INDEX.
Key to pronunciation.—Vowels: ā in lāte, ă in făt, â in câre, ä in fär, ȧ in lȧst, a: in fa:ll, ạ in wạs, au in author; ē in mē, ĕ in mĕt, e= in ve=il, ẽ in tẽrm; ī in fīne, ĭ in tĭn, ï in polïce, ĩ in fĩr; ō in nōte, ŏ in nŏt, ȯ in sȯn, ô in fôr, ọ in wọlf, o: in do:, oo in loop; ū in tūne, ŭ in nŭt, ṳ in rṳde, ụ in fụll, ü = French u; ȳ in mȳ, ў in hўmn. Consonants: ç in çent, ¢ in ¢an; ġ in ġem, ḡ in ḡet; ñ = ny in barnyard, ṉ = ng, N = ng, but is silent; qu = kw; ş = z; -th = th in then. Italic letters are silent.
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A´bra-ham, Plains of, Wolfe victorious at, [212]
A-cā´di-a, claimed by Cartier, [174]
conquered by New Englanders, [188]
farmers driven out of, [209]
French settlement in, [102], [105]
name changed to Nova Scotia, [188]
Ä´co-ma, "Sky City", [68]
besieged by Spaniards, [77]-79
Coronado visits, [68]
Oñate visits, [76]
Adams, John, draws up Declaration of Independence, [250]
Adams, Samuel, advice of, [226], [227]
at Lexington, [229], [234]
called "Father of Revolution", [229]
proposes Washington as general of army, [238]
quoted, [259]
Af´ri-ca, explored, [36]
inhabitants of, [14]
Vasco da Gama sails around, [61]
Āix-lä-Çhä-pelle´, treaty of, [190]
Al-a-bä´ma, De Soto visits, [68]
A-lăs´ka, inhabited by Indians, [14]
A:l´ba-ny, Congress at, [199], [206]
Fort Orange built near, [105]
Hudson at, [103]
refuses to obey Leisler, [170]
trading stations near, [104]
Al-ex-an´der, son of Massasoit, [137], [138]
Al-ḡŏn´quĭn Indians, aided by Champlain, [175]
Al´le-ḡhā-niēş, claimed by France, [181]
Governor Spotswood explores, [162]
Al´le-ḡhe=-ny River, French forts on, [196]
Al´len, Ethan, takes Fort Ticonderoga, [237], [243]
A-měr´ĭ-ca, civilization of, [24]
known as New World, [13], [61], [62]
named, [61]
Northmen in, [27]
A-měr´ĭ-cŭs Věs-pū´cius (shŭs), America named for, [61]
Ăn´dré (drā), Major John, meets Arnold, [305]
punishment of, [307], [308]
An´dros, governor of New England and New York, [167]
Aṉ´gli-can Church, Henry VIII. head of, [106]
Anglicans leave England, [134]
An-năp´o-lis, English settlement at, [152]
first French settlement at, [174]
Port Royal called, [188]
Är´gall, Captain, captures Pocahontas, [98]
Ar-ĭ-zō´na, Indians in, [20]
Är´kan-sa:s River, Marquette and Joliet at, [179]
Är´ling-ton, Lord, Virginia granted to, [156]
Är´nold, Benedict, attempt to capture, [308]
bravery of, [304]
defeated at Valcour Island, [252]
disgrace of, [310]
granted command at West Point, [305]
leads army to Quebec, [246]
relieves Fort Stanwix, [268]
reproved by Washington, [305]
takes Fort Ticonderoga, [237]
treason of, [305]-307
victorious at Saratoga, [271]
Asia (ā´shĭ-a), inhabitants of, [14]
As-sěm´bly, in colonial government, [125]
At-lăn´tic Ō´cean (-shan), called sea of darkness, [31], [40]
coast of, explored, [25]
Au-gŭs´ta, British conquer, [297]
A-zōreş´ Islands, Columbus at, [51]
Portuguese colony on, [36]
Bā´con's Re-bel´lion, [158]-160
Ba-hā´maş, discovered, [47]
Bäl-bō´ä, discovers Pacific Ocean, [64]
voyage of, [62], [63]
Ba:l´tĭ-more, Congress withdraws to, [259]
founded, [153]
Baltimore, Lord, settles in Maryland, [152]
Bär-çe-lō´nä, Columbus goes to, [52]
Bar-thŏl´o-mew Columbus, [40], [56]
Bär´ton, American officer, [258]
"Battle of the Kegs", [265]
"Bāy´ard of the South," Marion called, [300]
Bēa´con Hill, signal fires on, [140]
Bē´mĭs Heīghts, battle of, [269]
Běn´ning-ton, Gen Stark victorious at, [266]
Berke´ley, cruelty of, [160]
flees from Jamestown, [158], [159]
governor of Virginia, [155]
recalled to England, [156], [160]
Biar´ni, voyage of, [27], [28]
Bible, translated into Indian language, [126]
Bienville (be-aN-veel´), builds fort at New Orleans, [183]
Bil´ling-ton, English colonist, [112]
Indians rescue, [118]
Bĭl-ox´ĭ, built by Iberville, [182]
Bĩr´ming-ham (-ŭm), denied right to vote, [219]
Black´beard, a Carolina pirate, [164]
Black´stone, settles in New England, [122]-124
Bles´sing of the Bay, lumber ship, [127]
Block Island, Indian stronghold, [132]
Bloody Brook, battle of, [140]
Bloody massacre, [225]
Blue Ridge Moun´tains, Spotswood explores, [161]
Bonhomme Richard (bŏ-nŏm´re-shar´), Paul Jones's vessel, [294]
sinks, [296]
Boone, Daniel, adventures of, [291]-293
settles at Boonesboro, [288], [289]
Boones´bōr-o, Boone settles at, [288], [289]
Indians attack, [289], [290], [292]
Bŏs´ton, Andros imprisoned in, [168]
British shut up in, [244], [245]
British soldiers removed from, [226]
evacuated, [247]
fortified by British, [239]
Boston, founded, [130]
Gen. Gage sent to, [224]
laws to punish, [228], [229]
settlement in, [124]
Boston massacre, [225]
Boston Neck fortified, [232]
Boston Tea Party, [227]
Bow´er-y Lane, Stuyvesant´s farm on, [144]
Bōw´ling Green, [223]
Boyl´ston, introduces vaccination, [173]
Brăd´dock, death of, [208]
defeat of, [207]
general of British army, [206]
Brăd´ford, William, governor of Plymouth, [115]
Indian message to, [118]
Brăn´dy-wine, battle of, [264]
Brănt, Indian chief routed at Oriskany, [267],
leave Boston, [247]
leave Philadelphia, [277]
plan new campaign, [297]
quartered in Boston, [224], [225]
quartered in Philadelphia, [275]
retreat at Concord, [235]
settlements. See under English.
