Boston-Continued.

ii. 13; massacre, ii. 30; arrival of tea, ii. 55; destruction of tea, ii., 56; passage of the Boston Port Bill, ii. 56; Port Bill carried into effect, ii. 61; general league recommended at town meeting, ii. 63; excitement in, ii. 64; rumored cannonading of, ii. 80; like a place besieged, ii. 106; besieged, ii. 157; arrival of British troops, ii. 157; feeling against the British in, ii. 208; in a state of siege, ii. 237 ; question of bombardment, ii. 309; preparations in the harbor, ii. 387; destitution and sickness, iii. 19; opening of bombardment, iii. 27; British evacuate, iii. 38 f., occupied by the Americans, iii. 43; people of, project expedition against Penobscot, v. 272 Boston, frigate, engagement with the Ambuscade, vii. 361

Botetourt, Lord, Governor of Virginia, ii. 21; his manners, ii. 21; his style and equipage, ii. 22; opening of the session, ii. 22; dissolves the House of Burgesses, ii. 24; conciliatory conduct, ii. 25; his death, ii. 31

Bottle Hill, Americans encamped at, iv. 45; alarm post, v. 235

Boudinot, Elias, to Pres. Wharton v., 42

Bougainville, De, detached to watch Wolfe's movements, i. 379; arrives too late, i. 385

Bouquet, Colonel, stationed at Raystown, i., 354; halt at Loyal Hannan, i. 360

Bourlamarque dismantles Ticonderoga and Crown Point, i. 372

Braam, Van. (See Van Braam.)

Braddock, Major-General Edward, appointed generalissimo of the colonial forces, i. 192; anecdotes of, i. 194; lands at Hampton, i. 196; proceeds to Alexandria, i. 198; invites Washington to join his staff, i. 200; sets out from Alexandria, i. 210; commencement of troubles, i. 210; interview with Franklin, i., 211; arrives at Fort Cumberland, i. 214; his discipline, i. 218; treatment of Indians, i. 220; to Governor Morris, i., 221; his impatience and obstinacy, i. 223; leaves Fort Cumberland, i. 227; asks the advice of Washington, i. 229; advances to

Braddock, Major-General Edward—Continued. attack Fort Duquesne, i. 229; solicitude for Washington, i. 234; difficulties of the march, i. 235; sends scouts to Fort Duquesne, i. 237; Scarooyadi's son killed by mistake, i. 238; admirable conduct, i. 239; tardiness of his march, i. 241; crosses the Monongahela, i. 244; commencement of the battle, i. 246; is wounded, i. 251; his despair, i. 251; the rout, i. 252; reaches the Great Meadows, i., 255; his death, i. 256; dying requests, i. 256; character, i. 193, 256

Bradford, Wm., Attorney-General, vii. 379; death of, viii. 25

Bradstreet, Lieutenant-Colonel, secures a saw-mill, i. 345; expedition against Fort Frontenac, i. 347 ff. Brandywine, battle of the, iv. 297 ff.; description of the retreat, iv. 303

Brandywine Creek, iv. 296

Brannan, Colonel, joins Sumter, vi. 146

Brant, Mohawk Sachem, ii. 198; at Niagara, v. 216; depredations of, vi. 112

Breed's Hill, ii. 166; fortified, ii. 168
Breton Club, vii. 173

Breyman, Coloner, to the relief of Baum, iv. 266, 269; mortally wounded, iv. 367

Bridport, Lord, death of Washington, viii. 122 British, ministry, efforts to suppress smuggling, i. 419; manufactures, resolutions not to import, i. 421; officers, their scornful spirit, ii. 170; troops at Boston, ii. 209; attack the coast, ii. 302; plan of operations, ii. 388; officers and their amusements, iii. 18 ff.; move against Dorchester Heights, iii. 35; prepare to evacuate Boston, iii. 37 ff.; embarkation from Boston, iii. 40; designs against New York, iii. 102; plans for the attack on Long Island, iii. 189; crossing from Long Island, iii. 244; land at Throg's Neck, iii. 275; ships move up to Burdett's Ferry, iii. 289; cross the Hudson above Fort Lee, iii. 341 ; army contrasted with American, iv. 51; evacuate the Jerseys, iv. 147; invasion from Canada, iv. 155; fleet leaves New York, iv. 201; enters the Chesapeake, iv. 224

Brodhead, Colonel, expeditions against the Indians, v. 251

Bromfield, Major, attack on Fort Griswold, vi. 330 Brooke, Judge, on Washington's hilarity, vii. 73 Brooklyn, defenses of, iii. 187 ff.

Brooks, General, meets Washington at Cambridge, vii. 182

Brooks, Lieutenant-General, joins Prescott, ii. 165; attacks Burgoyne's camp, iv. 366

Brown, Colonel, surprises Ticonderoga, iv. 336; threatens Diamond Island, iv. 338

Brown, Dr., attends Washington, viii. 115

Brown, Lieutenant, brings flag of truce, iii. 134; recognition of Washington's rank, iii. 134

Brown, Lieutenant-Colonel, commands expedition to Augusta, v. 360

Brown, Major John, despatched into Canada, ii. 261 ; projects with Allen an attack on Montreal, ii. 289; and Major Livingston take Fort Chamblee, ii. 320; drives Colonel Maclean back, ii. 326; successful feint, ii. 406

Brudenell, Mr., accompanies Lady Ackland, iv. 374
Brunswick, troops hired by England, iii. 61
Bryant, Lieutenant, at Throg's neck, iii. 277

Buford, Colonel, pursued and defeated by Tarleton, v. 360 ff.

