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Narragansets.

1730, 1774, 1828.

In 1730, there were left in the colony of Rhode Island not more than 985 Forty-four years after, their number was 1482 Callender's Century Discourse, and Note on Gookin's Historical Collections of the Indians in New England, in Coll. Mass. Hist. Society, i. 210. "There seems here to be an increase. But it should be remembered, that in the year 1740, Attleborough Gore, and the towns of Bristol, Tiverton, and Little Compton, and a great part of Swanzey and Barrington,-which probably contained a large proportion of Indians in the colony,-had been taken from Massachusetts, and annexed to Rhode Island.”The present number is estimated at about 400. Letter from the Clerk of the Council of that tribe of Indians, dated " Charlestown [R. I.] August 26th, A. D. 1828." T. Ross, the aboriginal writer of the letter, says: "We find it is out of our power to give the correct number of our tribe at present, but have endeavoured to ascertain as near as we possibly could; and I find the number to be something like four hundred in this town and the adjacent towns.-As to our reservations of land, we have about three

thousand acres. . . . . Signed in behalf of the Naraganset tribe of Indians.

1813.

Tobias Ross, C. Clerk."

Indian tribes east of the Mississippi, and north of the Ohio to the Lakes. Wyandots, Chippewas, Ottaways, &c. in all, 19 tribes, 5204 warriors, 19,220 souls.

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Indians south of the Missouri and Platte rivers, and north of the Arkansas; or, between the Arkansaw and Missouri rivers:

10,152 warriors; 37,839 souls.

Indians north of the Missouri and Lakes, and west of the Mississippi, in the United States, including Louisiana:

4100 warriors; 15,900 souls.

Report of Messrs. John F. Schermerhorn and Samuel J. Mills, to The Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America, in 2 Coll. Mass. Hist. Society, ii. 1-45. In that Report the names of all the enumerated tribes

are given, and the number in each tribe. Mr. Mills wrote to the Secretary of the Society: "We could not ascertain satisfactorily, the situation of any tribe north of the Ohio, on account of the disturbances occasioned by the war." The commission to obtain information concerning the remote Indian tribes was given to him and his colleague missionary in 1812.

1825.

The number of Indians eastward of the Missssippi, according to a Report made by the Secretary of War, was about 80,000.. Memoirs of Hist. Society of Pennsylvania, i. 45.

For Indian Antiquities, and various notices of the Aborigines of America, see Arche ologia Americana, of the American Antiquarian Society.

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Historical View of Slavery in the United States, and Walsh's Appeal.

In 1787, the British exportation of slaves from Africa was 36,000, of whom 15,862 were retained for the service of the British plantations, and 20,138 were supplied to foreign settlements. The total number of the ships employed in the importation of Negroes from Africa to the West Indies, in 1787, was 85, their total burden, 12,183 tons. The total white population of the West India Islands, in 1787, was 49,762 souls; the total negro population, 465,276.--In 1802, the slaves imported by British traders from Africa were 36,621; of whom 15,973 were retained for service in the British plantations; the rest, being 20,658, were re-exported to foreign settlements. In 1803, the importation was 28,355; of whom 5212 were re-exported, and 23,137 retained.-In May, 1806, an act of parliament was passed, by which the trade in African slaves was, by a resolution of the two houses, declared to be "contrary to the principles of justice, humanity, and sound policy." Young's West India Common Place Book. Sǝe 1808.

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INDEX.

N. B. The numeral letters refer to the volume; the figures, to the page. From 1492 to 1607 the refer-
ence is to the year only; the European discoveries and settlements are thus distinguished in the Index
from the English colonies and United States.

A

Abercrombie, general, ii. 69. repulsed at
Ticonderoga, 83.

Aborigines of America, origin of, i. 557,
Note III.

