Columbus, Christopher, fails to find the way to India, 3; result of his discoveries, 3; his death, 4. Cook, James, sent to the Pacific, 143, 146 (_note_); discovers Sandwich Islands, 144; names Cape Flattery and Mount Edgecumbe, 144, 145; tries to sail east to Hudson's Bay, 145; his death, 146. Coppermine River explored, 137. Coronado, Vasquez de, explores New Mexico, 32, 39 (_note_). Cortez, Hernando, in Mexico, 7; reaches the Great South Sea, 7. Council Bluffs, visited and named, 188; Long winters there, 221. Coureurs de Bois, 125, 130 (_note_). Crozat, Anthony, his monopoly, 124, 126. Cuba, importance of, to Spanish conquests in America, 4. Custer, George A., killed in battle, 325. Dablon, Fr. Claude, founds mission at Sault Ste. Marie, 78, 80 (_note_). Dakota, great progress in, 324. De Fuca, Juan, discovers Straits of Fuca, 59. Dubuque, Julien, in Iowa, 183. Denver City founded, 310; in 1859, 313, 314 (_note_). Denver, James W., 299 (_note_), 310. De Soto, Hernando, lands in Florida, 11; his army, 11, 12; cruel conduct toward the natives, 13, 14, 22; his wonderful marches, 15, 17 (_note_); escape of his followers, 16; death and burial, 18; described, 17 (_note_). Douglas, Stephen A., author of "Popular Sovereignty," 288. Drake, Sir Francis, reaches California, 56; takes possession, and names it New Albion, 57; his port, 66 (_note_). El Dorado. The Spaniards seek it in Florida, 14; the Indians mislead them, 28 (_note_). El Paso del Norte founded, 37; in 1807, 208. Elizabeth of England, her character, 147. England claims the North-west coast, 146 (_note_); loses her American colonies, 165. Falls of St. Anthony named, 107, 109 (_note_); Indian superstition about, 151. Fire-worship, 46. Florida discovered and named, 6; its extent, 6, 7; initial point, 7, 9 (_note_); De Soto invades it, 11; Indians of, 20-28; ceded back to Spain, 164. Fontaine qui bouille, 314 (and _note_). Fort Boisé, 233 (_note_); Fremont there, 238, 241 (_note_); made capital of Idaho, 323, 325 (_note_). Fort Chipewyan, 138, 139 (_note_). Fort Crèvecœur, 101, 104 (_note_). Fort Hall, 233 (_note_), 238. Fort Kearney, Neb., 294. Fort Laramie, 235, 241 (_note_). Fort Leavenworth, 293, 294 (_note_). Fort Prudhomme, 103, 104 (_note_). Fort Riley, Kan., 293. Fort Scott, Kan., 294. Fort Smith, 223 (_note_). Fort Walla Walla, 238. France contends with Spain for dominion, and is defeated, 6; cedes Louisiana to Spain, 163; plays her own game, 168 (_note_); attitude hostile toward us, 171; sells us Louisiana, 174.