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INDEX

Accomack, 145

Adams, John, 146; his letter
to Thomas Pickering, 190192

Adams, John Quincy, 193

Adams, Professor Herbert A.,
201

Abolitionists, the, 237

Albemarle Academy, the, 206;
act passed uniting it with
Central College, 208-209

Alençon, Duke of, 45

Alexandria, 156

Alva, Duke of, 31

Appomattox, 246; Grant and
Lee at, 255, 317

Aragon, Catherine of, 17

Archer, Captain George, 88,
115; wounding of, 107

Argall, Captain George, 125

Argall, Captain Samuel, 62,
117; succeeds Dale as
Governor of Virginia, 126;
his laws, 365-366

Austin, Arthur W., 233 and note

Babington, plot of, 45

Bacon, Lord, 83

Bacon, Nathaniel, 132; Rebellion
of, 143

Bagby, George W., 294 and
note

Balboa, Nunez de, 12

Bartholomew, Saint, 27; massacre
of, 39

Beaver Dam, 348; destruction
of rations at, 350; skirmish
at, 351

Bernadotte, 334

Berkeley, Sir William, 132; removed
from the Colony,
143-145, 161

Bickertons, Captain John, 149

Bimini, Isle of, 12

Black Belt, the, 282-284, 324

Blair, Parson, 162

Blatterman, Professor, 221

Boleyn, Anne, 65

Bonnycastle, Charles, 221

"Boston," 297

Braddock, General, 171

Braddock's Road, 286

Brazil, Island of, 10

Brotherhood, the White, 268

Breckenridge, General James
214 and note

Brewster, William, 101

Broddus, Rev. Dr. John, 218

Bucke, Mr., 97

Burgesses, House of, 178

Burrough, Sir John, 74

Bull Run, 287

Byrd, Colonel William, 138,
149, 292

Cabell, Joseph C., 201, 208,
209; Jefferson's letter to,
219

Cabot, John, 33; charter
granted to, 10; sailing of,
11

Cabot, Sebastian, 10; expedition
of, 11; takes service
with Spain, 11; recall of,
18

Cadiz, 23, 67


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Cambridge, 172

Carew, Peter, 38

Caroline, Fort, 22; capture of,
by Menendez, 25

"Carpet-bagger," the, 318

Cartagena, town of, 52

Carter's Creek, 368

Cartier, Jacques, 33

Cary, Mr., reading of the resolutions,
183-185

Cathay, 7

Cavendish, Captain Thomas,
73

Cecil, Sir William, 34

Challeux, 35

Challons, Mr. Henry, capture
of, 83

Chancellorsville, 289

Chanco, 130

Chapman, George, 79

Charles I, 132

Charles II, 142-143

Charles V, 16

Charleston, 156

Church, the Roman, 4, 17

Chesapeake, Bay of, 14, 58

Chickahominy, the, 109

Cipango, 7

Civil Law, 4

Claibourne, William, 131, 142

Clay, Henry, 334

Clinton, Lord Admiral, 34

Cocke, John H., 214 and note

Cocke, General, 371 and note

Cold Harbor, 334

Coligny, Admiral, his attempt
to found a Protestant State,
21; failure of plot to assassinate
him, 39

Columbus, Christopher, 10; his
gift to Spain, 4; his first
appearance, 5; not first to
discover New World, 6;
sails from Palos, 10

Columbus Diego, Governor of
the Indies, 11; sends Velasquez
to conquer Cuba, 12

Comfort, Point, 89

Comfort, Cape, 89

Committees of Correspondence,
the, 167, 168; the definition
of, according to Mr.
Marshall, 169

Committee of Public Safety,
the, 167

Common Law, 4

Confederate Government, expenditures
of, 241

Constant, the Sarah, 60, 84, 100

Cooper, Dr. Thomas Cooper,
214

Corotomon, 368

Cortez, Hernando, conquests of,
and rebuke to Philip II,
13, 16

Corunna, harbor of, 52

Croatan, Island of, 52, 61

Dale, Sir Thomas, 62, 120; his
method of dealing with
conspirators, 124; his services
to the Colony of Virginia,
125, 126

