ritory, iii. 156;
expedition of, against the Indians in the Northwest, iii. 176, 193;
caution given to, by Washington, iii. 176;
surprise and defeat of, iii. 193;
considerate conduct of Washington toward, iii. 196.

St. Clair. Sir John, military posts visited by, in 1754, i. 137.

St. John, unauthorized descent upon, by Captains Broughton and Selman,
i. 742.

St. John on the Sorel, capture and abandonment of, by Arnold, i. 646;
retreat of Ethan Allen from--reinforcements sent to, by Governor
Carleton, i. 647;
surrender of, to Montgomery--clothing out of the captured stores
allowed by Montgomery to the garrison of--Major Andre among the
prisoners taken at, i. 680.

St. Leger, Colonel, junction of, with Sir John Johnson, at Oswego,
ii. 459.

St. Pierre, Legardeur de, his reception of Washington at Fort Le Boeuf,
i. 83;
audience given by, to Tanacharisson and his brother-chiefs, i. 84;
reply of, to the letter of Governor Dinwiddie, i. 85;
efforts of, to detain Tanacharisson and other chiefs of Washington's
party, i. 86;
death of, i. 181.

Salem, Massachusetts, patriotism of the people of, i. 389;
unsuccessful attempt of Colonel Leslie to seize arms at, i. 502.

Salem, North Carolina, visit of Washington to a Moravian settlement at,
in 1791, iii. 181.

Sanders's creek, total defeat of Gates at, by Lords Cornwallis and Rawdon,
ii. 683.

Santee, Greene on the High Hills of, iii. 3.

Saratoga, militia of Massachusetts and Connecticut desired by Washington
to rendezvous at, ii. 471;
destruction by Burgoyne of Schuyler's buildings at, ii. 535.

Savannah, seizure of powder in, by the patriots, i. 521;
combined attack of Lincoln and D'Estaing upon--Count Pulaski mortally
wounded at the siege of, ii. 663;
gloom spread through the South by the repulse at, ii. 664;
evacuation of, by the British, iii. 11;
visit of Washington to, on his southern tour, in 1791, iii. 181.

Sayre, Stephen, letter of the earl of Chatham to, commending the
continental Congress, i. 448;
biographical notice of (_note_), i. 449;
arrest of, in London (_note_), ii. 2.

Scalps, prices paid for, in early colonial times (_note_), i. 209.

School, Washington's application at, i. 45.

Schoolbooks, manuscript, of Washington, still in existence, i. 36.

Schoolfellows, Washington's, their regard for him, i. 36, 46.