INDEX

A
Abnaki Indians, [103]
Acadia, [107], [110], [112]
Acadian Peninsula, [39]
Accomac, [115], [126]
Accomac Indians, [120]
Africa, [4], [14], [26], [135]
Africa (ship), [126]
Agawam, [169]
Alabama River, [196]
Albany, [70], [73], [137], [141], [177], [191], [197]
Albemarle Sound, [52]
Alexander, Pope, [14]
Alexander, Sir William, [108], [109], [110], [126]
Algonkin Indians, [33], [34], [40], [42]
Algonquin Indians, [34], [59], [60], [73], [74], [117], [119], [129], [138], [170], [175], [176], [190]
Allegheny River, [199], [201]
Alleghenies, [202]
Allerton, Isaac, [103], [104], [105], [111], [157]
American Revolution, [185]
Amerigo’s Land, [25]
Amsterdam, [72], [73], [78], [80], [116], [135], [136], [141], [142], [175], [176]
Anacostan Indians, [118], [129]
Anglican, [99], [115]
Anglo-Saxon, [9]
Ango, Jean, [32]
Annapolis, [126]
Appalachian, [20], [193], [194], [196], [197], [203]
Arabs, [6], [17]
Arabian, [4], [9]
Arctic, [28], [67]
Argall, Capt. Samuel, [78], [79], [85], [86], [87], [107], [115]
Argo, [3]
Argonauts, [2], [3], [4]
Armada, [80], [82]
Armenia, [5]
Arthur, Gabriel, [194]
Ashley, Edward, [103]
Ashley, Lord, [195]
Asia, [4], [6], [17], [23], [24], [26], [49]
Atlantic (Ocean), vii, [14], [16], [17], [24], [25], [34], [108], [193]
Aughwick, [199]
Augusta (Maine), [103]
Aunay, Charles d’, [111], [112]
Avalon (Newfoundland), [114]
Ayllon, Lucas Vasquez de, [28], [29]
Aztec Empire, [27], [28]

B
Babylon, [2]
Bacon, Nathaniel, [195]
Bagnall, Walter, [104], [105]
Baltic Sea, [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [45]
Baltimore, Lord, (first) see [George Calvert];
(second) see [Cecilius Calvert]
Barbadian brandy, [195]
Barbados, [196]
Barbary pirates, [57]
Barrington, Rhode Island, [171]
Basque, [25], [37], [39]
Battery, [140]
Bay of Biscay, [38]
Bay Colony, [166], [183]
Bay of Fundy, [37], [39], [55], [62], [82], [83], [84], [86], [107], [108], [109], [111]
Bay of the Narragansetts, [172]
Bay of Santa Maria, [28]
Beaver Road Fort, [160]
Bergen, [22]
Berkeley, Sir William (Governor of Virginia), [193], [195]
Beverwyck, [177], [179]
Biard, Father Pierre, [85], [86]
Biloxi Bay (Mississippi), [192]
Black Sea, [4], [9], [14]
Block, Capt. Adrien, [78], [166]
Block Island, [171]
Blommaert, Samuel, [141], [147], [148]
Blue Ridge Mountains, [74], [194]
Boone, Daniel, [199]
Borgia, Lucretia, [14]
Bosphorus, [4]
Boston (Massachusetts), [78], [98], [156], [168], [171], [173], [176], [180], [183], [189]
Boston Bay, [98], [99], [101]
Boston Harbor, [95]
Braddock, General Edward, [202]
Bradford, Governor William, [91], [93], [96], [102], [105], [106]
Brazil, [25]
Bremen
Canon Adam of, [10], [22]
Councillors of, [10]
Bretons, [25], [37]
Bristol, [24], [25], [184], [200]
Britain, [33], [196]
British Empire, [59], [201]
Brouage, Bay of Biscay, [38]
Browne, Richard, [33]
Bruges (Flanders), [12], [14]
Brule, Etienne, [76], [77]
Bry, Theodore de, [53]
Burgesses, House of, [118], [125], [127]
Butler, John, [130]
Buzzard’s Bay, [55], [87]
Byrd, William, [195]
Byzantium, [4], [9]

