SPAIN'S CRUEL RULE IN CUBA. THE BLOWING UP OF THE BATTLE-SHIP MAINE. COMMODORE DEWEY HEADS HIS FLEET FOR THE PHILIPPINES. THE DANGEROUS ENTERPRISE. THE GLORIOUS VICTORY. SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT ADMIRAL CERVERA'S PLANS. HIS FLEET "BOTTLED UP." THE DARING FEAT OF LIEUTENANT HOBSON AND HIS MEN. THE DESTRUCTION OF CERVERA'S FLEET. THE TREATY OF PEACE. FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR COUNTRY AND ENGLAND. CLOSER SYMPATHY AND UNION OF THE NORTH, THE SOUTH, THE EAST, AND THE WEST. TO THE PUPIL 1. What is a hero? Whom do you most admire of all the heroes you have read about in this book? 2. Why did Commodore Dewey go with his fleet to the Philippines? 3. Imagine yourself with him, and give an account of the battle. 4. What did Lieutenant Hobson and his men do? Impersonating Hobson, give an account of the daring feat. 5. What caused the war with Spain? What were its most striking results? 6. What do you admire in the character of Admiral Dewey? What, in the American sailors in the war with Spain? 7. What do the following dates signify: 1492, 1607, 1620, 1775-1783, 1861-1865, 1898? INDEX Adams, Samuel, 156; in public life, 157; opposes tax on tea, 158-162 Bacon, Nathaniel, 55; marches against the Indians, 59; his struggle with Berkeley, 60-62 Boone, Daniel, 222; goes to Kentucky, 224; at Boonesborough, 227; captured by Indians, 230 "Boston Tea Party," 158-163 Braddock, General, 132, 133 Bradford, Governor, 69, 70, 74 Bunker Hill, battle of, 173 Burgoyne, General, 203-205 Cabot, John, 31 Cartier, 103 Carver, Governor, 70, 74-76 Cervera, Admiral, 320-324 Champlain, 104 Civil War, 295, 298 Clermont, the, 250-252 Columbus, Christopher, 1; at Lisbon, 4; goes to Spain, 5; first voyage, 10; in the New World, 12-15; other voyages, 17-20 Concord, battle of, 170-173 Continental Congress, 193 Cornwallis, General, 200-203, 206, 207, 214-220 Cortez, 22, 23 Cowpens, battle of, 214, 215 Dale, Sir Thomas, 56 Dawes, William, 167-170 Declaration of Independence, 186, 239 De Leon, 23 De Soto, Hernando, 22; lands in Florida, 24; his trials and difficulties, 26-28; discovers the Mississippi, 29 Dewey, Admiral, 317-319 Dinwiddie, Governor, 128, 131 Douglas, Stephen A., 293, 294 Drake, Sir Francis, 36 Elizabeth, Queen, 33-35 Fairfax, Lord, 124-127 Faneuil Hall, 159, 160 Ferdinand, King, 6 Franklin, Benjamin, 175; in his brother's printing-office, 176; goes to Philadelphia, 179; in London, 181; "Poor Richard's Almanac," 182; his great discovery, 184; "Plan of Union," 185; in France, 186 French War, Last, 128-133, 136-144 Fulton, Robert, 246; his boyhood, 247; invents a torpedo boat, 249; the Clermont, 250-252 Gage, General, 166, 167 Gates, General, 212 George III., 146-152