A beginner's history - William H. Mace

THE INDEX

Abolitionists, [308]-310, [318].
Achilles, [453], [456].
Adams, John, [131];
sent to First Continental Congress, [172];
at Second Continental Congress made Washington general of American troops, [131], [177];
appointed to help draw up Declaration of Independence, [232];
death, [238].
Adams, Samuel, [167]-178;
portrait of, [167];
early turns to politics, [167];
leads movement against Stamp Act, [168];
forms "Sons of Liberty Society," [168];
opposes Tea Tax, [169];
writes Circular Letter, [169];
drives British out of Boston, [169];
and the Boston Tea Party, [129], [170], [171];
sends Paul Revere on his ride, [172];
goes to the First Continental Congress, [172];
forms companies of minutemen, [174];
goes to the Second Continental Congress, [177];
works for Declaration of Independence, [177];
made governor of Massachusetts, [178];
death, [178].
Addams, Jane, [412]-413;
becomes interested in social service, [412];
portrait of, [412];
founds Hull House Social Settlement, [413].
"Agamemnon," The, [270].
Agricultural development, [374]-376.
Agriculture, [416]-421;
machinery used for, [418]-419.
Airplane, [390]-393;
uses of, [393], [397].
Alamo, capture of the, [279]-281.
Albany, Fort Orange becomes, [90].
Alexander the Great, [455], [463], [469].
Alfred the Great, [484]-488;
early life, [484]-485;
king of Wessex, [485];
drives Danes back, [485];
begins to build fleet, [485]-486;
re-makes the laws, [486];
advances learning, [486]-487;
translations by, [487];
death, [488].
Algonquin Indians, [49]-52.
"Alliance," The, [200]-201.
Alsace-Lorraine, [442].
Altamaha River, colony on, [101]-102.
American Committee for the Relief of Belgium, [431].
American Red Cross Society, [410]-412.
American River, [289], [372].
Amerigo Vespucci, see Vespucci, Amerigo.
Anderson, Colonel, [323].
Anglo-Saxon tribes, [478]-479, [488].
Annapolis, founded, [70].
Anthony, Susan B., [403]-404;
portrait of, [403];
early life of, [403];
works for cause of woman's rights, [403]-404;
death, [404].
Anthracite, [421]-422.
Antietam, battle of, [338].
Anti-saloon crusade, [408].
Appomattox Court House, Lee's surrender at, [336].
Argonne, battle of, [441].
Aristotle, [454]-455, [456].
"Ark," The, [69].
Armada, see Spanish Armada.
Arthur, President, [346]-347;
portrait of, [347].
Ashland, Clay's home, [295], [298].
Athens, [456], [457]-460;
assembly of, [458];
orators of, [458]-459;
schools of, [459];
training for citizenship in, [459]-460;
in the "Age of Pericles," [460]-461.
Atlantic cable, [268]-271.
Augusta, settled, [102].
Automobile, [388]-390.
Babylonians, [448]-449.
Ball, Mary, mother of Washington, [115], [116].
Baltimore, colony of, [70].
Baltimore, Lord, see Calvert, George and Cecil.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, started, [263].
Barlow, Captain, [44].
Barry, John, [199]-201;
early life of, [199];
portrait of, [199];
captain of the Lexington, [199];
on the Delaware, [199]-200;
commands the Alliance, [200], [201];
first commodore of American navy, [201];
death, [201].
Barton, Clara, [409]-412;
early life of, [409]-410;
portrait of, [410];
goes to the battlefield, [410]-411;
and the American Red Cross, [410]-412;
goes to Armenia, [411];
in the Spanish-American War, [411].
"Battle Hymn of the Republic," [405], [406].
Baxter, [265].
Belgium, invasion of, [426]-427;
American Committee for the Relief of, [431];
and the German Peace Treaty, [442].
Bell, Alexander Graham, invents telephone, [268].
Benton, Jessie, [285].
Benton, Thomas H., [249], [253], [285].
"Bill of Rights," [493].
Biplane, [393].
Birmingham, Alabama, great coal and iron center, [423].
Blackbeard the Pirate, [72].
Black Hawk War, [317].
Blockade of southern ports, [324].
"Bon Homme Richard," The, [197], [198].
Boone, Daniel, [202]-210;
early life of, [202]-203;
crosses mountains, [203];
and the Indians, [204]-209;
blazes famous "Wilderness Road," [205];
builds Fort Boonesboro, [206];
goes to Kentucky, [206];
at siege of Boonesboro, [208]-209;
portrait of, [209];
moves to Missouri, [210];
death, [210].
Boonesboro, Fort, [206], [207], [208], [217].
Booth, John Wilkes, [327].
Boston, settled, [82];
British soldiers in, [129], [169], [172].
Boston Port Bill, [129], [172].
"Boston Tea Party," [162]-163, [170]-172.
Boulton, Matthew, inventor, [259].
Bowie, Colonel, [279].
Braddock, General, [123]-124.
Bradford, William, [73], [76], [79], [81].
Brandywine, battle of the, [137].
Breckenridge, John, [322].
Brewster, William, [73].
Bridgewater, Duke of, [258].
Britons, [472], [478].
Buchanan, President, [270].
Buckner, General, [333].
Buffalo, herds of, [24].
Bunker Hill, battle of, [132], [176]-177.
Burgesses, House of, [127], [159], [162], [167], [230], [231].
Burgoyne, General, [217];
compliments Morgan, [186].
Burke, Edmund, [162], [233].
Bushnell, ——, work on submarine, [394].
Cabot, John, [34]-37;
born in Genoa, [34];
voyages of, [34]-36;
statue of, [35];
seeks India and discovers Labrador, [35];
honored by king and people on return to England, [35], [36];
on second voyage, [36];
England claims large part of North America through discoveries of, [37].
Caesar, Julius, [471]-473.
Cahokia, [220], [223].
Calhoun, John C., [252], [297], [306]-311;
early life of, [306];
portrait of, [307];
works hard for success of army in War of 1812, [307];
made Secretary of War, [307];
twice elected Vice-President, [307];
favors nullification, [308];
opposes Abolitionists, [308]-309;
annexes Texas, [310];
opposes Compromise of 1850, [310];
death, [311].
California, conquest of, [288]-289;
missionaries in, [291]-292;
sends greatest number of volunteers to Spanish-American War, [356];
admitted as a state, [373];
an agricultural state, [375].
Calvert, Cecil, [69]-70;
and the Indians, [69];
locates village of St. Marys, [69].
Calvert, George, [69];
prepares to found a colony for Catholics and Protestants, [69];
colony named after, [70].
Camden, battle of, [182].
Campbell, Colonel, [213], [214].
Canada, French in, [49]-53, [106]-114, [121].
Cannae, battle of, [468].
Cape Breton Island, [35].
Cape of Good Hope, rounded by Drake, [39].
Carpenter's Hall, [163], [173].
Carroll, Charles, [263].
Carson, Kit, [285], [286], [288].
Cartier, Jacques, takes possession of Montreal for France, [49].
Carthage, [467]-469.
Carver, John, first Pilgrim governor, [73], [75], [78].
Catholics, [68], [69].
Catiline, [475].
Cattle raising, [419]-421.
Cavaliers, settle in Virginia, [69].
Cervera, Admiral, [357].
Chalons, battle of, [477].
Champlain, Lake, discovered, [50].
Champlain, Samuel de, [49]-53;
portrait of, [49];
founds Quebec, [49];
and Indians, [49]-52;
discovers Lake Champlain, [50];
death, [53].
Chancellorsville, battle of, [338].
