Columbus, Christopher, marriage of, 38 returns to Spain, 51, 56, 59 search for new road to India, 38 second expedition of, 53 taken prisoner, 57 third expedition of, 56 Com-mit´tee of Safety, formed, 232 Com´mon-wealth of England, 134, 155 Cȯm´pass, use of, 31 Cŏnc´ōrd, battle of, 234, 235 statue to Mrs. Dustin in, 187 Cŏṉ´gress, appeals to George III., 245 bad management of, 321 First Continental, 229 issues paper money, 302 Second Continental, 237 withdraws to Baltimore, 259 Con-ně_c_t´ĭ-cut, charter of, 167, 169 colonies in, 130-132 joins league, 134 New Haven joined to, 137 pillage of British in, 316 Connecticut River, settlement on, 130, 131 Con-stăn-tĭ-nō´pl_e_, besieged by Turks, 33 capture of, 33 Northmen visit, 25 seat of learning, 32 Con-ti-něn´tal bills, Congress issues, 302 Continental Congress, First, 229 Second, 237 Cŏn-way Că-băl´, 274, 275 Cȯr´-do-vä, Columbus at, 42 Cȯrn-wạl´lis, besieged at Yorktown, 316, 317 marches into Virginia, 315 pursues Washington, 257, 261, 262 races for Dan River, 312, 313 retreats to coast, 314 surrender of, 318 Cō-ro-nä´do (-thō), explorations of, 68 Cȯr´-tez, takes Mexico, 66 Cot´ton, cultivation of, 165 "Coun´ter-blast to Tobacco, A", 98 Co:_u_-r_ēu_r_s_´ de bois (deh bwä´), wood rangers, 176 Cow´boys, marauding troops called, 305 Cow´pens, American victory at, 312 "Cra´dle of Lib´er-ty," Faneuil Hall called, 226 Crè=v_e_´-ċ_o_ē_u_r, Fort, built, 180 Crō_a_-tăn´, village of, 85 Crȯm´well, Oliver, death of, 136 Protector of Commonwealth, 134, 155 Crown Point, plan to capture, 208 taken, 237 Cū´ba, Columbus coasts along, 49 Spanish colony in, 62 Cŭl´pěp-per, Lord, Virginia granted to, 156 Cŭt´tў-hŭṉk Island, Gosnold at, 86 Dāl_e_, governs Jamestown colony, 97 Dăn River, American army crosses, 313 Dā´rï-en, Isthmus of, settlement on, 63 Dar´rah, Lydia, anecdote about, 276 Dā´vis, discovers northwest passage, 81 D'Estaing (des-taN´), French fleet under, 298 De G_o_ṳrg_ues_, attacks Spaniards, 75 De Gräs_se_, commander of French fleet, 316 De Kălb, death of, 299 joins Americans, 263 De MôN_ts_, French settler, 174 De So´to, death of, 69 explorations of, 68, 69 Dec-la-ra´tion of Independence, 248-252 Declaration of Rights, passed, 222 Deer´field, battle near, 140 Indian raid at, 188 Děl´a-wâr_e_, purchased by Penn, 150, 152 Delaware Bay, Hudson enters, 103 Delaware River, Fort Nassau built on, 105 forts on, taken by Howe, 264 Washington crosses, 259, 260 Delaware Val´ley, owned by Dutch, 143 Dělfs-hä´ven, Pilgrims embark at, 108 De-troit´, Boone at, 291 garrison at, warned, 214 Dï-e=´go, Columbus's son, 40 Dï_e_s´kau (-kow), French officer, 209 Din-wĭd´_d_ĭe, governor of Virginia, 196 Dix´on and Ma´son line, 153