cluded in the territory of Massachu-
setts, III. 96; put under the govern-
ment of Andros, 515; regulation of
affairs in, 560.

Cornwall, Conn., settled, IV. 576 n.
Cornwallis, Edward, English governor at
Nova Scotia, V. 132.

Corporation Act, provisions of the, II. 354.
Cortereal, Gaspar, voyage of, I. 63.
Corwin, Jonathan, examined the cases
of witchcraft at Salem, IV. 103.
Cottle,

-, collector at Salem, accused
of conniving at smuggling, V. 401 n.
Cotton, John, arrives at Boston, and is
chosen teacher of the Church, I. 367;
account of, 368; controverts some
opinions of Roger Williams, 409; his
statement as to the cause of Williams's
banishment, 416; his letter to Lord
Say and Sele, as to the "Council for
Life," 442, n.; his sermon upon the
veto, power of the magistrates, 448;
acquiesces in the excommunication of
Mrs. Hutchinson, 488; speech about
the religious differences in New Eng-
land, 495; is invited to England to the
Westminster Assembly of Divines,
581; appointed with others to make a
draft of laws, II. 22, n. ; his " Abstract
of Laws," 25; Robert Baylie's account
of, 84 n.; his "True Constitution of a
Particular Visible Church," 85; his
"Way of the Congregational Churches
cleared," II. 183, n., 185, n., 340, n.;
his agency in reducing Independency
to a working system, 181; his corre-
spondence with Cromwell, 280; his
death, 409; mentioned, IV. 5.
Council of Commerce, attempt to estab
lish a, IV. 21.

Council of Foreign Plantations appointed

by Charles II, II. 444; reduced to ten
members, III. 32; the number in-
creased, 33; merged with the Council
for trade, ib.; their designs against
New England, 273.

Council for Life, restriction of the, I.
555; renewal of the question respect-
ing the, 614.

Council for New England incorporated,
I. 192; they grant a patent to John
Pierce for Plymouth, 193; their diffi-
culties with the Virginia Company,
204; they cancel Pierce's patent, 210;
resignation of their charter, 397; list
of grants made by the, ib.
Council of Six, formed by the Whig
party, III. 261; its members arrested,
262; accused by the Tories of com-
plicity with the Rye-House Plot, 266.
Council of State, chosen by Parliament,

II. 273; dissolution of the, by Crom-
well, 288; another formed, 289.
Council of Virginia, exercise a supervi-
sion over the London and Plymouth
Companies, I. 81; patent of the, 91.

Court orders at Plymouth, I. 342.
Courts of Assistants, in Massachusetts,
I. 317; renewal of, 325; towns taxed
by, 353; their action opposed by the
General Court, 375; established in the
several colonies, II. 15, 16.

Courts of Justice established at Salem,
Ipswich, and Newton, I. 551; in New
England, history of the organization
of, II. 15; constitution of, in 1670, III.
42; act of General Court to establish,
IV. 140; acts of the General Court to
establish and the action of the Privy
Council, 172, 173.

Covenanters, in Scotland, cruel persecu-
tion of the, III. 31; defeat of the
King's troops under Claverhouse by,
at Loudon Hill, 268; defeated at Both-
well Bridge, ib.
Covenants, church, II. 36.
Coventry, Conn., IV. 474, n.
Coverdale, Bishop, refuses to subscribe to
the liturgy and ceremonies, I. 122.
Cowell, his Law Dictionary," I. 250.
Cor, Richard, Bishop of Ely, opposes

John Knox, I. 118.

Cor, T., bookseller in Boston, a catalogue
of books sold by him, IV. 384, n.
Cradock, Matthew, governor of the Mas-
sachusetts Company, proposes the
transfer of the government of the
Company to New England, I. 301; a
member of the Long Parliament, 304;
his advice as to the treatment of the
Indians, 362; ordered to produce the
charter of the Massachusetts Company,
371; defaulted at Westminster Hall,
403.

Craggs, Mr., succeeded Addison as sec-
retary of state, IV. 460, n.

Crandall, John, visits Massachusetts in
Company with John Clarke, II. 351;
arrested and fined for a misdemeanor,
352; arrested for assisting the Shakers,
IV. 97, n.

Cranfield, Edward, appointed governor
of the royal province of New Hamp-
shire, III. 407; his official powers, ib. ;
his oppressive administration, 408;
quarrels with the Assembly of New
Hampshire, and dissolves it, 409;
quotations from his several communi-
cations to the Privy Council, 410, 415,
418; appoints a Deputy-Governor and
goes to Boston, 412; his letter from
Boston, 413, n.; his course censured
by the Lords of the Committee, 417;
sues to be relieved from his govern-

ment, 418; his departure to the West
Indies, 419; mentioned, IV. 218.
Cranmer, his honesty and his errors, I.
109; opposes the statute of the six arti-
cles, 110; superintends the preparation
of the liturgy, 111; his opposition to
Hooper, 112.

