Pilgrims, story of, 47 home in Holland, 48 voyage across Atlantic, 51 sign compact, 52 explorations of, 53 hardships and suffering of, 60, 65 visit from Indians, 63 peep into houses of, 66 household furniture of, 69 daily fare of, 71 Pitcher, Mollie, story of, 241 Plymouth Rock, 59 Pocahontas, romantic story of, 41 Ponce de Leon, 27 Pony Express, its history, 349 Porter, Commodore, 376 Porto Rico, campaign in, 420 Postal service one hundred years ago, 312 Potatoes first used in Europe, 33 Princeton, battle of, 237 Privateers, Confederate, 396 Quakers, persecution of, 96 Quebec, capture of, 123 Railroad built to California, 352 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 31 Revere, Paul, ride of, 159 Review in Washington, grand, 385 Richmond, capture of, 380 Sailors, American, treatment of by British, 325 Santiago, naval victory at, 418 Saratoga, battle of, 219 effect of victory at, 220 Savannah, capture of, 252 Schoolmaster one hundred years ago, 320 Schools and schoolmasters in colonial times, 131 Schuyler, General, and Burgoyne campaign, 203 Sheridan, General, 381 famous ride of, 381 Sherman, W. T., General, 378 march to the sea, 379 Shiloh, battle of, 375 Slavery, a menace to the country, 358 Slaves, emancipation of the, 366 Smith, Captain John, 34 early career, 35 career in new world, 37 and Pocahontas, 40 South, war of Revolution in, 250 cruel warfare in, 253 Spain, downfall of, 406 colonial policy of 406 Cuba rebels against, 406 war declared against, 409 end of war against, 421 Spanish fleet, preparations to meet, 415 Stage coaches one hundred years ago, 314 Stamp Act, 145 Standish, Captain Miles, 54 Stanwix, Fort, defense of, 208 Stark, John, at Bennington, 213 Steele, Mrs., anecdote of, 266 Stuyvesant, Peter, 95 Sumter, Fort, attack on, 361 Sunday, in colonial times, 127 how kept one hundred years ago, 317 Tablets, historic, 169 Tea Party, Boston, 152 Thomas, General, 377 Ticonderoga, capture of, 201 Tobacco, first use of by Europeans, 33 Trenton, battle of, 233 Union, War for, beginning of, 361 cost of, 384 situation after the, 386 Valley Forge, sufferings at, 238 Vicksburg, capture of, 375 Virginia, first attempt to colonize, 32 starving time in, 44 War, Civil, beginning of, 361 cost of, 384 situation after the, 386 War of 1812, causes of, 326 results of, 338 Warren, Joseph, 156 death of, 180