;
chosen Commander-in-chief of Continental forces, 64, 65;
takes command at Cambridge, 65, 69;
plans to blockade Boston, 69;
jealousy among his officers, 70, 71;
and military amateurs, 71;
opposes expedition against Canada, 71;
whips his army into shape, 72;
appeals for supply of powder, 72;
forces evacuation of Boston, 73;
moves troops to New York, 74;
before Congress in Phila., 74, 75;
his opinion of Congress, 75;
retreats from Long Island after Sullivan's defeat, 77, 78;
inadequacy of his resources, 78;
moves army to Heights of Harlem, 80;
on the evils of American military system, 80, 81;
his troops not discouraged by his frankness, 82;
on the difficulty of his position, 82, 83;
his movements after battle of White Plains, 83 _ff_.;
crosses the Delaware and wins battles of Trenton and Princeton, 86;
a Necessary Man, 87;
his fearlessness of danger, 87, 88;
his movements impeded by dependence on Congress, 90, 118, 119;
his miscellaneous labors, 95 _ff_.;
his circular on looting by his troops, 97, 98;
on the maltreatment of American prisoners, 98;
takes Lafayette on his staff, 99;
chooses Valley Forge for winter quarters, 100;
describes its horrors, 101-103;
enters Phila. on the heels of the British, 106;
censures Charles Lee at Monmouth, 106;
the uneventful summer and autumn of 1778, 109;
refuses to commute Andre's sentence, 111;
jealous ambitions of his associates: the Conway Cabal, 111 _ff_.;
and Gates, 114;
and C. Lee, 114-116, 116_n_.;
on the intrigues of his enemies, 117, 118;
difficulties of his position, 118;
forced inactivity of, 121;
marches South to Virginia, 123;
lays siege to Yorktown, and forces Cornwallis to surrender, 122-125;
the country unanimous in giving him credit for the final victory 128,
129.

His view of the problems to be solved after the peace, 131;
urges payment of troops in full, 131-133, 134;
and the plan to make him king, 134, 135;
his letter to governors of States, 135;
his farewell to his officers, 136, 137;
his reception by, and address to, Congress, 137-139;
returns to Mt. Vernon, 139;
his life there, described, 140, 141, 143, 144, 146, 147;
fears of military dictatorship under, 141, 142;
his vision of the development of the Northwest 144, 145;
declines all gifts and pay for his services, 146;
his correspondence, 147, 148;
fears further trouble with Eng