C
Cabot, John, [24], [25], [27], [37]
Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe, [193]
Cahokia, [193]
Calvert, Cecilius (second Lord Baltimore), [127], [128], [132], [133], [134], [183]
Calvert, George (first Lord Baltimore), [108], [114], [115], [119], [123], [124], [125], [127], [129]
Calvert, Leonard, [127], [128], [130], [131], [132], [133]
Canada, [30], [31], [33], [34], [39], [42], [43], [61], [73], [75], [76], [77], [83], [104], [114], [126], [128], [129], [133], [188], [193], [201], [203]
Cape Breton, [24], [32], [33], [39]
Cape Cod, [17], [18], [28], [39], [55], [69], [78], [87], [88], [89], [93], [95], [111], [175], [181]
Cape Elizabeth, [104]
Cape Fear, [24], [37], [186]
Cape of Good Hope, [14]
Cape Hatteras, [34], [52]
Cape Henlopen, [141], [142], [152]
Cape May, [89], [142], [153]
Cape Sable, [108], [109], [111]
Carantouan, [76], [77]
Cardinal de Richelieu, [109]
Caribbean Sea, [29], [33], [38], [52]
Carolina, [74], [186], [193], [194], [195], [196]
Carr, Sir Robert, [185]
Cartier, Jacques, [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [39]
Casco Bay, [98]
Caspian Sea, [4], [9]
Castine, Maine, [103]
Catawba Indians, [74]
Cathay, [4], [6], [15], [24], [28], [29], [30], [38], [44], [48], [49], [54], [58], [63]
Catholic, [47], [82], [85], [114], [115], [124], [148], [159], [187]
Cavelier, Robert (Sieur de la Salle), [190], [191], [192], [197]
Cayuga Indians, [74]
Champlain, Samuel de. See [Chapter IV], pp. [37]-[43], [55], [56], [74], [75], [77], [107], [108], [109], [110], [187]
Channing, Edward, [91]
Charles I, [110], [114], [124], [125], [126], [180]
Charles II, [124], [184]
Charles of Spain, [27]
Charleston, [196]
Charles Towne, [195]
Chattahoochee River, [196]
Chaucer, [13]
Cherokee Indians, [194], [195]
Chesapeake Area, [29], [54], [62], [65], [120]
Chesapeake Bay, [20], [27], [28], [52], [53], [55], [56], [59], [61], [65], [69], [74], [76], [77], [89]
Chew, John, [120]
Chickasaw Indians, [196]
China, [16], [27], [28], [39], [43], [67], [68], [72], [186]
Choctaw Indians, [196]
Chouart, Medard, Sieur des Grosseilliers, [188]
Christiansen, Hendrick, [73]
Christina River, [79]
Church, The, [5], [11], [16]
Claiborne, William, [119]-[123], [124], [125], [126], [127], [128], [129], [130], [131], [132], [133]
Cloberry, William, [119], [125], [126], [165]
Cockatrice (wherry), [131]
Codfish Land, [25], [26], [29]
Colchis, [3]
Columbus, Christopher, [17], [23], [24]
Commissioners of the United Colonies, [170], [181]
Company of Cathay, [49]
Company of London, [165]
Company of New France, [109], [110]
Connecticut, [170], [171], [172]
Connecticut Path, [167], [169]
Connecticut River, [40], [66], [74], [78], [87], [113], [137], [165], [166], [167], [168], [169], [172], [180], [182], [184]
Constantinople, [14]
Cooper, Thomas, [170]
Cornwallis, Capt. Thomas, [131]
Corssen, Arendt, [144], [153], [160]
Council of Foreign Plantations, [184]
Coureurs des bois, [191], [193], [197], [201]
Cox, William, [157]
Cree Indians, [188]
Creek Indians, [196]
Cresap, Thomas, [200], [201]
“Croatan,” [54]
Croghan, George, [199], [200], [201]
Cromwell, Oliver, [180], [184]
Navigation Act of, [182]
Croshaw, Raleigh, [118], [120]
Crown Point, [202], [203]
Crusades, [5], [10]
Cugley, Daniel, [120]
Curler, Jacob van, [167]
Curran, Barney, [199]
Cushenoc, [103], [105]

D
Dacotah Indians, [187]
Damariscotta River, [104]
Danes, [12]
Dare, Virginia, [54]
Dark Ages, [5], [13]
Darkness, Region of, [8], [9]
Dartmouth, England, [72]
D’Aunay, Charles, [111], [112]
Davis, Capt. John, [54]
Debedeavon, [120]
De Bry, Theodore, [53]
De Champlain. See [Champlain]
De Ferrara, Alfonso, [14]
DeGuercheville, Madame, [85], [86]
Delaware, [150]
Delaware Bay, [78], [89], [138], [141], [183]
Delaware Indians, [198]
Delaware River, [20], [66], [69], [74], [77], [79], [113], [116], [117], [127], [134], [137], [138], [139], [140], [144], [145], [148], [149], [152], [153], [156], [157], [158], [165], [183], [184], [185]
De Monts, [39], [41], [84]
Department of Commerce, [viii]
De Razilly, [110], [111]
Dermer, Capt. Thomas, [88], [89], [95], [116]
De Roberval, [32]
Des Grosseilliers, [188]
De Tonti, Henri, [191]
Detroit, [193]
De Vries. See [Vries]
D’Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, [192]
Dieppe, [32]
Digby, [83]
Dinwiddie, Governor, [201], [202]
Dneiper, [9]
Donnacona, [30], [31], [52]
Dove (pinnace), [128]
Drake, Francis, [48]
Dublin, [199]
Duck Creek, [149]
Dupont-Grave, [38], [39], [40], [86]
Dutch. See Chapters [VII], [XIII], [XV] and pages [12], [13], [36], [41], [45], [66], [82], [86], [87], [88], [89], [92], [102], [104], [116], [117], [119], [120], [134], [147], [148], [149], [150], [151], [152], [153], [154], [155], [156], [157], [158], [159], [160], [161], [162], [163], [180], [181], [182], [183], [184], [185], [186], [187], [197]
Dutch East India Company, [67], [72], [79], [80]
Dutchmen’s Island, [174]
Dutch West India Company, [80], [90], [135], [136], [137], [140], [141], [147], [149], [150], [151], [152], [162], [165], [175], [176], [177]
DuQuesne, [202]
Dvina, [9]

