The volumes covered by this index are as follows:-
1, 2, 3. THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.
4, 5. OLD VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBOURS.
6. THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENGLAND.
7, 8. THE DUTCH AND QUAKER COLONIES IN AMERICA
9. NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND.
IO, II. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
12. THE CRITICAL PERIOD OF AMERICAN HISTORY,
TO THE HISTORICAL WRITINGS
For capes, forts, lakes, and treaties, see these words. For surnames be
ginning with the preposition da, de, d', or van, see the name following the
prefix. For maps and their makers, see under Geography. For minor
titles, omitted from the General Index, see the separate indexes.
ABBOT, GEORGE, Archbishop of
Canterbury, interest in Virginia,
4. 80.
Abbott, C. C., palæolithic discov-
eries, I. 9, II n.
Abenaki Indians. See Norridgewock.
Abercrombie, James, arrives with
Loudoun, 9. 306; expedition
against Ticonderoga, 317-325.
Aborigines in America, 1. 5-15; and
the Indians, 17, 18 n.
Acadia, annexed to Massachusetts, 6.
344; Monts's colony, 8. 395, 9.
50-58; meaning of the word,
50; Monts sells, 76; restored to
France, 92, 97; Alexander's
grant, 93; contest between La
Tour and D'Aunay, 93-96;
conquest by New England, 96;
Temple's grant, 96; passes finally
to England, 234; extent, 234,
249. See also Port Royal.
Adam of Bremen, his Historia Eccle-
siastica and Vinland, I. 240-244;
Columbus's knowledge of his work,
2. 60-62.
Adams, John, defends the soldiers in
Boston Massacre trial, 10. 86; on
destruction of the tea, 108; dele-
gate to Congress, 124, 155; sug-
gests Washington as commander-
in-chief, 159; chief justice of
Massachusetts, 185; resolution for
formation of state governments,
214; advocates independence,
224; on committee to draft De-
claration of Independence, 227;
on fall of Ticonderoga, 310; dis-
trusts the army, II. 37; criticises
Washington's military policy, 42;
on conduct of the British and
American armies, 137 n. ; peace
envoy, 12. 26; dislikes the
French, 26; and the separate ne-
gotiation, 27; credit for the nego-
tiation, 41; Minister to Great
Britain, 164; threatens trade re-
prisals, 166-168; begs money for
Congress, 185-187; and the
Tripolitan envoy, 191; vice-pre-
sident, 417.
Adams, Samuel, on the stamp duty,
10. 19; Stamp Act declaration,
26; on taxation and representation,
55; decides for independence, 63,
67; Vindex letters, 70; attempts
to arrest for treason, 70, 140-
143; in Boston Massacre episode,
81; inaugurates committees of
correspondence, 92, 93; connec-
tion with Boston Tea Party, 100-
107;
circular letter on the Port
Bill, 121; manœuvres election of
delegates to Congress, 123; at-
tempt to corrupt, 140; joy at
outbreak of war, 145; exempted
from offer of amnesty, 161; urges
independence, 186; answers Qua-
kers' objections to the Revolution,
219; on the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 229, 11. 251; relation
to the Conway Cabal, 40-42 ;
and the half-pay measures, 12.
135; opposes pardon of Shays in-
surgents, 218; attitude towards
the Constitution, 381, 391-393,
396; loss of public favour, 415-
417.
Adirondacks, Algonquin Indians, I.
52, 9. 43, 63.
I; and Leisler, 223, 227, 420;
in 1765, 317–320.
Albany Congress, plan of union, 5.
446, 9. 280, 10. 9-13; purpose, 9.
279, 10. 8; attendance, 9. 279.
Albemarle, Duke of. See Monk.
Albemarle colony. See North Car
Albigenses, crusade against, 6. 46,
7. 44, 8. 394; survivals, 7-
47.
Alcántara, Martinez de, half brother
of Pizarro, in Peru, 3. 212, 236.
Alexander VI., pope, donation to
Spain, 2. 141; bull of demarca-
tion, 142-148.
Alexander (Wamsutta), Wampa-
noag chief, death, 267.
Zenger's counsel, 291, 292.
Alexander, Sir William, grant of
Nova Scotia, 9. 93.
Alexander, William, called Lord
Stirling, at battle of Long Island,
10. 243; taken prisoner, 244;
exchanged, 254.
Adobe brick, criterion of barbarism,
1. 36; use in pueblos, 98-100.
Africa, ancient theories on circum-Alexander, James, Jacobite, 8. 290 n.;
navigability, I. 340-342; ancient
voyages along coast, 342-348;
Mela's map, 349; Portuguese
voyages on western coast, 371-
375; circumnavigated, 381; ori-
gin of name, 2. 369 n.; Dieppe
traders on western coast, 9. 2.