Cranston, John, governor of Rhode Is
land, begs Mount Hope of the king for
Rhode Island, III. 432; dispute with
the government of Connecticut, 434.
Cranston, Samuel, governor of Rhode
Island, IV. 236; letter concerning
the importation of negroes to Rhode
Island, 357, n.; duration of his ad-
ministration in Rhode Island, 466;
death of, mentioned, 588.
Creek Indians, I. 23.

Crocker, Rev. Josiah, Taunton, V. 34.
Cromwell, Oliver, sends his Scotch prison-
ers to Boston, L. viii; his dialogue
with Whitelocke, 281; his success at
Gainsborough, 479; his success at
Marston Moor, II. 270; an Indepen-
dent, 86; at Uxbridge, 94; denounces
Lord Manchester, 95; the Scotch
jealous of, 97, n.; assists to remodel
the army, 98; his conduct at Naseby,
99; opposed to conformity, 101; his
conduct at Preston Pans, 108; member
of the High Court of Justice, 111; the
ruler of England, 273; appointed to
command in Ireland, 274; sacks Drog-
heda and Wexford, ib.; his letter to
Lenthall cited, ib., n.; appointed to
command in Scotland, 276; battle of
Dunbar. 277; battle of Worcester, 279;
corresponds with John Cotton, ib.
expels the Long Parliament, 288;
selects "the little Parliament," 289;
first Protectorate of, 250; institutes
the Court of Triers, 292; summons
his second Parliament, 294; dissolves
it, 295; divides England into mili-
tary districts, ib.; makes war with
Spain, is defeated at San Domingo,
but succeeds in Jamaica, 296; sum-
mons a third Parliament, 298; is
elected king, 299; refuses the crown,
300; invested with royal powers as
protector, 301; authorized to appoint
his successor, ib.; dissolves his third
Parliament, 302; his power, afflictions,
and death, 303; his plan for transfer-
ring the New England people to Ire-
land, 389; and to Jamaica, 390; his
communications with John Leverett,
392; how esteemed in New England,
400.

Cromwell, Richard, accession of, II. 416;

his character, ib.; state of parties at
the accession of, 417; calls a Parlia-
ment, ib; abdicates, 419.
Crown Point, a point of attack for the
English, V. 130; an expedition against,
commanded by William Johnson,

138; the army surprised at Wood
Creek, Lake Champlain, by Dieskau,
139; cost of the expedition to, 142.
Crowne, John, his information against
the regicides, II. 498; begs assistance
of the English government for his
father's losses by the surrender of
Nova Scotia, III. 431; opinion enter-
tained of, by the Federal commission-
ers, 433.

Crowne, William, made a proprietor of
Nova Scotia, by Cromwell, II. 286.
Cuba Mountain, situation and height of,
I. 6.

Cudworth, James, sympathizes with the
Quakers, and is disfranchised, II. 484,
n., 532, n.; restored to favor, III. 98;
his reasons for declining public service
in 1673, ib., n.; sent with Major Brad-
ford in command of forces against
Philip, 155; carries the address of
Plymouth to England, 424.
Cudworth, Ralph, English philosopher,
IV. 384, n.

Culpepper, chancellor of the Exchequer,
quotations from his speech upon the
exaction of duties, I. 560.

Culpepper, Lord, governor of Virginia, rec-
ommends a general governor for New
England, III. 343; account of, ib., n.
Cupheage (Stratford), settlement of, I.

538.

Currency of New England, II. 57.
Cushing, Thomas, speaker of the House
of Representatives, V. 252; repre-
sentative in General Court, ib. ; chosen
speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. 355; on con mittee of corre-
spondence, 381; a graduate of Har-
vard College, 405, n.; member of a
committee protesting against hold-
ing court at Cambridge, 444, 446;
represented Massachusetts in the first
Congress, 538.

Cushing, Judge William, will not accept
of the support of the crown, V. 478.
Cushman, Robert, sent to England by the
Leyden congregation, I. 150; censured
for yielding to the merchant adventurers,
155; withdraws from the enterprise of
emigration, 100; prophecy of, 195; his
letter cited by Bradford, 213; his death,
and Bradford's tribute to his memory,
224.

Custom duties, levy of, in the colonies,
III. 33.

Cutler, Rev. Timothy, his conversion to
the Church of England, IV. 478;
Samuel Sewall's letter on the apostasy
of, 478, n.; made rector of Yale Col-
lege, 478; claims a seat among the
overseers of Harvard College, 479, n.;
his opinion of Whitefield's preaching,
V. 40.

Cutts, John, made president of the royal
province of New Hampshire, III. 402;

De Callières, his intrigues with the In-
dians, IV. 258; death of, 259.
De Candolle, "Géographie Botanique,"
cited, I. 27, n.