E
East India Company, [67], [72], [79], [80]
East Indies, [15], [80]
Eastern Shore, [115], [116], [120], [126], [131], [195]
Edward III, [46]
Eelkens, Jacob, [165], [166]
Egypt, [2], [60]
Elbe, [10]
“El Dorado,” [53], [63], [83]
Elizabeth I, [47], [48], [49]
Elizabeth City, [120]
Elizabethan occupation theory, [79], [145], [164]
Endicott, Capt. John, [101], [171]
England, [11], [12], [13], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [37], [Chapter V], [58], [62], [63], [64], [72], [79], [83], [88], [91], [92], [93], [94], [95], [96], [101], [103], [105], [106], [110], [112], [114], [117], [125], [127], [130], [132], [133], [136], [140], [145], [161], [163], [165], [169], [174], [180], [182], [183], [184], [186], [187], [189], [196], [198], [200], [202]
English, [12], [24], [36], [37], [39], [41], [43], [45], [46], [48], [50], [53], [54], [55], [59], [62], [63], [65], [67], [76], [78], [79], [80], [81], [82], [83], [84], [85], [86], [87], [89], [90], [91], [92], [93], [94], [95], [97], [98], [101], [102], [104], [107], [108], [109], [110], [111], [112], [113], [115], [117], [118], [119], [122], [123], [124], [135], [136], [139], [143], [144], [145], [146], [149], [150], [152], [153], [154], [155], [157], [161], [163], [164], [165], [166], [167], [168], [171], [172], [173], [174], [175], [176], Chapter [XVI], [186], [187], [189], [190], [191], [193], [194], [196], [198], [199], [200], [201], [202], [203]
Eratosthenes, [16]
Ericson, Leif, [17], [18], [19], [21], [22]
Eric the Red (Eric Thorvaldson), [17], [21]
Ericson, Thorvald, [18]
Erie, [201]
Eriwoneck, [145]
Eskimos, [22], [49]
Ethiopians, [2], [4]
Europe, vii, [5], [6], [9], [12], [13], [16], [23], [25], [51], [70], [72], [141], [149], [197], [202]
Euxine Sea, [3]
Evelin, George, [133]

F
Fairfield, [172]
Ferrara, Alfonso de, [14]
Fendall, Governor, [183]
Fenwick, Cuthbert, [131]
Ferryland, [108], [114]
Finland, [26]
Finns, [152]
Five Nations, [41], [42], [43], [61], [74], [75], [76], [77], [129], [191], [197]
Flanders, [5], [11], [12]
Flatey Book, [21]
Fleet, Henry, [118], [119], [128], [129], [130]
Florida, [27], [29], [33], [52], [82], [124], [194], [203]
Forbes, General John, [202]
Forked River, [189], [190]
Fort Albany, [186]
Fort Amstel, [163]
Fort Amsterdam, [140], [141], [143], [144], [145], [146], [149], [156], [157], [176], [184], [185]
Fort Beversrede, [160]
Fort Casimir, [161], [162]
Fort Chartres, [192]
Fort Christina, [149], [150], [151], [152], [154], [155], [160], [162], [163]
Fort Conquest, [133]
Fort Crevecouer, [191]
Fort DuQuesne, [202], [203]
Fort Elfsborg, [155], [156], [161]
Fort Frontenac, [190], [203]
Fort Good Hope, [137], [166], [167], [168], [181]
Fort d’Huiller, [193]
Fort Korsholm, [159], [161]
Fort Nassau, [73], [74], [75], [76], [77], [137], [138], [141], [143], [144], [145], [146], [149], [152], [155], [156], [160], [161]
Fort Necessity, [202]
Fort New Gothenborg, [155]
Fort Onondaga, [76]
Fort Orange, [137], [163], [165], [166], [176], [177], [179], [180], [183], [185], [186]
Fort Orleans, [193]
Fort Pitt, [203]
Fort Rosalie, [192]
Fort St. Antoine, [192]
Fort St. George, [84]
Fort Saybrook, [168], [172], [173]
Fort Trinity, [163]
Fortune (ship), [95]
France, [11], [13], [14], [23], [28], [30], [31], [33], [39], [40], [52], [79], [82], [84], [86], [107], [108], [110], [111], [163], [191], [192], [193], [198], [199], [203]
Francis I, [27], [29], [31], [47], [48]
Fraser, John, [199], [201]
French Canada, [35], [61], [83], [175], [185], [186]
French Creek, [201]
French, [28], [29], [31], [34], [37], [38], [40], [41], [42], [43], [48], [54], [55], [62], [68], [69], [72], [74], [75], [76], [77], [80], [82], [83], [84], [85], [86], [87], [88], [89], [94], [95], [101], [104], [106], [107], [109], [110], [111], [112], [116], [117], [119], [120], [126], [134], [137], [145], [147], [173], [186], [187], [188], [189], [190], [191], [192], [193], [196], [197], [198], [199], [200], [201] passim, [202], [203]
French and Indian War, [vii], [viii], [187], [202]
Freydis, [17], [21]
Frobisher, Martin, [48], [49]
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, [170]

G
Gaspe, [39]
Genoa, [6], [14]
German, [5], [9], [10], [11], [12], [193]
Gibbons, Ambrose, [104]
Gilbert, Bartholomew, [54]
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, [49], [50], [51], [54]
Gilbert, Sir John, [51]
Girling, Captain, [112]
Gloucester, New Jersey, [137]
Godfrey of Bouillon, [10]
Godyn, Samuel, [141]
Golden Fleece, [2], [3], [4], [188]
Gomez, Captain Estevan, [69]
Gondomar, Ambassador, [124]
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, [83], [84], [88], [93], [98], [99], [104]
Gorges, Capt. Robert, [99]
Gosnold, Bartholomew, [55], [69], [83]
Gothenburg, [148]
Gothland, [11]
Grave, Francois (Sieur duPont), [38], [39], [40]
Great Lakes, [68], [74], [190]
Great Meadows, [202]
Greece, [3], [4]
Greek, [2], [4], [13], [17], [188]
Green Bay, [187]
Greenland, [17], [18], [19], [21], [22], [23], [24]
Greenwich (Connecticut), [126], [173], [181], [182]
Grenville, Sir Richard, [53]
Gripen (ship), [148], [150], [151]
Grosseilliers, Sieur des, [188]
Gudrid, [17], [19]
Guercheville, Madame de, [85], [86]
Guiana, [54], [92]
Gulf of Mexico, [190], [191], [192], [193], [196]
Gulf of St. Lawrence, [28], [29], [37], [50], [108], [109], [190]
Gustavus Adolphus, [146]

