low Caribbs, and the great difference
between them in their manners, xvi.
[83*]-the ftate of this people till
their inland was ceded to the English
at the late treaty of peace, [84* ]—
they refuse to have their lands fur-
veyed, and to fubmit to the tranf-
plantation propofed in 1768, [85*.
87*]-the orders which were iffued
from England, in 1772, 'for a mili-
tary force to be fent, which, with
the troops already at St. Vincent's,
were to be employed in reducing the
Caribbs to a due fubmiffion to go-
vernment, [87, 88*]-a parliamen-
tary enquiry, debates, and refolu-
tions relating to this expedition, [88*.
92*]the treaty concluded with
them by major-general Dalrymple,
February 17, 1573, [92*]-major-
general Dalrymple's return of the
lofs of men in this expedition, [89,
90]
Carical; furrendered to the English, iii.
[163]-Difputes about the divifion of
the prize money, vii. [92]
Carolina, North, the total stagnation of

all bufinefs, civil or commercial, on
the stamp act taking place in Novem-
ber 1765, viii. [53 56]-The num-
ber of men fuppofed capable of
bearing arms in 1765, computed to
be 30,000, ix. [60]-Amount of Bri-
tifh fhips and feamen employed in
the trade between Great Britain and "
this colony; the value of the imports
from Great Britain to this colony,
and the value of the exports from
this colony to Great Britain, and elfe-
where, xii. [215]-The general af-
fembly of this colony was diffolved
by governor Tryon three days after
its meeting in November 1769, xiii.
[70] the extraordinary conduct of
the regulators in the back fettlements
of this colony, [230, 231]-The w-
lefs proceedings and violences com-
mitted in the frontier towns, by a
defperate body of fettlers, the march
of the army against them with the
governor of the colony at their head,
and the compleat victory gained over
them. xiv. [132, 133-the trial and
conviction of fome of the regulators
in June 1771, [139]-The fum of
fixty tho fand pounds was voted by
the general affembly, in January 1772,
to difcharge the expences of the late
expedition, and for other frvices,
xv. [86]-a copy of the thanks deli-
vered by order of his Britannic ma

jefty to the military of the province
who ferved under his excellency go-
vernor Tryon on his late expedition
against the infurgents, [99]-Pro-
ceedings of the governor and the
houfe of affembly in 1773, xvi. [105,
106]-A concile account of the mea-
fures purfued by the governor, the
provincial congrefs, and the com-
mittees, in 1775, the charges which
they reciprocally brought against each
other, the retreat of the governor
from his palace on board a floop of
war in Cape Fear liver, and the tranf-
actions of the provincial congrefs fub-
fequent to the departure of the go-
vernor out of the province, xix. [32,
33]-the neceffity under which the
governor was obliged to feek refuge
on board a fhip of war did not, how-
ever, damp his ardor in the public
fervice, nor reftrain his attempts to
reduce this province to obedience;
for on publishing a proclamation,
commanding all perfons on their al-
legiance to repair to the royal ftan-
dard, which was erected by general
Macdonald, an army of three thou-
fand men oppofed the provincial
troops, but proved unfuccefsful, and
the regulators and emigrants, who
had joined the royal ftandard, were
totally defeated and difperfed, [156*,
157*]—This ill fuccefs of the loyalifts
under Macdonald, with other difap-
pointments and loffes, had confider-
ably broken their spirits, till the for-
tunate fubmiffion of Georgia to the
British army, in 1778, gave them
fresh hopes of fuccefs against the re-
bels, and in confequence of it they
put themselves into motion againit
the enemy, xxii. [179]-the loyalists
are defeated with great lofs, [180]-
Rebels defeated by colonel Tarleton,
at Waxfaw, on May the 29th, 1780,
xxiii. [223]-the nature and cause
of the infurrections of the loyalifts in
this colony, on the departure of fir
Henry Clinton to New York, and the
meafures by which they were quelled;
the effects produced by baion de
Kalbe marching into that province
with a continental force, and the ar-
rival of general Gates, who takes the
chief command, [230*, 231*]—the
compleat victory gained by lord Corn-
wallis at Camden, [230*, 231*]
Carolina, South, the importation of ne-
groes difcouraged by a duty, amount-
ing almost to a prohibition, in 1761,

