MAIZE (INDIAN CORN), discovery of, 12. MARBLEHEAD, aids blockaded Boston, 79. MARCO POLO, _see_ POLO, MARCO. MARGARITA, ISLAND OF, discovered by Columbus, 18. MARSHALL, JOHN, some important dates in his life, 426; boyhood, 427; brought up an American, 425, 431; lieutenant in the War for Independence, 433, 434, 437; at Valley Forge, 435; nicknamed Silver Heels, 436; saddlebags story, 439; cherry story, 440; public career, 441; appointed Chief Justice, 444; expounder of the Constitution, 444, 445; his tribute to his mother, 438; to his father, 439; reverence for him in Virginia, 446; expresses himself on solidarity of the Union, 425; on the integrity of the Judiciary, 446; his religious faith, 438, 448; tributes to him, 426, 447. MARTIN, GEORGE, alias of Francisco de Miranda, 89, 336. MARYLAND, aids blockaded Boston, 79. MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, settled by Puritans, 350; sends delegates to First Continental Congress, 81. _See also_ ADAMS; BOSTON; WILLIAMS. MASSASOIT, KING, helps Pilgrims find lost boy, 133; aids Roger Williams, 352. MAYFLOWER, SHIP, leaves England, 128; anchors in Cape Cod Bay, 129; anchors in Plymouth Harbour, 131. MAYFLOWER COMPACT, signed, 127. MCKEAN, THOMAS, delegate to First Continental Congress, 80. MCKINLEY, WILLIAM, on the Cuban situation, 61; reluctant to go to war, 62; forced into war by destruction of the _Maine_, 62. MEDORA, Roosevelt at, 48. MENDOZA, at the foot of the Andes, 244; patriotism of citizens, 246, 250, 251; honour San Martin, 247; called “the Nest of the Argentine Eagle,” 247. MEXICO, War of Liberation, 405; Independence recognized by the United States, 267. MIRANDA, FRANCISCO DE, some important dates in his life, 326; boyhood, 331; propaganda for South American Independence, 332; fights for the United States, 332; fights for French Freedom, 333; founds secret society, 334, 376, 396; in New York, 89, 334, 335; cruises in the _Leander_, 335; vain attempt to free South America, 339, 341; returns to Venezuela, 342, 376; signs Venezuelan Declaration of Independence, 342; made Commander-in-Chief of Venezuelan forces, 342; betrayed to Monteverde, 345; captivity and death, 346; tribute to him, by the Venezuelan Government, 325; tribute by William Spence Robertson, 326. MISIONES, San Martin born in, 237. MISSOURI COMPROMISE, Jefferson’s opinion on, 312. MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF, Moll Pitcher, 218; Steuben’s tactics win, 223; Washington at, 223. MONROE, JAMES, recognizes Independence of Spanish America, 267; promulgates the Monroe Doctrine, 270. MONROE DOCTRINE, announced, 270; welcomed by Chile, 403. MONTEVERDE, GENERAL, his campaign in Venezuela, 343, 344, 377; imprisons Miranda, 345; gives passport to Bolivar, 345. MONTICELLO, the country estate of Jefferson, 304. MONTREAL, aids blockaded Boston, 80. MORAVIAN NUNS, nurse Lafayette, 417; present banner to Pulaski, 418, 424.