=Napoleon=, sells Louisiana Territory to the United States, 236. =Nassau, Fort=, 56. =Natick, Mass.=, 84. =National Woman's Suffrage Association=, 403. =Necessity, Fort=, 123. =Negro slaves=, _see_ Slavery. =Neutrality=, American in World War, 426, 427-429. =New Amsterdam=, 58, 91, 92; becomes New York, 90. =New England=, Puritans in, 68, 81-86; Pilgrims in, 73-81; industries, manners, and customs of colonists in, 85-86. =New France=, 52; trappers, soldiers, and missionaries of, 113-114. =New Netherland=, 88-90; settlement of, 58-59; industries, manners, and customs of, 91-92. =New Orleans=, 236; battle of, 250-252. =Newport, Captain=, 60, 62. =New York=, New Amsterdam becomes, 90; William and Mary give representative assembly to, 90; British in, 133; Washington inaugurated in, 143-144. =Nez Percé Indians=, 241, 243. ="Niagara," The=, 245. =Niagara River=, 108, 109. =Nile River=, 446-447, 463. ="Niña," The=, 10, 13. =Ninevah=, 448. "=Nolichucky Jack=," 212-216. =Nolichucky River=, 212. "=No-Man's-Land=," 203. =Normans=, 483, 488-490. =Northmen=, voyages of, 1-2; in Iceland and Greenland, 1; discover Vinland, 1; wanderings of, 483, 484, 486. _See also_ Normans _and_ Danes. ="North River," The=, 260. =Nullification=, and President Jackson, 254, 308; Webster's great speech on, 303-304; Calhoun favors, 307-308; South Carolina and, 253-254, 308. =Odoacer=, 477. =Oglethorpe, James=, 100-103, 104; friend of the unfortunate, 100; portrait of, 101; settles Georgia, 101-103; death, 103. "=Old Hickory=," 249. =Old North Church=, 174. =Old South Church=, 169, 171. =Orange, Fort=, 56, 57, 90. =Orange growing=, 375. ="Oregon," The=, 377. =Oregon Country=, Lewis and Clark Expedition sent to, 237, 243; sought by fur traders and missionaries, 243-244; United States and Great Britain occupy, 244; northern boundary of the established, 244; Benton speaks on the, 285. ="Pacificator," The=, 297. =Pacific Northwest=, 333. =Pacific Ocean=, named by Magellan, 30. =Pakenham, General=, 251. =Palos=, 7, 9, 13, 15. =Panama-California Exposition=, 378. =Panama Canal=, 376-378. =Panama-Pacific International Exposition=, 378. =Paris=, son of the king of Troy, 452. =Parker, ----=, 243. =Parsons' Case, The=, 161-162. =Patagonia=, 29, 38. =Patroons, The=, 58-59, 89. =Paul, John=, _see_ Jones, John Paul. ="Pelican," The=, Drake's ship, 38. =Penn, Admiral=, 93, 94, 95, 96. =Penn, William=, 92-98; becomes a Quaker, 93; sent to Paris and Ireland, 93-94; portrait of, 94; King Charles and, 94; founds Pennsylvania as home for Quakers, 95-98; invites all persecuted people, 96; founds Philadelphia, 97; treaty with the Indians, 98; death, 98. =Penn's Woods=, 96.