Cooke, Elisha, patriotic course (1688), ii.
51, 68.
Cooke, Elisha, Jr., like his father, ii.
246; chosen representative in Massa-
chusetts (1720), 246.
Cooper, Ashley. See Shaftesbury.
Cooper, Myles, president of Columbia
college, New York, urges submission
to England, iv. 108.
Copley, J. S., and town-meeting in Bos-
ton (1773), iii. 452.
Copley, Sir Lionel, governor of Mary-
land (1692), ii. 21.
Corecs, or Coramines, Indians, ii. 91,
Cornbury, Lord, governor of New York,
character and course, ii. 41-43, 49;
views as to managing colonies in
money matters, 78, 79.
Cornwallis, Lord Charles, course in the
house of lords (1766), iii. 194; first
exploit in America, ravages a planta-
tion in North Carolina, iv. 397, 898;
arrives in New York and lands with
troops, v. 27, 28; in New Jersey, 81,
83; takes Brunswick, 84; then Prince-
ton and Trenton, 85; proposes to go
to England, 89, 94; advances upon the
Americans at Assanpink Creek, 103,
104; goes after Washington at Prince-
ton, 107; in the expedition against
Philadelphia, 176, 177; at German-
town, 193; sent on expedition to the
Delaware, 199; makes a foray into
New Jersey, 288; joins Clinton near
Charleston, 377; in separate com-
mand, 380; defeats Gates at Camden,
South Carolina, 385-389; proud and
confident, 331, 392; manifests savage
cruelty, 392-394; confiscations, etc.,
395; advances, 396, 397; retreats,
sick, 400, 401; fails to penetrate Vir-
ginia, 403; at Charlotte, 476; letter
to General Greene, sharp retort, 478;
orders Tarleton to attack Morgan, 480,
481; letter to Clinton, 485; rushes
after Morgan, 486; at Hillsborough,
490; proclamation, 491; after battle
of Guilford Court-House, retreats to
Wilmington, North Carolina, 495;
supported by Germain, 496, 497; sets
out for Virginia, 497; arrives at
Petersburg, 507; force under, 507;
tries to catch Lafayette, 509; on the
James river, 509, 510; raiding ex-
ploits, 510; ordered to send troops
to New York, 510, 511; marches to
Portsmouth, 511; held to his place in
Virginia by Clinton and Germain,
512-514; at Yorktown, 514; writes to
Clinton of his danger, 518; hemmed
in, 519-521; surrenders (October,
1781), 522.
Cornwallis, Colonel Edward, leads colony
to Acadia, ii. 345, 358, 359.
Coronado, governor of New Galicia, i.
31; expedition of, 32-35; discovers
tributaries to Rio Grande del Norte
and the Mississippi, 35, 36; fails to
find a northern Peru, 37.
Cortereal, voyage of, in service of Portu-
gal, i. 14.
Cortes and the north-west passage, i. 26.
Cory, Giles, executed, ii. 60.
Cory, Martha, imprisoned for witchcraft,
ii. 59.
Cosby, William, governor of New York
(1732), course of, ii. 253, 254; death
of, 255.
Cotton, seeds of, planted in Virginia
(1621), i. 126.
Cotton, John, arrives in Massachusetts,
i. 245; opposes Roger Williams, 252;
argues against hereditary legislators
in America, 259.
Coventry, Lord, on rights of people of
Virginia, i. 453, 454.
Cowpens, South Carolina, v. 481, 482;
Morgan's great victory at (1781), 482–
485; effect of the victory, 484, 485.
Coxe, a proprietor of New Jersey, ii.
189; expedition (1699) to the Missis-
sippi river, 189, 190.
Cradock, Matthew, with Saltonstall,
Johnson, and others, i. 223.
Cranfield, Edward, in New Hampshire,
character and action, i. 399, 400;
quarrels with the ministers, 400; as-
sumes right to lay taxes, and is re-
sisted, 400, 401; retires, 401.
Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, re-
lations with Calvin, etc., i. 181, 182.
Craven, Charles, governor of South
Carolina, ii. 214.
Creeks, or Muskohgees, ii. 98; treaty
with, 216; friends to Georgia, 521;
refuse to join Cherokees against the
whites, v. 64; promises to the Brit-
ish, 403.
Cresap, Michael, private war against the
Indians, iv. 84, 85; brings Maryland
riflemen to Washington in camp, 248;
death of, 248.
Croghan, George, Indian trader, ii. 363,
366; urges colonization of Illinois,
iii. 231.