Charlemagne, [479]-482;
grandson of Charles Martel, [479]-480;
appearance, [480];
and the School of the Palace, [481];
crowned Emperor of Rome, [481];
methods of governing, [482];
fall of empire, [482].
Charles I, friend of Lord Baltimore, [69];
gives charter to Puritan colony, [81].
Charles II, and William Penn, [94];
gives Pennsylvania to Penn, [96].
Charles Martel, [479]-480.
Charles the Great, see Charlemagne.
Charleston, [101]-102, [104];
surrenders to Cornwallis, [182].
Charleston earthquake, Red Cross Society relieves suffering caused by the, [411].
Charleston Harbor, [323].
Château-Thierry, battle of, [439].
Cherokee Indians, [104], [211], [277], [278].
Chickamauga, [335].
Christianity, rise of, [475];
becomes widespread, [478]-479.
Cicero, [475].
Cimon, [461].
Cincinnatus, [465].
Circular Letter, Adams', [168]-169, [173].
Cities, development of, in West, [376].
Civil War, [323]-327, [337]-341;
woman's part in the, [400]-401, [404];
Clara Barton's part in the, [410].
Clark, Captain William, [239]-244;
and Lewis sent to explore Louisiana Purchase, [239];
and Lewis and the Indians, [239]-243;
portrait of, [240];
and Lewis cross Rocky Mountains, [240], [241];
with Lewis reaches Columbia River, [241];
with Lewis reaches the Pacific, [242];
and Lewis return to St. Louis, [242];
rewarded by Congress, [242];
appointed governor of Missouri Territory, [243].
Clark, George Rogers, [216]-224, [236];
in Virginia, [216];
portrait of, [217];
becomes a leader in Kentucky, [217];
at Harrodsburg, [217];
receives aid from Patrick Henry to raise army, [218];
at old Vincennes, [218]-224;
at Louisville, [218];
surprises Kaskaskia, [218]-219;
builds the Willing, [220];
marches on Vincennes, [220]-222;
retakes Vincennes, [223];
unrewarded, [224];
result of his work, [224];
death, [224].
"Clark's Grant," [224].
Clay, Henry, [294]-300;
"mill boy of the Slashes," [294];
studies law, [295];
goes to Lexington, [295];
sent to United States Senate, [295];
speaker of House of Representatives, [296];
urges war in 1812, [296];
and the Treaty of Ghent, [296];
and the Missouri Compromise, [296];
and his Compromise Tariff Law, [297];
the "Pacificator," [297];
portrait of, [297];
retires to Ashland, [298];
and the Compromise of 1850, [298]-299;
receives ovation from the people, [299];
death, [300].
"Clermont," The, first successful steamboat, [259]-260.
Clovis, [479].
Coal, [421]-422.
Cold Harbor, battle of, [336], [349].
Cold storage of meat, [421].
Colorado, Grand Cañon of the, [24].
"Columbia," The, [238].
Columbia River, discovered by Captain Gray, [238];
Lewis and Clark embark on, [242];
Fremont on, [286].
Columbus, Christopher, [2]-16, [18], [31];
boyhood of, [2], [3];
goes to Lisbon, [4];
plans new route to India, [5];
unfairly treated by King of Portugal, [5];
seeks aid of Spain, [6];
begs bread for his son at monastery, [7];
portrait of, [8];
first voyage of, [9]-13;
discovers the New World, [11];
names the natives Indians, [12];
honored on return to Spain, [13], [14], [15];
last voyages of, [15], [16];
death, [16];
effect in England of discoveries of, [34].
Committees of Correspondence, [232].
Compromise of 1850, [298], [300], [305], [310].
Compromise Tariff Law, [297].
Concord, battle of, [130], [175].
Confederate States of America, formed, [323];
capital of, [326];
war between Union and, [323]-327.
Congress, [130], [134], [138], [141], [154], [155], [163], [232], [233];
First Continental, [172]-174;
Second Continental, [177];
disputes in, [235];
Clay in, [296]-300;
Webster in, [302];
Calhoun in, [306]-307.
Constantine, Emperor of Rome, [475].
Constitution of the United States, [143], [144], [156], [157], [166], [493].
Cooper, Peter, [269].
Corn-fed cattle, [419]-420.
Corn Island, [218];
Clark dies on, [224].
Cornwallis, Lord, [136], [137], [213];
Washington outwits, [139]-140;
surrenders at Yorktown, [140];
gains victories, [182], [183];
Green turns tide against, [185];
pursues Morgan, [188];
at Guilford Court House, [189];
caught at Yorktown, [180];
orders Tarleton to catch Marion, [191].
Coronado, Francisco, [24];
searches for rich cities, [24];
discovers Grand Cañon of the Colorado, [24];
finds buffalo, [24];
returns home, [24].
Cortés, Hernando, [18]-22, [23], [28], [37];
invades Mexico, [18];
sinks his ships, [18];
armor of, [19];
attacks the Indians, [20];
takes Mexican capital, [19], [20];
puts Montezuma to death, [21];
conquers Mexico, [21];
visits Spain, [21];
portrait of, [21];
shares Columbus' fate, [22].
Cotton, [227], [228];
fields and factories, [420]-421.
Cotton gin, invention of, [227]-228;
present-day machine built along lines of Whitney's, [416].
Cotton-seed oil, [417].
Cowpens, battle of the, [186], [188].
"Cradle of Liberty," [169].
Creek Indians, [104], [249].
Crèvecœur, Fort, [111].
"Croatoan," [46].
Crockett, David, [279], [282]-283;
boyhood of, [282];
enlisted under Jackson, [282];
elected to Congress, [282];
fights for Texas at the Alamo, [282]-283;
death, [283].
Cuba, discovered by Columbus, [13];
Spanish persecution in, [354]-355;
United States at war with Spain in behalf of, [354]-358;
made a republic, [358].
Custis, Martha, [126].
Cuzco, where Pizarro found fabulous riches, [23].
Da Gama, Vasco, rounds Africa, [28].
Danes, [484], [485], [486].
Dare, Virginia, first white child of English parents born in America, [45].
Darius, [461].
Daughters of Liberty, [400].
Davis, Jefferson, president of the Confederacy, [326], [336].
Declaration of Independence, Franklin appointed to help write, [155], [156];
made, [177], [178];
Samuel Adams worked hard for, [177];
Jefferson author of, [229], [232].
"Declaration of Sentiments," [402].
Democratic party, [322], [348], [351].
Democratic-Republican party, formed by Thomas Jefferson, [235].
Depth bomb, [397].
De Soto, Hernando, [24]-28;
makes an expedition to Florida, [24]-26;
welcomed at Cuba, [24];
portrait of, [25];
cruel to natives, [25];
fights way northward and inland, [25];
discovers Mississippi, [26]-27;
marches far northward and westward, [27];
returns to the Mississippi and dies, [27].
"Deutschland," The, [397].
Dewey, Admiral George, [355];
portrait of, [355].
Dictaphone, [387]-388.
Diego, son of Columbus, [6], [7].
Dinwiddie, Governor, [121].
Dirigibles, [391], [394].
"Dogwood Papers," [148].
Dorchester Heights, [133].
Douglas, Stephen A., debates with Lincoln, [319]-322;
nominated by northern Democrats, [322].
"Dove," The, [69].
Drake, Sir Francis, [37]-42;
ruined by Spaniards, [37];
portrait of, [38];
returns to England with Spanish gold, [38];
on voyage around the world, [38]-40;
captures Spanish treasure ships in Pacific, [39], [41], [43];
given title by Queen Elizabeth, [40];
takes command of fleet to fight Spain, [40];
destroys Spanish towns in Cuba, [41];
burns Spanish ships, [41];
and the Spanish Armada, [42];
takes Raleigh's colony home, [45].