H
Hakluyt, Richard, [33], [37]
Half Moon (ship), [67], [68], [69], [70], [71], [72]
Hampton, Virginia, [120]
Hansa, [11], [12]
Hanseatic League, [11], [12], [22]
Hariot, Thomas, [53]
Harmar, Charles, [120], [128], [129]
Harrisburg, [199]
Harris Ferry, [199]
Hartford, [137], [166], [168], [170], [181], [182], [183]
Harvey, Sir John (Governor of Virginia), [130], [132], [144], [145]
Hatteras, [34], [52]
Hauk’s Book, [20]
Havre, [32]
Hawkins, John, [33], [48]
Hawley, Jerome, [132]
Hendricksen, Cornelis, [78], [79], [89]
Henry IV, [38]
Henry VIII, [46], [47]
Heyn, Admiral Peter, [135]
Hindustan, [5]
Hochelaga, [30]
Holland, [12], [13], [72], [73], [75], [78], [79], [80], [81], [92], [93], [135], [136], [138], [140], [142], [143], [148], [151], [156], [159], [160], [161], [163], [165], [177], [178], [179], [182]
Hollanders, [39], [77], [78], [87], [89], [136], [138], [144], [146], [147], [151], [152], [158], [160], [162], [163], [164], [165], [166], [168], [174], [175], [176], [181], [182]
Holmes, Capt. William, [168]
Holmes, George, [146]
Hoorn, [73], [77], [116]
Hopkins, Governor Edward, [170]
Horne (Hoorn), [116]
Hudde, Andries, [159]
Hudson Bay, [22], [188], [189]
Hudson’s Bay Company, [189], [193]
Hudson, Capt. Henry, [40], [67], [68], [69], [70], [71], [72], [73], [77], [78], [79], [88], [102], [164]
Hudson River, [20], [27], [28], [66], [70], [72], [73], [74], [75], [77], [78], [81], [86], [93], [102], [113], [116], [117], [137], [138], [165], [166], [173], [175], [176], [177], [178], [180], [181], [183], [184], [186], [197]
Huguenots, [82], [85]
Hunt, Captain, [95]
Huron Indians, [33], [41], [42], [74], [76], [77]
Huygen, Hendrick, [150], [152], [158]

I
Iberville, Pierre le Moyne d’, [192]
Ibn-Batootah, [7], [8]
Iceland, [17], [24]
Illinois, [203]
Illinois Indians, [191], [192], [197]
Illinois River, [193]
India, [2], [7], [14], [16], [24], [63]
Indian, [110], [123], [124], [129], [134], [142], [150], [158], [168], [172], [174], [176], [183], [196], [200], [201], [203]
corn, viii, [28], [35], [48], [69], [75], [94], [96]
league, [176]
policy, [198]
trade, [126], [128], [148], [153], [154], [156], [157], [169], [174], [177], [180], [184], [193], [194], [200]
village, [131], [169], [174], [195]
Indian Ocean, [5], [27], [50], [52], [53]
Indians, vii, [25], [29], [30], [32], [33], [35], [53], [54], [55], [58], [59], [60], [63], [64], [68], [69], [70], [71], [73], [75], [77], [79], [80], [84], [85], [87], [89], [94], [97], [100], [102], [105], [109], [115], [117], [119], [128], [129], [130], [133], [136], [137], [139], [143], [148], [149], [150], [152], [153], [154], [158], [159], [160], [161], [165], [167], [169], [170], [171], [172], [173], [175], [180], [181], [188], [191], [196], [197], [198], [199], [200]
customs of, [121]-[122]
Indian Sea, [83]
Indies, [16]
Ingram, David, [33]
Ireland, [17], [72]
Iroquois Confederacy, [73]
Iroquois Indians, [30], [33], [34], [39], [40], [41], [42], [61], [73], [74], [75], [77], [80], [107], [123], [128], [129], [137], [138], [139], [170], [175], [176], [177], [178], [180], [181], [182], [184], [187], [190], [191], [192], [193], [197], [198]
customs of, [74]
Islam, [5]
Italy, [6], [14]
Italian merchants, [5], [6], [14]
Ivan the Terrible, [12], [44], [45]

J
James I, [54], [58], [83], [86], [108], [164]
James Bay, [189]
James, Duke of York, [184], [186]
James River, [20], [28], [29], [59], [82], [83], [85], [87], [89], [115], [116], [118], [120], [124], [125], [195], [196]
Jamestown, [57], [58], [60], [62], [69], [82], [89], [115], [116], [117], [118], [127], [143], [144], [150], [195]
Jansen, Commissary Jan, [146], [149], [150], [154], [156], [159]
Japazaws, [118]
Jason, [2], [3], [4] passim, [188]
Jesuit priests, [29], [85], [190], [191]
Johnson, Dr. Amandus, [151], [157]
Joliet, Louis, [190]
Julin, [10]
Juno, [3]