shut up in Boston, [244], [245]
surrender at Saratoga, [270], [271]
surrender at Yorktown, [318]
surrender Ticonderoga, [237]
take Savannah, [297]
under Clinton, bombard Fort Moultrie, [247]
under Cornwallis pursue Washington, [257]
victorious at Brandywine, [264]
victorious at Camden, [299]
victorious at Guilford Courthouse, [314]
Brook, land granted to, [130]
Brook´lўn Heīghts, Americans intrenched in, [254]
Brṳ´tus, [221]
Bŭṉ´ker Hill, battle of, [239]-241
Bur´ges-ses, House of, [101], [154], [156], [211]
Bur-goyne´, British general, [239]
cut off from Canada, [267]
defeated at Stillwater, [269]
surrender of, [270], [271]
takes Forts Ticonderoga and Edward, [265]
Burke, opposes Stamp Act, [223]
speech of, [286]
Bur´ling-ton, settlement near, [146]
Bŭt´ler, in Wyoming Valley murders, [286]
Cabeza de= Vä´cä (cah-bā´sah), explorations of, [67]
Căb´ot, John, explorations of, [60]
Çaē´şar, [221], [231]
Căl´ĭ-cŭt, Vasco da Gama reaches, [61]
Căl-ĭ-fôr´nĭ-a, Gulf of, explored, [67]
Căl´u-mět, pipe of peace, [114]
Cām´bridge, college at, [125]
Committee of Safety at, [232]
Washington´s headquarters at, [242], [246]
Cambridge Elm, Washington takes command under, [242]
Căm´den, Gates defeated at, [299]
Cămpe, plans to capture Arnold, [308], [309]
Căn´-a-da, Americans driven out of, [246]
ceded to Great Britain, [213]
explored by Cartier, [70]-73
French driven into, [211]
Frontenac governor of, [184]
named by Cartier, [174]
smuggling by way of, [216]
Că-nā´dĭ-ans, under Carleton march southward, [246]
Ca-nā´ry Islands, Columbus at, [44], [45]
discovered, [36]
Ca-nŏn´ĭ-cus, Narragansett chief, [118]
Cape Brět´on Island, French fort on, [189]
named, [71], [174]
Cape Charles, named, [87]
Cape Cod, Cabot explores, [60]
named by Gosnold, [86]
Northmen at, [28]
Pilgrims at, [109], [111]
Cape Hăt´ter-as, explored by Cabot, [60]
Cape Henry named, [87]
Cape Horn, Indians at, [14]
Cape of Good Hope, discovered, [42]
Cape of Storms, discovered, [42]
Cape St, Vĭn´çěnt, sea fight at, [37]
Cape Vērde Islands, Columbus sails from, [56]
Portuguese at, [36]
Cărĭbs, inhabitants of West Indies, [54]
Cärle´ton, commander of Canadians, [246]
victorious at Valcour Island, [252]
Căr-o-lī´nȧ, division of, [164]
English settlement in, [162]
French settlement in, [74]
granted to lords proprietors, [162]
Carolina, North, English colony at, [85]
explored, [71]
pirates, [164]
Cär´pen-ter's Hall, First Continental Congress at, [229]
Căr´rōll, Charles, signs Declaration of Independence, [251]
Cär-tier´ (-tyā´), explorations of, [71]-73, [174]
Cär´ver, John, death of, [115]
governor of Pilgrims, [110]
makes treaty with Massasoit, [114], [137]
Cäs-tïle´, Isabella, queen of, [59]
Ca-ta:w´ba River, Morgan crosses, [313]
Ca-thāy´, China called, [33]
new road to, sought, [35]
"Căv-ȧ-liērs´," Royalists called, [155]
Cen´tral A-měr´ĭ-ca, explored by Columbus, [58]
Indians in, [20]
Spanish colonies in, [64]
Çeū´ta, Prince Henry of Portugal visits, [35]
Chăaddş Ford, Washington defeated at, [264]
Çhăm-plāin´, discovers Lake Champlain, [175]
settles at Quebec, [174]
voyage of, [184]
Champlain, Lake, discovered, [175]
Charles, Cape, named, [87]
Charles I., beheaded, [155]
rebellion in England, [134]
Charles II., land grants of, [142], [147], [167]
recalls Berkeley, [160]
restored to throne, [136], [156]
revokes Massachusetts Bay colony charter, [166]
Charles´ton, attacked by Spaniards, [188]
British fleet at, [247]
rice planted in, [163]
surrender of, [298]
Charles´town, burned by Howe, [242]
Puritans attempt settlement at, [124]
Char´ter, granted to Connecticut, [137]
granted to Rhode Island, [137]
Great, of Virginia, [101]
of Massachusetts Bay colony revoked, [166], [229]
Charter Oak, in Hartford, [168]
Chěr´ry Val´ley, Indian massacre at, [286]
Chěs´a-pēake Bay, Captain Smith makes map of, [92]
De Grasse's fleet at, [316]
explored, [87]
Çhi-ca:´go River, Joliet and Marquette explore, [179]
Chïl´e=, Indians in, [20]
Chī´na, visited by Europeans, [33]
Chŏc´ta:ws, plan to attack French settlers, [183]
Church, Captain, defeats King Philip, [142]
Çï´bo-lä, seven cities of, [67], [68]
Cin-cin-nä´tï, built, [325]
Cincinnati, society founded by Washington's officers, [324]
Cĭ-păṉ´gō, Japan called, [35]
Clans, Indian, [19]
Clark, General George Rogers, march of, [287], [288]
Cliff dwellings, [21]
Clĭn´ton, Arnold conspires with, [305]
attacks towns in Connecticut, [280]
bombards Fort Moultrie, [247]
British general, [239]
proceeds to New York, [279]
pursues Washington, [256]
sends Arnold into Connecticut, [316]
Washington pursues, [278]
Cod, Cape, [60], [78], [86], [109], [111]
Coligny (co-leen´ye), sends Huguenots to New World, [73], [74], [174]
Cŏl´lege, Columbia, [252]
Harvard, [125]
King's, called Columbia, [252]
William and Mary, [161]
Williams, [209]
Yale, [125]
Co-lo´ni-al assemblies, dissolved, [224]
Cŏl´o-nies. See Settlements.
England's treatment of, [214]-232
Cŏl-o-rä´dō, Grand Canyon of, [68]
Co-lŭm´bĭ-a College, King´s College becomes, [252]
Co-lŭm´bŭs, Christopher, adventures of, [37]
asks aid of England, [40]
at Cordova, [42]
at West Indies, [54]
birth of, [36]
calls savages Indians, [43]
coasts along Cuba, [49]
death of, [59]
discovers Bahamas, [47]
discovers Haiti, [50]
discovers Jamaica, [55]
education of, [37]
establishes colony at Isabella, [54]
fourth expedition of, [58]
Genoese refuse to aid, [39]
Isabella and Ferdinand assist, [43], [44]
Columbus, Christopher, marriage of, [38]
returns to Spain, [51], [56], [59]
search for new road to India, [38]
second expedition of, [53]
taken prisoner, [57]
third expedition of, [56]
Com-mit´tee of Safety, formed, [232]
Com´mon-wealth of England, [134], [155]
Cȯm´pass, use of, [31]
Cŏnc´ōrd, battle of, [234], [235]
statue to Mrs. Dustin in, [187]
Cŏṉ´gress, appeals to George III., [245]
bad management of, [321]
First Continental, [229]
issues paper money, [302]
Second Continental, [237]
withdraws to Baltimore, [259]
Con-něct´ĭ-cut, charter of, [167], [169]
colonies in, [130]-132
joins league, [134]
New Haven joined to, [137]
pillage of British in, [316]
Connecticut River, settlement on, [130], [131]
Con-stăn-tĭ-nō´ple, besieged by Turks, [33]
capture of, [33]
Northmen visit, [25]
seat of learning, [32]
Con-ti-něn´tal bills, Congress issues, [302]
Continental Congress, First, [229]
Second, [237]
Cŏn-way Că-băl´, [274], [275]
Cȯr´-do-vä, Columbus at, [42]
Cȯrn-wạl´lis, besieged at Yorktown, [316], [317]
marches into Virginia, [315]
pursues Washington, [257], [261], [262]
races for Dan River, [312], [313]
retreats to coast, [314]
surrender of, [318]
Cō-ro-nä´do (-thō), explorations of, [68]
Cȯr´-tez, takes Mexico, [66]
Cot´ton, cultivation of, [165]
"Coun´ter-blast to Tobacco, A", [98]
