=Charter= of New England, 78.
=Chase=, Salmon P., Secretary of the Treasury, 281;
as Chief-justice presides at impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, 327.
=Chen= Lan Pin, the Chinese Minister, 340.
=Cherokees=, regions inhabited by the, 16;
difficulties with the, 252.
=Cherry Valley=, massacre at, 181.
=Chesapeake=, the affair of the, 233.
=Chesapeake Bay=, explored, 61.
=Chicago=, the great fire in, 330;
the Anarchists in, 352.
=Chickamauga=, battle of, 304.
=Chicora=, first name of South Carolina, 29.
=Chinese= Embassy, establishment of the, 340.
=Chippewa=, battle of, 235.
=Chrysler's= Field, battle of, 232.
=Churubusco=, battle of, 266.
=Circumnavigation= of the globe, 28.
=Civil= Rights Bill, the, 326.
=Civil= Service Reform, the, 351.
=Civil= War, causes of the, 284-287;
history of the, 281-319.
=Clark=, George Rogers, campaigns of in the West, 181.
=Clarke=, William, expedition of, 218.
=Clay=, Henry, advocates Missouri Compromise, 246;
advocates Omnibus Bill, 270;
death of, 272.
=Clayborne=, William, surveys of, 122.
=Cleveland=, Grover, elected President, 349;
sketch of, 350;
administration of, 350-360;
renominated, 358;
receives majority of popular vote, 359.
=Clinton=, Sir Henry, repulsed at New York, 164;
bombards Charleston, 164;
at battle of Long Island, 166.
=Code= of Laws, given by London Company, 68.
=Cold= Harbor, battle of, 316.
=Colonies=, the American, war of with Great Britain, 157-198;
independence of, 165-197.
=Colonization= Society, founded, 243.
=Colorado=, admission of, 335.
=Columbia=, District of, organized, 213.
=Columbus=, Christopher, sketch of, 24;
discovers America, 25;
other voyages of, 26;
misfortunes of, 26;
death of, 26;
discovers Orinoco, 43.
=Comanches=, regions inhabited by the, 16.
=Commerce=, aggressions on American, 219.
=Concessions=, account of the, 116.
=Concord=, founded, 80.
=Confederacy=, the Southern, 277.
=Confederation=, articles of, 199;
history of the, 199.
=Confederate= cruisers, depredations by, 315.
=Congress= of the Colonies, 139;
the Stamp Act, 152;
the First Continental, 156;
the Second Continental, 161.
=Conkling=, Roscoe, resigns seat in Senate, 345.
=Connecticut=, colonization of, 106;
history of, 106;
charter of, 109;
joins New England, 111.
=Conscription= in the North, 308.
=Constitution= of the United States, proposed, 200;
committee appointed, 200;
report of committee adopted, 201;
provisions of, 201;
adopted by the States, 202.
=Constitution=, the affair of the, 225.
=Continental= Army, organization of the, 162.
=Convention=, the Constitutional, 200;
the Hartford, 239.
=Cooke=, Jay & Co., disastrous failure of, 333.
=Cooper=, Peter, candidate for Presidency, 335.
=Cordova=, Fernandez de, explorations of, 28.
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