Daneville, 287

Dare, Eleanor, 54

Dare, Virginia, 71, 69

Darien, capture of, by Ojeda
and Nicuesa, 12

Davis, Jefferson, 253, 254

Davis, John, 48

D'Ayllon, Lucas Vasquez, his
attempts at colonization,
14-15

De Beaurepaire, Quesney, 204

De Gourges, Dominique, 28

Dee, Dr. John, 48

Delaware, Lord, 116; arrival
of, at Virginia, 118-119,
365

De Medicis, Catherine, 27

De Soto, Ferdinand, death of,
16

Devils, Isle of, 117

De Villegagnon, Nicholas, attempts
to found a settlement,
21

Diaz, Bartholomew, expedition
of, 5


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Diaz, Bernal, 16

Discovery, the, 60, 84

Drake, Sir Francis, at the battle
of Vera Cruz, 37; circumnavigates
the globe,
43-45; knighted by Elizabeth,
44; sack of Santiago,
St. Augustine and
Cartagena, 52; battle with
the Armada, 56; his services
to the New World, 68

Dominica, 86

Downs, the, 84

Drayton, Michael, 82

Dudley, Lord Roberts, 34

Dudley, Rev. Thomas U., 218

Dunglison, Robley, 221

Dunmore, Lord, 136, 161, 172

Dupont, Mrs., 356

"Dutch-Man-of-War, A", 127

Dwight, Dr. Timothy, 211

Eastern empire, captured by
the Turks, 5

Eastward Hoe, Play of, 79-82

Eaton, Thomas, 145

Ecclesiastical system, 4

Eden, Richard, publishes
"Decades and the New
Worlde," 19

Effingham, Lord Howard of, 56

Egerton, Sir Thomas, Lord
Chancellor, 77

El Dorado, 19, 73

Elizabeth, city of, 145

Elizabeth, river, the, 5

Elizabeth, Queen, succession to
English Crown, 20; her
fight against Popery, 2021;
deposed by order of the
Catholic Church, 39; letter
to the "Muscovy Company,"
40; her policy, 3233;
crushes Catholic rebellion,
38-39; restrains
the ministers, 41; grants
letters patent to Sir Humphrey
Gilbert, 42; treaty
with United Netherlands,
42; her reply to the Spanish
Ambassador Mendoza,
44-45; plot to assassinate,
45; death of, 75

Emmet, John P., 221

England, claim of new land,
33, 38; her supremacy at
end of 16th century, 69;
her position before the
Revolution, 156-157

English Channel, 56

Eolus, the, 297

Eric the Red, settlement of, 6

Esmond, Henry, 304

Falcon, the, 43

Fauquier, 28

Ferdinando, Simon, 53; his
disobedience of orders, 54

Fiske, John, 363

Flanders, Province of, 45

Flash, Sir Pitral, 79

Flavio, Gioja, compass invented
by, 4

Florida, discovery of, 12

Fountain of Youth, the, 12

France, claim of, 33; negotiating
for England's aid,
45

Francis I, his power crippled
by Charles V, 16

Franklin, Benjamin, 167

Fredericksburg, town of, 290292

Freedmen's Bureau, the, 257;
influence of, and effect
on the negroes, 259-260

Frobisher, Sir Martin, 66; three
voyages of, 41

Gaines' Mill, 334

Gap, Thoroughfare, 353

Gates, Sir Thomas, 77, 116,
117, 126; arrival of, at
Virginia, 118; 365

George III, 163, 166

Gilbert, Adrian, 37, 48


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Gilbert, Capt. Bartholomew, 75

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 35, 40,
43; his plans against Spanish
ships, 42; sells estates
to raise money for cruise,
47; landing in Newfoundland,
and death, 47-48