Co:u-rēurs´ de bois (deh bwä´), wood rangers, [176]
Cow´boys, marauding troops called, [305]
Cow´pens, American victory at, [312]
"Cra´dle of Lib´er-ty," Faneuil Hall called, [226]
Crè=ve´-ċoēur, Fort, built, [180]
Crōa-tăn´, village of, [85]
Crȯm´well, Oliver, death of, [136]
Protector of Commonwealth, [134], [155]
Crown Point, plan to capture,
[208]
taken, [237]
Cū´ba, Columbus coasts along, [49]
Spanish colony in, [62]
Cŭl´pěp-per, Lord, Virginia granted to, [156]
Cŭt´tў-hŭṉk Island, Gosnold at, [86]
Dāle, governs Jamestown colony, [97]
Dăn River, American army crosses, [313]
Dā´rï-en, Isthmus of, settlement on, [63]
Dar´rah, Lydia, anecdote about, [276]
Dā´vis, discovers northwest passage, [81]
D'Estaing (des-taN´), French fleet under, [298]
De Goṳrgues, attacks Spaniards, [75]
De Grässe, commander of French fleet, [316]
De Kălb, death of, [299]
joins Americans, [263]
De MôNts, French settler, [174]
De So´to, death of, [69]
explorations of, [68], [69]
Dec-la-ra´tion of Independence, [248]-252
Declaration of Rights, passed, [222]
Deer´field, battle near, [140]
Indian raid at, [188]
Děl´a-wâre, purchased by Penn, [150], [152]
Delaware Bay, Hudson enters, [103]
Delaware River, Fort Nassau built on, [105]
forts on, taken by Howe, [264]
Washington crosses, [259], [260]
Delaware Val´ley, owned by Dutch, [143]
Dělfs-hä´ven, Pilgrims embark at, [108]
De-troit´, Boone at, [291]
garrison at, warned, [214]
Dï-e=´go, Columbus's son, [40]
Dïes´kau (-kow), French officer, [209]
Din-wĭd´dĭe, governor of Virginia, [196]
Dix´on and Ma´son line, [153]
Dôr´ches-ter Heights, fortified, [247]
Dō´ver, attacked by Indians, [184]
burned, [185]
settled, [130]
Drāke Francis, voyages of, [81], [82]
Duck´ing stool, mode of punishment, [172]
Du´er, loyalty of, [274]
Duquesne (doo-kān´), French governor, [196]
Duquesne, Fort, abandoned by French, [210]
British defeat at, [207], [208]
built, [198]
Dŭs´tin, Hannah, story of, [185]-187
Dutch, build Fort Orange, [105]
build trading stations in Connecticut, [131]
explorations of, [102], [103]
oppose Connecticut colonists, [132]
regain New Amsterdam, [146]
settlements of, [105], [143], [144]
Ẽarth, discovery and shape of, [32]
East River, Washington crosses, [254]
Ē´den, Garden of, [57]
Ed´ward, Fort, captured by Burgoyne, [265]
E´ġypt, [88]
Ěl Dō-rä´dō ("Land of Gold"), search for, [68]
E-lec-trĭç´i-ty, discoveries in, by Franklin, [205]
"El´e-ġy Written in a Country Churchyard," Gray's, [211]
El´ĭ-ot, John, translates Bible into Indian language, [126]
E-liz´a-beth, Queen, knights Drake, [82]
Em´er-son, quoted, [237]
En´dĭ-cott, John, influence of, [122]
punishes Indians, [132]
En´gland (ing-), Charles I. beheaded in, [155]
claims New Netherlands, [145], [146]
Commonwealth in, [134], [155]
French and Indian War, [198]-213
gains Canada, [213]
gives Florida back to Spain, [323]
Holland declares war against, [146]
King George's War, [189]
King-killers in, [136]
King William's War, [184], [185]
Land grants of Charles II., [142]
Navigation Act passed, [134], [135]
passes Townshend Acts, [224]
rebellion under James I., [160]
Restoration, [166]
Revolutionary War, [234]-322
Separatists leave, [107]
Seven Year's War, [210]
Stamp Act, [219], [220], [223]
takes Virginia charter away, [154]
treatment of colonies, [214], [232]
war of Austrian Succession, [189]
war with Spain, [81], [165]
En´glish (ing-) Church, established by Henry VIII., [106]
English colonies. See Settlements.
English explorations, [60], [80]-85
English settlements, in Boston, [124]
in Carolina, [162]
in Connecticut, [132]
in Georgia, [165]
in Maine, [130]
in Maryland, [152]
in Massachusetts, [122]
in New England, [111], [125]
in North Carolina, [85]
in Pennsylvania, [147]
in Rhode Island, [129]
in Virginia, [87]
English Turn in the Mississippi, [182]
Er´iċ the Red, discovers Greenland, [27]
Es´kĭ-mōş, trade with Northmen, [27]
Eū´rȯpe, civilization in fifteenth century, [24], [25]
inhabitants of, [14]
Eū´ta:w Springs, battle of, [314]
"Ē-văn´ġe-līne," Longfellow's, [209]
Ex-plo-rā´tions, Dutch, [103], [105]
English, [60], [80]-86
French, [71]-74, [174]-179
Portuguese, [42], [61]
Spanish, [47]-58, [62]-70
Fair´fax, Lord, sends Washington as surveyor, [193], [194]
Făl´moŭth (Portland), burned, [246]
Fan´euil Hall, meetings at, [226]
"Father of Waters," Mississippi called, [67], [177]
Fire brigade, first in Philadelphia, [205]
Fire water, Indians' name for rum, [104]
First Continental Congress, at Philadelphia, [229]
"Five intolerable acts", [229]
Flag, American, adopted, [268]
Flăm´bȯr-ōugh Head, naval battle off, [295]
Fletch´er, Governor, of Connecticut, [169]
Flŏr´ĭ-da, De Soto explores, [68]
discovered by Ponce de Leon, [64]
French settlement in, [74]
given back to Spain, [323]
relinquished by Spain, [213]
Spanish claim, [74]
Spanish settlements in, [102], [105]
Fȯrbeş, British commander, [210]
Fore´fathers' Day, [112]
Fort Crè=ve-coēur, built, [180]
Fort Duquesne (doo-kān´), British defeat at, [207], [208]
French abandon, [210]
Fort Edward, captured by Burgoyne, [265]
Fort Fron´te-năċ, destroyed, [211]
Fort Griş´wold, seized, [316]
Fort Lee, Americans at, [255]
Greene leaves, [257]
Fort Mo:ul´trīe, bombarded, [247]
Fort Năs´sa:u, built, [105], [151]
settlers driven from, [144]
Fort Ne-çes´si-ty, built, [198]
Fort Ŏr´anġe, built, [105]
Fort Sċhuў´ler, besieged, [267]
Fort Stan´wix, besieged, [267], [268]
Fort Ti-con-der-ō´ga, captured by Burgoyne, [265]
plan to capture, [208]
surrender of, [237]
Fort Wạsh´ing-ton, Americans hold, [255]
capture of, [256]
Fort Wil´liam Henry, seized, [210]
Foun´taĭn of Youth, search for, [64]
Fox, Charles J., British statesman, [314]
Fox, George, leader of Quakers, [130]
Fox River, Marquette and Joliet at, [177]
France, acknowledges independence of United States, [272]
and Spain, allies in Queen Anne's War, [188]
at war with Spain, [71]
French and Indian War, [198]-213
King George's War, [189], [190]
King William's War, [184], [185]
Queen Anne's War, [187]
Seven Years' War, [210]
territory claimed by, [181]
Frăṉk´lin, Benjamin, career of, [199]-205
deputy postmaster-general, [266]
draws up Declaration of Independence, [250]
in First Continental Congress, [229]
in France, [262], [272]
opposes Stamp Act, [220]
plan of government of, [206], [218]
returns to Philadelphia, [325]
scientific experiments of, [205]
treats for peace, [322]
Frā´şer, British general, [269]
Fray Rä-mï´rez (-reth), Spanish priest, [79]
Fred-er-ï´-ċa, battle of, [166]
Fred´er-ick the Great, of Prussia, [262]
French and Indian War, [198]-213
Putnam's services in, [231]
French, and Indians attack English settlers, [184], [185]
attacked by Natchez Indians, [183]
build forts, [196]
colonies of. See French settlements.
