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troops sent toward, under General Thompson, ii. 143; commissioners appointed to form a union with--instructions of the commissioners sent to, ii. 145; indisposition of the people of, to a union with the colonies, ii. 146; committee of Congress confer with Washington, Gates, and Mifflin, on affairs in, ii. 159; efforts of Congress to retain possession of, ii. 160; letter of Washington to Schuyler in relation to affairs in--deplorable condition of the American army in, ii. 161; defeat of General Thompson in, ii. 163; end of the invasion of, ii. 168; plan of Congress for the invasion of, abandoned by the advice of Washington, ii. 644; opposition of Washington to the French plan for the invasion of, ii. 647.

Canadians, battalion of, authorized by Congress to be raised, ii. 93.

Canes, gold-headed, left by Washington to various persons, iii. 539.

Capital, the federal, location of, determined in 1790, iii. 150; surveys and plans of buildings of, examined by Washington--location of, chosen by Washington, iii. 178; land surrendered for, by Georgetown and Carrollsburg, iii. 179.

Cardillac, incredulity of, as to the profitable navigation of the western rivers, i. 68.

Carleton, Sir Guy, at the head of Wolfe's grenadiers at Quebec, i. 293; efforts of, to secure the loyalty of the Canadians, i. 644; defeat of, by Colonel Seth Warner at Longueuil, i. 679; Montreal abandoned by, on the approach of Montgomery, i. 699; escape of, to Quebec, i. 700; opportune arrival of, at Quebec, i. 714; determination of, to defend Quebec, i. 715; his humane treatment of prisoners taken at the siege of Quebec, i. 721; reliance of, upon reinforcements from England for the defence of Quebec, ii. 99; pursuit of the Americans by, on their retreat from before Quebec--stores and prisoners taken by--great humanity of, toward the sick and prisoners, ii. 102; noble proclamation of, with regard to sick fugitives, ii. 103; not the policy of, to make prisoners (_note_), ii. 167; efforts of, to create a navy on Lake Champlain, ii. 333; Crown Point taken possession of by, on its abandonment by Arnold,