Agriculture, and horticulture, I.
57; Peruvian, 3. 113–116, 122,
169; in Virginia, 4. 270-272,
5. 2, 203-205; in New Eng-
land, 36; in Maryland, 313; in
North Carolina, 366; in South
Carolina, 380, 381; in the Neth-
erlands, 7. 15; in New Nether-
land, 188, 197, 198. See also
Manors, Tobacco.
Aguado, Juan, royal agent to Hayti,
2. 174, 307; credentials, 308 n.
Ailly, Pierre d', Imago Mundi, 2. 46;
at Saint Dié, 361.
Alaminos, Antonio de, Spanish pi-
lot, in Córdova's expedition, 3.
31.
Albany, N. Y., French fur-traders'
blockhouse on site, 7. 79, 92;
Fort Nassau built, 123; first set-
tlement, 135; pre-Revolutionary
importance, 241, 8. 66; called
Alfragan, Arabian astronomer, influ-
ence on Columbus, 2. 51 n.
Algonquins, Indian group, culture
status, I. 35, 52, 57; location
and tribes, 51, 4. 341, 5. 67, 6.
147, 7. 205, 9. 42-44; reduced
by Iroquois, 1. 56; friendship ne-
cessary to the French, 9. 63, 64.
See also Indians.
Allefonsce, Jean or Jehan, Rober-
val's lieutenant, voyage on North
American coast, 3. 325. 7. 79,
89, 9. 27; purpose, 24, 28; mis-
taken ideas of voyage, 25; narra-
tive, 26; death, 32.
Allegiance in the Revolution, Lord
Howe's proclamations, 10. 267,
365; Washington's counter-pro-
clamation, 276; in occupied terri-
tory, 11. 138 n., 202; British
proclamations in the South, 202,
217, 218.
Beverwyck, 7. 243; named, 8. | Allen, Ethan, Oracles of Reason, 10.
153; captures and commands Ti-
conderoga, 153, 154.
Alliacus, Petrus. See Ailly.
Allouez, Claude, Jesuit missionary,
explores Lake Superior, 9. 101;
hears of the Mississippi, 106; ora-
tion to the Indians, 108.
Almagro, Diego, partnership for ex-
pedition to Peru, 3. 206; char-
acter, 206; in first expeditions,
207-209; dislike of Pizarro's
brothers, 212; in Peru, 220,
226-230; executed, 230; sup-
porters kill Pizarro, 235.
Almagro the lad, proclaimed gover-
nor of Peru, 3. 236; defeat and
execution, 237.
Altona, Dutch province in Delaware,
5. 162.
Alvarado, Pedro de, called Tonatiuh
by the Aztecs, 3. 28 n. ; in Gri-
jalva's expedition, 34; grudge
against Grijalva, 36; precipitates
conflict with Aztecs, 78-81; in
Peru, 225; and Las Casas, 299.
Amazon River, Pinzon's discovery,
2. 322; Orellana's voyage, 3.
233; origin of name, 234 n.
Amazonian Indians, 3. 95.
America, antiquity of man in, I. 5-
15; former connection with Old
World, 17; peopled from Old
World, 17, 24; as a field of
archæological study, 43-45, 67,
170; discovery from Greenland
inevitable, 204; unrecorded pre-
Columbian voyages, 291; bar-
renness of pre-Columbian voyages,
292-296; great step toward dis-
covery, 321; prophecies of dis-
covery, 2. 36 n., 43, 44; discov-
ery an evolution, 133, 398, 3.
386-388; relation of Columbus
and Cabral to discovery, 2. 325;
naming, 359, 366, 369, 371-398;
realization of a western hemi-
sphere, 385, 413, 418, 450, 3.
327; progress of discovery, 29;
discovery as a unique event, 387;
earliest English reference to na:ne,
4. 15; considered the Devil's do-
main, 9. 144. See also Geogra-
phy, Indians, North America,
South America, Vinland, Voyages.
Americans, self-restraint, 12. 278.
Amherst, Sir Jeffry, English com-
mander-in-chief in America, 9.
317; expedition against Louis-
burg, 329-332; plan of campaign
for 1759, 344; advance on Ti-
conderoga, 347; fails to support
Wolfe, 348; captures Montreal,
359.
Amidas, Philip, reconnoitring voy-
age with Barlow, 4. 37.
Amnesty, Gage's offer, 10. 161.
See also Allegiance, Conciliation.
Anáhuac, no empire, 3. 5 n.
