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 POCAHONTAS POST-TRADERS 777 Pocahontas, abduction of. V, 98 ; controversy, 99 ; view of church having memorial of, 99. Pochino, V, 99, Pocahontas. Pocket veto, III, 381. Pococke, I, 689, Colles. Pocorosa, Chief, II, 374, Espinosa, G. Poe, Edgar A., quoted, III, 703, Lewis. Estelle ; monument to, I, 605, Childs, G. W. ; IV, 172, Maelzl ; subject of a sketch by, 309, Koqers, M. C. Poe, John and David, V, 44, Poe, E. A. Poelnitz, Baron, V, 171, Randall, R. R. Poems of Two Friends, IV, 767, Piatt, J. J. Poems, pretended translation of Indian, V, 148, Querard. Poesten Bouwery, the, VI, 243, Vanderheyden. Poet, first monument to, and statue of a, in America, III, 48, Halleck. Poet laureate of the army, the, IV, 671, Patten, G. W. Poet laureate of Freemasonry, IV, 417, Morris, Robert. Poet of Low Hampton, the. IV, 329, Miller, W. Poet of Paisley, the, rv, 767, Picken. Poet sportsman, the, IV, 145, McLellan. Poet, the mad, I, 635, Clarke, McDonald. Poetical Epistle to George Washington, anonymous book, V, 135, Pulsifer. Poetry, Harris Collection of American, I, 82, Anthony, H. B.; Ill, 90, Harris, C. F. Poictiers, capture by the, I, 256, Biddle, James ; capture of the Wasp and Frolic by, III, 465, Jones, J. Poincy, Louis de, V, 293, Rochefort. Poincy, Louvilliers de, II, 263, Duparquet ; III, 270, Hou- detot ; IV, 563, Ogeron. Poinsettia Pulcherrina, the, V, 49, Poinsett. Point Coupee, La., gift for college at, V, 100, Poydras. Point Peleo island, engagement at, IV, 178, Maitland, J. Point Pleasant, battle of, II, 480, Fleming, T. ; III. 701. Lewis, Andiew ; V, 491, Shelby, E. Indian fight at, III, 108, Harvie. Pointe a Pitre, capture of, III, 305, Hugues. Poison examinations, II, 203, Doremns, R. O. Poison Springs, engagement at, IV, 268, Maxey. Poiteau, M., VI, 188-189, Turpin, P. J. F. Pokanokets, the, IV, 755, Philip. Poland, campaign of, against the Turks, III, 658 ; revolu- tions in, 14, Gurowski ; 1831, IV, 520, Niemcewicz ; parti- tion of, V, 188, Pulaski ; insurrections, the, IH, 573. Polar sea, the open, HI, 133, Hayes, I. I.; first suggested, 297 ; first seen, IV, 459, Munk ; search for, 685, Payer. Polarimeter, use of the, VI, 619, Wright, A. W. Polaris expedition, the. III, 38, Hall, C. F. ; IV, 522, Ninde- mann ; parallel in fiction, 43, Lowell, R. T. S. Poles, colony of, VI, 182, Turchin. Polhemus, Rev. J. T., V, 50, Polhemus, A. Police, uniformed, II, 628, Gerard. Polignac, Prince de, II, 274, Dusuau. Political and Commercial Register, III, 393, Jackson, W. Political Focus, the, V, 106, Prentiss, C. Political Greenhouse, the, H, 282, Dwight, Theodore ; HI, 256, Hopkins, L. Political parties, first division of. rV, 168-169. Political Register, the, I, 506. Callender, J. T. Poliute, pen-name, VI, 510, Wilkie. Polk. Ezekiel. V, 50, Polk, J. K. Polk Place, illustration, V, 53. Polk, Samuel, V. 50, Polk, J. K. Polk, W. J., V, 58, Polk, L. E. Pollock, Robert, V, 50, Polk, J. K. ; 56, Polk, T. Polo, Admiral, II, 464, Fish, H. Polyanthus, magazine. I, 438, Buckingham, J. T. Polygamy, discussion