Abraham, battle on the plains of, ii. 93.
Academy, in Philadelphia, American, ii. 22.
incorporated, 319. Phillips (Andover),
ib. incorporated, 438. Phillips (Exeter),
337. Dummer, 343. Connecticut, of arts
and sciences, 420. Bacon, at Colchester,
426. Pennsylvania, of fine arts, 431. of
natural sciences, at Philadelphia, 485.
Law, of Philadelphia, 497. United States,
military, at West Point, 250.
Acadié, destruction of French settlements
in, i. 143. mortgaged, 279. submits to the
English, 300. grant of, to St. Etienne,
307. given up to the French, 346-353.
Adams, John, his summary of Otis' plea
concerning writs of assistance, ii. 105. dis-
sertation on the civil and feudal law, 140.
denies the authority of parliament to pass
the declaratory act, 147, N. observation
on the treatment of Indians, 150, N. ap-
pointed minister to Holland, 339. his let.
ter to congress, 346. introduced to the
king of Great Britain as ambassador from
the United States, 357. inaugurated presi-
dent of the United States; speech of, at
his inauguration, 407-409. gives land and
his library to the town of Quincy, 499.
dies at Quincy, 519.

—, John Quincy, first professor of rhe-
toric and oratory in Harvard College, ii.
438. inaugurated president of the United
States; speech of, at inauguration, 509.
Samuel, death of, ii. 426.
Addington, Isaac, death of, i. 515.
Adirondack Indians, i. 141.
Admiralty, court of, i. 403, 450.

African treaty; foundation of a settlement
for free Africans at a place called Liberia;
new town built, called Monrovia, ii. 497.
Agamenticus named York, i. 296.
Agawam or Ipswich settled, i. 225.
Aix la Chapelle, treaty of, ii. 36.
Alabama, state of, admitted into the Union,
ii. 488. seat of government laid out, 489.
Albany, i. 335. incorporated, 419. popu-
lation, 509. congress with the Indians at,
529. Note XXXV, 580. fire in, ii. 395.
houses and inhabitants in, 405. trade of,
514.

Albemarle in Carolina, i. 329, 344. first
assembly in, 350. act concerning mar-
riage, ib.
earl of, commands the army
against Havana, ii. 111.
Alden, John, death of, i. 424.
Alexander, son and successor of Masas-
soit, death of, i. 308.

Alexandria submits to articles of capitula-
tion, and is entered by the British, ii. 465.
Algerine frigate and brig of war captured,
ii. 476.

Algiers, instructions to the consul at, ii.
419. dey of, conduct towards the consul
offensive, 438. hostile acts of; war de-
clared against; peace with; treaty with
the dey of, 474–476.
Allen, John, death of, i. 360.

Thomas, death of, i. 365.
Ethan, death of, ii. 379.
Ira, death of, ii. 472.
Allison, Francis, death of, ii. 305.
Almagro, one of the conquerors of Peru,
1525, 1531. invades Chili, 1535. behead-
ed, 1538.

Alsop, Richard, death of, ii. 477.
Alvarado attacks the Mexicans, 1520. ex-
pedition of, to Quito, 1533. death of, 1541.

Amadas and Barlow, voyage of, to North Argal, Samuel, destroys the French colo-
America, 1584.

Amazon river discovered, 1500.
Amelia island taken possession of by un-
authorized persons; taken by authority of
the United States, ii. 483. president's
message about, 487.

America, islands of, discovered, 1492. con-
tinent of, discovered, 1498. origin of name
of, 1499. ecclesiastical government in,
1506. board of trade for, ib. attempt to
settle the continent of, fails, 1509. council
of Indies for government of, 1511. origin
of the inhabitants of, 557, Note III.
American. See Societies.
Americans declared to be out of the royal
protection, ii. 237.

Amerigo Vespucci, 1499. sails from Por-
tugal, 1501, 1502. dies, 1512. Note VII,
562.

Ames, Fisher, death of, ii. 440.

