INDEX.

Acadia, [83], [118].
Alabama, [42], [173].
Alarchon, Fernando di, [144].
Alaska, [202].
Albany, [110], [124].
Alexander, Sir William, [88].
Algonquin Indians, [110], [112], [115–117], [130].
Alleghany Mountains, [168].
Allouez, Father, [128].
America known to the Ancients, [9].
Anastasia Island, [61].
Annapolis, [83].
Apache Indians, [149], [150], [184], [258], [260–264], [267–268].
Apalacha River, [37].
Arapaho Indians, [242].
Arctic Ocean, [216].
Argall, Captain, [79], [85].
Arizona, [142], [149], [150], [174], [258].
Arkansas River, [182], [235], [254].
Arkansea, village of, [132], [136].
Astor, John Jacob, [220].
Astoria, [220], [232].
Athabasca, Lake, [214].
Atlantis, Island of, [7].
Ayllon, Lucas Vasquez de, [35], [37].
Bahama Islands, [34].
Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, [31–33].
Baltimore, Lord, [80].
[♦]Bayagoula, Indian village, [164].
[♦] ‘Bayagaula’ replaced with ‘Bayagoula’
Barre, Nicholas, [58].
Bear River, [247], [248].
Bears, White and Brown, [188], [191].
Beaujeu, Admiral, [135].
Beer Springs, [247].
Behring, [200].
Biloxi Bay, [164].
Black Hills, [229], [242].
Blackbird, Indian chief, [226].
Blackfeet Indians, [228].
Block Island, [153], [154].
Bona Vista Bay, [52].
Boone, Daniel, [168–172].
Boonesborough, [171].
Boston, [99], [100], [162].
Boundary between United States and British America, [270], [274].
Brébœuf, Jesuit missionary, [119], [126].
British America, [174], [269], [271];
French traders in, [212], [270].
Cabot, John, [26], [27].
Cabot, Sebastian, [27].
Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, [145].
California, [146], [150–152], [174], [256].
California, Gulf of, [144].
Canada, First explorations, [51–57];
Explorations and settlements, [112], [120];
Captured by the English, [118];
Ceded to the French, [118].
Canadian Pacific Railway, [271–275].
Cancello, Louis, [47].
Cannibalism, [55], [123], [124].
Cape Breton, [28], [37], [118].
Cape Cod, [9], [89], [92], [112].
Cape Fear, [157].
Cape May, [109].
Cape Mendocino, [146].
Capuchin Friars, [167].
Carey, Apostle of the Indians, [237].
Carolina, [58], [157], [165].
Cartier, Jacques, [51–57].
Carver, John, [90], [93].
Cass, Governor, [233], [234].
Cass Lake, [234], [239].
Catskill Mountains, [106].
Cevola, Indian village, [143], [259].
Champlain, Samuel, [83], [88], [112].
Champlain, Lake, [113–119].
Charlestown (Mass.), [99].
Charles River, [99].
Charlevoix, Father, [138], [139].
Chesapeake Bay, [68], [76].
Cherokee Indians, [159], [168–172].
Cheyenne Indians, [228], [242].
Chicago, [129], [133].
Chickasaw Indians, [43], [168].
Chippeway Indians, [122], [129], [179–181], [238].
Cibola, [143], [259].
Clarke, Captain, [184–198].
Cochise, Indian chief, [261–263].
Coligny, Admiral, [57].
Colony, the Lost, [69], [70].
Colorado River, [144], [245], [246].
Columbia River, [146], [188], [194–198], [246];
Great Narrows, [198];
Indians of the Columbia Family, [196–198].
Columbus, [7];
Early life, [13], [14];
At the convent, [15];
At the Spanish court, [16–19];
Sets sail, [19];
Land discovered, [21];
Landing of, [22];
Desertion of Pinzon, [22];
Return to Spain, [23];
Second voyage, [23];
Accusation and death, [25].
Comanche Indians, [136], [184].
Conant, Roger, [99].
