Independents, English political party, 49; Cromwell at head of, 49; bearing toward the Presbyterians, 80; real source of their power the Ironsides, 81; hated by the Presbyterians, 92; their strength in the army, 94; their spirit commended by Cromwell, 106; their proposed reconciliation with Parliamentarians, 115; Charles I.’s designs on them, 116; they take refuge in the army, 118; conquerors of the Royalists, 120; their prompt action in Second Civil War, 121; their political isolation, 133; rupture with Irish Presbyterians, 150; their strength in the Commonwealth, 164; in Parliament, 177 _et seq._; support of Cromwell in the Rump Parliament, 189; under the Protectorate, 199, 220 Indian Mutiny, compared with state of Ireland under Cromwell, 151 Infantry, Parliamentarians’, at Nottingham, 57; use of, in Cromwell’s time, 59, 60; in action at Marston Moor, 87; at Naseby, 96; its importance at Preston, 127; at Dunbar, 170; Spanish, defeated by British in the Netherlands, 229 Inquisition, the, in Spain, 14; the handmaid of tyranny, 17; religious aspects of, 48 Instrument of Government, the, 195 _et seq._; recognized by Parliament, 204 Insurgents, the Irish, 147 _et seq._ Ireland, England’s treatment of, 15, 16; priesthood loyal to its peasantry, 17; Protestantism in, 17; its prosperity under Strafford, 36; revolts against Charles I.’s government, 56; English troops in, 84; unites against the Parliament, 120; complex political conditions, 122; its loyalty, 143; invaded by Cromwell, 144 _et seq._; Cromwellian atrocities, 156; subjugation by Parliamentarians, 178; discontent under the Protectorate, 221; under Richard Cromwell’s rule, 232; its misery under English reigns, 238 Ireton, Henry, character of, 6; captain of troop in Sixty-seventh Regiment, 58; at Naseby, 96, 97; marriage with Bridget Cromwell, 105; his leadership of the army, 116; approves Cromwell’s joining the army party, 119; remonstrates against the King, 135; counsels mercy toward Charles I., 136; desecration of his remains, 233 Irish, the, Charles I.’s overtures to, 84; Puritan cruelty toward, 129; Catholics’ treaty with Charles II., 148; troops at Dundalk, 157; English treatment of, 162, 227, 238 Ironsides, the, real power of the Independents, 80; in action at Marston Moor, 87, 89; membership in Eastern Association, 93; type of, 95; their army spirit, 107; support the army party, 120; at Preston, 126; as volunteers, 144; veterans in Ireland, 152 “Irreconcilables,” 198 Issues, political, not always sharply drawn, 180 Ivan the Terrible, 210 Jackson, Andrew, his backwoodsmen, 67 Jackson, “Stonewall,” resemblance to Cromwell and Ireton, 6; his piety, 105; his strategy compared with Cromwell’s, 171 Jamaica, taken by the English, 229