"Drake," The, [196].
Duquesne, Fort, [122];
captured, [126].
Duryea, Charles, [389].
Dutch, explorations of the, [54]-59;
establish trading posts, [56];
Indians and the, [56]-57;
fur traders, [57]-58;
settle New Netherland, [58]-59;
governed by Stuyvesant, [88]-90;
surrender to the English, [90]-91;
manners and customs of the, [91]-92.
Dutch traders, [56]-59.
Dutch West India Company, [88].
"Ebenezer," German colony in Georgia,
102.
Edison, Thomas A., [380]-385, [387];
boyhood of, [380]-381;
experiments in telegraphy, [381];
receives $40,000 for his inventions, [382];
portrait of, [382];
builds his first laboratory in Newark, [383];
builds a second laboratory at Menlo Park, [383];
invents microphone, megaphone, and phonograph, [383]-384;
develops the electric light, [384]-385;
and moving pictures, [385];
and the dictaphone, [387].
"Edward," The, [199].
"Effingham," The, [199].
Egypt, [446]-448, [450];
and the Nile, [446]-447;
irrigation in, [447];
and its kings, [447];
civilization in, [447]-448;
Phoenicians spread learning of, [450].
El Caney, capture of, [356]-357.
Electricity, Edison the wizard of, [383]-385.
Electric light, developed by Edison, [384]-385.
Eliot, John, preaches to the Indians, [83]-84.
Elizabeth, Queen of England, knights Drake, [40];
favors Raleigh, [43], [44];
names colony of Virginia, [44].
Emancipation Proclamation, [326].
England, explorations made by, [34]-47;
claims large part of North America, [37];
quarrel between Spain and, [37]-42;
first permanent settlement in America by, [60]-61.
Ericson, Leif, [1], [484].
Ericson, Thorvald, [1]-2.
Eric the Red, [1].
Erie, Lake, battle of, [244]-245.
Erie Canal, [262].
Euphrates River, [448].
Eutaw Springs, battle of, [189].
Evans, Oliver, [388].
Fairfax, Lord, [119], [122], [128];
friend of Washington, [120];
builds Greenway Court, [120];
makes Washington public surveyor, [120];
returns to England, [142].
Fair Oaks, battle of, [338].
Faneuil Hall, [169].
Fannin, General, [280].
Farming, see Agriculture.
Farragut, Captain David, [325].
"Father of Waters," [112].
Federalist party, [235].
Ferdinand and Isabella, [6], [15].
Ferguson, Colonel, [213];
defeated at Kings Mountain, [213]-214.
Field, Cyrus W., [268]-272;
early success of, [269];
becomes interested in telegraph lines, [269];
conceives idea of connecting Europe and America, [269];
aided by Peter Cooper and other wealthy men, [269];
success of invention of, [270];
portrait of, [270];
receives honors from many nations, [271];
death, [272].
Fillmore, President, [305].
Fitch, John, [257].
Five Nations, see Iroquois.
Fletcher, Grace, [302].
Florida, De Leon takes possession of, [17];
De Soto's expedition to, [24]-26.
Flour mills, [418].
Foch, Ferdinand, [437], [438], [439].
Foote, Commodore, [333].
Forbes, General, [126].
Forts, see under names of forts.
France, aids Americans, [139];
discoverers and explorers of, [49]-53;
missionaries of, [53], [106]-114.
Franciscan friars, [300]-302.
Franklin, Benjamin, [124], [147]-157;
early life of, [147]-151;
portrait of, [148];
in London, [150];
editor of Pennsylvania Gazette in Philadelphia, [151];
founds three great institutions, [151];
invents stove, [151];
forms first fire department in America, [151];
author of Poor Richard's Almanac, [151]-152;
clerk of Pennsylvania Assembly, [152];
postmaster-general, [152];
plans union of colonies, [153];
becomes famed as scientist, [153];
experiments with electricity, [153];
sent to England to defend colonies, [154];
appointed to help write Declaration of Independence, [155], [232];
secures French aid for America, [155];
helps make treaty of peace, [155];
helps make and signs Constitution, [156], [157];
death, [157].
Franks, [479].
Fraunces' Tavern, [140].
Frederica, [103].
Fredericksburg, battle of, [346].
Fremont, John C., [283]-290;
early life of, [284];
goes to South America, [284];
becomes a civil engineer, [284];
loves the wild life, [284];
portrait of, [285];
marries Jessie Benton, [285];
receives permission to explore South Pass, [285];
unfurls Stars and Stripes from summit of Fremonts Peak, [285];
seeks a more southerly route to Oregon and California, [285];
reaches Great Salt Lake, [286];
goes to Fort Vancouver, [286];
makes a circuit of the Great Basin and crosses mountains to California, [287];
third expedition of, [288];
in Mexican War, [288]-289;
elected to United States Senate, [289];
fifth expedition of, [289];
first Republican candidate for president, [289];
major general in Civil War, [290];
governor of Arizona, [290];
death, [290].
Fremonts Peak, [285].
French, in North America, [49]-53, [106]-113.
French allies, in Revolutionary War, [139].
French and Indian War, [114], [121], [126], [130].
French in Canada, [121].
Friends, see Quakers.
"Friendship," The, [194].
Frontenac, Count, sends Joliet and Marquette to find Mississippi, [53];
sends La Salle and Hennepin, [106];
"children of," [111].
Frontenac, Fort, [106], [107], [111].
Fruit growing, [375].
Fugitive Slave Law, [407].
Fulton, Robert, [257]-264, [395];
portrait of, [258];
starts life as portrait painter, [258];
meets James Watt, [258];
becomes interested in driving power of steam, [258];
makes trial steamboat in France, [258];
builds the Clermont, [259];
wonderful success of invention of, [260], [261];
death, [261];
and the invention of the submarine, [395].
Fur traders, [56]-58 106-107, [243]-244.
Gadsden, Christopher, [173].
Gage, General, [130], [131], [183].
Galena, [332].
Galveston flood, Red Cross relieves suffering caused by the, [411].
Gama, Vasco da, see Da Gama, Vasco.
Garfield, James J., [345]-347;
portrait of, [345].
Gates, General, [182].
Gauls, [466], [472], [475].
George II, grants charter to Oglethorpe, [101].
George III, [135], [136], [141], [158], [159], [173].
Georgia, founded, [101]-103;
planters of, [103]-104.
Germanic tribes, [476], [477], [478], [479], [481].
Germany, one of the Central Powers, [426];
protests against United States trading with Allies, [427];
lawless submarine policy of, [428], [430]-431;
America enters the war against, [431];
makes last great attack, [437];
defeated on all fronts, [441];
accepts armistice, [442];
treaty of peace with, [442]-443.
Gettysburg, battle of, [335], [338].
Ghent, see Treaty of.
Gibault, Father, [220], [221].
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, [43].
Gist, Christopher, [122].
Goethals, George Washington, [376]-378;
portrait of, [376];
early life of, [377];
in Spanish-American War, [377];
in charge of construction of Panama Canal, [377]-378;
appointed governor of Canal Zone, [377].
Gold, discovery and mining of, [289], [372]-373, [375].
"Golden Hind," The, Drake's ship, [38], [39], [40].
Gold Fleet, Spanish, [41].
Goliad, massacre at, [280].
Gooch, Daniel, [271].
"Good Man Richard," The, [197]-198.
Gore, Christopher, [311].
Gracchi, the, [470].
Grain, [417]-419;
elevators for 418.
Grant, Ulysses S., [325], [327], [331]-337;
early life of, [331]-332;
in Mexican War, [332];
promoted in the army, [333];
at Forts Henry and Donelson, [333];
portrait of, [333];
at Vicksburg, [334];
at Gettysburg, [335];
made commander of the Union armies, [336];
in the "Wilderness," [336];
Lee surrenders to, [336];
elected president, [337];
death, [337].
