=Sander's= Creek, battle of, 188. =San= Domingo Commission, the, 329. =Sandys=, Sir Edwyn, treasurer of London Company, 68; sends wives to colonists, 68. =San= Gabriel, battle of, 264. =Santa= Anna, called to Mexico, 263; at Buena Vista and Cerro Gordo, 264; driven from Mexico, 267. =Saratoga=, battle of, 174. =Savannah=, founded, 131; taken by British, 183; bombardment of, 185; taken by Sherman, 313. =Saybrook=, founded, 107. =Scott=, Winfield S., at Lundy's Lane, 235; commander-in-chief in Mexican war, 262-267; commander-in-chief of the Union, 283; retires from service, 290. =Seamen=, the impressment of, 219. =Secession=, account of the, 277. =Seminoles=, war with the, 245, 252. =Seven= Days' battles, the, 299. =Seward=, William H., Secretary of State, 281; diplomacy of, 292; attempted assassination of, 321. =Seymour=, Horatio, death of, 357. =Shackamaxon=, treaty of, 119. =Sheridan=, Philip H., ravages Shenandoah valley, 318; ride to Winchester, 318; general-in-chief, 348; death of, 367. =Sherman=, Roger, on declaration committee, 165. =Sherman=, William Tecumseh, at Chickasaw Bayou, 297; advance on Atlanta, 311; captures Atlanta, 312; march to the sea, 312; resigns command, 348; death of, 367. =Shiloh=, battle of, 293. =Silver=, remonetization of, 339. =Sioux= Indians, war with the, 333. =Sitting= Bull, in Sioux war, 335. =Slavery=, introduction of in Virginia, 67; in South Carolina, 128; in the Territories, 269; abolition of, 302; amendment to the Constitution, 323. =Slidell=, John, Confederate ambassador to England, 291. =Sloughter=, Colonel, governor of New York, 103. =Smith=, John, in London Company, 47; at Jamestown settlement, 48; voyages of, 48; names New England, 49; admiral of New England, 49; trouble with colonists, 58; captured by Indians, 59; rescue by Pocahontas, 60; explores Chesapeake Bay, 61; president of Virginia, 62; returns to England, 63. =Smyth=, Alexander, takes command of American forces, 226; charged with cowardice, 227. =Sons= of Liberty, organization of, 153. =South= Carolina, history of, 128-130. =South= Dakota, admission of, 360. =Spain=, discovers and colonizes America, 24-34; treaty with, 245. =Spanish= Florida, war with, 133. =Specie= Circular, the, 255. =Specie= Resumption, the, 341. "=Spoils= System," the, 345. =Spottsylvania= Courthouse, battle of, 316. "=Stalwarts=," the, 345. =Stamp= Act, adoption of the, 151; repeal of the, 153. =Standish=, Miles, landing of, 51; expedition of, 76. =Stanton=, Edwin M., Secretary of War, 281. =Starving= Time, the, 63. =St.= Augustine, founded, 33. =St.= Clair, expedition of against Miami Indians, 207. =Steamboat=, invention of, 220.