederation,
604.

STONE, WILLIAM, Governor, 152.

Stonington. Commodore Hardy at, in 1814, 487.

Stono Indians. Depredations by the, in the Carolinas,

165.

STUART, ALEXANDER H. Secretary of the Interior, in
1850, 502.

STUYVESANT, PETER, Governor, 93, 141, 142. Captures
Swedish forts; chastises the Esopus Indians, 145.
Portrait and autograph of, 142.
Sub-Treasury Scheme, 471, 475.
Sugar Bill, The, 213.

Suits at Common Law, in the United States, 630.
SULLIVAN, JOHN, General, 238. At Brooklyn, 258.
Paroled, 257. Succeeds General Charles Lee; joins
Washington, 261. At Trenton, 262. At Brandywine,
273. Supersedes General Spencer, 289. At the bat-
tle of Quaker Hill, 290. His Expedition against the
Six Nations, 303, 304. At Tioga Point; at Chemung,
304. One of the members of the first Continental
Congress, 588. Portrait of, 304. Notice of, 803.
Sultan, The. Mary Fisher's mission to, 123.
SUMNER, JETHRO, General, 837.

SUMTER, THOMAS, General. In South Carolina, 1780,
314. On the Catawba; at Hanging Rock, 315. At
Fishing Creek, 316. Returns to South Carolina, 1750,
819. Cornwallis calls him, The South Carolina Game-
cock, 319. Portrait of, 315.

Sun. Worship of the, 29, 40. Temples of the, in Mex-
ico and Peru, 40.

Superior, Lake: see Lake Superior.
Supremacy, Act of, in 1534, 75.

Supreme Court of the United States. Jurisdiction of
the, 624.

Supreme Law of the United States, defined, 628.
Susquehanna Indians, 17, 110.

SUTTER, Captain. Of California, gold discovered near
the mill of, in 1848, 497.

Swanzey. King Philip attacks the men of Plymouth
at, in 1675, 125.

Sweden. Comprised in Scandinavia, $4.

the, 437.

State Governments. Powers of, 620, 621.

States. Of the United States, rights of, defined, 627.
New, how formed, 627. State Rights Doctrine, 463,

464.

Dutch, 143. In New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, 62.
Swedish. Colony in America, 92. Fortresses, captured
by Stuyvesant, 143. West India Company, 93.
Swine. Taken to America, first by De Soto, 44; to New-
foundland and Nova Scotia, 47, 58; to Virginia, 68,

Swords. Ancient, found at Montevideo, 11.
Sycamores. At Providence, Rhode Island, 90.
SYMMES, JOHN CLEVES, 363.

Syracuse, New York. Great Council Fire at, 28.

Tabaco, Yucatan, 70.

Talladega. Battle at, in 1813, 428.

Tallushatchee. General Coffee at, in 1814, 428.
Tamarona Indians, 19.

Tammany Hall, New York City, 148.
Tampa Bay. De Soto lands at, in 1539, 44.
Tampico. Captured by Commodore Conner, 485.
TANEY, ROGER B., Chief Justice. Removes the Govern-
ment funds from the United States Bank, 465. Ad-
ministers the oath of office to President Van Buren,
1837, 470; to President Harrison, 1841, 474; to Presi-
dent Taylor, 1849, 499; and to Presdent Pierce, 1853,
514.

Tariff Bill. Of 1828, 459, 463, 464. Modifications of
the, 476, 477.

TARLETON, Colonel. Loss of his cavalry horses, off
Cape Hatteras, 309. Defeats Colonel Huger, in 1780,
811. His slaughter of Buford's troops, 1780, 813. At
Sanders's Creek, 316. At Fishing Creek, 316. At the
Cowpens, 331. Portrait and notice of, 316.
Tattooing, Indian, 13.

Tuxation. Without representation, is tyranny, 164,
165, 211, 212. William Pitt's opinion of, 217. Views
of, in the Carolinas, 164, 165; and in Massachusetts,
219. In the United States, 619.

TAYLOR, GEORGE. Signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 602.

TAYLOR, ZACHARY, General. Succeeds General Jessup,
in the Seminole War, 1837, 468. His Army of Occu-
pation, 480. At Point Isabel, 481. Captures Meta-
moras, 483. At Monterey, 484; Victoria, 485; Buena
Vista, 486. Map of the region of his operations, 486.
President of the United States, 1849, 490. Death of,
501. _Portrait, autograph, and notice of, 498.
Tea. Tax on, by the British Government, 222. De-
struction of, at Boston, 225.

