Cooke, Elisha, patriotic course (1688), ii.
51, 68.

Cooke, Elisha, Jr., like his father, ii.
246; chosen representative in Massa-
chusetts (1720), 246.
Cooper, Ashley. See Shaftesbury.
Cooper, Myles, president of Columbia
college, New York, urges submission
to England, iv. 108.

Copley, J. S., and town meeting in Bos-
ton (1773), iii. 452.
Copley, Sir Lionel, governor of Mary-
land (1692), ii. 21.
Corees, or Coramines, Indians, ii. 91,

92.

Cornbury, Lord, governor of New York,

character and course, ii. 41-43, 49;
views as to managing colonies in
money matters, 78, 79.
Cornwallis, Lord Charles, course in the
house of lords (1766), iii. 194; first
exploit in America, ravages a planta-
tion in North Carolina, iv. 397, 398;
arrives in New York and lands with

troops, v. 27, 28; in New Jersey, 81,

83; takes Brunswick, 84; then Prince-

ton and Trenton, 85; proposes to go

to England, 89, 94; advances upon the
Americans at Assanpink Creek, 103,

in, 519-521; surrenders (October,
1781), 522.

Cornwallis, Colonel Edward, leads colony
to Acadia, ii. 345, 358, 359.
Coronado, governor of New Galicia, L
31; expedition of, 32-35; discovers
tributaries to Rio Grande del Norte
and the Mississippi, 35, 36; fails to
find a northern Peru, 37.
Cortereal, voyage of, in service of Portu-
gal, i. 14.

Cortes and the north-west passage, i. 26.
Cory, Giles, executed, ii. 60.
Cory, Martha, imprisoned for witchcraft,

ii. 59.

Cosby, William, governor of New York
(1732), course of, ii. 253, 254;
of, 255.

death

Cotton, seeds of, planted in Virginia
(1621), i. 126.

Cotton, John, arrives in Massachusetts,
i. 245; opposes Roger Williams, 252;
argues against hereditary legislators
Coventry, Lord, on rights of people of

in America, 259.

ton, 107; in the expedition against
Philadelphia, 176, 177; at German-

189; expedition (1699) to the Missis

sippi river, 189, 190.

Delaware, 199; makes a foray into

Johnson, and others, i. 223.

character and action, i 899, 400;
quarrels with the ministers, 400; as
sumes right to lay taxes, and is re-
sisted, 400, 401; retires, 401.
Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury,
lations with Calvin, etc., i. 181,
Craven, Charles, governor of
Carolina, ii. 214.

Creeks, or Muskohgees, ii. 98

182.

South

treaty

with, 216; friends to Georgia, 521;
refuse to join Cherokees against the
whites, v. 64; promises to the Brit

ish, 403.

Indians, iv. 84, 85; brings Maryland

248;
riflemen to Washington in can P,
death of, 248.
Croghan, George, Indian trader,

ii. 368,

366; urges colonization of Illinois,

iii. 231.

i. 145; American colonies under, 170;

course toward the colonies, 310

leader

of the Independents, 331; parliaments

and naval successes, $39-341
of, 342.

death

Cromwell, Richard, i. 342.
Crown Point, French fortress at, ii. 222;
taken by Warner (1775), iv. 183;
garrisoned, 194; abandoned, v. 15.
Crozat, Anthony, grant of right to trade
in Louisiana, ii. 225, 226; resigns his
charter, 226.

Cruger, British colonel at Ninety-Six,

South Carolina, v. 501.
Culpepper, John, insurrection in North
Carolina, i. 425; excused by a jury
in England, 426.

Culpepper, Lord, Virginia given to, by
Charles II., i. 452, 453; governor of
Virginia, 469; rapacious and dishon-
est, 470; displaced, 471.
Cumberland, duke of, captain-general of
British army, ii. 412; has the mutiny
act applied to America, 112, 413; is
suggested for king in America, 449;
rebukes the meanness of hiring mer-
cenaries, iv. 357.