Amherst, general, commander in chief in
America in 1758, ii. 80. takes Ticonde-
roga and Crown Point, 89. successful
campaign of, in 1760, 99, 100. death of,

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Anabaptists, law against, i. 275. prosecu-
tion of, 341.

Andover founded, i. 258. attacked by In-
dians, 379. See Theological.
André, major, taken, and executed as a
spy, ii. 316.

Andrews, John, death of, ii. 460.
Andros, Edmund, governor of New York,
i. 367. demands Connecticut territory,
368. commission of, for government of
New England, 419. arbitrary conduct of
420, 425. opposition to, 425. expedition
of, against the eastern Indians, 426. seized
and imprisoned, 427. made governor of
Virginia, 444. removed, 468. death of,

513.

Anguilla settled, i. 293.

Annapolis made a port town, i. 452. capi-
tal of Maryland, 473. printing at, ii. 16.
in Nova Scotia, formerly Port
Royal, i. 502.
Antigua settled, i. 216. grant of, and tak-
en by the French, 345.
Apalaches Indians discovered, 1539.
Apalachian mountains, i, 512.
Appleton, major, commands the Massa-
chusetts troops in Philip's war, i. 375.
Jesse, death of, ii. 492.
Apprentices library at Philadelphia incor-
porated, ii. 497.

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Apthorp and Mayhew, controversy of, ii.

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nies in Acadiè, i. 144. governor of Vir-
ginia, 153. tyranny of, 155.

Argus, U. S. sloop of war, captured in
St. George's channel, ii. 454.
Arkansaw erected into a territorial govern-
ment, ii. 488. seat of, laid out, 493.
Armory, national, ii. 412.
Armstrong, colonel, destroys the Indians
at Kittaning, ii. 73.

Army, American, assembled after the battle
of Lexington in the environs of Boston,
ii. 207. British and American, disposition
of, 218. American, state of, 239, 240.
standing army, of 88 battalions, to be
raised in the colonies, 240. Washington's
farewell orders to; eulogy upon; dis-
banded, 350, 351.

"" provisional, ii. 411.
Arnold, Benedict, governor of R. Island,
death of, i. 393.

colonel Benedict, leads a detach-
ment of American troops to Canada; ar-
rives near Quebec; is joined by general
Montgomery; assault on Quebec, ii. 221
-223. treachery of, 315. expeditions
against Virginia and New London, 335.
dies in London, 421.
Artillery company, ancient and honoura-
able, origin of, i. 248.

Asbury, Francis, death of, ii. 481.
Ash, general, surprised and defeated at
Briar Creek, ii. 294.

Ashley river in Carolina, settlements on, i.
354, 356.

Ashurst, Sir Henry, Massachusetts agent,
death of, i. 504.
Asia, trade with, ii. 446.

Western, first missionaries to, embark
at Boston, ii. 490.
Asuncion built, 1535.
Asylum for deaf and dumb, ii. 503.
Atahualpa, inca of Peru, 1532. put to
death, 1533.

Atheneum, Boston, incorporated, ii. 437.
Attleborough incorporated, i. 452.
Aubert sails up the St. Lawrence, 1508.
Augusta, fort at, taken by the Americans,
ii. 326.

Augustine, St. castle of, in Florida, built
by Melendes, 1565. churches in, Note IV.
Aurora Borealis, in 1719, i. 523.

B

Backus, Isaac, death of, ii. 434.
Bacon, Nathaniel, rebellion of, in Virginia,
i. 385. death of, ib.

Baffin's voyage and discoveries, i. 152.
Bagota, Santa Fe de, 1538.

Bahama islands granted to the proprietors
of Carolina, i. 345. settlement of, 349.
English expelled from, 499. taken by

the Spaniards, retaken by the English,
ii. 342.

Balboa establishes a colony at Darien,
1510. discovers the South Sea, 1513. is
beheaded, 1514.