explorations of, [71]-74, [174]-179
in Canada, [70]-73
marry Indians, [176]
possessions of, [183]
French Hū´ḡue-nots, murder of, [102]
French settlements, along Great Lakes, [188]
in Acadia, [102], [105], [174]
in Carolina, [74]
in Florida, [74]
in Illinois, [177]
in Louisiana, [181]
in New Orleans, [183]
in Quebec, [174]
in Wisconsin, [177]
Friends, colony of, in New World, [147]
kindness of, [149], [150]
Quakers called, [135]
Frōb´ish-er, explorations of, [80], [81]
Frŏn´te-năċ, Count, governor of Canada, [184]
governor of New France, [177]
La Salle confers with, [181]
Frontenac, Fort, destroyed, [211]
Gāġe, General, governor of Massachusetts, [232], [245]
sent to Boston, [224]
wins battle of Bunker Hill, [240]
Gas´pee Point, Gaspee burned at, [217]
Gātes, Burgoyne surrenders to, [270]
defeated at Camden, [299]
proposed as commander-in-chief, [274]
supersedes Schuyler, [269]
"Gate´way of the West," Ohio called, [191]
General Court, in colonial government, [125]
Ġěn´o-a, Columbus born at, [36], [37]
trading city, [35]
Ġen-o-eşe´, seek new road to East, [35]
George, Lake, battle of, [209]
George I., [162]
George II., grants Georgia to Oglethorpe, [165]
George III., offers Americans representation, [272]
olive-branch petition sent to, [232]
recognizes independence of the United States, [322]
taxation of colonies, [218]
Ġeôr´ġi-a, British driven out of, [315]
conquered by British, [297]
De Soto in, [68]
not represented in First Continental Congress, [229]
Ger´man settlement, in Germantown, [150]
German soldiers, hired by British, [245]
Ger´man-town, battle of, [264]
Germans settle in, [150]
Ġĭ-bra:l´tar, Strait of, Northmen at, [25]
Ḡil´bert, Sir Hum´phrey, at Newfoundland, [83]
Gĭst, trapper, accompanies Washington, [196], [197]
Gŏffe, flees to New Haven, [136]
leads colonists against Indians, [141]
Gold´en Hill, fight at, [225]
Good Hope´, Cape of, discovered, [42]
Ḡôr´ġěş, founds colony in Maine, [130]
Gŏs´nold, discovers Cape Cod, [86]
Gov´ern-ment of New England colonies, [125]
Grand Can´yŏn of Colorado, [68]
Great Charter of Virginia, [101]
Great Lakes, missions established on, [177]
Great Meadows, battle at, [198]
Great Rebellion in Virginia, [160]
Great South Sea, discovered, [64]
Greeçe, seat of learning, [32]
Green Bay, Marquette and Joliet at, [177]
Green Mountain Boys, cut Burgoyne off from Canada, [267]
march to Fort Ticonderoga, [237]
Greene, General Nathanael, American commander, [312]
defeated at Fort Washington, [256]
defeated at Guilford Courthouse, [314]
joins Morgan, [313]
leaves Fort Lee, [257]
Green´land, discovered, [27]
Indians in, [14]
Grěn´ville, British minister, [223]
Grĭş´wold, Fort, seized, [316]
Ḡuĭl´ford Courthouse, Greene defeated at, [314]
Ḡuĭn´ēa, stories about, [35]
Gulf Coast, explored, [65], [66]
Gulf of Mex´i-co, La Salle reaches, [181]
Gulf of St Law´rence, French possessions on, [213]
Gṳnn´biorn (byorn), discovers Greenland, [27]
Hăck´en-săck, Washington at, [257]
Hăd´ley, Indian attack at, [141]
Hāi´tï, discovered by Columbus, [50]
Spanish colony in, [62]
Spanish mutiny at, [57]
Hale, Nathan, death of, [255]
Half-Moon, Hudson's ship, [103]
Hăn´cock, John, at Lexington, [234]
president of Second Continental Congress, [238], [250]
Härt´ford, Charter Oak in, [168]
founded, [132]
trading station at, [131]
Här´vard College, origin of name, [125]
Hăt´ter-as, Cape, explored, [60]
Ha-văn´a, capture of, [282]
Columbus's tomb at, [59]
recovered by Spain, [213]
Hā´ver-hīll, attack on, [185]
Hawk´inş, introduces negro slavery into West Indies, [80]
Hěn´ne-pin, Father, adventures of, [180]
Hen´ry, Cape, named, [87]
Henry, Patrick, speech of, [221], [231]
Henry VII., Columbus asks aid from, [40]
sends expedition to America, [60]
Henry VIII., establishes Anglican church, [106], [152]
Henry of Por´tū-gal, the navigator, [35], [36], [39]
Hēr´kĭ-mer, General, victorious at Oriskany, [267]
Hessian (hěsh´an) soldiers, hired by British, [245]
Washington defeats, [200], [261]
His-pän-io´lä (-yō-) (Haiti), discovered by Columbus, [50]
Hŏb´kirk Hill, battle of, [314]
Hŏl´land, declares war against England, [146]
Separatist colony in, [107]
trading vessels sent from, [104]
Hook´er, pastor, settles at Hartford, [131]
Horn, Cape, Indians in, [14]
Horse´neck, Putnam's escape at, [284]
Hŏs´pĭ-tal, founded in Philadelphia, [205]
House of Bur´ġes-ses, [101], [154], [156], [211], [221]
House of Com´mons in England, [219]
Howe, British general, [239]
burns Charlestown, [242]
captures Fort Washington, [256]
captures forts on Delaware, [264]
defeats Americans at Brandywine, [264]
detained by Mrs. Murray, [254], [255]
in New York, [256]
plans to surprise Washington, [275]
returns to England, [277]
takes Philadelphia, [264]
wins battle of Long Island, [253]
Howe, Lord, proclamation of, [252]
Hŭd´son Bay, discovered, [105]
land around, ceded to British, [138]
Hudson, Henry, explorations of, [103], [105]
imprisoned by English, [104]
Hudson Valley, British attempt to seize, [207]
claimed by French, [184]
owned by Dutch, [143]
Hū´ḡue-nots, go to America, [73], [74]
massacre of, [74], [102], [174]
Hutch´in-son, Mrs. Anne, preaching of, [129], [130]
slain, [143]
Ï-ber-vïlle´, builds Biloxi, [182]
Ice´land, discovered by Northmen, [25]
Ice-lan´dic discovery, [27]
Il-lĭ-nois´, forts captured in, [288]
visited by priests, [177]
Illinois River, La Salle explores, [180], [181]
Marquette and Joliet explore, [179]
In-de-pend´ence Bell, [250]
Independence, Declaration of, [248]-252
Independence Hall, in Pennsylvania, [252]
Independence of United States, acknowledged by France, [272]
acknowledged by George III., [322]
In´dī-a, search for northwest passage to, [35], [38], [80], [94], [103], [105]
India, Vasco da Gama reaches, [61]
In´dī-an Ocean, Vasco da Gama sails across, [61]
Indian raids, [286]-288
Indian wars, first in New England, [133]
French and Indian, [198]-213
King Philip's, [138]-140
Pequot, [132], [133]
Pontiac, [214]
with Virginia, [153], [154]
In´dī-anş, aid British in Revolutionary War, [266]
aid French against English settlers, [184], [185]
as farmers, [17]
attack Boonesboro, [289]-292
attack colonists, [111], [139], [143], [158]
attack Northmen, [29]
barbarous, [17], [18]
Captain Smith with, [89]-94
characteristics of, [14]
clans of, [19]
conflict with Spaniards, [76]-78
conquered by Standish, [123]
conversion of, [176]
cruelty of, [286]
Eliot translates Bible for, [126]
fortresses of, [21], [22]
friendly with Pilgrims, [114], [118]
Gen. Sullivan punishes, [287]
