Accomac, included in grant to Culpeper and
Arlington, 79; Berkeley takes refuge in, 86,
87.

Adoption of captives, 19.
Agriculture, 187, 250.

Albemarle Sound, colony of Virginians settle
on, 173.

Algonkins, territory occupied by the, 15, n. 1.
Alien and Sedition Laws, 165; opposition to,
166.

Amelia Courthouse, 231.

America, discovery of, 25, n. 1; supposed
breadth of, 42; struggle of England and
France for supremacy in, 100-105.
Amusements, of colonial planter, 109.
Anne, Queen, 175.

Antislavery sentiment in Virginia, 175, 177,
178.

Argall, Samuel, 45; captures Pocahontas, 54;
his administration as governor, 52; escapes
with his booty, 52, 53.

Arlington, the Earl of, obtains a grant of all
Virginia, 79; the grant annulled, 94.
Armidas and Barlow, their explorations, 27.
Army of Northern Virginia, 234; opinion of
military students in regard to, 235, n. 1.
Arnold, Benedict, his invasion of Virginia, 150,

Atlantic Cable, 173.

Authors, Virginia, 251, 252.

Bacon, Nathaniel, Jr., early history of, 82;
chosen leader against the Indians, 83; pro-
claimed a rebel, 83; chosen a member of the
Burgesses, 84; his arrest and apology, 84;
flight from Jamestown, 85; returns at the
head of an army, 85; appears before the
Burgesses and receives a commission, 86;
again declared a rebel, 86; calls a conven
tion at Middle Plantation, 87; defeats and
disperses the Indians. 87; burns Jamestown,
88; his death and burial, 89.
Bacon's Rebellion, 80-90; effects of, 93.
Bacon, Nathaniel, Sr., 84.
Bahamas, discovery of, 26, n.

Baltimore, George Calvert, Lord, 66; obtains
grant to Maryland, 67.

Beauregard, P. G. T., General, 199; battle of
Manassas, 200.

Bedsteads, colonial, 112.
Bemis Heights, battle of, 146.
Bennet, Richard, Governor, 73.
Berkeley, Sir William, Governor, 68; takes
Opechancanough prisoner, 68; resigns
office, 73; returns to power, 75; becomes
unpopular, 78; arrests Bacon, 85; takes
refuge in Accomac, 86, 87; returns to
Jamestown, 87; driven out by Bacon, 88;
quells the rebellion, 89; his cruelty, 90;
his recall and death, 90.
Bermuda Hundred, 222.
Bermuda Islands, 50.

Beverly, the historian, quoted, 22.
Bill of Rights, the, 139.

Bland, Giles, his attempt to capture Berkeley,
87.

Blue Ridge, crossed by Governor Spotswood,
96.

Booth, John Wilkes, 239, n. 1.
Boston, destruction of tea at, 127; port of,
closed, 127;

Botetourt, Lord, Governor, dissolves the
House of Burgesses 125.

Braddock, General Edward, sent to Virginia,
103; his defeat and death, 104.
Brandy Station, battle of, 215.
British officers visit Lee, 211.
Brown, John, his raid, 178; captured and
executed, 179; report of Senate Committee,
180; political significance of his attack, 180.
Bruce, Philip A., quoted, 113.
Bunker Hill, battle of, 137.
Burgesses, House of, the first, 58.
Burgoyne, General, 146; his surrender, 147,
148.

Burnside, General A. E., succeeds McClellan,
212; defeated at Fredericksburg, 212.
Butler, B. F., commanding at Fortress Mon-
roe, 199; defeated at Big Bethel, 200; his
army shut in at Bermuda Hundred, 222.
Byrd, Colonel William, founds Richmond and
Petersburg, 97.

Cabell, William, member of Committee of
Safety, 134, n. I.

Cabot, John, landed on the continent, and
took possession in the name of England, 26.
Cadets, at New Market, 224.
Calhoun, John C, 186.

Calvert, Sir George. See Baltimore.
Cape Charles, 36.

Cape Henry, 36.
Capitol Disaster, 245.

Dunmore, Lord, 127; dissolves the House of
Burgesses, 127, 128; has the gunpowder
removed, 132 133; his flight from Williams-
burg, 133; his ravages of the coast, 135 is
defeated at Great Bridge, 135; burns Nor-
folk, 135; driven from Gwynn's Island, and
the last of him in Virginia, 135.
Duquesne, Fort, 102; Braddock's expedition
against, 103; blown up by the French,

105.