Baltimore, lord, grant to, i. 176. visits
Virginia, 208. liberal policy of, 221. gov-
ernment of Maryland taken from, 297.
government reverts to, 325.

in Maryland, first settlement
of, ii. 28, 44. state of, 367. imports to;
navigation, 403. mob at, 448. battle near,
with the British, 465. first independent
church in, corner stone laid, 486.
Balloting, method of, i. 271.

Bank of North America established, ii. 320.
of the United States, 390. of South Caro-
lina; of Pennsylvania; of New Hamp-
shire; Union, in Boston, 392. of Balti-
more; Union, in South Carolina, 405.
national, 480.

bills issued in Carolina, i. 507.
Bankruptcy, law for a uniform system of,

ii. 416.

Baptism, council of ministers concerning,
i. 309. differences concerning, 316.
Baptists, church of, in Boston, i. 341. ex-
empted from taxes, i. 545. churches and
ministers of, from Maryland to Carolina,
ii. 179. number of, in U. States, 395.
Barbadoes, non-conformist church at, i.
469.

Barlow, Joel, appointed minister to France;
death of, ii. 451.

Barnard, John, death of, ii. 175.
Barnstable settled, i. 255.

Barre, M. de la, expedition against the
Five Nations, i. 413.

-, colonel, his speech against the
stamp act, ii. 132.

Barrell's sound, first visited, ii. 378.
Barrington incorporated, i. 530.
Barry, commodore John, death of, ii.
427.

Barton, lieut. colonel, takes major general
Prescot by surprise at his quarters in
R. Island, ii. 280.

Bartram, John, death of, ii. 280.
Baskerville, Sir Thomas, expedition of, to
West Indies, 1595.

Bastidas, voyages of, 1502. voyage of, to
Codego, 1504.

Battle of Lexington, ii. 204. of Bunker
Hill, 209. of Long Island, 248. of White
Plains, 250. of Trenton, 253. of Prince-
ton, 261. of Brandywine, 265. of Ger-
mantown, 267. of Red Bank, 268. of
Stillwater, 272, 273. of Monmouth court
house, 283. of Camden, 310. of the Cow-
pens, 321. of Guilford, 323. of Eutaw,
327. at Tippecanoe, 445. of Fort George,
454. of the Thames, 456. See Thames.

of Williamsburg, ib. of Chippewa, 463.
of Bridgewater, 464. of New Orleans,
466.

Bayler, colonel, his regiment of American
cavalry surprised, ii. 288.
Bayonne decree, ii. 439.
Beaufort, S. Carolina, i. 516. N. Carolina,

532.

Beausejoure fort taken, ii. 60.
Bedford, and vicinity, spoliations at, by
the British, ii. 288.

Beers, captain, with his soldiers waylaid
and killed by Indians, i. 373.
Belcher, Jonathan, governor of Massachu-
setts, i. 548. death of, ii. 78.
Belknap, Jeremy, death of, ii. 413.
Bell foundery erected at Stoughton, ii.
173.

Bellamy, Samuel, the pirate, 517.
Bellingham, Richard, governor of Massa-
chusetts, death of, 363.

Bellomont, earl of, death of, i. 481.
Benezet, Anthony, death of, ii. 356.
Bennington, grant of, ii. 39.
Berkeley, Sir W. governor of Virginia, i.
293, 311. recalled, 389.

, dean, in America, i. 554. death

of, ii. 53.
Berlin decree, French, revoked, ii. 448.
Bermudas discovered by Bermudez, 1522.
See 1572, 1593. sold, colonized, and
named Somer islands, i. 142, 146. notices
of, 151, 179.

Bernard, Francis, governor of Massachu-
setts, ii. 102. recalled, 162.

Bernardston granted to the soldiers in the
Fall fight, i. 386.

Berwick destroyed by Indians, i. 533.
Bethabara, settlement of, ii. 52.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, built by the
Moravians, ii. 17.

Beverly incorporated, i. 349.
Beyroot, mission at, ii. 504.
Bible, German, printed, ii. 22; and news-
paper, ib.

Indian, i. 331.

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