"

Progress reprinted in America, V.
218, n.
Burdet, George, Laud's spy at Dover, I.
517; his letter to Laud, 518; his con-
troversy with Massachusetts, ib.; with-
draws to Agamenticus, 519; arrested
by Gorges, and leaves the country, 527.
Burgess, -, appointed governor of
Massachusetts, IV. 340; declines the
appointment of governor, 386; men-
tioned, 458.

Burgesses, House of, in Virginia, I. 378.
Burials of the Indians, I. 31.
Burke, Edmund, his account of the ori-
gin of the Massachusetts Bay Com-
pany, I. 308; his opinion of the Coun-
cil for Foreign Plantations, III. 33;
quoted, IV. 17; letter discussing terms
of peace with France, V. 223, 247, n.;
favors the reception of the petition for
the repeal of the Stamp Act, 331; sec-
retary to Lord Rockingham, 353; as
a member of the ministry, 263; quoted
concerning Pitts's ministry, 364, n.;
on "American Taxation" cited, 372,
n., 527; quoted on the rights of Eng-
lishmen, &c., 424, n.; quoted on the
consistency of England to the colonies,
522; opposes the Boston Port Bill,
524; quoted on "punishing Boston,"
547; debate in Parliament, 550, 553.
Burke, William, favors the reception of
the petition for the repeal of the Stamp
Act, V. 331.

Burleigh, Lord, views of, towards the
Nonconformists, I. 119; his discontent
with Whitgift, 122.

Burnet, Gilbert, made bishop of Salis-
bury, IV. 8, 497; his friendliness to
Mather, 71.

Burnet, Gov. William, mentioned, IV.
350; 384, n., 498, n., 579; transferred
from the administration of New York
to Massachusetts, 497; a memorial
to the king in behalf of his children,
497, n.; the question of his salary,
498; his qualities and characteristics,
ib.; his instructions concerning the
currency question, 498, ».; his speech
to the General Court, 500; his royal
instruction concerning a salary, 501;
the Court make a grant to him, 502,
510; refuses the grants of money,
503, 511; continuance of the dispute
with the Court in regard to a salary,
503-512; writes to the Duke of New-
castle concerning his dispute with the
House, 511; his device for exacting
the salary, ib.; removes the Court
from Boston to Salem, 512; presents
the conduct of the Assembly to the
Board of Trade, 513; his defence
of the removal to the Court, 514;
prorogation of the Court by, 518;
his conduct sustained by the Board
of Trade, 519; renewal of the dispute

in a new session, 520; embarrassed
for his means of living, 520; dis-
solves the Court, 522; withholds his
approval from an issue of bills of
credit, 524; communicates to the
House the decision of the Privy
Council, 525; adjourns the Court to
Cambridge, 526; death of, 526; mes-
sage to the Court, 527, n.; a grant
made to his children by the General
Court, 529; hearing of the Board of
Trade on the charges of the Province
against him, 533, n.

Burnet, Thomas, acts as counsel for Gov-
ernor Burnet against the General Court
of Massachusetts, IV. 519.
Burrill, John, Lynn, member of the
Council, IV. 408.

Burrough, Edward, procures a mandamus
in favor of the Quakers in Massachu-
setts, II. 519.
Burroughs, Rev. George, accused of witch-
craft, IV. 105; execution of, 108; al-
lowance made by General Court to
the family of, 117.
Burslem, Mr., at Winnisimmet, I. 233.
Burton, Rev. Henry, punished by the
Star-Chamber Court, I. 564.
Burton, Thomas, signs the "Remon-
strance and Humble Petition," II.
168; mentioned, V. 165, n.
Bute, Lord, opposition to Pitt, V. 247.
Butler, James, Duke of Ormond, lord
lieutenant of Ireland, II. 273; his
character, III. 470; removed from
office, ib.
Butler's

"Hudibras" mentioned, IV.

384, n.
Byfield, Nathaniel, speaker of the depu-
ties to General Court, IV. 143, n.; left
off the Board of Councillors, 254;
appointed judge of admiralty, 255, n.;
rejected as councillor by Dudley,
340; biographical note of, 340, n.;
his action concerning a French prize,
354; his scheme for a private bank,
335, n.; rejected as councillor by
Shute, 409; accused of machinations
against the government, 409, n.
Bygon, intendant-general of Canada,
IV. 421.

C..

Cabal, in Essex County, II. 157.
Cabal ministry, the, II. 632, III. 10; dis-
solution of, 21.

Cabal of Presbyterians in Massachusetts,
II. 166.

Cabot, John, his first voyage of explora-

tion, I. 60; touches on the coast of
Labrador, 61; has a glimpse of New
England, 62; authorized to make a
second voyage, ib.; his discovery the
basis of the English claim to North
American territory, 63, n., 77.

