Grant, Ulysses S., 302; his boyhood and youth, 303; in Civil War, 305-309; captures Lee's army, 309-311 Greene, Nathaniel, 211; a Quaker boy, 212; joins the army, 213; in the South, 214-220 Griffin, the, 108-110 Hancock, John, 165-168, 170 Henry, Patrick, 146; early life, 148; opposes Stamp Act, 150; his great speech, 153 Hobson, Lieutenant, 322 Howe, General, 195-197, 203-205 Hudson, Henry, 105 Hutchinson, Governor, 159-162 Indians, 14, 15, 17, 48, 49 Iroquois, 104-106 Isabella, Queen, 6, 8 Jackson, Andrew, 253; his boyhood, 254; goes to Nashville, 256; conquers the Creeks, 258; at battle of New Orleans, 259; as President, 260 James I., 65, 66 Jefferson, Thomas, 234; at college, 235; as President, 240; the Louisiana Purchase, 241-243 Jesuit Missionaries, 106 La Salle, 103; his plans, 108; his explorations, 109-112; his colony, 112; his assassination, 114 Lee, General, his surrender, 296, 309-311 Lincoln, Abraham, 282; in Kentucky and Indiana, 283-289; goes to Illinois, 290; debates with Douglas, 294; Emancipation Proclamation, 296; his assassination, 296 Long Island, battle of, 196 Mckinley, President, 317-319 Maine, the, 316 Manila, 317 Marion, Francis, 217-219 Marquette, Father, 106 Massasoit, 75, 76 Merrimac, the, 319-322 Mimms, Fort, massacre at, 258 Montcalm, General, 138-140, 143, 144 Morgan, General, 214-216 Morse, Samuel F. B., 273; studies painting, 274; invents the telegraph, 276-280 Narvaez, 24 Navigation Laws, 58 New Orleans, battle of, 259, 260 Nullification, 260 Old North Church, 167, 168 Old South Church, 159, 161 Olympia, the, 316 Ortiz, 24 Penn, William, 92; turns Quaker, 94; his settlement in Pennsylvania, 98; his Indian treaty, 99; his country home, 100 Pilgrims, 65-79 Pittsburg Landing, battle of, 305 Pizarro, 22, 23 Plymouth, landing at, 72 Pocahontas, 50, 52 Powhatan, 49-52 Puritans, 65, 81-88 Quakers, 92-101 Quebec, capture of, 142-144 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 31; in France, 33; his first colony, 35; second colony, 37-39; in the Tower of London, 40 Revere, Paul, 165; on his "midnight ride," 167-170 Sampson, Admiral, 322 Santiago, fighting near, 322-324 Schley, Commodore, 321 Secession, 295 Slavery, 282, 283, 294, 296 Smith, John, 42; early life, 46; in Virginia, 47-53; relations with the Indians, 47-52; explores New England coast, 53 South Carolina, 261, 262 Stamp Act, 147-151 Standish, Miles, 64; military leader of the Pilgrims, 68; explores coast, 69-71; at Plymouth, 72-79 State Rights, 269 Tariff, 261, 262 Telegraph, the electric, 276-280 Tobacco, 57, 58 Trenton, battle of, 200-202 Valley Forge, suffering at, 205, 206
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