Declaration of Indulgence, of King James
II., III. 460; a second published, 462;
defeat of, 464; reception of, in New
England, 548.

Declaration of Right, at the accession of
William and Mary, III. 479.
"Declaration of the Rights and Griev-
ances of the Colonists in America,"
prepared at the Congress in New York,
V. 330.

Declaration, Royal, brought over by Ran-
dolph, III. 376.

Declaratory Act, the, of King George
concerning his prerogative over the
colonies, V. 354.

Deerfield, assaulted by the Indians, III.
163; abandoned by the English, 169;
sack of the town by Indians, IV. 262;
attempted attack upon, 274.

Deer Island, the income from, appropri-
ated to the support of a school, II. 47;
seized by Andros, III. 553.

De la Jonquière commands a second fleet
to Nova Scotia, V. 86; is routed in an
engagement with Admiral Anson, ib.
De Lancey, lieutenant-governor of New
York, V. 121, 130, n., 153.

Delaware Bay, explored by Hudson, I.
85; extension of New England to, III.
561.

Delft-Haven, embarkation of the pilgrims
from, I. 156.

De Monts, Sieur, obtains from King
Henry IV. a patent for lands in Amer-
ica, I. 77; sails for America, ib.; re-
turns to France the ensuing year, 78.
Denison, Daniel, some account of, II. 316,
n.; ordered to prepare a new edition
of the Laws of Massachusetts, 394;
favors prerogative, 627; his death,
III. 362.

Denison, George, his exploits against the
Indians, III. 191.

Denys, makes a chart of the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, I. 65.

"Deplorable State of New England," a
pamphlet arraigning Dudley, &c., IV.
305-310.

De Poutrincourt sails with De Monts for
America, I. 77; returns to France, 78;
visits the Indians in the Kennebec
region, IV. 31.

Deputies chosen by the freemen in Mas-
sachusetts, I. 354, 372, 382; number
of, restricted, 554; how chosen, II. 10;
proposal to reduce the number of, in
Massachusetts, 252.

Deputies to General Court, qualifications
of, IV. 143.

De Rasières, Isaac, his visit to Plymouth,
I. 226, 237.

Dermer, Captain, his adventures at Ply-

mouth and on Cape Cod, I. 99; visits
the mouth of the Hudson, 236.
De Ruyter, Admiral, his exploits against
the English, II. 441.

Desborough, Samuel, one of the founders
of Guilford, I. 534; made keeper of
the Great Seal of Scotland, 586.
"Desire, The," a vessel built at Marble-
head, II. 56.

Devonshire, Earl of, member of Privy
Council, IV. 20, n.

Devonshire, formation of the county of,
III. 97.

D'Ewes, Sir Simonds, autobiography of,

cited, I. 271, n., 404, n., 557; a member
of the Long Parliament, 574.

De Witt, John, grand pensionary of Hol-
land, III. 5.

Dexter, Gregory, president of Providence
Plantations, II. 356.

Dexter, Samuel, mentioned, V. 357.
Dickinson, John, his "Letters from a

Farmer," &c., V. 384, 385, n.

Dieskau, Baron, commands the French
forces in America, V. 133, 138; sur-
prises the English army in camp at
Wood Creek, Lake Champlain, 139;
wounded in the battle of Wood Creek,
141; extract from his journal of the
battle of Wood Creek, 141, n.

Digges, Dudley, member of Virginia
committee, V. 461.

Dighton Rock, inscription on the, sup-
posed by Rafn and others to be Runic,
I. 56, n.

Dinwiddie, Governor, of Virginia, V.
121; quoted, 127, n.; mentioned, 130,
n.; favorable to the stamp duties in
the colonies, 287.

Diseases, local in New England, I 12.
Dispensing power claimed by James II.,
III. 453.

Dissenters from Episcopacy, proceedings
against, II. 435.

Division of stock and land in Plymouth,
I. 228.

Dixwell, John, one of the regicides, some
account of, II. 508.

Domestic animals, want of, among the
Indians, I. 30.

Dongan, Thomas, governor of New

York, III. 440; sends commissioners to
Maine, 533; his letter upon the union
of Connecticut and New York, &c., 540.
Dorchester Company, formation of, I.
284; forms a settlement at Cape Ann,
285; a partnership, but not a corpo-
ration, 290; obtains a charter from
the crown, ib.

Dorchester, named, I. 319; town govern-
ment at, 381; emigrants from, to
Connecticut, their controversy with
Plymouth Colony, 452; description
of, in the Wonder-Working Provi
dence," II. 271.

66

Doresians, murder of, II. 308.

Dort, Synod of, I. 144.

Doty and Lister, punished for fighting a
duel at Plymouth, I. 188.

