88; stirred up by English, 94; but pacified, 94, 101.
Slavery, in Virginia, i.

20; its evil effects, 104; Washington's attitude toward slaves, 105; his condemnation of the system, 106, 107; gradual emancipation favored, 107, 108.
Smith, Colonel, letter of Washington to, ii.

340.
Spain, instigates Indians to hostilities, ii.

89, 94, 101; blocks Mississippi, 135; makes treaty with Pinckney opening Mississippi, 167, 168; angered at Jay treaty, 210.
Sparks, Jared, his alterations of Washington's letters, ii.

337, 338.
Spotswood, Alexander, asks Washington's opinion of Alien and Sedition Acts, ii.