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Delegate to Continental Congress, II., 303. Sent to Canada to win over Canadians, II., 395-396.

Signs Declaration, II., 438.

Reports on navigation, III., 348.

Appointed commissioner to settle dispute
with Virginia, III., 417.

Sentences Cooper for sedition, IV., 376.
Excludes Democrats from jury, IV., 377.
Attacks Maryland laws, V., 103.

Impeached but acquitted, V., 105-112.
Chase, William M., X., 456.

Chasseur, The, Defeats the St. Lawrence, VI.,

6-7.

Chateauguay, Battle of, V., 414-416. Chatham, Earl of. See PITT, WILLIAM. Chatham, Mass., IV., 362.

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Siege of, and the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, VIII., 377386.

Population of, in 1910, I., 8.
Chaumonot, Father Joseph Marie, I., 422.
Chauncey, Commodore Isaac.

Commands the Chesapeake, V., 89.
Sent to Lake Ontario, V., 340, 353.
Attacks Earle's squadron, V., 392.
Captures York, V., 403-405.

At Fort George, V., 405-406.
Compels Yeo to retreat, V., 409-410.
Recaptures the Julia and Growler, V., 410.
Confers with Wilkinson, V., 411.
Blockades Yeo, V., 423.

Retires to Sackett's Harbor, V., 441. Chauncey, Lieut. Wolcott, Commands the Torch, VI., 125.

Chauncy, Charles, His pamphlet war with

Chandler, II., 212.

Cheatham, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin F. (Confed.).

At Perryville, VIII., 246–248.

At Hartsville, VIII., 249.

At Murfreesboro, VIII., 251-257.

At Chickamauga, VIII., 373-377.

At Chattanooga, VIII., 383-386.

At Peach Tree Creek, VIII., 481-482.

At Leggett's Hill, VIII., 483-484.
Invades Tennessee, IX., 70.

At Spring Hill, IX., 71.

At Franklin, IX., 73.

At Nashville, IX., 75-77.

Cheese.

Produced in the colonies, II., 183.
Production of, in 1840-1860, IX., 233.

Cheesman, Capt. Jacob, Killed at Quebec, II.,

393.

Cheetham, James.

Attacks Burr, V., 120-121, 124. Attacked by Coleman, V., 121. Secures indictment of Burr, V., 129. Chelsea, Mass., Founding of, I., 218. Cherokee Indians, I., 37.

Myths of, I., 46.

Building of mounds by, I., 60.

Cheves

Join the Yemassees in war with colonists,
II., 35.

Cumming's treaty with, II., 37.
War with, II., 121-123.
Cede lands, II., 287-288.

War with, III., 131-134.

Defeated by Pickens, III., 262.
Habitation of, IV., 252, 481.

Cede lands by treaty of Holston, IV., 236.
Conclude treaty with Spaniards, IV., 238.
Make peace with Blount, IV., 239.
Attack white settlements, IV., 239.
Oppose Creeks, IV., 241.

Quarrel over lands with Georgia, VI., 297-
304, 363 et seq.

Remove to the West, VI., 368. Cherronesus, State proposed by Jefferson, III.,

386.

Cherry Valley, Massacre at, III., 137–138. Cherub, The, Defeats the Essex, V., 489–492. Chesapeake, The.

Constructed, IV., 404.

Defeats French vessel, IV., 422-423.
Sent to Mediterranean, V., 79.
Attacked by the Leopard, V., 177-180.
At Boston, V., 457.

Defeated by the Shannon, V., 472-475. Chesapeake, The, Capture of, VIII., 394-395. Chesapeake Bay.

Smith's exploration of, I., 163.

Entered by Hudson, I., 188.

Dispute between Maryland and Virginia

over navigation on, II., 148.

British operations in, III., 167.

Cockburn's depredations in, VI., 14-16.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Petitions Congress for aid, V., 305.

Chesnut, James, Expelled from Senate, VIII.,

47.