iv. [153]-Produce of this country entered for exportation, from December 23d, 1761, to September 1st, 1762, both days inclufive, vi. [54]— great encouragement given to perfons to fettle in the back country, near to this colony, [79]-The bill for granting, for a limited time, liberty to carry rice from this colony to other parts of America, on paying British duties, vii. [65]-Themethods taken to elude the force of the stamp act, passed March 22d, 1765, or to compel a repeal of it, viii. [54. 561-the encouragement given to the breeding of filk-worms, in the western parts of this province, in 1765, [76]—the arrival of the German emigrants from England, and the great encouragement given to them at Hillsborough town, where they fettled, [98, 99]-The number of men fuppofed capable of bearing arms in 1766, computed to be 45,000 men, ix. [60]-The progrefs of cultivation in the back fettlements, their unanimity in councils, and the profpect of a lafting cordiality with the Indian nations, [125]-An account of feveral outrages and villanies committed in this province in 1767, x. [122]-The quantity of rice exported from Charlestown, from November 1, 1767, to September 23, 1768, and the value of rice on the 23d of September, 1768, by the hundred weight, xi. [172]-The amount of British fhips and feamen employed in the trade between Great Britain and this colony, the value of goods imported from Great Britain to this colony, and the produce of this colony to Great Britain or elsewhere, xii. [215] -Difputes arifing from the fum of fifteen hundred pounds fterling being voted to the Bill of Rights people, and their refolution to ftop all commercial intercourfe with New York, on account of that province breaking the non-importation agreement, which was ftrictly adhered to in this colony, xiii. [159]-the genuine copy of a letter received by the honourable houfe of affembly in this colony, in anfwer to one fent them by the committee of the supporters of the Bill of Rights, [224, 225]-The state of the war with the Indians in the back fettlements in 1771, xiv. [110]-the difpute between the commons houfe of affem

bly and the public treasurers of this province, and the diffolution of the general affembly which foon followed, [164, 165]-A very uncommon fale of negroes on December the 30th, 1771, XV. [77]-The new commons houfe of affembly was haftily dif folved in January 1773, and the occafion of it, xvi. [85, 86]-The powder magazines belonging to Charlestown feized by the British troops, September 1ft, 1774, xvii. [157]— Preparations previous to the engage ment at Bunker's Hill, with an account of the lofs in killed and wounded (which amounted to 1054 men) in this hot and bloody battle, which was fought on June the 17th, 1775, xviii. [133*. 138*1-The caufe which is faid to have produced the difputes between the governor and the governed in this colony in 1775, previous to the governor retiring from Charlestown on board a fhip of war in the river, from whence he returned no more to the feat of his government; and the meafures which were afterwards purfued by the Council of Safety, in which the government of the province was lodged, xix. [32]-the diftreffed ftate of the royalifts in this colony, in February and March, 1776, [156*. 158*]— the unfuccefsful attack which was. made by the British fleet, under the command of fir Peter Parker, upon Charlestown, where the feamen exerted themfelves with the greatest valour and intrepidity, and under went a great variety of hardfhips, [159*. 163*]-The device for the great feal of this colony, xxi. [169] -A desperate riot between the French and American failors, in the city and port of Charlestown, in 1778, where the quarrel ended in the last extreme of hostility, an open fight with cannon and fmall arms, the French firing from their fhips, whither they had been haftily driven from the town, and the Americans from the adjoining wharfs and fhore; upɔn which the prefident and commander in chief of the colony published a proclamation, which fufficiently pointed out the causes of the quarrel, at the time it offered a reward for difcovering and fecuring the rioters, xxii. [40]-reafons which made this colony the great object of fear and hope to the different parties in 1778, and rendered

