CONTENTS.

GROUP I.—THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS.
I. The Spaniards.
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An Historic Era[1]
De Soto's Discovery of theMississippi[10]
Death and Burial of De Soto[18]
The Indians of Florida[20]
How New Mexico came to beExplored[28]
"The Marvellous Country"[39]
Folk Lore of the Pueblos[45]
Last Days of Charles V. andPhilip II.[53]
Sword and Gown in California[55]
II. The French.
Prelude[67]
Westward by the Great InlandWaterways[71]
The Situation in A.D. 1672[80]
Count Frontenac[84]
Joliet and Marquette[85]
The Man La Salle[93]
La Salle, Prince of Explorers[99]
Discovery of the Upper Mississippi[105]
The Lost Colony: St. Louis ofTexas[109]
Iberville founds Louisiana[118]
France wins the Prize[123]
Louis XIV.[130]
III. The English.
The Bleak North-west Coast[132]
Hudson's Bay to the South Sea[136]
The Russians in Alaska[140]
England on the Pacific[143]
Queen Elizabeth[147]
Interlude.
What Jonathan Carver aimedto do in 1766[149]
John Ledyard's Idea[153]
A Yankee Ship discovers theColumbia River[156]
The West at the Opening ofthe Century[162]
GROUP II.—BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA.
I. America for Americans.
Acquisition of Louisiana[171]
A Glance at our Purchase[175]
II. The Pathfinders.
Lewis and Clarke ascend theMissouri[184]
They cross the Continent[191]
Pike explores the ArkansasValley[198]
New Mexico in 1807[205]
Gold in Colorado.—A Trapper'sStory[208]
The Flag in Oregon[211]
Louisiana admitted 1812[214]
III. The Oregon Trail.
The Trapper, Backwoodsman,and Emigrant[215]
Long explores the PlatteValley[219]
Missouri and the Compromiseof 1821[223]
Arkansas admitted 1836[227]
Thomas H. Benton's Idea[227]
With the Vanguard to Oregon[233]
Texas admitted[241]
Interlude.
New Political Ideas[246]
Iowa admitted[248]
The War with Mexico[248]
Conquest of New Mexico[251]
Taking of California[256]
The Mormons in Utah[264]
GROUP III.—GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, AND WHATIT LED TO.
I. The Great Emigration.
El Dorado found at last[271]
Swarming through the GoldenGate[276]
The California Pioneers[279]
California a Free State[285]
Arizona[288]
II. The Contest for Free Soil.
The Kansas-Nebraska Struggle[290]
Kansas the Battle-ground[295]
The Battle fought and won[299]
Two Free States admitted[307]
III. The Crown of theContinent.
Gold in Colorado, and theRush there[308]
The Pacific Railroads[315]
Kansas, Nevada, Nebraska, andColorado admitted[320]
The Recent States[322]
The Work of Eighty Years[326]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Taking Possession for France[Frontispiece]
Spanish Arms[1]
Ship of the Sixteenth Century[2]
Isabella of Spain[3]
Medal of Charles V.[5]
Ponce de Leon[6]
Balboa discovering the Pacific[8]
French Map of 1542. From Jomard[10]
De Soto[11]
Soldier of 1585[12]
Cuban Bloodhound[14]
Departure of the Spaniards[16]
Burial of De Soto[19]
Florida Warrior[21]
Palisaded Town[23]
A Florida Indian's Cabin[24]
Making a Canoe[25]
A Chieftain's Grave[26]
Processional Fans[27]
Rock Inscriptions, New Mexico[29]
Map, New Mexico. Route of Spanish Invaders[31]
Junction of the Gila and Colorado[34]
Organ Mountains[36]
El Paso del Norte[38]
A Pueblo Restored[41]
Acoma[43]
Casa Grande, Gila Valley[44]
Ruins of Pecos[47]
Cereus Gigantea[49]
Pueblo Idols[50]
Hieroglyphics, Gila Valley[51]