Duties, on tea and other articles, 125.
Dutch, negroes brought to Virginia by, 59.
Dwelling house, colonial, III.

Early, General J A., defeats Hunter, and
threatens Washington, 225; sketch of life,
225, n.; defeated by Sheridan, 226.
East India Company, 57.

Education of Indians, 20; in colonial times,
114; Berkeley, on Free Schools, 246; Public
School System, 246; higher and technical
education, 246, 247.

Elizabeth, Queen, 26; names Virginia, 28.
Emancipation, of slaves, 234.
Emory and Henry College, 246.

England's claim to America, basis of, 26.
Entail, Jefferson's attack upon, 144; its aboli-
tion, 144

Episcopal Church, established in Virginia, 34;
its downfall, 143, 144.

Executives of Virginia, list of, 257–261.

Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, his friendship for
Washington, 101.
Festivals, Indians, 21.

First settlers, their character, 34.
Flirting, prohibited in 1624, 59.

Florida, the purchase of, 171.

Food, in colonial days, 113.

Fort Duquesne, 103, 105.
Fort Sumter, 191, 192.
Fountain of Youth, 28.
Fox-hunting, 109.

France, her possessions in America, 100;
surrender of them to England, 105; aids
the colonies, 148.

Franklin, Benjamin, his advice to Braddock,

Gates, Sir Thomas, 33, 45, 50.

the colony, 98.

Grant, General U. S., sketch of life, 219,
n.; made general in chief of the Federal
troops, 220; his campaigns in Virginia,

219-232.

Grasse, Count de, 154.
Great Bridge, battle of, 135.
Great Meadows, 103.

Greene, Roger, planted a colony on Albe-
marle Sound, 173.

Grenville, Sir Richard, founds a colony on
Roanoke Island, 28.

Gunpowder, its removal from the Old Maga-
zine, 133.

Gwynn's Island, action at, 135.

Habeas Corpus, writ of, introduced into Vir.
ginia, 96.

Hamilton, Governor of Canada, captured by
Clarke, 161.

"Hannibal of the West," 158.
Harper's Ferry, John Brown takes possession
of, 178; captured by Stonewall Jackson,

210.

Harvey, Sir John, Governor, deposed by the
people. 68; reinstated by the king, 68.
Henry, Patrick, 122 n.; in the Parson's
Case, 122; his address before the Bur-
gesses on the Stamp Act, 124; his prophetic
words, 131; marches against Lord Dun-
more, 133; elected governor, 141; proposi-
tion to make him dictator, 145; opposes
the adoption of the Federal Constitution,
165.

Hill, General A. P., sketch of life, 211, n.
Hooker, General Joseph, 212, 214, 215.
Horse racing, 108.

Hospitality, in Virginia, 109.

Houses, colonial, III.

Houston. General Sam, 171.

Hudson River, 146.

Huger, General, 200.

Huguenots, coming of, to Virginia, 95.

Independence, Virginia takes action for, 139;
the Declaration of, 141.

Indians, origin of, 15, n; number of the Vir-
ginia, 15; appearance and dress of, 16;
character, 16, 17; weapons, 17; habits and
customs, 18; method of warfare, 19; run-
ning the gantlet, 20; education, 20; their
self-control, 21; seasons and festivals, 21,
22: religion, 22; massacre of the colonists
by, 60, 69; battle with, at Point Pleasant,
131.

Industries, 250, 251.

Ingram, leader in Bacon's Rebellion, 84, 89.

Gentlemen, as pioneers, 35.

George III., his character, 121.

Germanna, Spotswood's home at, 97.
German settlers, in the valley, 98.

Gettysburg, battle of, 216; marks the turning
point in the war, 217.
Gloucester, county of, 87, 89.
Gold fever, at Jamestown, 44.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, 35, 41.
Governors of Virginia, list of, 257-261.

42.

Insurrections, servile, 176, 177, 178.
Isabella, Queen, 26 n.

Isolation, of settlers, 65.

Jackson, General Stonewall, 196; sketch of
life, 201, n. 1; at Manassas, 202; Valley
campaign of, 207; in Seven Days' Battles,
208; at Chancellorsville, 215; death of, 215.
James I., signs charter for London Company,
34; overthrows the London Company, 66.

