, 213.

Clark, George Rogers, 1.
starts for Kentucky, 1.
tramps back to Virginia, 2, 5.
receives help from Virginia, 3.
plans great deeds, 4.
sends out spies, 4.
appointed colonel, 5.
helped by Jefferson and Madison, 5.
starts down the Ohio, 6.
begins his march to Kaskaskia, 7.
interrupts the dance, 8.
captures Kaskaskia, 8.
makes friends of the Creoles, 8.
shows the kind of man he is, 9.
visited by Indians, 9.
shows his contempt for the Indians, 9.
an incident showing the boldness of, 10.
decides to recapture Vincennes, 11.
starts for Vincennes, 12.
shows brave leadership, 13.
makes a speech to his men, 13.
captures an Indian canoe, 14.
captures a Creole hunter, 14.
reaches Vincennes, 15.
punishes some Indians, 16.
captures Vincennes, 16.

Clay, Henry, favors making war on Great Britain, 186.

Cleveland, Colonel, rallies the backwoodsmen, 94.
given the supreme command at King's Mountain, 97.
leads the left wing at King's Mountain, 101.

Clinton, Sir Henry, 18.
sails for the Cape Fear River, 36.
at the attack on Fort Sullivan, 44.
receives orders to bring "Mr. Washington" to a decisive action, 77.
makes raids along the coast, 78.
hears of the capture of Stony Point, 87.
at Charleston, 90.
hoodwinked by Washington, 127.
sails for Yorktown, 133, 135.

Coffee, Colonel, and his mounted riflemen at New Orleans, 190.

Commerce controlled by Congress, 151.

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine, 138.

Compromises, the three, in framing the Constitution, 148-151.

Confederation, the Articles of, 141.
the defects of the Articles of, 141-144.

Congress, sends General Gates to the South, 90.
believed in by the people of the South, 93.
calls for ten companies, 112.
gives thanks for the surrender of Cornwallis, 136.
the national, erects a monument at Yorktown, 137.
the weakness of, 139, 142.
the first Continental, 140.
the second Continental, 140.
submits the Constitution to the states, 153.

Connecticut, 54, 125, 143, 146.

Constitution, the, the framing of, 138-155.
the state of the country before, 142-144.
the convention meets to frame, 145.
the noted men who helped frame, 146, 147.
the three compromises in framing, 148-151.
Washington signs, 152.
the witty remark of Franklin about, 152.
the discussions over the adoption of, by the Federalists and by the
Anti-Federalists, 153, 154.