Gray, Captain Robert, the first to carry the Stars and Stripes around the world, [238];
discovers the Columbia River, [238].
Gray, ——, invents telephone, [268].
Great Basin, Fremont explores the, [287]-288.
Great Charter, struggle for the, [490]-493.
Great Salt Lake, [286].
Greater Greece, [451]-452.
Greece, [450]-463;
geography of, [450]-451;
legendary heroes of, [452]-453;
philosophers of, [453]-455;
wins admiration of Philip of Macedon, [455];
government of, [456]-460;
civilization of, [458]-460;
in "Age of Pericles," [460]-461;
defeats Persian kings, [461]-463;
Alexander's conquests spread civilization of, [463].
Green Bay, [108].
Greene, Mrs., [227]-228.
Greene, Nathanael, [182]-185, [188], [189], [190], [191];
portrait of, [182];
given command of army in South, [182];
goes to Boston and meets Washington, [184];
made one of Washington's generals, [184];
divides army, [184];
on great march, [188];
at Guilford Court House, [189];
drives British into Charleston, [189];
honored by his country, [189];
praises General Marion, [191].
Greenland, discovered by Northmen, [1], [484].
Greenway Court, [120]-121, [125].
Grenville, Sir Richard, [44].
"Griffin," The, [108]-109.
Guam, annexed by United States, [359].
Guatemotzin, statue of, [20].
Guilds, [446].
Guilford Court House, battle of, [189].
Hale, Nathan, [134], [179]-182;
in college, [179];
statue of, [180];
joins Washington, [180];
captures British man-of-war, [180];
passes safely through British lines, [181];
captured, [181];
death, [181].
"Half Moon," The, [54], [55].
Hamilton, Alexander, [235].
Hamilton, General, [220], [222].
Hancock, John, [177], [233].
Hanks, John, [315], [316], [321].
Hannibal, [467]-469.
Harlem Heights, [134].
Harrison, Benjamin, [142], [232], [349], [351].
Harrison, William Henry, [304], [319].
Harrodsburg, [217].
Harvard Elm, [132].
Harvesting machines, [418].
Hastings, battle of, [489].
Hawaiian Islands, annexed by United States, [356].
Hawkins, Captain, [37].
Hayes, Lucy Webb, [344].
Hayes, Rutherford B., [342]-344;
portrait of, [343].
Hayne, Senator, [303].
"Hearts Content," [271].
Helen of Troy, [452]-453.
Helm, Captain, [220].
Henderson, Richard, [205].
Hennepin, a missionary, [106], [107], [110], [111].
Henry, Patrick, [129]-130, [153], [158]-167, [217], [230], [234];
portrait of, [158];
opposes Stamp Act, [159];
birth and parentage of, [160];
early failures of, [160];
orator of the Revolution, [160]-167;
succeeds as a lawyer, [161];
first great speech of, [161];
elected to House of Burgesses, [161]-162;
speaks against Stamp Act, [162];
sent to Continental Congress, [163];
offers resolutions for arming Virginia, [164];
defends his resolutions in great speech, [164]-165;
in forefront of struggle with England, [166];
statue of, [166];
aids George Rogers Clark in raising an army, [217]-218;
death, [166].
Henry, Prince of Portugal, [3].
Henry II, [490]-491.
Henry VII, [35], [37].
Henry VIII, [37].
Hercules, [452].
Hermitage, The, [254].
Hessians, The, [135], [136].
Hieroglyphics, [448]-449.
Hobkirks Hill, [189].
Holland, John P., and the submarine, [395]-397;
portrait of, [395].
Homestead Law, [373].
Hooker, [335].
Hoover, Herbert, [431]-432.
Horace, [475].
Horatius, [464]-465.
Horseshoe Bend, battle of, [249], [277].
Houston, General Sam, [277]-281;
lives with Cherokees, [277];
in battle of Horseshoe Bend, [277];
portrait of, [278];
studies law, [278];
goes to Congress, [278];
governor of Tennessee, [278];
visits Washington, [279];
goes to Texas, [279];
in Texas War with Mexico, [279]-281;
at battle of San Jacinto, [280]-281;
elected first president of Texas, [281];
sent to United States Senate, [281];
death, [281].
Howe, Elias, [274]-276.
Howe, General, [133], [134], [137], [181].
Howe, Julia Ward, [404]-406;
early life of, [404]-405;
writes "Battle Hymn of the Republic," [405];
and the Woman's Club, [405]-406;
portrait of, [406].
Howe, Samuel Gridley, [405].
Hudson, Henry, [54]-56;
discovers Hudson River, [54];
portrait of, [55];
cruel to Indians, [55];
seeks northwest passage, [55]-56;
set adrift by sailors, [56].
Hudson Bay Company, [286].
Hudson River, [54]-55.
Hull House, [413].
Huns, [476]-477.
Hydroplane, [394].
Iceland, discovered by Northmen, [1].
Illinois Indians, [111].
Illinois River, [109], [110], [111].
Inca, captured by Pizarro, [23].
Independence, Declaration of, see Declaration of Independence.
India, search for new route to, [2]-16, [34]-37;
Magellan first to reach, [31].
Indian corn, taken to England, [45];
best crop of the Pilgrims, [79].
Indians, first seen by white men, [12];
named by Columbus, [12];
Cortés and the Mexican, [18]-21;
great city of the, [18]-21;
cruelly treated by De Soto, [25];
welcomed Raleigh's sailors, [44];
Lane cruel to, [45];
hostile to English settlers, [45];
Champlain and the, [49]-53;
Marquette loved by the, [53];
carried Champlain's remains to Mackinac, [53];
friendly to Hudson but repaid with cruelty, [55];
and the Dutch, [56]-58, [59];
and the Jamestown Colony, [61]-66;
friendly to Lord Baltimore, [69];
Pilgrims and, [76], [78]-81, [84]-85;
John Eliot and the, [83]-84;
Penn's treaty with the, [98];
Oglethorpe made treaty with the, [103];
La Salle and the, [107], [110]-112;
French trappers and, [113]-114;
in French and Indian War, [114], [121]-126;
war dance of the, [119];
Boone and the, [204]-209;
fought with British in Revolutionary War, [207]-209;
Sevier and the, [211]-215;
Clark and the, [216], [217];
friendly to Lewis and Clark, [239]-243;
missionaries among the, [243]-244, [301];
Jackson and the, [247]-249;
War of the Seminole, [252];
Houston and the, [277]-278;
placed on reservations by U. S. government, [375];
see also names of Indians.
Indigo, [104].
Iron, [422]-423.
Iroquois Indians, [50], [52], [56], [107], [111], [112], [114].
Irrigation, [375], [446]-447.
Isabella, Queen of Spain, [6], [8], [15].
Italians, [102].
Jackson, Andrew, [245]-254, [282], [308];
early life of, [246]-247;
taken prisoner by the English, [246];
lawyer before twenty, [247];
emigrates to Tennessee, [247];
made U. S. senator, [248];
in War of 1812, [248]-252;
wins the name "Old Hickory," [249];
fights Indians, [249];
at battle of New Orleans, [250]-252;
portrait of, [252];
twice elected president, [252];
and the United States Bank, [252]-253;
and nullification, [254], [308];
death, [254].
Jackson, General "Stonewall," 338.
James I, puts Raleigh to death, [47];
gives London Company a charter, [60];
makes Calvert, Baron of Baltimore, [69].
Jamestown, settled, [61];
life in the colony of, [60]-66, [71]-72.