Map, California Coast[55]
Sir Francis Drake[57]
Drake sails away[58]
Old Map showing Drake's Port[60]
Carmel Mission Church[61]
Spanish Map of 1787, showing Missions, Presidios, and Routes[63]
Map from Arcano del Mare, 1647[64]
Ships of the Sixteenth Century[68]
A Wood Ranger[70]
Champlain[72]
A Portage[73]
Totem of the Foxes[76]
French Costumes[77]
Fox River[78]
Louis XIV.[82]
Marquette's Map[86]
Wild Rice[87]
Totem of the Illinois[89]
War Canoe, from Lahontan[90]
The Calumet[91]
La Salle[94]
Map showing La Salle's Explorations[95]
Wampum Belt[102]
Sioux Chief[107]
Sioux Totem[108]
Sugar Plant[120]
Map showing Delta of the Mississippi and Adjacent Coast[122]
Bienville[124]
French Soldiers[126]
New Orleans, 1719[129]
Abandoned Hut, North-west Coast[133]
Hudson's Bay Company's House, London[135]
Hudson's Bay Sled, loaded[136]
Indian Mask, West Coast[139]
Seals, St. Paul's Island[140]
Russian Church, Alaska[141]
Snow Spectacles, Alaska[144]
Indian Carving[144]
Indian Grave, North-west Coast[155]
Queen Elizabeth[148]
Falls of St. Anthony[151]
Indian Burial Scaffold[152]
Map, Mouth of Columbia River[157]
Medal, Ships Columbia and Washington[159]
An Oregon Belle[161]
A Flat-Boat[164]
On the Lower Mississippi[167]
A Louisiana Sugar-Plantation[176]
French Settlements: Germ of St. Louis[177]
Old Convent, New Orleans[179]
Map, St. Louis and Vicinity[180]
Chouteau's Pond, St. Louis[181]
Rock Towers near Dubuque[182]
Mountain Goat, or Big-horn[185]
Indians moving Camp[186]
A Mandan[188]
Mandan Skin Boats[190]
Gate of the Rocky Mountains[193]
Catching Salmon, Columbia River[196]
Map illustrating Lieut. Pike's Explorations[199]
Indian Burial-place[200]
Pike's Peak[202]
The Yucca-tree; Spanish Bayonet[205]
Church, Santa Fé, with Fort Marcy[207]
An Emigrant's Camp[217]
Map illustrating Long's Explorations[220]
Prairie-dog Village[221]
Digging in the River for Water[222]
Statue of Benton[229]
Fort Laramie[235]
Amole, or Soap-plant[237]
San Antonio[242]
The Alamo[244]
Samuel Houston[245]
Mexican Cart[249]
Mexican Arastra, for grinding Ores[250]
Pueblo Woman grinding Corn[253]
Boy and Donkeys[254]
Pueblo of Taos[255]
Big Tree[257]
Map showing States and Territories acquired from Mexico[259]
California Indians and Tule Hut[260]
El Capitan, Yosemite[262]
Salt-Lake City and Tabernacle[265]
Sutter's Mill[272]
Two Miners[274]
The Golden Gate[276]
Chinese Laundryman[277]
A Father[280]
Mount Shasta[281]
On the Oregon Trail[282]
San Francisco in 1849[283]
Early Coin[284]
Hydraulic Mining[286]
Chicken-Vender[287]
Mission San Xavier del Bac, near Tucson[289]
Stephen A. Douglas[291]
A Squatter's Improvements[296]
Street, Kansas City, 1857[297]
Lawrence, Kansas[298]
The Ferry, Lawrence, Kansas[300]
A Squatter moving his Claim[301]
Mud Fort, Lawrence[303]
John Brown[304]
John Brown's Cabin[305]
Gate, Garden of the Gods[309]
Humors of the Road[310]
Denver in 1859[311]
Overland Stage—in Camp[311]
Going in[312]
Coming Out[312]
Office of "Rocky-Mountain News," Denver[312]
Colorado City, 1859[313]
Quartz Stamping-Mill[314]
Quaker Gun at Stage Station[315]
Pony Express and Overland Stage[317]
Track-laying, Pacific Railroad[319]
Reaping-Machine[327]

Group I.
THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS.

"True History, henceforth charged with the education of the People, will study the successive movements of humanity."—Victor Hugo.