l, the bravery of, 103.

Detroit, Fort, Hamilton's headquarters, 4, 11. See the map in Chapter
I.

Dickinson, John, at the Philadelphia convention, 147.

Dinwiddie, governor of Virginia, 109.

Doak, Rev. Samuel, invokes a blessing before the march to King's
Mountain, 96.

Dragoons, the defeat of the red, 90-104. See King's Mountain.

Du Loup River, the, Arnold's men cross, 29.

Dunmore, Lord, driven from Virginia, 36.

E

Ellsworth, Oliver, at the Philadelphia convention, 146.

Enos, Colonel, 22, 23.
deserts Arnold, 24.

Enterprise, the, fights a Tripolitan man-of-war, 157.

Experiment, the, a British man-of-war, 46.

F

Farragut, Admiral, 41.

Federalist, the, 154.

Federalists, the, 153.

Ferguson, Colonel, character of, 91.
enlists Tories and raids the Carolinas, 92.
threatens the backwoodsmen, 92.
the rally of the backwoodsmen to attack, 94.
retreats before the backwoodsmen, 97.
makes a stand at King's Mountain, 99.
defeated at King's Mountain, 101-103.
the death of, at King's Mountain, 102.

Fish, Nicholas, with Lafayette at Yorktown, 208.

Fiske, John, the historian, 115, 139.

Fort Detroit, Hamilton's headquarters, 4, 11. See the map in Chapter
I.

Fort Pitt, 5. See the map in Chapter I.

Fort Sullivan, the defense of, 36-49.
built of palmetto logs, 38.
the mounting of cannon in, 39.
visited by General Lee, 39.
Lee advises the surrender of, 39, 46.
the British plan of attack on, 41.
the attack on, 41-48.
the repulse of the British attack on, 48.
the moral effect of the defense of, 49.

Fort Sumter, 43.

France, the king of, promises us aid, 201.

Franklin and Holston settlements, now Tennessee, 92.

Franklin, Benjamin, at the Philadelphia convention, 146.
work of, in framing the Constitution, 150, 152.
the witty remark of, about the Constitution, 152.
a quotation from the almanac of, 157.
aids Lafayette, 200.

Frederick the Great of Prussia, friendly to us, 145.

Freeman's Farm, Burgoyne defeated at, 114.

French Canadians, the, help Arnold, 28.

French fleet, the, under De Grasse, 125. See De Grasse.

French villages, the, north of the Ohio River, 3, 11, 15.

G

Gates, General, the statue of, at Saratoga, 18.
sent to take command in the South, 90.
defeated at Camden, South Carolina, 90.
the character of, 90, 105.

George, King, receives word of Cornwallis's surrender, 137.

Georgia, overrun by the B