inhabitants of, 14
Vasco da Gama sails around, 61
Āix-lä-Çhä-pel_le_´, treaty of, 190
Al-a-bä´ma, De Soto visits, 68
A-lăs´ka, inhabited by Indians, 14
A:l´ba-ny, Congress at, 199, 206
Fort Orange built near, 105
Hudson at, 103
refuses to obey Leisler, 170
trading stations near, 104
Al-ex-an´der, son of Massasoit, 137, 138
Al-ḡŏn´quĭn Indians, aided by Champlain, 175
Al´_l_e-ḡ_h_ā-n_i_ēş, claimed by France, 181
Governor Spotswood explores, 162
Al´_l_e-ḡ_h_e=-ny River, French forts on, 196
Al´len, Ethan, takes Fort Ticonderoga, 237, 243
A-měr´ĭ-ca, civilization of, 24
known as New World, 13, 61, 62
named, 61
Northmen in, 27
A-měr´ĭ-cŭs Věs-pū´cius (shŭs), America named for, 61
Ăn´dré (drā), Major John, meets Arnold, 305
punishment of, 307, 308
An´dros, governor of New England and New York, 167
Aṉ´gli-can Church, Henry VIII. head of, 106
Anglicans leave England, 134
An-năp´o-lis, English settlement at, 152
first French settlement at, 174
Port Royal called, 188
Är´gal_l_, Captain, captures Pocahontas, 98
Ar-ĭ-zō´na, Indians in, 20
Är´kan-sa:_s_ River, Marquette and Joliet at, 179
Är´ling-ton, Lord, Virginia granted to, 156
Är´nold, Benedict, attempt to capture, 308
bravery of, 304
defeated at Valcour Island, 252
disgrace of, 310
granted command at West Point, 305
leads army to Quebec, 246
relieves Fort Stanwix, 268
reproved by Washington, 305
takes Fort Ticonderoga, 237
treason of, 305-307
victorious at Saratoga, 271
Asia (ā´shĭ-a), inhabitants of, 14
As-sěm´bly, in colonial government, 125
At-lăn´tic Ō´cean (-shan), called sea of darkness, 31, 40
coast of, explored, 25
Au-gŭs´ta, British conquer, 297
A-zōr_e_ş´ Islands, Columbus at, 51
Portuguese colony on, 36
Bā´con's Re-bel´lion, 158-160
Ba-hā´maş, discovered, 47
Bäl-bō´ä, discovers Pacific Ocean, 64
voyage of, 62, 63
Ba:l´tĭ-mor_e_, Congress withdraws to, 259
founded, 153
Baltimore, Lord, settles in Maryland, 152
Bär-çe-lō´nä, Columbus goes to, 52
Bar-thŏl´o-mew Columbus, 40, 56
Bär´ton, American officer, 258
"Battle of the Kegs", 265
"Bāy´ard of the South," Marion called, 300
Bē_a_´con Hill, signal fires on, 140
Bē´mĭs Heī_gh_ts, battle of, 269
Běn´_n_ing-ton, Gen Stark victorious at, 266
Berk_e_´ley, cruelty of, 160
flees from Jamestown, 158, 159
governor of Virginia, 155
recalled to England, 156, 160
Biar´ni, voyage of, 27, 28
Bible, translated into Indian language, 126
Bienville (be-aN-veel´), builds fort at New Orleans, 183
Bil´ling-ton, English colonist, 112
Indians rescue, 118
Bĭl-ox´ĭ, built by Iberville, 182
Bĩr´ming-ham (-ŭm), denied right to vote, 219
Black´beard, a Carolina pirate, 164
Black´stone, settles in New England, 122-124
_Bles´sing of the Bay_, lumber ship, 127
Block Island, Indian stronghold, 132
Bloody Brook, battle of, 140
Bloody massacre, 225
Blue Ridge Moun´tains, Spotswood explores, 161
_Bonhomme Richard_ (bŏ-nŏm´re-shar´), Paul Jones's vessel, 294
sinks, 296
Boon_e_, Daniel, adventures of, 291-293
settles at Boonesboro, 288, 289
Boones´bōr-o, Boone settles at, 288, 289
Indians attack, 289, 290, 292
Bŏs´ton, Andros imprisoned in, 168
British shut up in, 244, 245
British soldiers removed from, 226
evacuated, 247
fortified by British, 239
Boston, founded, 130
Gen. Gage sent to, 224
laws to punish, 228, 229
settlement in, 124
Boston massacre, 225
Boston Neck fortified, 232
Boston Tea Party, 227
Bow´er-y Lane, Stuyvesant´s farm on, 144
Bō_w_´ling Green, 223
Boyl´ston, introduces vaccination, 173
Brăd´_d_o_c_k, death of, 208
defeat of, 207
general of British army, 206
Brăd´ford, William, governor of Plymouth, 115
Indian message to, 118
Brăn´dy-wine, battle of, 264
Brănt, Indian chief routed at Oriskany, 267,
leave Boston, 247
leave Philadelphia, 277
plan new campaign, 297
quartered in Boston, 224, 225
quartered in Philadelphia, 275
retreat at Concord, 235
settlements. See under _English_.