Gilbert, John, 37

Gilbert, Raleigh, 77

Gilmer, Mr. F. W., 214 and
note

Giovanni da Verraza, captures
the treasure intended for
Charles V, 16

Gomez, Estevan, voyage of, 15

Good Speed, the, 60, 84, 100

Gordon, Armistead C., 230

Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 76

Gosnold, Captain Bartholomew,
75, 84; grave of, 95; death
of, 105

Gourges, his landing and attack
on St. Augustine, 2829;
slaughter of the garrison
at St. Augustine, 29

Grant, General, his report to
the President, 250

Great Bridge, the battle of, 178

Great Meadows, 170

Green, the historian, 166

Grenville, Sir Richard, 38-40;
at Roanoke, and explorations
along the coast, 5052;
leaves men at Roanoke,
53; battle with the
Spanish Armada, 56

Greynville, Richmond, 73

Grijaloa, superseded in command,
12-13

Guinea, coast of, 28, 34

Gunston Hall, 288

Hakluit, Richard, 77

Hall, Aaron, 343

Hampton Roads, 58, 314

Hampton Road, conference,
the, 314

Hancock, John, 187

Hanham, Captain Thomas, 83

Harrison, Benjamin, 148, 187

Harvey, Sir John, 131, 161;
driven out by the colonists,
142

Hatorask, 52, 54

Hawkins, William, 34

Hawkins, Sir John, 23; first
voyage of, 34; destruction
of his ships by Spaniards,
36; third voyage, 35-37

Hebrides, 57

Henrico, 124; destruction of,
130

Henricus, College of, 145

Henry VII, death of, 16

Henry VIII, his succession and
rule, 16-17; death of, 17

Henry, Prince, the Navigator, 5

Henry, Patrick, 171, 178, 182,
193, 196, 283, 334

Herndon, Lewis, 291

Hispaniola, 11, 14

Hoar, Senator, 275

Holy Office, the, 31

Honeyman's Bridge, 346

Hore, Robert, 17

"Horse-Shoe Ford," 347

Horton, William, 145

Hudson, Henry, fate of, 11

Hunt, "Worthy Master," 85,
87, 95, 97, 105; loss of his
library, 114, 364

Independence, declaration of,
146; debate concerning,
181-182, 185

Inquisition, the, results to
Spain of, 37

Invisible Empire, the, 269

Investigation, committee of,
report of, 270

Isabella, interview with Columbus,
8; pledges her
jewels, 8

Jackson, Stonewall, 289, 353,
354; an incident of, 354355


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James I, 65

James VI, succeeds to the English
throne, 75; his hatred
of Sir Walter Raleigh, 75

James, the, 58, 84, 88

Jamestown, what settlement
of, signifies, 3; the first
English settlement, 59; expeditions
from, against the
French, 62; growth of, 6263,
64; founding of, 84, 85;
attack on, by the Indians,
99-100; burning of, 114;
first elective assembly at,
128; attacked by the Indians,
130

Jamestown, Island of, 90

Jane, Queen, 18

Jefferson, Thomas, 146, 164;
appointed on Committee
to frame the Virginia Constitution,
187; mentioned
in Adams' letter to Pickering,
190-192, 193, 196;
his "monumental," 194195;
founding of the University
of Virginia, 198218;
the pioneer of coeducation,
201; his plans
for the college, 202; founding
of Albemarle Academy,
206; member of first
Board of Visitors, Virginia
University, 209; consulted
by Governor Nicholas, 210;
first President of the Board,
University of Virginia, 212;
his plans for building the
university, 214-217 and
note; opposition to, 220;
his address to the students,
227; his prophecy, 234

John and Francis, the, 106

Johnson, Andrew, 255; his attitude
toward the South,
255-256

Johnson, Colonel Richard Malcolm,
343

Jones, Paul, 290

Jones, Rev. Hugh, 173

Jonson, Ben, 79

Judith, the, 36

Kenawha, the great, 170

Kendall, George, 88; shot for
conspiracy, 106

Key, Thomas Hewitt, 221, 225

Kilpatrick, General, 349

King's River, 90

Knights of the White Camellia,
the, 268

Ku Klux acts, the, 269

Ku Klux Committee, the, 269

Ku Klux Klan, the, 267

La Cosa, exploration of Darien
by, 12

Lane, Ralph, 57; kills King
Penisapau, 52; his return
home, 52-53

Laudonnière, Réné de, 21; settlement
at Fort Caroline,
22-23; fate of, 23; escape
of, from Fort Caroline, 25;
publishes an account of
the country, 35

