Howe, General Sir William, at Bunker Hill, 5; succeeds Gage in command, 5, 36; evacuates Boston, 47-48; and Burgoyne, 68, 112, 116-117, 130, 142; personal characteristics, 84; attitude toward Revolution, 84; lands army on Staten Island, 86; battle of Long Island, 87-90; in New York, 93-95; plans to meet Carleton, 95; battle of White Plains, 96; Fort Washington, 96-97; takes Fort Lee, 98; and Lee, 99, 112-113; at Trenton, 100; proclamation, 101, 111; goes to New York for Christmas, 102; dilatoriness, 109, 110; takes Philadelphia, 109, 112, 120, 149; plan for 1777, 112-113; sails for Chesapeake Bay, 115-116; at the Brandywine, 118-119, 133; and Pennsylvanians, 120-121; at Germantown, 121-122; leaves Philadelphia, 194; Clinton succeeds, 195. Hudson River, advantages of plan to sail up, 82; location of mouth, 87; British on, 93, 96-98; Washington guards, 209-210, 211, 236, 237-238, see also West Point. I Independence, 54 et seq.; see also Declaration of Independence. Independence, Fort 127. India, France against British in, 206. Indians, allies of Burgoyne, 125, 133, 138, 139-140, 144; with St. Leger, 134-136; aid loyalists in Wyoming massacre, 229. Ireland, Declaration of Independence, 208. J Jay, John, on Declaration of Independence, 78; opinion of Congress, 162; on American Commission, 270. Jefferson, Thomas, and Declaration of Independence, 75-77; on Lafayette, 170; British plan to capture, 252. Johnson, Sir John, with St. Leger, 133-134, 135. Johnson, Samuel, quoted, 58. Johnson, Sir William, 134. Jones, John Paul, 204-206; bibliography, 281. K Kalb, Baron de, part in Revolutionary War, 173-174; killed, 220. Kaskaskia, Clark at 223. Kenneth Square, British camp at, 118. Keppel, Admiral, and London riots, 207. King's Mountain, battle of, 221-222. Knox, Henry,Washington values service of, 110, 171-172. Knyphausen, General, and Howe, 115; at the Brandywine, 118; effective service, 179-180. Kosciuszko, in American army, 173 L Lafayette, Marquis de, 182, 230, 238; and Washington, 13, 168, 169; and independence of America, 30; personal characteristics, 169-170; volunteers through Deane's influence, 185; with Lee at Monmouth Court House, 198-199; sent to France (1779), 210; as interpreter for Washington and Rochambeau, 234; in Virginia, 251-252. Lansdowne, Marquis of, see Shelburne, Lord. Laurens, Henry, on American Commission, 270. Lauzun, Duc de, with French army in America, 231-232, 233. Laval-Montmorency, French officer in America, 232. Lee, Arthur, on commission to Paris, 185. Lee, General Charles, 150, 172; Washington writes to, 30; at Fort Washington, 98; disobeys Washington, 98-99; letter to Gates, 99; captured, 99; and Howe, 99, 112-113; freed by exchange of prisoners, 173; personal characteristics, 173; and training of recruits, 176; at Monmouth Court House, 198-199; court-martialed, 199; suspended, 199; dismissed from army, 199. Lee. R.H., and Declaration of Independence, 75.