Chester, Pa., Penn's visit to, I., 401.
Chesterfield Court House, Va., Destruction
of stores at, by British, III., 241.
Chetimachan Indians, I., 34.
Cheves, Langdon.

In Congress, V., 266.

On Naval Committee, V., 279. Speech on army bill, V., 283-284. Requests increase of navy, V., 284.

Cheves

Cheves, Langdon-Continued.

INDEX

Moves partial suspension of non-importa-
tion act, V., 295, 380, 381.
Votes against Bank bill, VI., 53.
Becomes president of United States Bank,
VI., 180.

Chew, Benjamin, House of, at Germantown, attacked by Americans, III., 63.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Population of, in 1910, I., 9. Cheyenne Indians, I., 36; X., 4.

Chibchan Indians, I., 39, 44.

Chicaça, De Soto at, I., 124.
Chicago, Ill.

Climate of, I., 20.

Early history of, V., 348.

Massacre of Fort Dearborn at, V., 348.
Population of, in 1840, VII., 119.
Improvements in, VII., 120.

City council declares fugitive slave law
unconstitutional, VII., 296.

Republican convention at, in 1860, VII.,
424-426.

Population of, in 1850 and 1860, VII., 430.
Suppression of the Times at, VIII., 353.
Attempt to release Confederate prisoners
in Camp Douglas at, VIII., 397.
Democratic convention at, IX., 83.
Population of, 1850-1870, IX., 156.
Municipal improvements in, 1861-1865, IX.,
174-175.

Increase in school attendance at, IX., 177.
Fire at, in 1871, IX., 446.

The Haymarket Square massacre, X., 37-
38, 412.

Pullman boycott at, X., 54, 412.

World's Columbian Exposition at, X., 58,

59.

Republican convention at, X., 249. Population of, in 1910, I., 6. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, X., 458. Chickahominy River, Smith's exploration of, I., 161.

Chickamauga, Ga., Battle of, VIII., 371-377. Chickasaw, The (Fed.), At Mobile Bay, IX., 14-16.

Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., Sherman's repulse at, VIII., 308-310.

Chickasaw Indians, I., 37, 60.

Harbor remnants of Natchez tribe, II., 66.
Bienville's attempts to subjugate, II., 67.
Habitation of, IV., 202, 481.

Conclude treaty with Spaniards, IV., 238.
At war with the Creeks, IV., 241.
Chicora, Ayllon's attempt to conquer, I., 122.
Chicora, The (Confed.), VIII., 287.
Child, Lydia M., Writings of, IX., 289.

Choate

Childers, The, At Fort Bowyer, VI., 66–67. Children.

Societies formed to aid, IX., 185.

Employment of, in the industries, IX., 260. Children's Bureau, Established, X., 295. Childs, Joseph B., Leads expedition to Oregon, VII., 93.

Childs, Col. Orville, Surveys Nicaragua canal route, X., 231.

Childs, Lieut.-Col. Thomas.

At battle of Palo Alto, VII., 196-197.

At Cerro Gordo, VII., 232–234.

Defends Puebla, VII., 250.

Chile, Gen. David, At battle of the Thames, V., 399-401.

Chile (or Chili).

Accepts invitation to South American Congress, VI., 239.

Commercial treaty with, VI., 457; IX., 239,

333.

The Baltimore incident in, X., 60-61. Treaties with, X., 519.

Chillicothe, O.

Harmar's defeat near, IV., 190–191.

Dispute over United States Bank at, VI.,
181-183.

China, Duty on, in tariff of 1789, IV., 100.
China.

Commercial treaties with, IX., 333.
The Burlingame treaty with, IX., 414.
Treaties with, regarding immigration, X.,
65-66.

The Boxer War in, X., 203-210.
Treaties with, X., 519.

Chinese Immigration Question, The, X., 65, 67.

Chippawa, Battle of, V., 424-426.

Chippewa, The, Sent against Barbary Powers, VI., 128.

Chippewa River, I., 17.
Chippewa Indians.