Cromwell, Oliver, commercial policy of,
i. 145; American colonies under, 170;
course toward the colonies, 310; leader
of the Independents, 331; parliaments
and naval successes, 339-341; death
of, 342.
Cromwell, Richard, i. 342.
Crown Point, French fortress at, ii. 222;
taken by Warner (1775), iv. 183;
garrisoned, 194; abandoned, v. 15.
Crozat, Anthony, grant of right to trade
in Louisiana, ii. 225, 226; resigns his
charter, 226.
Cruger, British colonel at Ninety-Six,
South Carolina, v. 501.
Culpepper, John, insurrection in North
Carolina, i. 425; excused by a jury
in England, 426.
Culpepper, Lord, Virginia given to, by
Charles II., i. 452, 453; governor of
Virginia, 469; rapacious and dishon-
est, 470; displaced, 471.
Cumberland, duke of, captain-general of
British army, ii. 412; has the mutiny
act applied to America, 112, 413; is
suggested for king in America, 449;
rebukes the meanness of hiring mer-
cenaries, iv. 357.
Cunningham, Colonel W., savage cruelty
and outrage on Americans, v. 479.
Currency, colonial, ii. 83; of the United
States (1784), vi. 119.
Cushing, Thomas, iii. 308; elected to
the assembly in Massachusetts, 348;
speaker, 443; delegate to congress,
iv. 23.
Cushman, Robert, goes to England
(1617), i. 201.
Custis, J. P., Washington's step-son, vi.
Cutler, M., one of the Ohio Company's
agents, vi. 286.
Cuyler, in New York congress, iv. 429.
Dablon, Claude, Jesuit missionary to the
Onondagas in western New York, ii.
147, 148.
Dakotas. See Sioux.
Dale, Sir Thomas, in Virginia, intro-
duces martial law, i. 102; an upright
governor, five years in office, returns
to England, 108; death of, 109.
Dalrymple, Sir John, pamphlet of, "Ad-
dress of Great Britain to the Inhabit-
ants of America" (1775), iv. 150;
specious promises of, 150, 151.
Dalrymple, Colonel, in command of
troops in Boston (1768), iii. 312, 369,
371; offers to obey the governor, and
removes troops, 376, 378.
Dalyell, Captain, relieves Detroit (1763),
iii. 47; defeated by the Indians and
killed, 47.
Dana, Francis, on committee of congress
to visit Washington, v. 217; in Massa-
chusetts state convention to ratify
federal constitution, vi. 396.
Danbury, Connecticut, stores at, de-
stroyed by Tryon, v. 151.
Danby, Lord Treasurer (1673), i. 592.
Dane, Nathan, in Massachusetts legisla-
ture, vi. 197; in congress, motion for
government of western states, 278;
share in preparing ordinance of 1787,
281, 285, 28, 290; opposes the new
constitution, 371; conduct not ap-
proved in Massachusetts, 396.
Danforth, Thomas, report on natural
and chartered rights, i. 369.
Daniel, Robert, deputy governor of
North Carolina, ii. 14.
Daniel, S., poet laureate, quoted, on
diffusion of English literature, i. 79.
Dare, Virginia, name of first child of
English parentage born in the United
States, i. 76; fate of, 77, 78.
Darien, Georgia, Scotch settlement in,
ii. 290.
Dartmouth college, New Hampshire, iv.
148.
Dartmouth, carl of (William Legge),
head of the board of trade, iii. 132;
secretary for the colonies, 416; vio-
lent against the Americans, iv. 114,
115; rejects Chatham's plan, 116;
sends orders to General Gage, 150;
on Gage's attempt at Concord, 185;
sends word to Howe that Russian
mercenaries are coming, 277; favors
coercing the Americans, 329.
Daston, Sarah, tried for witchcraft, ii.
66.
Davenant, Charles, advocates Penn's
plan of union of American colonies,
ii. 75.
Davenant, Sir William, appointed by
Charles II. governor of Maryland, i.
170.
Davenport, John, founds New Haven,
Connecticut, i. 271; views of, 360.
Davidson, of North Carolina, general,
with Morgan, v. 480; killed at Mac-
gowan's ford, 486.
Davie, W. R., of North Carolina, in the
federal convention, vi. 252, 266; in
state convention on the federal con-
stitution, 461.
Davis, Isaac, captain of the Acton min-
ute-men, iv. 158, 159; bravery of,
169, 161; killed, 161; his wife, 159,
Davis, John, voyages of, i. 71.
Davis, Nicholas, driven out of Massachu-
setts, i. 314.
Dawes, Thomas, of Boston, speech in
state convention on the federal con-
stitution, vi. 399, 400.
