on, 282; meetings, 285; con- trols taxation, 287; Cavalier senti- ment in, 366; assumes supreme power temporarily, 5. 23; Long Assembly, 66, 77; Bacon's Laws, 81-83; separate chamber, 82 n. ; and Bacon, 88; refuses to yield journals, 128; its clerk becomes a royal appointee, 133; in Mary- land, temporary assumption of supreme power, 156-158; strug- gle for rights, 175-180; in Vir- ginia, conflicts with the governors, 354, 433-439, 442-445, 9. 272, 277; pre-Revolutionary resolves, IO. 23, 75.
House of Commons, supremacy, 12. 345, 350. See also Parliament. Houses, Indian, 1. 78-80, 93-96,
8. 93-96; pueblos, 1. 99-106; Maya, 153-158; Aztec, 3. 55; Peruvian, 102-111, 167-169; early, in Virginia, 4. 249, 269; Virginia plantation, 5. 258-266; New York manor, 8. 312-315; New York Dutch country, 320- 326.
Howard, Lord, of Effingham, gov- ernor of Virginia, character, 5. 132; absentee, 134; removed, 137.
Howe, George, Viscount, ancestry,
9. 317; military insight, 319; death, 320; effect of his death, 320, 325; monument, 321. Howe, Richard, Lord, intercepts French troops, 9. 282; ancestry, 317; commands fleet in America, 10. 133; to offer conciliation, 134; negotiations for conciliation, 236-239, 248-250; allegiance proclamations, 267, 365; and Charles Lee, 352-354; storm prevents fight with Estaing, II. 93. See also Howe (William). Howe, Robert, American general,
commands in the South, II. 201; defeated by Campbell, 202. Howe, Sir William, ancestry, 9.
317; at Quebec, 355; to super sede Gates, 10. 132; why ap- pointed, 133; at Bunker Hill, 165, 167; in command, 181; evacuates Boston, 201; before New York City, 223; plans for New York campaign, 235, 239, 252; plan for battle of Long Is- land, 243; before Brooklyn Heights, 246-248; captures New York City, 250-252; baffled at White Plains, 254; threatens New Jersey and Philadelphia, 255; captures Forts Washington and Lee, 257-261; honours, 267; part assigned in Burgoyne's cam- paign, 307; why not carried out, 312-314, 350, 357; Lee's ad- vice, 352-355, 357; plans to cross New Jersey foiled, 358; abandons Burgoyne, 361; sails for Philadelphia, 362; poor general- ship, 363; campaign against Phil- adelphia, 364-372; clears the Delaware, 379; resigns, 11. 66; Mischianza in his honor, 67. See also Howe (Richard). Huancas, Peruvian tribe, 3. 125. Huascar, Inca, defeated and deposed, 3. 129, 213; murdered, 221. Hubbardton, Va., battle, 10. 316. Hudson, Henry, Arctic voyages, 3.
379, 380, 7. 96, 99, 101, 107; explores Hudson River, 3. 379, 7. 103-106; death, 3. 380, 7. 108; seeks a passage to Verrazano Sea, 4. 72, 7. 100; ancestry and early life, 95-97; in Dutch ser- vice, 97; services desired by France, 98; on coast of New England, 102; enters Delaware River, 103; detained in England, 107; fame, 109. Hudson Bay Company, origin, 3.
372; French interference, 373. Hudson River, seen by Gomez, 3. 322, 7. 79; Hudson explores, 3. 379, 7. 103-106; Verrazano en- ters, 7. 74, 82, 9. 10, 28; French
traders on, 7. 79, 9. 28; and No- | Hutchinson, Edward, slain by In-
rumbega, 7. 82, 87-89; early cartography, 88, 9. 27; Alle- fonsce ascends, 7. 89, 9. 27. Huguenots, attempted colony in Bra- zil, 3. 342; attempted colony in Florida, 342-354; in Virginia, 5. 238; in South Carolina, 376; rise and fall of the movement, 6. 54, 122, 8. 393-396, 398, 399; kept out of Canada, 6. 97, 7. 150, 9. 90; in Massachusetts, 6. 171, 8. 401; migration, 7. 149, 8. 399; in New York, 396, 397, 402-405; effect of emigra- tion on France, 400. Human sacrifice, and middle period
of barbarism, 1. 136, 138 n.; in Mexican tribes, 137, 3. 33, 34, 66-68; among the Chibchas, 93; suppressed by the Incas, 148- 150, 150 n., 157. Humboldt, Alexander von, author-
ity on Columbus, 2. 9 n. ; refutes charges against Vespucius, 263, 397. Hundred, basis of early representation in Virginia, 4. 219, 267. Hunt, Robert, first clergyman of English America, 4. 109. Hunter, Robert, governor of New
York, character, 8. 282; and the assembly, 283, 284; on his expe- riences as governor, 285. Hunter, William, Maryland priest, reprimanded, 5. 192. Huron Indians, kin to the Iroquois,
1. 52, 57, 9. 47; annihilated by Iroquois, I. 55, 9. 49, 101; site, 48; friendship necessary to the French, 63, 64; and Champlain attack the Iroquois, 64-70, 86- remnant in Ohio valley,
263. Hurtado. See Mendoza. Hutchinson, Anne, Antinomian cru-
sade, 6. 143; exiled, 145; settles at Portsmouth, R. I., 146; later life, 146, 7. 211, 216.
