s money through Morris's failure, 362;
speculates in Virginia military lands, 362;
estimates value of estates, 362, 363;
ill at ease in general society, 363;
his establishment at Washington described by Irving, 363;
house burned by British, 364;
builds at Friendship Hill, finds it lonely in winter, 364;
visited by Lafayette in 1825, 364, 365;
settles permanently in New York, 365;
frequent changes of residence, 365;
devotes last years to scientific studies, 366;
conversational ability, 366;
chosen member of "The Club," 366, 367;
leads conversation, 367;
described by Irving, 368;
wishes to establish free university in New York, 368;
presides over council of New York University, 369;
resigns, owing to clerical opposition, 370;
continued interest in French politics, 370;
letter of Lafayette to, on marriage of his daughter, 371;
assists Polish refugees, 372;
interested in Indian customs, 373, 374;
writes for Humboldt a synopsis of Indian tribes, 374;
publishes Indian vocabularies, 375;
issues circulars inviting information, 375;
correspondence with individuals, 375, 376;
republishes Synopsis, 377;
scientific character of his results, 377, 378;
his advice requested concerning Smithson's bequest, 378;
its publications submitted to him, 378, 379;
founds American Ethnological Society, 379;
defrays cost of publishing its transactions, 379;
essay on nations of Mexico and Central America, 380;
authorizes General Scott to purchase documents in Mexico, 380;
writes introduction to Hale's "Indians of Northwest America," 380;
gathers information regarding gold in America for Humboldt, 381;
describes his reasons for success, 381;
his caution in reasoning, 382;
fails to establish a literary periodical, 382;
chosen president of New York Historical Society, 382;
his inaugural address on course of United States History, 382-384;
opinion of Washington, 383, 384;
friendly greeting to Adams in 1844, 384;
eulogized by Adams, 384, 385;
his party career contrasted with that of Adams, 385;
personal appearance and portraits, 385, 386;
crushed by loss of wife, 387;
death, 387;
eulogized by Bradish before Historical Society, 388;
acknowledges indebtedness to Bentham, 388;
his brain, 389;
summary of character and services, 389.

_Characteristics._
General estimates, 1, 388, 389;
unfriendly views of, 90, 297, 338;
his own estim