Connecticut, [9], [87], [103], [104], [153–157].
Convict colonists, [82].
Cook, Captain James, [201].
Coppermine River, [214], [216].
Coronado, Vasquez de, [144], [145].
Cortereal, Gaspar, [28].
Cortereal, Miguel, [28].
Cortes, [140].
Coureurs des bois, [137], [206], [212].
Coxe, Dr., [165].
Cozens, Mr., [258–268].
Creek Indians, [158].
Crow Indians, [228], [229].
Cuba, [22].
Cumberland River, [170].
Dacotah Indians, [128], [177], [185].
Darien, Isthmus of, [32], [33].
Davenport, John, [156].
Davis, Jim, [274].
Delaware River, [109], [159].
De La Warre, Lord, [77], [78], [79].
Dermer, Captain, [87].
Des Moines River, [132].
Denys, John, [29].
D’Iberville, Lemoyne, [164–166].
Dorantes, Stefano, [142].
Dover founded, [88].
Drake, Sir Francis, [63], [68], [146].
Dreuillette, Jesuit missionary, [126–128].
Dutch settlements, [108–110].
Early Explorers, [7].
Eaton, Theophilus, [156].
Eliot, John, [158].
El Moro, ruins of, [265].
Emigration to California, [257].
[♦]Enciso, [31].
[♦] ‘Encisco’ replaced with ‘Enciso’
Endicott, John, [99], [154].
English Settlements, first, [64].
Eric the Red, [8].
Erie, Lake, [115], [133].
Esquimaux, [214].
Faroe Islands, [12].
First American Explorers, [7–12].
First steamer on inland waters, [234].
Flathead Indians, [198].
Fleming, Sandford, [272].
Florida, Discovery of, [33–35], [47];
Early settlements in, [59], [63];
Annexed to the United States, [173].
Fonte, Admiral de, [147].
Fortune, the, [96].
Fountain of Youth, search for, [33], [34], [35].
Fox, Luke, [206], [207].
Franklin, Captain, [216].
Fraser River, [272].
Fremont, John C., [241–254].
Fremont’s Peak, [246].
French Settlements, [59], [116], [117], [164], [165], [209].
Freydis, Eric’s daughter, [10], [11].
Frontenac, [133], [134].
Fuca, Juan de, [147].
Fundy, Bay of, [83].
Fur trade, [104], [109], [118], [127], [137], [173], [177], [212], [220], [270].
Garay, Francis, [35].
Gates, Sir Thomas, [78].
Georgia, [158], [159], [173].
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, [64], [65].
Gillam, Captain Zachariah, [208].
Gold, Search for, [37], [59], [141], [142], [149];
Discovered, [256];
Mica taken for gold, [76].
Golden Gate, the, [151].
Gorges, Sir Ferdinand, [87], [88];
Robert, [88].
Gosnold, Bartholomew, [71].
Gourgues, Dominique de, [61], [62].
Gray, Captain, [188].
Grand Manan, Island of, [84], [85].
Great Bear Lake, [214].
Great Bend, Missouri River, [186], [226].
Great Plains, the, [274].
Great Slave Lake, [214], [247], [254].
Greenland, [8], [11].
Grenville, Sir Richard, [67], [68].
Griffin, the, [133].
Grijalva, Captain, [140].
Grosseliez, [207], [208].
Gunnbiorn, [8].
Half Moon, [105–107].
Harrisburg founded, [162].
Hartford, [104].
Hatteras, Cape, [65].
Hawkins, Sir John, [59].
Hearne, Mr., [210], [213–217].
Hennepin, [133], [134].
Hercules, Pillars of, [7].
Herjulfson, Bjarni, [8].
Hochelaga, [53], [54].
Holmes, William, [103].
Hontan, Baron La, [138], [247].
Hudson, Henry, [105–108].
Hudson River, [50], [106].
Hudson’s Bay, [108], [137], [206–208], [210–213], [269], [270].
Hudson’s Bay Company, [138], [206], [208–217].
Hudson’s Straits, [210].