TECUMSEH. Shawnee Chief, 20, 408, 411. Defeated
by Colonel Miller, 411. Rouses the Southern tribes
of Indians, 1813, 427. Death of, 424. Notice of,
424.

Te Deum, The. Sung, after victories and deliverances,
265.

TELFAIR, EDWARD. Signer of the Articles of Confed-
eration, 611.

Temple of the Sun. In Mexico and Peru, 40.
Tennessee. Idol found in, 11.

TERRY, Admiral. His fleet, at Newport, in 1780, 321.
Death of, 339.

Territory. Indian, claimed by England, 17.

South-

west of the Ohio, 872. Territorial Government of
the United States, 362. Territorial System, 611.
"The Territories," 96.
Te-ungk-too, or Cross Lake, 23.
Texas. Indians in, in 1853, 33.

Retained by Spain, in

1819, 451. Annexation of, to the United States, 477,
478. State Constitution of, 479. Claims of, 499.
Texel River, 71.

TEYENDAGAGES. The totum of, 15.

Thames River, Connecticut. Discovered by Block, 72,
87. Mohegan Indians on the, 21.
Thames River, Canada.

Battle on the, 424.

Thanksgiving and Prayer.

Congress recommends

the appointment of a day for, 1759, 870. National,
after the Peace of 1814, 144.
THAYENDANEGA: see BRANT, JOSEPH.
Thicketty Mountain, 331.

THOMAS, JOHN, General, 238. In Canada, 1776; notice
of, 243.

THOMPSON, BENJAMIN, Colonel. Count Rumford; por-
trait, autograph, and notice of, 346.
THOMPSON, Colonel. At Sullivan's Island, 1776, 249.
THOMPSON, DAVID. His colony of fishermen, 79.
THOMPSON, SMITH. Secretary of the Navy, 1818, 447.
THOMPSON, WILEY, General. His Expedition to Flor-
ida, 1834, 466. Death of, 467.

THOMSON, CHARLES. Secretary of the Continental Con-
gress; Congress presents an urn to his wife, 228.
Portrait and autograph of, 227.
THORLOCK, Bp. Of Iceland, 35.

THORNTON, MATTHEW. Signer of the Declaration of
Independence, 602.

THORNTON, Captain. At the Rio Grande, 481, 482.
THORWALDSEN, BERTEL. Danish sculptor, 35.
THURY, M., the Jesuit, 180.

Ticonderoga. Samuel Champlain at, 59. Abercrom-

TILGHMAN, MATTHEW.

nental Congress, 588.
Timber Creek, 93.
Tinicum Island, 93.
Tinto River, 39.

Member of the first Conti-

Tippecanoe. Battle of, 408.

Tobacco. Its ancient general use among the Aborigi-
nals, 14. Discovery of; introduced into England;
King James's treatise on; trade in, 70. A circulating
medium in Virginia, 105. James I. proposes to con-
tract for the whole crop of, in Virginia, in 1628, 107.
Treaty of, in Virginia, 114. Culture of, at Plymouth,
unsuccessful, 116.

Tobasco. Cortez lands at, 48.
dore Perry, 485.

Tomahawks. Indian, 14.
Tombigbee River, 30.
TO-MO-CHI-CHI.

thorpe, 103.

Captured by Commo-

Creek Sachem; his speech to Ogle-

TOMPKINS, DANIEL D., Governor, 412. Vice President
of the United States, 1817; notice of, 446.
Tonomy Hill, Rhode Island, 125.

Torbay. William of Orange lands at, 113.
Tortugas Islands. Ponce de Leon at, in 1512, 42.

Tories. In the Carolinas, in 1780. 309. The term Tory,
explained, 226.

TOTTEN, Colonel. At Vera Cruz; notice of, 489.
Totum, Indian. Explained, 15.

Tower at Newport. Picture of the, 85.

TOWNSHEND, CHARLES, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 218.
TOWNSHEND, General, 201. At Quebec, 201-203.
Traditions. Indian, respecting a universal deluge, 11.
Treason against the United States, defined; how pun-
ished, 626.

TREAT, ROBERT, Governor, 156.

Treaties. Indian, 362, 363. Treaty of Peace, between
Great Britain and the United States, 1814, 443, 444.
Treaty between Spain and the United States, 1819,
451.

Tremont. Origin of the word, 118.

Trenton, New Jersey. Captured by Cornwallis, 260.
Battle of, 262. Map of the battle of, 268. The Conti-
nental Congress meets at, 588.

Trial by Jury, in the United States, 630.
Tri-Mountain, or Boston, Massachusetts, 118.

Tripartite Treaty, The, 513.

Tripoli. The United States at war with, 1801, 390, 391.
Decatur at, 1815, 445.