rendered its fate uncertain; the arrival of the American general Lincoln to oppofe major-general Prevoft, who had been fuccessful in reducing Georgia; the furprize and defeat of the rebels under the command of general Ashe, on March the 3d, 1779, at Briar Creek, and the inglorious retreat and lofs by the rebels on this occafion, [180. 182]major-general Prevoft paffes the Savannah, and penetrates into this colony; advances to Charlestown, and retires to the islands of St. James and St. John, which lie to the fouthward of Charlestown, and from their cultivation and fertility, afforded good quarters and plenty of provifions for the troops, [182. 185]-in these iflands the British army halted, till they were fupplied with further ammunition and neceffaries from New York, [15]-the action at Stone Ferry (which feems to be on the inlet between the continent and the ifland of St. John) where lieutenantcolonel Maitland was ftrongly pofted, and obliged general Lincoln to retire with confiderable lofs, [185, 186]— Stoney Point furprifed by general Wayne, who was wounded in the head by a mufquet-ball, and received the highest commendations from the Congrels and general Washington on account of his fuccefs, [191*. 194*] -Stoney Point recovered from the Americans by fir Henry Clinton, after it had been three days in their poffeffion, [194]-The advantages which the British army obtained by the defeat of count D'Etaign at Savannah in Georgia, and the weak ftate of W fhington's army, encouraged fir Henry Clinton to proceed un an expedition against Charleftown, xxiii. [216*, 217*]— fir Henry Clinton lands with the army in South Carolina, takes poffeffion of St. John and St. James; paffes Ashley river to Charlestown neck, and lavs fiege to Charleitown, in April 1780, [217*, 215*]-admiral Arbuthnot pafies the bar with difficulty (on the 20th of March) but without any leis, [218]-the ftate of the American and French marine force, which abandon their station and retire to the town, where most of the American force are funk, to bar a paff ge; admiral fir Peter Parker paffes the heavy fire of the fort

on Sullivan's Island, and takes pof feffion of the harbour; after which general Lincoln (who commanded in Charlestown) was fummoned to surrender, but without effect, [218*. 220*]-ftate of the defences on Charlestown neck, which, for their nature and standing, were very con. fiderable, [220*]-the vigorous manner in which the fiege was carried on, and the fuccefs which colonel Tarleton met with in cutting off a party of the rebels, while colonel Weblter paffes Cooper's River with a detachment, by which the city is clofely invefted, at which time lord Cornwallis takes the command on Cooper's River, [220*, 221*]-ad'miral Arbuthnot takes Mount Pleafant, and reduces Fort Moultrie; colonel Tarleton defeats and deftroys the rebel cavalry, when general Lincoln feeing himself thus enclosed on every fide, furrenders the town to fir Henry Clinton on terms of capi tulation, which were very honourable, and marked the clemency and humanity of the befiegers, who took poffeffion of the town on May the 11th, 1780, [221]-the garrifon, artillery, frigates, &c. which were furrendered to the British troops, [222]-regulations taken by fir Henry Clinton for the fecurity of the province, previous to his departure for New York, [223*, 224*]--the turbulent meafures which were af terwards purfued by the inhabitants on the departure of fir Henry Clinton; from whence it appeared that the fubmiffion of many of the South Carolinians was merely compulfory, and that no conditions or confequences could bind or deter them from purfuing the bent of their inclinations, whenever the opportunity offered; as they fhewed by their behaviour on the arrival of general Gates in North Carolina to take the command of the army in these parts, and in the action at Camden, [230*. 234*]

