Kiawah, the Cacique of, 250
King, Grace, on New Orleans, 411-431
King William’s School, 56
Kinsale, 251
Klinck, John G., quoted, 382-384
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 158
Knox, Gen. Henry, Knoxville named for, 451, 455
Knoxville, J. W. Caldwell on, 449-475;
genesis of, 449-451;
Gov. Blount, 451-454;
Indian treaty of 1791, 454;
legislative act of 1794, 455;
the first mayor, 457;
Blount College founded, 458;
Indian war of 1793, 458-461;
Constitutional Convention of 1796, 462;
Hugh L. White, 463-465;
George Farragut, 465;
Sam Houston, 465;
Fighting Parson Brownlow, 466-468;
Horace Maynard, 468;
Thos. A. R. Nelson, 468;
the Civil War, 469-472;
since the war, 472-475
Krafft, Michael, 360
L
Ladies Hermitage Association, 493
_Lady of the Lake_, 392
Lafayette, General, in Baltimore, 24;
at Frederick, 93;
at Washington, 147;
at Richmond, 173;
at Savannah, 303;
at Mobile, 358;
at Montgomery, 388;
at Nashville, 490, 492
Lakanal, 357, 358
Lamartine, 135
Lane, John, 438
Langdon, C. C., 363
La Rochefoucault quoted, 267
La Salle, 331, 332, 334, 414-416
La Tour, 338
Laudonniere, 561 _ff._
Law, John, and the Mississippi Bubble, 336, 348, 417, 418
Lawrence at Fort Bowyer, 355
Le Clerc, M., 16
Lee, Gen. R. E., xxix, 175, 323, 476;
at Frederick, 94;
Mercie’s statue of, 178;
residence of, 180;
surrender of, 246
Lee, R. H., 87, 88;
and the national capital, 115;
his resolution of independence, 204
Leeward Islands, 276
Le Feboure, M., plans attack on Charleston, 256, 257
Legaré, Hugh S., xxvii, 272
Lemoyne, 332
L’Enfant, Major, 104, 119
Le Sueur, explorations of, 334
Le Vert’s _Souvenirs of Travel_, 362
Lidell at Blakeley, 374
Lincoln, Abraham, 41, 506;
at Frederick, 94
Little Rock, George B. Rose on, 537-556;
physiography of the region, 537-539;
original inhabitants, 539-541;
early visits of white men, 541;
made capital of the Territory, 544;
growth, 544-547;
leaders of, 548-552;
Civil War, 552;
later history, 553
Liverpool & Manchester R. R., 278
Lloyd house, 63
Lobb, Captain, 239
Locke, John, 254
Loftus, Major, 345
London, Yorktown trade with, 187
Long Island, battle of, 26
Longstreet, General, besieges Knoxville, 470-472
Louis XIV., 332
Louisiana, 207, 346, 417;
naming of, 331;
cession of, 352, 428, 542;
acquires Statehood, 430;
_see also_ New Orleans
Louisiana artillery, 374
Louisville, Lucien V. Rule on, 503-535;
the site, 503;
distinguished citizens, 504-506;
historic significance, 506-509;
founding of, 509-514;
Irving’s description, 514-516;
visitors to, 517-520;
immigration, 520;
Charles Dickens at, 521;
George Keats, 522-530;
Civil War, 532
Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston R. R. Co., xxi
Lucas, Colonel, 276
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