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 tience of control, i. 364. Characteristic anecdote of, vide note, i. 365. The present and probable future condition of, i. 367. Gradual disappearance of, i. 367. Manner in which this takes place, i. 368. Causes which compel them to recede, i. 369. Miseries attending their forced migrations, i. 370. Their only method of escaping destruction—war or civilization, i. 373. Reasons why they refused to become civilized when it was in their power, and why they cannot become so now that they desire it, i. 375. Instances of this in the Creeks and Cherokees, i. 376. Policy of the several states toward them, i. 381. Policy of the federal government, i. 382. Washington's advice respecting the treatment of them, i. 380. Petition of the Cherokees to congress, i. 383.

Indictment of a public functionary, the right of, by the people, i. 107.

Individual action, its influence upon events, ii. 92.

Individual sacrifices for the public weal, great among the Americans, ii. 112.

Individual influence, less in a democratic than in an aristocratic country, ii. 320.

Individual rights, the danger of their being despised in a democracy, ii. 347.

Individualism, the term defined and illustrated, vide note, ii. 104. Its existence and influence in a democracy, ii. 104. When strongest among a democratic people, ii. 107. How restrained among the Americans by their free institutions, &c., ii. 109.

Inflated style of the American writers and orators, ii. 82. The causes of this, ii. 82.

Innovation, when mistaken for revolution, ii. 279.

Insanity, instances of, excessively numerous in the United States, the causes, &c., ii. 147. Suicides comparatively rare among the Americans, ii. 147.

Institutions of government, respect paid to, by the Americans, ii. 315.

Intellectual superiority, a characteristic of the American women, ii 225.

Intercommunication, its freedom among the Americans, ii. 79.

Intercourse of Americans rendered easy by the principle of equality, ii. 178.

Interest, opinions of, in aristocratic ages, ii. 129.

Interest, personal, correct opinions of, ii. 132.

Interest, principle of, its influence in connexion with religious matters, ii. 133. A means of extending the popularity of a religious belief, ii. 134.

Interest, the motives of, all-pervading in the United States, ii. 163.