Henri IV., king of France, his colonial policy, 35. Henry VII., king of England, rewards Cabot, 25; attitude towards bull of partition, 36; Navigation Acts under, 104. -- VIII., king of England, interest in northwest passage, 36. Hoboken, N. J., founded, 199. Holland, English Independents in, 115-117. _See_ Dutch. Hooker, Thomas, supports Anne Hutchinson, 134; assists in settling Connecticut, 141; as a constitution-maker, 143; character, 183. Hopi Indians, Spanish with, 29, 30. Howard of Effingham, Lord, Governor of Virginia, 79. Hudson Bay, exploration of, 4; aborigines of, 9, 12; early French visits, 247, 248. Hudson, Hendrik, discovers Hudson River, 44, 50, 125, 196. -- River, discovered by Hudson, 50, 125, 196; early Dutch trade on, 118; as a highway for trade, exploration, and Indian war-parties, 4, 5, 8, 155, 202, 219, 220, 255; named in London Company's charter, 66; Pilgrim land-grant on, 197; early settlements on, 221; patroons' estates on, 198-200, 223, 227; Dutch attempt to exclude English from, 199, 200. Hudson's Bay Company, organized, 248; intercolonial relations, 234; historical sketch, 243, 244. Huguenots, in Florida, 31-34, 49; De Monts' colony, 35, 36; in Brazil, 44; in New France, 49, 252; in Carolina, 87, 88, 93-95, 97, 108; in Virginia, 81; in New York, 221; in New England, 221. Hutchinson, Anne, religious agitator in Massachusetts, 133-136; in Rhode Island, 146, 147; her adherents in New Hampshire, 152. Iceland, early settlements in, 21, 22. Illinois, canoe portages in, 4; aborigines of, 12; French settlements, 247, 253. Independents, definition of term, 115; in Holland, 115-117. _See_ Puritans. India, early commerce with Europe, 23, 24, 66; reached by Portuguese, 25; effect on American exploration, 26, 27, 50; search for water passage to, 42, 196. Indian Territory, Southern Indians in, 11; early Spanish exploration in, 28.