shut up in Boston, 244, 245
surrender at Saratoga, 270, 271
surrender at Yorktown, 318
surrender Ticonderoga, 237
take Savannah, 297
under Clinton, bombard Fort Moultrie, 247
under Cornwallis pursue Washington, 257
victorious at Brandywine, 264
victorious at Camden, 299
victorious at Guilford Courthouse, 314
Brook, land granted to, 130
Brook´lўn Heī_gh_ts, Americans intrenched in, 254
Brṳ´tus, 221
Bŭṉ´ker Hill, battle of, 239-241
Bur´ges-ses, House of, 101, 154, 156, 211
Bur-goyn_e_´, British general, 239
cut off from Canada, 267
defeated at Stillwater, 269
surrender of, 270, 271
takes Forts Ticonderoga and Edward, 265
Burke, opposes Stamp Act, 223
speech of, 286
Bur´ling-ton, settlement near, 146
Bŭt´ler, in Wyoming Valley murders, 286
Cabeza de= Vä´cä (cah-bā´sah), explorations of, 67
Căb´ot, John, explorations of, 60
Ç_a_ē´şar, 221, 231
Căl´ĭ-cŭt, Vasco da Gama reaches, 61
Căl-ĭ-fôr´nĭ-a, Gulf of, explored, 67
Căl´u-mět, pipe of peace, 114
Cām´bridge, college at, 125
Committee of Safety at, 232
Washington´s headquarters at, 242, 246
Cambridge Elm, Washington takes command under, 242
Căm´den, Gates defeated at, 299
Cămp_e_, plans to capture Arnold, 308, 309
Căn´-a-da, Americans driven out of, 246
ceded to Great Britain, 213
explored by Cartier, 70-73
French driven into, 211
Frontenac governor of, 184
named by Cartier, 174
smuggling by way of, 216
Că-nā´dĭ-ans, under Carleton march southward, 246
Ca-nā´ry Islands, Columbus at, 44, 45
discovered, 36
Ca-nŏn´ĭ-cus, Narragansett chief, 118
Cape Brět´on Island, French fort on, 189
named, 71, 174
Cape Charles, named, 87
Cape Cod, Cabot explores, 60
named by Gosnold, 86
Northmen at, 28
Pilgrims at, 109, 111
Cape Hăt´ter-as, explored by Cabot, 60
Cape Henry named, 87
Cape Horn, Indians at, 14
Cape of Good Hope, discovered, 42
Cape of Storms, discovered, 42
Cape St, Vĭn´çěnt, sea fight at, 37
Cape Vērd_e_ Islands, Columbus sails from, 56
Portuguese at, 36
Cărĭbs, inhabitants of West Indies, 54
Cärl_e_´ton, commander of Canadians, 246
victorious at Valcour Island, 252
Căr-o-lī´nȧ, division of, 164
English settlement in, 162
French settlement in, 74
granted to lords proprietors, 162
Carolina, North, English colony at, 85
explored, 71
pirates, 164
Cär´pen-ter's Hall, First Continental Congress at, 229
Căr´rōll, Charles, signs Declaration of Independence, 251
Cär-tier´ (-tyā´), explorations of, 71-73, 174
Cär´ver, John, death of, 115
governor of Pilgrims, 110
makes treaty with Massasoit, 114, 137
Cäs-tïl_e_´, Isabella, queen of, 59
Ca-ta:_w_´ba River, Morgan crosses, 313
Ca-thā_y_´, China called, 33
new road to, sought, 35
"Căv-ȧ-l_i_ērs´," Royalists called, 155
Cen´tral A-měr´ĭ-ca, explored by Columbus, 58
Indians in, 20
Spanish colonies in, 64
Ç_e_ū´ta, Prince Henry of Portugal visits, 35
Chăaddş Ford, Washington defeated at, 264
Çhăm-plā_i_n´, discovers Lake Champlain, 175
settles at Quebec, 174
voyage of, 184
Champlain, Lake, discovered, 175
Charles, Cape, named, 87
Charles I., beheaded, 155
rebellion in England, 134
Charles II., land grants of, 142, 147, 167
recalls Berkeley, 160
restored to throne, 136, 156
revokes Massachusetts Bay colony charter, 166
