Saratoga,
New York, the monument at,
18
.

    Burgoyne defeated at,
114
.

    Morgan at,
114
.


Sartigan,
Canada, Arnold reaches,
28
.

    Arnold's men arrive at,
29
.


Schoolmaster,
Hale disguised as a,
56
.


Schuyler,
General, the statue of, at Saratoga,
18
.

    left the army for a time,
115
.


Scotch-Irish
in the South,
92
,
93
.


Senate,
the, or upper house of Congress,
148
,
155
.


Senators
in Congress,
149
.


Sevier,
Colonel, rallies the backwoodsmen,
93
.

    uses the county funds to buy supplies for the riflemen,
94
.

    leads the right wing at King's Mountain,
101
.


Shannon,
the, a British frigate,
174
,
175
.


Shawnees,
the, Clark meets,
10
.


Shelby,
Colonel, rallies the backwoodsmen,
92
,
93
.

    leads a column of the riflemen at King's Mountain,
101
.


Sherman,
Roger, at the Philadelphia convention,
146
.


Sicily,
Commodore Preble sails to,
100
.


Siren,
the brig, accompanies Decatur to Tripoli,
162
,
163
.


Slave
question, the, in framing the Constitution,
149-151
.


South, the,
a blow aimed at, by the British,
36
.

    British success in,
90
.

    the patriot leaders in,
91
.

    the brutality of the British in,
91
.


South Carolina,
overrun by the British,
90
.

    protests against abolishing slavery,
150
.


Spy,
the patriot,
50-61
. See
Hale
.


Stark,
John, defeats the British at Bennington, Vermont,
105
.

    leaves the army for a time,
115
.


Stewart,
Charles, in command of the frigate Constitution,
182
.

    the death of,
184
.


Stony Point,
on the Hudson River, the capture of, by Wayne,
77-89
.

    the British capture and fortify,
78
.

    Washington plans to attack,
79
.

    a description of,
79
.

    a description of the fortifications of,
80
.

    the "little Gibraltar,"
80
.

    Wayne appointed commander of the expedition against,
80
.

    Wayne's march to,
82
.

    Wayne's plan of attack on,
84
.

    the attack on,
85
.

    the capture of,
86
.

    the capture of, announced to Washington,
88
.


Sullivan, Fort,
the defense of,
36-49
. See
Fort Sullivan
.


Sumter, Fort,
43
.


Sumter,
Thomas, General, a leader in the South,
91
.

    still alive in 1824,
203
.


Surprise,
a midnight,
77-89
. See
Stony Point
.


Sycamore Shoals,
94
.

    the backwoodsmen meet at,
95
.


Syracuse,
Sicily. Commodore Preble sails to,
160
.

    Decatur sails from,
162
.



T


Tallmadge,
Major, questions André,
61
.


Tarleton,
Colonel, the brutality of, in the South,
91
.

    defeated at Cowpens,
118
,
119
.

    and the two young ladies,
120
.

    in the Yorktown campaign,
124
.


Teamster,
the old,
105-122
. See
Morgan
.


Thaxter,
Rev. Joseph, at Bunker Hill,
213
.


Thompson,
Colonel, and his sharpshooters aid Moultrie,
41
,
44
.


Tilghman,
Colonel, informs Congress of Cornwallis's surrender,
136
.


Tompkins,
Daniel, Vice President of the United States, entertains Lafayette in 1824,
203
.


Tories,
the, at "Mother Chick's,"
57
.

    in the South,
91
,
92
,
97
,
99
,
100
,
102
.


Trade,
free, between the states,
151
.


Trenton,
New Jersey, the British defeated at,
77
.


Tripoli,
156-168
,
173
,
180
,
184
.


Trumbull,
"The Surrender of Cornwallis" painted by,
133
.


Tryon,
William, the hated, a British general,
78
.


Tunis,
156
.


Twelve Mile
carrying place, the,
22
.

    Enos reaches the,
23
.



U


United Colonies,
the,
141
.


United States,
the frigate, commanded by Decatur,
158
.


United States of America, the,
154
.

    the Constitution of,
155
. See
Constitution
.

    the growth of,
202
.


University of Virginia,
the, Lafayette entertained at,
214
.



V


Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania, Lafayette at,
200
.

    the patriots suffer greatly at,
200
.


Vernon, Mount,
Washington's home,
68
.

    the slaves at,
70
.

    the hospitality at,
71