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Bacon, Nathaniel, Jr., 180.
Bacourt, M., 423.

Bagot, Sir Charles, 396.

Bahia, alleged column at, 42.

Balboa. (See Nuñez, Vasco.)

British Yoke, the, 216.
Bromfield, Henry, 349.
Brooks, Rev. C. T., 43.

Brooks, C. W., 24.

Browne, Sir Thomas, 227.

Baltimore, Cecil, Lord, portrait of, 166; also, Bryant, W. C., 190, 400.

170, 198.

Baltimore, George, Lord, 165.

Baltimore founded, 165; "horrors of," 372.

Bancroft, George, 28, 46, 109, 225, 272.
Bancroft, H. H., 4.

Bandelier, A. F., 5, 8, 13.

Bank, U. S., 350, 452, 453.

Barclay, Robert, 204.

Barker, Jacob, 376.

Barlow, Arthur, 97, 398.

Barton, Mrs. (See Livingston, Cora.)

Basque fishermen, 120.
Beamish, C. C., 42.

Beaujour, Chevalier de, 325.

Becher, Captain, 62.

Behring Strait, width of, 24.

Belknap, Dr. Jeremy, quoted, 190.

Berkeley, Governor William, 179, 201.

Bernaldez, Andres, 123.

Bimini, island of, 71.

Bingham, Mrs., portrait, 323.

Bingham, William, 424.

Birkbeck, Captain Morris, 414.

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Black Sally," 347.

Blaxton, William, 202.

Block, Adrian, 152.

Bombazen, an Indian chief, 174.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, Federalist sermon against,
370; his decrees, 355, 365; also, 379.
Boone, Daniel, 421.

Boston, settlement of, 162; evacuation of, 260.
Bourbourg, Brasseur de, 18, 19.
Bowdoin, Governor James, 313.

Bowling-alley built by a clergyman, 195.
Braddock, General Edward, 189.

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Cabeza de Vaca. (See Nuñez, Alvar.)
Cabinet of Washington, 312.

Cabot, George, 372.

Cabot, J. E., 41, 49.

Cabot, John, 77, 80, 81, 82.

Cabot, Sebastian, 64, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83.

Cabot, Zuan (John), 81.

Cabots, the, 78, 104, 120.

Cacafuego, the, captured by Drake, 94.

Calhoun, John C., portrait of, 425; his opin-
ions, 398, 402; Vice - president, 423, 441,
449; quoted, 450.

Calhoun, Miss, 423.
Calhoun, Mrs., 448.

California visited by Drake, 96.

Calvert, Cecil (Lord Baltimore), portrait of, 166.
Calvert, George (Lord Baltimore), 165.
Calvert, Governor Leonard, 165.

Cambridge, Mass., settled, 162; "Tory Row"
in, 238.

Canada, derivation of word, III; attacks on,
186; invasions of, 263, 372; surrender of, by
France, 191, 241; influence of this surrender,
227.

Bradford, Governor William, 152, 155, 158, 195. Canals, introduction of, 420.

Candidates, nomination of, 429.

Bradley, Thomas, 82.

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Carver, Jonathan, 158.

Castin, St., 183.
Cathay, III.

Catholic and Huguenot clergy (figured), 121.
Cavendish, Thomas, 102; his portrait, 102;
his capture of the Santa Anna (figured),
103.

Chaac-Mol, statue of (figured), 20, 21.
Champigny, M., 184.

Champlain, Samuel de, 16; portrait of, 127;
his journals, 128; his residence (figured),
130; his musketry (figured), 132; his cam-
paign with the Iroquois, 134; also, 141, 143,
151, 172, 181, 183, 210. .
Champlin, Miss, 290.
Charlemagne, Emperor, 29.
Charles I., 147.

Charles II., 178, 212, 213, 217.
Charlesfort, near Beaufort, S. C., 116.
Charleston, S. C., 263.

Charlestown, Mass., settled, 162.
Charlevoix, P. F. X., 182.

Charlotte, Queen, 339.

Charter of Virginia, 141; of Maryland, 165;
of Connecticut, 219; of Massachusetts, 221;
colonial charters annulled, 222.
Chastellux, Marquis de, 324, 325.
Chatham, Earl of, 229, 288.
Chesapeake, the, 356.

Chesterton, England, mill at, 43.

Chicago, Ill., 388, 413, 415.

Chichen-Itza, 21.

