MORRIS, ROBERT, Financier of the War for Independence, 159; recommends Hamilton for Secretary of Treasury, 160; procures money through Haym Salomon, 228. MOUNT VERNON, children of, 197, 198, 201; stables and horses of, 201, 204; guests at, 205, 216, 322. MUIR, JOHN, with Roosevelt in the Yosemite, 55. MYSTERY SHIP, _see_ LEANDER, THE. NAPOLEON, effect of his wars on South America, 112, 239, 268, 341. NAPOLEON OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN REVOLUTION, soubriquet of Simon Bolivar, 392. NASHVILLE, Jackson emigrates to, 287, 289. NELSON, Washington’s famous charger, 201, 204. NEST OF THE ARGENTINE EAGLE, soubriquet of the city of Mendoza, 247. NEVIS, ISLAND OF, birthplace of Hamilton, 155. NEW ENGLAND ARMY, besieges Boston, 82; adopted by Congress, 83, 84. NEW GRANADA, liberated by Bolivar, 388; absorbed into Great Colombia, 388; modern Republic of Colombia, 390. NEW HAMPSHIRE, aids blockaded Boston, 79. NEW JERSEY, refuge of persecuted Friends, 35; aids blockaded Boston, 79. NEW ORLEANS, Lincoln attends slave-market at, 177; story of the cotton-bales, 299; its citizens nurse wounded enemies, 301; Jackson’s tribute to his mother, 286. NEW YORK, aids blockaded Boston, 79; Hamilton in, 156; Washington in, 230; Miranda in, 89, 334, 335; Haym Salomon in, 229; Paez in, 382; Lafayette in, 422; opposition to ratification in, 159. _See also_ STEUBEN. NORTH CAROLINA, aids blockaded Boston, 79. O’HIGGINS, AMBROSE, boyhood, 395; made Spanish Viceroy of Lima, 396. O’HIGGINS, BERNARDO, some important dates in his life, 394; boyhood, 396; joins the Patriots, 397; heroic action at Rancagua, 398; escapes to Argentina, 400; crosses the Andes with San Martin, 251, 253; is made Supreme Dictator of Chile, 255, 400; equips navy to liberate Peru, 255; his work of civic reconstruction, 401; exiled from Chile, 402; welcomed by Peru, 402; recalled to Chile, 403; dies in Peru, 403; National Hero of Chile, 404. OLD HICKORY, soubriquet of Andrew Jackson, 297. OLD PUT, soubriquet of Israel Putnam, 142. ONAS, soubriquet of William Penn, 37, 41. ORINOCO RIVER, description of, 378, 384. OYSTER BAY, home-town of Roosevelt, 50, 53. PAEZ, GENERAL, his strength and courage, 382; seizes gunboats on the Apure, 383; revolts against Bolivar, 389; President of Venezuela, 390; in exile, 382. PAMPAS, Argentine prairie or plain, 240, 241. PANAMA, discovered by Columbus, 25. PARAGUAY, Tyrant-liberator of, 405. PARIS OF AMERICA, soubriquet of Buenos Aires, 241. PAUL, JOHN, _see_ JONES, JOHN PAUL. PEACE, _see_ ARBITRATION AND PEACE. PEARL ISLANDS, discovered by Columbus, 21, 26. PEARL OF THE ANTILLES, soubriquet of Cuba, 60. PEARLS, found by Columbus, 17, 19, 21, 26. PEDRO I, EMPEROR OF BRAZIL, declares Independence of Brazil, 113; abdicates, 113.