Cornwallis, 260. Captures Hessians at Trenton; in-
vested with the power of a military dictator, 264.
His victory at Princeton, 268. Opinion of his exploits
in New Jersey, expressed by Frederic of Prussia;
his winter-quarters at Morristown, 269. Perplexed
by Howe; at Philadelphia, 1777; his first interview
with La Fayette, 272. Crosses the Schuylkill, 274.
At White Marsh, 233. Pursues Clinton, in 1778; ral-
lies General Lee's troops; Lee's offensive letter to,
288. At White Plains; at Middlebrook, 288. Disap-
proves of the proposed invasion of Canada, in 1778,
294. At Valley Forge, 274, 284. Scheme for super-
seding him, 285. At Monmouth, 287. Called by the
Indians, "Town Destroyer;" Cornplanter's Address
to, 304. In winter-quarters at Morristown, 306. Fits
out armed vessels at Boston, 307. Lieutenant-Gen-
eral of the French empire; his first interview with
Rochambeau, 323. Reprimands Arnold, 1780, 325.
Sends the wife and son of Arnold to New York, 326.
Proposes to attack New York, in 1781, 339. Writes
deceptive letters to General Greene; at Yorktown,
340, 341. At New York, after the capture of Corn-
wallis, 346. Suppresses the general discontent in the
army, in 1782, 349. Quells the mutiny of the Penn-
sylvania troops, in 1783, 350. Nicola's letter to him.
349. His Farewell Address to his companions in
arms, in 1783, 350; and his farewell to his officers,
351, 352. Resigns his commission; President of the
Cincinnati Society, 352. Hamilton, the favorite Aid
of, 360, 361. President of the Convention to revise
the Articles of Confederation, 1787, 356. Signer of
the Constitution, 629. President of the United States;
his administration, 364. His journey to New York,
in 1789, 364, 365. Takes the oath of office; attends
divine service at St. Paul's Chapel, New York, 366.
His tour through the northern and eastern States, in
1789, 370. Re-elected President, 377. His Farewoll
Address to his countrymen, 382, 633 ss. Retires to
Mount Vernon, in 1797, 883. Death of, in 1799, 386,
887. Lee's Funeral Oration on, 387. Bonaparte's
tribute to, 387, 888. Tribute to, by the British fleet,
358. Portrait and autograph of, 365.

WASHINGTON, Mrs. Wife of the President; notice of,
386. Portrait and autograph of, 387.
WASHINGTON, JOHN, 110.

WASHINGTON, WILLIAM AUGUSTINE, Colonel, 834. Por-
trait and notice of, 332.

Washington Territory, 480, 513.

"Wasp," sloop, 414, 415, 440.

WATSON, Colonel. On the Pedee, 320.
Waterford, Henry Hudson at, 59.
Watertown, Massachusetts. Founded, 118.

WAYNE, General. Surprised by General Grey, 274.
Captures Stony Point, 295. Attempts to suppress the
mutiny of the Pennsylvania troops, 328. Pursues
Cornwallis, 339. At Savannah, 346. His Expedition
against the Indians, in 1793, 374. Crushes the Lenni-
Lenapes, in 1794, 21. Portrait and notice of, 298.
WEBB, General, 194.

WEBSTER, DANIEL. Secretary of State, 1841, 474; and
1850, 502. His negotiation with Lord Ashburton,
1842, 472. Seconds Mr. Clay's Compromise Act, 501.
His Oration, at the laying of the corner-stone of the
addition to the Capitol of the United States, 1851,
509. His answer to Hulsemann's protest, 511. Por-
trait, autograph, and notice of, 502, 503.

WEBSTER, FLETCHER. Announces the death of Presi-
dent Harrison, 475.

WEBSTER, Lieutenant-Colonel, 334.
WEBSTER, Captain. At Saltillo, 486.

WEIR, ROBERT W. His picture of the Embarkation of
the Pilgrims, 77.

"Welcome," ship, 96.

WELLINGTON, Lord. With his army, enters Paris, in
1814, 431.

WELLS, Colonel. One of the chief leaders against the
savages, 1813, 416.

Welsh Indians, 32.

WEMYSS, Major. At the Broad River, in 1780, 319.
WENTWORTH, JOHN, Jr. Signer of the Articles of Con-
federation, 611.

Weroworomoco, Virginia, 66.

WESLEY, JOHN, Rev. In Georgia, 171.

WEST, BENJAMIN, 356. Portrait and autograph of, 210.
WEST, JOSEPH. His colony, in 1670, 98.