Cede lands in Northwest, III., 388; IV.,
188.

Conclude treaty of Greenville, IV., 199. Chippeway, The, At battle of Lake Erie, V., 394-397.

Chisholm, Proposes expedition against the Floridas, IV., 340.

Chisholm, Alexander, Suit of, against Georgia, IV., 242-243.

Chittenden, Martin, Demands repeal of embargo, V., 214.

Choate, Joseph H., Delegate to Hague Peace Conference, X., 254.

Choate, Rufus.

Objects to Linn's Oregon bill, VII., 90.

Choate

Choate, Rufus-Continued.

Supports Buchanan, VII., 382.

INDEX

Counsel for Massachusetts in boundary dispute, IX., 206.

Character of speeches of, IX., 278.

Choctaw Indians, I., 37.

Habitation of, IV., 202, 481.

Conclude treaty with Spaniards, IV., 238. Choisy, General De, At siege of Yorktown, III., 272.

Chokecherry Indians, The Vérendryes among, II., 74.

Chomedey, Paul De. See MAISONNEUVE. Christadelphians, Churches and numbers of, X., 442.

Christaensen, Hendrick, Explorations of, I., 189.

Christian, Col. William, Lays waste Indian villages, III., 134.

Christian Church, The, Ministers, churches and members of, X., 442.

Christian Commission, The, Work of, during the Civil War, IX., 184.

Christian Endeavor, Young People's Society of, X., 441.

Christian Science Church, Ministers, churches and members of, X., 442.

Christian Union Church, Ministers, churches and members of, X., 442. Christiana, Pa., The Gorsuch case at, VII.,

304-305.

Christie, Capt. Gabriel, Letter of, regarding relief of Fort William Henry, II., 107. Christison, Wenlock, Arrested for preaching Quaker doctrines but released, I., 335336.

Chrystie, Col. John, At battle of Queenston, V., 355-358.

Chrystler's Farm, Battle of, V., 412-414. Chubb, The, At Lake Champlain, V., 437-440. Church, Benjamin.

Repulses attack on Casco, I., 440.

Engages in retaliatory expeditions, I., 450,
458.

Church, Dr. Benjamin, Treachery of, II., 353.
Church, F. E., X., 456.
Church and State.

Under Elizabeth of England, 1., 203.
Severance of, in the colonies, IV., 62-63.
Separation of, after the Revolution, IX.,

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Church of England-Continued.

Cincinnati

Provisions for, in Locke's Grand Model of
government for Carolina, I., 385.
Established in Maryland, II., 28.
Established in South Carolina, II., 32.

Daniel's attempt to establish in North Caro-
lina, II., 32.

In Massachusetts, II., 175–176.

The attempt to set up an Anglican Episcopal hierarchy in the colonies, II., 209-213. Opposition to, III., 337.

Disestablished in Virginia, III., 338. Church of God, Ministers, churches and members of, X., 442.

Church of the Living God, Ministers, churches and members of, X., 442.

Church of New Jerusalem, Ministers, churches and members of, X., 442.

Churchill, John C., Member of Judiciary Committee, IX., 391.

Churchill, Col. T. J. (Confed.).

At battle of Wilson's Creek, VIII., 65-66.
At Richmond, Ky., VIII., 243.

Defeated at Fort Hindman or Arkansas
Post, VIII., 310.

At Pleasant Hill, VIII., 418.
Churchill, Lieut. William H., At battle of Palo
Alto, VII., 196–197.

Churubusco, Battle of, VII., 239-242. Cibola, Seven Cities of, Attempts to locate, I., 125-126.

Cienfugos, Cuba, Cutting of the cables at, X., 116-117.

Cigarmakers' International Union, IX., 173.
Cincinnati, O.

Founded, III., 399.

Population of, in 1795, III., 328.

Population of, in 1800, IV., 481.

Meeting at, nominates Clinton for Presidency, VI., 232.

Population of, in 1830, VI., 305.
Industries of, VI., 308.

