s election of better delegates to Congress, 259;
angry with speculators, 260, 261;
futility of his efforts, 261, 262;
his increasing alarm at social demoralization, 263;
effect of his exertions, 264;
conceals his doubts of the French, 264;
watches New York, 264;
keeps dreading an English campaign, 265;
labors with Congress to form a navy, 266;
plans expedition to chastise Indians, 266;
realizes that things are at a standstill in the North, 267;
sees danger to lie in the South, but determines to remain himself near
New York, 267;
not consulted by Congress in naming general for Southern army, 268;
plans attack on Stony Point, 268;
hatred of ravaging methods of British warfare, 270;
again has great difficulties in winter quarters, 270;
unable to act on offensive in the spring, 270, 272;
unable to help South, 272;
advises abandonment of Charleston, 273;
learns of arrival of French army, 274;
plans a number of enterprises with it, 275, 276;
refuses, even after loss of Charleston, to abandon Hudson, 276;
welcomes Rochambeau, 277;
writes to Congress against too optimistic feelings, 278, 279;
has extreme difficulty in holding army together, 280;
urges French to attack New York, 280;
sends Maryland troops South after Camden, 281;
arranges meeting with Rochambeau at Hartford, 282;
popular enthusiasm over him, 283;
goes to West Point, 284;
surprised at Arnold's absence, 284;
learns of his treachery, 284, 285;
his cool behavior, 285;
his real feelings, 286;
his conduct toward Andre, 287;
its justice, 287, 288;
his opinion of Arnold, 288, 289;
his responsibility in the general breakdown of the Congress and army,
290;
obliged to quell food mutinies in army, 291, 292;
difficulty of situation, 292;
his influence the salvation of army, 293;
his greatness best shown in this way, 293;
rebukes Congress, 294;
appoints Greene to command Southern army, 295;
sends Knox to confer with state governors, 296;
secures temporary relief for army, 296;
sees the real defect is in weak government, 296;
urges adoption of Articles of Confederation, 297;
works for improvements in executive, 298,299;
still keeps a Southern movement in mind, 301;
unable to do anything through lack of naval power, 303;
rebukes Lund Washington for entertain