Huguenot colonists, [57–62], [165].
Hunt, William, [225–232].
Huron, Lake, [115].
Huron Indians, [115], [126].
Illinois River, [132].
Independence, War of, [162].
Indians, conflicts with, [105], [110], [126], [153–156], [158], [167], [222], [226].
Indian princess, [42];
King, [54];
War challenge, [96];
Ceremony in honor of the dead, [122];
Concert, [263];
Scalp dance, [264].
Indians:—[174], [179], [214], [219], [229], [244].
Algonquins, [110], [112], [115–117].
Apache, [149], [150], [184], [258], [260–264], [267], [268].
Arapaho, [242].
Blackfeet, [228].
Cherokees, [159], [168–172].
Cheyennes, [228], [242].
Chickasaw, [43], [168].
Chippeway, [122], [129], [179–181], [238].
Comanche, [136], [184].
Creek, [158].
Crow, [228], [229].
Flathead, [98].
Huron, [115], [116].
Illinois, [130].
Iroquois, [113], [116], [123], [124], [127], [134].
Mohawk, [116], [123], [126], [127].
Navajoe, [184], [264], [266], [268].
Nez Percés, [197].
[♦]Onguiaharas, [122].
[♦] ‘Onquilaharas’ replaced with ‘Onguiaharas’
Osage, [181].
Ottoe, [184].
Pawnee, [181], [234].
Pequod, [153–156].
Root, [247].
Seneca, [116], [127], [133].
Shoshone, [187], [229], [247], [254], [256].
Sioux, [128], [134], [177], [185], [225], [238].
Snake, [195], [196].
Zuni, [265].
Indians enslaved, [156], [158].
Indians, Penn’s treaty with the, [160].
Indiana, [173].
Iroquois Indians, [113], [116], [123], [124], [127], [134].
Isabella of Castile, [19].
Itasca Lake, [239].
James, Captain, [207].
James, Captain, [234–236].
Jamestown, [73], [76], [78–81], [110].
Jarvis, E. W., [272].
Jesuit Missionaries, [84], [119], [120], [126], [148], [149], [167].
Jesuits, Loss of power, [150].
Jesuit, a heroic, [124].
[♦]Jogues, Isaac, Jesuit Missionary, [123]–125.
[♦] ‘Joques’ replaced with ‘Jogues’
John II. of Portugal, [14].
Kansas, [241], [246].
Karsefue, [10].
Kennebec River, [88].
Kentucky, [168–172].
Kino, Eusebius Francis, [148].
Kirk, Mr., [118].
Knight, John, [209], [210].
La Paz, [146].
Lake of the Woods, [238].
Lane, Ralph, [68].
Latter-Day Saints, [255].
Laudonnière, René de, [58], [61].
Law, John, [166].
Laws, Mr., [258].
League of the Colonies, [157].
Le Gran Quivera, [259].
Leech Lake, [180], [233].
Leif the Lucky, [9].
Le Moyne, Father, [126].
Leon, Juan Ponce de, [33–35].
Lewis, Captain, [184–198].
Lion Caldron, [230].
Long, Major, [234–238].
Long Island, [9].
Long Island Sound, [87], [109].
Louisiana, [135], [166], [167], [168];
Ceded to United States, [173].
Louisville founded, [172].
Lost colony, the, [69], [70].
Luna, Don Tristan de, [47].
M’Dougal, Mr., [220–224].
Mackenzie, Alexander, [213], [217–219].
Mackenzie River, [214], [217].
Mackinaw, [225].
Mad River, [230].
Madoc, [11].
Magellan, [32], [49].
Magnus Colorado, Indian chief, [262].
Maine, [82], [85], [86].
Mandan Indians, [186], [227].
Manhattan Island, [106], [110].
Marco Polo, [12].
Marquette, James, [129–133].
Martha’s Vineyard, [71].
Maryland founded, [80].
Mason, Captain John, [156].
Massachusetts, [71].
Massasoit, [95], [102].