Jefferson, Thomas, [229]-238;
early life of, [229];
studies law, [230];
meets Patrick Henry, [230];
member of House of Burgesses, [231];
marries, [231];
and Committee of Correspondence, [232];
and the Declaration of Independence, [232]-233;
governor of Virginia, [234];
minister to France, [234];
first Secretary of State, [235];
leader of the Democratic-Republican party, [235];
elected president, [235];
portrait of, [235];
purchases Louisiana, [236];
sends out Lewis and Clark Expedition, [237];
elected president second time, [237];
"Sage of Monticello," [238];
death, [238].
Jenkins, C. Francis, [385].
Jews, [447], [449].
John, King of England, [491]-492.
John II, of Portugal, [5].
Johnson, Andrew, [328]-329, [337];
portrait of, [328].
Johnston, General Joseph E., [338], [340].
Johnston, Sarah Bush, stepmother of President Lincoln, [314].
Joliet, [53], [106], [112];
with Marquette sets out to find the Mississippi, [53];
sails down the Mississippi, [53];
death, [53].
Jones, John Paul, [194]-198;
early life of, [194];
enters American navy, [195];
portrait of, [195];
shows his mettle in West Indies, [196];
sent to France, [196];
in Whitehaven, [196];
on English coast, [197];
captain of Bon Homme Richard, [197];
and the Serapis, [197]-198;
great naval hero, [198].
Jonesboro, [247].
Jutes, [478].
Kaiser, The German, [430], [442].
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, [319]-322.
Kaskaskia, Clark at, [218], [219], [223].
Keith, Sir William, [150].
Kentucky, Boone in, [204]-210, [216].
Kieft, Governor, [59].
King Philip, Indian chief, [84]-85.
Kings Mountain, battle of, [184], [213]-214.
Knox, General, [201].
Knoxville, [215], [216].
Labrador, discovered by John Cabot, [35].
Lachine, [106].
Lafayette, Marquis de, [137], [139], [140], [189];
visits Washington after war, [142]-143;
rewarded by Congress, [143].
Lafayette Squadron, [431].
Lake Superior, iron "ranges" of, [422].
Lane, Ralph, [44].
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de, [106]-113;
seeks Canada, [106];
builds Fort Frontenac, [106];
portrait of, [107];
returns to France for permission to explore Mississippi Valley, [107];
sets out for Mississippi, [107];
builds Griffin, [108]-109;
builds Fort Crèvecœur, [111];
plans union of Indian tribes, [111];
journeys to mouth of Mississippi, [112];
takes possession for France, [112];
builds Fort St. Louis on Starved Rock, [112];
returns to France and brings over colony, [113];
killed by disappointed colonists, [113].
"Lawrence," The, Perry's flagship, [245].
Lee, Henry, "Light Horse Harry," [184].
Lee, Richard Henry, [130], [173], [177], [232].
Lee, Robert E., [325], [326], [327], [335], [336], [337]-341;
at West Point, [337];
wins fame and honor in Mexican War, [337];
in charge at West Point, [337];
in charge of Confederate army at Richmond, [338];
defeats McClellan, [338];
retreats from Maryland after battle of Antietam, [338];
at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, [338];
at Gettysburg, [338];
in the "Wilderness," [339];
plans to join Johnston, [340];
meets Sheridan, [340];
surrenders to Grant, [341];
president of Washington College, [341];
death, [341];
portrait of, [341].
Leonidas, [462].
Lewis, Captain Meriwether, [239]-244;
portrait of, [239];
and Clark sent to explore Louisiana Purchase, [239];
and Clark and the Indians, [239]-243;
and Clark cross Rocky Mountains, [240]-241;
and Clark reach the Columbia River, [242];
and Clark reach the Pacific, [242];
and Clark return to St. Louis, [242];
rewarded by Congress, [242];
made governor of Louisiana Territory, [243].
Lewis and Clark Expedition, [237], [239].
Lexington, battle of, [130], [175].
"Lexington," The, [199].
Lincoln, Abraham, [313]-329;
born in Kentucky backwoods, [313];
early life of, [313]-317;
in Black Hawk War, [317];
goes to Illinois legislature, [318];
speaks for General Harrison and Henry Clay, [319];
goes to Congress, [319];
the champion against Douglas, [319];
in the U. S. Senate, [320];
debates between Douglas and, [320]-322;
elected president, [322];
calls for troops, [323];
portrait of, [325];
issues Emancipation Proclamation, [326];
assassinated, [327];
and reconstruction, [328]-329.
Lincoln, General, [182].
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, [314].
Livingston, Robert R., helps draw up Declaration of Independence, [232];
helps make Louisiana Purchase, [236];
aids Fulton, [258], [259].
Locomotive invented, [263].
Loe, Thomas, [92], [94].
London Company, formed, [60].
"Lone Star Republic," [281].
Longstreet, William, [257].
Lookout Mountain, battle of, [335].
Los Angeles, [376].
Louisiana Purchase, [236]-238;
Lewis and Clark explore territory obtained by, [237], [239]-244.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, [237].
Louisville, [218].
"Lusitania," The, [428], [430].
"Luzerne," The, [201].
McClellan, General, and Lee, [325], [338];
at Antietam, [338].
Mace, Samuel, [46].
Macedonian phalanx, [455], [463], [469].
McCormick, Cyrus H., [272]-274.
McKinley, William, [352]-359;
early life of, [352]-353;
in the Civil War, [353];
becomes a successful lawyer, [353];
portrait of, [353];
in Congress, [354];
and the Spanish-American War, [354]-359;
assassinated, [359].
Madison, James, [250], [296].
Magellan, Ferdinand, [28]-31;
portrait of, [28];
first to sail around earth and prove it round, [28]-31;
names, and is first to cross Pacific Ocean, [30];
visits the Philippines, [30];
killed defending his sailors, [31].
Magellan, Strait of, discovered, [30];
Drake sails through, [38].
"Magna Charta," see Great Charter.
"Maine," The, [355].
Manhattan Island, trading posts established on, [56];
purchase of, [58].
Manila, bay, [355]-356;
city of, [357].
Manufactures, [421]-423.
Marathon, battle of, [461]-462.
Marconi, invents wireless telegraphy, [268].
Marianas, [30].
Marion, Francis, [184], [189]-192;
portrait of, [190];
the "Swamp Fox," [190], [191];
sets free one hundred and fifty prisoners, [191];
honored by friends, [192].
Marne, first battle of, [427];
second battle of, [438].
Marquette, Father, [53], [106], [112].
Maryland, [68]-70.
Massachusetts Bay, Colony of, [82], [83].
Massasoit, Indian chief, [78], [79], [80], [84].
"Mayflower," The, [73]-75, [77], [78], [80], [81].
Meat packing, [376], [419]-421.
Megaphone, [275].
Menlo Park, Edison's laboratory at, [383], [385].
"Merrimac," The, [324]-325.
Mexican Indians, [18]-21.
Mexico, invaded and conquered by Cortés, [18]-22;
mines of, [22];
war between Texas and, [279]-283;
Fremont in the war with, [288]-289;
war between United States and, [298], [310];
Grant in war with, [332];
Lee in war with, [337];
Pershing sent into, [430].
Microphone, [383].
"Mill boy of the Slashes," [294].
Mims, Fort, massacre at, [249].
Mines and mining, [375], [421]-423.
Minuit, Peter, first governor of New Netherland, [58].
Minutemen, [174]-175, [183].
Missionaries, [53], [106]-114, [243].
Missionary Ridge, battle of, [335].
Missions, in the Southwest, [300]-302.
Mississippi River, discovered by De Soto, [26], [27];
explored by Joliet and Marquette, [53];
La Salle reached mouth of, [112];
western boundary of United States, [224], [236].