Choiseul, Duc de, 241.

Cholula, pyramid of, 13.

Chopunish Indians, II.

Christiana, Del., foundation of, 167.

Christina, Queen, 167.

Christopher, St., 59.

Church, Captain Benjamin, 173, 178.
Cicero, 195.

Cincinnati, O., 388.

Circleville, O., 15.

Clinton, Sir Henry, 253.
Cobbett, William, 366.

Colden, Governor Cadwallader, 181.
Coleridge, S. T., 73.
Collingwood, Lord, 366.

Colonies, French Protestant, 115, 116, 118, 120;
Lane's, Grenville's, White's, 138; Gosnold's,
140; Popham's, 141, 154; Virginia, 141, 146;
Dutch, 151; Plymouth, 153; Massachusetts,
161; Connecticut, 164; in 1630, 165, 168;
in 1650, 165; Calvert's, 165; Swedish, 167;
Penn's, 213; in 1700, 213; union of, 222.
Columbus, Christopher, his voyage as compared
with that of the Northmen, 51; his training,
52; portrait of, 53; his reasonings, 54; his
voyage, 55; his delusions, 56; his vision (fig-
ured, from De Bry), 57; his landing (figured,
after Turner), 61; landfall, 62; his treatment
of natives, 63; his influence on the Cabots,
78; also, 64, 65, 66, 70, 74, 76, 82, 85, 109,
123.

Columbus, Ferdinand, 55.

Commerce, Jefferson's opposition to, 358, 373;
ruin of American, 355, 373.
Commissioners, Royal, in Boston, 217.
Comogre, 69.

Conant, Roger, 161.

Confederacy, New England, 222.

Confederation, experiments at, 222; formation
and failure, 295.

Congress, Continental, a single house, 296;
manners in, 365; records of, 265; early
resolutions, 267; discussions in, 268, 272,
273.

Connecticut colonies, 164; education in, 201;
witchcraft in, 207; charter of, 219; Conti-
nental troops in, 292.

Constellation, the frigate, 342.

Constitution, discussion and formation of, 304.
Constitution and Guerrière, battle of, 374.
Continental Congress. (See Congress.)
Cooper, J. Fenimore, 400, 421.

Circumnavigation of globe by Drake, 96; by Copper-mines, early Indian, 130.

Cavendish, 101.

Civil offices, tenure of service in, 402; appoint-
ments to, 442; also, 321, 322, 350, 429.
Clark, General William, 350.
Clavigero, Francisco, II.

Clay, Henry, portrait of, 391; candidate for
Presidency, 427, 428, 451; quotation from,
438; compromise tariff of, 450; also, 362,
365, 390, 393, 398, 439, 440.
Clinton, De Witt, 374, 420.
Clinton, George, 355, 358.

Cornwallis, Earl of, 285, 291.

Coronado, Francisco de, 10.

Cortez, Hernando de, 9, 10, 11, 17, 72, 73.
Costume, changes of, 348.

Coverley, Sir Roger de, an American, 348.
Crawford, William H., 389, 398, 402, 427, 428,
439, 442.

Creasy, Sir Edward, 287.
Creek Indians, 12.
Croatoan, 139.
Cromwell, Oliver, 216.

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Duny, Anne, 207.
Dustin, Hannah, 173.

Dutch in America, the, 151, 168, 211.
Dutch West India Company, 152.
Dwight, Rev. Timothy, 398.

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Eastward, Ho!" quoted, 146.
Eaton, Mrs., 448.

Education in the colonies, 201.

Edwards, Dr. Enoch, 281.

El Dorado, 105.

Elephant Mound, the, 26.

Elephant Pipe, the, 26.

Eliot, Rev. John, 126, 194, 195, 253.

Elizabeth, Queen, Raleigh's tribute to, 107;

also, 84, 88, 90, 96, 107.

Ellery, William, quoted, 282; also, 284, 306.
Ellis, Dr. George E., quoted, 126, 171, 174.

Embargo, the, 356; Bryant's poem against it,
356.

Emerson, R. W., quoted, 384.

Emerson, Rev. William, quoted, 257.

Endicott, John, portrait of, 161; also, 162, 164,
195, 218.

England. (See Great Britain.)

English nation, an, predicted by Raleigh, 137.

Delaware settled, 167; connection with Penn- Englishmen in America, second generation of,

sylvania, 213, 225.

Delft Haven, 154.

