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УКАЗАТЕЛЬ.
(With pronunciation of difficult words.)
The numbers refer to paragraphs.
Admiral (Ad'mi-ral) (note), 7 .
Alamance (Al'a-mance), battle of, 156 .
Alamo (Al'a-mo), battle of, 230 .
Alaska purchased, 240 .
America, Northmen discover (note), 21 .
Columbus discovers, 12 .
Cabot's voyage to, 21 .
name of, given, 26 .
Spaniards settle in, 30 .
English settle in, 33 , 37 .
independence of, declared, 137 .
See United States.
Americans, name of, 133 .
Amerigo (A-ma-ree'go), see Vespucci, 26 .
Apprentice (note), 111 .
Armstrong, Jack, 251 , 255 .
murder trial, 255 .
Arnold, Benedict, 141 .
Atlantic called the "Sea of Darkness," 8 .
crossed by the Northmen (note), 21 .
crossed by Columbus, 8 .
Augustine, St. (Aw'gus-teen'), founded, 30 .
Bacon's war in Virginia, 49 .
Balboa (Bal-bo'ah) discovers the Pacific, 28 .
Baltimore founded, 80 .
in the Revolution, 80 .
Baltimore, Lord, in Newfoundland, 76 .
Maryland granted to, 77 .
power of, 77 .
son of, settles Maryland, 78 .
grants religious liberty in Maryland, 79 .
is persecuted, 80 .
summary of, 81 .
Battle, playing at, 210 .
Battle of Alamance (Al'a-mance), 156 .
Alamo (Al'a-mo), 230 .
Bunker Hill, 134 .
Camden, 212 .
Concord, 134 .
Cowpens, 140 , 210 .
Fort Moultrie, 140 .
Lexington, 134 .
Long Island, 137 .
New Orleans, 217 .
Princeton, 139 .
Saratoga, 139 .
Tippecanoe, 203 .
Trenton, 138 .
Vincennes (Vin-senz'), 167 .
Yorktown, 142 .
Battles of the Civil War, 260 .
with Indians, see Indians and War.
Bees, the, and the "Red-Coats," 208 .
Berkeley, governor of Virginia, 49 .
Black Hawk War, 253 .
"Blazing" trees, 105 .
Boone, Daniel, birth and boyhood of, 146 .
how he could handle a gun, 147 .
his bear tree, 147 .
goes to Kentucky, 148 .
makes the "Wilderness Road," 150 .
builds a fort, 150 .
his daughter stolen by Indians, 151 .
he is captured and adopted by Indians, 152 .
his escape, 153 .
how he used tobacco dust, 153 .
his old age, 154 .
goes to Missouri, 154 .
Kentucky helps him, 154 .
grave of, 154 .
summary of, 155 .
Boston founded, 73 .
name of, 73 .
"Tea Party," 132 .
port of, closed, 133 .
British driven from, 136 , 169 .
Bowie (Bow'e), Colonel, 230 .
Braddock's defeat, 130 .
Bradford, William, caught in trap, 65 .
Bradford, Governor, 65 .
and Canonicus, 70 .
Brewster, Elder, 67 .
British, the name, 133 .
Brookfield burnt by Indians, 90 .
"Brother Jonathan," 241 .
origin of name (note), 241 .
Brush (note), 245 .
Cabot (Cab'ot), John and Sebastian, 21 .
discover continent of America, 21 .
take possession of, for England, 22 .
return to Bristol, 23 .
what they carried back, 24 .
second voyage of, 25 .
how much of America they discovered, 25 .
summary of, 27 .
California, Captain Sutter in, 236 .
gold discovered in, 237 .
effects of discovery of gold, 239 .
acquisition of, 239 .
emigration to, 239 .
Camden, battle of, 212 .
Canal, Erie, opened, 220 .
Candidate (note), 258 .
Canonchet (Ka-non'chet) braves death, 93 .
Canonicus (Ka-non'i-kus) sends challenge to Bradford, 70 .
and Roger Williams, 84 , 85 .
Cape Cod, arrival of Pilgrims at, 64 .
explored by Pilgrims, 65 .
Capitol, the, burned, 204 .
rebuilt, 204 .
Carolina, North, Governor Tryon in, 156 .
battle of Alamance in, 156 .
the Revolution in, 207 .
South, see Charleston.
Carver chosen governor, 64 .
his kindness to the sick, 67 .
makes treaty with Massasoit, 69 .