K
Kalmar Nyckel (ship), [148], [150], [151]
Karlsefni, Thorfinn, [17], [19], [20], [21], [69]
Kaskaskia, [193]
Kecoughtan, [115], [120], [126], [146]
Kennebec River, [83], [87], [98], [100], [101], [102], [103], [104], [145]
Kent Hundred, [127]
Kent Island, [126], [127], [128], [130], [131], [132], [133], [134]
Kent Islanders, [128], [130], [131]
Kentucky, [199], [203]
Khan, Kublai, the Great, [6], [7], [13]
Kieft, Governor William, [150], [175]
King George’s War, [198], [199], [200]
Kirke brothers, [109], [126], [128]
“Kleynties,” [76]
Kling, Lieutenant Mans, [150], [156]
Knight, Capt. John, [54]
Kublai Khan, [6], [7], [13]

L
Labrador, [25]
Laconia Company, [104], [156]
La Dauphine (ship), [27], [28]
Lake Champlain, [41], [74], [104]
Lake Chautauqua, [201]
Lake Erie, [193], [199], [201]
Lake Huron, [193]
Lake Michigan, [187]
Lake Nipissing, [42]
Lake of the Iroquois, [41], [156]
Lake Onondaga, [75]
Lake Ontario, [42], [75], [190]
Lake Superior, [188]
Lake Winnipeg, [22]
Lake Winnepesaukee, [104], [181]
Lamberton, George, [153], [154]
Lancaster, [198], [200]
Lane, Governor Ralph, [53], [54]
La Rochelle, [32], [35], [86]
La Salle, Sieur de, [190], [191], [192], [197]
La Tour, Charles de, [108], [109], [110], [111]
Laud, William (Bishop of London), [124]
Lederer, John, [193]
Lee, Thomas, [200]
Leif, Ericson, [17], [18], [19], [21], [22]
Leigh, Capt. Charles, [37], [54]
Leipzig, [26]
Lenni Lenape Indians, [74], [137], [138], [139], [140], [143], [144], [148], [149]
Levett, Christopher, [98]
Levy, Franks and Simon, [200]
Lewger, John (Secretary of Maryland), [133]
Leyden, [92]
Lincolnshire, [57]
Logan, James, [198]
Lok, Michael, [49]
London, [37], [45], [48], [55], [63], [64], [83], [95], [119], [132], [164], [165], [184], [189], [200]
London Company, [57], [58], [69], [82], [83]
Long Island Sound, [18], [78], [87], [102], [153], [165], [171], [173], [183]
Long Tayle (pinnace), [130], [131], [132]
Lords Commissioners of Plantations, [132]
Louis XIV, [190], [191]
Louisburg, [203]
Louisiana, viii, ix, [192], [193]
Lowrey brothers, [199]

M
Machias (Maine), [111]
Machias River, [104]
Maine, [18], [55], [62], [68], [83], [84], [85], [96], [97], [98], [100], [101], [102], [104], [105], [106], [107],[110], [111], [112], [156]
Malaga, [95]
Malaya, [14], [16]
Malay Archipelago, [5]
Manhattan, [70], [71], [73], [77], [78], [79], [86], [88], [89], [102], [136], [140], [144], [145], [150], [154], [158], [163], [164], [165], [166], [173], [175], [176], [177], [179], [181], [185]
Marco Polo, [6], [7], [8], [9], [25]
“Markland,” [22]
Marquette, Father Jacques, [190]
Martha’s Vineyard, [78]
Martiau, Capt. Nicholas, [127]
Mary Tudor (Queen of England), [47]
Maryland, [127], [129], [130], [131], [132], [133], [134], [183], [198], [200]
Marylanders, [127], [128], [129], [130], [131], [132], [133], [134], [152], [200]
Mason, Capt. John, [98], [104], [172]
Massachusetts, [103], [112], [156], [166], [167], [168], [169], [170], [171], [172], [180], [182], [183]
Massachusetts Bay, [167]
Massachusetts Bay Colony, [111]
Massachusetts Bay Company, [101]
Massachusetts Indians, [95], [97], [98], [99]
Matagorda Bay, [192]
Matthew (boat), [24]
Mathews, Samuel, [120]
Maverick, Samuel, [98]
May, Capt. Cornelis Jacobsen, [77], [78], [89], [135], [136], [137], [138]
May, Peter, [146], [149]
Mayflower (ship), [92], [93], [94]
Mediterranean, [5], [6], [13], [14]
Merrimac River, [98], [181]
Merrymount, [100], [101], [104]
Mesopotamians, [4]
Mexico, [41], [190]
Minqua Indians, [77], [79], [140], [144], [149], [150], [152], [154]
Minquas Kill, [148], [149], [150]
Minnesota, [22]
Minnesota River, [193]
Minuit, Governor Peter, [136], [140], [147], [148], [149], [150], [151]
Mississippi, [192]
Mississippi River, [134], [188], [189], [190], [191], [192], [193], [196], [203]
discovery of, [189]
Missouri River, [188], [189], [193]
Mobile, [192]
Mohammed, [5]
Mohawk Indians, [73], [74], [75], [170], [175], [176]
Mohawk Valley, [76], [187], [197]
Mohegan Indians, [73], [75], [137], [167], [172], [173]
Moluccas, [24]
Mongolia, [4], [7]
Monhegan Island, [101]
Monongahela River, [201]
Montagnais Indians, [33], [40]
Montour, Andrew, [199], [201]
Montreal, [30], [197], [199], [203]
Monts, Sieur de, [39], [41], [84]
Morton, Thomas, [100], [101], [104]
Moscow, [11], [44], [45]
Moslem, [5], [6]
Mount Desert Island, [18], [19], [62], [85], [86]
Moxon, Rev. George, [170]
Moyne, Pierre le (Sieur d’Iberville), [192]
Muscongus River, [104]
Muscovy, [50], [72]
Muscovy Company, [44], [67]
Muskingum River, [199]
Mystic River, [172]