Suspension of banks at, VII., 44.
Population of, in 1840, VII., 119.

Know-Nothing Convention at, VII., 358.
Democratic convention at, VII., 374.
Population of, in 1850-1870, IX., 156.
Municipal improvements in, 1861-1865, IX.,

175.

Population of, in 1910, I., 8. Cincinnati, The.

At Fort Henry, VIII., 89. Sunk at Memphis, VIII., 166. Cincinnati, The.

Armament of, X., 99.
At Matanzas, X., 115.

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Anderson occupies Fort Sumter and refuses to surrender it, VII., 459 et seq.

The attack on the Star of the West, VII., 463-464.

Seizure of Florida forts, VII., 468–469. Bombardment of Fort Sumter, VII., 480483.

Lincoln's call for volunteers and the response of the States, VIII., 21-24. Attack on the Massachusetts 6th at Baltimore, VIII., 24-25.

Davis' proclamation offering letters of marque and reprisal, VIII., 26.

Lincoln blockades Southern ports, VIII., 26.

Burning of Harper's Ferry Arsenal and

Gosport Navy Yard, VIII., 26-27. Lincoln authorizes suspension of writ of habeas corpus, VIII., 30.

The Merryman case, VIII., 30-31.

Lincoln's second call for volunteers, VIII., 31.

Confederate operations in Kentucky, VIII., 33-34.

Capture of Camp Jackson, Mo., VIII., 3435.

Dispersal of Jackson's forces in Missouri, VIII., 37.

Capture of Union property and forces in Texas, VIII., 37-38.

Comparison of the two sections, VIII., 39

40.

Capture of Arlington Heights and Alexandria, Va., VIII., 40-41.

Confederates abandon Harper's Ferry, W. Va., VIII., 41.

Defeat of Confederates at Fairfax Court House, Va., VIII., 41.

Engagement at Romney, W. Va., VIII., 41.

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Civil War

Engagement at New Creek, Va., VIII., 42. Engagement at Big Bethel, Va., VIII., 42. Engagement at Philippi, W. Va., VIII., 43-44.

Battle of Rich Mountain, W. Va., VIII., 44-46.

Passage of confiscation bill, VIII., 48. First battle of Bull Run or Manassas, Va., VIII., 48-54.

Capture of the privateers Savannah and Petrel, VIII., 56-57.

The Trent affair, VIII., 57-60.

The battle of Carthage, Mo., VIII., 61-62. The engagement at Dug Spring, Mo., VIII., 64.

The battle at Wilson's Creek, Mo., VIII., 65-66.

The siege of Lexington, Mo., VIII., 68. Capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark at Hatteras Inlet, VIII., 70–71.

DuPont's expedition to Port Royal Bay, S. C., and the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard at Hilton Head, VIII., 71-72.

Engagement at Port Royal Ferry, S. C., VIII., 73.

Engagement at Scarey Creek, W. Va., VIII., 74.

Engagement at Camp Bartow, W. Va., VIII., 75-76.

Engagement at Camp Alleghany, W. Va., VIII., 76.

Battle of Carnifex Ferry, W. Va., VIII., 76-78.

Battle of Gauley Bridge, W. Va., VIII., 78-79.

Engagements at Romney, W. Va., VIII.,

79.

Battle of Ball's Bluff, Va., VIII., 81-82. Lincoln's war orders, VIII., 84-85. Engagement at Milford, Mo., VIII., 86. Battle of Belmont, Mo., VIII., 86-87. Engagement near Prestonburg, Mo., VIII., 87.

Battle of Mill Springs or Logan's Cross Roads, Ky., VIII., 87-89.

Capture of Fort Henry, Tenn., VIII., 89-90. Capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., VIII., 90-92.

Occupation of Nashville, Tenn., VIII., 92. Skirmishes at Mt. Zion, Fayette and Springfield, Mo., VIII., 93.

Price driven out of Missouri, VIII., 93. Engagement at Sugar Creek, Ark., VIII., 93.