Cunningham, Colonel W., savage cruelty
and outrage on Americans, v. 479.
Currency, colonial, ii. 83; of the United
States (1784), vi. 119.

Cushing, Thomas, iii. 308; elected to
the assembly in Massachusetts, 348;
speaker, 443; delegate to congress,
iv. 23.

Cushman, Robert, goes to England
(1617), i. 201.

Custis, J. P., Washington's step-зon, vi.

18.

Cutler, M., one of the Ohio Company's
agents, vi. 286.

Cuyler, in New York congress, iv. 429.

D.

Dablon, Claude, Jesuit missionary to the
Onondagas in western New York, ii.
147, 148.

Dakotas. See Sioux.

Dale, Sir Thomas, in Virginia, intro-
duces martial law, i. 102; an upright
governor, five years in office, returns
to England, 108; death of, 109.
Dalrymple, Sir John, pamphlet of, "Ad-
dress of Great Britain to the Inhabit-
ants of America" (1775), iv. 150;
specious promises of, 150, 151.
Dalrymple, Colonel, in command of
troops in Boston (1768), iii. 312, 369,
871; offers to obey the governor, and
removes troops, 376, 378.
Dalyell, Captain, relieves Detroit (1763),
iii. 47; defeated by the Indians and
killed, 47.

Dana, Francis, on committee of congress.

to visit Washington, v. 217; in Massa-
chusetts state convention to ratify
federal constitution, vi. 396.
Danbury, Connecticut, stores at, de-
stroyed by Tryon, v. 151.
Danby, Lord Treasurer (1673), i. 592.
Dane, Nathan, in Massachusetts legisla
ture, vi. 197; in congress, motion for
government of western states, 278;
share in preparing ordinance of 1787,
281, 285, 28, 290; opposes the new
constitution, 371; conduct not ap-
proved in Massachusetts, 396.
Danforth, Thomas, report on natural
and chartered rights, i. 369.
Daniel, Robert, deputy governor of
North Carolina, ii. 14.

Daniel, S., poet laureate, quoted, on
diffusion of English literature, i. 79.
Dare, Virginia, name of first child of
English parentage born in the United
States, i. 76; fate of, 77, 78.
Darien, Georgia, Scotch settlement in,
ii. 290.

Dartmouth college, New Hampshire, iv.

148.

Dartmouth, carl of (William Legge),
head of the board of trade, iii. 132;
secretary for the colonies, 416; vio-
lent against the Americans, iv. 114,
115; rejects Chatham's plan, 116;
sends orders to General Gage, 150;
on Gage's attempt at Concord, 185;
sends word to Howe that Russian
mercenaries are coming, 277; favors
coercing the Americans, 329.
Daston, Sarah, tried for witchcraft, ii.
66.
Davenant, Charles, advocates Penn's

plan of union of American colonics,
ii. 75.
Davenant, Sir William, appointed by
Charles II. governor of Maryland, i.

170.

Davenport, John, founds New Haven,
Connecticut, i. 271; views of, 360.
Davidson, of North Carolina, general,
with Morgan, v. 480; killed at Mac-
gowan's ford, 486.

Davie, W. R., of North Carolina, in the

federal convention, vi. 252, 266; in
state convention on the federal con-
stitution, 461.

Davis, Isaac, captain of the Acton min-
ute-men, iv. 158, 159; bravery of,
160, 161; killed, 161; his wife, 159,
161.

Davis, John, voyages of, i. 71.
Davis, Nicholas, driven out of Massachu-
setts, i. 314.

Dawes, Thomas, of Boston, speech in

state convention on the federal con-
stitution, vi. 399, 400.
Dawes, William, at Lexington, iv. 153.
Daye, Stephen, printed first book in
America north of Mexico, i. 280.
Dayton, Colonel E., at Elizabethtown,
New Jersey, v. 424.

Dayton, Jonathan, of New Jersey, in the
federal convention, vi. 333.

Dean, James, among Indians in Canada,
iv. 148; visits the Six Nations,
875.