hired by British, [286]
in Mexico conquered, [66]
mode of life, [15], [16]
named by Columbus, [48]
Penn's treaty with, [148], [149]
Pequot, [132]
Pueblo, [102]
pursuits of, [15]
religion of, [19]
sold as slaves, [55]
Southern, [21], [22]
In´dĭ-go, cultivated in Carolina, [163]
In-sur´ance Company, first in Philadelphia, [205]
Ire´land, potatoes introduced into, [85]
Ĭr-o-quois´ (Five Nations), at war with Algonquins, [175]
attack of, [184]
Īr´ving, Washington, Tales of, [146]
Iş-a-bel´la, Queen of Spain, aids Columbus, [43], [44]
death of, [59]
Isabella, colony at, [54]
Ja-māi´ca, Columbus discovers, [55]
James, Duke of York, land grant to, [142]
James, Duke of York, orders surrender of New Amsterdam, [145]
James I., imprisons Raleigh, [87]
makes Virginia a royal province, [154]
sends presents to Powhatan, [93]
James II., appoints Andros, [167]
dethroned, [168]
sends prisoners to Virginia, [160], [161]
James River, named, [87]
James´town, burned, [159]
Captain Smith governs, [92], [93]
colony founded at, [87], [105]
Dale governs, [97]
first English city in United States, [93]
House of Burgesses at, [101]
seized by rebels, [158]
slavery in, [101]
starvation time in, [96]
Ja-păn´, location of, on early maps, [39]
traders seek new road to, [35]
Jäs´per, Sergeant, killed, [298]
rescues American flag, [248]
Jěf'fer-son, Thomas, draws up Declaration of Independence, [250]
John II., King of Portugal, [39]
names Cape of Good Hope, [42]
John´son, British colonel, [285]
Joliet (zho-le-ā´), explorations of, [177]
Jones, John Paul, captures English vessels, [293], [294]
goes to serve Russia, [297]
victory of, [295], [296]
Ka-na:´wha, Boone moves to, [293]
Kegs, Battle of the, [265]
Ken-tŭck´y, Indian raids in, [287]
Kidd, pirate captain, [164]
Kiēft, Governor, trouble with Indians, [143]
King George's War, [189], [190]
King Philip's War, [138]-140
King William's War, [185]
King's College, [252]
Kings Mountain, battle of, [311]
Kips Bay, troops stationed at, [254]
Kirk-ċa:l´dy, Jones at, [294]
Knox, American general, [318], [324]
Kos-çĭ-us´ko, joins Washington, [264]
Lăb-ra-dôr´, Cabot explores, [60]
Northmen at, [28]
Lady Ar-bē´la, Puritan ship, [123]
Lady Re-bec´ca, Pocahontas baptized as, [99]
Lä-fā-yětte´, at Yorktown, [316], [318]
joins Americans, [262], [263]
sent to Virginia, [316]
wounded, [264]
Lake George, victory at, [209]
Lakes, Great, missions established at, [177]
LäN-dā´is, Captain, [296]
Lä Rä'bi-dä, monastery of, [42]
Lä Sälle, adventures of, [180]
discovers Ohio River, [180]
murdered, [182]
Laudonnière (lo-do-ne-ār´), settles in Carolina, [74]
League of the colonies, [134]
Lee, Fort, Americans at, [255]
Greene leaves, [257]
Lee, General Charles, delay of, [257], [258]
dismissed from army, [279]
retreat of, [278]
Lee, Henry, and Mrs, Motte, [313]
called "Light-Horse Harry", [309]
Lee, Richard Henry, resolution of, [248]
Leeds, denied right to vote, [219]
Leīf the Lucky, explorations of, [28]
Leīs´ler, governor of New York, [170]
Lē´on, Isabella, Queen of, [59]
Lex´ing-ton, battle of, [234]
Leȳ´den, Separatist colony in, [107]
Liberty Bell, in Pennsylvania, [252]
Library in Philadelphia, founded by Franklin, [203]
Lightning rods, invented, [205]
Liṉċ´oln, Cornwallis's sword delivered to, [318]
defends Charleston, [298]
Lĭş´bon, Columbus at, [37]
Liv´ing-ston, Robert, draws up Declaration of Independence, [250]
Lŏcke, John, laws of, [162]
Logs´town, Washington at, [196]
Lȯn´dȯn Company, Captain Smith joins, [89]
formed, [87]
Long Island, battle of, [253]
Kieft meets Indians on, [143]
Long River, Connecticut River called, [131]
Lo:u´is XIV., aids La Salle, [181]
Louis XVI., Jones at court of, [296]
Lo:u´ĭs-burg, British capture, [211]
captured by New Englanders, [190]
French fort at, [189]
Lo:u-ï-şi-ä´na, Acadians wander to, [209]
ceded to Spain, [213]
territory embraced by, [181]
"Mad An´tho-ny," Wayne called, [284]
Ma-dēi´ra Islands, discovered, [36]
Măd´o-ċ, visits America, [31]
Ma-drăs´ in India, ceded to England, [190]
Ma-ġěl´lan, explorations of, [65]
Strait of, Drake sails through, [82]
Māine, added to Massachusetts, [169]
Gorges founds colony in, [130]
quarrels with Massachusetts Bay colony, [166]
Măn´ches-ter, denied right to vote, [219]
Măn´de-ville, Sir John, travels of, [33]
Man-hăt´tan Island, Hudson lands on, [104]
purchased by Dutch, [143]
trading station established on, [104], [142]
Maps, in early days, [32]
Mär-ble-head´, offers port to Boston, [232]
Mär´co Po´lo, travels of, [33]
Mär´cōs, explorations of, [63]
Măr´ï-on, called "Bay'ard of the South", [300]
in battle of Eutaw Springs, [315]
Marque (märk), letters of, [293]
Marquette (mär-kět´), explorations of, [177]-179
Ma´rў-land (měr-), boundary dispute with Pennsylvania, [153]
quarrel with Virginia, [153]
Mā´son and Dix´on line, [153]
Mason, John, founds colony in New Hampshire, [130]
Mohegan chief aids, [133]
Mas-sa-chū´setts Bay colony, emblem of, [127]
joins league, [134]
Navigation Act not observed in, [166]
Parliament takes away charter, [229]
Plymouth colony and Maine added to, [169]
Quaker excitement in, [135]
quarrels with Maine, [166]
receives new charter, [169]
resists taxation, [224]
settlement at Salem, [120]
Williams College in, [209]
Massachusetts Congress, [236]
Massachusetts Historical Society, [142]
Măs´sa-soit, Indian chief, cured by Winslow, [118]
makes treaty with Governor Carver, [114], [137]
Măt-a-ḡȯr´da Bay, fort built at, [181]
Măth´er, Cotton, minister, [172], [173]
May´flow-er, Pilgrims sail in, [108]
returns to England, [115]
McCreā´, Jane, killed by Indians, [266]
Med´i-çine men, among Indians, [19]
Med-i-ter-rā´ne-an Sea, Columbus visits ports on, [37]
Northmen explore, [25]
Menendez (mā-nen´deth), Spanish leader, [74]
Merry Mount, English colonists at, [122]
Meth´o-dist Church, Wesley founder of, [165]
Mex´i-co, captured by Cortez, [66]
Indians in, [20]
Mexico, Gulf of, explored, [179]
La Salle reaches, [181]
Mexico, New, Marcos visits, [68]
Miçh´ĭ-gan, Lake, Marquette and Joliet at, [177], [179]
Mĭċh-ĭ-lĭ-mack´i-na:c, Indian victory at, [214]
La Salle at, [180]
Min´u-it, purchases Manhattan Island, [143]
Minutemen, drilling of, [231]
warn soldiers, [233]
Mis-sĭs-sĭp´pĭ, called "Father of Waters", [67]
explored, [68], [177], [181]
lands east of, ceded to Great Britain, [213]
Narvaez drowned in, [67]
Mississippi Valley, mounds in, [22]
Mĭs-so:u´ri Indians, homes of, [19]
Missouri River, explored, [69], [178]
Mō´hawk Valley, [265]