Catholics cruelly treated in England, 76 .
colony of, in Newfoundland, 76 .
colony of, in Maryland, 77 .
give equal religious rights to Protestants, 78 ,
79 .
persecuted in Maryland, 80 .
first English Church of, in America, 78 .
Charles II. and Penn, 96 , 98 .
Charleston helps Georgia, 104 .
in the Revolution, 140 .
secedes, 259 .
begins the Civil War, 259 .
Chicago, Columbian Exposition at, 264 .
Church, Captain Benjamin, 93 .
Church, the first English Protestant, in America, 39 .
first English Catholic, in America, 78 .
Civil War, the, 259 , 260 .
causes of the, 259 .
battles of the, 260 .
Grant and Lee in the, 260 .
Lincoln in the, 260 .
result of the, 261 .
Clark, George Rogers, birth of (note), 162 .
expedition against Fort Kaskaskia, 162 .
march against, 163 .
takes the fort, 163 .
is helped by a Catholic priest, 164 .
gets Fort Vincennes, 164 .
loses the fort, 164 .
Vigo offers help to, 164 .
marches against Fort Vincennes, 165 .
in the "Drowned Lands," 165 .
wading to victory, 166 .
takes Fort Vincennes, 167 .
results of the victory, 167 .
grave of, 167 .
summary of, 168 .
Clearing (note), 250 .
Coloma (Ko-lo'ma), gold discovered at, 237 .
Colonel (kur'nel) (note), 91 .
Colonies, the thirteen (note), 102 .
Colony (note), 73 .
Columbian Exposition, the, 264 .
Columbus, birth and boyhood of, 1 .
becomes a sailor, 2 .
has a sea-fight, 3 .
goes to Lisbon, 3 .
his maps of the world, 4 .
plan for reaching Indies, 5 .
goes to Spain for help, 7 .
his reception at the convent, 6 .
leaves his son at the convent, 7 .
gets help for his voyage, 7 .
sails from Palos, 8 .
voyage of, 9-11 .
discovers land, 12 .
names it, 13 .
discovers large islands, 15 .
returns to Spain, 16 .
his reception in Spain, 16 .
last voyages of, 17 .
his sorrowful old age, 18 .
sent back to Spain in chains, 18 .
his letter to Ferdinand and Isabella, 18 .
death and burial, 19 .
summary of, 20 .
celebration of his discovery of America, 264 .
Compass, Smith's use of the, 41 .
Roger Williams', 84 .
Washington's use of, 129 .
Concord, battle of, 134 .
Congress, meeting of the first, 100 , 133 .
makes Washington commander-in-chief, 135 .
declares independence, 100 , 137 .
meaning of word (note), 133 , 225 .
votes money for first telegraph lines, 226 .
Convent of St. Mary at Palos, 6 .
Convent (note), 6 .
Cornwallis, Lord, in the Revolution, 137-142 .
his pursuit of Washington, 137 .
and Arnold, 141 .
surrender of, 142 .
Cotton, how it grows, 179 .
seeds of, 179 .
price of, 181 .
effect of cotton-gin on, 181 .
export of, 183 .
size of bales (note), 183 .
Cotton-gin, invention of, 180 .
effect of the, 181 .
Cowpens, battle of, 140 , 210 .
Crockett, David, motto of, 230 .
Declaration of Independence made, 100 , 137 .
written by Jefferson, 186 .
Franklin has part in, 121 .
sent throughout the country, 186 .
De Leon, pronunciation of name (note), 28 .
discovers Florida, 28 .
De Soto, pronunciation of name (note), 28 .
discovers the Mississippi, 29 .
Detroit, Fort, 161 .
Discovery, right of (note), 234 .
"Drowned Lands," the, 165 .
Earthquake, great, of 1811, 198 .
Ebenezer (Eb-e-ne'zer), settlement of, 105 .
name of, 105 .
Electricity, Franklin's experiments in, 118 , 119 .
Eliot, Rev. John, 89 .
Elizabeth, Queen, names Virginia, 33 .
Ellsworth, Miss Annie, 226 , 227 .
Elm, the treaty, at Philadelphia, 99 .
the Washington, at Cambridge, 135 .
Emigrants (note), 33 .
Experiments (note), 118 .
Explorer (note), 2 .
Fable of the Frog (note), 247 .
Fairfax estate, 126 .
Lord, and Washington, 126 .
his land, 127 .
hires Washington to survey, 127 .
death of, 143 .
Father Gibault (Zhe-bo'), 164 .