N
Nantasket, [99]
Narragansett Bay, [101], [102], [174]
Narragansett Indians, [87], [96], [101], [102], [171], [172], [173], [174]
Narrows, [70], [166]
Natchez, [193]
Natchitoches, [193]
Naugatuck River, [180]
Navigation Acts, [182], [184], [186]
Neale, Capt. Walter, [104], [156]
Needham, James, [194]
Nelson River, [22]
Netherlands. See [Holland]
New Amsterdam, [158], [162], [163], [164], [166], [168], [175], [182], [183], [184]
New Brunswick, [108]
New Castle, [161]
New England, [40], [64], [81], [88], [89], [90], [91], [93], [97], [108], [119], [135], [151], [153], [158], [163], [165], [166], [167], [171], [180], [181], [183], [196]
Confederation of, [112]
Council for, [93], [97], [98], [99]
New Englanders, [107], [137], [153], [154], [155], [156], [157], [167], [168], [171], [172], [173], [179], [180], [181], [182], [197]
Newfoundland, [17], [25], [37], [50], [51], [63], [68], [70], [108], [114]
New France, [29], [31], [32], [33], [34], [36], [37], [38], [39], [43], [74], [79], [80], [82], [83], [107], [108], [109], [110], [158], [190]
New Haven, [153], [155], [173], [175], [180], [182]
New Jersey, [153]
New Mexico, [192]
New Netherland, [73], [75], [76], [78], [79], [80], [90], [92], [108], [113], Chapter [XII], [147], [149], [151], [155], [161], [162], Chapter [XV], [180], [181], [182], [183], [184], [185], [186], [197]
Council of, [154]
Governor of, [148], [158], [179]
New Netherlanders, [102], [146], [175], [176], [183]
New Netherland (ship), [136]
New Orleans, [192], [203]
New Plymouth, [166], [167], [168], [171]
Newport, Capt. Christopher, [58], [116]
New River Valley, [194]
New Scotland, [108], [109]
New Spain, [52], [70], [82], [83], [108]
New Sweden, [148], [149], [151], [152], [154], [155], [157], [158], [159], [161], [162], [183]
New York (city), ix, [76], [136], [137], [164], [184], [196]
New York (state), [185], [193], [197]
New Yorkers, [40]
New York Times, [ix]
New World, [3], [80], [92]
Niagara, [42], [202], [203]
Nicollet, Jean, [187], [188]
Nicolls, Colonel Richard, [184], [185]
Nile, [4], [60]
Noddle’s Island, [98]
Normans, [13], [25], [27], [46]
Norman’s Kill, [137]
Norsemen, [9], [10] passim, [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [24], [69]
North America, [24], [54], [135], [136]
North River, [137], [141], [151], [165]
North Sea, [9], [11], [12]
Norwalk, [173]
Norway, [22]
Norwegians, [22]
Nova Scotia, [17], [22], [54], [68], [107], [108], [109], [110], [126], [189], [202]
Novgorod, [10], [11], [12], [45]
Nuremberg, [17]

O
Oder River, [10]
Ohio, [203]
Ohio Company, [200], [202]
Ohio River, [193], [194], [197], [198], [199], [201], [202], [203]
Oldham, John, [104], [167], [171]
Oneida Indians, [74]
Onondaga Indians, [74]
Onrust (ship), [78], [79]
Ontario, [188]
Opechancanough, [118]
Orient, [6], [135]
Oriental pelts, [9], [187]
Ottawa Indians, [201]
Ottawa River, [41], [42]
Oyster Bay, [173]

P
Pacific Ocean, [203]
Palmer’s Island, [127], [128], [130], [133], [134]
Pamlico Sound, [52]
Pamunkey Indians, [124]
Panama Canal, [38]
Paris, [33], [39]
Passyunk, [137], [138], [160]
Patowomecks, [115], [118]
Patuxent River, [116], [131]
Peirsey, Abraham, [120]
Pelias, King, [3]
Pemaquid, [104], [111]
Penn, William, [137], [198]
Penn’s son, [198]
Pennsauken Creek, [145]
Pennsylvania, [76], [193], [197], [198], [199], [200]
Penobscot Bay, [68], [88]
Penobscot River, [103], [104], [110], [111], [187]
Pentagoet, [103], [110], [112]
Pentagoet Bay, [112]
Peoria, Illinois, [191]
Pequot Indians, [102], [167], [168], [171], [172], [173], [174], [176]
annihilation of, [172]
War, [171]
Persians, [4], [44], [45]
Philadelphia, [ix], [x], [39], [78], [123], [127], [137], [144], [145], [153], [155], [160], [200]
Philip II (King of Spain), [48]
Phoenicians, [17]
Piedmont plateau, [74]
Pilgrims, [90], Chapter [IX], [110], [111], [112], [156], [167], [168]
Pimitoui, [193]
Piscataqua, [98], [104]
Piscataqua River, [104]
Piscattaway Indians, [129]
Placentia Bay, [108]
Pleskow, [11]
Plymouth, Chapter [IX], [111], [112], [157], [164]
Plymouth Company, [83], [84], [88], [93]
Pocahontas, [58], [61], [117]
Pocomoke River, [131]
Point Comfort, [124]
Polo, Marco, [6], [7], [8], [9], [25]
Poole, Robert, [117]
Popham, Sir Francis, [88]
Popham, George, [83]
Popham, Sir John (Chief Justice), [83]
Port Royal (Bay of Fundy), [39], [62], [84], [85], [86], [108], [109], [110], [111], [126]
Port Royal, South Carolina, [194]
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, [98]
Portugal, [11], [13], [23], [25], [26]
Portuguese, [14], [15], [16], [25]
Potomac River, [29], [65], [115], [116], [118], [121], [127], [128], [129], [130], [132], [134], [200]
Poutrincourt, Sieur de, [84], [86], [108]
Powhatan, [58], [59], [60], [117]
Powhatan Confederacy, [59], [116], [124]
Pring, Martin, [55], [83]
Printz, Johan (Governor of New Sweden), [152], [154], [155], [156], [157], [158], [159], [160], [161], [162], [163]
Province Island, [153], [155], [159]
Puritan, [101], [111], [112], [167], [168], [169], [171], [172]
Pynchon, William, [169]-[170], [171], [181]

