founds settlement for Swedes, [63].

Minutemen, [140];

at Lexington and Concord, [143].

Missionary Ridge, battle of, [521].

Mississippi, settlement of, [104], [259];

secedes, [440];

readmitted, [574].

Mississippi River, discovery of, [13];

explored by La Salle, [99];

navigation of, [258], [286];