White, 78 , 80 .
Ferdinand and Isabella, 6 , 7 , 16 .
Flag, first American, 135 .
the British (note), 142
.
torn down at New York, 144 .
U.S., origin of (note), 142 .
carried round the world, 233 .
"Star Spangled Banner" (note), 181 .
of Texas, 230 .
Jasper saves the, 140 .
Flint and steel, 84 .
Florida, discovery of, 28 .
name of (note), 28 .
settlement of, 30 .
Indian war in, 218 .
purchase of, 30 , 218 .
Fort, Boone's, 150 .
Detroit, 161 .
Indian, 93 .
Jamestown, 38 .
Kaskaskia, 161-163 .
Manhattan, 59 .
McHenry (note), 181 .
Moultrie, 140 .
Necessity, 130 .
Plymouth, 70 .
St. Augustine, 30 .
Sutter's, 236 .
Vincennes, 161 , 164-167 .
Fortifications on Dorchester Heights, 169 .
at New Orleans, 217 .
Forts, British, at the West, 161 .
French, at the West, 128 .
Founds (note), 73 .
Fountain, the magic, 28 .
Franklin, Benjamin, boyhood of, 111 .
works for his father, 111 .
is apprenticed to his brother, 111 .
boards himself, 111 .
is badly treated, 111 .
runs away, 112 .
his walk across New Jersey, 112 .
lands in Philadelphia, 113 .
buys some rolls, 113 .
sees Miss Read, 113 .
goes to a Quaker meeting, 113 .
gets work in a printing-office, 114 .
goes to Boston on a visit, 114 .
learns to stoop, 114 .
returns to Philadelphia, 115 .
goes to London, 115 .
called the "Water American," 115 .
returns to Philadelphia, 116 .
sets up a newspaper, 110 , 116 .
his "sawdust pudding," 116 .
his almanac, 110 .
his sayings, 110 .
his plan of life, 117 .
what he did for Philadelphia, 109 , 117 .
experiments with electricity, 118 , 119 .
his electrical picture, 118 .
his electrical kite, 119 .
his discoveries in electricity, 119 .
invents the lightning-rod, 120 .
receives title of Doctor, 120 .
services in the Revolution, 121 .
thinks we must fight with bows and arrows, 136 .
gets help for us from France, 121 .
his funeral, 121 .
counties named for him, 121 .
summary of, 122 .
Friends (or Quakers), religion of, 97 .
persecuted in England, 97 .
go to Pennsylvania, 98 .
friendly relations with the Indians, 99 .
See William Penn.
Fulton, Robert, birth and boyhood of, 193 .
his paddle-wheel scow, 193 .
care of his mother, 193 .
goes to England and France, 194 .
builds iron bridges, 194 .
his diving-boat, 194 .
torpedo experiments in France, 194 .
torpedo experiments in England, 195 .
England's offer of money, 195 .
his reply, 195 .
builds his first steamboat, 196 .
returns to America, 197 .
builds steamboat here, 197 .
trip up the Hudson, 197 .
builds steamboat for the West, 198 .
what he did for Western emigration, 199 .
his grave, 199 .
summary of, 200 .
Gadsden Purchase, the, 240 .
Gage, General, in Boston, 133 , 134 .
his nose, 136 .
leaves Boston, 136 .
Genoa (Jen'o-ah) (note), 1 .
George II. and Georgia, 102 .
George III., resolves to tax Americans, 131 .
sends over taxed tea, 132 .
closes port of Boston, 133 .
hires German soldiers, 134 .
his statue pulled down, 137 .
his character, 161 .
Georgia, name of, 102 .
settlement of, 102 .
Savannah, 104 .
Ebenezer, 105 .
silk raised in, 106 .
keeps out Spaniards, 107 .
in the Revolution, 107 .
summary of, 108 .
Gibault (Zhe-bo'), Father, 164
.
Gin, the cotton, 180 , 181 .
name of (note), 180 .
Goffe, Colonel, at Hadley, 91 , and note in A Short List of Books .
Gold, discovered in California, 237 .
tested by Sutter, 238 .
carried to San Francisco, 239 .
excitement over, 239 .
effect of discovery of, 239 .
Grant, General, 260 .
Gray, Captain, voyage to the Pacific, 233 .
carries American flag around the world, 233 .
names the Columbia River, 234 .
helps us to get Oregon, 234 .
summary of, 235 .
Greene, General (Revolution), 140 , 178 , 212 .
