=Dalton=, Georgia. 34N. 84W. Confederates forced to evacuate, 1864. =Danbury=, Connecticut. 41W. 73N. Burnt by Governor Tryon, 1777 (W. of Ind.). =Darien Isthmus=, S. America. 9N. 89W. Bastidas and Columbus off (see Panama); F. Pizarro reached, 1509; crossed by Nuñez de Balboa, who was the first European to sight the Pacific, 1513; by Drake, 1572; Scottish settlement on (New Caledonia) forced to evacuate by Spaniards, 1698-9; treaty conferring right on U.S. of constructing canal across, 1869. (See sonnet by Keats.) =Darwin Sound, and Mount Darwin=, King Charles's South Land, Tierra del Fuego. (See Darwin, 'Voyage of the Beagle.') =Davis Strait=, N.A. 65N. 57W. Named after the explorer who discovered it in 1585. =Deerfield=, Mass. 42N. 72W. Attacked by Indians and saved by the fugitive regicide, Colonel Goffe, 1674; sc. destruction and massacre by French and Indians, 1704. =Delaware=, U.S. 38N. 75W. One of the 13 original states; bay discovered by Hudson, 1609; first entered by Lord de la Warr, 1610; Dutch colony settled in, 1631; Wilmington settled by Swedes, 1638; latter driven out by Dutch, who were succeeded by English, 1655, 1664; Penn became proprietor, 1683; declared an independent state, 1776; first of the 13 states to ratify the Federal constitution. =Delaware River.= 40N. 74W. Passage of, by Washington, 1776. =Demerara=, British Guiana, S.A. 6N. 57W. Colonised by Dutch, 1580; taken by the English, 1796 and 1803; finally surrendered to England, 1814. =Detroit=, Michigan. 42N. 83W. In possession of French in 17th century; colony planted by Cadillac, 1701; taken by the English under Rogers, 1760; six months' siege by Pontiac, finally relieved by Col. Bradstreet, 1763-4; Americans in possession, 1796; surrendered to British, 1812; finally ceded to America, 1813. (See Parkman, 'Conspiracy of Pontiac.') =Dismal Swamp=, Virginia and N. Carolina. 36N. 76W. Former hiding-place of runaway slaves. (See poems, Longfellow and Moore.) =Dominica=, W. Indies. 15N. 61W. Discovered by Columbus on a Sunday (hence its name) in 1493; Sir J. Hawkins at, 1565, 1568; taken by English, 1761, and ceded to them by Treaty of Paris, 1763; taken by French and restored to England, 1770, 1783; attempts by French on, 1795 and 1805; negro insurrection, 1802. =Dominican Republic=, see Santo Domingo. =Dorchester=, near Boston, Mass. 42N. 71W. Bp. of J. Lothrop Motley, historian (1814-77). =Dranesville=, Fairfax Co., Virginia. 38N. 76W. Confederates defeated, 1861 (Civil W.). =Durango= (Ciudad de Victoria, or Guadiana), Mexico. 24N. 104W. F. by Velasco, 1559. =Dustin's Island=, Merrimac River, near Concord, N.H. 42N. 71W. So called from Hannah Dustin, who escaped with her two companions from the Indians, after killing and scalping their captors, 1697. =Duxbury=, Mass. 42N. 70W. Ocean telegraph from Brest terminates at this point; here died in 1687 John Alden, one of the Pilgrim Fathers, commemorated by Longfellow in his 'Courtship of Miles Standish.'