195, n. I.

Johnston, General Joseph E., sketch of, 195,
n. 2; wounded at Seven Pines, 208; sur-
renders to Sherman, 233.

Kaskaskia, captured by Clarke. 159.
Kendall, George, member of first Council,
36.

Kentucky, a county of Virginia, 158; admit-
ted into the Union, 168; overrun by Federal
troops, 194.

King's Mountain, battle of, 152.

Kitchen, colonial, 112.

Kiwassa, Indian god, 22.

Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, 97.

Mason, George, sketch of, 126, n. 1; member
of Committee of Safety, 134.
Mason, General John, quoted, 108, n. 1.
Mason and Dixon's line, 164.
Massachusetts, Virginia espouses the cause
of, 128; Revolution begins in, 131.
Massacres, the Indian, 60, 69.
McClellan, General G. B., made commander
of the Army of the Potomac, 203; his Pen-
insula campaign, 207-209; at battle of
Sharpsburg, 210, 211.

Meade, Bishop, quoted, 110.

Meade, General, at battle of Gettysburg, 216.
Mexican War, 172, n. 1.

Minutemen, 132.

Lafayette, Marquis de, 151, 153, 154.
Land, earliest titles to, 58.
Landholders, 107.

Lane, Ralph, plants colony on Roanoke
Island, 28; tries to find the South Sea, 29.
Lawrence, leader in Bacon's Rebellion, 83;
escapes from colony, 90.
Lee, Richard Henry, 141.
Lee, Robert E., sketch of
life, 179, n. 1;
captures John Brown, 180; made com-
mander of the army of Northern Virginia,
208; in Seven Days' Battles, 208, 209; at
second battle of Manassas, 209; invades
Maryland, 210, 211; at battle of Fredericks-
burg, 212; at Chancellorsville, 214; invades
Pennsylvania, 216; in battles of the Wilder-
ness, 220-222; surrender of, 231; last days
of, 245.

Legislature, the first, in America, 58.
Lewis, General Andrew, sketch of, 130, n. 1;
his victory at Point Pleasant, 131; drives
Dunmore from Gwynn's Island, 135.
Lewis and Clark's Expedition, 171.
Lexington, battle of, 131.
Lincoln, Abraham, President, sketch of life,
189, n. 1; issues Emancipation Proclama-
tion, 234; his assassination, 239, n. 1.
Literature, 251, 252.

Logan, Indian chief, murder of his family,

130.

London Company, formed, 33; the colony
under, 34-66; downfall of, 66.
Lost Colony, 29-31.

Louisiana, purchase of the territory of, 171.

Monitor, battle with the Virginia, 205.
Monroe, James, President, 169; purchases
Florida from Spain, 171.

Monticello, 154.

Monuments, 252, 253.
Morgan, Daniel, 146, 153.

Mother of States and of Statesmen, 168, 169.
Mount Vernon, 166, 247.

Nansemond, settlement at, 46.
Navigation Laws, 76, 77, 94.
Necessity, Fort, 103.

Negroes, the first brought to Virginia, 59:
quarters of, 113; insurrections of, 176 178;
freed and made citizens, 234.

Nelson, Thomas, Governor, his patriotism,
156; at Yorktown, 156, 157.

New England, settlement of, 34; her connec-
tion with slavery, 175, 176; makes first
threats of secession, 185.

Newport, Christopher, commands expedition
to Virginia, 35; member of first Council,
36; crowns Powhatan, 45; appointed vice
admiral of Virginia, 45; wrecked in the
Sea Venture, 46.

Newspaper, the first in Virginia, 98.
Nicholson, Governor, 95; founds Williams-
burg, 96.

Non-importation Agreement, 126.
Norfolk, burned by Dunmore, 135.
North Carolina, first settlement in, 173.
Northern Neck, granted away by Charles II.,

79.

Northwest Territory, conquest of, 158-162;
cession of, 163.

Old Magazine, Dunmore removes powder
from, 132.

Opechancanough, incites massacre of 1622,
60; massacre of 1644, 68; his capture and
death, 69.

Ordinance of Secession, passed by conven-
tion, 194; copy of, 265.
Oregon, 171.
Overseers, 108.

