_Mayflower_, voyage of the, 64, 66, 73. Ohio boat so named, 170. Messages (note), 220. Mexico, war with, 239. territory obtained from, 239. Miami (Mi-am'i), Ohio, 172. Mississippi, De Soto discovers the, 29. belonged to France, 187. we get possession of the, 188. first steamboat on the, 198, 199. Moccasins (note), 136. Model (note), 224. Monticello, described, 184. Morgan's sharpshooters, 140. Morse, Samuel F. B., birth and boyhood of, 220. becomes a painter, 221. goes to France, 221. thinks of using electricity to send messages, 221. returns to America, 222. invents electric telegraph, 222. his poverty, 223. takes the first photograph in America, 223. gets assistance from Mr. Vail, 224. obtains patent for the telegraph, 224. receives help from Congress, 225, 226. and Miss Annie Ellsworth, 226, 227. builds line of telegraph, 227. the first message sent, 227. how a message is sent (note), 227. the first year of telegraphy, 227. summary of, 228. Moultrie, Colonel, 140. Fort, 140. Mount Vernon, Washington at, 126, 135, 144. Nation (note), 217. Negroes, see Slaves. New Amsterdam, 59. New England, name of, 46. first settlements in, 66, 73, 74. New Netherland, name of, 59. seized by the English, 59. New Orleans, owned by the French, 187. purchase of, 188. battle of, 217. cotton exported from, 183. New Salem, Illinois, 251. Newspaper, Franklin's, 110, 116. New York, name of, 59. New York City, name, 59. in the Revolution, 60, 137, 144. North and South in the Civil War, 259, 260. Northmen discover America (note), 21. Oglethorpe (O'gel-thorp), General, who he was, 102. and prisoners for debt, 103. gets grant of Georgia, 102, 103. object of settling Georgia, 103. builds Savannah, 104. welcomes German settlers, 105. attempts to produce silk, 106. sends silk as present to the queen of England, 106. keeps out the Spaniards, 107. in his old age, 107. summary of, 108. Ohio, first settlement in, 170. Indian wars in, 172, 173. Ohio River, first steamboat on, 198. Oregon, how we got our claim to, 234. added to the United States, 234, 240. Pacific, Balboa discovers the, 28. Pacific Railroad completed (note), 263. Pacific railroads, the three, 263. Palisade, 70. Palisades of the Hudson (note), 56. Palmetto logs (note), 140. Palos, convent at, 6. Columbus sails from, 8. reception at, 16. Parker, Captain, at Lexington, 134. Patent (note), 224.