appointment as attorney by Washington, ii. 62;
educated by him, 370.

Washington, George,
honors to his memory in France, i. 1;
in England, 2;
grief in America, 3, 4;
general admission of his greatness, 4;
its significance, 5, 6;
tributes from England, 6;
from other countries, 6, 7;
yet an "unknown" man, 7;
minuteness of knowledge concerning, 8;
has become subject of myths, 9;
development of the Weems myth about, 10, 11;
necessity of a new treatment of, 12;
significant difference of real and ideal portraits of, 13;
his silence regarding himself, 14;
underlying traits, 14.

_Early Life_.
Ancestry, 30-41;
birth, 39;
origin of Weems's anecdotes about, 41-44;
their absurdity and evil results, 45-48;
early schooling, 48;
plan to send him to sea, 49, 50;
studies to be a surveyor, 51;
his rules of behavior, 52;
his family connections with Fairfaxes, 54, 55;
his friendship with Lord Fairfax, 56;
surveys Fairfax's estate, 57, 58, 59;
made public surveyor, 60;
his life at the time, 60, 61;
influenced by Fairfax's cultivation, 62;
goes to West Indies with his brother, 62;
has the small-pox, 63;
observations on the voyage, 63, 64;
returns to Virginia, 64;
becomes guardian of his brother's daughter, 64.

_Service against the French and Indians_.
Receives military training, 65;
a military appointment, 66;
goes on expedition to treat with French, 66;
meets Indians, 67;
deals with French, 67;
dangers of journey, 68;
his impersonal account, 69, 70;
appointed to command force against French, 71, 72;
his anger at neglect of Virginia Assembly, 73;
attacks and defeats force of Jumonville, 74;
called murderer by the French, 74;
surrounded by French at Great Meadows, 76;
surrenders, 76;
recklessness of his expedition, 77, 78;
effect of experience upon, 79;
gains a European notoriety, 79;
thanked by Virginia, 79;
protests against Dinwiddie's organization of soldiers, 80;
refuses to serve when ranked by British officers, 81;
accepts position on Braddock's staff, 82;
his treatment there, 82;
advises Braddock, 84;
rebuked for warning against surprise, 85;
his bravery in the battle, 86;
conducts retreat, 86, 87;
effect of experience on him, 87;
declines to solicit co