Westchester, New York. General Knyphausen at, 259.
West Indies, The. Voyages of Columbus and Vespu-
cius to, 40, 41. Trade of, 367.

West Jersey. Remarkable law enacted by the Assem-
bly of, in 1681, 160.

Weston's Colony, 115.

West Point, New York. Arnold appointed to the com-
mand of, 325.

Wethersfield, Connecticut, 86, 88.

WEYMOUTH, GEORGE, Captain, 58.

Weymouth, Massachusetts. Burned, 127.
Whaleboat Warfare, 308.

Whales. Prove the fact of a passage between Behring
Strait and Baffin's Bay, 511.

WHALLEY, EDWARD. Regicide Judge, 123.
WHEELER, JOHN K. Notice of, 526.
WHEELER, Captain, 126.
WHEELOCK, Rev. Dr. His school, at Lebanon, 25.
WHEELWRIGHT, JOHN, Rev. Founds Exeter, 80. Favors
the religious views of Mrs. Hutchinson, 120.
Whig and Tory. Explanation of the terms, 226. Whig
Party, in 1856, 531.

WHIPPLE, ABRAHAM, Commodore, 223. His flotilla; por-
trait, autograph, and notice of, 310.

WHIPPLE, WILLIAM. Signer of the Declaration of In-
dependence, 602.

WHIPPLE, Lieutenant. His Expedition to explore a
route for a Pacific railroad, 516.
Whiskey Insurrection, The, 37S.
WHITCOMB, SIMON, 117.

WHITE, JOHN, Governor, 56, 57.

WHITE, WILLIAM. His son Peregrine, the first English
child born in New England, 78.

WHITE, Colonel. On the Santee River, in 1780, 311.
WHITEFIELD. GEORGE, Rev. In Georgia, 171.
WHITEFIELD, JOHN W., General. His seat in Congress
contested, in 1855, 530.

White Mountains of New Hampshire, 19.
White Plains, New York. Washington at, 258.
WICKLIFFE, CHARLES A. Postmaster-General, 475.
WICKLIFFE, JOHN DE, the Reformer, 62.
Wife. Price of a, in Virginia, in 1620, 105.
Wigwam, Indian. Picture and description of a, 13.
Wild Flowers. Planted by Indians, on the graves of
their friends, 15.

Suc-

WILKES, Lieutenant. His Expedition, 476, 477.
WILKINSON, JAMES, General. Sent by Gates with a
verbal message to Congress, 252. His Expedition
against the Indians, in 1790, 374. Burr's associate, in
1805, 396. With General Dearborn, 1812, 410.
ceeds Dearborn, in 1813; his operations, 426. At
Prescott, 426, 427. At St. Regis; at French Mills,
427. At Plattsburg, in 1814, 432. Notice of, 426.
WILLARD, Major. At Brookfield, in 1675, 126.
WILLETT, Colonel, 278.

WILLIAM I., of England, 62.

WILLIAM II., of England, 113. Has no children, 136.
WILLIAM III., and MARY.
war with France, 130.
the American colonies, 153.
Kidd's Expedition, 149.
William and Mary College, 178.
WILLIAMS, DAVID. One of the captors of André, 326.
WILLIAMS, Ephraim, Colonel. Death of, 190.
WILLIAMS, JAMES, Colonel. At King's Mountain, 319.
WILLIAMS, JOHN. Signer of the Articles of Confedera-
tion, 611.

Accession of, 130, 148. Their
William prohibits printing in
Interested in Captain

WILLIAMS, JOHN, Rev. Captured by Indians; picture
of his house; fate of his wife, 185.
WILLIAMS, Oтно H., Colonel, 318.

WILLIAMS, ROGER, 87, 158. Founder of Rhode Island,
89, 119. Persecuted, 119. Pacifies hostile Indians at
New Netherland, 141. Portrait and autograph of, 90.
Notice of, 89.

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM. Signer of the Declaration of In-
dependence, 602.

Williams College. Founded, 190.
Williams's Spring, 90.

Williamsburg, Virginia, 111.

WILLIAMSON, HUGH. Signer of the Constitution of the
United States, 629.

WILLIAMSON, PASSMORE, 526.
Wilmington, Delaware, 93.
WILMOT, Captain. Death of, 348.

WILSON, JAMES. Member of the Convention on the
Articles of Confederation, 1787, 356, 859. Judge of
the Supreme Court of the United States, 369. Signer
of the Declaration of Independence, 602; and of the
Constitution of the United States, 629.

WILSON, Rev. Mr. One of the two Boston ministers;
Saltonstall's letter to, 118.

WILSON, ROBERT, Ensign, 342.