Lee, Henry, 193

Lee, Richard Henry, 179-180;
his letter to Patrick Henry,
187, 188; mentioned in
letter of John Adams, 190192

Lee, Robert E., his example,
249; surrender of, 317-318

Lemoine, 35

Lewis, Andrew, 170

Lewis, Brigadier-General, 186

Leyden, 129

Lief, exploration of, 6

Lincoln, President, assassination
of, 254

Lindsay, Rev. Dr. John A., 218

Little River, 332, 346

Livingston, Robert R., 188

Long, Professor George, 221,
225


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Louisiana, cost to, during
"Carpet-bag rule" 265266
and note

Mabie, Hamilton W., 228, 231

Mace, Samuel, 75

Madison, James, 209, 283, 305

Magellan, Ferdinand, attempt
of, to circumnavigate the
globe, 13-14

Mandeville, Sir John, 12

Marco Polo, compass brought
by, 4; visit of, 5

Mar-del-Sud plate, carrack of,
44

Marshall, John, 193, 283, 305

Martin, Captain John, 88, 107,
115

Mary, Queen, succeeds Edward
VI, 18; her marriage
to Philip II and
grant of charter to merchant
adventurers, 18-19;
death of, 19-20

Marye's Heights, 288

Mason, George, 187, 196

Matanzas, Inlet of, 26

Maury, Matthew F., 291

Mayflower, the, 61

Meade, Bishop, 369; his character,
370-371

Mechanicsville, 334

Mendoza, his letter to King of
Spain, 45

Menendez, assault on Fort
Caroline, 25; expeditions
against Laudonnière, 2327;
his account of the destruction
of the French at
Matanzas, 26-27; his inscription
over the Frenchmen
slain by him, 27-28;
refounds settlement of St.
Augustine, 29; effect of
his treachery on England,
68

Minion, the, 36

Minor, Professor, 206-207 and
note

Mississippi, the, 13, 16

Mississippi, State of, the State
levy 266 and note

Monroe, James, 209, 210, 283,
305

Montreal, city of, 16

More, Sir Thomas, 17

Mount Desert, Island of, 125,
154

Mount Vernon, 288

Mountain Top, 212

Murray, Sir James, 80

Muscovy Company, the, 40

"The Mysterie and Company
of Discoverie of Regions,
Domains, Islands, and
Places Unknown," association
and founding of, 18

Navarez, Panfilo de, 16

Navarre, Henry of, 45

Nelson, Captain Francis, 99,
110, 115

Nelson, Colonel, 373-374, 378

Nelson, Thomas, Jr., 182, 186,
193, 334

New Found River, 332

New Foundland, 17

New Foundland, banks of, 15

Newport, 156

Newport, Captain Christopher,
66, 116; voyage of,
73-74; capture of the
Madre de Dios, 74; commander
of English fleet,
discovery of Virginia, 84;
his services to the Virginia
colony, 95; exploring expedition
of, 99-100; takes
first report of the colony to
the King, 100-101