Charles´ton, attacked by Spaniards, 188
British fleet at, 247
rice planted in, 163
surrender of, 298
Charles´town, burned by Howe, 242
Puritans attempt settlement at, 124
Char´ter, granted to Connecticut, 137
granted to Rhode Island, 137
Great, of Virginia, 101
of Massachusetts Bay colony revoked, 166, 229
Charter Oak, in Hartford, 168
Chěr´ry Val´ley, Indian massacre at, 286
Chěs´a-pē_a_ke Bay, Captain Smith makes map of, 92
De Grasse's fleet at, 316
explored, 87
Çhi-ca:´go River, Joliet and Marquette explore, 179
Chïl´e=, Indians in, 20
Chī´na, visited by Europeans, 33
Chŏc´ta:_w_s, plan to attack French settlers, 183
Church, Captain, defeats King Philip, 142
Çï´bo-lä, seven cities of, 67, 68
Cin-cin-nä´tï, built, 325
Cincinnati, society founded by Washington's officers, 324
Cĭ-păṉ´gō, Japan called, 35
Clans, Indian, 19
Clark, General George Rogers, march of, 287, 288
Cliff dwellings, 21
Clĭn´ton, Arnold conspires with, 305
attacks towns in Connecticut, 280
bombards Fort Moultrie, 247
British general, 239
proceeds to New York, 279
pursues Washington, 256
sends Arnold into Connecticut, 316
Washington pursues, 278
Cod, Cape, 60, 78, 86, 109, 111
Coligny (co-leen´ye), sends Huguenots to New World, 73, 74, 174
Cŏl´lege, Columbia, 252
Harvard, 125
King's, called Columbia, 252
William and Mary, 161
Williams, 209
Yale, 125
Co-lo´ni-al assemblies, dissolved, 224
Cŏl´o-nies. See _Settlements_.
England's treatment of, 214-232
Cŏl-o-rä´dō, Grand Canyon of, 68
Co-lŭm´bĭ-a College, King´s College becomes, 252
Co-lŭm´bŭs, Christopher, adventures of, 37
asks aid of England, 40
at Cordova, 42
at West Indies, 54
birth of, 36
calls savages Indians, 43
coasts along Cuba, 49
death of, 59
discovers Bahamas, 47
discovers Haiti, 50
discovers Jamaica, 55
education of, 37
establishes colony at Isabella, 54
fourth expedition of, 58
Genoese refuse to aid, 39
Isabella and Ferdinand assist, 43, 44
Columbus, Christopher, marriage of, 38
returns to Spain, 51, 56, 59
search for new road to India, 38
second expedition of, 53
taken prisoner, 57
third expedition of, 56
Com-mit´tee of Safety, formed, 232
Com´mon-wealth of England, 134, 155
Cȯm´pass, use of, 31
Cŏnc´ōrd, battle of, 234, 235
statue to Mrs. Dustin in, 187
Cŏṉ´gress, appeals to George III., 245
bad management of, 321
First Continental, 229
issues paper money, 302
Second Continental, 237
withdraws to Baltimore, 259
Con-ně_c_t´ĭ-cut, charter of, 167, 169
colonies in, 130-132
joins league, 134
New Haven joined to, 137
pillage of British in, 316
Connecticut River, settlement on, 130, 131
Con-stăn-tĭ-nō´pl_e_, besieged by Turks, 33
capture of, 33
Northmen visit, 25
seat of learning, 32
Con-ti-něn´tal bills, Congress issues, 302
Continental Congress, First, 229
Second, 237
Cŏn-way Că-băl´, 274, 275
Cȯr´-do-vä, Columbus at, 42
Cȯrn-wạl´lis, besieged at Yorktown, 316, 317
marches into Virginia, 315
pursues Washington, 257, 261, 262
races for Dan River, 312, 313
retreats to coast, 314
surrender of, 318
Cō-ro-nä´do (-thō), explorations of, 68
Cȯr´-tez, takes Mexico, 66
Cot´ton, cultivation of, 165
"Coun´ter-blast to Tobacco, A", 98
Co:_u_-r_ēu_r_s_´ de bois (deh bwä´), wood rangers, 176
Cow´boys, marauding troops called, 305
