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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), 111, 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.

J.

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.

Jay, Mrs. John, 312.
Jefferson, Thomas: his election as Vice-presi-
dent, 332; his feeling as to French Revolu-
tion, 334, 335; his election as President, 343;
his portrait, 345; his inauguration, 346; at-
tack on, in Portfolio, 347; charges against,
347; his house-keeping, 349; his re-election,
355; his view of townships, 357; his char-
acter, 358; his friendship with Adams, 359;
his successors, 360; his aversion to commerce,
373; also, 234.

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Landa, D. de, 19; alphabet, 18.
Lane, Ralph, 138.
Langbourne, Major, 240.
Lapham, I. A., cited, 26.
La Roche, De, 121.

La Salle, Robert C. de, 181.
Laudonnière, Réné de, 88, 116.
Las Casas, Bishop de, his protest against cruel-
ty, 74; also, 123.

Lauzun, Duc de, 289, 335.
Lawrence, Captain James, 375.
Lawyers, rise of, in colonies, 239.
Laydon, John, 149.

League of four colonies, 177.
Le Caron, Père, 123.

Lee, Ann, 199.

Lee family (Marblehead, Mass.), 238.

Lee, General Charles, 257.

Lee, Richard Henry, 227, 267, 268, 305; son

of, 267.

Leif the Lucky, 38; his booths, 38, 39.
Leifsbudir, 39.

Leighton, Caroline C., 415.

Leisler, Jacob, 222.

Le Jeune, Père, 125.

Le Moyne, 116, 117, 119.

Leon, Ponce de, portrait of, 71; his voyage,
71; also, 143.

Le Plongeon, Dr., 2.

Lescarbot, 125.

Leverett, Governor John, courageous reply of,

217.

King, Rufus, portrait of, 401; also, 306, 355, Lewis and Clark's expedition, 11, 350.
380, 383.

King William's War, 183.

Kinglake, A. W., 254.

Lewis, Meriwether, 350.

Lewis, William B., 439.

Lincoln, Abraham, 327.

King's Arms, tearing down of, in Philadelphia Lincoln, Governor Levi, 444.

Livingston, Cora, 422.

Livingston, Edward, 450.

Livingston, Robert R., 268, 274, 275, 308, 407.
Livingston, the brothers, 227.

Knox, General, letters from, 297, 304; also, Locke, John, his singular plan of government,

(figured), 281.

Kingsley, Charles, 92.

Kinney, Mr., 52.

Kirke, Colonel, 220.

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Lafayette, G. M. de (Marquis), 283, 286, 287, Louisiana, purchase of, 354, 407; admitted as

334.

La Hontan, Baron, quoted, 172, 183, 185.

a State, 379.

Loundes, William J., 379.

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Lovewell, Captain John, 174.
Lowell, John, 369, 371.
Lubbock, Sir J., 25.
Lundy's Lane, battle at, 377.

M.

Macaulay, Lord, 201.
Macon, Nathaniel, 350.

McDuffie, George, 424.

relations with Indians, 170; toleration in,
197; education in, 201; intolerance in, 205.
Massachusetts, formed by union with Plymouth,
213; independent spirit of, 217; charter of,
vacated, 220; preparations for war in, 144:
circular of committee, quoted, 249; services
of, in Revolution, 292; Shays's insurrection
in, 302; services of, in war of 1812, 379.
Massasoit, 172, 175.

McKean, Thomas, recollections of, 276; letter Masts sent by Massachusetts colony to Eng-
from, 277; also, 278, 314.

Madison, James: his election as President,
358; his appearance, 361; his portrait, 363;
Federalist charges against, 371; his aversion
to war, 371; close of his administration,
379.

Madison, Mrs. James, 361, 362, 365, 395.
Magellan, Ferdinand de, 70.
Magnus, King, 35.

Mail-service, 404, 405.

land, 218.

Mather, Rev. Cotton, portrait of, 196; fictitious
letter from, 206; quoted, 175, 203, 208, 210;
also, 195, 197, 204.

