Columbus and Other Heroes of American Discovery

by N. D'Anvers

WINTER STATION FOR THE VESSELS OF THE ENGLISH PACIFIC SQUADRON. (Esquimault.)

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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].

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