=Magellan, Strait of=, discovered, 30; Drake sails through, 38. "=Magna Charta=," _see_ Great Charter. ="Maine," The=, 355. =Manhattan Island=, trading posts established on, 56; purchase of, 58. =Manila=, bay, 355-356; city of, 357. =Manufactures=, 421-423. =Marathon=, battle of, 461-462. =Marconi=, invents wireless telegraphy, 268. =Marianas=, 30. =Marion, Francis=, 184, 189-192; portrait of, 190; the "Swamp Fox," 190, 191; sets free one hundred and fifty prisoners, 191; honored by friends, 192. =Marne=, first battle of, 427; second battle of, 438. =Marquette, Father=, 53, 106, 112. =Maryland=, 68-70. =Massachusetts Bay=, Colony of, 82, 83. =Massasoit=, Indian chief, 78, 79, 80, 84. ="Mayflower," The=, 73-75, 77, 78, 80, 81. =Meat packing=, 376, 419-421. =Megaphone=, 275. =Menlo Park=, Edison's laboratory at, 383, 385. ="Merrimac," The=, 324-325. =Mexican Indians=, 18-21. =Mexico=, invaded and conquered by Cortés, 18-22; mines of, 22; war between Texas and, 279-283; Fremont in the war with, 288-289; war between United States and, 298, 310; Grant in war with, 332; Lee in war with, 337; Pershing sent into, 430. =Microphone=, 383. "=Mill boy of the Slashes=," 294. =Mims, Fort=, massacre at, 249. =Mines and mining=, 375, 421-423. =Minuit, Peter=, first governor of New Netherland, 58. =Minutemen=, 174-175, 183. =Missionaries=, 53, 106-114, 243. =Missionary Ridge=, battle of, 335. =Missions=, in the Southwest, 300-302. =Mississippi River=, discovered by De Soto, 26, 27; explored by Joliet and Marquette, 53; La Salle reached mouth of, 112; western boundary of United States, 224, 236. =Mississippi Valley=, La Salle explores the, 107, 109-113. =Missouri=, state of, 210, 238, 296. =Missouri Compromise=, 296, 319. =Missouri River=, Falls of the, 240. =Mohave Desert=, 288. "=Mohawks=," 171. ="Monitor," The=, 324-325. =Monoplane=, 392-393. =Monmouth=, battle of, 138, 139. =Monroe James=, 236, 307, 426. =Monterey=, 289. =Montezuma=, 20. =Monticello=, home of Jefferson, 231, 232, 234, 237, 238. =Moravians=, 102. =Morgan, General=, 184, 185-189; fights French and Indians, 185; helps capture Burgoyne, 186; complimented by Burgoyne, 186; at battle of Cowpens, 186, 188; portrait of, 186; joins Greene, 188; last days of, 188-189. =Morristown=, 137. =Morse, Samuel F. B.=, 264-268; interested in electricity, 264; plans instrument, 265; meets helper in Alfred Vail, 265; gets government aid, 267; portrait of, 267; receives rewards and honors, 268; death, 268. =Moving pictures=, 385-386. =Moultrie, Colonel=, 182. =Mount Vernon=, 116, 119, 121, 123, 128, 129, 141, 142, 143, 145. =Murfreesboro=, 335. =Murray, Mrs.=, entertains Lord Howe, 133.