Greene, Mrs. General, 178 , 179 .
Hadley, Indian attack on, 91 .
Goffe at, 91 , and note in A Short List of Books .
Hamilton, Colonel, 161 , 164 .
Hanks, John, and Lincoln, 250 , 257 , 258 .
Harrison, General, birthplace of (note), 203 .
governor of Indiana Territory, 203 .
marches against the Indians, 203 .
gains victory of Tippecanoe, 203 .
beats the British, 204 .
elected President, 204 .
death of, 204 .
summary of, 205 .
Henry, Patrick, speech of, 185 .
sends Clark to take British forts, 162 .
Henry VII., sends Cabot on voyage of discovery, 21 .
claims part of North America, 22 .
Holland, gives Pilgrims a refuge, 62 .
takes possession of the country on the Hudson, 59 .
Houston (Hew'ston), Sam, birthplace of (note), 229 .
in war with Indians, 229 .
governor of Tennessee, 229 .
goes to live with the Indians, 229 .
goes to Texas, 230 .
fights for Texas, 230 .
is made president of Texas, 230 .
in the Civil War, 231 .
death of, 231 .
summary of, 232 .
Howe, General, driven from Boston, 136 .
Hudson, Henry, first voyage of, 52 .
hired by the Dutch, 53 .
sails for America, 53 .
discovers the "Great River," 54 .
what he said about the country, 55 .
voyage up the river, 56 .
is feasted by the Indians, 56 .
what the Indians thought of him, 56 .
has fight with Indians, 57 .
sails for Europe, 58 .
Hudson River is named for him, 58 .
death of, in Hudson Bay, 58 .
what he would think of New York now, 60 .
summary of, 61 .
Hudson River described, 55 , 56 .
named, 58 .
Dutch settle on the, 59 .
Illinois, Clark's conquest of, 162 , 163 .
Independence, see Declaration of Independence.
Indians, Columbus names the, 14 .
described, 13 .
welcome the English, 32 .
of Virginia, 40 .
how they lived, 40 .
and Captain Smith, 41 , 42 .
feast Henry Hudson, 56 .
make treaty with Pilgrims, 69 .
help the Pilgrims, 69 .
challenge Pilgrims to fight, 70 .
Standish's fight with the, 71 .
help the settlers of Maryland, 78 .
Roger Williams defends rights of, 83 .
how they helped Williams, 84 , 85 .
great war with, in N. E., 90-94 .
Penn defends rights of, to land, 98 .
make treaty with Penn, 99 .
friendly to the Quakers, 99 .
war dance of, 127 .
and Daniel Boone, 148-153 .
their tricks and stratagems, 149 .
capture Boone's daughter, 151 .
capture Boone and adopt him, 152 .
in the Revolution, 161 , 167 .
war in Ohio, 172 , 173 .
what they called the steamboat, 198 .
forced to move West, 201 , 218 .
story of the log, "move on," 201 .
victory of Harrison over, 203 .
victory of Jackson over, 216 , 229 .
Sam Houston goes to live with the, 229 .
move west of the Mississippi, 218 .
See Canonchet, Canonicus, Black Hawk, King Philip, Massasoit, Pocahontas, Powhatan, Samoset, Squanto, Tecumseh, "The Prophet," Wamsutta, Weathersford.
Indian treaty with Pilgrims, 69 .
with Penn, 99 .
Indian wars, King Philip's War, 90-94 .
in Kentucky, 148 .
at the West, in the Revolution, 161 .
in Ohio,
172 , 173 .
in Illinois, 253 .
in Indiana, 203 .
in Alabama, 215 , 216 .
in Florida, 218 .
Black Hawk War, 253 .
Jackson, Andrew, birth and boyhood of, 206 .
and the gun, 206 .
and Tarleton, 207 .
his mother, 207 .
his hatred of the British, 208 .
dangers exposed to, 209 .
taken prisoner, 211 .
and the boots, 211 .
sees a battle through a knot-hole, 212 .
death of his mother, 213 .
what he said of her, 213 .
begins to learn a trade, 214 .
studies law, 214 .
goes to Tennessee, 214 .
becomes judge, 214 .
becomes general, 214 .
fights the Indians, 216 .
interview with Weathersford, 216 .
wins the great battle of New Orleans, 217 .
conquers Indians in Florida, 218 .
elected President, 218 .
four steps in life of, 218 .
summary of, 219 .
James I., Jamestown named for, 38 .
denies religious liberty to his subjects, 62 , 73 .