Bullitt, Captain, brave conduct, i. 362; promoted to major, i. 364

Bunker's Hiil to be fortified, ii. 163; position of, ii. 165; advance of General Pigot, ii. 177; advance of General Howe, ii. 178; second attack, ii. 179; British again retreat, ii. 181; third attack, ii. 181; the Americans driven from the breastwork on the left, ii. 182; American ammunition exhausted, ii. 183; American retreat, ii. 184; Stark, Reed, and Knowlton maintain their ground, ii. 183; Putnam endeavors to rally the troops, ii. 184; relative merits of the American officers, ii. 186; occupied by the British, ii. 212 Burgesses (Va.), House of, convened, i. 128; votes thanks to Washington and his officers, i. 173; grant £20,000 for the public service, i. 183; meeting called, ii. 61

Burgoyne, General, arrives at Boston, ii. 157; cannonading at Bunker's Hill, ii. 180; described, ii. 210; Walpole's witticism, ii. 211; correspondence with Lee, ii. 241; in Canada, iii. 97; pursues Suilivan, iii. 100; reported arrival at Quebec, iv. 143; plan of campaign, iv. 155; on Lake Champlain, iv. 160; arrives at Crown Point, iv. 162; fortifies Mount Hope, iv. 176; pursues the flotilla, iv. 183; moves towards the Hudson, iv. 231; murder of Miss McCrea, iv. 234; at Fort Edward, iv. 237; opposite Saratoga, iv. 263; hears of Baum's surrender, iv. 271; correspondence with Gates, iv. 281; dubious position, iv. 320; to Lord Germaine on his prospects, iv. 322; moves across the Hudson, iv. 327; encamps near Gates, iv. 330; attacked by Arnold, iv. 331; critical situation, iv. 336; news from Clinton, iv. 336; harassed by the Americans, iv. 338; movement against Gates, iv. 361; shifts his position, iv. 369; at the burial of General Fraser, iv. 370; dismal retreat, iv. 372; concerning Lady Ackland, iv. 373; reaches Saratoga, iv. 375; destruction of Schuyler's property, iv. 376; fortifies his camp, iv. 377; capitulates, iv. 381; meeting with Gates, iv. 384; kind reception by Schuyler, iv. 389; question of embarkation, v. 108

Burke, Edmund, on the employment of men-of-war as custom-house officers, i. 421; on the state of affairs in America, iv. 40

Burke, Judge, denounces the Cincinnati, vii. 44 Burr, Aaron, a volunteer, ii. 277; Montgomery's aidede-camp, ii. 403; on the designs of the British, iii. 178; on a reconnoitering expedition, v. 177

Burton, Lieutenant-Colonel, ordered to advance, i. 246; the detachments fall back upon him in confusion, i. 248

Bush, Crean, iii. 38

Bushnell's submarine battery, iii. 264

Buskirk, Major, v. 277

Butler, Colonel, accompanies Wayne, vi. 170

Butler, Colonel, at Oriskany, iv. 254

Butler, Colonel John, commands expedition against Wyoming, v. 217

Butler, Colonel Richard, surprises a party of Hessians, v. 227

Butler, Colonel Zebulon, in command of Forty Fort, v. 218; battle of Wyoming, v. 219

Butler, General, reinforces Greene, vi. 232; at Guilford Court-House, vi. 235

Butler, Lieutenant-Colonel, to intercept Colonel Simcoe, vi. 297

Butler, Major-General, with General St. Clair, vii. 259; killed, vii. 262

Butlers of Tryon County, ii. 198

Butterfield, Major, surrenders the Cedars, iii. 83

Byrd, Colonel, i. 338

Byrd, Mr., visits the garrison, iii. 164

Byron, Admiral, arrives at New York, v. 229; tries to entrap D'Estaing, v. 229

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CADWALADER, Colonel John, commands detachment of volunteers, iii. 391; marches to Burlington, iv. 8; to Washington advising pursuit, iv. 9; sends in pursuit of Donop, iv. II; at Crosswicks, iv. 17 Cadwalader, Lambert, iii. 152; at Fort Washington, iii. 282; forced to retreat, iii. 332

Caldwell, Mrs., killed by the British, v. 370; popular excitement, v. 374

Caldwell, Reverend James, the "rousing gospel preacher," v. 297; his return home, v. 372; in the fight at Springfield, v. 378

Callbeck, Mr., taken prisoner, ii. 347; to Washington, ii. 348

Calvert, Benedict, ii. 50

Cambridge, assembling of patriots, ii. 94

Camden, battle of, vi. 12 ff.; flight of American militia, vi. 14; burnt by the British, vi. 307 Campbell, Colonel, orders a retreat, ii. 409 Campbell, Colonel William, pursues Major Ferguson, vi. 135; in the battle of King's Mountain, vi. 137; at Guilford Court-House, vi. 235; at Eutaw Springs, vi. 360; charges the British, vi. 362; his death, vi.