Boston massacre, [151] tea party, [152] Port Bill, [155]
Braddock, expedition of, [118]
Buford massacre, [253]
Bull Run, battle of, [364]
Bunker Hill, battle of, [170]-[183] lesson taught by, [180] Monument, [183]
Burgoyne campaign, [198]-[221]
Cabots, John and Sebastian, [26] their voyages, [26], [27]
California enters the Union, [346] discovery of gold in, [346] rush to gold regions of, [348]
Camden, defeat at, [255]
Cedar Creek, Sheridan at, [383]
Cervera and Spanish fleet, [415]
Chancellorsville, battle of, [369]
Charleston, defense of, [251] capture of, [252]
Chesapeake, battle with the Shannon, [331]
Chickamauga, battle of, [377]
Churches in colonial times, [129]
Colonial times, everyday life in, [126]
Colonies begin to prosper, [141] tyrannical treatment of, [142]
Columbia River, discovery of, [341]
Columbus, Christopher, [10] early life of, [12] seeks aid, [14] first voyage of, [15] welcome on return, [19] other voyages, [20]-[23]
Concord Bridge, fight at, [162]
Congress, First Continental, [157] Second Continental, [190]
Constitution, battle with Guerrière, [327] her noble record, [330]
Cowpens, battle of, [264]
Cuba, barbarities in, [407] rebels against Spain, [406]
Cushing, daring exploit of, [402]-[405]
Decatur, exploits of, [324]
Deerfield, attack on, [112]
De Soto, Ferdinand, [28]-[30]
Dewey, Admiral, victory at Manila, [412] nation's reception of, [414]
Dustin, Hannah, story of, [113]
Dutch, settlement in New York, [92] how they lived, [93]
Emancipation of the slaves, [366] proclamation of, [367]
Erie, Lake, battle of, [333]
Eutaw Springs, battle of, [269]
Everyday home life one hundred years ago, [311]-[321]
Farragut, Admiral, [390] captures New Orleans, [391] captures Mobile, [399] in the rigging at Mobile, [401]
Fires, how put out one hundred years ago, [316]
Flag, American, first raised, [209]
Franklin, Benjamin, [296]-[310] early life of, [297] learns printer's trade, [297] goes to Philadelphia, [299] life in London, [301] career in Philadelphia, [302] famous kite experiment, [304] public career, [305] service as diplomatist, [309] last days of, [310]
Freeman's Farm, battle of, [218]
French in North America, [106]
French and Indian Wars, [110]
Gage, General, and Boston boys, [150] plans to capture military stores, [158]
Gates, General, [217], [255]
Gettysburg, battle of, [369]-[372] memorials of, [372] Lincoln's address at, [372]
Gold, Discovery of, in California, [347] effects of discovery, [348]
Grant, General, success in the West, [375]
Greene, General, takes command in South, [262] his masterly retreat, [265] rare generalship of, [268] brilliant campaign in South, [269]
Henry, Patrick, speech of, [147]
Herkimer, General, [206]
Hobkirk's Hill, battle of, [269]
Hobson, brilliant exploit of, [416]
Home life in colonial times, [134]
Hudson, Sir Henry, [88] enters Dutch service, [89] discovers Hudson River, [90] his sad fate, [92]
Independence, Declaration of, [184]-[197] what it said to the world, [191] how received, [194] incidents connected with, [195] what it should mean, [197]
Independence declared, [192] slow growth of the idea, [185] stern necessity of, [188] first steps towards, [190]
Indians, [4] principal divisions of, [4] Pueblo, [6] appearance and clothing, [73] food of the, [74] weapons and how they fought, [76] as hunters, [80] cunning and revengeful, [82] their children, [85] ally themselves with French, [111]
Jackson, Andrew, anecdote of, [254] wins the battle of New Orleans, [337]
Jackson, Stonewall, [369]
Jasper, Sergeant, bravery of, [251]
Jones, John Paul, begins his remarkable career, [287] daring deeds on English coast [288] interview with Franklin, [289] after life of, [294] battle with the Serapis, [290]
Kearsarge destroys the Alabama [397]
King's Mountain, battle of, [261]
La Salle, [107]
Laws, absurd and tyrannical, [143] resistance to, [147]
Lee, General Charles, at Monmouth, [240]
Lee, Robert E, [371]
Lewis and Clarke expedition, [341]
Lexington, battle of, [160]
Life, everyday, one hundred years ago, [311], [322]
Lincoln, Abraham, influence of mother, [353] reads good books, [354], [356] studies law, [357] chosen President, [359] death of, [383]
Lookout Mountain, battle of, [377]
Louisburg, capture of, [115]
Louisiana, purchase of, [340]
Maine, blowing up of the, [409]
Manila, naval victory at, [410]