Wiltryck. Indians massacre the inhabitants of, 143.
WINCHESTER, General, 416, 417. Notice of, 418.

WINDER, General, 426. At Bladensburg, in 1814, 436.

Windsor, Connecticut, 88.
WINGFIELD, EDWARD M. His conduct toward Captain
John Smith; deposed, 65.

Winnebago Indians. Character of the, 19. Hostile to
the Sioux, 31. Conspire against the English, in 1763,

205.

WINSLOW, EDWARD, Governor, 85, 185. Received by
Massasoit, 1620, 114. Cows and a bull imported by,
116. His letter to Governor Winthrop, 142.
WINSLOW, JOHN, General, 185, 191.

WINSTON, JOSEPH, Colonel. At King's Mountain, 319.
Winter. Severe, of 1777-1778, 284.
WINTHROP, JOHN, Governor, 117, 118. His Expedition
against Canada, 131. Applies to Charles II. for a new
charter, 155 Indian chiefs at the table of, 118. Por-
trait and autograph of, 117. Notice of, 118.
Winyaw Bay. La Fayette lands on the shore of, 273.
WIRT, WILLIAM. Attorney-General of the United
States, 447, 454.

Wisconsin. Admitted to the Union, in 1848, 497.
WISNER, HENRY. Member of the first Continental
Congress, 1774, 588.

Wissugusset Settlement, 115, 116.

Witchcraft. In Massachusetts, 132, 133.

WITHERSPOON, JOHN, Rev. Signer of the Articles of
Confederation, 611; and of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 602. Moves, in Congress, to strike out the
word "Scotch" from the Declaration of Independence,
593.

Women. Indian, condition of, 14, 15. The first two on
the James River, 67. A hundred and fifty, become
wives of Virginia planters, 71. No white, in Virginia,
in 1619; ninety, sent by Sandys, in 1620; sixty, sent,
in 1621, 105. See Wife.

WOODBURY, LEVI. Secretary of the Treasury, 1836, 470.
Wood Creek, 181.

WOODFORD, General, 244, 311.

WOODHULL, NATHANIEL, General, 198, 254.

WOOL, JOHN ELLIS, General, 413. At Monclova; at
Parras, 454. At Braceti, 488. At Saltillo, 489. His
Indian campaign, 1555, 523. Notice of, 454.

Wool. Means used to prevent the scarcity of, in Amer-
ica, 216.

WOOLSEY, Captain, 432.

WOOSTER, DAVID, General, 238, 243, 271.

World's Fair. At London, 1851; and at New York,
1853, 517.

WORTH, WILLIAM J., General. At Monterey, 483. At
Saltillo, 484. At the Castle of Perote, 490. At Mex-
ico, 494. Notice of, 493.

WRIGHT, SIR JAMES, 295, 599.

WRIGHT, G. W., of California, 499.
Writing. Indian picture, 13.
Writs of Assistance, 212.

Wyandot Indians, 23, 24. Cede their lands to the
United States, 24. Conspire against the English, 1763,
205. Treaty with the, 363.

Wyandot County. Invaded by the Five Nations, 24.
WYATT, SIR FRANCIS, 106, 108.

Wyoming Valley. Devastation of, in 1778, 290, 291.
WYTHE, GEORGE. Member of the Convention on the
Articles of Confederation, 1757, 356. Signer of the
Declaration of Independence, 602.

Yakinaw County. Battle in, 1855, 527.

YALE, ELISHA. Benefactor of Yale College, 178.
Yale College, 158, 178.

Yamacraw Bluff, 100, 103.

Yamasee Indians, 30, 168, 170.

Yankee Doodle, the National Song, 220.

YATES, ROBERT. Member of the Convention on the Ar-
ticles of Confederation, 1787, 356.

Yazoo River. De Soto on the banks of the, in 1541, 44.
YEAMANS, SIR JOHN, 98.

YEARDLEY, GEORGE, Governor, 70, 107. His Represent-
ative Assembly, 105.

Yellow Stone River, 38.

YEO, SIR JAMES, 432.

YORK, Duke of, 94. His American possessions, 129.
Sells New Jersey, 159.
York River, 17, 66.

Yorkshire, territory of, 80.
Yorktown, Virginia.

Fortified by Cornwallis, in 1781,

840. Map of the siege of, 341. Surrender of, 841, 342, 845.
YOUNG, SIR JOHN, 117.

Youngstown. Burnt, in 1813, 427.

Yucatan. Discovery of, in 1506, 41.

ZENGER, JOHN PETER. Editor of the New York Weekly
Journal: arrested, 150.

Zipangi, The country of, 38.