on, V, 103, Pratt, O. Polytechnic institute, Troy. II. 296, Eaton, A. Pombal, Marquis de, II. 270, Duras ; 585, Gama, J. B. da ; V, 377, Saldanha. Pomeroy, George, VI, 429, Wells, H. Pomeroy, Hannah C, VI, 611, Woolson, C. F. Pometacom, IV, 249, Massasoit. Pomf ret, Earl of. IV, 716, Penn, T. Pomfret, Conn., V, 139, Putnam. I. Pomona, the privateer, IV, 189, Manley, J. Pompadour, Madame de, TV, 264, Maurepas. Pompons Blancs, the, IV, 26, Mandnit du Plessis. Pomroy. Daniel F., V, 61, Pomroy, R. R. Ponce. Pedro, IV, 340, Miranda, F. Poncet de Bretigny, III, 300, Huet. Pontchartrain, Jerome de, IV. 264, Maurepas. Ponteach, anonymous book, V. 310, Rogers, R. Pontejos, Santiago, Admiral, II, a5, David, E. Pontgrave, M., IV, 374, Monts. Pontiac's conspiracy, I, 512, Campbell, D.; V, 64, Pontiac. Pontoon-bridsres, improvements in, I, 234, Benham. Poole, John, V, 65. Poole, W. F. Poor, aid to the, I, 344. Brace, C. L.; 488, Caballero y Ocio; 327, Boudinot ; II, 2, Cranston, R. B. Poor man's counsellor, the, I, 623, Clark. Poor Richard's Almanac, II, 528. Poore, John, V, 67, Poore, B. P. Popayan. Colombia, conquest of, I, 232, Benalcazar. Pope, Alexander, address to. Ill, 560, Knapp, F. ; IV. 665, Oglethorpe : quotation from the Dunciad, V, 164, Ralph. Pope, Col. Curran, IH, 476, Jouett, G. P. Pope, Hannah, V, 139, Putnam, I. Pope, John, II. 763, Griffin ; V, 139, Putnam, I. Popham, Admiral, VI, 480, Whitelocke. Popkin, Lieut. -Col. John, V, 70, Popkin, J. S. Poplar-worm, the, IV, 659, Parrish, J. Popocatapetl, ascension of. III, 555, Kirkham, R. W. Popol-Vuh, the, VI, 308, Votdn ; 635, Ximenes. Popotla, noche-triste tree at, illustration, I, 749. Popular Science Monthly, VI, 643, Youmans. Popular Science News, the, IV, 513, Nichols, J. R. Popular sovereignty, I, 235, Benjamin, J. P. ; 484, Butts, I. ; II, 173, Dickinson, D. S. ; 214 ; HI, 716, 717. Popularity Sumner, sobriquet, V, 745. Porcelain, discovery of an earth like. II, 594, Garden. Porcupine, Peter, pen-name, I, 669, Cobbett, W. Porpoise, wreck of the, H, 534, Franklin, Sir J. Port-au-Prince, siege of, H, 341, Emerian. Port bill, of 1784, IV, 166. Port Desengano, IV, 180, Malaspina. Port des Francais, HI, 616, La Perouse. Porte Crayon, pen-name, V, 725, Strother. Porter, Alexander, V, 73, Porter, D. Porter, Charles E., V, 78, Porter, L. A. E. Porter, David, II, 413. Porter, Elizabeth, V. 139, Putnam, I. ' Porter, Rev. John, V, 77, Porter, E. Porter, Robert, V, 71. Porter, Andrew. Porter, Robert and Thomas, V, 79, Porter, N. Porter, Samuel, V, 73, Porter, D. Porter, Susannah, I, 649, Cleveland. Porter's Rocks, Conn., engagement at, V, 402, Sassacus. Port-folio, the, magazine, I, 257 ; H, 141, Dennie ; HI, 44. Hall, S. H. J. and T. M. ; TV, 259, Mathews, W. Port Gallant, colony at, II, 373, Espeleta. Port Gibson, battle of, II. 712 ; IV, 157, McPherson, J. B. Port Hope, Canada, founded, V, 589, Smith, Sidney. Port Hudson, siege of, I, 159, Banks; 266, Birge, H. W.; II. 417 ; 713 ; III, 427, Jenkins, T. A.; V, 580, Smith, M. Port Independence, I, 647, Cleaveland, M. Portland, Duke