map, 247 map; ceded to the United | Quincy (kwin'zi), Josiah, defends the sol States, 244.
Portsmouth (pōrts'muth), N. H., settled,
72; location, 62 map.
Portugal (pōr'tū-gal), refuses to aid Co- lumbus, 3; tries to prevent his voyage, 7; refuses to aid Magellan, 17. Postrider, a, picture, 130; days of, in the far West, 233.
Powder house near Boston, picture, 141. Powhatan (pow-hå-tăn′), releases John Smith, 46; sends representatives to England with Pocahontas, 49. President of the United States, how chosen, 170; power of, 171; succession in case of his death, settled, 236. Princeton (prins' ton), location, 151 map; battle of, 154.
Printing, in the colonies, 104, 130-132, 136. Printz (prints), Governor, of New Sweden, 94, 95.
Providence (prov'i-dens), location, 62 map; founded, 75.
Puritans (pur'i-tanz), who they were, 52; decide to found a colony in America, 61; have trouble with the king in Eng- land, 62; found Boston, 62, 63; their virtues and faults, 64; drive out Roger Williams, 65; and the Quakers, 67, 68. Putnam (put nåm), Israel (îz'rā-ĕl), hurries to Boston, 142; at Bunker Hill, 145.
QUAKER (kwa'kêr) dress, picture, 67; por- trait of a, 100.
Quakers, trouble with, in Massachusetts,
67; expelled, 68; buy New Jersey, 98; their advanced ideas, 100; Penn gets Pennsylvania for, 101; pay the Indians for their land, 103; views on education contrasted with those of the Puritans, 104.
Quebec (kwē-běk'), Champlain's picture of, 114; named by him, 115; location, 119 map; fortress of, picture, 126; at- tacked by Wolfe, 126; captured by the English, 127; Arnold's expedition to,
diers concerned in the Boston Massa- cre, 137.
RAILROADS, introduction of, 191. Raleigh (ra'li), Sir Walter, and Queen Elizabeth, 26; birthplace of, 26; colo- nies of, 29, 30; imprisoned by James I, 31; gives up his claim on Virginia, 42. Randolph, Peyton, president of the first Continental Congress, 140.
Region about Fort Duquesne, map, 124. Region of Burgoyne's invasion, map, 158. Reina Mercedes (Spanish, rā-ē ́nä mār- tha'dās), wreck of the, picture, 244. Revere, Paul, his ride, 141. Revolutionary dance, picture, 160. Revolutionary War, causes, 133–140; first two years, 141-153; latter part of the 154-168.
Rhode Island, beginnings of, at Provi- dence, 75; on Rhode Island, 76; obtains a charter, 76, 77.
Rice, picture of, 111; staple product of South Carolina, 111.
Richmond (rich'mond), chosen capital of the Confederacy, 210; McClellan's ad- vance on, 216; location, 216 map; Grant's advance on, 222, 223; Confederate cap- itol in, picture, 223; captured by Grant, 226.
Rio Grande (Spanish, rē ́ō grän'dā), quar
rel over boundary along, 201; campaigns on, 202; location, 202 map. Roanoke (rō-a-nōk') Island, first colony on, 29; second, 29, 30; colony disap- pears, 30; location, 43 map, 109 map; search for colony required by the Lon- don Company, 47.
Rolfe, John, marries Pocahontas, 48. Roosevelt (rō'zė-vělt), Theodore, charac- ter of, 243; leads the Rough Riders, 243; becomes president, 245. Rough Riders, the, 243; picture of one, 243.
Saint Lawrence (la'rēns) River, explored by Cartier, 21; valley of, claimed by France, 24.
Saint Mary's, Md., location, 102 map; first settlement in Maryland, 106. Salem, Mass., founded, 61; location, 62 map; first meeting-house in, picture, 74.
the Shenandoah Valley, 223; his ride, 223.
Sherman (sher'mån), General, at Vicks- burg, 220; his march to the sea, 224; marches northward through the Caro- linas, 226.
Sherman's route to the sea, map, 223. Silkworm, picture of, 25.
Samoset, welcomes the English at Plym- Sitka (sit' kå), Alaska, picture, 231.
San Francisco (frăn-sis'kō) in 1849, pic- ture, 203.
San Salvador (sän säl-vä-dōr'), where Co- lumbus landed, 9.
Santa Maria (Spanish, sän ́tä mä-rē ́ä), one of Columbus's ships, 7; picture of, 8. Santiago de Cuba (Spanish, sän-tē-ä'gō dā kōo'bä), Spanish fleet at, 242; Amer- ican troops sent there, 243; location, 243 map; battle of, 244. Saratoga (săr-å-to'gå), location, 158 map; Burgoyne's surrender at, 159. Sassafras (sas'så-frăs), 33; picture, 32. Savannah (så-văn'å), location, 109 map, 165 map, 211 map; founded, 112; in 1741, picture, 112; taken by Sherman, 224. Scalplock, the, 39.