Q
Quaker, [198], [199]
Quebec, [30], [32], [40], [41], [42], [108], [109], [110], [145], [188], [190], [203]
Quebec Province, [108]
Quincy, [99]

R
Radisson, Pierre Esprit, [188], [189], [190]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [49], [50], [51], [52], [53], [54], [82]
Rappahannock River, [115]
Rasieres, Isaak de, [102]
Razilly, Chevalier Isaac de, [110], [111]
Red River, [22]
Renaissance, [12], [14], [46]
Rensselaer, Kiliaen van, [141], [176], [177], [178]
Rensselaerwyck, [141], [176], [177], [178], [179]
Restoration, [183]
Rhode Island, [173], [174], [175]
Richelieu, Cardinal de, [109]
Richelieu River, [41]
Richmond’s Island, [104], [105]
Rising, Johan, [162], [163]
Roanoke, [37], [52], [54], [55], [82]
Roberval, Sieur de, [32]
Rocky Mountains, viii, [203]
Rolfe, John, [118]
Romans, [4], [5], [60]
Rome, [4], [124]
Rotterdam, [151]
Rouen, [32], [39]
“Rupert’s Land,” [189]
Rupert, Prince, [189]
Rurik, [9]
Russia, [9], [10], [12], [26], [44], [45], [51], [63]
Russian, [45], [46]

S
Saco River, [104]
Sagahadoc, [83], [84], [88], [101]
St. Augustine, [186]
St. Christopher’s Island, [151]
St. Croix, [39], [62], [84], [86]
St. Croix River, [186], [187]
Saint George, [83]
St. Helen (pinnace), [131]
Saint Just, [84], [85], [86], [108]
St. Lawrence River, [20], [30], [32], [33], [34], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [56], [62], [85], [86], [107], [108], [110], [112], [145], [188], [190], [203]
St. Malo, [32], [33]
St. Margaret (boat), [131]
St. Mary’s, [127], [128], [130], [131], [132], [133]
Salem Creek, [153]
Salem, [101]
San Miguel, [28]
Santo Domingo, [28], [29]
Sanuto, [14]
Saquenay, [30], [31], [32]
Savage, Thomas, [115], [116], [117], [120]
Savannah River, [195]
Saxons, [10]
Scandinavia, [5], [11]
Schuylkill River, [137], [138], [144], [149], [153], [155], [159], [160]
Scioto River, [199]
Scotland, [110], [126]
Scots, [109], [111]
Scottish Company, [110]
Scottish and English Company, [109]
Semiramis, [2]
Seneca Indians, [74]
Seven Years’ War, [202]
Shawnee Indians, [194], [198]
Shenandoah Valley, [197]
Shippen and Lawrence, [200]
Siberia, [6], [7], [11], [24], [26], [45]
Sioux Indians, [188]
Skraelings, Chapter [II], [94]
Skute, Capt. Sven, [162], [163]
Slavic lands, [4], [9], [10]
Slavs, [10]
Slechtenhorst, Brandt van, [178], [179]
Smith, Capt. Dirck, [163]
Smith, Henry, [169]
Smith, Capt. John, [48], [56], Chapter [VI], [68], [69], [77], [83], [87], [88], [89], [94], [95], [115], [116], [117], [118], [123]
Smith, Richard, [173], [174]
Smith, Capt. Thomas, [130], [133]
Smith, Sir Thomas, [58], [83]
Snorri, [19]
Somes Sound, [18]
Southampton, [50], [92]
South America, [24], [29], [54]
South River, [71], [78], [138], [139], [140], [141], [143], [144], [146], [147], [149], [150], [151], [159], [160], [161], [162], [163]
South Sea, [54], [55], [145], [186], [199]
Sowamset, [171]
Spain, [16], [17], [23], [25], [26], [27], [48], [50], [52], [53], [69], [80], [125], [135], [140], [148], [186], [203]
Spaniards, [26], [27], [28], [29], [33], [52], [80], [82], [115], [124], [140], [186], [192], [194], [196]
Spanish, [27], [48], [52], [70], [76], [95], [124], [135], [136], [148], [149], [150], [190], [194], [196]
Spanish Florida, [54], [77], [185], [186], [196]
Spanish Hill, [76]
Spanish West Indies, [157]
Spelman, Henry, [117], [118], [119]
Springfield, [169], [170]
Squanto, [94], [95], [96]
Stamford, [173], [176]
Standish, Capt. Miles, [94], [96], [101], [105], [112]
“staple right,” [177]
States General of the Netherlands, [79], [80], [90], [92], [135], [168], [177], [179], [182]
Stoughton, Captain, [172]
Strabo, [16]
Stratford, [173]
Stuyvesant, Governor Peter, [159], [160], [162], [178], [179], [180], [181], [182], [183], [184], [185]
Susquehanna River, [61], [65], [68], [74], [76], [77], [113], [123], [127], [133], [134], [138], [152], [197], [199]
Susquehannocks, [61], [76], [77], [123], [129], [138], [139], [153]
Swanendael, [141], [142], [144], [147]
Sweden, [148], [149], [150], [151], [152], [156], [157], [162]
Swedes, [22], [36], Chapter [XIV]
Swedish, [146], Chapter [XIV]