Mather, Rev. Increase, quoted, 171, 219.
Mayas, 2, 4, 17, 19, 63; alphabet of, 18, 19;
sculptures of, 22.

Mayflower, agreement on the, 156.
Mechanic arts, introduction of, 195.
Medford, Mass., settled, 162.

Maine, forts in, 184; Indian wars in, 186; ad- Membertou, 126.

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Mammoth on ivory, 25.

Man in Interglacial period, 25.

Mandan Indians, 12, 15.
Manhattan Island, 152, 170.
Manning, Cardinal, 200.

Manufactures, introduction of, 195.
Map showing advance of population, 416.
Maps (figured): Sigurd Stephanius's, 50; Da
Vinci's, 66; Schoner's (globe), 67; Cabot's,
79; Drake's, 95; Smith's, 145, 148; Or-
telius's, 108.

Marckland, 38, 50.

Marietta, O., 15.

Marion, General Francis, 263.
Marlborough, Duke of, 186.
Marquette, Père, 181.

Marshall, Chief-justice John, 434.
Marston, John, quoted, 146.
Martin, John, 147, 148.

Martyr, Peter. (See Anghiera.)
Maryland founded, 165; religious freedom in,

167, 199; intolerance in, 200; education in,
201; witchcraft in, 208; old institutions of,
215; manners in, 235; insurrections in, 454.
Mason, George, 288.

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Merry, Mr., 347, 349.

Merry Mount, 164.

Mexico, ancient, 10, 11, 13, 17; modern, 76.

Miami Indians, the, 327.

Michael, Emperor, 30.

Michigan admitted as a State, 453.
Miller, W. J., 44, 45.
Mills, Elijah H., 398.
Milton, John, quoted, 106.
Minuit, Peter, 152, 167, 170.
Missouri admitted as a State, 393.
Missouri Compromise, 393.

Mitchell, Professor Henry, cited, 49.
Mobile, Ala., settled, 182.

Mohave Indians, 12.
Monocrats, the, 329.

Monroe doctrine, the, 403.

Monroe, James, called "James II." by Josiah
Quincy, 360; elected President, 380; his
record, 381; importance of his tour, 381; his
fear of extended territory, 383; his portrait,
385 his character and physique, 384; his
travels, 387; his policy, 389; his re-election
all but unanimous, 394; American literature
born under him, 398; the Monroe doctrine,
403; his views of the post-office, 404.
Monroe, Mrs. James, 395.

Montcalm, General de, portrait of, 190; also,
189, 191.

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"Montezuma's Dinner," Morgan's essay on, 4. New York, originally New Netherlands, 152,

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Navy, United States, first Secretary of, 342; Nuñez, Alvar (Cabeza de Vaca), his voyage, 72;

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Oglethorpe, General James, 225.

New Amsterdam founded, 152; nationalities in, Ohio, mounds of, 2, 15, 17, 19; Company, the,
153, 211.

New England first named, 144; colonies of,
their influence on reviving Virginia colony,
158, 195.

Newfoundland, origin of name of, 83.

New France, Jesuits in, 122; also, 108, 182.
New Hampshire settled, 174, 184; independ-
ence of, 213; buildings in, 233.

Newhouse, Sewall, 414.

307; admitted as a State, 354.
Ohio River, early life on, 419.
Old English seamen, the, 75.
Old French War, the, 189.

Old mill at Newport, 42; figured, 43; the same
at Chesterton, England, 43; figured, 44.
O'Neil, Peggy. (See Eaton, Mrs.)
Onondaga Indians, 16.

"Orders in Council," British, 355, 365.

New Jersey settled, 152; independence of, 213; Ordinance of 1787, 306.
campaigns in, 284.

Orinoco, the river, 100.

New Mexico, pueblos of, 19; Indian inscrip- Ortelius, maps (figured), 108.
tions in, 44, 46.

Osceola, 453.

New Netherlands, name changed, 165; surren- Osgood, J. R., 116.

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Ovid, 195.

Oxenstiern, Chancellor, 167.

P.

