Mississippi, the, discovered by De Soto, I. exploration of, I. Mississippi basin, VI. Mississippi, the territory formed, II. attitude of the State on secession, III. attitude toward negroes at the close of the war, IV. Missouri, wishes statehood, III. Jefferson's words concerning, III. the compromise, III. efforts to undo the compromise, III. abrogation of the compromise, III. and secession, III. the struggle in, III. Mitchell, President, of the United Mine Workers, VI. Mobile, Admiral Farragut at, IV. Mohawks, the, and French and English, I. Monitor, the, and the Merrimac, IV. Monk, General, I. Monmouth, battle of, II. Monroe, Fortress, General Butler at, III. McClellan at, IV. Monroe, President, II. his doctrine, III., V. new interpretation of doctrine, VI. Montana made a State, IV. Montcalm, General, in French and Indian war, I. at Quebec, I. Monterey captured, III. Montezuma, I. Montgomery, General Richard, II. killed, II. Montojo, Admiral, Spanish Naval forces Manila, V. Montreal, named, I. taken, II. Monts, De, lands on coast of Nova Scotia, I. Moody, Lady Deborah, repels attack of the Indians, I. Moon hoax, the, III. Morey, II. Morgan, General, at battles of Stillwater, II. at Cowpens, II. his ability as a leader, II. Morgan, J. Pierpont, VI. Morgan, William, III. Mormonism, III., IV., V. Moros, V. Morris, Robert, II. Morse, Professor, and telegraphy, III. Moscoso, Luis de, I. Moultrie, Colonel, at Charleston Harbor, II. Mound builders, I. their cities, I. their arts, I. fate of I. Mounds, design of, I. forms of, I. Mukden, Port of, opened to nations, VI. Music in American churches, II. Muster, the old-fashioned, II. N Nadaillac, De, his theory concerning origin of man in America, I. Nagel, Charles, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, VI. Napoleon Bonaparte, II. intended Louisiana as a seat of colonial power, II. his Berlin and Milan decrees, II. his treatment of United States, II. his career ended, II. Napoleon III. and the Confederacy, IV. his Mexican scheme. IV. Narraganset Indians, in Pequot war, I. in King Philip's war, I. their strength broken, I. Narvaez, Pamphilo de, expedition of, into Florida, I. perishes, I. National Conservation Association, VI. National road, III. Navigation acts, the, I., II. Navy, the U. S., in 1784, II. the department created, II. at outbreak of the civil war, IV. operations of, during the civil war, IV. in war with Spain, IV. in Philippines, IV. strengthening of, VI. cruise of Atlantic fleet, VI. Neale, Elias, III. Nebraska made a State, IV. Negro, the position of, in the South at close of the war, IV. prospects of, IV. kidnapping free negroes, III. suffrage, V. Montgomery conference, V. population, V. Neutrality, Washington's proclamation of, II. results of, II. England questions American, II. Nevada made a State, IV.