Dawes, William, at Lexington, iv. 153.
Daye, Stephen, printed first book in
America north of Mexico, i. 280.
Dayton, Colonel E., at Elizabethtown,
New Jersey, v. 424.
Dayton, Jonathan, of New Jersey, in the
federal convention, vi. 333.
Dean, James, among Indians in Canada,
iv. 148; visits the Six Nations,
375.
Deane, Silas, goes to France, v. 17; in-
terview with Vergennes, 17, 18; deal-
ings with Bancroft, 18; one of the
commissioners to France, 50; pre-
sented to the king and queen, 250.
Dearborn, Henry, of New Hampshire,
activity of, iv. 169; with General
Gates, v. 188, 189.
De Berdt, Dennys, agent to England, iii.
235; the son of, v. 7.
De Callières, in Canada, ii. 179, 186.
Declaration of independence, committee
to prepare, iv. 425; principles, as set
forth, July 4, 1776, 446; King George
striven to govern colonies absolutely,
447; parliament enacted unconstitu-
tional laws, 448; the king waged war
against the colonies, 449; British
people appealed to in vain, 449; the
colonies free and independent states,
450; principles of the declaration ad-
dressed to all nations, 450; relation
to other forms of government, 451;
why America established a people and
government, 452; the declaration not
signed on July 4, 452; why this day
is the great anniversary, 42; pro-
claimed in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, v. 3, 4; in New York, 4; in
Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland,
Massachusetts, South Carolina, 5;
signed by all the members of con-
gress, 15, 16.
Declaratory act of 1766, iii. 208, 209;
claims absolute power for parliament
to bind America, 209.
De Clugny, minister of finance, iv. 371.
Deerfield, Massachusetts, burning of, i.
389; ii. 195, 196.
De Gourges, avenges massacre of the
French in Florida, i. 58, 59.
De Graffenried, ii. 203, 204.
De Grasse, Count, with French ships, v.
509; enters the Chesapeake, 516;
victorious over the British fleet, 517;
honored by congress, 523; sails to
West Indies, 525; defeated by British
fleet under Rodney, 540, 541.
De Guines, Count, French ambassador to
England, iv. 271; letters to Vergennes,
271, 359.
De Kalb. See Kalb.
De la Barre. See Barre, De la.
Delancey, James, chief justice of New
York, ii. 334; lieutenant-governor,
376; the Delaucey family in New
York, iv. 30.
Delancey, James, colonel in the British
service, v. 142; illegal executions by,
554.
Delaplace, surrenders Ticonderoga to E.
Allen, iv. 183.
De Lauzun, Duke, carries to France news
of victory at Yorktown, v. 523.
Delaware, Lord, governor of Virginia, i.
101, 102; returns to England, 102;
death of, 109.
Delaware, the Dutch purchase lands in
(1630), i. 498; De Vries plants, 499;
Swedes colonize, 502; contention of
Swedes and Dutch, 509, 510; William
Penn obtains, 556, 503; government
established, ii. 24, 25; set off by it-
self, 30; condition of (1754), 397,
398; favors a congress, iii. 147; adopts
Virginia course and resolves, 348;
contributes to help Boston, iv. 28, 29;
movements in, 108; assembly meets,
its action, 143; firm for defence, 252;
follows lead of Pennsylvania, after the
king's proclamation, 273; instructs
its delegates as to independence, 428;
abolishes slavery, v. 411; how Wash-
ington's advice was received and acted
on (1783), vi. 91; laws as to paper
money, 172; limited power of dele-
gates to the federal convention, 277;
legislature calls state convention,
which ratifies the constitution, 389,
390; good words to, from Washing-
ton, 470.
Delaware Indians, ii. 91; murder whites
and are chastised, 454, 455; threaten
and attack Fort Pitt, iii. 44, 47; make
peace, 88; Dunmore makes peace with,
iv. 86; take up the hatchet again
(1776), v. 62.
De Monts, patent of sovereignty over
Acadia, i. 18, 19; explores the coast
of New England, 19.
Denmark, aspect of, toward United
States, v. 227, 228; agrees to league
of neutral nations, 346; policy of,
351; asked to agree to Russia's dec-
laration of rights, 356; overtures for
a treaty with the United States, vi. 56.
Denonville, marquis of, governor of
Canada, ii. 176; contest with the Iro-
quois, and result, 176, 177; incapacity
of, 179.
De Pineda, explores southern coast of
America, i. 24, 25.
De Rasières, visits New Plymouth, i.
496.
Descartes, the philosopher, v. 257.
Des Moines river, Iowa, ii. 156.