of, H, 366, Erskine, F. Portland, Me., fort on the site of, II, 554 : gifts to societies of, VI, 670, Baxter : graves of Burrows and Blythe in, illustration, I, 471 ; IV, 10-11, Longfellow, H. W. Portland, N. Y., community at, IV, 572, Oliphant. Portland, Ore., founder of, VI, 683, Gilpin. Portland, island of, Pennsylvania castle on, TV, 716, Penn, J. Portland Magazine, the, V, 665, Stephens, A. S. Port Leon, Fla., I, 505, Call, R. K. Port Nelson, Hudson bay. See Fort Bourbon. Portraits, collection of historic, V, 483, Sharpless ; collec- tion of, by the physionotrace, 372, St. Memin. Port Republic. Ill, 392, Jackson, T. J. Port Royal, Acadia, I, 583, Charnise ; founded, TV, 374, Monts ; colony at, V, 93, Poulrincourt ; Jesuit mission- aries at, sieges of, 738, Subercase ; destruction of, I, 88, Argall ; capture of, VI, 285, Vetch. Port Royal, S. C, capture of, II, 265, 266 ; negroes at, 549, French, M. ; battle of, 653, Gillis. J. P. ; expedition, capt- ure of Fort Pulaski, 654, Gillmore ; liberated slaves of, rV, 136, McKim, J. M. Porto Calvo, battle of, H. 164, Dias, H. Porto Rico, British attack on, I, 746. Correa, A.; Carib in- vasions into, III, 408, Jaureybo I. and II. : colony in, IV, 196, Manso ; conquest of, cities founded in, V, 61-62, Ponce de Leon; revolt of Caribs, 609, Sotomayor, C; I, 36, Agiieynaba II. ; defence of, I, 556, Castro, R. ; dis- covery of, 697 ; early history of, III, 605, Lando ; first missionary in, IV, 367, Montesinos, A. ; pirates at, V, 74, Porter, D.; rebellion in, I, 36, Agiieynaba ; resistance to the Spaniards in, IV, 23, Loquillo ; Spanish conquest of, V, 376, Salazar, D. de. Portsmouth, Wentworth house. VI, 435, Wentworth, J. Portsmouth, R. I., founded, III, 331, Hutchinson, Anne; botanical garden at, V. 206, Redwood. Portugal, British expedition to aid (1762). Ill, 657, Lee, C; constitutional struggle in, II, 526, Francisco, F. de M. ; ex-king of. III, 178, Hensler ; first American minister to, 313, Humphreys, D.; French invasion of, emigration of the royal family, IV, 698. Pedro I. ; return of the king, ibid.; abdication of the throne, usurpation of Dom Mi- guel, end of it, ibid. ; revolution in (1821), IH, 351, Inham- bupe ; royal family of, 406, Jarvis, W. Posey, Gen. John, I, 45, Alexander, Archibald. Postage, cheap, II, 455. : III. 650, Leavitt ; reduction of, I, 105 ; 192, Bates, B. ; HI, 284, Howe, T. O. ; postal-cards, 205, Hill, John; V, 544, Skinner. C. R.; 635, Spooner. L. Postage-stamps, manufacturing, I, 301, Bogardus, J. Postal directory, the first, III, 675, Leech, D. D. T. Postal service, the, II, 528 ; III, 399, James, T.L.; a private, V, 635, Spooner, L. ; colonial. III. 62, Hamilton, A. Post, Alfred C, II, 464, Fisher, C. H. Post, Henry, I, 661, Clinton, De W. Post, Joel, V, 85, Post, A. C. Postel, Karl, V, 446, Sealsfleld. Postmaster-General, first made a member of the cabinet, I. 182, Barry, W. T. ; office of, IV, 144, McLean, J. Post-traders, charge of bribery in connection with, I, 225, Belknap; frauds of, III. 150, Hazen. W. B.; I, 225, Bel- knap, W. W.