kers, 344, 345; rebellion, 346; | Carteret, Philip, as governor of New accused of inciting the Indians,
Carib Indians, cannibals, 2. 155, 3.
95; enslaved, 254. Carleton, Sir Guy, governor of Canada, 10. 193; at Quebec, 196; invasion of New York, 292-295; commander-in-chief, II. 347.
Carolina, frontier country, 5. 315- 317; named, 317; grant, 317; Fundamental Constitutions and gov- ernment, 319-322; distinct set- tlements, 322-326, 339; Baha- ma Islands annexed, 324; end of proprietary government, 360; pi- rates, 421. See also North Caro- lina, South Carolina. Carpini, John of Plano, missionary to Jenghis Khan, 1. 320; in- creases geographical knowledge, 321.
Carr, Dabney, proposes intercolonial committees of correspondence, 10. 96.
Carr, Sir Robert, royal commissioner, 7. 331; on the Delaware, 8. 4; in Boston, 9; death, 11. Carrington, Edward, and the Ordi- nance of 1787, 12. 242. Carroll, Charles, proposed Catholic colony on the Mississippi, 5. 198. Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, on independence, 10. 221.
Carroll, Daniel, member of the Fed-
eral Convention, 12. 271. Carroll, John, first Catholic bishop in United States, 12. 104. Cartagena, Juan de, with Magellan, 2. 428, 431, 433, 436. Carteret, Sir George, grant of New Jersey, 5. 167, 8. 12; a proprietor of Carolina, 5. 317; regrant of New Jersey, 8. 42, 108. Carteret, James, son of Sir George, 8. 18, 97. Carteret, Peter, governor of North Carolina, 5. 327, 329.
Jersey, 8. 13, 14, 18; relation- ship to Sir George, 97 n.; and New York's claim to New Jersey, 108--113.
Cartier, Jacques, early career, 9. 13; first voyage, 13; second voyage, 14; at Stadacona, 15, 20; at Hochelaga, 16-20; captain-gen- eral, 22; third voyage, 23; brings Roberval back to France, 31; death, 32.
Cartwright, George, royal commis sioner, 7. 331; in Boston, 8. 8; captured by the Dutch, 8. Carvajal, Francisco de, lieutenant of
Gonzano Pizarro, grim facetious- ness, 3. 240; executed, 240. Cary, Sir Henry, member of London Company, 4. 81.
Caste, not in Mexico, 1. 136 n.; in Peru, 3. 124, 139. Castile. See Isabella, Spain. Castro, Vaca de, royal agent to Peru, 3. 236; defeats young Al- magro, 237. Caswell, Richard, commands North Carolina militia, defeats loyalists at Moore's Creek, 10. 208; joins Gates, 11. 227; at Camden, 231. Cathari.
See Albigenses. Cathay, origin of name, I. 320. See also China.
Catherine, empress of Russia, refuses to sell soldiers to George III., 10. 189; interest in humanitarian movement, II. 175; England desires alliance, 175-178, 181; and doctrine of free ships, free goods, 178, 182; in Armed Neutrality, 184; importance of her work, 185; refuses to aid Holland, 192-194.
Catlin, George, American artist, on Mandan Indians, I. 49. Cato, leads negro insurrection, 5.385. Cattigara, Ptolemy's antipodal city, reappearance in early maps of New
World, 2. 354, 355, 355 n., 381-n., 3. 327. Cauchis, Peruvian tribe, 3. 123. Caughnawaga, Canada, settlement of Christianized Iroquois, 8 286, 289, 9. 262.
Cavaliers and Roundheads compared socially, 5. 11-15, 32; emigra- tion to Virginia, 18-21; effect on Virginia, 27-29, 33, 114, 394. Cave men, progenitors of Eskimos, I. 19-23.
Cavelier. See La Salle.
Cavendish, Lord, member of London
Company, 4. 243, 252. Cavendish, Lord John, on hiring of German troops, IO. 190; in Rockingham ministry, II. 348, 12. 6; in coalition ministry, 53. Cavendish, Thomas, voyage around the world, 4. 39.
Cayugas, Iroquois Indians, 9. 45, 47. See also Iroquois.