Newport News, 326-327

New York, 156

Nicholas, George, 178

Nicholas, Governor, 210

Nicholas, Robert Carter, 182

Nicholson, Governor, 145

Nicuesa, takes possession of
Darien, 12


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Nina, the, 297

Norfolk, 156; burning of, by
Dunmore, 179

North, Lord, 163

Northanna, the, 331

Northwest passage, the, 11

Oakland, 348, 374

Ocracoke Inlet, 51

Ojeda, 12

Old Point Comfort, 326-327

Orange, Prince of, 32; assassination
of, 45

Oriel College, 37

Page, John, 205, 306

Party, the court, 127

Party, the patriot, 127

Paspaha, the Werrowance of,
98

Paspiheigh, the river of, 90

Pamunkey, the, 332

Peckham, Sir George, 40

Pedrarias, Governor of Darien,
12

Pembroke, Earl of, 34

Pendleton, Edmund, 181, 196

Pendletons, General, memoir
of, 315

Penisapau, King, plot of, 52;
death of, 52

Percy, George, 88, 96, 99; his
account of the "Starving
time," 104-105; Governor
of the colony of Virginia,
240

Peru, conquest of, 14

Petersburg, 316

Philadelphia, 156

Philip II, Menendez' expedition,
23; his message to
Menendez, 27

Phœnix, the, 106, 110

Pickering, Thomas, mentioned
in letter, 190

Piedmont, the, 282

Pineda, Alvarez de, 13

Pitt, William, his recognition of
America, 165-166

Pizarro, the conquest of Peru
by, 14

Planet, the, 297

Plasiby, Henry, 145

Pocahontas, 97, 106; saves
Captain Smith's life, 109;
her service to the English,
111-112

Ponce de Leon, Juan, search for
the fountain of youth, 12

Popham, Chief Justice, 83, 99

Port Royal, colony of, 20; destruction
of colony at, 22

Porter, Fitz John, 353

Portsmouth, 156

Portugal, papal decree concerning,
9

Potts, letter of, 111-112

Powhatan, King, 106, 109

Powhatan, the river, 58

Pimlico, Sound of, 51

Prest, Agnes, 38

Priestly, Dr. Joseph, (206 and
note)

Princeton College, 368

Prinne, Martin, 83

"Quicksilver," see "Eastward
Hoe," 79

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 37; his
hatred of Spain, 42, 67;
commander of the Falcon,
43; his service in Ireland,
43; character of, and favor
with the Queen, 45-46;
his letter to Sir Humphrey
Gilbert, 47; granted letters
patent by the queen,
48-49; plans for colonization
of New World, 49; explorations
along the coast
of Virginia and knighting
of, by queen, 50; grants
charter for founding of
colony in Virginia, 53; battle
with the Armada, 56;
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by the queen, 74;
expeditions to Guiana
coast, 75-76; imprisonment
of, 111

Randolph, Peyton, 172, 187,
193

Rapidan, the, 246

Ratcliffe, Captain, 84, 88, 115;
succeeds Wingfield as
president of the colony of
Virginia, 106

Reconstruction period, the, its
length, 242

Reformation, coming of, 4; torture
secures foothold in
Spain, 31

Revenge, the, 38

Ribault, Jean, 21; arrival with
supplies at Fort Caroline,
24; expedition against Menendez,
24-25; wreck of
his fleet, 25

Richard, the Bonhomme, 83,
290

Richmond, town of, 291-292

Rights, declaration of, 185

Rio de Janeiro, 21

Rio de la Hacha, town of, 36

Roanoke, Island of, 5, 79;
colonization of, 51; disappearance
of its colonists, 61

Rolph, John, 112; his marriage
with Pocahontas, 124;
probable death of, 130

Rutledge, Edward, 189

Salisbury, Earl of, 101

Sandys, Sir Edwin, 115, 125;
the arrest of, 131

Sanford, Samuel, 145

San Juan d'Ulna, harbor of, 38

San Miguel, town of, 15

Santiago, town of, 52

"Scape-thrift," see "Eastward
Hoe," 79

"Sea-Gull," see "Eastward
Hoe," 79

Sea Venture, the, 97, 118

Serapi, the, 290

Seward, Mr., 278

Sharpl, Edward, 131

Sherwood, Mrs., books by, 375

S'dney, Sir Philip, 67

Spyco, the hostage, 52

Small, Dr., 2-5

Smith, Dr. Augustin, 211

Smith, Captain John, 88, 96;
discharged from prison,
99; discussion about, 102;
author's opinion of, 103104;
rescue of, by Pocahontas,
106; his character,
107-109; his account of his
rescue by Pocahontas, 109;
tribute to, by one of his
soldiers, 113-114