Douglass, William, duke of Hamilton,
lays claim to lands in Connecticut,
III. 439.

Douglas, Summary," cited, IV. 331, n.
Douglas, Dr. William, argues inoculation
for small-pox, IV. 414, n. ; mentioned,
429, n.

Dover, settled by adherents of Mrs.
Hutchinson, I. 517; confederation at,
539; quarrel between factions at, 530;
comes under the jurisdiction of Massa-
chusetts, 592; Indian massacre at,
IV. 32; a second attack upon, 48;
in line of Indian attack, 266; men-
tioned, 411.

Dover Cliff, name given by Gosnold to
Gay Head, I. 72.

Dowdeswell, Chancellor, as a member of
the ministry, V. 363.

Downing, Emanuel, a friend to the Massa-
chusetts colony, I. 356, n.; emigrates
to New England, 427, n.; rejected as
an assistant, 554.

Downing, Sir George, holds high office
during the Protectorate, I. 556; some
account of, II. 430; procures the
arrest of three of the regicides, who
are convicted and executed, 431; his
diplomatic adroitness in Holland, III.
5, n.

Drake, Sir Bernard, visits Newfoundland
with an English squadron, I. 63.
Dress in New England, II. 64.
Drinker, Edward, letter to Join Clarke,
III. 89.

Drogeo of the Zeni, thought to have been

New England, I. 60, n.
Drogheda, sack of, II. 274.

Droughts in New England, I. 11; in Ply-
mouth, 1623, I. 214.

Druillettes, Gabriel, missionary among

the Indians, II. 305; sent to treat with
the Massachusetts colony, 306; his
account of his visit to Boston, 307, n. ;
establishes a mission among the Abe-
naquis Indians, IV. 31.

Dryden, John, his sketches of the Cabal
ministry in "Absalom and Achito-
phel," III. 11, IV. 384, n.
Dudingston, Lieutenant, commander of
the king's schooner "Gaspee," wounded
in the attack on, V. 510, 512.
Dudley, Joseph, a commissioner from
Massachusetts to the Narragansetts,
III. 157, n.; agent to England, 352;
Randolph's opinion of, 356; the leader
of the moderate party in Massachu-
setts, 362; some account of, ib.; his
fidelity suspected, 372; counsels sub-
mission to the king, 380; dropped
from the list of assistants, in 1684,
388; chosen assistant by a small vote,
481;
writes to Randolph of the ne-

cessity of a provisional government in
Massachusetts, 483; displaced from
the office of assistant, 484; president
of the provisional government, 485;
reflections upon, 488; his connection
with Edward Randolph, 490; sub-
stance of his inauguration speech,
493; his remarks to the General Court,
ib.; censor of the press, 519; appointed
a "Judge of the Superior Court," 520;
his offensive language to Rev. John
Wise, 526; his address to the jury at
the trial of Wise and others, 527; re-
sentment against, 584; imprisoned,
and released on a bond, 594; popular
tumults against, ib.; arrives in Eng-
land with Andros and charges against
him dismissed, IV. 67; sent as coun-
sellor to New York, ib.; intrigues for
the appointment of governor of Massa-
chusetts, 164; chief-justice of New
York, 201; returns to England, ib.;
lieutenant-governor of the Isle of
Wight, 202; prospect of his being
governor of Massachusetts, 201, 202;
assisted in his desire by Constantine
Phips, 202; his intrigues in order to
gain the appointment, 203; arrival in
Boston as governor, 245; the policy
of his government, 247; addresses the
Legislature, 248; neglect of the Gen-
eral Court of his proposals, 249; visits
the eastern country and renews peace
with certain tribes, 250; urges the
rebuilding of Pemaquid, 250; grant of
salary made to him, 251; dissolves the
existing Court, and convenes one in
the name of Queen Anne, 252; ex-
presses his dissatisfaction with Massa-
chusetts to the Board of Trade, 252;
his rejection of councillors, 253; his
report to the Board of Trade on the
choice of councillors, 254; complains
to the Board of Trade concerning his
salary, 254, n.; holds a conference
with the Casco Indians, 256; applies
to Rhode Island and Connecticut for
troops, 268; proposal of Governor
Vaudreuil to, for a treaty, 269: plans
an expedition against Port Royal, 270;
his chagrin at the failure of the attack,
orders a court martial, 273; sends
messengers to Lord Lovelace concern-
ing the Maquas Indians, 275; quoted,
276, n.; seconds Lord Bolingbroke's
scheme of an expedition against Que-
bec, 281; his proclamation concerning
the expedition, 281, n., 282; quoted
concerning the pilots employed in the
expedition, 285, n.; makes another
peace with the Eastern Indians, 288;
urges the question of established sala-
ries upon the Court, 289, 292. 295;
answer of the Court to him, 289, n.;
the complaints of the Court against
him, 290; the Court makes him a grant