Cow´pens, American victory at, 312
"Cra´dle of Lib´er-ty," Faneuil Hall called, 226
Crè=v_e_´-ċ_o_ē_u_r, Fort, built, 180
Crō_a_-tăn´, village of, 85
Crȯm´well, Oliver, death of, 136
Protector of Commonwealth, 134, 155
Crown Point, plan to capture, 208
taken, 237
Cū´ba, Columbus coasts along, 49
Spanish colony in, 62
Cŭl´pěp-per, Lord, Virginia granted to, 156
Cŭt´tў-hŭṉk Island, Gosnold at, 86
Dāl_e_, governs Jamestown colony, 97
Dăn River, American army crosses, 313
Dā´rï-en, Isthmus of, settlement on, 63
Dar´rah, Lydia, anecdote about, 276
Dā´vis, discovers northwest passage, 81
D'Estaing (des-taN´), French fleet under, 298
De G_o_ṳrg_ues_, attacks Spaniards, 75
De Gräs_se_, commander of French fleet, 316
De Kălb, death of, 299
joins Americans, 263
De MôN_ts_, French settler, 174
De So´to, death of, 69
explorations of, 68, 69
Dec-la-ra´tion of Independence, 248-252
Declaration of Rights, passed, 222
Deer´field, battle near, 140
Indian raid at, 188
Děl´a-wâr_e_, purchased by Penn, 150, 152
Delaware Bay, Hudson enters, 103
Delaware River, Fort Nassau built on, 105
forts on, taken by Howe, 264
Washington crosses, 259, 260
Delaware Val´ley, owned by Dutch, 143
Dělfs-hä´ven, Pilgrims embark at, 108
De-troit´, Boone at, 291
garrison at, warned, 214
Dï-e=´go, Columbus's son, 40
Dï_e_s´kau (-kow), French officer, 209
Din-wĭd´_d_ĭe, governor of Virginia, 196
Dix´on and Ma´son line, 153
Dôr´ches-ter Heights, fortified, 247
Dō´ver, attacked by Indians, 184
burned, 185
settled, 130
Drāk_e_ Francis, voyages of, 81, 82
Duck´ing stool, mode of punishment, 172
Du´er, loyalty of, 274
Duquesne (doo-kān´), French governor, 196
Duquesne, Fort, abandoned by French, 210
British defeat at, 207, 208
built, 198
Dŭs´tin, Hannah, story of, 185-187
Dutch, build Fort Orange, 105
build trading stations in Connecticut, 131
explorations of, 102, 103
oppose Connecticut colonists, 132
regain New Amsterdam, 146
settlements of, 105, 143, 144
Ẽ_a_rth, discovery and shape of, 32
East River, Washington crosses, 254
Ē´d_e_n, Garden of, 57
Ed´ward, Fort, captured by Burgoyne, 265
E´ġypt, 88
Ěl Dō-rä´dō ("Land of Gold"), search for, 68
E-lec-trĭç´i-ty, discoveries in, by Franklin, 205
"El´e-ġy Written in a Country Churchyard," Gray's, 211
El´ĭ-ot, John, translates Bible into Indian language, 126
E-liz´a-beth, Queen, knights Drake, 82
Em´er-son, quoted, 237
En´dĭ-cott, John, influence of, 122
punishes Indians, 132
En´gland (ing-), Charles I. beheaded in, 155
claims New Netherlands, 145, 146
Commonwealth in, 134, 155
French and Indian War, 198-213
gains Canada, 213
gives Florida back to Spain, 323
Holland declares war against, 146
King George's War, 189
King-killers in, 136
King William's War, 184, 185
Land grants of Charles II., 142
Navigation Act passed, 134, 135
passes Townshend Acts, 224
rebellion under James I., 160
Restoration, 166
Revolutionary War, 234-322
Separatists leave, 107
Seven Year's War, 210
Stamp Act, 219, 220, 223
takes Virginia charter away, 154
treatment of colonies, 214, 232
war of Austrian Succession, 189
war with Spain, 81, 165
En´glish (ing-) Church, established by Henry VIII., 106
English colonies. See _Settlements_.
