Rhode Island, roads in, i. 64; appoints delegates to the Hartford Convention, viii. 227; elects federalist congressmen in November, 1814, 228; cotton manufactures of, depressed by the peace, ix. 96; federalist in 1816, 133. Riall, P., British major-general, his force, viii. 38; takes position behind the Chippawa River, 40; advances in order of battle, 41; his report of his defeat, 43, 44; his loss, 45; retires toward Burlington, 45; advances to Lundy’s Lane, 47, 49; orders retreat, 51; wounded and captured, 52. Rice, value of export of, in 1815, ix. 94; in 1816, 126. Richardson, ----, lieutenant of Canadian militia, his account of the capture of Detroit, ii. 332; his description of Kentucky militia, vii. 96, 97. Rifles, efficiency of, vii. 95; ix. 231; First Regiment of, viii. 69; at Fort Erie, 71, 83; Fourth Regiment of, at Fort Erie, 83; in the sortie, 87–89. Rigaud, i. 384, 386. Ripley, Eleazar Wheelock, colonel of Twenty-first U. S. Infantry, at the battle of Chrystler’s Farm, vii. 188; promoted to brigadier and sent to Niagara, 409; his previous history, viii. 35; his brigade, 36; crosses the Niagara, 39; arrives at Chippawa, 40; not in battle of Chippawa, 43; advises advance on Burlington Heights, 47; strength of his brigade, 47; arrives on the battle-field at Lundy’s Lane, 53; captures the British position, 54–56; holds the hill-top, 58; ordered to retreat, 59; his losses, 64; ordered to regain the field of battle, 64, 65; marches out and returns, 65; retreats to Fort Erie, 66, 70; his quarrel with Brown, 66, 67, 81, 85; fortifies Fort Erie, 67; strength of his brigade, 69; repulses assault, 71, 72, 74; discourages sortie, 85; desperately wounded in sortie, 88, 89; retained on peace establishment, ix. 88. Ritchie, John, captain of artillery in Hindman’s battalion, viii. 37; at Lundy’s Lane, 53; killed, 58. Roads, in 1800, i. 2, 5, 11 _et seq._, 14, 63, 64; over the Alleghanies in 1800, 2; Jefferson’s proposed fund for, iii. 2, 345; through the Creek and Cherokee country, 14; Jefferson’s anxiety to begin, 19; Cumberland, 181; proposed by Gallatin, iv. 364, 365; and canals, national, recommended by Madison, ix. 105; encouraged by Virginia in 1816, 163–165; popular demand for, 168, 169. Robbins, Jonathan, case of, ii. 333. Roberts, Jonathan, elected senator, vii. 401. Robertson, Thomas Bolling, member of Congress from Louisiana, favors protection to sugar, ix. 114. Robinson, W. H., British commissary-general, his report on the failure of supplies for Upper Canada, viii. 92.