De Soto, F., offers to conquer territory
for Charles V., i. 38; sails for Flori-
da, 39, 40; extravagant expectations
of, 40; enters Georgia, 41; thence
through Alabama and Mississippi to
Mississippi river, 44, 45; struggles of,
with the Indians, 44; enters Arkan-
sas and Missouri, 45, 46; cruelty to
the natives, 46; death and burial, 47;
failure of the expedition, 48, 49.
D'Estaing, Count, memoir on policy of
the French court, v. 242; arrives in
Philadelphia with French fleet, 284;
off Newport forces British to destroy
their ships, etc., 285; fleet wrecked
in violent storm, 285, 286; proposes
expedition, 319; in Georgia, 372;
attack on Savannah, 372, 373; sails
for France, 373, 374; urges sending
troops to the United States, 425, 426.
D'Estouches, French admiral, v. 505,
506.
Detroit, the French in possession of, ii.
186; besieged by the Fox Indians,
203; situation of (1763), iii. 42; be-
sicged, 43; relieved, 47; siege con-
tinued, 47; population of (1768), 320;
Hamilton in, v. 310, 311.
De Vaca, Cabeza, discovers the Missis-
sippi river, i. 29; expedition of, across
the continent to the Pacific Ocean, 30,
31.
De Vaudreuil. See Vaudreuil.
De Vries, visits Virginia (1632), i. 137;
plants colony on the Delaware, 499;
fate of, 500; negotiates peace with
the Indians, 505, 506.
Dew, Thomas, plan for exploring in
Carolina, i. 410.
Diaz, Martin, explorations and adven-
tures of, ii. 32, 33.
D'Iberville. See Iberville.
Dickinson, John, opposes change of
Pennsylvania to a royal government,
iii. 91; author of "Farmer's Let-
ters," 264, 265; sentiments of, 282;
character and views (1774), iv. 11,
12; wishes for delay, 12; timid, 32,
33; elected to congress, 70; drafts
petition to the king, 75, 76; address
to the people of Quebec, 81, 82; sus-
tains the cause of Massachusetts
(1775), 199; author of paper giving
reasons for taking up arms, 238; also
of second petition to the king, 238; |
course of, 251, 252; head of commit-
tee of safety, with bills of credit, 252;
blamed by John Adams, 261; in leg-
islature of Pennsylvania, opposes in-
dependence, 273; argument in New
Jersey assembly, 310; urges waiting,
339, 340; position in regard to a con-
vention or "national council," 421;
still holds out against independence,
423; in congress, replies to speech of
John Adams, and urges delay of dec-
laration of independence, 437-439;
plan for confederation, v. 10, 11;
less efficient than Franklin's, 11; hesi-
tates to go to congress, 84; president
of Pennsylvania, vi. 91; on Wash-
ington's letter, 91; in the federal con-
vention, 221, 222, 223, 225, 226, 231;
on the slave-trade, 320; on tenure of
office of the judges, 349, 350.
Dickinson, General Philemon, near Som-
erset Court-House, New Jersey, v. 108.
Dieskau, with French troops, in Quebec,
ii. 420; expedition of, against John-
son, 436; death in battle, 437.
Diggs, Edward, governor of Virginia, i.
Dinwiddie, governor of Virginia, urges
raising revenue by tax, ii. 373, 374;
sends Washington as envoy to the
French on the Ohio (1753), 378; on
colonial assemblies, 411, 412; praises
board of trade, 413; urges a tax, 443.
Dixon. See Mason.
Dixwell, John. See Regicides.
Dobbs, Arthur, royal governor of North
Carolina, ii. 393.
Dongan, Thomas, governor of New
York, i. 582; calls general assembly
of freeholders, 582; favors the Five
Nations, 583.
Donop, Hessian colonel, iv. 355; in New
York, v. 31, 32; on the Delaware, 89,
90; advice to Rall, 90, 94; flight of,
101, 102; with Howe in Pennsylva-
nia, 180; assault on Red Bank, New
Jersey, 196; death of, 197.
Dorchester, Massachusetts, celebration
in (1769), iii. 359, 360.
Douglas, William, proposes stamp duty,
ii. 353.
Dover, one of the oldest towns in New
Hampshire, i. 217.
Dowdeswell, chancellor of the exchequer,
iii. 194, 195; on the Boston port bill,
472.
Drake, Sir Francis, in California and
Oregon, i. 66; plunders the Spaniards
in the Pacific, and sails round the
world, 66.
Drayton, William Henry, chief justice
of South Carolina, iv. 395; speech on
opening court, 396.