Pinckney, Charles C., 320, 342, 343, 355, 358.
Pinkney, William, 374.

Pioneers, early frontier, 421.

Pitcairn, General, 245.

Pacific Ocean, seen by Balboa, 69; by Drake, Pitt, William, 191, 241, 242.

91.

Page, John, 321.

Paine, Robert Treat, 326, 342.

Paine, Thomas, 270, 271, 399.

Palfrey, J. G., 43.

Parish, Rev. Daniel, 370.

Parker, Captain, 245.

Parker, Professor Joel, 240.

Parkman, Francis, quoted, 121, 125, 181, 198;
cited, 119, 126; not quite just to the Puri-
tans, 198.

Pizarro, Francisco, 70, 73.

Plastowe, Josias, 170.
Pliny, 194.

Plutarch, 194.

Plymouth colony founded, 153; compact of,
156; relations of, with Indians, 170, 175; tol-
eration in, 197; merged in Massachusetts, 213.
Pocahontas, 143.

Point Comfort first named, 147.
Polo, Marco, 55.

Pont-Gravé, M. de, 128.

Parties, enmity between, 371; changes in, 379, Pontiac, conspiracy of, 191.
390; disappearance of, 439.

Parton, James, 275, 278, 360, 437.
Pasqualigo, Lorenzo, 80, 81.

Poole, W. F., 207, 209.
Poor, General Enoch, 253.
Popham colony, the, 141, 154.

Peace of Paris, 169, 191; of Ryswick, 185; of Popham, George, 142.
Utrecht, 186.

Penn, William, his arrival, 213; his relations
with Indians, 213; also, 174, 213, 222.
Pennsylvania, settlement of, 213; relations of
Delaware with, 213, 225; society in, 282, 323;
campaigns in, 286; but one legislative body
in, 298,

Pentucket (Haverhill) attacked, 185.

Popham, Sir John, 141, 142.

Population: of colonies, 225; of New York in
1787, 309; of cities in 1817, 388; increase in,
406; Madison's estimate of, 322; advance of,
414, 415; of United States in 1830, 453.
Port Bill, Boston, 229.

Port Royal, N. S., taken, 185.

Port Royal Harbor (S. C.) first described, 116.

Pepperrell, Sir William, 187; portrait of, 188. "Portia." (See Adams, Abigail.)

Pequot War, the, 169, 175.

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Philadelphia, the seat of government, 230, 322;
life in, 323, 324, 325; population of, in 1817,
388.

Philip II. of Spain, 85, 87, 88, 90, 104.
Philip, King (Indian), death of (figured), 179;
also, 169, 170, 171, 176, 178, 180, 183, 218.
Philoponus, 57.

Phips, Sir William, 185, 187.

Physique of Americans changed, 217.

Pickering, Timothy, 306, 369.

Pierria, Albert de la, 116.

Portugal and Spain, possessions of, in the New
World, 75, 108.

Pott, Dr., 202.

Potter, Elisha, 423.

Powhatan (figured), 144; also, 139, 143.

Preble, Judge, 441.

Prescott, General, 259.

Prescott, W. H., 4.

Prideaux, General John, 191.

Princeton, defeat of Cornwallis at, 285.
Pring, Martin, 140, 141.
Printz, John, 168.

Protestant colonies, French, 115, 116, 118, 120.
Provincial life introduced, 220, 222.
Ptolemy, 66.

Public men usually criticised with justice, 442.
Pueblos, 3,.5, 7, 9, 10, 12. (Special) Acoma,

8; Bonito, 6; Chacos, 19; High Bank, 17;
Hungo Pavie (figured), 5, 6; Moqui, 10;
Pintado (figured), 2, 3; San Juan, 7; Taos
(figured), 8; Zuñi, 8.

Pilgrims (Plymouth), landing of, 158; visit to Pulaski, Count, 286.

shore (figured), 159.

"Pilgrims of St. Mary's," the, 165.

Puritans, numbers of, 164; sacrifices of, 192;
ballads concerning, 193; out-door life of, 193;

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