Democratic party, first called Republican, 336;

triumph of, 343; material of, 351; long in
power, 360; change in doctrines, 380.

192.

Erik the Red, 36, 41.
Eskimo, 23.

Eustis, Dr. William, 247.

Everett, Edward, 399, 400, 401.

Dennie, T. G., his Portfolio, 343; attack on Everett, Dr. William, quoted, 48.

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Dickinson, John, quoted, 226; speech of, 271; Federalists, their inconsistency, 369; their de-

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Florida, mounds of, 15; origin of name of, 71; | Goodrich, S. G., cited, 400.

purchase of, 390.

Floyd, John, 451.

Gorges, Sir F., 141, 143.

Gorton, Samuel, 199.

Forrest, Mrs., 149.

Fort Caroline, Florida, 116, 117.

Fort Moultrie, defence of, 263.

Foster, J. W., cited, 14.

Fountain of Youth, search for the, 70.
Fox, Captain, 62.

Fox, Charles James, 288.

France, policy of, towards Indians, 124, 132;
discoveries of, 182; activity of, 189; claims
surrendered, 191; first treaty with, 287; army
of, in America, 289; influence of, on Amer-
ica, 328, 333; X, Y, Z negotiations, 341.
Francis I., 109.

Franklin, Benjamin, quoted, 241, 279, 304; let-

ter to, 294; his political theory, 305; also,
224, 265, 268, 270, 274, 275, 287, 298, 305.
Franks, Rebecca, 323, 324.

Freedom, religious, in Rhode Island and Mary-
land, 199.

French and Indian wars, 132.

French Revolution: influence upon Americans,
328, 329; influence on party lines, 333.
Freneau, Philip, 329, 398.

Freydis, a Norse woman, 40.

Frobisher, Captain Martin, 97, 98.

Frontenac, Comte de, 124, 184.

Frost, Mr., 234.

Gosnold, Bartholomew, 140, 146, 148, 154.
Gougou, an Indian monster, 131, 210.

Gourgues, Dominique de (figured), 120; also,

119.

Gouverneur, Mrs., 395.

Governor Shirley's War, 187.
Grant, Mrs., of Laggan, 238.
Gravier, M., 49.
Gray, Dr. Asa, 24.

Great Britain: explorations from, 76; seamen
of, 84; wars of, with Spain, 88; claims of
discovery, 97; early colonies of, 138; wars
with France, 169; with Indians, 172; love
of colonists for, 216; love changed into ha-
tred, 217; aggressions of, 217; official igno-
rance in, 223; feeling in, towards colonies,
223; outbreak of war, 241; peace negotia-
tions with, 292; Jay's treaty with, 331; new
aggressions of, 355; second war with, 360;
treaty of Ghent with, 378.
Greene, George W., 109.

Greene, General Nathaniel, 284, 291.
Greenland, 36, 46, 48, 50, 51.

Grenville, Sir Richard, 138.

Grimalfson, Bjarni, 31.

Griswold, R. W., 324.

Grundy, Lewis, 362, 365.

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George III., King, 288.

Hale, Sir Matthew, quoted, 207.

Hall, Bishop, quoted, 153, 207.

Halleck, F. G., quoted, 394.

Hallowell, R. C., 204.

Georgia, mounds of, 15; settlement of, 233; Hamilton, Alexander, financial achievements

Continental troops of, 292.

Germantown, Pa., battle of, 286.

Gerry, Elbridge, 279, 299, 304, 321, 374.
Gilbert, Raleigh, 142.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 97.

Gilman, D. C., cited, 389, 403.
Gleig, Rev. G. R., 361.

Globe of Schoner (figured), 67.
Gomara, F. L. de, 11, 82.
Goodrich, A., 64.

Goodrich, James, speech of, 388.

of, 320; quoted, 331; quarrel with Adams,
343; death of, 355; also, 312, 316, 319, 326,
330, 333, 340, 342, 343, 350, 355, 361, 382.
Hamilton, Mrs., 312.

Hancock, John, quoted, 279; letter to, 285;
also, 254, 259, 277.
Hannibal, 70.

Harold, King, 30, 34.

Harris, Captain, 254.

Harrison, Benjamin, quoted, 279.
Harrison, General W. H., 375.

Harrisse, H., 62.

Hartford Convention, the, 372.