Hutchinson, Thomas, ancestry, 6. 146; chief justice of Massachu- setts, grants writs of assistance, 10. 15; house sacked, 27; governor, 73; History of Massachusetts Bay, 73; hated and misrepresented, 73- 75; conduct in Boston Massacre episode, 80-82; on Boston's com- mittee of correspondence, 94; depreciates courage of Americans, 119; on Samuel Adams, 140; a patriot, II. 353.
Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon, a proprietor of Carolina, 5. 317. Hyde, Edward, governor of North Carolina, and Carey, 5. 345; death, 355.
Iberville, Le Moyne d', leads attack on Schenectady, 8. 225. Iceland, settled, 1. 177; and Mas- sachusetts, 177, 178 n.; growth and literature, 178; present con- dition, 179 n.; effect of trade monopoly, 260; not reached by Black Death, 261 n.; Columbus in, 2. 59.
Illinois Indians, I. 51, 9. 100, 129, 263.
Imago Mundi, influence on Colum-
bus, 2. 46, 53 n.-55 n. Impressment, in Boston, 10. 59-
61; ordered by Parliament, 206. Imprisonment for debt in America, 12. 205.
Incas, Peruvian tribe, 3. 123; be- come ruling caste, 124, 139, 167. See also Peruvians. Incas, Peruvian rulers, list, 3. 100 n.;
origin of title, 124; power, 141- 144, 155; vice-deity, 144, 154; and the vestal nuns, 153; chil- dren, 153, 155; wife, 154. See also Peru. Independence, Samuel Adams de- cides for, 10. 63, 67; growth of desire for, 64-67, 155, 186,
203-205; legendary Mecklen- burg County Resolves, 150-152; steps toward, 185, 192, 213; opposition, 186; colonies instruct for, 209, 212, 213, 217, 218, 220, 221; Lee's resolution, 215; debate, 216, 224–226; vote, 226; declaration, 227, 229; consider- ations on declaration, 229-231; recognition of, a condition of peace, 250, II. II, 27; English ministry favourable to recognition, 348; necessary to union, 354; question of English acknowledg- ment, 12. 10, 16, 25, 29. India Bill, Fox's, 12. 54. Indian corn, importance, I. 33, 4. 184, 5. 3; productive power, I. 121 n.; mentioned in Vinland saga, 209-211. Indians, anthropology and archæ- ology: type, I. I, 218; differenti- ation, 2, 25, 28 n.; origin, 2-4, 17, 23, 169; no intercourse with Asia, 24; not Eskimos, 25; only one race, 25-28; culture status, 32, 35-37, 39-41, 97, 3. 92- 94; languages, I. 45, 6. 257; groups and their location, I. 45- 57, 98, 3. 95, 96, 5. 348-350, 6. 147, 9. 42-45, 63, 99, 106, 263; cruelty, I. 58; morality, 61; hospitality, 81, 7. 106; mound builders, I. 161-168; stage of development at time of discovery, 169; mental character- istics, 4. 152, 9. 22, 66, 269.
Economic and social life: can- nibalism, 1. 59, 2. 154, 328, 413, 3. 62 n., 148, 8. 249 n.; religion, 1. 61, 103, 9. 67; folk- lore, I. 61, 62 n.; social basis, 67, 76, 91, 102; marriage, 76, 81; communism, 77-81, 93, 122; houses, 78–80, 93–96, 99– 106, 8. 93-96; position of women, I. 81, 83; structure and rights of clan, 82; funeral cus- toms, 83, 123, 3. 93, 151;
origin and structure of phratry, I. 84; structure of tribe, 85; con- federation, 86-91, 4. 110,7. 205, 9. 46; common social structure, 93; warfare, 219–222, 6. 291- 293, 9. 68-70, 283; dance, 4. 134; adoption, 128-130; pesti- lence, 6. 101, 9. 54. See also Aztecs, Mayas, Peruvians.