Scene of Civil War near Washington and Richmond, map, 216.
Schenectady (skē-něk ́tȧ-dí), location, 119 map; attacked by French and In- dians, 119, 120.
Scott, General Winfield, his success in Mexico, 202; commands at the begin- ning of the Civil War, 210.
Sea of Darkness, old idea of, 1; six- teenth century picture of, 1.
Seat of Revolutionary War in the South, тар, 165.
Secession of Southern States, 206. Seminole (sem ́i-nōl) War, 183, 184. Separatists, who they were, 52. Serapis (se-ra' pis), battle with the Bon Homme Richard, 163; picture of, 164. Shenandoah (shĕn-ån-dō'à) Valley, Gen- eral Early in, 223; General Sheridan's devastation of, 223.
Slavery, introduced into America, 51; in the colonies, 129; effect of the cotton- gin on, 173; questions on, begin to arise, 186; the Missouri Compromise, 187; increasing antagonism to, 195, 196; con- sidered in the admission of Texas, 199; the compromise of 1850, 204; the Dred Scott Decision, 205.
Slaves at work, picking cotton, picture,
173; declared contraband of war, 217. Smith, Captain John, picture of, 44; early
career, 45; saved by Pocahontas, 46; activity as governor of Virginia, 46, 47; returns to England, 48; sails for Gorges and is captured by the French, 71, 72. South Carolina (kǎr-ō-li'nå), first settled at Charleston, 109, 110; Huguenot em- igration to, 110; laws of, 110; industries of, 111; separated from North Carolina,
Spain, Columbus received in, 4; his re- ception in, after his voyage, 10, 11; sends out Magellan, 17; derives wealth from Mexico and South America, 20; her claims in North America, 24; her armada defeated, 30; war of the United States with, 242–244.
Spanish gentleman of the armada period, picture, 31.
Spanish helmet, picture, 16.
Spanish treasure seeker, picture, 25.
Spanish treasure ships, picture, 29. "Spoils system," introduced by Jackson, 192.
Squanto (skwǎn'tō), aids the Pilgrims, 57; kidnapping of, 70, 71.
"Squatter sovereignty," 205. Squaw, picture of, 35; her duties, 35. Sheridan (sher'ĭ-dån), Philip, devastates Stage, early American, picture, 132.
Stage-coach, picture of, 188. Stamp Act, what it was, 134; passed, 135; opposition of the colonies, 136; repealed, 136; stamp to be used under the, pic- ture, 134.
Texas (těks'ås), frees herself from Mex- ico, 198; seal of, picture, 198; admitted to the Union, 199.
Thomas, General, the Rock of Chicka- mauga, 221.
Stamp tax levied by the United States, Ticonderoga (ti-kon-dé-rō'gå), Fort, cap- 134, 248.
Standish, Miles, in the Pilgrims' exploring party, 55; his sword, picture, 57; leads the Pilgrim forces, 59; his army, picture, 60.
"Star-Spangled Banner, The," written, 181.
tured by Ethan Allen, 143; recaptured by Burgoyne, 158; location, 158 map. Tinder box, picture, 86.
Tippecanoe (tip-é-kå-nōō'), 197.
Tobacco, picture of, 28; culture of, begun in Virginia by John Rolfe, 48; culture of, in Maryland, 107.
Town meeting, begun at Plymouth, 59; held in Boston, 66.
Transportation in 1825, 189.
Stark, Colonel John, beats Burgoyne's Toronto (tō-rõn'tō), burning of, 180. men at Bennington, 158. "Starving time" in Virginia, 48. Stephenson (stē'vėn-son), George, inventor of the steam locomotive, 191. Steuben (stū ben or, German, stoi'ben), Baron von, drills the American army, 161; portrait of, 161. Stone axe, picture of, 35. Stowe (sto), Mrs., 204.
Strand, the, now Whitehall Street, New York, in 1673, picture, 95. Stuyvesant (sti ve-sȧnt), Governor, last of the Dutch governors of New Amster- dam, 92; conquers New Sweden, 94, 95; resolved to oppose the English, 95, 96; tears up Nicolls's letter, picture, 96; forced to yield, 97; his "Bowery House," picture, 98. Sugar-cane, picture, 236.
Sumter (sum'ter), Thomas, his guerrilla
warfare in South Carolina, 165. Supreme Court, how made up, 171. Swedes, settle in Delaware, 94; conquered by the Dutch, 94, 95.
TARIFF, protective, 238; reciprocity in, 238; reduction of, 248. Taylor, General Zachary, his success in the Mexican War, 202; president, 203. Tea, tax imposed on, in the colonies, 137; sent to America, 138; the Boston Tea
Telegraph, invented, 199; picture of a sounder, 199.