Cas, St.; the difficulties and lofs fuftained by the English in 1758, though fupported by a most noble example of intrepidity and fortitude in coinmodore, afterwards lord Howe, i. 69,

bellion of a dangerous nature, in 1773, in this kingdom, xvi. [5, 6]— The ftate and progrefs of the rebellion of Pugatfcheff and his affociates, till they were defeated, and he himself delivered up to count Panin, and the infurgents returned to their duty, in August 1774, xvii. (†1. 15] Caffel reduced by the French in 1760,

iii. [44]-State of the garrifon and fortifications when befieged by the allied army in 1961, who are compelled to raife the siege, iv. [9. 12] -The fuperior military abilities which appeared in the measures taken by prince Ferdinand, previous to the hege of this city, in September 1762, the great importance of this fiege, which was become the grand object of the campaign, and the furrender of it to the allied army, v. [49, 50] -A new military order inftituted in 1769, xii.[79]-The privileges which were granted to the military employed in the British fervice in North America in 1776, xix. [180, 181] Caftel Branco, defeat of the Spaniards in the territory of, v. [32] Ceylon, ifland of, infurrection and revolution, and the caufe, iv. [175] Charlestown-fee Carolina, South. Chaves evacuated by the Portuguese,

and taken by the Spaniards, v. [30] Cherbourg defcribed, i. 67-the fiege and conquest of, by the English, and the univerfal joy produced by this Conquest, 67, 68a public proceffion through London of the cannon and mortars and trophies taken at this place, 109, 110-Restored to the French, at the general peace, in the fame ftate it was in at the time it was taken, v. [61. 237]-The bafon cleanfed, and fortifications ordered, in 1777, XX. [162. 176] Cherokees, war between the English and them, begun by the intrigues of the French among the Indians in 1760, and the military proceedings of the English under governor Lyttelton and colonel Montgomery, iii. [61.63]-The military operations under the command of lieutenantcolonel Grant in 1761, iv. [158,159] -Their remarkable partiality for the drefs of the Europeans, vi. [102]— The kind reception given by his Brie tannic majefty and the earl of Hillfborough to three Cherokee chiefs, on their arrival in England on public affairs in 1765, viii.[65, 66]-the infalts and cruelties committed against

them by fome lawless people in the western parts of Virginia, and the measures taken by the governor to apprehend and punish them, [140, 141]

Chili, the origin of the Spanish fettlements on the coaft of this country, in the fixteenth century, xv. [10, 11]

the watchful jealoufy of the Indians, which difpoffeffed the Spaniards of their fettlements about the year 1765, the methods taken by the Spaniards in 1772 to reinstate themselves in thefe poffeffions, and the general infurrection among all the continental Indians of the Chilefe, which opposed, if not overturned, the defigns of the Spaniards, [11, 12]

China, effects produced by the conquest of this country by the Tartars in the laft century, vi. [3]-An account of the very curious researches and valuable difcoveries in the natural history and manufactures of China and other parts of Afia, made by John Bradby Blake, one of the fupercargoes at Canton, xviii. 30. 35.

Choczin, the first battle and fiege of this city, April 30, 1769, when it was fet on fire, and the extraordinary retreat made by the victorious Ruffians, who repaffed the Niefter after the defeat of the Turks, xii. [16, 17]

befieged a second time by the Ruffians with no better fuccefs, with the different reprefentations of the Ruf fians and Turks of the cannonade, and the lofs fuftained on this occafion by both parties, [19. 22] abandoned by the Turks, after having fuffered a dreadful defeat on the banks of the Nietter, in September 1769, by which the fortune of the war was totally changed at this time, and (what is wonderful to relate) in the space of one fingle month, [24. 287 Chriftianity, the various effect of on the Jew and on the Greek, 422. Chriftopher, St. the riotous proceed ings in it on account of the ftampact, passed March 22, 1765, viii [56]

The dreadful fire on July 15th, 1768, which was fuppofed to have done more damage than to the amount of 250,000l. fterling, xi. [181, 182]-Violent debates in the house of affembly in October 1769, the feceffion of fome of the members, the imprisonment of these members, their popularity and re-election, xiii. [69,

to] A dreadful fire in 1776, xix. [176, 177]-Sad calamities which were experienced in this ifland by the American troubles in 1777, xx. [26, 27]

Cleves befieged and taken by the very fuperior military abilitics of the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, iii. [35, 36]-Evacuated by the allied army, according to an agreement between the English and French at the general peace, v. [55. 239]

Clofter Seven, the remarkable convention and capitulation of, by which 38,000 Hanoverians laid down their arms, and the melancholy effects produced by it in Hanover, i. 19. 26,

27.