Mississippi Valley, La Salle explores the, [107], [109]-113.
Missouri, state of, [210], [238], [296].
Missouri Compromise, [296], [319].
Missouri River, Falls of the, [240].
Mohave Desert, [288].
"Mohawks," [171].
"Monitor," The, [324]-325.
Monoplane, [392]-393.
Monmouth, battle of, [138], [139].
Monroe James, [236], [307], [426].
Monterey, [289].
Montezuma, [20].
Monticello, home of Jefferson, [231], [232], [234], [237], [238].
Moravians, [102].
Morgan, General, [184], [185]-189;
fights French and Indians, [185];
helps capture Burgoyne, [186];
complimented by Burgoyne, [186];
at battle of Cowpens, [186], [188];
portrait of, [186]; joins Greene, [188];
last days of, [188]-189.
Morristown, [137].
Morse, Samuel F. B., [264]-268;
interested in electricity, [264];
plans instrument, [265];
meets helper in Alfred Vail, [265];
gets government aid, [267];
portrait of, [267];
receives rewards and honors, [268];
death, [268].
Moving pictures, [385]-386.
Moultrie, Colonel, [182].
Mount Vernon, [116], [119], [121], [123], [128], [129], [141], [142], [143], [145].
Murfreesboro, [335].
Murray, Mrs., entertains Lord Howe, [133].
Napoleon, sells Louisiana Territory to the United States, [236].
Nassau, Fort, [56].
Natick, Mass., [84].
National Woman's Suffrage Association, [403].
Necessity, Fort, [123].
Negro slaves, see Slavery.
Neutrality, American in World War, [426], [427]-429.
New Amsterdam, [58], [91], [92];
becomes New York, [90].
New England, Puritans in, [68], [81]-86;
Pilgrims in, [73]-81;
industries, manners, and customs of colonists in, [85]-86.
New France, [52];
trappers, soldiers, and missionaries of, [113]-114.
New Netherland, [88]-90;
settlement of, [58]-59;
industries, manners, and customs of, [91]-92.
New Orleans, [236];
battle of, [250]-252.
Newport, Captain, [60], [62].
New York, New Amsterdam becomes, [90];
William and Mary give representative assembly to, [90];
British in, [133];
Washington inaugurated in, [143]-144.
Nez Percé Indians, [241], [243].
"Niagara," The, [245].
Niagara River, [108], [109].
Nile River, [446]-447, [463].
"Niña," The, [10], [13].
Ninevah, [448].
"Nolichucky Jack," [212]-216.
Nolichucky River, [212].
"No-Man's-Land," [203].
Normans, [483], [488]-490.
Northmen, voyages of, [1]-2;
in Iceland and Greenland, [1];
discover Vinland, [1];
wanderings of, [483], [484], [486].
See also Normans and Danes.
"North River," The, [260].
Nullification, and President Jackson, [254], [308];
Webster's great speech on, [303]-304;
Calhoun favors, [307]-308;
South Carolina and, [253]-254, [308].
Odoacer, [477].
Oglethorpe, James, [100]-103, [104];
friend of the unfortunate, [100];
portrait of, [101];
settles Georgia, [101]-103;
death, [103].
"Old Hickory," [249].
Old North Church, [174].
Old South Church, [169], [171].
Orange, Fort, [56], [57], [90].
Orange growing, [375].
"Oregon," The, [377].
Oregon Country, Lewis and Clark Expedition sent to, [237], [243];
sought by fur traders and missionaries, [243]-244;
United States and Great Britain occupy, [244];
northern boundary of the established, [244];
Benton speaks on the, [285].
"Pacificator," The, [297].
Pacific Northwest, [333].
Pacific Ocean, named by Magellan, [30].
Pakenham, General, [251].
Palos, [7], [9], [13], [15].
Panama-California Exposition, [378].
Panama Canal, [376]-378.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, [378].
Paris, son of the king of Troy, [452].
Parker, ——, [243].
Parsons' Case, The, [161]-162.
Patagonia, [29], [38].
Patroons, The, [58]-59, [89].
Paul, John, see Jones, John Paul.
"Pelican," The, Drake's ship, [38].
Penn, Admiral, [93], [94], [95], [96].
Penn, William, [92]-98;
becomes a Quaker, [93];
sent to Paris and Ireland, [93]-94;
portrait of, [94];
King Charles and, [94];
founds Pennsylvania as home for Quakers, [95]-98;
invites all persecuted people, [96];
founds Philadelphia, [97];
treaty with the Indians, [98];
death, [98].
Penn's Woods, [96].
Pennsylvania, founded, [95]-96;
coal in, [421]-422.
Pennsylvania, University of, founded, [151].
"Pennsylvania Dutch," [98].
"Pennsylvania Gazette," [151].
Pericles, [460]-461.
Perry, Oliver Hazard, [244]-245;
midshipman at fourteen, [244];
in war against Barbary States, [244];
ordered to Lake Erie, [244];
battle of Lake Erie, [244]-245;
portrait of, [245];
highly honored, [245].
Pershing, John J., sent to Mexico, [430];
heads American forces, [436];
portrait of, [436];
early life, [436]-437;
lands in France, [437];
divides his troops among the Allies, [438]-439;
defeats the Germans at Château-Thierry, [439];
wins battle of St. Mihiel, [439]-440.
Peru, Pizarro in, [23].
Petersburg, siege of, [336].
"Petition of Right," [493].
Philadelphia, [137];
founded, [97];
British at, [138];
first Continental Congress at, [172];
Second Continental Congress at, [177].
Philip, see King Philip.
Philip of Macedon, [455].
Philippines, Magellan visits, [30];
United States pays Spain for, [357].
Phoenicians, [449]-450.
Phonograph, [384], [387].
Pickett, General George E., [338].
Pierce, President, [269].
Pilgrims, The, [73]-81;
seek Holland, [73];
land in America, [74]-77;
and the Indians, [76], [78]-81, [84]-85;
settle at Plymouth, [77];
build homes in the forest, [77];
celebrate Thanksgiving, [80];
industries, manners, and customs of, [85]-86.
"Pinta," The, [10], [11], [13], [14].
Pinzón, [7];
sails with Columbus, [10].
Pitt, Fort, [126], [218].
Pitt, William, [126], [154], [162], [233].
Pittsburgh, iron and steel center of America, [423].
Pittsburg Landing, [334]-335, [380].
Pizarro, Francisco, [23]-24;
marches army to Cuzco and finds vast wealth, [23];
killed by his men, [24].
Planters, industries, manners, and customs of the southern, [103]-104.
Plato, [454].
Plymouth, landing place of the Pilgrims, [77];
colony of, [83].
Plymouth Rock, [77].
Pocahontas, [66]-68;
rescues John Smith, [64];
carries corn to settlers, [64];
warns settlers of danger, [65];
marries John Rolfe, [66];
received as a princess in England, [67];
portrait of, [68];
death, [68].
Ponce de Leon, [17]-18;
takes possession of Florida, [17];
death, [18].
"Pony express," [373].
"Poor Richard's Almanac," [151], [152], [197].
Pope, General, [338].
Portland, [376].
Porto Rico, annexed by United States, [357].
Port Royal, founded, [49].
Potato, white, taken to England, [45].
Powhatan, famous Indian chief, [63], [64], [65], [67].
Prescott, Colonel, [176].
Princeton, [136].
Protestants, [68], [69], [102].
"Puffing Billy," [263].
Puritans, [68], [70], [81]-83, [85];
in England, [81];
seek America, [81];
at Salem, [81];
found Boston, [82], [83];
found colony of Massachusetts, [92].
Put-In-Bay, [244].