T
Tadoussac, [40]
Tartars, [6], [7], [8], [13], [44], [45], [57]
Tartar Empire, [7]
Tartary, [29], [30], [40]
Tawasentha, [137]
Taylor, Philip, [132]
Taz River, [11]
Tennessee River, [196]
Texas, [192]
Thames River, [11], [56], [182]
The Hague, [73], [89], [90]
Thirty Years’ War, [107], [165]
Thompson, David, [98]
Thompson, Maurice, [125]
Thorowgood, Cyprian, [128]
Thorn, Poland, [10]
Thorvald Ericson, [18]
Thorvaldson, Eric (Eric the Red), [17], [21]
Three Rivers, [39], [77], [188]
Ticonderoga, [203]
Tierra D’Ayllon, [28], [29]
Tierra Florida, [28]
Timber Creek, [137]
Tinicum Island, [155], [161], [163]
Tobolsk, [11]
Tonti, Henri de, [191]
Transylvania, [57]
Treasurer (ship), [85], [87]
Treaty of Hartford, [182]
Treaty of Lancaster, [200]
Treaty of Paris, [203]
Trent, Capt. William, [199], [201], [202]
Trenton, [138]
Trinity Bay, [108]
Trinity Harbor, [50]
Turkey, [45]
Turks, [14], [57]
Turner, Capt. Nathaniel, [153], [157]
Twide, Richard, [33]
Tyrker, [18]

U
Ulster Scots, [197]
Underhill, Capt. John, [172], [176]
United Colonies, Commissioners of the, [183]
United Colonies of New England, [180]
United Netherlands, [80]
United New Netherland Company, [73]
United States, [viii], [ix]
Urals, [11], [45]
Usselinx, William, [80]

V
Valley of Virginia, [74]
Van Curler, Jacob, [167]
Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, [141], [176], [177], [178]
Van Slechtenhorst, Brandt, [178], [179]
Van Twiller, Governor Wouter, [165], [166]
Varangians, [9]
Varkens Kill, [153], [155]
Venango, [201]
Venice, [6], [11], [14]
Verhulst, William, [138]
Verhulsten Island, [138]
Verrazano, Giovanni da, [27], [28], [52], [69]
Vervins, Peace of, [38]
Vespucci, Amerigo, [25]
Vikings, [9], Chapter [II], [24], [94]
Vines, Richard, [104]
Vinland, Chapter II
Virginia, Capes of, [69]
Virginia Company, [83], [86], [92]
Virginia Company Council, [116]
Virginia Council, [86], [115], [132]
Virginia, [52], [53], [57], [58], [59], [60], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [68], [78], [79], [80], [83], [86], [87], [89], [92], [93], [97], [99], [100], [113], Chapters [XI], [XII], [135], [144], [145], [146], [148], [151], [164], [184], [193], [195], [196], [197], [198], [199], [201], [202]
Virginia (pinnace), [83]
Virginians, [70], [80], [82], [115], [116], [117], [119], [121], [123], [124], [125], [128], [129], [130], [134], [144], [146], [157], [194], [195], [196], [199], [200]
Volga, [9]
Vries, Capt. David Pieters de, [141], [143], [144]

W
Wahunsonacock, [116]
Waldseemuller, [25]
“Walking Purchase,” [198]
Walloons, [136], [137], [141]
“Wall” Street, [182]
Warren, Lieutenant Radcliffe, [131]
Washington, D. C., [118]
Washington, George, [201], [202]
Washington family, [200]
Watertown, Massachusetts, [167]
Wessagusset, [99], [101]
Wessel, [147]
West, Capt. Francis, [98]
West, John, [132]
Westchester County, [173], [182]
Westfield, [170]
West India Company. See [Dutch West India Company]
West Indies, [29], [38], [53], [147], [148], [149], [150], [151]
Westoes, [195]
Weston Thomas, [92], [93], [95], [98], [99]
West Virginia, [199]
Wethersfield, [168]
Weymouth, [83], [99]
Weymouth, Capt. George, [54], [55], [95]
White, Father Andrew, [130]
White, John, [53], [54]
White Sea, [11], [44]
Whiting, William, [157], [170]
Whorekill, [142], [143], [147]
Wickford, Rhode Island, [174]
Wilcox, John, [157], [173]
Willard, Simon, [181]
William (ship), [165], [166]
Williams, Roger, [172], [173]
Wilmington (Delaware), [79], [149]
Windsor, [168]
Winetha, [10]
Winslow, Edward, [105], [166], [167]
Winter, John, [105]
Winthrop, Governor John, [101], [156], [166]
Wisby, [11]
Wisconsin, [187]
Wollaston, [99], [100]
Wood, Abraham, [194]
Woodward, Henry, [195], [196]
Woronoco, [170]
Wyatt, Sir Francis (Governor of Virginia), [150]

Y
York, Duke of, [184], [186]
York River, [29], [115]
Youghiogheny River, [199], [200], [201]
Young, Capt. Thomas, [145], [146]
Yowaccomoco Indians, [129]

Z
Zipangu, [70]