Mo-hē´gan Indians, Pequots seek alliance with, [132]
Money, coined in Massachusetts Bay colony, [166]
paper, issued by Congress, [302]
Mŏn´moūth, battle of, [278]
Mō-nŏn-ga-hē´la=, battle of the, [208]
Mŏnt-ċälm´, captures Oswego, [210]
defeated at Quebec, [212]
Mon-te-zṳ´ma, Indian chief, [66]
Mont-gȯm´er-y, takes Montreal, [246]
Mōnt-re-a:l´, attacked, [187]
Joliet returns to, [179]
La Salle in, [180]
named by Cartier, [72], [174]
surrender of, [213]
taken by Montgomery, [246]
Moors, expelled from Spain, [42]
Mȯr´gan, Daniel, at battle of Stillwater, [269]
joined by Greene, [313]
victorious at Cowpens, [312]
victorious at Saratoga, [271]
Mŏr´ris, Robert, Washington appeals to, [303]
Mŏr´ris-town Heights, Washington at, [262], [279]
Mŏtte, Mrs., sacrifice of, [313]
Mo:ul´trĭe, Fort, bombarded, [247]
Mound builders, [22]
Mounds, description of, [23]
Mount Hope, Indian camp at, [140]
Mount Vēr´non, Washington's home at, [193], [195], [196]
Mount Vernon, Washington returns to, [324]
Mŭr´raў, Mrs., anecdote about, [254]
Na-pō´le-on, [321]
Năr-ra-găn´sett Indians, Canonicus chief of, [118]
Pequots seek alliance with, [132]
Nar-vä´ez (-eth), explorations of, [67]
Năs´sa:u, Fort, built by Dutch, [105], [151]
settlers driven from, [144]
Nătch´ez Indians, attack French, [183]
Nav-i-ga´tion Act, not observed in Massachusetts, [166]
provisions of, [134], [135], [155], [214], [215]
Ne-çes´si-ty, Fort, Washington builds, [198]
Nē´gro slavery, in West Indies, [80]
New Ăl´bi-on, explored, [82]
New Am´ster-dam, description of, [144]
founded, [105], [143]
surrenders to English, [145], [146]
New´burg, Washington's forces at, [321], [323]
New En´gland (ing-), English settlements in, [125]
explored, [95]
government of, [125]
New´foŭnd-land, Cabot explores, [60]
ceded to British, [188]
early explorations of, [174]
taken by Gilbert, [83]
New France, claimed by Cartier, [174]
New Hamp´shire, Mason founds colony in, [130]
a separate royal province, [166]
New Hā´ven, founded, [133]
Goffe and Whalley flee to, [136]
joined to Connecticut, [137]
joins league, [134]
school established at, [169]
New Jēr´şeў, Washington retreats across, [257]
New Jersey, East, sold to Penn, [146]
New Jersey, West, sold to Quakers, [146], [147]
New Lȯn´dȯn, Arnold sets fire to, [310]
New Mex´i-co, Indians in, [20]
Marcos visits, [68]
New Něth´er-lands, settlements in, [102], [105], [144]
surrenders to English, [146]
New Ôr´le-ans, ceded to Spain, [213]
French fort at, [183]
French possession, [213]
New´port, Americans attempt to seize, [280]
settlement at, [130]
New Swē´den, given to English, [151]
settlements at, [145]
New World, America known as, [13]
New World, discovery of, [61]
New York, British leave, [323]
British plan to invade, [265]
fight at Golden Hill in, [225]
Howe and Clinton in, [256]
King's College in, [252]
New Amsterdam called, [146]
statue of Hale in, [256]
New York Bay, Howe enters, [252]
Hudson enters, [103]
Nī-ăg´a-ra ("The Thunder of Waters"), [73]
British army to move to, [206]
Niña (neen´yah), Columbus's ship, [44]
reaches Portugal, [51]
Nôr´mans, explorations of, [25]
Nôrse´men, explorations of, [25]
North America, Norse settlement in, [28]
North Carolina, English colony in, [85]
North River, Hudson River called, [103]
North Sea, coast explored, [25]
Paul Jones coasts along, [294]
North´men, attacked by Indians, [29]
in America, [27]
journeys of, [25]
settle in Iceland, [25], [27]
Northwest´ Passage, search for, [38], [80], [81], [94], [103], [105]
Northwest Territory, land grants in, [325]
Nôr´way, Northmen in, [25]
Nō´va Sċō´tia (-shĭ-a), Acadia named, [188]
Cabot explores, [60]
French settlement in, [174]
Northmen at, [28]
Ō´gle-thorpe, James, Georgia granted to, [164], [165]
returns to England, [166]
O-hī´o, mounds in, [22]
Ohio River, called "Beautiful River", [191]
discovered, [180]
explored, [179]
Ohio Valley, claimed by French and English, [191], [198], [207]
Old Do-min´ion (-yŭn), Virginia called, [155]
Old South Meetinghouse, patriots assembled at, [226]
Olive-branch petition, [232]
Oñate (ōn-yah´tā), at Acoma, [76], [77]
founds Santa Fé, [76]
Ŏn-tā´ri-o, Lake, British army starts from, [265]
Ŏr´anġe, Fort, built, [105]
Ō-rĭ-nō´cō River, Columbus explores, [57]
O-rĭs´kȧ-ny, Indians routed at,
[267]
Orphan asylum, Whitefield supports first, [165]
Ŏs-wē´go, British army at, [209]
captured by Montcalm, [210]
Ō´tis, James, opposes search warrants, [217]
Ox´ford University, [82]
Pa-çĭf´ic Ocean, discovered by Balboa, [64]
named by Magellan, [65]
Pä´lōs, Columbus sails from, [44]
Păn-a-mä´, Isthmus of, Drake at, [81]
settlement on, [63]
Pȧ-poo´ses, Indian babies, [20]
Păr´is, treaty of, [213], [322], [325]
Par´lia-ment, Americans not represented in, [217]
Americans offered representation in, [272]
repeals Stamp Act, [223]
Pa:ul´ding, captures André, [306]
Pēar´son, Captain, Paul Jones defeats, [206]
Pēl´i-can, Drake's ship, [82]
Penn, William, East New Jersey sold to, [146]
founds Philadelphia, [150]
laws of, [149]
Pennsylvania granted to, [147]
treaty with Indians, [148], [149]
Penn-syl-vā´nĭ-a, boundary, dispute of, [153]
granted to Penn, [147]
Pennsylvania Historical Society, [149]
Pe-ō´ri-a, Fort Crèvecœur built near, [180]
Pep´per-ell(-il) takes Louisburg, [190]
Pē´quŏt War, [132], [133]
Pe=´rez (-reth), Prior, intercedes for Columbus, [43]
Pēr´sian (shan) Gulf, [34]
Pe-rṳ´, conquered by Pizarro, [66]
Phil-a-del´phĭ-a, aids soldiers, [303]
British in, [265], [275]
British leave, [277]
British plan to seize, [259]
delegates meet at, [237]
First Continental Congress at, [229]
first public library in, [205]
founded, [150]
taken by Howe, [264]
Phil´ip, son of Massasoit, [137]-139
Phil´ip-pine Islands, Magellan killed at, [65]
Phips, Sir William, attacks Port Royal, [187]
Pick´enş, American hero, [300]
Pil´grims, friendly relations of, with Indians, [118]
hardships of, [113]
land at Plymouth Rock, [111], [113]
origin of name, [108]
reach Cape Cod Bay, [109]-111
Pil´lo-ry, mode of punishment, [172]
Pi-ne=´da, explorations of, [65]
Pine-tree shillings, [167]
Pïn´tā, Columbus's ship, [44]
Pinzon (peen-thōn´) brothers, offer to assist Columbus, [43]
sail with Columbus, [44], [46]
Pitch´er, Molly, in battle of Monmouth, [278], [279]
Pitt, William, advises new census, [219]
opposes Stamp Act, [219], [223]
sends troops to America, [210]
Pitts´burg, built, [210]
Pi-zăr´ro, conquers Peru, [66]
Plains of Abraham, Wolfe at, [212]
Plan-ta´tions, origin of name, [101]
Plўm´oŭth Company, settlements of, [87]
