PULASKI, COUNT, visits Lafayette, 417; receives banner from Moravian Nuns, 418; banner in Lafayette’s procession, 424. PURITANS, meaning of name, 350; Puritans in Boston, 350. PUTNAM, ISRAEL, some important dates in his life, 142; boyhood, 143; fight with the wolf, 144; at Bunker Hill, 147; makes Washington laugh, 148; praise from Washington, 150; tribute from Washington Irving, 142. QUAKERS, _see_ FRIENDS. QUEBEC, aids blockaded Boston, 80; Petitions of First Continental Congress, 81. QUINCY, MASS., _see_ BRAINTREE. RANCAGUA, battle of, 398. RANGER, THE, Paul Jones’s ship, 362. RARITAN, Hamilton at, the passage of, 157. READ, GEORGE, delegate to First Continental Congress, 80. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, Lincoln on, 187; in early Virginia, 308. _See also_ CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; INDEPENDENCE, GROWTH OF IDEA. REPUBLICS, see names of Republics. REVERE, PAUL, ride to Philadelphia, 77; ride to Lexington, 81. RHODE ISLAND, aids blockaded Boston, 79; sends troops to Bunker Hill and Siege of Boston, 214. _See also_ WILLIAMS. RIO DE JANEIRO, Pedro II crowned in, 113; visited by Roosevelt, 66; statue, gift of American people, placed in, 122. RIO DE LA PLATA, River of Silver, 242, 243. RIO TEODORO, River of Doubt, named after Roosevelt, 69. RIVER OF DOUBT, explored by Roosevelt, 65. RIVER OF SILVER, Rio de la Plata, 242, 243. RIVERS, _see_ names of rivers. ROBERTSON, WILLIAM SPENCE, characterization of San Martin, 236; of Miranda, 326; of Bolivar, 391, 392; decorated with Order of Liberators of Venezuela, 392. ROBINSON, PASTOR JOHN, in Leyden, 126. ROCKINGHAM, LORD, defender of America, 103. RODNEY, CÆSAR, delegate to First Continental Congress, 80. RODRIQUEZ, SIMON, Bolivar’s tutor, 374; arouses his patriotism, 376. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, in Spanish America, 330. _See also_ BELTRAN; LAS CASAS; PEREZ. ROOSEVELT, KERMIT, at Sagamore Hill, 53; hunts in Africa, 57; explores the River of Doubt, 66. ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, some important dates in his life, 44; boyhood, 45; love of Nature, 46, 51; busting broncos, 47; ranching, 47; square deal, 43, 44; with John Burroughs in the Yellowstone, 53; Big Stick, 54; with John Muir in the Yosemite, 55; Bear Hunters’ dinner, 56; hunting in Africa, 57; Rough Riders, 59, 61; at San Juan Hill, 64; at Montauk Point, 65; explores the River of Doubt, 65; tribute to him, 69. ST. BRANDAN, legend of, 6. ST. CHRISTOPHER, legend of, 9. SAGAMORE HILL, Roosevelt’s Long Island home, 50, 52. SAGE OF MONTICELLO, soubriquet of Thomas Jefferson, 304. SALOMON, HAYM, finances the War for Independence, 228; tribute to, by James Madison 228. SAMOSET, welcomes the Pilgrims, 131. SAN JUAN HILL, Rough Riders at, 64. SAN LORENZO, victory of, 242.