in Maryland, 5. 174; general fear of, in the colonies, 185, 8. 210-214; Maryland laws against, 5. 188, 192-194; continued in- fluence in Maryland, 196, 313; private worship allowed, 197; under the restored palatinate, 197- 199; scheme for colony in Mis- sissippi valley, 198; number in Maryland, 313; relation to the struggle for control in America, 440; significance of date, 476, 6. 3; preserves the imperial idea, 20-22; apogee, 22; political de- cline, 40; compared with Protest- antism, 44; other colonial mea- sures against, 8. 247, 337, 349, 421, 12. 89 n., 90; and Quak- ers in England, 8. 343; first church in New England, 12. 103; strength in America in 1784, 103; first American bishop, 104. See also Protestantism, and popes by name.
Roman Empire, date of end, 6. 1-6, 57; importance of imperial idea, 2, 5, 6, 21, 40; considered in- destructible, 3; reunited, 4; re- divided, 4. See also Holy Roman Empire, Nation-making. Rotch, Francis, and the tea ships,
10. 101-107. Roundheads. See Puritans. Rousby, Christopher, revenue col- lector in Maryland, and Talbot, 5. 183.
Rowe, John, suggests destruction of the tea, 10. 106. Rowlandson, Mary, narrative of In-
dian captivity, 6. 291–294. Royal Americans in Forbes's army, 9.337.
Royal commissioners of Charles II., capture New Amsterdam, 6. 249, 7: 330, 332-338; baffled by Massachusetts, 6. 249, 318, 7. 331, 8. 8-11.
Rubruquis, Willem de, Franciscan | monk, mission to Great Khan, I.
320; increases geographical know ledge, 321.
Ruiz, Bartholomew, in Pizarro's second expedition, 3. 207; re- mains at Gallo Island, 209 n. Ruiz, Sancho, in Columbus's first expedition, 2. 103.
Rush, Benjamin, anonymous letter on Washington, II. 44. Russell, John, gentleman pioneer in Virginia, 4. 142.
Rut, John, English navigator, voy- age, 2. 231, 237 n. Rutgers v. Waddington, 12. 147, 150-153.
Rutherford, Griffith, defeats Chero- kees, 11. 124. Rutledge, John, member of the Federal Convention, 12. 270.
Sable Island, attempted colony, g. 6. Sachem, civil Indian executive, of clan, I. 82, 83; in Iroquois con- federacy, 89; among pueblo In- dians, 103; of Aztec clan, 122;
Aztec tribal, 125. See also Chief. Sacs, Algonquin Indians, I. 51. Sacsahuaman hill, near Cuzco, Peru,
fortress, 3. 104-111, 168. Saga of Vinland, versions, I. 229- 234, 239 n.; corroborated by other Icelandic documents, 234- 244; a history, 245-247. Sagas, classification, 1, 224, 227-
St. Eustatius, Dutch West Indian island, importance, II. 187; cap- tured by British, 194; recaptured, 346.
St. John's, Canada, captured by Americans, 10. 154, 194; re- captured, 154.
St. Lawrence Gulf and River, Car- tier in, 3. 325, 9. 14; on Dee map, 3. 358; Aubert's alleged voyage, 7. 68, 9. 4 ; naming of, 7. 68, 69; impressiveness, 9. 15; notion of union with the Hudson, 27.
St. Leger, Barry, part assigned in
Burgoyne's campaign, 10. 307; army, 334; besieges Fort Stan- wix, 335; effect of Oriskany, 343; flight, 346.
St. Louis on the Illinois River,
St. Lusson, Sieur de, takes posses- sion of the Northwest for France, 9. 107-109.
St. Mary's, Md., founded, 4. 321; captured by Ingle, 360; capital taken from, 5. 188; decay, 189. See also Maryland. Saint-Pierre, Legardeur de, expedi- tion to Ohio valley, 9. 269; with Dieskau, 298; killed, 299. Saint-Simon, Marquis de, joins La- fayette before Yorktown, II. 336.