Colberg befieged by the Ruffians, with-
out any effect, in 1758, i. 58. 62-
Clofely befieged by the Ruffians in
1760, iii. [45, 46]-the fiege raised,
[48]-The strength of this place at
the time it was besieged by the Rus-
fians in 1761, the measures taken by
his Pruffian majefty to counteract
their designs, by destroying their ma-
gazines in Poland, and the capture
of the place after a vigorous fiege of
near fix months, iv. [33. 36.]
Colin, the defeat of the Pruffians in the
battle of, the conduct of his Pruffian
majesty on this occafion examined,
and the fad confequences to him from
this defeat, i. 17. 19.
Congrefs, general, the refolution which

was iffued September the 22d, 1774,
recommending through all the colo-
nies the vote for non-importation of
goods to England, xvii. [166]-an
eftimate of the number of inhabitants
(made in this affembly September
1774) in the provinces of Maffachu-
fets Bay, New Hampshire, Rhode
Inand, Connecticut, New York, New
Jerfey, Pennfylvania, including the
lower counties, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, and South Carolina,
[175]-The measures pursued by the
feveral provinces in North America,
previous to the opening of this af
Tembly on Monday the 5th of Sep-
tember, 1774, xviii. [1. 22]—the
nature of the inftructions to fome of
the deputies, appointed to meet here,
by their respective provinces, [23]-
the united and declaratory refo-
tions in favour of the public condu&
of the colony of Maffachufets Bay,
and in recommending their caufe,
as the general caufe of all the colo-
nies, as was particularly expressed in

the letter written by Congrefs to ge ,neral Gage, [24, 25]-the nature of the declaration of rights which they published, and their refolution to obtain redress of their grievances, [25. 28]-their petition to the king; memorial to the people of Great Britain; their address to the inhabitants of Canada, and to the colonies, previous to the end of their feffion, on the fifty-fecond day from the opening of their Congress, October the 26th, 1774, [28. 36]-the refolutions of this affembly foon became the political creed of the colonies, and a perfect compliance with them was every where determined upon, except in the affembly of New York, where, in January 1775, they rejected, upon a divifion, the refolutions of the general Congrefs, [120*. 124*]Refolutions at their fecond meeting, May the 10th, 1775, for the raifing of an army, for fixing the pay of the officers and foldiers, for the eftablishment of a paper currency, and for preventing the British fifheries being fupplied with provifions, xviii. [130, 131"]-adopt the appellation of the United Colonies, [130*, 131*]-resolve that the compact between the crown and the province of Maffachufets Bay was diffolved, and erect a general poft-office in June 1775, [133]-the declaration which they made in anfwer to the proclamation of general Gage, on June 12th; their appeal to the king and to the people of Great Britain and Ireland, and appointment of general Washington to the chief command of their army, [140*. 142]-All hopes of reconciliation with the mother-country being given up, and an avowed diffatisfaction being fhewed by many of the inhabitants of Quebec to the act relating to that city, the Congress thought this a favourable opportunity of carrying their arms into Canada, at the latter end of the year 1775, when their army, under the command of general Montgomery and general Arnold, took Fort St. John's and Montreal, and penetrated as far as Quebec, where general Montgomery fell, and their army was defeated by general Carleton, xix. [1. 16]-hoftile measures purfued by their army, in 1775, in Virginia, in South and North Carolina, till the term limited for their fervice was nearly expired, when they enlift for

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