Matagorda, Bay of, [135].
Maurepas Lake, [164].
Mavilla, Indian village, [42].
Mayflower, the, [93].
Meares, Captain John, [202–204].
Mendoza, [140], [145].
Menendez, Pedro, [60]–63.
Merrimac River, [99].
Mesnard, René, [128].
Mexico, [140], [144].
Mexico, Gulf of, [30], [135].
Michigan, [236].
Michigan, Lake, [120], [133], [237].
Middleton, Captain, [210].
Minnesota River, [237].
Missionaries, [119], [120].
Missionary colonists, [115], [150–152].
Missionary settlements, [119], [120].
Mississippi River, [35], [43], [44], [129], [132], [138], [164–166], [170], [176], [178], [180], [233], [234], [239].
Mississippi Scheme, [166].
Missouri River, [131], [184–194].
Great Bend, [186], [226].
Source of, [194].
Mitchigamea, Indian village, [132].
Mobile Bay, [164].
Mohawk Indians, [116], [123], [126], [127].
Monterey Bay, [146].
Montreal, [53], [114], [120].
Monts, De, [83].
Moore, Captain, [210], [211].
Mormons, [255], [256].
Mount Desert, [84].
Narvaez, Pamphilo de, [37], [38].
Natchez founded, [165].
Navajoe Indians, [184], [264–266], [268].
Nebraska River, [234], [236], [241], [246].
New Amsterdam, [110].
New England, [92–104].
Newfoundland, [9], [52], [64].
New Hampshire, [86], [88].
New Haven, [157].
New Jersey, [109].
New Mexico, [136], [174], [258].
New Netherland, [109], [128].
New Orleans, [166].
Newport, Captain, [72], [76], [77].
New York, [110].
New York, Harbor of, [50], [106].
Nez Percés, [197].
Niagara River, [122], [133].
Niagara Falls, [122].
Nipissing Lake, [115].
Nizza, Fra Marco da, [141–144].
Nootka Sound, [201].
Northmen, the, [11].
North-west Company, [212], [213], [217].
Nova Scotia, [9], [88], [269].
Nunez, Alvaro, [141].
Oglethorpe, General, [159].
Ohio River, [170];
State, [171], [172].
Ohio Company, [167], [172].
Oldham, John, [89], [153].
Omaha, [226].
Ontario, Lake, [119], [127].
[♦]Onguiaharas Indians, [122].
[♦] ‘Onquiaharas’ replaced with ‘Onguiaharas’
Opechancanough, Indian Chief, [73].
Ortiz, Juan, [40].
Oswego River, [127].
Osage Indians, [181].
Ottawa River, [114].
Ottoe Indians, [184].
Pacific Ocean, Balboa discovers the, [32].
Palliser, Captain, [271].
Parker, Dr., [259].
Pawnee Indians, [181], [234].
Pearl fisheries, [150].
Penn, William, [159–161].
Pennsylvania, [160].
Penobscot River, [82].
Pensacola Harbor, discovery of, [41].
Pensacola River, [164].
Peoria Lake, [134].
Pequod Indians, [153–156].
Perez, [16], [17], [18], [23].
Philadelphia, [161].
Pictured Rocks, [123].
Pigart, Claude, Jesuit missionary, [122], [123].
Pike, Major, [176–183].
Pike’s Peak, [235], [242].
Pipe of Peace, [130], [131], [178], [227].
Pittsburg, [162].
Plymouth Company, [87], [88].
Pocahontas, [75], [79].
Pontchartrain, Lake, [164].
Port Royal, [58].
Portsmouth founded, [88].
Potomac River, [75].
Potawatomie Indians, [236].
Powhatan, [75], [77].
Providence founded, [102].
Puritans, the, [89–91];
Embarkation of, [92];
First landing, [93];
Land at Plymouth, [94];
Threatened by Indians, [96];
Settlements by, [99], [105].
Quebec, [53], [112], [116].
Quakers, [161].
Railroads, [268], [271–275].
