Adams, Henry, on Spain's help- | Cabildo, city council in New Or-
lessness, 25; on Carlos IV and
Godoy, 33, etc.; on Jefferson,
56; on debt of the United States
to the Haitians, 72.
leans, 43; place of meeting of
city council at New Orleans, the
scene of the cession of Louisiana
to the United States, 164.
Adams, John Quincy, and the ac- Cable, G. W., describes Burr's ar-
quisition of Florida, 195.
Arkansas, admitted as a State,
202.
Barbé-Marbois, his career, 130;
his History of Louisiana, 131:
describes the sale, 132; arranges
with the American envoys and
signs the treaty, 137, etc.
Bernadotte, to command in Louisi-
ana, 52; to be envoy to Wash-
ington, 53.
rival at New Orleans, 189;
Jackson's line, January 8, 1815,
193.
Carlos IV, King of Spain, his
character and court, 33, 34.
Carnot, tries to recover Louisiana,
Carondelet, Spanish governor of
Louisiana, 24.
Champlain, Samuel, his early ca-
reer, 4, 7; at Quebec, 8; neg-
lected by king and nation, 9.
Berthier, his treaty of San Ilde- Civil war, in the Louisiana Pur-
Bienville, founds New Orleans, 13.
Binger, Hermann, on dimensions
of the Louisiana Purchase, 183.
Bonaparte, see Joseph, Lucien, Na-
poleon.
Claiborne, U. S. Commissioner to
receive Louisiana, 169, etc.; gov-
ernor of Louisiana, 173.
Clark, William, companion of
Lewis in exploration, 186.
Bourrienne, Lucien Bonaparte's Clay, Henry, and Missouri Com-
Colorado, admitted as a State, 202.
Burr, Aaron, his character and Constitution, new ways of inter-
preting since 1803, 2, 160.
Cotton-gin, its vast effect, 198.
Filles à la cassette, wives for the Jackson, Andrew, at New Orleans,
Florida held on to by Spain, 37;
ceded to the United States, 195.
France, colonization necessary to,
her early activity, 3, 4; faults of
her colonial policy, 5; her meth-
od of settling Louisiana, 13; be-
comes active in America in
eighteenth century. 17; utter
failure in West and East, 20;
Jefferson, Thomas, his personal-
ity described, 56; friendly to
France, 57; does not suspect
Napoleon, 57; sends Livingston
to Paris, 57; learns of Napoleon's
design, 58; excitement in the
country, 59; his good states-
manship, 60; loves peace but is
resolute, 62; sends Monroe to
Europe, 64; slight interest in
acquiring Louisiana, 64; his
moral courage and steadfastness,
67; his influence not great in
bringing to us Louisiana, 148;
embarrassed by news of the
purchase, 148; wisdom and hu-
manity of his course, 150; his
constitutional scruples, 153; de-
nounced by Federalists, 154;
his final triumph, 160; his wise
conduct after the purchase, 184,
Joseph Bonaparte, his quarrel
with Napoleon over the sale of
Louisiana, 73, etc.; his intimacy
with Livingston, 121.
Kansas, admitted as a State, 202.
King, Miss Grace, her account of
the surrender of Louisiana, 161,
strongly opposed, 50; dies of
yellow fever, 51.
Leroy-Beaulieu, on necessity to
France of colonization, 3.
Lewis and Clark, their explora-
tion, 186, 187.
Livingston, Robert R., envoy to
France, 57; reports Napoleon's
insult to British ambassador, 70,
71; his career, 113; his letters
from Paris, 115; does not fear
France in Louisiana, 117; writes
papers to influence Napoleon,
118; on the First Consul's ab-
solutism, 119; his intimacy with
Joseph Bonaparte, 121; has a
thought for the acquisition of
the Northwest, 123; his en-
ergy, 125; success, 141; his
prophecy, 142.
Locomotive, the creator of the
New West, 202.
King, Rufus, fears as to the French Lord, W. Frewen, on French col-
La Bourdonnais, in India, 6.
Lally-Tollendal, in India, 6.
La Salle, birth and character, 10;
discovers and names Louisiana,
his plans, his faults, 11; his
death, 12.
Laussat, French prefect of New
Orleans, 67; cedes Louisiana to
United States, 161, etc.
La Vérendrye, father and sons, dis-
cover the Rocky Mountains, 16.
Law, John, and the Mississippi
Bubble, 14.
Louisiana, founded and named by
La Salle, 11; settled, 12; aban-
doned, 21; under Spain, 22, etc.;
quarrel over, between Napoleon
and his brothers, 73, etc.; sold,
141; surrendered by Laussat,
scenes at the time of cession,
161; unhappy in her new rela-
tions, 178; boundaries settled,
179; its vast extent, 183; States
formed from, their population
and wealth, 202; the hopeful
outlook for them, 204.
Lucien Bonaparte, his treaty, 37;
his venality, 39; his ability and
independence, 72; his account
of the quarrel between Napoleon
Le Clerc, appointed for San Do-
mingo, 48; appears with army,
and his brothers over the Louisi-
ana sale, 73, etc.; sums up Na-
poleon's character, 112.
Machiavelli, Napoleon on, 86.
McMaster, on Louisiana under
Spain, 41, etc.; on the party
wrangle over the purchase, 151,
Madison, James, Secretary of
State, small interest in Louisi-
ana, 63, 64.
Masséna, appointed to invade In-
dia, 32.
Masson, Frédéric, his estimate of
Napoleon, 30.
Minnesota, admitted as a State,
202.
Missouri, becomes a State, 202.
Missouri Compromise, 199.
Monroe, James, sent to Europe in
1803, 64; why selected, 65: ar-
rives at Paris in time for the
treaty, 138; attributes all to Na-
poleon, 144.
Montana, receives statehood, 202.
Montcalm, 18, 19.
Morales, intendant at New Or-
leans, abrogates right of deposit,
61.
Napoleon, his portrait at Minne-
apolis, 28; his magnetic spell,
30; interest in a colonial empire,
31; plan for seizing India, 32:
plan for recovery of Louisiana,
45, etc.; attacks San Domingo,
48; treats Toussaint badly, 49;
presses the Louisiana expedi-
tion, 51; unfriendliness to United
States, 55; resolves on European
war, 69, 70; quarrels with his
brothers over sale of Louisiana,
73, etc.; his absolutism described
by Livingston, 119; his declara-
tions about the sale, 132; his
thought for the people of Louisi-
ana, 140; his leadership in the
affair, 143; assumes all responsi-
bility for the transaction, 144.
Nebraska, admitted as a State, 202.
Nebraska Bill, 200.
New England, narrow horizon of
early colonists, 8; her danger
of destruction by the French,
19; dissatisfied over the Louisi-
ana Purchase as voiced by Jo-
siah Quincy, 174, etc.
New France, founded by Cham-
plain, 8; surrendered in 1762,
20; and again in 1803, 161, etc.;
near to reestablishment at time
of our civil war, 178.
New Orleans, founded, 13; under
Spanish rule, 41, etc.; at the
time of cession to the United
States, 161, etc.
North Dakota, admitted as a State,
202.
North west coast, comes
United States, 196.
Oklahoma, 202.
O'Reilly, Spanish governor of
Louisiana, 23.
Paoli, Corsican patriot, Napoleon's
opinion of, 85.
Parma, Duke of, son-in-law of
King of Spain, how concerned
in the retrocession of Louisiana,
36, 38.
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