Chicago, Columbian Exposition at, 264. Church, Captain Benjamin, 93. Church, the first English Protestant, in America, 39. first English Catholic, in America, 78. Civil War, the, 259, 260. causes of the, 259. battles of the, 260. Grant and Lee in the, 260. Lincoln in the, 260. result of the, 261. Clark, George Rogers, birth of (note), 162. expedition against Fort Kaskaskia, 162. march against, 163. takes the fort, 163. is helped by a Catholic priest, 164. gets Fort Vincennes, 164. loses the fort, 164. Vigo offers help to, 164. marches against Fort Vincennes, 165. in the "Drowned Lands," 165. wading to victory, 166. takes Fort Vincennes, 167. results of the victory, 167. grave of, 167. summary of, 168. Clearing (note), 250. Coloma (Ko-lo'ma), gold discovered at, 237. Colonel (kur'nel) (note), 91. Colonies, the thirteen (note), 102. Colony (note), 73. Columbian Exposition, the, 264. Columbus, birth and boyhood of, 1. becomes a sailor, 2. has a sea-fight, 3. goes to Lisbon, 3. his maps of the world, 4. plan for reaching Indies, 5. goes to Spain for help, 7. his reception at the convent, 6. leaves his son at the convent, 7. gets help for his voyage, 7. sails from Palos, 8. voyage of, 9-11. discovers land, 12. names it, 13. discovers large islands, 15. returns to Spain, 16. his reception in Spain, 16. last voyages of, 17. his sorrowful old age, 18. sent back to Spain in chains, 18. his letter to Ferdinand and Isabella, 18. death and burial, 19. summary of, 20. celebration of his discovery of America, 264. Compass, Smith's use of the, 41. Roger Williams', 84. Washington's use of, 129. Concord, battle of, 134. Congress, meeting of the first, 100, 133. makes Washington commander-in-chief, 135. declares independence, 100, 137. meaning of word (note), 133, 225. votes money for first telegraph lines, 226. Convent of St. Mary at Palos, 6. Convent (note), 6. Cornwallis, Lord, in the Revolution, 137-142. his pursuit of Washington, 137. and Arnold, 141. surrender of, 142. Cotton, how it grows, 179. seeds of, 179. price of, 181. effect of cotton-gin on, 181. export of, 183. size of bales (note), 183. Cotton-gin, invention of, 180. effect of the, 181. Cowpens, battle of, 140, 210. Crockett, David, motto of, 230. Declaration of Independence made, 100, 137. written by Jefferson, 186. Franklin has part in, 121. sent throughout the country, 186. De Leon, pronunciation of name (note), 28. discovers Florida, 28. De Soto, pronunciation of name (note), 28. discovers the Mississippi, 29. Detroit, Fort, 161. Discovery, right of (note), 234. "Drowned Lands," the, 165. Earthquake, great, of 1811, 198. Ebenezer (Eb-e-ne'zer), settlement of, 105. name of, 105. Electricity, Franklin's experiments in, 118, 119. Eliot, Rev. John, 89. Elizabeth, Queen, names Virginia, 33. Ellsworth, Miss Annie, 226, 227.