Intertribal relations: primacy of the Iroquois, I. 55-57, 5. 67, 6. 148, 261, 7. 141, 213, 332, 8. 193, 200, 9. 47-49, 101, 263; perpetual war, I. 58; in North Carolina, 5. 350; in New England, 6. 205-209, 263, 7. 172, 174; Algonquins dis- place Iroquois in Canada, 42-44.
Relations with the whites: fear unknown animals, I. 193, 216, 3. 40, 217 n.; and Northmen, 1. 193, 215; and Columbus, 2. 114, 160; taken to Europe, 128, 4. 66, 6. 91, 7. 68, 8. 282, 9. 14, 22; origin of name, 2. 128; attack Spanish in Hispaniola, 173; Ovando's treatment, 3. 257-259; Powhatans and Virginia, 4. 110- 112, 118-121, 133, 140, 153- 166, 198-200, 269; massacres in Virginia, 223, 357; receding frontier, 264; plans to educate, 274, 288, 5. 144, 6. 255; in Maryland, 4. 321, 341; war preceding Bacon's Rebellion, 5. 67-76, 83-86, 88, 95; Tusca- rora War in North Carolina, 347- 355; trouble in South Carolina, 356-358; and the Pilgrims, 6. 101-104; Roger Williams on rights, 140; Pequot War, 156- 163, 7. 175, 178; treatment in New England, 6. 205, 253-255, 260, 263–267; missionary work, 255-260, 265, 279, 300, 8. 60, 286, 9. 86, 89, 92, 103, 235, 262; why peaceful in Pennsylva- nia, 6. 261, 8. 191-194; King Philip's War, 6. 267-303, 8.
55-58, 67-71; French policy, | Ingle, Richard, invasion of Maryland,
7. 112, 8. 60, 9. 62-64, 70, 71, 105, 239; sale of firearms, 7. 124, 206, 247, 8. 67; colo- nial land purchases, 7. 140, 157, 8. 187-191, 9. 238; war with Delawares in New Netherland, 7. 205-218, 226, 314-318; New York commissioners, 8. 66; Penn's treaty, 184; massacre at Schenectady, 224-227; and Fron- tenac, 229, 9. 116; and Cartier, 15-22; both French and English incite Indian raids, 239-241; de- struction of Norridgewock, 243; bounty for Indian scalps, 245; Lovewell's fight, 245-248; de- cline of French influence, 261- 267; as French allies in French and Indian War, 288, 298, 301, 308, 310, 313-315, 338, 346; as English allies, 297, 300, 341; convention at Easton, 340; rela- tions proposed in Albany Plan, 10. 9; in Burgoyne's campaign, 314, 322-328; both sides employ in the Revolution, II. 100, 124, 137 n.; Lord Dunmore's War, 117-122. See also Fur-trade, Iro- quois, Mexico, Mexico City, Peru, Slavery (Indian).
Indies, book of Cosmas Indicopleus- tes on, I. 307, 309; Polo de- scribes, 328; Friar Odoric's visit, 332; Columbus's plan to sail westward to, takes shape, 2. 24; interest in westward route, 24-26; Toscanelli on westward route, 28- 33; origin of westward route, 35- 37, 41-43, 47, 72; general be- lief that Columbus had reached, 129; Spanish department, 148- 150; Gama's voyage, 191; Por- tuguese control, 416-418, 7. 55; Dutch control, 3. 395, 7. 57- 60, 117; English in, 61. See also North America. Indigo, cultivation in South Caro- lina, 5. 380-382.
Ingoldsby, Richard, lieutenant-gov- ernor of New York, 8. 230, 281; arrival, 234; Leisler defies, 235. Ingram, David, wanderings in America, 1. 288, 4. 23. Inns, southern, 5. 255; New York, 8. 331. Intendant of Canada, duties, 9. 102. Intercourse, plans to improve, be-
tween East and West, 12. 251- 255. See also Trade, Travel. International law, former loose ideas, 4. 26, 5. 401. See also Neutral- ity.
