Spain, mistress of the seas, 2; what Columbus did for, 3; divides with Portugal dominion in the East and West, 3, 4; sends expeditions to Florida and Mexico, 4; reign of Charles V., 4-8; her invincibility broken, 59, 66 (_note_); gives up Vancouver Island to England, 146 (_note_); claim to north-west coast, 159; gets back Louisiana, 163; and Florida, 164; shuts up New Orleans to our commerce, 172, 175 (_notes 2 and 3_); loses Mexico, 241. Steamboat first navigates the Missouri, 219. Stockton, Robert F., 261; conquers California, 262. Stockton, Cal., founded, 283. Straits of Fuca discovered, 59; explored, 146 (_note_). Sutter's Fort, 256, 263 (_note_); Fremont's headquarters at, 260. Taylor, Zachary, commands in Mexico, 250, 263. Tennessee admitted to the Union, 167. Terra Firma, 9 (_note_). Texas, 118 (_note_); _see also_ St. Louis of Texas; Americans invited to, 241; in 1821, 242, 246 (_note_); emigration, 2; and its character, 243; revolts against Mexico, 243; conquers her independence, 243; applies for admission to the Union, 244; is opposed by the North, 245; but comes in, 246; her boundary in dispute, 249. Topeka Constitution, 307 (_note_). Utah, 267, 268 (_note_). Vancouver, George, 146 (_note_). Vizcaino, Sebastian, enters San Diego and Monterey, 59. Washington Territory, 323, 325 (_note_). Webster, Daniel, his attitude toward slavery in new States, 291, 294 (_note_). Whitman, Marcus, founds a mission in Oregon, 232, 233 (_note_), 238; his memorable ride to St. Louis, 239. Wilkes, Charles, explores north-west coast, 240, 241 (_note_). Willamette Valley settled, 240. Wisconsin, first white man in, 75, 79 (_note_). Wisconsin River found to be a tributary of the Mississippi, 78. Wyeth, Nathaniel J., in Oregon, 232, 233 (_note_). Wyoming Territory, 324. Yellowstone Park, 324. Yellowstone River, 185, 191 (_note_). Yerba Buena, 282, 284 (_note_). Young, Brigham, 265. Zuñi visited by Spaniards, 35, 39 (_note_). End of Project Gutenberg's The Making of the Great West, by Samuel Adams Drake