Drayton, the poet, quoted, i. 88.
Dreuillettes, Roman Catholic missionary
on the Kennebec (1646), builds a chap-
el, ii. 144.
Drummond, Sarah, brave words, in time
of the Great Rebellion in Virginia, i.
464.
Drummond, William, governor of North
Carolina, i. 411, 462; hanged in Vir-
ginia (1677), 467, 468.
Drysdale, Hugh, deputy governor of Vir-
ginia, ii. 279.
Duane, of New York, proposed for con-
gress, iv. 31; in the first congress,
69, 70, 73; recommends negotiation
with Great Britain (1775), 200; on
commissioners for conciliation, 340;
wishes further delay, 343; Hamilton's
appeal to, v. 448, 449.
Du Châtelet, French minister to England,
iii. 282; writes to Choiseul, 282, 283;
views of, 318, 325, 329, 334, 335; ad-
vises free trade as colonial liberator,
336, 337.
Duché, Episcopal clergyman, opens con-
gress with prayer, iv. 64, 65.
Dudley, Joseph, chief justice of New
York, ii. 37, 38; in Massachusetts, 49,
68; disloyal course, 68, 69; advises
conquest of Acadia, 198.
Dudley, Thomas, deputy governor of
Massachusetts, under Winthrop, i.
233; intolerant spirit of, 311.
Duhaut, murders La Salle, ii. 174; killed
by his fellow-assassins, 174.
Dulany, Daniel, of Maryland, able argu-
ment of, iii. 145, 146.
Duluth, Daniel, French officer, ii. 165.
Dumas, employed to get aid from Hol-
land, iv. 362.
Dummer, Fort, ii. 223.
Dummer, Jeremiah, agent of Massachu-
setts, defends New England charters,
ii. 247-249.
Dunbar, Samuel, minister in Stoughton,
Massachusetts, iv. 52.
Dunbar, Colonel Thomas, in Braddock's
army, ii. 421; cowardly retreat of,
Dunmore, Lord, governor of Virginia,
iii. 396; dissolves the house of bur-
gesses, iv. 17; calls the assembly, 34;
in New York, 82; returns to Virginia,
82; greedy for land, 82; occupies
Pittsburg and dependencies, 83; calls
out the militia of the South-west, 85,
86; makes peace with the Indians, 88;
prorogues the assembly, 108; carries
off powder, 146; threatens to free
and arm the slaves, 146, 147; course
adopted by, 179; calls together house
of burgesses on Lord North's offer,
201; veto in favor of the slave-trade,
202; retreats to a ship of war, 202;
course toward the legislature, 253,
254; abdication of royal authority,
254; with some ships, begins war,
317; tries to burn Hampton, 317; in-
structions from England, 317, 318;
offers freedom to indented servants
and slaves, 318; tries to raise forces
among the backwoodsmen and sav-
ages, 318; his troops repulsed at
Elizabeth river, 319; burns Norfolk,
an outrage, 320; cross and violent,
386; course pursued by, v. 5.
Dunning, Henry, Lord Ashburton, in
the cabinet (1782), v. 534.
Dunning, John, opposes taking away
Massachusetts charter (1774), iii. 477.
Duplessis, M., in the battle of the
Brandywine, v. 179; present at
Donop's death, 197.
Dupoisson, Jesuit missionary among the
Arkansas, ii. 233.
Duquesne, succeeds La Jonquière as
governor of New France, ii. 377.
Duquesne, Fort, taken by the French, ii.
383; retaken by the English and
Americans, under Washington (1758),
495.
Durand, French minister in London, iii.
260, 261.
Durant, George, in Carolina, i. 410.
Durantaye, at Mackinaw, ii. 179.
Durkee, Major John, of Connecticut
(1766), iii. 173.
Dustin, Hannah, heroism of, ii. 182,
183.
Dutch Americans, spirit of, iv. 130, 131.
Dutch Colonies. See New Netherland.
Dutch East India Company, i. 480.
Dutch West India Company, i. 479;
charter of, 493; oppressive monopo-
ly, 510.
Duty, on tea proposed (1767), iii. 251;
on imports and prizes, required by
congress (1781), vi. 27; granted by
New York, Connecticut, and other
states, 27, 28; Rhode Island refuses,
33; suspended by Virginia, 34; re-
pealed by Virginia, 63.
Dyar, Mary, a Quaker, trial and death
of, by hanging, i. 314.
Dyer, of Connecticut, on colonial union,
iii. 76; in congress (1765), on neces-
sity of union, 155; opposition of, to
the stamp-act, 158.
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