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [64], [65], [67], [70].
Red Cedar Lake, [180].
Red River, [166], [169], [182].
Red River of the North, [238].
Rhode Island, [9].
Ribault, John, [57–62].
Rio Bravo de Norte, [183].
Rio Grande River, [260].
Roanoake Colony, [67–69].
Rocky Mountains, [190], [193], [194], [234], [242–247], [256].
Root Indians, [247].
Rose’s Edward, conspiracy against Hunt, [228].
Rupert, Prince, [208].
Russian Exploration, [200].
Sacramento, [256].
Sacramento River, [253].
Salle, Robert Cavalier de la, [133–136].
Salmon, [219].
Salt Lake, [236].
Salt Lake City, [248], [256].
San Diego, [146], [150].
San Domingo, [22].
San Francisco, [151], [240].
San Xavier del Bac, ruins of, [149].
Santa Fé, [184].
Saskatchewan River, [137], [272].
Savannah River, [158].
Saybrook, [104], [156].
Scalp dance, [264].
Schoolcraft, Mr., [238], [239].
Scotch colonists, [88].
Seneca Indians, [116], [127], [133].
Shawmut Point, [99].
Ship Island, [164].
Shoshone Indians, [187], [229], [247], [254], [256].
Sierra Nevada Mountains, [251].
Sioux Indians, [128], [134], [177], [185], [225], [238].
Skraellings, [9].
Slaves first landed at Jamestown, [79].
Slave Lake, [217].
Slave River, [217].
Smith, Captain John, [72–78], [85].
Smith, Captain, [210], [211].
Smith, Joe, [255].
Snake River, [230], [248].
Snake Indians, [195], [196].
Sothel, Seth, [158].
Soto, Hernando de, [39], [46].
South Pass, [245], [254].
Southern Pacific Railway, [268].
Spanish Explorations and Settlements, [30–48], [60–63], [140–146].
Spanish power in Mexico, Overthrow of, [152].
Standish, Captain Miles, [93], [97], [98].
Stansbury, Captain, [256].
Steck, Dr., [258].
Stewart family, Murder of, [268].
Stone, Captain, murder of, [152].
St. Anthony’s Falls, [134].
St. Augustine, [62].
St. John’s River, [57].
St. Lawrence, Gulf of, [29], [52].
St. Lawrence River, [52], [112–118], [178], [237], [238].
St. Louis, [131], [135], [225].
St. Mary’s, [81].
Superior, Lake, [123].
Sutter’s Fort, [240], [253].
Swedish colonists, [110].
Tampa Bay, [37].
Tennessee, [172].
Texas, [135], [136];
ceded to the United States, [174].
Thinkleet Indians, [219].
Thorstein, [10].
Thorvald, [9].
Tonti, [165].
Tonquin, the, [220];
loss of, [221], [224].
Ulloa, Francisco de, [141].
United States,
Beginning of, [157];
Extension of, [173];
Northern boundary, [270].
Vaca, Cabeca de, [38], [39].
Vancouver, [204].
Verrazano of Florence, [37].
Verrazano, Giovanni, [49–51].
Vespucci, Amerigo, [25].
Vines, Richard, [87], [89].
Virginia, first settlement, [68].
Viscaino, Sebastian, [146], [188].
Voyage up the Missouri, Hunt’s, [225–228].
Voyage down the Snake and Columbia, Hunt’s, [230–232].
Walloons, [109].
Welsh, [12].
West India Company, [109].
White, John, [69].
White Mountains, [87].
Wilkes, Captain, [240].
Williams, Roger, [101–103], [155].
Wisconsin River, [130], [132], [138], [177].
Windsor, [104].
Winnipeg, Lake, [233], [238], [272].
Winthrop, John, [99], [101].
Yellowstone River, [187], [246].
Yellow Fever in Louisiana, [166].
Yerba Buena, [239], [251].
Young, Brigham, [255].
Zeni, the Brothers, [12].
Zuni, Ruins of, [265].
Zunis Indians, [265].