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audience given by, to Tanacharisson and his brother-chiefs, i. 84; reply of, to the letter of Governor Dinwiddie, i. 85; efforts of, to detain Tanacharisson and other chiefs of Washington's party, i. 86; death of, i. 181.

Salem, Massachusetts, patriotism of the people of, i. 389; unsuccessful attempt of Colonel Leslie to seize arms at, i. 502.

Salem, North Carolina, visit of Washington to a Moravian settlement at, in 1791, iii. 181.

Sanders's creek, total defeat of Gates at, by Lords Cornwallis and Rawdon, ii. 683.

Santee, Greene on the High Hills of, iii. 3.

Saratoga, militia of Massachusetts and Connecticut desired by Washington to rendezvous at, ii. 471; destruction by Burgoyne of Schuyler's buildings at, ii. 535.

Savannah, seizure of powder in, by the patriots, i. 521; combined attack of Lincoln and D'Estaing upon--Count Pulaski mortally wounded at the siege of, ii. 663; gloom spread through the South by the repulse at, ii. 664; evacuation of, by the British, iii. 11; visit of Washington to, on his southern tour, in 1791, iii. 181.

Sayre, Stephen, letter of the earl of Chatham to, commending the continental Congress, i. 448; biographical notice of (_note_), i. 449; arrest of, in London (_note_), ii. 2.

Scalps, prices paid for, in early colonial times (_note_), i. 209.

School, Washington's application at, i. 45.

Schoolbooks, manuscript, of Washington, still in existence, i. 36.

Schoolfellows, Washington's, their regard for him, i. 36, 46.

Schuyler, Philip, at Oswego in 1756, i. 232; commander at Fort George in 1756, i. 234.

Schuyler, Philip, appointed third major-general under Washington--brief biographical notice of--in the second continental Congress, i. 547; instructions left with, by Washington, on his departure for Cambridge,