English explorations, 60, 80-85
English settlements, in Boston, 124
in Carolina, 162
in Connecticut, 132
in Georgia, 165
in Maine, 130
in Maryland, 152
in Massachusetts, 122
in New England, 111, 125
in North Carolina, 85
in Pennsylvania, 147
in Rhode Island, 129
in Virginia, 87
English Turn in the Mississippi, 182
Er´iċ the Red, discovers Greenland, 27
Es´kĭ-mōş, trade with Northmen, 27
_E_ū´rȯp_e_, civilization in fifteenth century, 24, 25
inhabitants of, 14
_E_ū´ta:_w_ Springs, battle of, 314
"Ē-văn´ġe-līn_e_," Longfellow's, 209
Ex-plo-rā´tions, Dutch, 103, 105
English, 60, 80-86
French, 71-74, 174-179
Portuguese, 42, 61
Spanish, 47-58, 62-70
Fair´fax, Lord, sends Washington as surveyor, 193, 194
Făl´m_o_ŭth (Portland), burned, 246
Fan´e_ui_l Hall, meetings at, 226
"Father of Waters," Mississippi called, 67, 177
Fire brigade, first in Philadelphia, 205
Fire water, Indians' name for rum, 104
First Continental Congress, at Philadelphia, 229
"Five intolerable acts", 229
Flag, American, adopted, 268
Flăm´bȯr-ō_ugh_ Head, naval battle off, 295
Fletch´er, Governor, of Connecticut, 169
Flŏr´ĭ-da, De Soto explores, 68
discovered by Ponce de Leon, 64
French settlement in, 74
given back to Spain, 323
relinquished by Spain, 213
Spanish claim, 74
Spanish settlements in, 102, 105
Fȯrbeş, British commander, 210
Fore´fathers' Day, 112
Fort Crè=v_e_-c_o_ē_u_r, built, 180
Fort Duquesne (doo-kān´), British defeat at, 207, 208
French abandon, 210
Fort Edward, captured by Burgoyne, 265
Fort Fron´te-năċ, destroyed, 211
Fort Griş´wold, seized, 316
Fort Lee, Americans at, 255
Greene leaves, 257
Fort Mo:_ul_´trī_e_, bombarded, 247
Fort Năs´_s_a:_u_, built, 105, 151
settlers driven from, 144
Fort Ne-çes´si-ty, built, 198
Fort Ŏr´anġe, built, 105
Fort Sċ_hu_ў´ler, besieged, 267
Fort Stan´wix, besieged, 267, 268
Fort Ti-con-der-ō´ga, captured by Burgoyne, 265
plan to capture, 208
surrender of, 237
Fort Wạsh´ing-ton, Americans hold, 255
capture of, 256
Fort Wil´liam Henry, seized, 210
Foun´t_a_ĭn of Youth, search for, 64
Fox, Charles J., British statesman, 314
Fox, George, leader of Quakers, 130
Fox River, Marquette and Joliet at, 177
France, acknowledges independence of United States, 272
and Spain, allies in Queen Anne's War, 188
at war with Spain, 71
French and Indian War, 198-213
King George's War, 189, 190
King William's War, 184, 185
Queen Anne's War, 187
Seven Years' War, 210
territory claimed by, 181
Frăṉk´lin, Benjamin, career of, 199-205
deputy postmaster-general, 266
draws up Declaration of Independence, 250
in First Continental Congress, 229
in France, 262, 272
opposes Stamp Act, 220
plan of government of, 206, 218
returns to Philadelphia, 325
scientific experiments of, 205
treats for peace, 322
Frā´şer, British general, 269
Fray Rä-mï´rez (-reth), Spanish priest, 79
Fred-er-ï´-ċa, battle of, 166
Fred´er-ick the Great, of Prussia, 262
French and Indian War, 198-213
Putnam's services in, 231
French, and Indians attack English settlers, 184, 185
attacked by Natchez Indians, 183
build forts, 196
colonies of. See _French settlements_.
