The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• Middletown, N. J., founded, [211].

• Milford, Conn., founded, [145].

• Mining, Spanish efforts at, [28]-30;
  • early English efforts, [6], [37], [39], [41];
  • in Virginia, [6], [69], [71], [269];
  • in New England, [180];
  • in Pennsylvania, [219], [225].

• Minuit, Peter, founds New Amsterdam, [198];
  • in employ of the Swedes, [201], [208].

• Mississippi River, portage-routes, [4];
  • geography of basin, [6], [7];
  • aborigines of valley of, [9]-12;
  • discovered by De Soto, [31], [44];
  • French reaching out for the, [47];
  • seen by Radisson and Grosseilliers, [247];
  • seen by Jolliet and Marquette, [26], [248];
  • early trade on, [18];
  • drainage system, [219];
  • La Salle on the, [248];
  • early French settlements on, [253];
  • as an element in French-English boundary disputes, [256].

• Mohawk Indians, status, [10], [11].

• Mohican Indians, status, [9], [10].

• Montreal, Cartier at, [32];
  • Champlain's visit, [35];
  • founded, [246].

• Montserrat, Leeward Islands, [237], [238].

• Moravians, in North Carolina, [97];
  • in Pennsylvania, [229];
  • in Georgia, [261].