Salaries, colonial controversies over,
5. 321, 8. 279, 10. 4, 15, 92,
93, 97. Salem, Mass., settled, 6. 112; named, 116; Episcopal service prevented, 131; Roger Williams at, 139-141; seat of govern- ment, 10. 113. See also Salem Village.
Salem, N. J., founded, 8. 163. Salem Village (Danvers), Mass., Cotton Mather's connection with the witchcraft delusion, 9. 150- 152, 155, 170-173, 186, 197; bibliography of the witchcraft,
151 n.; situation, 157; church troubles, 157-159; beginnings of the witchcraft troubles, 159-161; persons accused, 161-169, 184; malice as an element in the accu- sations, 165, 167-169, 180- 191, 195; special court, 169; recommendations of the ministers, 170-172; convictions on spectral evidence, 173; trials, 174-180; executions, 179, 180, 186; pro- testations of innocence, 180- 183; reaction, 183-185; special court abolished, 186; confessions of miscarriage of justice, 188; ex- planation of the delusion, 189- 195; historical importance of the troubles, 195; reaction on the clergy, 197. See also Witch- craft. Salisbury, Earl of. See Cecil. Salomon, Haym, financial aid during the Revolution, 8. 392. Saltonstall, Sir Richard, on religious
persecution, 6. 224.
"Sam Adams regiments," 10. 82. Samoset, Indian, friendly with Pil- grims, 6. 102.
San Domingo, Hayti Island, founded, 2. 176.
San Juan de Ulloa, Mexico, Grijalva at, 3. 35; Cortes at, 37; Haw- kins's fight, 4. 22-24.
San Salvador Island, Columbus's
landfall, 2. 115; identity, 115. Sanchez, Gabriel (Raphael), Co- lumbus's letter to, published, 2.
Sanctuary, Aztec right, 1. 140 n. Sandys, Sir Edwin, member of the
London Company, career, 4. 81; leader in party opposed to king's pretensions, 216, 236; treasurer, 217; bestows representation on Virginia, 219, 221; election op- posed by the king, 237; with- draws, 238; prepares answer to charges against the company, 252; assists Pilgrims, 276, 6. 96; in-
terest in education in Virginia, 4. | Schools. See Education.
Sandys, George, in Virginia, 4. 273;
Santangel, Luis de, interest in Colum- bus, 2. 95, 99; Columbus's let- ter to, 128.
Santarem, João de, Portuguese navi-
gator, crosses equator, 2. 375. Saracen Empire, barrier between Eu- rope and Asia, I. 310. Saratoga, N. Y., Burgoyne retreats to, 9. 389; surrender at, 394, 395- See also Burgoyne. Sargasso Sea, Columbus in, 2. 107; situation, 107 n.-109 n.; and Atlantis, 108 n.
Sargent, Winthrop, and the Ohio Company, 12. 241.
Sataspes, voyage on west coast of Africa, I. 347.
Savagery and barbarism, 1. 29-31; three periods, 31, 32; unknown to mediæval Europeans, 213, 375 n., 377 n. ; history of the word, 376 n.; knowledge of the ancients concerning, 377 n. Savannah, Ga., surrender to British, II. 202; French-American at- tack, 211.
Say-and-Sele, Lord, grant in Connec- ticut, 6. 150, 7. 176. Saybrook, Conn., fort built, 6. 150, 7. 177.
Saybrook Platform, 9. 215-218. Sayle, William, first governor in
South Carolina, 5. 324. Sayri Tupac, Inca, pensioner of Spain, 3. 245.
Schaats, Gideon, minister at Albany, 8. 100.
Schenectady, N. Y., settled, 8. 63;
meaning of the name, 64 n. ;
massacre, 224-227.
Schout, duties of the office in the New Netherland government, 7.
Schuyler, Peter, and the Iroquois, 8. 66, 248, 9. 103, 263; de- feats Frontenac, 8. 250; takes Iroquois chiefs to England, 282; manor, 311-317; protest against Leisler, 420.