Jamestown settled, 38 .
burned, 49 .
Jasper, Sergeant, how he saved the flag, 140 .
Jefferson, Thomas, birth of, 184 .
home at Monticello, 184 .
beloved by his slaves, 184 .
desires to free, 184 .
hears Patrick Henry speak, 185 .
writes Declaration of Independence, 186 .
elected President, 187 .
what he said about New Orleans and Louisiana, 187 .
buys Louisiana, 188 .
his death, 189 .
inscription on his tombstone, 189 .
summary of, 190 .
"Jonathan, Brother," 241 .
origin of name (note), 241 .
Jury trial, first in America, 39 .
Jury (note), 39 .
Kaskaskia (Kas-kas'ki-a) Fort, 161-163 .
King Philip, son of Massasoit, 87 .
becomes chief, 88 .
how he dressed and lived, 88 .
his hatred of the whites, 88 .
determines to make war 89 .
Indians attack Swansea, 90 .
attack other towns, 90 .
burn Brookfield, 90 .
attack Hadley 91 .
bravery shown by a woman 92 .
the great swamp fight, 93 .
Canonchet taken, 93 .
Philip's wife and son taken, 94 .
wife and son sold into slavery, 94 .
Philip shot, 94 .
destruction caused by the war, 94 .
cost of the war, 94 .
Indian power broken, 94 .
summary of, 95 .
Lafayette (Lah-fay-et'), helps us in the Revolution, 141 .
pursues Cornwallis, 141 .
at the tomb of Washington, 144 .
Land acquired by the United States, see Territory and United States.
Lee, General, in the Civil War, 260 .
Legislature (note), 257 .
Lexington, battle of, 134 .
Leyden (Li'den), Holland, 62 .
Leyden jar, 118 , 119 .
Liberty, religious, in Maryland, 78-80 .
religious, in Rhode Island, 85 .
religious, none formerly in England, 62 ,
76 , 97 .
Liberty, Sons of, in the Revolution, 60 .
Liberty, statue of, 60 .
Lincoln, Abraham, birth and boyhood of, 244 .
how he lived, 244 , 245 .
death of his mother, 246 .
what he said of her, 246 .
what his step-mother said of him, 246 .
at school, 247 .
teaches himself at home, 247 .
what he read, 247 .
how he used the fire-shovel, 247 .
description of, at seventeen, 248 .
his strength, 248 .
goes to New Orleans, 249 .
moves to Illinois, 250 .
splits rails, 250 .
hunting frolics, 250 .
tends store at New Salem, 251 .
is attacked by Jack Armstrong, 251 .
his faithfulness in little things, 252 .
called "Honest Abe," 243 , 252 .
in the Black Hawk War, 253 .
becomes postmaster and surveyor, 254 .
studies law, 254 .
begins to practise law, 254 .
respected by all men, 254 .
in Armstrong murder trial, 255
.
how he saved the pig, 256 .
goes to the Legislature, 257 .
goes to Congress, 243 , 257 .
chosen candidate for President, 258 .
elected President, 258 .
his election brings on the Civil War, 259 .
emancipates the slaves, 260 .
murdered by Booth, 261 .
grief of the nation at his death, 261 .
summary of, 262 .
Louisiana, purchase of, 188 .
original extent of, 188 .
Major (note), 128 .
Manhattan Island, 54 , 59 , 60 .
Marietta, Ohio, settled, 170 .
name of, 171 .
what Washington said of, 171 .
and the Indians, 172 .
summary of, 174 .
Marshall finds gold in California, 237 .
his poverty, 239 .
Maryland, name of, 77 .
granted to Lord Baltimore, 77 .
rent of, 77 .
settlement of, 78 .
first Catholic church in America in, 78 .
home of religious liberty, 79 .
trouble with Virginia, 80 .
Catholics of, badly treated, 80 .
Baltimore city founded, 80 .
in the Revolution, 80 .
summary of, 81 .
Massachusetts, name of, 73 .
settlement of, 73 .
in the Revolution, 74 .
Massasoit (Mas-sa-soit'), makes treaty with the Pilgrims, 69 .
kindness of, to Roger Williams, 84 .
King Philip, his son, 87 .
Mayflower , voyage of the, 64 , 66 , 73 .
Ohio boat so named, 170 .
Messages (note), 220 .
Mexico, war with, 239 .
territory obtained from, 239 .
Miami (Mi-am'i), Ohio, 172 .