CHILDREN'S STORIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY [Illustration: A MAMMOTH HUNT] CHILDREN'S STORIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY BY HENRIETTA CHRISTIAN WRIGHT _Illustrated by J. Steeple Davis_ NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1885 COPYRIGHT, 1885, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS TROW'S PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY, NEW YORK. CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. ANCIENT AMERICA, 1 CHAPTER II. THE MOUND-BUILDERS, 5 CHAPTER III. THE RED MEN, 14 CHAPTER IV. THE NORTHMEN, 27 CHAPTER V. COLUMBUS AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, 38 CHAPTER VI. THE CABOTS, 61 CHAPTER VII. AMERICUS VESPUCIUS, 65 CHAPTER VIII. PONCE DE LEON, 71 CHAPTER IX. VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA, THE DISCOVERER OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 76 CHAPTER X. CABECA DE VACA, 85 CHAPTER XI. HERNANDO CORTEZ AND THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, 103 CHAPTER XII. PIZARRO AND THE CONQUEST OF PERU, 114 CHAPTER XIII. FERDINAND DE SOTO, THE DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 172 CHAPTER XIV. VERRAZANO, 199 CHAPTER XV. JACQUES CARTIER, 210 CHAPTER XVI. THE HUGUENOTS, 228 CHAPTER XVII. SIR WALTER RALEIGH, 254 CHAPTER XVIII. THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS, THE INDIAN PRINCESS, 259 CHAPTER XIX. THE SETTLEMENT OF MAINE, AND DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 269 CHAPTER XX. HENRY HUDSON AND THE KNICKERBOCKERS, 292 CHAPTER XXI. THE PILGRIMS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW ENGLAND, 300 CHAPTER XXII. LA SALLE, 316 CHAPTER XXIII. THE STORY OF ACADIA, 331 CHAPTER XXIV. THE STORY OF PONTIAC, 337 CHAPTER XXV. THE REVOLUTION, 348 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. A MAMMOTH HUNT, _Frontispiece._ FACING PAGE THE TEACHING OF AN INDIAN CHILD, 14 YOUNG COLUMBUS, 38 VESPUCIUS LANDING TO CHASTISE THE CANNIBALS, 65 BALBOA IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWN SEA, 79 THE MESSENGERS OF MONTEZUMA, 103 DE SOTO, 172