Iowas, Dakota Indians, I. 48. Ipswich, Mass., protests against Andros's tyranny, 6. 338. Irish, legendary voyage to America, 1. 172; in Iceland, 172. Iroquois (Five Nations, Six Nations),
Huron-Iroquois Indians, I. 53; location and its importance, 54, 8. 244, 9. 18, 42-46; tribes, I. 54, 5. 355, 8. 288 n., 9. 45- 47; confederation, 1. 54, 86- 92, 118 n., 135, 9. 46; prow- ess and conquests, I. 55, 133 n., 5. 67, 6. 148, 261, 7. 141, 213, 332, 8. 193, 200, 9. 47-49, 101, 263; number, 1. 87 n., conversion, 88 n., 8. 60, 286, 9. 262; "long house," 1. 78- 80; relations with the French, Dutch, and English, 3. 361, 6. 162, 262, 7. 123, 141, 8. 60, 66, 200-202, 248, 281, 9. 70, 71, 103, 262; importance in Ameri- can history, 7. 111, 8. 61; ob- tain firearms, 7. 124, 206, 8. 67; Courcelle's invasion, 58, 9. 102; conference with Andros, 8. 62-65; defeat King Philip, 70; conference with New Eng- land envoys, 70; raid in Canada in 1689, 204; Frontenac's inva- sion, 230; chiefs in England, 282; and Burnet's fur-trade re-
forms, 288 ; first fight with Frenchmen, 9. 68-70; second defeat by the French, 80; Cham- plain attacks a village, 86-88; and the Albany Congress, 279; with Johnson s army, 297; atti- tude in French and Indian War, 340; attitude in the Revolution, 10. 193, 335, 11. 104, 113; with St. Leger's expedition, 10. 335, 338-340, 346; at Wyo- ming massacre, II. 107-109; at Cherry Valley massacre, 109; Sullivan's expedition against, 110- 113; Mohawk Valley raids, 113. Irrigation, criterion of social status in America, I. 36; use by Pueblo Indians, 98; by Peruvians, 3. 115, 122. Irving, Washington, authority on Columbus, 2. 9 n.; satire on Twiller, 7. 166; reception of his Knickerbocker, 186.
Isabella, queen of Castile, absorbed
231, 236-239, 251-258; Gon domar's influence, 229–231, 233; and Parliament, 230, 244, 257; and Raleigh, 232-235; death, 279; hatred of Presbyterianism, 6. 82, 84; statecraft, 83, 118; consents to Pilgrim migration, 97; Dæmonologie, 9. 142. James II. of England, flight, 5. 185, 6. 339, 8. 208; unites the northern colonies, 205; friend- ship for Penn, 343-345; Penn's trust, 347, 351; and the seven bishops, 349-351. See also York. James, Thomas, Puritan minister in Virginia, 4. 355, 356. James City County, origin of its name, 5. 45 n.
Jamestown, Va., founded,
unhealthful, 178, 5. 141; churches, 189, 285; legislature meets at, 219, 285; size in 1676, 5. 75; Berkeley occupies, 101; Bacon captures and burns, 101- 103; rebuilt, 140; again de- stroyed and present condition, 140; attempt to force growth, 246. See also Virginia.
Jan Mayen Island, Arctic Ocean, possible visit of Columbus, 2. 59.
in Moorish war, 2. 79, 88; and Columbus's plan, 90, 95-97, 99, 100; pledging of her jewels, 102 n.; reception of Columbus after first voyage, 127; not given credit for the discovery, 139 n.; edicts of 1495 and 1497, 178, 308-311; dissatisfaction with Co-Japan, Marco Polo describes, I. lumbus, 190, 192, 307; recep- tion of Columbus returning in chains, 196; responsibility for Bobadilla, 196; death, 208; and Indian slavery, 3. 255, 261, 264. Isabella, Hispaniola, founded, 2.
Jackson, Andrew, at Hanging Rock,
Jamaica, discovery, 2. 160; Colum-
bus shipwrecked, 207, 208; and the pirates, 5. 415, 416. James I. of England, accession, 4. 64; charters Virginia companies, 71; Counterblast to Tobacco, 206; and the London Company, 227,
328, 335; Toscanelli on, 2. 32; object of Columbus's first voyage, 104; search for, in the Bahamas, 116; and Hayti, 120. Japanese junks driven to America, I. 173.
Jaques, Christovão, voyage to South America, 2. 401.
Jay, John, Bristol merchant, pro- motes maritime expeditions, 2. 215.
Jay, John, Huguenot ancestry, 8. 404; peace envoy, suspects and thwarts Vergennes, 12. 25; and the separate negotiations, 27; credit for the negotiations, 41; secretary for foreign affairs, and
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