Jacataqua, the Indian girl, joins Arnold's expedition to Quebec, 21. acts as guide, and cares for the sick and the injured, 26. Jackson, Andrew, in command at New Orleans, 188. hears of the advance of the British, 188. prepares to defend New Orleans, 189. attacks the British by night, 190. throws up earthworks, 193. at the battle of New Orleans, 194. wins a remarkable victory, 196. the after history of, 198. James River, the, 78, 131. Jasper, William, the heroism of, 48. Java, the, destroyed by "Old Ironsides," 180. the wheel of, fitted on "Old Ironsides," 181. Jay, John, defends the Constitution, 154. Jefferson, Thomas, the narrow escape of, from Tarleton, 124. abroad, 147. President of the United States, a man of peace, 157, 186. visited by Lafayette, 214. Jones, one of Jackson's officers, guards Lake Borgne and is killed, 187. K Kaskaskia, 6-8. Keane, General, leads the British at New Orleans, 195. severely wounded, 196. Kentucky, the founding of Lexington, 1. the pioneers in, 1, 2. the fighting in, "the dark and bloody ground," 4. King, Rufus, at the Philadelphia convention, 147. King's Ferry, on the Hudson River, the British get the control of, 78. King's Mountain, the battle of, 90-104. the state of affairs before the battle of, 90-93. the rally of the backwoodsmen before the battle of, 93. the march of the pioneers to, 96-100. the plan of the battle of, 100. the battle of, 101-103. the victory of the backwoodsmen at, 103, 104. the effect of the victory at, 104. Knowlton, Colonel, 51. interviews his officers, 52. Knox, Henry, an American general, 130, 203. L Lafayette, in the Yorktown campaign, 124, 131, 135. hears of our struggle for independence, 199. arrives in this country, 200. serves under Washington, 200. returns to France, 201. returns to America with the king's pledge of help, 201. returns to France, but remembers us, 201. visits America in 1784, 202. visits us again in 1824, 202. the admiration of our people for, 203. the personal appearance of, 204. the interview of, with Red Jacket, 204. the receptions given to, from New York to Boston, 205. the tour of, through the United States, 206. visits Yorktown, 207. visits New Orleans, 208. visits other towns and cities, 208-210. goes to Mount Vernon, 211. at Boston and Bunker Hill, 212-214. the formal reception of, at Washington, 215. returns to France, 215. Lafayette, George Washington, visits us with his father in 1824, 203. Lafitte, the "Pirate of the Gulf," aids Jackson, 189. Lake Borgne, near New Orleans, the British cross, 187. Lambert, Henry, Captain, commander of the British frigate Java, 179. mortally wounded, 182. Lambert, John, General, leads the British reserve at New Orleans, 195. retreats from New Orleans and sails for England, 197. Langdon, John, at the Philadelphia convention, 147. Lawrence, James, with Decatur, 165, 166.