Cecil, Sir Robert, intrigues against Raleigh, 4. 64; heads London Company's members, 169. Céloron de Bienville, takes possession of Ohio valley for France, 9. 264- 267.
Censors in Pennsylvania, 12. 178. Central America, Columbus on the coast, 2. 203; Vespucius on the coast, 272, 292; conquest, 3. 90; voyages on west coast, 203, 204; struggle over jurisdiction in, 205; Las Casas's peaceful con- quest of Tuzulutlan, 292-300. See also Mayas. Champlain, Samuel, settles Quebec, 3. 359, 9. 60, 92; birth, 38; religion, 39, 59, 81; character, 3. 359, 9. 39, 58, 92; in the West Indies and Mexico, 40; suggests a canal at Panama, 41; and Pontgravé, 41; first voyage to Canada, 42; on coast of New England, 52-55; greeting at Po.t Royal, 55; his knightly Order of Good Times, 57; interest in
Canada, 58, 82; return to Can- ada, 60; makes alliance with Al- gonquins and Hurons, 62-64; expeditions against the Iroquois, 65-71, 80, 86-88; married, 80 founds Montreal, 81; viceregal lieutenant, 81; controls the fur- trade, 82; seeks the western sea, 83; brings Recollets to Canada, 86; defends Quebec against Kirke, 91; surrenders, 92; governor, 92; last days, 92.
Chancas, Peruvian tribe, 3. 126. Chandler, Thomas, on Maryland clergy, 5. 190.
Charles I. of England, relations with Virginia, 4. 279, 283-285, 294, 349, 350; and Baltimore, 307, 308, 311,318, 321, 342; relations with Massachusetts, 6. 116, 135- 138; character, 118; conflict with Parliament, 119–122.
Charles II. of England, charters Hudson Bay Company, 3. 372; and Baltimore, 4. 361, 5. 159; Virginia's loyalty, 4. 366, 5. 24-26, 62; land grants, 61; comment on Berkeley, 110; in- structions on suffrage, 118; knights Morgan, 416; relations with New England, 6. 243-249, 317, 318, 325, 328, 7. 321; measures toward absolutism, 6. 328-331, 8. 27, 40; and the naming of Pennsylvania, 175. Charles V. of Spain, and Las Casas, 3. 284; issues the New Laws, 301. Charles City County, Va., origin of its name, 5. 45 n. Charleston,
S. C., named for Charles II., 5. 318; founded, 325, 333; attacked by French and Spanish fleets, 341-343; focus of social life, 361, 383, 387; trade, 381; trade with pi- rates, 423; action on tea question, 10. 99, 108; futile British attack, 232-235; Prevost's advance and
retreat, II. 206, 210; captured by British, 214–216. See also South Carolina.
Charlestown, Mass., settled, 6. 126;
fired by the British, 10. 165. Charlottesville, Va., British prisoners quartered, 10. 401; Tarleton's raid, 11. 325. Charter Oak, 6. 335. Charters: Hudson Bay Company, 3. 372; Raleigh's, 4. 35, 36; Virginia, 71-73, 169-171, 258; Maryland, 311, 316-318, 5. 188, 196; Massachusetts, 4. 315, 6. 116, 332, 344, 9. 202, 10. 113; Pennsylvania, 5. 168, 8. 176-178, 432-449; Carolina, 5. 318, 320, 359; Georgia, 391; Rhode Island, 6. 190, 249, 335, 342; Connecticut, 249, 335, 342, 7. 320; Dutch West India Company, 129; of Privileges and Exemptions in New Netherland, 154. See also Grants. Chase, Samuel, and independence,
Chatham, Earl of. See Pitt. Chauvin, Pierre, monopoly of the fur-trade, 9. 36; death, 37. Cheesman, Edward, and Berkeley, 5. 108.
Cherokee Indians, 1. 50 n., 167;
mound builders, 166; during the Revolution, II. 124.
Cherry Valley, N. Y., massacre, II.
Chesapeake Bay, character, 5. 239 n.; and Verrazano Sea, 7. 71-74, 9. 11.