Quakers, [92]-100;
called themselves Society of Friends, [99].
Quebec, founded, [49];
fall of, [114];
expedition against, [126].
Railroads, [263]-264, [373].
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [42]-47;
Drake carries back to England colony of, [41];
as student, soldier, seaman, [42]-43;
plants colonies in America, [43]-46;
portrait of, [44];
wins favor with Queen Elizabeth, [44];
put to death, [47].
"Raleigh," The, [200].
Rameses II, [447].
"Ranger," The, [196], [197].
"Ranges" of Lake Superior, [422].
Reaper, [272]-274.
Red Cross Society, [355], [410]-412, [431].
Reed, Deborah, wife of Franklin, [149], [151].
Refrigerator cars, [421].
Remus, [464].
Republican party, [289], [320], [344], [348], [351], [370].
Resources and industries of the United States, [416]-423.
Revere, Paul, [172], [174].
"Revolution," The, [403].
Revolution, War of the, [207], [209], [211], [224], [246], [247];
debt of the, [235];
woman's part in the, [400].
Rice, in the South, [104].
Richmond, [325], [326], [327].
Roanoke Island, [44], [45].
Rochambeau, General, [139].
Rocky Mountains, [240], [243].
Rolfe, John, [66], [67].
Rolfe, Thomas, [68].
Rome, [464]-477;
legends and myths of, [464]-466;
threatened with civil war, [466];
taken by Gauls, [466];
conquers all tribes of Italy, [466];
war with Carthage, [466]-469;
conquers many nations, [469];
changed character of, [469]-470;
uprisings in, [470];
conquests under Caesar, [472];
becomes an empire, [473];
establishes a system of laws, [473]-474;
builds famous roads and engineering works, [474];
literature of, [475];
prepares way for spread of Christianity, [475]-476;
conquered by Teutons, [476]-477;
later invasions, [477];
brings Christianity to Germans, [478]-479;
Charlemagne crowned emperor of, [481].
Romulus, [464].
Roosevelt, Theodore, [356], [360]-372;
early life, [360]-363;
as New York assemblyman, [363]-364;
western life, [364]-365;
as Civil Service Commissioner, [365];
as Police Commissioner, [365]-366;
in Spanish-American War, [366];
governor of New York, [366];
as vice-president, succeeds McKinley, [367];
record as president, [368];
as an author, [368]-369;
defeated for reëlection, [370];
explores a Brazilian river, [370]-371;
death, [371].
Rosecrans, General, [335].
"Rough Riders," [366].
Rubicon, [472]-473.
Rumsey, James, [257].
Runnymede, meeting at, [492].
Russia, takes part in World War, [421];
makes peace with Germany, [437].
Sacajawea, statue of, [241].
Sacramento Valley, [287]-288.
"Sage of Monticello," [238].
St. Francis, [290].
St. Gaudens, statue of Lincoln by, [326]-327.
St. John's Church, [163].
St. Joseph River, [109], [110].
St. Lawrence River, French on, [49], [50], [52].
St. Louis, [210], [242].
St. Louis, Fort, [112].
St. Marys, [69].
St. Mihiel, battle of, [439]-440.
Salamis, battle of, [462].
Salem, colony at, [81], [82].
Samoset, [78].
Sampson, Rear Admiral, [357].
San Antonio, [282].
San Diego, mission at, [290]-291;
exposition at, [378].
San Francisco, importance of, [376];
exposition at, [378];
Red Cross relieves suffering caused by earthquake at, [411]-412.
San Jacinto, battle of, [280]-281.
San Juan, [356]-357.
San Salvador, discovered by Columbus, [12].
Santa Ana, General, [280], [281], [282].
"Santa Maria," The, [9].
Santiago, [356]-357.
Savannah, founded, [102];
captured by British, [182].
Saxons, see Anglo-Saxon tribes.
Schley, Commodore, [357].
Schuyler, Philip, [132].
Scott, General, [254].
Seminole Indians, war with the, [252].
"Serapis," The, [197], [198].
Serfs, [445].
Serra, Junipero, [290]-291.
Settlement, see Social Settlement.
Sevier, John, [210]-216, [247];
goes to school at Fredericksburg, [210];
famous Indian fighter, [210];
captain in Washington' regiment, [210];
portrait of, [211];
at siege of Fort Watauga, [211]-212;
Kate Sherrill and, [211]-212;
moves to the Nolichucky, [212];
fights battle of Kings Mountain, [213]-214;
destroys Indian towns, [214];
governor of Tennessee, [215];
dies while working, [215].
Sewing Machine, [274]-276.
Shafter, General, [356].
Shawnee Indians, [216].
Shelby, Colonel, [213].
Sheridan, General, [340].
Sherman, Roger, [232].
Sherrill, Kate, [211]-212.
Sholes, Christopher L., [386]-387.
Silver, [373].
Slavery, in Virginia, [71];
in the South, [229];
Calhoun on question of, [308]-310;
petitions in favor of abolishing, [308];
new view of, [310];
Lincoln's attitude toward, [316], [318];
question of, [320];
destroyed, [326];
Harriet Beecher Stowe's efforts against, [407].
Sloat, Commander, [289].
Smith, John, [61]-66, [77];
portrait of, [61];
as a soldier, [62];
and the Indians, [62]-65;
saved from death by Pocahontas, [64];
returns to Jamestown, [64];
returns to England, [66];
on last visit to America, [66];
meets Pocahontas in England, [67].
Snake River, Lewis and Clark on the, [242].
Social Settlement, Jane Addams and the, [413].
Socrates, [453]-454.
"Soldier's Rest," Morgan's home, [188].
"Sons of Liberty," [162], [168].
South Carolina, and nullification, [253]-254, [308].
South Pass, [243], [285].
Spain, in America, [11]-16, [18]-28;
Englishmen check progress of, [37]-42;
missions of, [290]-292;
war between United States and, [366]-370.
See also Spanish-American War.
Spanish-American War, [366]-370;
Goethals in the, [377];
Clara Barton and the Red Cross in the, [411].
Spanish Armada, The, [42].
Spanish missions, in the Southwest, [290]-292;
in California, [290]-292;
treatment of Indians at, [291]-292;
present condition of, [292].
Sparta, [452], [453], [456], [458], [462].
"Speedwell," The, [73], [74].
Spottsylvania, battle of, [336], [337].
Squanto, friend of Pilgrims, [78], [79], [80].
Stamp Act, [129], [154], [158]-160, [162], [168], [230].
Standish, Miles, [75], [76], [78], [79], [80];
portrait of, [78].
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, [401]-404;
early life of, [401]-402;
portrait of, [401];
calls woman's rights convention, [402];
works with Miss Anthony for suffrage, [403];
death, [404].
Stanton, Henry B., [402], [403].
Starved Rock, [110], [111].
Steamboat, invented by Fulton, [257]-260;
used on all rivers, [260]-261.
Steel, manufacture of, [423].
Stephenson, George, [263].
Steuben, General, [138].
Stewart, Boone's companion, [204].
Stowe, Calvin E., [407].
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, [406]-407;
early life of, [406]-407;
in behalf of freedom for slaves, [407];
writes Uncle Tom's Cabin, [407];
portrait of, [407];
death, [407].
Strait of Magellan, see Magellan.
"Stump speaking," [319].
Stuyvesant, Peter, [87]-91;
in West Indies, [87];
portrait of, [88];
governor of New Amsterdam, [88]-90;
makes strict laws, [88];
disputes with people, [89];
surrenders to English, [90]-91.
Submarine, [395]-397.
Suffrage, Woman, [402], [403]-404, [414].
Sumter, Fort, [323].
Sumter, Thomas, [184].