Plymouth colony, added to Massachusetts, [169]
English settlements at, [111]
growth of, [120]
joins league, [134]
Plymouth Rock, Pilgrims land at, [111], [113]
Po-ca-hŏn´tas, aids English colonists, [92]
death of, [100]
marries John Rolfe, [98]
pleads for Captain Smith, [90]
warns Captain Smith, [95]
welcomed by queen, [99]
Poles, assist Americans in Revolutionary War, [264]
Pōnce de Leon (pōn´tha da la-ōn´), death of, [65]
discovers Florida, [64]
Pŏn´tī-ac War, [214]
Poor Richard's Almanac, published, [203], [294]
Port´age, defined, [181]
Port´land, burned, [246]
Port Roy´al, attacked, [187]
called Annapolis, [188]
French settlement at, [102], [174]
Ports´moūth, settled, [130]
Pōr´tū-gal, covets Eastern trade, [35]
Por´tu-guēşe, discover A-zores´, [36]
explorations, [42], [61]
Po-tā´toeş, introduced into Ireland, [85]
Pō-tō´maċ River, [191]
Pow-ha-tăn´, aids English colonists, [92]
crowned King of Virginia, [93], [94]
Indian chief, [90]
Prěs´cott, American colonel, [239]-241
Prescott, British general, [258], [259]
Prĭnce´ton, battle of, [261], [262]
Print´ing, invented, [32], [33]
Printing press, first in colonies, [126]
Prĭş´on-ers, care for, [246]
Prov´i-dence, Williams settles at, [129]
Pueb´lõ (pwěb-) Indians, converted, [102]
Puerto Rico (pwěr´tō re´co), Ponce de Leon starts from, [64]
Pū-lăs´kĭ, assists Americans, [264]
killed, [298]
Pŭt´nam, Israel, in Revolutionary War, [236]
retreat of, [253]-255
returns to Connecticut, [283]
stories about, [280]-284
Pū´ri-tans, called "Roundheads", [155]
origin of, [107]
power of English, [134]
settlements of, [121], [122], [124]
Quāk´ers, characteristics of, [135]
settle in Rhode Island, [130], [136]
sufferings of, [135]
Que-bec´, attacked, [187], [246]
battle of, [211]-213
Cartier at, [72]
plan to besiege, [206]
settled, [174]
Queen Anne's War, [187], [188]
Rähl, surrender of, [261]
Ra:´leigh, Sir Walter, establishes colony on Roanoke Island, [85]
imprisoned, [87]
Virginia granted to, [85]
voyage of, [83]
Rān´ġer, Paul Jones's vessel, [294]
Red River explored, [69]
Reed, Joseph, [259], [303]
Reġ´i-cides (king-killers), [136]
Re-vēre´, Paul, ride of, [233], [234]
Rev-o-lu´tion of 1688, in England, [170]
Revolutionary War, [149], [234]-321
Rhode Īs´land, charter of, [137], [167], [169]
colony formed in, [129]
Northmen at, [28]
Quakers settle in, [130]
Ribault (re-bo´), settles in Carolina, [74]
Rice, cultivated in Carolina, [163]
Rip Van Wiṉ´kle, Irving's tale of, [146]
Ro-a-nōke´ Island, Raleigh establishes English colony on, [85]
Rŏb´in-son, Separatist minister, [108], [123]
Rocky Mountains, [181]
Rŏg´erş, joins Putnam, [281]
Rŏlfe, John, marries Pocahontas, [98]
Ro´man Cath´o-lics, persecution of, [106], [107], [134]
Rŏss, Mrs., makes first American flag, [268]
"Round´heads," Puritans called, [155]
Roy´al-ists, called "Cavaliers", [155]
Royalists, come to America, [156]
Royal Oak, [167]
Russia (rŭsh´a), Paul Jones serves, [297]
Rŭt´lědġe, Mr., [229]
Rўş´wick, treaty of, [187]
Sā´chem, Indian ruler, [19]
Săg´ȧ-more, Indian ruler, [19]
Sā´gȧş, Norse tales, [30]
Sȧ-hä´ra, [35]
St. An´tho-ny, Falls of, [180]
St. Au´gŭs-tïne, besieged, [165]
founded, [75]
St. John's River, French settlement on, [74]
St. Law´rence, Gulf of, French possessions on, [213]
St. Lawrence River, explored, [72]
Indians at, [18]
named by Cartier, [174]
St. Lěġ´er, besieges Fort Stanwix, [267]
retreat of, [268]
St. Marys, settlement at, [152]
St. Niċh´o-las, [144]
St. Pat´rick's day, [247]
St. Rē´gis, Indian church at, [188]
Sā´lem, port of, offered to Boston, [232]
Roger Williams, preaches at, [127]
settlement at, [122]
Salem witchcraft, [170]-173
Săm´o-set, welcomes English, [113]
Sän Dï-e=´go, Spanish colony at, [76]
Sän-tä Fé=, Spanish colony at, [76], [102]
Sän-tä Mä-rï´ä, Columbus's ship, [44]
wrecked, [50]
Sän-to Do-mïn´go, [59]
Săr-a-tō´ga, American victory at, [269]-272
Sär-găs´sō Sea, Columbus sails through, [46]
Sā´tan, [171]
Sa-văn´nah, founded, [165]
taken by British, [297]
Say, Lord, land granted to, [130]
Say´brook, colony founded at, [130]
included in New Haven colony, [134]
Sċhe-něc´ta-dy, burned, [185]
Schools, public, established, [125]
Sċhuȳ´ler, Fort, besieged, [267]
Schuyler, General, sent against Burgoyne, [265]
superseded by Gates, [269]
victorious at Saratoga, [271]
"Sea of Darkness," Atlantic Ocean called, [31], [40]
Search war´rants, opposition to, [217]
See´konk, Williams attempts settlement at, [129]
Sen-e-ga:l´, [36]
Sep´a-ra-tists, found colony in Holland, [107]
persecution of, [107]
sail for New World, [108]
Se-rā´pis, British vessel, [295], [296]
Set´tle-ments, Dutch, [105], [143], [144]
English, [85], [87], [111], [122], [124], [125], [129], [130], [132], [147], [152], [162], [165]
French, [74], [102], [105], [174], [177], [181], [183], [188]
German, [150]
Portuguese, [36]
Swedish, [151]
Seven Years' War, [210]
Se-vĭlle´, [59]
Shēr´man, Roger, draws up Declaration of Independence, [250]
Sĭm´e-on, [317]
Sio:ux Indians, capture Father Hennepin, [180]
"Skin´ners," marauding troops called, [305]
Skrāe´lings, Norse name for Indians, [29]
"Sky City," Acoma called, [68], [76]
Slav´er-y, in Georgia, [165], [166]
in Jamestown, [101]
in West Indies, [80]
Sleep´y Hol´low, Irving's tales of, [146]
Slough´ter, Governor, of New York, [170]
Smith, Captain, adventures of, [88]-91
called "Admiral of New England", [95]
death of, [96]
governs Jamestown settlement, [92]
joins London Company, [89]
returns to England, [95]
Smok´ing, introduced, [50]
Smug´gling, begun, [216]
Snor´ri, first European born in America, [28], [29]
Sons of Liberty, [222], [252]
South A-měr´i-ca, Indians in, [20]
Portuguese approach, [61]
South Car-o-li´na, Americans lose, [300]
British driven out of, [315]
Spāin, ally of France, [188]
at war with England, [81], [165]
at war with France, [71]
Florida given back to, [323]
gives up Florida, [213]
in French and Indian War, [213]
receives New Orleans and Louisiana, [213]
Spăn´ish, at St. Augustine, attacked, [75]
attack Charleston, [188]
explorations of, [62]-70
invade Georgia, [166]
massacre Huguenots, [74], [174]
settlements, [62]-64, [75], [76], [102], [105]
Speed´well, Pilgrim ship, [108]
Spice Islands, [58]
Spots´wood, Governor, journey of, [161]
Squan´to, captured, [106]
favorite of Pilgrims, [114], [115]
Squawş, Indian women, [16], [20]
Stamp Act Congress, [222]
Stamp Act, passed, [219]
repealed, [223]
Stand´ish, Miles, attacked by Indians, [111]
conquers Indians, [123]
made captain of Pilgrims, [110]
