=Menendez=, Pedro, expedition of, 32;
massacre of Huguenots, 33, 34, 38.
=Mercer=, Fort, taken by British, 176.
=Merrimac=, the, fights with the _Monitor_, 294.
=Mexico=, City of, siege of the, 265.
=Mexico=, French occupation of, 324.
=Mexico=, war with, 261-267;
declaration of war with, 262.
=Miamis=, war with the, 207.
=Miantonomah=, gives Rhode Island, 81.
=Michigan=, organization of Territory, 218;
admission of State, 253.
=Mifflin=, Fort, taken by British, 176.
=Miller=, James, at Lundy's Lane, 236.
=Mims=, Fort, attacked by savages, 231.
=Minnesota=, admission of, 276.
=Missionary= Ridge, storming of, 305.
=Mississippi=, organization of Territory, 215;
admission of State, 244.
=Mississippi= River, discovery of, 31.
=Missouri=, admission of, 246.
=Missouri= Compromise, the, 246.
=Mobilians=, regions inhabited by the, 16;
tribes of the, 16.
=Model=, the Grand, account of, 125.
=Modocs=, war with the, 332.
=Monitor=, fights the _Merrimac_, 294.
=Monmouth=, battle of, 180.
=Monroe= Doctrine, the, 246.
=Monroe=, James, negotiates Louisiana purchase, 216;
elected President, 243;
sketch of, 244;
administration of, 244-247;
reelected, 246.
=Montana=, organization of Territory, 325;
admission of State, 360.
=Montcalm=, General, at Fort William Henry, 142;
at Plains of Abraham, 145.
=Monterey=, capture of, 263.
=Montgomery=, Richard, attack of on Quebec, 162;
death of, 162.
=Mont= Real, island and town of, 36.
=Morgan=, John, raid of, 306.
=Mormons=, troubles with the, 259, 275.
=Morris=, Robert, gives financial aid, 170;
Secretary of Finance, 192;
brought to poverty, 200.
=Morse=, Samuel F. B., inventor of the telegraph, 260.
=Morton=, Levi P., elected Vice-president, 359.
=Morton=, Oliver P., death of, 343.
=Mound-builders=, account of the, 12-15.
=Moultrie=, bombardment of, 164.
=Murfreesborough=, battle of, 297.
=Mutiny= in Continental Army, 192.
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=Narvaez=, De, governor of Florida, 29.
=Nashville=, siege of, 312.
=National= Banks, establishment of, 320.
=National= debt, the, 320, 324.
=Naval= battles between the _Chesapeake_ and the _Leopard_, 219;
_Chesapeake_ and the _Shannon_, 233;
_Constellation_ and the _Insurgent_, 212;
_Constitution_ and the _Guerriere_, 225;
_Constitution_ and the _Java_, 226;
_Essex_ and the _Nocton_, 226;
_Essex_ and the _Phoebe_ and _Cherub_, 234;
_Hartford_ and the _Tennessee_, 314;
_Hornet_ and the _Peacock_, 232;
_Hornet_ and the _Penguin_, 241;
_Lawrence_ and the _Detroit_, 229;
_Monitor_ and the _Merrimac_, 294;
_Niagara_ and British fleet, 229;
_Poictiers_ and the _Wasp_, 226;
_Poor Richard_ and the _Serapis_, 186;
_President_ and the _Little Belt_, 223;
_United States_ and the _Macedonian_, 226;
_Wasp_ and the _Frolic_, 226.
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