Hartop, Job, 104, 143.
Harvard, Rev. John, 194.
Haven, S. F., quoted, 22.
Hawkes, Henry, 105.

Hawkins, Sir John, portrait of, 86; arms of,
88; also, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 96, 103, 104,

118.

Hawthorne, N., quoted, 192; also, 187, 400.
Hay, Mrs., 395.

Hazard, Isaac Peace, 237.
Hazard, Robert, 237.

Heath, General Benjamin, 249.
"Heimskringla," the, quoted, 30.
Helluland, 38, 50.

Henrietta Maria, Queen, 165.
Henry IV. (of France), 128.
Henry VI. (of England), 88.

Henry VII. (of England), 78, 80, 81, 84.
Henry, Miss, 422.

Henry, Patrick, 229, 231, 298, 300, 304.
Heriulf, 37.

Herrera, T. A., quoted, 58, 59, 60, 61, 72.
Higginson, Rev. Francis, quoted, 162, 163, 197;
also, 195.

Hochelaga (Montreal), III, 112.
Hodenosote (Iroquois house), 12, 14.
Holst, Dr. Von, 299.
Homer, 194, 195.

Hooke, Rev. William, quoted, 216, 231.

Hooker, Rev. Thomas, quoted, 220; also, 195.
Hóp, 39, 48.

Hopkins, Stephen, 227.
Hopkinson, Francis, 266.
Horace, 194.

Howe, Sir William, 253, 256, 281, 282, 285.
Howell, James, 48, 207.

Howells, W. D., 349.

Hubbard, Rev. William, 176.

Hudson, Henry, 143, 151, 152.

Huguenot colonies, French, 115, 116, 118, 120.
Hull, Commodore Isaac, 398.

Hull, General William, 374.

Humboldt, Alexander von, 58, 62.

Humphreys, David, 398.

Hundred Years' War, the, 169.

Hutchinson, Mrs. Anne, 199.

also, 162, 259.

I.

Ignorance of English officials, 223.

Illinois admitted as a State, 393; unsettled,
407, 416; settled, 417.

Impressment of seamen (figured), 367.
Independence, American, early feeling about,
266, 267; dawning of, 241; war for, 242; sec-
ond war for, 360. (See Revolutionary War.)
Indiana admitted as a State, 393; unsettled,
416; settled, 417.

Indians, American, families of, 4; mounds
built by, 16; inscriptions made by (figured),
44, 46; ill-treatment of, 109; of Florida (fig-
ured), 117, 118; their superstitions, 131; their
warfare (figured), 134; found gentle by first
explorers, 169; how treated by English, 170,
178; by French and Spanish, 122, 182; by
Dutch, 180; purchases from, 170; sentiments
of Puritans towards, 171, 175; warfare of, in-
fluenced by English, 132, 133, 172; its influ-
ence on that of colonists, 173; position of
women among, 176; women at first respected
by, 177; outbreaks encouraged by French,
184; converted by Rasle, 186; their opinion
of colonists, 189; later wars with, 327.
Institutions, American, origin of, 214.
Interglacial period, man in, 25.

Internal improvements, 404, 406, 411, 418, 420.
Intolerance in Maryland, 200; in Virginia, 202;
in Massachusetts, 203.

Iroquois Indians, 12, 13, 132, 134, 183.
Irving, Washington, 62, 64, 400, 402.
Isabella, Queen, 55, 62, 78.

Italy, influence of, on American discovery, 76.

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Jackson, Andrew his character, 432; causes
of his popularity, 432; Webster's fears of,
434; popular views of, 434; portrait of, 435 ;
early career of, 437; 'reign" of, 438; first
election of, 440; Jefferson's distrust of, 441;
political changes made by, 442; Sullivan's
opinion of, 442; inauguration of, 444; man-
ners of, 444; his contest with Washington
ladies, 448; his dealing with nullification,
450; his re-election, 451; his contest with
the United States Bank, 452; also, 239, 396.
Jackson, Mrs. Helen, description of pueblo, 7.
Jackson, Dr. W. H., 6.

Hutchinson, Governor Thomas, quoted, 158; James II., 183.

Japanese and American flora, 24; junks cross-
ing the Pacific, 23, 24.

Jasper, Sergeant, 263.

Iceland, Northmen in, 36; visited by Colum- Jay, Chief-justice John, treaty of, 328, 331;

bus, 53; also, 50, 51, 52.

also, 324, 333, 340, 343, 355, 361.

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