Andagoya, Pascual de, voyage toward
Peru, 3. 206.
Andastes, Susquehannocks, 9. 48.
André, John, corresponds with Ar-
nold, 11. 257; meeting with Ar-
nold, 261-266 arrest and execu-
tion, 267, 273-281.
Andringa, Joris, Dutch governor of
New York, 8. 38.
Andros, Sir Edmund, governor of
Virginia, 5. 137; quarrel with
Blair, 138; removed, 139; gov-
ernor of Jersey, 139; character,
6. 334, 8. 43, 48, 112, 165;
viceroy in America, 6. 334, 8.
205; tyranny, 6. 336-339, 8.
206, 9. 202; overthrown, 6.
340, 8. 208; early life, 44;
arrival in New York as governor,
45; and the oath of allegiance,
46-48; and the demand for re-
presentation, 49-51; interest in
New York city, 51-53; and
New England in 1675, 53-58,
67, 70, 71; conference with the
Iroquois, 62-65, 9. 103; estab-
lishes board of Indian commission-
ers, 8. 66; and King Philip's
War, 67-71; knighted, 71; and
the New Jersey settlements,
109-111, 163-165; complaints
against, 195.
Anian, mythical strait, 3. 383 n.
Animals, pleistocene, 1. 15; domes-
tic, as criterion of barbarism, 32;
domestic, introduced by Europe-
ans, 32, 253, 2. 151, 154; no
domestic, left in Vinland, 1, 252-
255; domestic, in Peru, 3. 113;
influence of cattle on social devel-
opment, 117-120; etymological
influence of cattle, 120 n.; in
Virginia, 5. 2.
Annapolis, Md., founded, 4. 366;
the seat of government, 5. 140,
188.
Annapolis, N. S. See Port Royal.
Annapolis Convention, 12. 255-
Anne Arundel town. See Annapo-
lis, Md.
35; social basis of Indian, 77.
See also Houses.
Arctic explorations, 7. 63-65, 96,
See also Northwest
100, 107.
passage.
Argall, Samuel, arrives in Virginia,
4. 168; brings supplies, 190;
seizes Pocahontas, 198; attacks
the French at Mount Desert, 201,
9. 77-79; destroys Port Royal,
4. 201, 9. 79; at Manhattan, 4.
201, 7. 119; deputy-governor,
4. 204; charges against, 215;
removed, 218; knighted, 218;
royal commissioner to investigate
Virginia, 254; seeks to become
governor, 283.
Ari Thorgilsson (Fródhi), first Ice-
landic historian, works, 1. 236;
mentions Vinland, 237-239.
Arickarees, Indian group, I. 50.
Antarctic explorations, 2. 331, 7. Aristotle, on earth's shape and west-
Antilia, fabulous island, 2. 50.
Antilles, first appearance of name, 2.
236.
Antinomian episode in Massachusetts,
6. 142-145, 8. 118; and the
Great Awakening, 9. 228.
Antipodes, Cosmas on, I. 307;
Mela on, 353; and Ceylon, 354.
See also New World.
Apache Indians, I. 47.
Appleton, Samuel, in attack on Nar-
ragansett stronghold, 6. 283.
Aquedneck, R. I., settlements, 6.
Aranda, Count, Spanish envoy, pro-
phecy on America, 12. 22.
Araucanians, 3. 96, 232.
Archæology, importance of Ameri-
can, I. 43-45, 170. See also
Aborigines, Indians.
Archdale, John, Quaker governor of
Carolina, 5. 340.
Archer, Gabriel, enmity to Captain
John Smith, 4. 146; return to
Virginia, 178.
Architecture, relation to culture, I.
ern route to Indies, 2. 41.
Arlington, Earl of, grant of Virginia,
5. 62.
Armada, Spanish, effect of destruc-
tion, 3. 394, 395, 4. 46, 5.
440, 6. 72; defeat, 4. 42-44.
Armed Neutrality. See Neutrality.
Armstrong, John, at Brandywine,
10. 367, 370; at Germantown,
374.
Armstrong, Major John, Newburgh
address, 12. 129.
Army, American, in the Revolution:
efficiency of minute men, 10. 148;
Congress adopts, 156; Washing-
ton commands, 157, 173; con-
dition before Boston, 160, 173,
181-183; personnel of the com-
mand, 174-181; hardships in in-
vasion of Canada, 195; condition
in New York campaign, 223,
239; winter quarters in New Jer-
sey, 275; foreign volunteers, 283;
unorganized condition, 283-286,
II. 31; state jealousy in, 10.
286; reorganization of state troops,
288; United States troops, 289;
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