Superior, iron "ranges" of Lake, [422].
Sutter, Colonel, [288].
Sutter's Fort, [287].
Taft, William Howard, [369]-370;
portrait of, [369].
Tanks, [397].
Tariff, collecting in South Carolina, [297];
protective, [303]-307;
Calhoun and, [307]-308.
Tariff Law, Compromise, [297], [304], [308].
Tarleton, Colonel, sent to capture Morgan, [185]-187;
defeated at battle of the Cowpens, [186]-188;
stories of, [187]-188;
sent to capture Marion, [191].
Tea Tax, [129], [162]-163, [168]-170, [231].
Tecumseh, [249].
Telegraph, invented by Morse, [264]-268;
Marconi invents wireless, [268];
Edison and the, [381]-383.
Telephone, invented by Bell and Gray, [268].
Temperance, see Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Tennessee, [215], [247], [248].
Texas, [279]-283, [310].
Thanksgiving, the first American, [80].
Thermopylae, [462].
Threshing machines, [418].
Ticonderoga, [132].
Tigris River, [448].
Tobacco, chief crop of Virginia planters, [71].
Tonti, comes to America with La Salle, [107];
goes to hunt the Griffin, [109], [110];
at Starved Rock, [111], [113];
in command of Fort St. Louis, [112].
Tories, [169], [190].
Tours, battle of, [479].
Trade routes, old, [2];
Turks destroy, [3].
Trading posts, [56].
Transportation, development of, [373]-374.
"Traveler," Lee's horse, [341].
Travis, Colonel, [279].
Treaty of 1783 (Revolution), [140], [155].
Treaty of Ghent (War of 1812), [306].
Treaty of 1846, [244].
Trenton, [135].
Trojans, [452]-453.
Turkey, [45].
Tyler, President, [314], [320].
Typewriter, [386]-388.
Ulysses, [453].
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," [407].
"Unknown Warrior," burial of, [433].
Union-Pacific Railway, completed, [374].
United States, resources and industries of the, [316]-323.
United States Bank, President Jackson and the, [252]-253.
Vail, Alfred, [265].
Valley Forge, [137], [138].
Van Buren, President, [254].
Vancouver, Fort, [286].
Van Rensselaer, a patroon, [58].
Vernon, Admiral, [116].
Vespucci, Amerigo, [16].
Vicksburg, siege of, [334].
Victoria, Queen, [270].
Vikings, see Northmen.
Villa, [430].
Vincennes, campaign against, [218]-224.
Vinland, visited by Northmen, [1].
Virgil, [475].
Virginia, [60], [130], [163], [166];
named by Queen Elizabeth, [44];
colony planted in, [46];
Charles I gives Baltimore a part of, [69];
slavery introduced into, [71];
life in the colony of, [71];
industries, manners, and customs of, [71]-72;
old days in, [126]-129;
the change in, [141].
Wabash, Clark and his men in the "drowned lands" of the, [221]-222.
War of 1812, heroes of, [244]-254;
Perry in, [244]-245;
Jackson in, [248]-252;
Clay's part in the, [296];
treaty ending, [296];
Webster's part in, [302];
Calhoun's work in, [307].
Warren, General Joseph, [177].
Washington, Augustine, [115].
Washington, George, [114]-145, [153], [166], [173], [180], [182], [184], [234];
birthday and birthplace of, [115];
mother of, [115];
a skilled woodsman, [118];
meets Lord Fairfax, [119];
as a surveyor, [119]-120;
in the wilderness and at Greenway Court, [119]-121;
as a soldier against the French, [121]-123;
builds Fort Necessity, [123];
joins Braddock's army, [123];
visits Boston, [125];
meets Martha Custis, [126];
at Fort Duquesne, [126];
married, [126]-127;
elected to House of Burgesses, [127];
at Mount Vernon, [128]-129;
modesty of, [128], [131];
sent to Continental Congress, [130];
made commander in chief of American armies, [130], [155], [177];
takes command of army, [132];
appoints Schuyler to take command in New York, [132];
outwits Howe, [133];
retreats but fights, [134];
at Trenton, [135]-136;
defeats British at Princeton, [137];
at battle of Brandywine, [137];
at Valley Forge, [137]-138;
at Yorktown, [139]-140;
portrait of, [139];
bids farewell to army and returns to Mount Vernon, [140]-142;
elected first president, [143]-145, [234];
loved by the people, [143];
character of administration of, [144];
reëlected president and refuses third term, [145];
death, [145].
Washington, Lawrence, [116], [117], [121].
Washington, William, [184], [185], [186], [187].
Watauga, Fort, [211], [212].
Watt, James, [258], [259].
Webster, Daniel, [300]-306;
early life of, [300];
best student at Dartmouth, [301];
studies law, [301];
marries, [302];
in Congress, [302];
opposes nullification, [303], [304];
portrait of, [304];
Secretary of State, [304], [306];
supports the Compromise of 1850, [305];
dies at Marshfield, [306].
Wesley, John and Charles, [103].
West, Benjamin, [258].
West, The New, [372]-376.
West Indies, Columbus discovers and explores, [13], [15];
devastated by Drake, [41];
Paul Jones' expedition to, [196].
Wheat, [375], [417]-419.
Whig party, The, [297], [298], [304], [319], [322].
White, John, [45], [46].
Whitehaven, Paul Jones' exploit at, [196].
White Plains, [134].
Whitman, Marcus, missionary, [243], [244].
Whitney, Eli, [226]-229;
in his father's tool shop, [226];
goes to Savannah, [227];
invited to Mulberry Grove, [227];
becomes interested in cotton, [228];
invents cotton gin, [228];
effect of cotton gin invented by, [416].
"Wilderness," fighting in the, [336], [337].
"Wilderness Road," The, [205]-206.
Willard, Frances E., [408]-409;
early life of, [408];
and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, [409];
death, [409];
portrait of, [409].
William and Mary, [90].
William the Conqueror, [488]-489, [490].
Williamsburg, [159], [163], [230].
"Willing," The, [220], [223].
Wilson, Woodrow, [428]-431;
early life, [429];
practises law, [429];
as a teacher, [429];
president of Princeton, [429];
governor of New Jersey, [429]-430;
portrait of, [430];
and Mexico, [430];
dismisses German ambassador, [431];
makes loans to Allies, [431];
at Paris, [442];
tours the United States, [443].
Winslow, Edward, [73].
Winthrop, John, [81]-83, [147].
Wireless telegraphy, [268].
Wolfe, General, [114], [126].
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, [409].
Woman's club, [405]-406.
Woman's rights, [401]-404, [414];
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and, [402];
Susan B. Anthony and, [403]-404;
Julia Ward Howe and, [406].
Woman's Rights Convention, first, [402].
Woman suffrage, [402], [403]-404, [414].
Women of our nation, [400]-416.
Wood, Colonel Leonard, [356].
World's Columbian Exposition, [16].
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, [409].
World War, [371], [424]-443;
support of by the American people, [424]-426;
attitude of United States in early years of, [426]-429, [430]-431;
nations involved in, [426],
naval events of, [427];
United States enters, [431]-432;
size of, [433]-434;
character of, [434]-435;
Russia withdraws from, [437];
crisis of, [437]-439;
American battles in, [439]-441;
Allied victories in, [441];
close of, [442]-443.
Wright, Orville, [390]-394.
Wright, Wilbur, [390]-394.
Wyeth, Nathaniel, [243].
Xerxes, [462].
Yadkin River, Greene crosses, [188];
Boone on the, [203];
Boone returns to home on the, [205].
York, Duke of, [89].
Yorktown, victory at, [139]-140, [189].
Zama, battle of, [469].
Zeppelins, [391].

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