Chester, Penn., named, 8. 182. Cheyenne Indians, I. 51. Chibchas, Central American Indians,
Chichimecs, traditional people of Mexico, 3. 7, II. Chickasaw Indians, 1. 50, 168. Chief, Indian military leader, of clan, 1. 82; of tribe, 86; of Iroquois confederacy, 90; European mis-
conception, III, 127, 4. 111, 133, 202, Mexican clan, 1. 122. See also Chief - of- men, Inca Sachem.
Chief-of-men, Aztec military exe- cutive, 1. 127, 130-133, 3. 72-74.
Child, Robert, in Presbyterian cabal, 6. 213-215.
Childs, James, founds free school in South Carolina, 5. 380. Chili, Peruvian invasion, 3. 128; Almagro governor, 226; Spanish conquest, 232.
Chimus, Peruvian tribe, 3. 126. China, early knowledge of, 1. 304, 309; accessible under Mongol empire, 320, 323-326, 332-334; effect of closing, 334-337. Chiiihuanas, South American In- dians, 3. 158-160. Chittenden, Thomas, governor of Vermont, 12. 179. Choctaws, Maskoki Indians, 1. 50. Cholula, Mexican pueblo, I. 107, 3. 17; and Cortes, 49-52. Christiansen, Hendrick, at Manhat- tan, 4. 201, 7. 118, 120. Christison, Wenlock, Quaker, perse-
cuted, 6. 240, 241.
Church, Benjamin, in King Philip's War, 6. 281, 296, 297, 299. Church, Benjamin, corresponds with the enemy, 10. 180. Church of England, liberalism, 4. 276, 6. 77; in Virginia, 4. 290, 354-356, 5. 135, 305-308, 312, 12. 93-98; Puritans within, 4. 353; established in Maryland, 5. 188-192; established in South Carolina, 377; in Georgia, 393; origin, 6. 51; forbidden in Mas- sachusetts, 131, 318; royal or- der for toleration, 317, 323; first services in Boston, 336; establish- ment in the colonies, 12. 91; disestablished, 92; American con- nection after the Revolution, 98-101.
Church and State. See Religion. Cibola. See Zuñi.
Cieza de Leon, Pedro, chronicle on ancient Peru, 3. 104 n.-107 n. Cincinnati, Ohio, early name, 12. 233.
Cincinnati, order of the, 12. 136–
Cintra, Piedro de, Portuguese navi-
gator, reaches Sierra Leone, 1. 374. Cipango. See Japan. Circumnavigation of the earth, first, 2. 430-449; second, 3. 377, 4. 30-33.
Citizenship, Roman, 6. 15; inter-
288. making. Claiborne, William, secretary of Vir- ginia, 4. 335; Kent Island affair, 335-343, 350-353, 359-361; parliamentary commissioner, 368; controls Maryland, 369, 370; land grants in Virginia, 373. Clan, earliest family group, I. 71; Indian, 76, 82, 87, 88, 91, 102, 121-123, 140; gentilism and feudalism, 112-114, 116; disin- tegration of Peruvian, 3. 156- 161, 164. See also Family, Tribe.
See also Culture, Nation<
state, under articles of confedera- | Clarendon colony, 5. 324; aban- tion, 12. 112.
conquest of the Northwest, 126- 131; later life, 131.
Clark, William, expedition to Ore- gon, 3. 376.
Clarke, John, Baptist, persecuted in Massachusetts, 6. 216–222. Clayton, John, botanist, 5. 302. Clergy, Spanish, and Columbus's
plans, 2. 95 n. See also Religion, and the sects by name. Cleveland, Benjamin, partisan, at
King's Mountain, II. 295, 297. Clinton, George, governor of New
Civil liberty, conception in sixteenth | Clark, G. R., character, 11. 126; century, I. 280; spirit in the colonies, 4. 282, 5. 173, 10. 2-4, 25; debt to Puritans, 6. 9, 43, 59-61, 83, 308-310; in Rome, 14, 17; preserved by Germanic tribes, 20; essential to successful civilization, 27; Magna Charta, 35; dangers from protection, 38; fate depended on England, 43, 53, 55; and French Revolution, 56, 60; and union in United States, 56; dark outlook in 1629, 122; antiquity of religious restric- tions on, 311, 8, 117; Andros attacks, 6. 338; in the Nether- lands, 7. 28, 30-32, 262; in- compatible with despotic govern- ment of dependencies, 10. 30; self-contradictory attitude of Eng- land in 1774, 116; declaration of rights in First Continental Con- gress, 130; French thought on, 279, 11. 174; debt to Chatham, 24-26; debt to the Revolution, 349-351; Constitution and a bill of rights, 12. 376, 394-396. See also Government, Local self-gov- ernment, Religion, Representation, Zenger.