Pacific Ocean, called the " South Sea," 28.
Page, John, Governor, sketch of, 143, n. 2;
member of the Committee of Safety, 134;
defends the Episcopal Church, 143.
Parsons' Case, the, 122, 123.
"Pathfinder of the Sea," the, 172.
Patience, the ship, 50.
Patterson, General, 199.
Paupers, 168.

Pendleton, Edmund, sketch of, 143, n. 1;
president of Committee of Safety, 134; de-
fends the Established Church and the law
of primogeniture, 143.

Pennsylvania, boundary dispute with Vir-
ginia, 163; invaded by Lee, 216.
People, poverty of, 168, 243.

establish, 143.

Resolutions of 1798, 166, 167.
Resolves of 1769, 125; copy of, 263.
Restoration of Charles II., 75.
Revolution, the English, of 1688, 94; the
American, causes of, 121-129; history of,
137-158.

Richmond, founding of, 97; captured by Ar-
nold, 151; becomes the capital of the South-
ern Confederacy, 199; evacuation of, 230;
conflagration in, 231.

Richmond College, 246.
Rights, Virginia bill of, 139.
Roads, in colonial times, 114.
Roanoke Island, first colony on, 28, 29; the
Lost Colony, 29, 30.
Robertson, James, 173.
Rochambeau, Count de, 154.
Rocky Mountains, 171.

Rolfe, John, marries Pocahontas, 55; begins
the systematic cultivation of tobacco, 64.
Rolfe, Thomas, son of Pocahontas, 56.
Roundheads, 71.

Royal grants, 67, 79.

Royal government, end of, in Virginia, 134.
Royalists in power, 77.

Safety, Committee of, its powers, 134; mem-
bers of, 134, n. I.

Percy, George, 35, 40, 49.

Personal Liberty Laws, 178.

Phillips, 151; siege of, 226.

Planter, life of, 108.

Plantation, life on, 109.

to Virginia, 58, 59.

Santa Maria, the ship, 26, n.

of, 242, 243.

Plymouth Company, 34.

Scallawags, 241, n. 2.

Schools and colleges, 246, 247.

the romantic story of her life, 54-57.

Point Comfort, 34.

Point Pleasant, defeat of Indians at, 131.
Pope, General, 209.

Port of Boston, closing of, 127.

Powhatan, head chief, 15; appearance and
character of, 23; visited by Newport and
Smith, 39; releases Smith, 43; crowned by
Newport, 45; death of, 60.
Powhatan's Chimney, 42.

Presidents, furnished by Virginia, 168, 169.
Primogeniture, abolition of the law of, 144.
Prisoners, treatment of in Civil War, 233.
Public school system, 246.

Pulpit, encourages colonization, 33.
Puritans, their contest with royalty, 71.

Queen Anne, 175.

Queen Elizabeth, 26, 28.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, sketch of life, 26, n. 1;

his attempts at colonization, 26-31; intro-
duces tobacco at the court of Elizabeth, 64.
Raleigh Tavern, meetings of House of Bur-
gesses at, 125, 128.

Randolph-Macon College, 246.
Ratcliffe, John, 36, 44, 49.

portance of their immigration, 98.
Seal, adopted by Virginia, 142.
Sea Venture, wreck of, 49, 50.
Sedgwick, General, 214.
Servants, indented, 60.
Seven Pines, battle of, 207.
Seven Days' Battles, 208, 209.
Sevier, John, 173.

Seward, Secretary of State, 191.
Sharpsburg, battle of, 210, 211.

Shenandoah valley, 97; settlement of, 98:
devastated by Sheridan, 226.
Sheridan, General, 226.

Sherman, General, 228, 233.

Slaves, African, the first brought to Virginia,
59; kindly treated, 113, 176; insurrections
of, 176, 177, 178; emancipation of, 234.
Slavery, 176-181.

Slave trade, encouraged by England, 175:
opposition to in Virginia, 175; its abolition
opposed by New England and the cotton
states, 176.

Smith, Captain John, his early history, 39;
his capture, 42; rescued by Pocahontas, 43;
explores the Chesapeake, 44; is made presi-
dent of the colony, 44; returns to England,
46; his character, 47.

Somers, Admiral, Sir George, 33, 45, 50.
South Sea, 28; search for, 29, 42.