Cheves, Langdon, member of Congress from South Carolina, asserts contract with Napoleon, v. 342, 343; in the Twelfth Congress, vi. 122; chairman of naval committee, 124; on Committee on Ways and Means, 124; his opinion on the war-power, 160; his motion to build a navy, 162; his argument in favor of seventy-fours, 163; his hostility to non-importation, 205, 230, 232, 446, 447, 448; favors war-taxation, 235; opposes forfeitures under Non-importation Act, 441; on war-taxes, 444; elected speaker, Jan. 19, 1814, vii. 396; defeats Dallas’s scheme for a national bank, viii. 259. Chew, Captain Samuel, deposition of, vi. 193, 196. Chicago. (See Fort Dearborn.) Chickasaw Bluff, iii. 284, 290, 325. Chickasaw Indians, iii. 16; vii. 216. “Childers,” 18-gun British sloop-of-war sent to Pensacola, viii. 322; in the attack on Fort Bowyer, 323, 324. Chillicothe in 1800, i. 2. Chippawa, British force at, viii. 38; Riall takes position at, 39; battle at, 40–45; Brown withdraws to, 47–50; Ripley retreats from, 66, 67; Drummond’s delay at, 68; Drummond retires to, 90; Izard’s failure at, 116. “Chippeway,” 1-gun British schooner on Lake Erie, vii. 120. Chittenden, Martin, governor of Vermont, his proclamation recalling the State militia, Nov. 10, 1813, vii. 366; refuses to call out the State militia to defend Plattsburg, viii. 222. Choctaw Indians, vii. 216; with Jackson at Mobile, viii. 328; at New Orleans, 346. Christie, John, lieutenant-colonel of Thirteenth Infantry, vi. 349, 350, 351. Christophe, i. 394, 395, 416. Chrystler’s Farm, battle at, vii. 188–191. Cincinnati in 1800, i. 2. Cintra, convention of, v. 48. Claiborne, Ferdinand Leigh, brigadier-general of Mississippi militia, vii. 243; penetrates Creek country, 244. Claiborne, William Charles Cole, appointed governor of Mississippi Territory, i. 295, 403; receives possession of Louisiana, ii. 256; governor of Orleans Territory, 400; character of, iii. 297 _et seq._; his anxieties, 304; his ignorance of Burr’s conspiracy, 308; warned by Wilkinson and Andrew Jackson, 316 _et seq._; takes possession of West Florida, v. 310–314; left by Jackson in charge of military defence of New Orleans, viii. 325; his want of authority, 341; commands on the Chef Menteur Road, 369. Claims, American, on France (see French spoliations). Claims, American, on Spain (see Pinckney), iii. 23–26, 28–30, 32, 35, 107. Clark, Christopher, a manager of Chase’s impeachment, ii. 228.