INDEX
Adams, Samuel, [156];
in public life, [157];
opposes tax on tea, [158-162]
Bacon, Nathaniel, [55];
marches against the Indians, [59];
his struggle with Berkeley, [60-62]
Boone, Daniel, [222];
goes to Kentucky, [224];
at Boonesborough, [227];
captured by Indians, [230]
"Boston Tea Party," [158-163]
Braddock, General, [132], [133]
Bradford, Governor, [69], [70], [74]
Bunker Hill, battle of, [173]
Burgoyne, General, [203-205]
Cabot, John, [31]
Cartier, [103]
Carver, Governor, [70], [74-76]
Cervera, Admiral, [320-324]
Champlain, [104]
Civil War, [295], [298]
Clermont, the, [250-252]
Columbus, Christopher, [1];
at Lisbon, [4];
goes to Spain, [5];
first voyage, [10];
in the New World, [12-15];
other voyages, [17-20]
Concord, battle of, [170-173]
Continental Congress, [193]
Cornwallis, General, [200-203], [206], [207], [214-220]
Cortez, [22], [23]
Cowpens, battle of, [214], [215]
Dale, Sir Thomas, [56]
Dawes, William, [167-170]
Declaration of Independence, [186], [239]
De Leon, [23]
De Soto, Hernando, [22];
lands in Florida, [24];
his trials and difficulties, [26-28];
discovers the Mississippi, [29]
Dewey, Admiral, [317-319]
Dinwiddie, Governor, [128], [131]
Douglas, Stephen A., [293], [294]
Drake, Sir Francis, [36]
Elizabeth, Queen, [33-35]
Fairfax, Lord, [124-127]
Faneuil Hall, [159], [160]
Ferdinand, King, [6]
Franklin, Benjamin, [175];
in his brother's printing-office, [176];
goes to Philadelphia, [179];
in London, [181];
"Poor Richard's Almanac," [182];
his great discovery, [184];
"Plan of Union," [185];
in France, [186]
French War, Last, [128-133], [136-144]
Fulton, Robert, [246];
his boyhood, [247];
invents a torpedo boat, [249];
the Clermont, [250-252]
Gage, General, [166], [167]
Gates, General, [212]
George III., [146-152]
Grant, Ulysses S., [302];
his boyhood and youth, [303];
in Civil War, [305-309];
captures Lee's army, [309-311]
Greene, Nathaniel, [211];
a Quaker boy, [212];
joins the army, [213];
in the South, [214-220]
Griffin, the, [108-110]
Hancock, John, [165-168], [170]
Henry, Patrick, [146];
early life, [148];
opposes Stamp Act, [150];
his great speech, [153]
Hobson, Lieutenant, [322]
Howe, General, [195-197], [203-205]
Hudson, Henry, [105]
Hutchinson, Governor, [159-162]
Indians, [14], [15], [17], [48], [49]
Iroquois, [104-106]
Isabella, Queen, [6], [8]
Jackson, Andrew, [253];
his boyhood, [254];
goes to Nashville, [256];
conquers the Creeks, [258];
at battle of New Orleans, [259];
as President, [260]
James I., [65], [66]
Jefferson, Thomas, [234];
at college, [235];
as President, [240];
the Louisiana Purchase, [241-243]
Jesuit Missionaries, [106]
La Salle, [103];
his plans, [108];
his explorations, [109-112];
his colony, [112];
his assassination, [114]
Lee, General, his surrender, [296], [309-311]
Lincoln, Abraham, [282];
in Kentucky and Indiana, [283-289];
goes to Illinois, [290];
debates with Douglas, [294];
Emancipation Proclamation, [296];
his assassination, [296]
Long Island, battle of, [196]
Mckinley, President, [317-319]
Maine, the, [316]
Manila, [317]
Marion, Francis, [217-219]
Marquette, Father, [106]
Massasoit, [75], [76]
Merrimac, the, [319-322]
Mimms, Fort, massacre at, [258]
Montcalm, General, [138-140], [143], [144]
Morgan, General, [214-216]
Morse, Samuel F. B., [273];
studies painting, [274];
invents the telegraph, [276-280]
Narvaez, [24]
Navigation Laws, [58]
New Orleans, battle of, [259], [260]
Nullification, [260]
Old North Church, [167], [168]
Old South Church, [159], [161]
Olympia, the, [316]
Ortiz, [24]
Penn, William, [92];
turns Quaker, [94];
his settlement in Pennsylvania, [98];
his Indian treaty, [99];
his country home, [100]
Pilgrims, [65-79]
Pittsburg Landing, battle of, [305]
Pizarro, [22], [23]
Plymouth, landing at, [72]
Pocahontas, [50], [52]
Powhatan, [49-52]
Puritans, [65], [81-88]
Quakers, [92-101]
Quebec, capture of, [142-144]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [31];
in France, [33];
his first colony, [35];
second colony, [37-39];
in the Tower of London, [40]
Revere, Paul, [165];
on his "midnight ride," [167-170]
Sampson, Admiral, [322]
Santiago, fighting near, [322-324]
Schley, Commodore, [321]
Secession, [295]
Slavery, [282], [283], [294], [296]
Smith, John, [42];
early life, [46];
in Virginia, [47-53];
relations with the Indians, [47-52];
explores New England coast, [53]
South Carolina, [261], [262]
Stamp Act, [147-151]
Standish, Miles, [64];
military leader of the Pilgrims, [68];
explores coast, [69-71];
at Plymouth, [72-79]
State Rights, [269]
Tariff, [261], [262]
Telegraph, the electric, [276-280]
Tobacco, [57], [58]
Trenton, battle of, [200-202]
Valley Forge, suffering at, [205], [206]
Vicksburg, capture of, [306]
Warren, Dr. Joseph, [167]
Washington, George, [116];
at home and school, [117-124];
the young surveyor, [124-127];
his journey to the French forts, [130];
at Great Meadows, [132];
with Braddock, [132];
at Mount Vernon, [189-193];
as General, [193-207];
as President, [208]
Washington, Lawrence, [118-121]
Webster, Daniel, [264];
his boyhood and youth, [265-268];
his "Reply to Hayne," [269];
his last days, [271]
West, Benjamin, [274], [275]
Williams, Roger, [81];
goes to Salem, [86];
driven into exile, [88];
his settlement at Providence, [89]
Wolfe, James, [136];
his youth, [136];
at Quebec, [138-144]