Schuyler, Philip, commands northern department, 10. 178, 194; char- acter, 297; hated by his New England army, 297, 344; Gates's intrigue against, 300, 301; blame for failure of invasion of Canada, 300; blame for loss of Ticonde- roga, 318, 319; evacuates Fort Edward, 320; removed from com- mand, 347; house burnt by Brit- ish, 389; magnanimity, 395- 397; friendship for Arnold, II.
Scotch loyalists, in North Carolina, 10. 207; on the frontier, II.
104; in South Carolina, 200. Scotch-Irish, in North Carolina, 5. 373; influence on American progress, 456, 460, 462, 463, 8. 414; origin, 5. 457-459, 8. 411; reasons for migrating, 5. 459, 8. 412; frontier settlements, 5. 460-462, 8. 413, 9. 259; prominent descendants, 5. 460, 461; objectionable name, 8. 410; religious toleration, 413, 12. 96; union with the Palatines, 8. 414; Whigs, 11. 200.
Scotland, power of the church, 6. 82; compared with New England, 183-185; witchcraft trials, 9. 142, 143.
Scott, John, adventurer, 7. 326; president of league of Long Island towns, 328; arrested, 329. Scrooby congregation, gathered, 6. 85; escape to Holland, 86. See also Pilgrims. Sea kings, English, of Elizabeth's
Schöner, Johann, America on his globes, 2. 380; confuses facts on Vespucius, 387; southern strait on his globes, 425; identifies North America with Asia, 451.
time, influence on America, 4. 12; policy of development, 26- 28, 5. 400; not buccaneers, 4. 28, F. 399; Drake's achieve- ments, 4. 29-33, 38-41; defeat of the Armada, 41-44; final blow to Spain's naval power, 44; Pu- ritans, 6. 72.
attempt to introduce by patroons, 7. 197; in New York, 8. 333; Dunmore attempts to enlist, 10. 210. See also Slavery. Setebos, Patagonian deity, 2. 437. Seven Years' War, early grounds, 6. 343; beginning, 9. 301. See also French and Indian War.
Seabury, Samuel, ordained as bishop, Severn River, Md., battle in 1655,
Seal of Virginia, 5. 25-27. Sedgwick, Robert, Massachusetts
major, conquers Acadia, 9. 96. Seminole Indians, 1. 50. Senate, state, origin and early char- acter, 12. 77, 79, 80. See also Legislature.
Seneca, prophecy of discovery of America, 2. 43. Senecas, Iroquois Indians, I. 54, 9. 45; segregated from the Onon- dagas, 47. See also Iroquois. Separatists, polity, 6. 78; organized, 79; opposed, 79; persecuted, 80; effect of James I.'s threat, 85; Massachusetts settlers be- come, 131. See also Pilgrims, Scrooby congregation. Sepulveda, Juan de, controversy with
Las Casas, 3. 306–308. Serapis, British ship, equipment, II. 153; battle with Bon Homme
Richard, 154-159. Servants, white indented, demand for, in Virginia, 5. 205; convicts and kidnapped children sent to Amer- ica, 205; term of service and treatment, 206; notion that Vir- ginians are descended from con- victs, 207-210; redemptioners, 211; character, number, and dis- tribution of transported convicts, 211-214; protests against trans- portation of convicts, 213, 220; transported political offenders, 214; career of white freedmen and their descendants, 216–220, 369-371, 373-376; taxation, 226; as tutors, 289; in New England, 6. 172;
Sevier, John, defeats Cherokees, II. 124; at King's Mountain, 295, 297; governor of the state of Franklin, 12. 237; governor of Tennessee, 239.
Sewall, Samuel, judge of Salem witches, 9. 170; public acknow ledgment of error, 188. Seymour, Sir Edward, on Virginia's desire for a college, 5. 136. Seymour, John, governor of Mary- land, reprimands Catholic priests, 5. 192.
Shaftesbury, Earl of. See Cooper. Sharpe, Horatio, governor of Mary- land, 5. 200; advises tax on col- onies, 10. 14.
Sharpless, Edward, clerk of House of Burgesses punished, 4. 287. Shattuck, Job, leader in Shays's Re-
bellion, 12. 213; captured, 214. Shawnee Indians in Ohio valley, 1.