Cabot, Sebastian, I. 60; sails on a voyage
of discovery, 61; supposed to have
made a second voyage to America,
62; and possibly a third, 63.
Caernarvon, Earl of, his speech upon the
proceedings against Lord Danby, III.
250, n.

Calamy, Edmund, English divine, IV. 5.
Caldwell, James, killed in the Boston
massacre, V. 418.

Calef, Robert, his investigation of witch-
craft, IV. 114, n.; author of protest
against witchcraft, 131, n

Callender, John, Baptist minister in New-
port, his "Historical Discourse," &c.,
IV. 591.

Callieres, M. de, governor of Canada, IV.
37; his plan for the capture of Albany
and New York, ib. ; endeavors to make
peace with the Five Nations, 42.
Calvin, John, Presbyterian church polity
of, II. 71, 72; revives the Augustinian
doctrine, ib.

Cambridge (Newtown), settlement of, I.
324; ordered to be called Cam-
bridge, 549; the British troops land
at, on their way to Concord, V.
563.

Cambridge Platform, II. 183.
Cambridge, University of, in England,
its privileges invaded by James the
Second. III. 460.

Camden, Lord (Chief-Justice Pratt), his
opinion on the right of taxation, V.
353.

Camden, Lord Chancellor, mentioned, V.
377, 552, 553.

Campbell, Duncan, appointed a deputy-
postmaster in Boston, IV. 329; quoted
concerning his postal service, 330, n.
Campbell, John, proprietor of the "News
Letter," IV. 304, n.

Canaan, Conn., settled, IV. 576, n.
Canada, derivation of the name, I. 1;
government of, IV. 36; population
and condition of, ib.; interest of Car-
dinal Richelieu in the government of,
37; M. de Nonville succeeds to the
government of, 40: plan of the ex-
pedition against, 49, 50; population
of, 423, n.; capitulation of, to the
English, V. 171.

Canning, George, mentioned, IV. 246, n.
Canonchet, sachem of the Narragansetts,
breaks his treaty with the English,
III. 172; defeats a company under
Captain Pierce, 189; taken prisoner
and put to death, 192.
Canonicus, chief of the Narragansetts,
his disposition towards the colonists,
II. 112; cedes the Narragansett terri-
tory to the king, 136; receives with
indignity an embassy from Massachu-
setts, 138; concludes a truce with the
Federal commissioners, 139.
Canons, Book of, 1604, I. 132.

Canseau, attacked by French and fort
burned, V. 59.

Canterbury, Conn., IV. 474, n.
Cap Blanc, I. 78.
Cap Fortune, I. 78.

Cape Ann, Lord Sheffield's patent for, I.
222; settlement at, by the Dorchester
Company, 285.

Cape Cod, influence of, on the climate
of New England, I. 12; discovered by
Bartholomew Gosnold, 71; visited by
De Monts, 78; by De Poutrincourt,
ib.; by Henry Hudson, 85; by Der-
mer, 99; arrival of the Plymouth col
onists at, 164; name equivocal, 99, n.;
geographical description of, 164.
Cape Diamond, IV. 54; fort at Quebec,
144.

Cape Porpoise (Kennebunk Port), at-
tacked by Indians, IV. 260.

Cape Small Point, attempted settlement
on, I. 83, n.

Capital crimes in Plymouth, II. 20; in
England, 27, n. ; in Massachusetts, 29,
31; in Connecticut, 31, III. 59.
Captain Tom, a praying Indian, hanged
as a deserter, III. 220.

Carew, Thomas, his "Calum Britanni-
cum," I. 382.

Care, Archibald, member of Virginia
committee, V. 461.

Carleton, Sir Dudley, his suspicions of
Brewster, I. 141; is made Lord Dor-
chester, 392.

Carr, lieutenant-colonel of the regiment
quartered in Boston, V. 417.

Carr, Caleb, governor of Rhode Island,
IV. 236.

Carr, Dabney, member of Virginia com-
mittee, V. 461.

Carr, Patrick, wounded in the Boston
massacre, V. 418.

Carr, Sir Robert, one of the royal com-
missioners in 1664, II. 578, 580; re-
duces the Dutch posts on the Delaware
river, 592; his letter to Eliot, 604;
his conduct while in New Hampshire,
619; projects a new colony in New
England, 623, n.; his death, ib.; char-
acteristic adventure of, ib., n.
Carr Mountain, location and height of,
I. 6.

Carteret, Lord (Earl Granville), men-
tioned, IV. 460, n.; secretary of state
for the colonies, 487; advice to Dum-
mer concerning the colonies' obedience
to the king's commands, 509.
Cartier, Jacques, sails up the St. Law-
rence in 1535, I. 65; explorer in Am-
erica, V. 171.
Cartwright, Col. George, one of the royal
commissioners to New England in
1664, II. 578, 580; captures Fort Or-
ange, 592; his return to England, 624;
his opinion of the Rhode Island people,
III. 100.