Smith, ex Governor, 355

Smith, Meriwether, 182

Somers, Sir George, 77, 116;
hipwrecked, 117

South Carolina, taxable values
of, 266, note

Southanna, 332

Spain, freed from Moslem rule,
4; rights of, 9; claims
Brazil, 9; attempt to colonize
Darien, 16; gains
Peru, 14; mistakes in colonial
policy, 29-30; Spanish
character, 30-31; crippled
by executions, 31;
ambition of, to rule the
world, 33; sends the Armada
against England,
55-57; extent of territory
during the middle of 16th
century, 64-65

"Spendall," see "Eastward
Hoe," 79

Spert, Capt. Thomas, 17

Spottswood, Governor, 289

Spottsylvania, 289

Squirrel, the, sinking of, 48

Stamp Act, the, 167-168

Stanton, Secretary, 255

St. Augustine, founding of, 24,
52


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St. John's River, 22

St. Juan d'Ulna, Spanish
treachery at, 68

St. Lawrence, Gulf of, 16

St. Lawrence, the river, 33

St. Mary's, 156

Stoneman, General, 349

Stuart, Arabella, 75, 111

Stuart, Mary, 32; execution of,
45

Stuart, J. E. B., death of, 350

Stukeley, Thomas, 35

Swiss College, the, 206

Tampico, 13

Taylor, Gen. Robert B., 214,
note

Tidewater, the, 282

Treasurer, the, 127

Trinity House, founding of, 17

Thorpe, Mr., 130

Utopia, publication of, 17

Valadolid, 76

Valasquez, 12, 13

Vespuci, 12

Vinland, discovered by Lief, 6;
story of, lost, 6

Virginia, first settlement of, 15,
98; the first months of, 98100;
character of the early
accounts, 146-152; division
of, 280-285; character of
the people, 299-304; conditions
after the war, 319321;
emigration from,
after the war, 324-325;
mineral sources of, 329;
climate of, 330-331; capes
of, 86

Virginia, the, Central Railway,
348

Virginia Company, the, 129

Virginia, Northern Co. of, 83

Virginia, Southern Co. of, 83

Virginia Convention, the, the
meeting of, in 1776, 180

Virginia Gazette, the, 149, 151,
185-186

Virginia, the, 118

Virginia, University of, its
situation, 212-213, 230;
influence over graduates,
231-232

Waller's Grove, 186

Walsingham, Secretary, 47

Warde, Richard, charter granted
to, 10

Washington, Fanny, 297

Washington, George, 170, 193,
196; takes command of the
Continental Army, 172,
248, 288

Watts, John, 70

Werowocomoco, 109

West, Sir Thomas, 119

Westmoreland County, 145

"Westover," 291

Weymouth, Captain George,
arrest of, 76

White, John, Governor Colony
of Virginia, 53; landing at
Roanoke, 54; his return to
England, 54-55; his attempt
to return to the
colony, 55; leaves colonists
at Roanoke, 69-70; departure
from England delayed,
70; search for lost
colony, 71-72

Whittaker, Mr., 97

Wickham, General, 240

The Wilkes' case, 165

William, the, 178

William and Mary, College of,
145, 162, 202, 205; attempt
to move college to
Richmond, 217

Williamsburg, 149, 171, 185

Win-gan-da-coa, 50

Wingfield, Edward Maria, 77,
96, 115; elected President
Virginia Colony, 87-88;


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author's opinion of, 102103;
deposed from the
presidency of the colony,
106

Wirt, William, 232

Wowinchapuncha, the Warrawance
of, 90

Wyat, Sir Francis, 129

Wythe, George, 196

Yardley, Sir George, 119; reinstated
as Governor, his
laws, 128-129

Yellow Tavern, the, 350

York, 156

York River, 114, 139

Zuñiga, his attempts to injure
England's colonial policy,
121-123