explorations of, 71-74, 174-179
in Canada, 70-73
marry Indians, 176
possessions of, 183
French Hū´ḡ_u_e-nots, murder of, 102
French settlements, along Great Lakes, 188
in Acadia, 102, 105, 174
in Carolina, 74
in Florida, 74
in Illinois, 177
in Louisiana, 181
in New Orleans, 183
in Quebec, 174
in Wisconsin, 177
Friends, colony of, in New World, 147
kindness of, 149, 150
Quakers called, 135
Frōb´ish-er, explorations of, 80, 81
Frŏn´te-năċ, Count, governor of Canada, 184
governor of New France, 177
La Salle confers with, 181
Frontenac, Fort, destroyed, 211
Gāġ_e_, General, governor of Massachusetts, 232, 245
sent to Boston, 224
wins battle of Bunker Hill, 240
Gas´pee Point, _Gaspee_ burned at, 217
Gātes, Burgoyne surrenders to, 270
defeated at Camden, 299
proposed as commander-in-chief, 274
supersedes Schuyler, 269
"Gate´way of the West," Ohio called, 191
General Court, in colonial government, 125
Ġěn´o-a, Columbus born at, 36, 37
trading city, 35
Ġen-o-eşe´, seek new road to East, 35
George, Lake, battle of, 209
George I., 162
George II., grants Georgia to Oglethorpe, 165
George III., offers Americans representation, 272
olive-branch petition sent to, 232
recognizes independence of the United States, 322
taxation of colonies, 218
Ġ_e_ôr´ġi-a, British driven out of, 315
conquered by British, 297
De Soto in, 68
not represented in First Continental Congress, 229
Ger´man settlement, in Germantown, 150
German soldiers, hired by British, 245
Ger´man-town, battle of, 264
Germans settle in, 150
Ġĭ-bra:l´tar, Strait of, Northmen at, 25
Ḡil´bert, Sir Hum´phrey, at Newfoundland, 83
Gĭst, trapper, accompanies Washington, 196, 197
Gŏf_fe_, flees to New Haven, 136
leads colonists against Indians, 141
Gold´en Hill, fight at, 225
Good Hope´, Cape of, discovered, 42
Ḡôr´ġěş, founds colony in Maine, 130
Gŏs´nold, discovers Cape Cod, 86
Gov´ern-ment of New England colonies, 125
Grand Can´yŏn of Colorado, 68
Great Charter of Virginia, 101
Great Lakes, missions established on, 177
Great Meadows, battle at, 198
Great Rebellion in Virginia, 160
Great South Sea, discovered, 64
Greeç_e_, seat of learning, 32
Green Bay, Marquette and Joliet at, 177
Green Mountain Boys, cut Burgoyne off from Canada, 267
march to Fort Ticonderoga, 237
Greene, General Nathanael, American commander, 312
defeated at Fort Washington, 256
defeated at Guilford Courthouse, 314
joins Morgan, 313
leaves Fort Lee, 257
Green´land, discovered, 27
Indians in, 14
Grěn´ville, British minister, 223
Grĭş´wold, Fort, seized, 316
Ḡ_u_ĭl´ford Courthouse, Greene defeated at, 314
Ḡ_u_ĭn´ē_a_, stories about, 35
Gulf Coast, explored, 65, 66
Gulf of Mex´i-co, La Salle reaches, 181
Gulf of St Law´rence, French possessions on, 213
Gṳnn´biorn (byorn), discovers Greenland, 27
Hăck´en-săck, Washington at, 257
Hăd´ley, Indian attack at, 141
Hā_i_´tï, discovered by Columbus, 50
Spanish colony in, 62
Spanish mutiny at, 57
Hale, Nathan, death of, 255
_Half-Moon_, Hudson's ship, 103
Hăn´cock, John, at Lexington, 234
president of Second Continental Congress, 238, 250
Härt´ford, Charter Oak in, 168
founded, 132
trading station at, 131
Här´vard College, origin of name, 125
Hăt´ter-as, Cape, explored, 60
Ha-văn´a, capture of, 282
Columbus's tomb at, 59
recovered by Spain, 213
Hā´ver-_h_īll, attack on, 185
Hawk´inş, introduces negro slavery into West Indies, 80
Hěn´_n_e-pin, Father, adventures of, 180
Hen´ry, Cape, named, 87
Henry, Patrick, speech of, 221, 231
Henry VII., Columbus asks aid from, 40
sends expedition to America, 60
Henry VIII., establishes Anglican church, 106, 152
Henry of Por´tū-gal, the navigator, 35, 36, 39
