=Corinth=, battle of, 297.
=Cornbury=, Lord, governor of New York, 104.
=Cornwallis=, Lord, joins Clinton, 164;
at Long Island, 167;
takes Fort Lee, 168;
pursues Washington, 169;
at Brandywine, 176;
at Monmouth, 180;
at Sander's Creek, 188;
pursues Greene, 194;
in Virginia, 195;
blockaded in Yorktown, 196;
surrender of, 197.
=Cortereal=, Gaspar, voyages of, 34.
=Cortez=, Fernando, conquers Mexico, 28.
=Cotton= gin, invention of the, 285.
=Cowpens=, battle of, 193.
=Cranfield=, Edward, governor of Province of New Hampshire, 86.
=Credit= Mobilier, the, 332.
=Creek= cession, the, 249.
=Creeks=, war with the, 231.
=Crown= Point, Johnson's expedition against, 141;
deserted by the French, 145.
=Cuban= "Filibusters," the, 271.
=Culpepper=, John, leader of insurrection in North Carolina, 126.
=Culpepper=, Lord, grant of Virginia to, 73;
appointed governor, 75;
sole proprietor, 75;
removed, 75.
=Custer=, General, defeat of, 334.
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=Da Gama=, Vasco, doubles Cape of Good Hope, 42.
=Dakota= Territory, organized, 325.
=Dakotas=, the separation of the, 360.
=Dakotas=, regions inhabited by the, 16.
=Dare=, Virginia, birth of, 46.
=Darrah=, Lydia, story of, 176.
=Davis=, Jefferson, President of Confederacy, 277;
sketch of, 289;
escape of, 319;
capture of, 320.
=Daye=, Stephen, first printer in America, 81.
=Deane=, Silas, commissioner to France, 178.
=Dearborn=, Fort, surrender of, 225.
=Dearborn=, Henry, commander-in-chief of American army, 224;
expedition against Toronto, 231.
=De Ayllon=, voyage of, 29.
=Decatur=, captures the _Philadelphia_, 216;
captures the _Macedonian_, 226;
conquers the Algerian pirates, 242.
=Declaration= of Rights, 153;
of Independence, 165.
=Decree=, the Milan, 220.
=De Gourgues=, Dominic, revenge of, 38.
=De Kalb=, joins patriot forces, 172;
killed, 181.
=Delaware=, Lord, governor of Virginia, 62;
voyage to Virginia, 63;
return to England, 34;
death of, 67.
=Delaware=, secession of, 120.
=Delaware=, the, crossed by Washington, 169.
=De Monts=, patent of, 38;
at Port Royal, 39.
=De Soto=, Ferdinand, expedition of, 30-32;
discovers the Mississippi, 31;
death of, 32.
=D'Estaing=, fleet of, 179.
=Detroit=, surrender of, 225.
=Dieskau=, defeat of, 142.
=Discovery= of America, 25.
=Division= of land, 64.
=Dolbear=, A. C., inventor of the telephone, 347.
=Donelson=, Fort, capture of, 293.
=Dorchester= Heights, fortification of, 163.
=Dorr's= Rebellion, 258.
=Douglas=, Stephen A., advocates State sovereignty, 274.
=Dover=, founded, 113.
=Drake=, Sir Francis, voyages of, 44;
at Roanoke, 45.
=Dred= Scott case, the, 276.
=Du Quesne=, Fort, built, 138;
battle near, 140;
destruction of, 144.
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