Marion, General, [255]-[261] method of fighting of, [257] first exploits of, [258] famous exploits of, [259] visit from British officer, [260]
McCrea, Jane, murder of, [205]
Meade, General, [370]
Merrimac, attack on Union fleet, [392] battle with Monitor, [394]
Ministers and meeting-houses one hundred years ago, [318]
Minute-men, [167]
Mobile, capture of, [399]
Monitor, building of, [392] arrival of, [393] battle with the Merrimac, [394]
Monmouth, battle of, [239]
Montcalm, death of, [125]
Morgan, General, victory at Cowpens [264]
Naval operations on the Western rivers, [388]
Navy in the War of 1812, [323]-[338] at beginning of the war for the Union, [387]
New England, rally of people in defense of, [211]
New Orleans, battle of, [337] capture of, [365], [389]-[391]
Newspapers one hundred years ago, [311]
Northmen, [6]
Oregon saved to the Union, [342]
Pacific Coast, settlement of [339]-[352]
Pacific Railroad, first built, [353]
Penn, William, [97] becomes a Quaker, [98] establishes a colony in America, [100] kind treatment of Indians, [101] treaty with Indians, [102] his old age, [104]
Perry, Commodore, victory on Lake Erie, [333]
Pilgrims, story of, [47] home in Holland, [48] voyage across Atlantic, [51] sign compact, [52] explorations of, [53] hardships and suffering of, [60], [65] visit from Indians, [63] peep into houses of, [66] household furniture of, [69] daily fare of, [71]
Pitcher, Mollie, story of, [241]
Plymouth Rock, [59]
Pocahontas, romantic story of, [41]
Ponce de Leon, [27]
Pony Express, its history, [349]
Porter, Commodore, [376]
Porto Rico, campaign in, [420]
Postal service one hundred years ago, [312]
Potatoes first used in Europe, [33]
Princeton, battle of, [237]
Privateers, Confederate, [396]
Quakers, persecution of, [96]
Quebec, capture of, [123]
Railroad built to California, [352]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [31]
Revere, Paul, ride of, [159]
Review in Washington, grand, [385]
Richmond, capture of, [380]
Sailors, American, treatment of by British, [325]
Santiago, naval victory at, [418]
Saratoga, battle of, [219] effect of victory at, [220]
Savannah, capture of, [252]
Schoolmaster one hundred years ago, [320]
Schools and schoolmasters in colonial times, [131]
Schuyler, General, and Burgoyne campaign, [203]
Sheridan, General, [381] famous ride of, [381]
Sherman, W. T., General, [378] march to the sea, [379]
Shiloh, battle of, [375]
Slavery, a menace to the country, [358]
Slaves, emancipation of the, [366]
Smith, Captain John, [34] early career, [35] career in new world, [37] and Pocahontas, [40]
South, war of Revolution in, [250] cruel warfare in, [253]
Spain, downfall of, [406] colonial policy of [406] Cuba rebels against, [406] war declared against, [409] end of war against, [421]
Spanish fleet, preparations to meet, [415]
Stage coaches one hundred years ago, [314]
Stamp Act, [145]
Standish, Captain Miles, [54]
Stanwix, Fort, defense of, [208]
Stark, John, at Bennington, [213]
Steele, Mrs., anecdote of, [266]
Stuyvesant, Peter, [95]
Sumter, Fort, attack on, [361]
Sunday, in colonial times, [127] how kept one hundred years ago, [317]
Tablets, historic, [169]
Tea Party, Boston, [152]
Thomas, General, [377]
Ticonderoga, capture of, [201]
Tobacco, first use of by Europeans, [33]
Trenton, battle of, [233]
Union, War for, beginning of, [361] cost of, [384] situation after the, [386]
Valley Forge, sufferings at, [238]
Vicksburg, capture of, [375]
Virginia, first attempt to colonize, [32] starving time in, [44]
War, Civil, beginning of, [361] cost of, [384] situation after the, [386]
War of 1812, causes of, [326] results of, [338]
Warren, Joseph, [156] death of, [180]
Washington, George, first difficult task, [117] with Braddock's expedition, [118] boyhood and youth of, [222] as a surveyor, [224] as a colonial army officer, [226] advancement in political honors, [228] as commander-in-chief, [229] his many difficulties, [231] victory at Trenton, [233] victory at Princeton, [237] helps defeat Burgoyne, [237] plans Yorktown campaign, [242] elected President, [245] retires to private life, [246] death of, [248]
Washington, Colonel, anecdote of, [264]
Whitman, Dr., saves Oregon, [342] his perilous ride for Oregon, [344] success in his mission, [345]
Wolfe, capture of Quebec, [123]
Yorktown, plan of campaign, [242] victory at, [244]