Traveling, in America before the Revolu- tion, 132; in 1825, 189. Treasury Building, Washington, picture of, 234.
Trent affair, the, 212.
Trenton (tren'ton), N.J., location, 151 map; battle of, 152.
Turks, cut off trade with the East, 3; John Smith and the, 45.
Tyler (tī'lėr), John, made vice-president. 197; becomes president, 198. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, 204. Union Pacific Railroad finished, 232. Union soldier, picture, 210.
Union soldiers sharing their rations with Confederates after Lee's surrender, pic- ture, 227.
United States, declared free, 149; finan- cial troubles after the Revolution, 169; Hamilton's suggestions for the payment of debts of, 171; trouble with France, 173; suppresses Barbary pirates, 174; buys Louisiana, 275; War of 1812, 176- 181; westward growth, 183-196; troubles over slavery, 197-207; the Civil War, 208-228; recent events in, 229-250. United States and its possessions, the, map,
VALLEY FORGE, location, 151 map; win- ter at, 160.
Van Buren (văn bū ́rēn), Martin, events | Watling's (wot'lingz) Island, Columbus's during his presidency, 194–196.
Vera Cruz (vě ́rä krōoz), 202; location, 202 map; held by United States, 249. Vespucius (věs-pū'shus), Americus (a- měr'i-kus),sails along South America,15. Vicksburg (viks bûrg), location, 211 map; capture of,.220. Vincennes (vin-senz'), captured by the Americans, 162.
Virginia, derivation of name, 28; granted to Raleigh, 28, 29; taken over by the London and Plymouth companies, 42; colonists sent to, 43; "starving time in, 48; culture of tobacco begun, 48; women sent to, 49; House of Burgesses, 50; slavery introduced, 51; Bacon's re- bellion, 51; patriotic uprising, 135, 139. Virginia Indian, picture of, 46.
WALL STREET, why so named, 92. Wampum (wam'păm), 39; picture of, 40. War dance, picture of an Indian warrior's,
War of 1812, causes of, 176; events of, 177-181; close of, 181.
Warship's gun-deck, picture, 176. Washington (wosh'ing-ton), George, sent to Fort Duquesne with a message, 123; his experience with Braddock, 124; made commander-in-chief of the Conti- nental Army, 143, 144; takes command of the army in Cambridge, 145; his cares, 146; urged to attack Boston, 147; drives the British from Boston, 148; refuses to receive a letter not addressed to the commander-in-chief, 150; driven from New York, 151; crossing the Del- aware, picture, 152; beats the Hessians at Trenton, 152; eludes Cornwallis at Princeton, 154; winters at Morristown, 154; portrait of, 155; accepts no salary, 156; the "American Fabius," 157; con- spiracy against, 160; at the surrender of Cornwallis, 167; resigning commission, picture, 169; elected president, 171; inauguration of, picture, 171; dies, 174. Washington, city of, burned by the Brit- ish, 180; location, 216 map.
supposed landing-place, 9, 10; location, 9 мар.
Weapons the Indians used, 38. Webster, Daniel, opposes nullification, 193; making his famous speech, picture, 193; votes for the compromise of 1850, 204.
West Indies, map, 243.
Wethersfield (wĕth'êrz-fēld), Conn., found- ed, 79; location, 80 map. White, Peregrine, 56.
Whitehall Street, New York, in 1673, pic- ture, 95.
White House, picture, 229. Whitney, Eli, invents the cotton-gin, 172, 173.
'Wigwam Church," 106. Wilderness, battle of, 222. Willamette River, 201.
Williams, Roger, driven out of Massachu- setts, 65; flees from Salem, 74; founds Providence, 75; statue of, picture, 76; character of, 77; prevents Canonicus from joining the Pequots, 80.
Wilson, Woodrow, presidency of, 247-250. Windsor (win'zor), Conn., founded, 79; location, 80 map.
Winthrop (win'throp), John, comes to New England, 62, 63; arrival of his colony in Boston, picture, 63; his character, 64; cup given by, to the first church, pic- ture, 64; warns Roger Williams, 65, 74; goes to New York with Richard Nicolls, 96.
Witchcraft delusion in Massachusetts, 69. Wolfe (woolf), General, commands Eng-
lish forces at Quebec, 126; killed, 127. Wolpi, pueblo of, picture, 34. Wool spinning wheel, picture, 87. Writs of Assistance, 134.
YALE COLLEGE, founded, 82; house where it was founded, picture, 82. York, Duke of, obtains New York, 97; gives New Jersey to Berkeley and Car- teret, 97. Yorktown, Va., location, 165 map; cap- ture of Cornwallis at, 167.
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