Deane, Silas, goes to France, v. 17; in-
terview with Vergennes, 17, 18; deal-
ings with Bancroft, 18; one of the
commissioners to France, 50; pre-

sented to the king and queen, 250.
Dearborn, Henry, of New Hampshire,
activity of, iv. 169; with General

Gates, v. 188, 189.

De Berdt, Dennys, agent to England, iii.
235; the son of, v. 7.

De Callières, in Canada, ii. 179, 186.
Declaration of independence, committee

to prepare, iv. 425; principles, as set
forth, July 4, 1776, 446; King George
striven to govern colonies absolutely,
447; parliament enacted unconstitu-
tional laws, 448; the king waged war
against the colonies, 449; British
people appealed to in vain, 449; the
colonies free and independent states,
450; principles of the declaration ad-
dressed to all nations, 450; relation
to other forms of government, 451;
why America established a people and
government, 452; the declaration not
signed on July 4, 452; why this day
is the great anniversary, 4:2; pro-
claimed in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, v. 8, 4; in New York, 4; in
Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland,

Delaplace, surrenders Ticonderoga to E
Allen, iv. 183.

death of, 109.

De Lauzun, Duke, carries to France news
Delaware, Lord, governor of Virginia, L
of victory at Yorktown, v. 523.
101, 102; returns to England, 102;
Delaware, the Dutch purchase lands in
(1630), i. 498; De Vries plants, 499;
Swedes colonize, 502; contention of
Swedes and Dutch, 509, 510; William
Penn obtains, 556, 563; government
established, ii. 24, 25; set off by it
self, 30; condition of (1754), 397,
998; favors a congress, iii. 147; adopts
Virginia course and resolves, 848;
contributes to help Boston, iv. 28, 29;
movements in, 108; assembly meets,
its action, 143; firm for defence, 252;
follows lead of Pennsylvania, after the
king's proclamation, 273;

instructs

its delegates as to independence, 428;
abolishes slavery, v. 411; bow Wash-
ington's advice was received and acted
on (1783), vi. 91; laws as to paper
money, 172; limited power
gates to the federal convention, 277;
legislature calls state convention,
which ratifies the constitution, 389,

390; good words to, from
ton, 470.

of dele-

Washing

signed by all the members of con-
gress, 15, 16.

Declaratory act of 1766, iii. 208, 209;
claims absolute power for parliament
to bind America, 209.

and are chastised, 454, 455;

threaten

and attack Fort Pitt, iii. 44, 47; make
iv. 86; take up the hatchet again
peace, 88; Dunmore makes peace with,

(1776), v. 62.

Deerfield, Massachusetts, burning of, i.
389; ii. 195, 196.

De Gourges, avenges massacre of the
French in Florida, i. 58, 59.

De Graffenried, ii. 203, 204.

De Grasse, Count, with French ships, v.
509; enters the Chesapeake, 516;
victorious over the British fleet, 517;

Acadia, i. 18, 19; explores the coast
of New England, 19.
Denmark, aspect of, toward

United

States, v. 227, 228; agrees to league
of neutral nations, 846; policy of,
851; asked to agree to Russia's dee
laration of rights, 856; overtres for
a treaty with the United States, vi. 56.

West Indies, 525; defeated by British
flect under Rodney, 540, 541.

De Guines, Count, French ambassador to

Canada, ii. 176; contest with the Iro
quois, and result, 176, 177; incapacity

of, 179.

Descartes, the philosopher, v. 257.
Des Moines river, Iowa, ii. 156.
De Soto, F., offers to conquer territory
for Charles V., i. 38; sails for Flori-
da, 39, 40; extravagant expectations
of, 40; enters Georgia, 41; thence
through Alabama and Mississippi to
Mississippi river, 44, 45; struggles of,
with the Indians, 44; enters Arkan-
sas and Missouri, 45, 46; cruelty to
the natives, 46; death and burial, 47;
failure of the expedition, 48, 49.
D'Estaing, Count, memoir on policy of
the French court, v. 242; arrives in
Philadelphia with French fleet, 284;
off Newport forces British to destroy
their ships, etc., 285; fleet wrecked
in violent storm, 285, 286; proposes
expedition, 319; in Georgia, 872;
attack on Savannah, 372, 373; sails
for France, 373, 374; urges sending
troops to the United States, 425, 426.
D'Estouches, French admiral, v. 505,
506.