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The battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., VIII., 93-94. Capture of New Madrid and Island No. 10,

Tenn., VIII., 94–96.

The campaign and battle of Shiloh, Tenn., VIII., 96-102.

Engagement at Fort Pickens, Florida, VIII., 103.

Burnside's expedition to Roanoke Island, Va., VIII., 103-105.

Capture of Elizabeth City, N. C., VIII.,

105.

Capture of Newbern, N. C., VIII., 105-106. Capture of Fort Macon, N. C., VIII., 106. Capture of Fort Pulaski, Ga., VIII., 106107.

Battle of South Mills, N. C., VIII., 107108.

Battle of Secessionville, S. C., VIII., 108109.

Jackson's advance into the Shenandoah Valley, VIII., 148-149.

Engagement at Blue Gap, W. Va., VIII., 148.

Engagement at Bloomery Gap, W. Va., VIII., 149.

Occupation of Manassas and Centreville, Va., VIII., 149.

Destruction of Union ships by the Merrimac, VIII., 149-150.

Battle between the Merrimac and Monitor, VIII., 150-152.

First battle of Kernstown, Va., VIII., 152153, 178-179.

Battle of Lee's Mills, Va., VIII., 155.
Siege of Yorktown, Va., VIII., 155-156.
The bombardment of Forts Jackson and
St. Philip and the capture of New Or-
leans, VIII., 157–161.

Mitchel's raid in Alabama, VIII., 164-165. Corinth captured by Halleck, VIII., 165– 166.

Cumberland Gap occupied, VIII., 166.

Capture of Fort Pillow and Memphis,

Tenn., VIII., 166–167.

Farragut's operations against Vicksburg, Miss., VIII., 168-169.

Confederate repulse at Baton Rouge, La., VIII., 169.

The engagement at St. Charles, Ark., VIII., 170.

Battle of Williamsburg, Va., VIII., 171–173. Engagement at Eltham's Landing (West Point), Va., VIII., 173.

Attack on Fort Darling (Drury's Bluff), Va., VIII., 173-174.

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Civil War

Battle of Hanover Court House, Va., VIII., 175-176.

Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, Va., VIII., 177-178.

Battle of McDowell, Va., VIII., 180-181. Engagement at Front Royal, Va., VIII., 181-182.

First battle of Winchester, Va., VIII., 182183.

Engagement at Harrisonburg, Va., VIII., 184.

Battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, Va., VIII., 184-186.

Stuart's ride around McClellan, VIII., 187188.

Engagement at Old Church, Va., VIII., 188.

Battle of Oak Grove, Va., VIII., 188-190. Battle of Mechanicsville or Beaver Dam Creek, Va., VIII., 190-191.

Battle of Gaines' Mill, Va., VIII., 191–193. Battle of Peach Orchard or Allen's Farm, Va., VIII., 193–194.

Battle of Savage Station, Va., VIII., 194. Battle of Glendale (Charles City Cross Roads, Frazier's Farm, and White Oak Swamp), Va., VIII., 195-196.

Battle of Malvern Hill, Va., VIII., 196197.

McClellan's retreat to Harrison's Landing, Va., VIII., 198.

Confederates driven from Malvern Hill, Va., VIII., 201.

Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., VIII., 202

204.

Second battle of Bull Run or Manassas (including Gainesville and Groveton), VIII.,

205-210.

The battle of Chantilly (or Ox Hill), Va., VIII., 210-211.

Lee begins his invasion of Maryland, VIII., 217-218.

Jackson captures Harper's Ferry, W. Va., VIII., 219-220.

The battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam, Md., VIII., 224-229.

Engagement at Shepherdstown or Boteler's Ford, W. Va., VIII., 229–230.

Stuart's second ride around McClellan, VIII., 230-231.

Burnside's defeat at Fredericksburg, Va., VIII., 232-235.

The "Mud March,” VIII., 236.

Bragg begins his invasion of Kentucky, VIII., 241.

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