V. 60.

199.

Charles, Earl of Manchester, secretary of
state, IV. 200, n.

Cary, Captain, sent to England to pro-
cure arms, IV. 266, n.

Caryl, Joseph, mentioned, IV. 386.
"Case of the Governor and Council of
Massachusetts Bay," the printing of,
investigated, IV. 339, n.

Casno, Isaac, Boston, allowed to run
stage-coaches, IV. 585.

Castine, a French settler among the Pe-
nobscots, dispossessed by Governor
Andros, III. 558.

Castine, Baron de, mentioned, IV. 257;
commands a surrender of Fort Fema-
quid, 154.

Castle Island, fortifications on, I. 394,
395; the royal colors to be displayed
at, 431, 440, 441; rebuilt and garri
soned, II. 51; as described by Ran-
dolph, III. 298; seized by the people
of Boston, 581.

Castle William, fort at Boston, IV. 144;
the stamped papers deposited at, V.
323, 338.

Catawba tribe of Indians, I. 23.

Catechism to be made for the religious in-
struction of youth, II. 46.

Catholics accused of a conspiracy by Ti-

tus Oates, III. 242; banished by proc-
lamation from London, 246; disarmed
and imprisoned, 249; excluded from
public employments, ib.
Calkins, Miss, IV. 489.

Cautionary towns surrendered to the
Dutch, I. 253.

Cavendish, Sir Harry, mentioned, V.
528, n.

Censors of the press appointed in Massa-
chusetts, II. 530; the office assumed
by Randolph, III. 519, n.
"Centurion," man-of-war, IV. 245.
Chalmers, George, "Political Annals "
cited, I. 307, 633; III. 516, 570, n.,
579, n.; quoted, IV. 373, n., 466, n.
Chamberlain, Richard, secretary to the
provincial government of New Hamp-
shire, III. 406; his complaints to the
lords of the committee, ib., n.
Champante, John, agent for Massachu-
setts, IV. 202, n.

Champernoon, Francis, a nephew of Sir
Ferdinando Gorges, I. 79, n.
Champlain, Samuel de, sails as pilot with
De Monts, I. 77; French explorer in
America, V. 171.

Champlain, Lake, valley of, I. 1; height
of the surface of, above the ocean, 2.

Charles the First, his accession, I. 264;
makes war upon France, 267; his ex-
pedients for a revenue, 268; his per-
plexities, 270; his disuse of Parliaments
for eleven years, 273; commits to pris-
on several members of Parliament, ib.;
his address to Parliament, 274; his
literary taste, 276; his plan of a gen-
eral governor for New England, 401;
his despotism, 560; declares the char-
ter of London forfeit, ib.; exacts ship-
money, 561; insurrection against him
in Scotland, 565, 567; advances into
Scotland with an army, 568; beaten
by the Scots at Newburn, 571; con-
vokes a council of peers, ib.;_the
Long Parliament, ib.; goes to Scot-
land, 573; attempts to arrest members
of the House of Commons, 575; with-
draws to Hampton Court, 576; sets up
his standard at Nottingham, ib.; his
forces defeated at Marston Moor, II.
70; surrender of York, and capture of
Newcastle, ib.; successes of, in the
South, ib. negotiates with the Parlia
ment at Uxbridge, 93; is defeated at
Naseby, 99; capture of his private let-
ters, ib.; his retreat to Oxford, 100;
flight to the Scottish army, 103; sur-
rendered to Parliament, 104; carried
to the army, 105; escapes to the Isle
of Wight, 107; his treaty with the
Scottish commissioners, ib.; negotia-
tion with Parliament, 108; the army
demands that he be brought to justice,
109; imprisoned in Hurst Castle, ib.;
brought to Windsor, 110; tried, con-
demned, and beheaded, 111.
Charles the Second, proclaimed king by
the Scots, II. 275; coronation of, at
Scone, 278; makes an irruption into
England, 279; is defeated at Worces-
ter and escapes to the continent, ib.;
issues the royal declaration, 422; his
return to England, and entry into Lon-
don, 423; makes war upon Holland,
441; receives favorably the address
from Massachusetts, 494; proclaimed
king in Massachusetts, 517; forbids
persecution of the Quakers, 519; ac-
knowledged king by Plymouth, 532;
and proclaimed by New Haven, 535;
by Connecticut, 536; by Rhode Island,
559; appoints commissioners to New
England, 574; his letter to Massachu-
setts, 582; effect of Clarendon's re-
tirement upon, III. 4; quarrel with
France, 5; remarks upon the character
of, 9; enters into a treaty with Louis
XIV., 12; his duplicity towards Par-