Stan´wix, Fort, besieged, [267]
Stärk, General, in Revolutionary War, [236]
victorious at Bennington, [266]
"Star-va´tion Time" in Jamestown, [96]
Steele, Mrs., aids Gen. Greene, [313]
Steū´ben, German patriot, [263]
joins Washington, [277]
Still´wa-ter, battle of, [269]
Stocks, mode of punishment, [172]
Stony Point, attack on, [284]
captured, [285]
Storms, Cape of, discovered, [42]
Stove, Franklin's, [205]
Stuȳ´ve-sant, Peter, governor of New Amsterdam, [144]
returns to Holland, [146]
takes New Sweden, [145]
Sŭl´li-van, General, punishes Indians, [286], [287]
Sŭm´ter, American hero, [300]
"Swạmp Fox," Marion called, [300]
Swạn´sea, Indian attack at, [139]
Swedes, settle New Sweden, [145], [151]
Tăm´pa Bay, De Soto lands at, [68]
Tăp´pan, monument to André at, [308]
Tärle´ton, cruelty of, [299]
defeated at Cowpens, [312]
Tăr´ry-town, André captured at, [305]
André's monument at, [308]
Tax, on tea, [227]
Tax-a´tion, of colonies, [219]-227
Tea, tax on, [227]
Ten-er-ĭfe', volcano of, [36], [45]
Tex´as, French fort in, [181]
Thanks´giv-ing Day, origin of, [116]
Thor´wa:ld-sen, sculptor, [29]
Ti-con-de-rō´ga, Fort, British defeat at, [237]
captured by Burgoyne, [265]
plan to capture, [206]
To-bac´co, cultivation of, [98], [100]
introduced into England, [86]
Tom´a-hawks, Indian hatchets, [20]
Ton´ty, lieutenant of La Salle, [180], [182]
Tō´ries, try to rescue Andros, [168]
Tos-cä-nel´lï, a learned Italian, [39]
Tower Hill, [286]
Town´şhend Acts, passed, [224]
Trade laws for colonies, [214], [216]
Treaty, between Massasoit and Governor Carver, [137]
of Aix-lä-çhä-pelle, [190]
of Paris, [213], [322], [325]
of Penn with Indians, [148], [149]
Treaty of Rўş'wick, [187]
of U´trěċht, [188]
Tre´mont ("Three Hills") settlement, [124]
Tren´ton, Hessians defeated at, [260], [261]
Trï´moun-tain, settlement at, [124]
Trĭn-ĭ-dăd´, Columbus at, [56]
Trin´i-ty Church, monument to soldiers, [256], [257]
Tür-got´, French minister, [272]
Turks, besiege Constantinople, [33]
illtreat European traders, [35]
Union, Franklin's plan of, [206]
United States of America, formed, [250]
Independence recognized by England, [322]
U-ni-ver´si-ty of Pennsylvania, founded, [205]
U´trěċht, treaty of, [188]
Val-co:ur´ Island, Carleton victorious at, [252]
Valley Forge, Washington's army at, [264], [273], [277]
Van Wart, captures André, [306]
Väs´ċo dä Gä´mä, voyage of, [61]
Ve-nē´tians, seek new passage to East, [35]
Ven´ĭçe, trading city, [35]
Vē´rä Cruz (-croos), Cortez lands at, [66]
Ver-mont´, Green Mountain Boys in, [237]
Verrazano (ver-rah-tsah´no), explorations of, [71], [174], [184]
Vī´kings, journeys of, [25]
Vīks, bays in Norway, [25]
Vĭn-çenneş´, Fort, surrender of, [288]
Vine´land, Northmen's name for America, [28]
Vir-ġin´i-a, Arnold in, [309]
civil war in, [158]
drives away Catholics, [152]
education in, [157]
government of, [101]
granted to Raleigh, [83], [85]
Jamestown founded in, [105]
Natural Bridge, [194]
Powhatan king of, [94]
presented to Culpepper and Arlington, [156]
prosperity in, [153]
royal promise, [154], [160]
royalists in, [155]
women sent to, [100], [101]
Voyageurs (vwȧ-yȧ-zhẽr´), travelers called, [176]
Vul´ture, English vessel, [305]
Wạdş´worth, Captain, conceals charter, [167]
defies Governor Fletcher, [169]
Wal´dron, Major, killed by Indians, [184]
Wall Street, origin of name, [144]
Wạm´pŭm, use of, [23]
War, French and Indian, [198]-213
King George's, [189], [190]
King Philip's, [138]-140
King William's, [184], [186]
of the Austrian Succession, [189], [190]
Pequot, [132], [133]
Pontiac, [214]
Queen Anne's, [187]
Revolutionary, [234]-321
Seven Years', [210]
Ward, quotation from, [241]
Wạr´ren, Dr., addresses minutemen, [235]
dies at Bunker Hill, [241]
Wạsh´ing-ton, Augustine, [191]
Washington, Colonel William, [312]
Washington, Fort, Americans at, [255]
captured, [256]
Washington, George, advice to Braddock, [207]
appeals to Robert Morris, [303]
assists Forbes, [210]
at Fort Duquesne, [207], [208]
at Great Meadows, [198]
at Valley Forge, [264], [273]
boyhood of, [191]-193
called "Savior of his Country", [262]
chosen general of army, [238]
crosses Delaware, [260]
defeated at Brandywine, [264]
defeats Hessians at Trenton, [260], [261]
disbands his army, [323]
discipline of, [243], [244]
enters Boston, [247]
farewell address of, [321], [324]
Gates to supersede, [274]
headquarters at Cambridge, [242]
Howe's letter to, [253]
in First Continental Congress, [231]
in Second Continental Congress, [238]
major in Virginia regiment, [196]
marches to Yorktown, [316], [317]
outwits Cornwallis, [261]
plans to capture Cornwallis, [315], [316]
retreats up the Hudson, [254], [256], [258], [259]
returns to Mount Vernon, [324]
sent to French commander, [196]
surveyor, [94]
tactics of, [257]
victory at Princeton, [262]
Washington, Lawrence, [195]
Washington, Mrs., at Valley Forge, [274]
Washington Park, soldiers buried in, [256]
Wạtts, [257]
Wāyne, Anthony, captures Stony Point, [284], [285]
Wěs´leў, John, founder of Methodist Church, [165]
West In´diēş, colonists send lumber to, [127]
discovered by Columbus, [54]
negro slavery in, [80]
Spanish colonies in, [64]
Washington in, [195]
West´min-ster Abbey, Major André buried in, [308]
monument to Wolfe in, [213]
West Point, Arnold in command of, [305]
Wēy´moŭth, Standish victorious at, [123]
Whal´ley, flees to New Haven, [136]
Whĭte´field, supports first orphan asylum, [165]
White-ha´ven, Paul Jones at, [294]
White Land, Gunnbiorn discovers, [27]
White Plains, André taken to, [306]
battle of, [256]
Wig´wạms, tents of Indians, [15]
Wil´liam and Mary, reign of, [168]
William and Mary College, founded, [161]
William Henry, Fort, seized, [210]
Williams, Ephraim, founds college, [209]
Williams, Roger, called "Apostle of Toleration", [129]
forms colony at Providence, [129]
intercedes with Indians, [132], [133]
principles of, [127], [128]
Williams, captures André, [306]
Wil´ming-ton, Swedish colony at, [145]
Winş´low, Edward, intercourse with Indians, [114], [118], [138]
Wĭn´throp, John, governor of Boston settlement, [123], [124]
Wis-con´sin River, Marquette and Joliet explore, [177]
Wọlfe, James, wins battle of Quebec, [211]-213
Wy-o´ming Valley, massacre in, [286]
Yāle College, established, [169]
"Yăṉ´kee Doo´dle," adopted as national air, [270]
nickname for American soldier, [218], [239]
York´town, siege of, [316], [317]
Zaldivar (thahl-de´var), Spanish leader at Acoma, [77], [78]
Zāne, Elizabeth, bravery of, [290]
Zuñi (zoo´nyee) pueblos, [68]