Detroit, the French in possession of, ii.
186; besieged by the Fox Indians,
203; situation of (1763), iii. 42; be-
sieged, 43; relieved, 47; siege con-
tinued, 47; population of (1768), 820;
Hamilton in, v. 310, 311.
De Vaca, Cabeza, discovers the Missis-
sippi river, i. 29; expedition of, across
the continent to the Pacific Ocean, 30,

81.

De Vaudreuil. Sce Vaudreuil.

De Vries, visits Virginia (1632), i. 137;
plants colony on the Delaware, 499;
fate of, 500; negotiates peace with
the Indians, 505, 506.

Dew, Thomas, plan for exploring in
Carolina, i. 410.

Diaz, Martin, explorations and adven-
tures of, ii. 32, 33.
D'Iberville. See Iberville.
Dickinson, John, opposes change of
Pennsylvania to a royal government,
iii. 91; author of "Farmer's Let-
ters," 264, 265; sentiments of, 282;
character and views (1774), iv. 11,
12; wishes for delay, 12; timid, 32,
38; elected to congress, 70; drafts
petition to the king, 75, 76; address
to the people of Quebec, 81, 82; sus-
tains the cause of Massachusetts
(1775), 199; author of paper giving
reasons for taking up arms, 236; also
of second petition to the king, 238;

course of, 251, 252; head of commit-
tee of safety, with bills of credit, 252;
blamed by John Adams, 261; in leg-
islature of Pennsylvania, opposes in-
dependence, 273; argument in New
Jersey assembly, 310; urges waiting,
339, 340; position in regard to a con-
vention or "national council," 421;
still holds out against independence,
423; in congress, replies to speech of
John Adams, and urges delay of dec-
laration of independence, 437-439;
plan for confederation, v. 10, 11;
less efficient than Franklin's, 11; hesi-
tates to go to congress, 84; president
of Pennsylvania, vi. 91; on Wash-
ington's letter, 91; in the federal con-
vention, 221, 222, 223, 225, 226, 231;
on the slave-trade, 820; on tenure of
office of the judges, 349, 350.
Dickinson, General Philemon, near Som-

erset Court-House, New Jersey, v. 108.
Dieskau, with French troops, in Quebec,

ii. 420; expedition of, against John-
son, 436; death in battle, 437.
Diggs, Edward, governor of Virginia, i.

148.

Dinwiddie, governor of Virginia, urges
raising revenue by tax, ii. 873, 374;
sends Washington as envoy to the
French on the Ohio (1753), 378; on
colonial assemblies, 411, 412; praises
board of trade, 413; urges a tax, 443.
Dixon. See Mason.

Dixwell, John. See Regicides.
Dobbs, Arthur, royal governor of North
Carolina, ii. 393.

Dongan, Thomas, governor of New
York, i. 582; calls general assembly
of freeholders, 582; favors the Five
Nations, 583.

Donop, Hessian colonel, iv. 355; in New
York, v. 31, 32; on the Delaware, 89,
90; advice to Rall, 90, 94; flight of,
101, 102; with Howe in Pennsylva
nia, 180; assault on Red Bank, New
Jersey, 196; death of, 197.
Dorchester, Massachusetts, celebration
in (1769), iii. 359, 360.
Douglas, William, proposes stamp duty,
ii. 353.

Dover, one of the oldest towns in New
Hampshire, i. 217.

Dowdeswell, chancellor of the exchequer,
iii. 194, 195; on the Boston port bill,
472.

Drake, Sir Francis, in California and
Oregon, i. 66; plunders the Spaniards
in the Pacific, and sails round the
world, 66.

Drayton, William Henry, chief justice