Of this population 9,247 are slaves. The Indians not enumerated, probably amount to 20,000. The population probably exceeds 20,000. Other towns. St. Philip, Cahokia, Prairie du Rocher, Shaw'see town, Wilkinsonville, L'Aigle, Belle Fountaine. * Laid out since the last Census was taken. The Numerals denote the Volume, the Figures the Page, AMERICA, discovery of, by Columbus, i. 8. derivation of its name, i. 2. geographical sketch of, i. 155. original inhabitants, description of, i. 102. inland seas and lakes, i. 161. United Colonies declared free and independent States, (South) geographical sketch of, i, 155, principal rivers of, i. 156. Americus Vesputius, gives his name to the New World, i. 11. Amazon, river, i. 161. Andre, (Major) arrest and execution of, i. 342. Apalachian Mountains, i. 172, Arnold, (Gen.) treason aud flight of, i. 343. Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, i. 233. Baltimore, (Lord) charter granted to, i. 53. Bermudas Islands, account of, i. 203. Birkbeck's Works, extracts from, ii, 364. letter on American agriculture, ii. 405. Boston, disturbances at, i, 249. destruction of Tea at, i. 253, severe laws against, i. 253. Assembly, spirited conduct of, i. 254, removed to Salem, i. 254. Braddock, (Gen.) defeat of, i, 232. British Settlements, progress of, i. 220, Bunkers Hill, engagement at, i. 262. Burgoyne, appointed to the command of a British army, i. 308 Campaigns of the revolutionary war, i. 259 to 380. colonization of, i. 47. description of, i. 196. invaded by Britain, i. 232, cession of, to Great Britain, i, 242. operations of revolutionary war in, i. 284. prospects it holds out to emigrants, ii. 295. Cape Breton, account of, i, 201. Carolina, (North) statistical view of, ii. 140. (South) statistical view of, ii, 147. Carleton, (Gen.) assumes the command of the British army; i. 375 Caribee Islands, account of, i. 216. Clinton, (Sir Henry) evacuates Philadelphia, i, 318, Colonies, (British) constitutions various, i. 244. Colonies, contest of, with the mother country, i, 246. causes of, i. 248. congress of, at Philadelphia, i. 259. hostilities commenced with Great Britain. i. 253 Columbus sails on a voyage of discovery, i. 7. discovers the New World, i, 8. second and subsequent voyages of, i. 10. Columbian Valley, account of, ii, 203. Territory, description of, ii. 209. Concord, seizure of stores at, i. 259. Congress of British Colonies meet at Philadelphia, i. 257. articles of confederation agreed to, i. 266. 281. Contest between Great Britain and the United Colonies, i. 246. military operations of, i. 356, besieged at York Town, i. 365. surrender of, to the American army, i. 371. Cortez conquers Mexico, i. 12. Cuba, description of, i. 214. Delaware, statistical view of the state of, i. 52. cruelties of the Spaniards at, i. 11. Earthquakes, i. 438. Emigrants, advice to different classes of, 321: certificate, necessary form of, ii. 316. to Canada, instructions respecting, it. 295. to United States, instructions respecting, ii. 316. Fearon's advice to, ii. 395, letter from R. H. Bishop to, ii. 355. letters from D. Thomas on the climate of Indiana, ii. 358. port to debark at, proper choice of, ii. 318. report from committee at New York, ii. 328. Estaing, (Count D') sails from Toulon, i. 319 operations of in America, i. 320. Fayette, (Gen.) grant of land to, ii. 164. Fearon's remarks on the United States, ii. 384. advice to emigrants, ii. 395, Florida, discovery of, i. 20. statistical view of, ii. 218. Franklin, (Dr. Benjamin) biographical sketch of, fi. 422. appointed delegate, i. 296. Gage, (Gen.) defeated by Lord Cornwallis, i, 336. Georgia, statistical view of the state of, ii, 153. Greenland, account of, i. 205. Hampshire, (New) statistical view of the state of, i. 472. Howe, (Lord) arrives in America, i. 292. makes propositions for peace, i, 291. Indians, account of, i. 52. conference with, note, i. 151. Indians, dissensions with, i. 52. present state of, ii. 278. Indiana, statistical view of the state of, ii. 198. Kentucky, statistical account of the state of, ii. 122. characters and manners of, ii 128. extent of navigable waters in,ii 126. Lawrence, River St. i. 170. Lakes, North America (larger) i, 163, Labrador, account of, i, 207. Laurens, (Henry, Esq.) captured, i. 255. Louisiana, statistical view of the state of, ii. 154. statistical view of the state of, ii. 57. Massachusetts State, settlement of, i. 63. early history of, i. 67. singular delusion in, i, 222. Magellan, Straits of, i. 155. Meixco, conquest of, by the Spaniards, i. 13. Mountairs in North America, i. 172. Montcalm, (Gen.) death of i. 248. Mississippi River, i. 165. Newfoundland; discovered by Cabot, i. 19, fisheries at, i. 162. geography of, i. 202.. New Brunswick, description of, i. 199. New Hampshire, statistical view of the state of, i. 472. New Orleans, situation of, for trade, i. 169. New York, statistical view of the state of. ii. 1, Nova Scotia, description of, i. 200. North West Territory, statistical view of, ii. 189. Ohio, statistical view of the state of, ii. 87. Paper Money, effects of, i. 495. Peace, treaty of 1763, i. 242. Peace, preliminary articles of, between Great Britain and the United States, i. 380, Penn, (William) charter granted to, i, 78. tolerant laws of, i. 87. treaty with the Indians by, i, 88. Pennsylvania, settlement of, i, 81. city, founding of, i. 92. province, account of by Wm. Penn, i. 99. Peru, conquest of by Pizarro, i. 14. Porto Rico, i 216. Quebec, capture of, by the English, t. 242, Raleigh, (Sir Walter) voyages of, to America, i. 23. Stamp Act passed, i. 247. repealed, i. 248. Statistical View of the United States, i. 445. |