51, 9. 263; mound-builders, I. 166, 168; English allies, 9.
357. Shawomet, R. I., Gorton's settle-
ment, 6. 204; expedition against, 210; new settlement, 212. Shays, Daniel, at Springfield, 12.
214, 215; retreat and capture, 215-217.
Shays's Rebellion, causes, 12. 210- 213; outbreak, 213-215; sup- pression, 215-217; pardon of insurgents, 218; attitude of Con- gress, 219, 220. Sheffield, Lord, pamphlet on Amer- ican trade, 12. 190. Shelburne, Earl of, colonial policy,
10. 31, 11. 26; in Grafton min- | Shute, Samuel, governor of Massa-
istry, 10. 33; in Rockingham ministry, II. 348, 12. 6; acter, 5; and Fox, 6, 9, 13, 16-18; favours parliamentary re- form, 7; begins informal peace negotiations, 10; on Franklin's peace suggestions, 12-14, 17; ministry, 19; his negotiations denounced, 50; resigns, 51; jus- tified, 53.
Shelby, Isaac, pioneer, defeats Indi- ans, 10. 129; at King's Moun-
tain, 295, 296. Shenandoah Valley, Va., Spots- wood's expedition to, 5. 450; settlement, 461.
Sheriffs, duties and appointment in Maryland, 4. 330, 5. 178; and in Virginia, 47, 82.
Sherman, Roger, on committee to draft Declaration of Independence, 10. 227; member of the Federal Convention, 12. 271; suggests compromise on representation in Congress, 297; pregnant sugges- tions on the executive, 329. Sherwood, William, career, 5. 119 n.
Ship-building, in New Netherland,
7. 163; cost in New England, 12. 163. Shippen, Margaret, betrothed to
Arnold, 11. 250; marriage, 255; ignorant of Arnold's treason, 256; devotion, 284.
Ships, viking, I. 198-201; clumsi- ness of caravels, 359. Shirley, William, governor of Mas- sachusetts, project to attack Louis- burg, 9. 250; and his assembly, 278, 294; suggests a stamp tax and consolidation, 281, 10. 13, 18; part in the first campaign of French and Indian War, 9. 294; failure of expedition against Fort Niagara, 300; superseded as commander- in-chief, 306.
Shoshones, Indian group, 1. 47.
chusetts, conference with the Maine Indians, 9. 239; conflict with the assembly, 242; sails suddenly for England, 242. Silk, attempted culture in Virginia, 4. 271, 5. 3. Sinclair, Henry, Earl of Orkneys, and Nicolò Zeno, 1. 264; voyage of discovery, 265; the Zichmni of Zeno narrative, 274.
Sioux Indians, 1. 48, 5. 349. Six Nations. See Iroquois.
Slavery, in Mexican tribes, I. 139; beginning of modern, 372, 3. 247, 249-251; religious motive, I. 372, 3. 250, 4. 18; ancient, 3. 247-249, 6. 11, 16; influ- ence of discovery of America, 3. 253
Indian : Vespucius enslaves Bermuda natives, 2. 280; oppo- sition to the New Laws in Peru, 3. 237, 238; beginnings, 253- 255; origin of repartimientos, 255; royal Spanish orders for forced labour and conversion, 264 ; encomiendas, 265; effect of the discovery of gold, 266; horrors, 267-269; Dominicans denounce, 270-272; Las Casas begins his labours against, 274-276; Ximi- nes's attitude, 277; first at- tempted reforms, 277; Las Casas renews attempt to abolish, 289; pope forbids further enslavement, 301; New Laws, 301; gradual and final abolition, 302, 308; policy of abolition, 302 n.; kid- napping in South Carolina, 5. 338, 341; New England Indians sold, 6. 299.
Negro conditions of early, in Europe, 3. 251, 252 n.; Las Casas and its introduction in Amer- ica, 278-284; early English slave trade, 4. 18, 19; negroes con- sidered not human, 18, 5. 223; introduction in Virginia, 4. 221;
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