Quebec (kwē-bĕk´), 151, 224 R Raleigh (rô´lĭ), Sir Walter, 109 Ranger (rān´jḛr), 209 Red Sea, 4 Rheims (räṅs; Eng. rēmz), 52 Richard, King, 47 Robert, Duke of Normandy, 42 Roland, 34 Rolfe, John, 150 Rome (rōm), 24, 25 Roosevelt (rō´z*e-vĕlt), Theodore, 352 Rouen (rü´´äṅ´), 57, 120 Rubicon (rōō´bĭ-kŏn), 29 S St. Helena (h*e-lē´n_å_), 71 St. Lawrence (lô´r*ens) River, 120 Saladin (săl´ă-dĭn), 49 Samuel, 7 Saracens (săr´_å_-sĕns), 32 Saul (sôl), King, 7, 40 schools of philosophy, 16 Schuyler (skī´lḛr), General Philip, 306 Scylla (sĭl´_å_) and Charybdis (k_å_-rĭb´dĭs), 14 Senate (sĕn´*at), (Roman), 28 Senlac (sĕn´lăk) Hill (see _Battle Hill_) Shakespeare (shāk´-spēr), William, 30, 58 Sirens (sī´rĕnz), 14 Smith, Captain John, 116, 145-150 Society of Friends, (see _Quakers_) Socrates (sŏk´r_å_-tĕz), 15 “Socratic method,” 17 Solomon (sŏl´*o-m*un), King, 10, 24 “Song of Roland,” 34 South Sea, (see _Pacific Ocean_) Spain (spān), 27, 32, 113 Spanish Armada (är-mā´d_å_), 109 Spice (spīs) Islands, 84 Stamp Act, 311 Standish (stănd´ĭsh), Myles, 160 Stanley (stăn´lĭ), Henry M., 134 Stratford-on-Avon (ā´v*on), 58 Stuart (stū´_å_rt), James, 62, 113 T tablets, 6, 26 Ten Commandments, 6 Tierra del Fuego (t*e-ĕr´rå dĕl fwā´g*o), 88 Tories (tō´rĭz), 197, 217 Tours (tōōrz), 32 Trafalgar (tr_å_-făl´g_å_r) battle of, 72 Travis, Colonel William Barrett, 264 Trojan (trō´j*an) horse, 13 Trojans, 13 Troy (troi), 12; war against, 12 U Ulysses (*u-lĭs´ēz), 13 Ulysses’ bow, 15 V Valley Forge (fôrj), 205, 304 Valparaiso (văl´´p_å_-rī´sō), 106 Venice (vĕn´ĭs), 78 “Veni, Vidi, Vici,” 30 Vera Cruz (vĕr´_å_ krōōz), 91 Victoria (vĭk-tō´rĭ-_å_) Falls, 132 Virginia (vĭr-jĭn´ĭ-_å_) Company, 146 W War for Independence, 195 Washington (wôsh´ĭng-tŭn), George, 193, 224, 296-301 Waterloo (wô´tḛr-lōō´), battle of, 71 Wayne (wān), General “Mad” Anthony, 250 Webster (wĕb´stḛr), Daniel, 308, 320-327 West, Benjamin, 271 Westminster Abbey, 136 West Point, 336 Military Academy, 342 Whitney (hwĭt´nĭ), Eli, 266, 269 William and Mary College, 310 William of Normandy, 42-47 William the Conqueror, 45 Williams, Roger, 176-180 Winthrop, Governor John, 170-175 witan (wĭt´ăn), 44 Wolfe (wŭlf), General James, 227 Wolf-hearted John, 47 wooden horse, (see _Trojan horse_) Y Yale (yāl) College, 194, 266, 274 Z Zambesi (zåm-bā´z*e) River, 131 Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: within a few miles of Jersualem=> within a few miles of Jerusalem {pg 50} We mutally pledge=> We mutually pledge {pg 313} Gama (gä´mä), Vascoda, 84=> Gama (gä´mä), Vasco da, 84 {pg 374} Gilbraltar (jī-brâl´tēr), 152=> Gibraltar (jī-brâl´tēr), 152 {pg 374} Alciun (*al´sĭ-ŭn), 33=> Alcuin (*al´sĭ-ŭn), 33 {pg 373} End of Project Gutenberg's Hero Tales from History, by Smith Burnham
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