ont, John Stark defeats the British at, 105.

Boone, Daniel, 1, 2.

Bowditch, Dr., an anecdote of, 206.

Braddock, General, defeated by the French and Indians, in 1755, 107.

Brazil, "Old Ironsides" destroys the British frigate Java off the
coast of, 180.

Bristol, the, a British man-of-war, 45.

Buford, used as a watchword, 101.

Bunker Hill, the battle of, awakens in Lafayette an interest in us,
199.
Lafayette visits, 212.

Burgoyne, marches down the valley of the Hudson, 114.
defeated at Freeman's Farm and at Saratoga, 114.

Burr, Aaron, 22.

C

Cahokia, a Creole village in the country of the Illinois Indians, 8.

Calhoun, John C., favors making war on Great Britain, 186.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arnold's expedition leaves, 21.
Washington's headquarters at, in the Craigie house, 105.
Morgan marches to, 112.

Camden, defeat of Gates at, 90.

Campbell, Lord, royal governor of South Carolina, 37.
injured in the attack on Fort Sullivan, 46.

Campbell, William, rallies the backwoodsmen, 94.
leads the advance at King's Mountain, 101.

Canada, extending to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, 3. See the map
in Chapter I.
the "back door," 19.
the winters of, 22, 29.

Cape Fear River, the, Clinton sails for, 36.

Carleton, Sir Guy, 19.
leaves Montreal and slips into Quebec, 31.
fortifies Quebec, 31.

Carolina, the, throws shells into the British camp, 190.

Carroll, Colonel, with his riflemen arrives from Nashville, 189.
in the battle of New Orleans, 194.

Carrying places, work at the, 22.

Catalano, the Sicilian pilot, used by Decatur, 162, 164.

Cedars, The, Hale passes a night at, 57.

Champlain, Lake, Lafayette visits, 206.

Charleston, attack on, planned by the British, 37.
the patriots prepare for the defense of, 38.

Charleston Harbor, Sullivan's Island near, 38.

Charlestown, a part of Boston, "Old Ironsides" lies in the navy yard
at, 169, 183, 184.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Gates flees to, 90.

Chaudiere River, the, an army to enter Canada by, 20.
Arnold's army scattered along, 25.
the perils of, 28.

Chesapeake Bay, De Grasse headed for, 126.
De Grasse reaches, 129.
the patriot armies march to, 129.
Clinton sends a fleet to, 130.
Admiral Graves forced to withdraw from, 130.
De Grasse gets control of, 130.
Lafayette returns to France by, 216.

Chick, Mother, the tavern of, 57.

Clark, Captain, at Bunker Hill