Civilization, and barbarism, 1. 38-
41; latent brute force, 6. 148,
York, occupies Hackensack, 10. 275; intercepts message to Bur- goyne, 392; power and policy, 12. 172; opposition to the Con- stitution, 408.
Clinton, Sir Henry, sent to Boston, 10. 134; in the South, 208, 209, 232-235, II. 212-218; at battle of Long Island, 10. 243; and Burgoyne, 385, 391, 392; commander-in-chief, II. 68 ; evacuates Philadelphia, 68, 69; and Charles Lee, 70-72; at Mon- mouth, 74, 79; relieves Newport, 96; corresponds with Arnold, 256; efforts to save André, 275; and Cornwallis, 314, 324, 338, 341; superseded, 347.
Colonies, Dutch, East Indian, 7. 57-
60; in Brazil, 62; divergent views on policy in 1609, 113, 116. See also New Netherland. Colonies, English, effect of defeat of Armada, 3. 394, 4. 46, 6. 72; reasons for success, 3. 405, 6. 169, 7. 147, 151, 9. 104; Gilbert's attempt, 4; 33; Ra- leigh's attempt, 35-39, 41, 44- 46; Hakluyt's reasons for plant- ing, 51-58; Zones, 74; become a policy, 6. 90; right of Crown to soil, 140, 332; Crown and parliamentary control, 141, 145, 190, 194-196, 211, 243, 317, 318, 333, 344, 10. 38-41; non- English influences, 7. 34-39, 8, 385, 414; significance of the year 1609, 7. 111-113; land purchases from the Indians, 8. 187-191; unsuccessful expeditions against Canada, 229, 281, 283; strategic position of New York and Pennsylvania, 243-245; in- tercolonial relationship, 9. 278, 10. 7; contribution to French and Indian war, 9. 343, 10. 17; relation with England from 1690 to 1760, 1-5; political standards compared with the British, 18, 84; willing to grant aid to the
empire, 20; purpose of the Townshend Acts, 36; reasons for attitude of George III., 50; Dickinson on rights, 54; strength of, unappreciated, 65-67; local vexations, 89; courage of, depre- ciated in England, 118, 165; make common cause, 121; va- cillating policy of British ministry, 133, 134; attitude of middle colonies on question of war, 135- 137; hesitate at offensive war, 138, 156, 193; general prepara- tion for war, 150; political chaos in 1775, 184. See also Conti- nental Congress, England, New England, Union, and colonies by
Colonies, French, attempted Hugue- not, 3. 342-350, 4. 19-21, 9. 33; cause of failure, 7. 149, 150; attempt at Sable Island, 9. 6. See also Acadia, Canada. Colonies, Portuguese, on Cape Bre- ton Island, 2. 236; in Brazil, 406; East Indian, 416–418. Colonies, Spanish, preparation for first, 2. 151, 154; attempted, in Veragua, 206, 207; on the main- land, 3. 178-185; Las Casas's a tempt, 284-287; attempted. in Virginia, 321; in Florida, 341, 346; character of American, 4. 29. See also Hispaniola. Colonization, Europe not prepared for in 1000, I. 297-300. Columbus, Bartholomew, brother of Christopher, voyage with Dias, I. 383, ii. 81, 81 n.-83 n.; ability, 21; appearance, 23 n.; said to have suggested route to Indies, 73; in England and France, 84- 88; in Hispaniola, 169; Ade- lantado, 170; as a governor, 172; founds San Domingo, 176; im- prisoned and sent to Spain, 194; in Christopher's fourth expedition, 200; puts down mutiny at Ja- maica, 208; and Cabot, 215
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