Hēr´kĭ-mer, General, victorious at Oriskany, 267
Hessian (hěsh´an) soldiers, hired by British, 245
Washington defeats, 200, 261
His-pän-io´lä (-yō-) (Haiti), discovered by Columbus, 50
Hŏb´kirk Hill, battle of, 314
Hŏl´land, declares war against England, 146
Separatist colony in, 107
trading vessels sent from, 104
Hook´er, pastor, settles at Hartford, 131
Horn, Cape, Indians in, 14
Horse´neck, Putnam's escape at, 284
Hŏs´pĭ-t_a_l, founded in Philadelphia, 205
House of Bur´ġes-ses, 101, 154, 156, 211, 221
House of Com´mons in England, 219
How_e_, British general, 239
burns Charlestown, 242
captures Fort Washington, 256
captures forts on Delaware, 264
defeats Americans at Brandywine, 264
detained by Mrs. Murray, 254, 255
in New York, 256
plans to surprise Washington, 275
returns to England, 277
takes Philadelphia, 264
wins battle of Long Island, 253
Howe, Lord, proclamation of, 252
Hŭd´son Bay, discovered, 105
land around, ceded to British, 138
Hudson, Henry, explorations of, 103, 105
imprisoned by English, 104
Hudson Valley, British attempt to seize, 207
claimed by French, 184
owned by Dutch, 143
Hū´ḡ_u_e-nots, go to America, 73, 74
massacre of, 74, 102, 174
Hutch´in-son, Mrs. Anne, preaching of, 129, 130
slain, 143
Ï-ber-vïl_le_´, builds Biloxi, 182
Ice´land, discovered by Northmen, 25
Ice-lan´dic discovery, 27
Il-lĭ-noi_s_´, forts captured in, 288
visited by priests, 177
Illinois River, La Salle explores, 180, 181
Marquette and Joliet explore, 179
In-de-pend´ence Bell, 250
Independence, Declaration of, 248-252
Independence Hall, in Pennsylvania, 252
Independence of United States, acknowledged by France, 272
acknowledged by George III., 322
In´dī-a, search for northwest passage to, 35, 38, 80, 94, 103, 105
India, Vasco da Gama reaches, 61
In´dī-an Ocean, Vasco da Gama sails across, 61
Indian raids, 286-288
Indian wars, first in New England, 133
French and Indian, 198-213
King Philip's, 138-140
Pequot, 132, 133
Pontiac, 214
with Virginia, 153, 154
In´dī-anş, aid British in Revolutionary War, 266
aid French against English settlers, 184, 185
as farmers, 17
attack Boonesboro, 289-292
attack colonists, 111, 139, 143, 158
attack Northmen, 29
barbarous, 17, 18
Captain Smith with, 89-94
characteristics of, 14
clans of, 19
conflict with Spaniards, 76-78
conquered by Standish, 123
conversion of, 176
cruelty of, 286
Eliot translates Bible for, 126
fortresses of, 21, 22
friendly with Pilgrims, 114, 118
Gen. Sullivan punishes, 287
hired by British, 286
in Mexico conquered, 66
mode of life, 15, 16
named by Columbus, 48
Penn's treaty with, 148, 149
Pequot, 132
Pueblo, 102
pursuits of, 15
religion of, 19
sold as slaves, 55
Southern, 21, 22
In´dĭ-go, cultivated in Carolina, 163
In-sur´ance Company, first in Philadelphia, 205
Ire´land, potatoes introduced into, 85
Ĭr-o-quoi_s_´ (Five Nations), at war with Algonquins, 175
attack of, 184
Īr´ving, Washington, Tales of, 146
Iş-a-bel´la, Queen of Spain, aids Columbus, 43, 44
death of, 59
Isabella, colony at, 54
Ja-mā_i_´ca, Columbus discovers, 55
James, Duke of York, land grant to, 142
James, Duke of York, orders surrender of New Amsterdam, 145
James I., imprisons Raleigh, 87
makes Virginia a royal province, 154
sends presents to Powhatan, 93
James II., appoints Andros, 167
dethroned, 168
sends prisoners to Virginia, 160, 161
James River, named, 87
James´town, burned, 159
Captain Smith governs, 92, 93
colony founded at, 87, 105
Dale governs, 97
first English city in United States, 93
House of Burgesses at, 101
seized by rebels, 158
slavery in, 101
starvation time in, 96