Lake George, victory at, 209 Lakes, Great, missions established at, 177 LäN-dā´_is_, Captain, 296 Lä Rä'bi-dä, monastery of, 42 Lä Säl_le_, adventures of, 180 discovers Ohio River, 180 murdered, 182 Laudonnière (lo-do-ne-ār´), settles in Carolina, 74 League of the colonies, 134 Lee, Fort, Americans at, 255 Greene leaves, 257 Lee, General Charles, delay of, 257, 258 dismissed from army, 279 retreat of, 278 Lee, Henry, and Mrs, Motte, 313 called "Light-Horse Harry", 309 Lee, Richard Henry, resolution of, 248 Leeds, denied right to vote, 219 L_e_īf the Lucky, explorations of, 28 L_e_īs´ler, governor of New York, 170 Lē´on, Isabella, Queen of, 59 Lex´ing-ton, battle of, 234 L_e_ȳ´den, Separatist colony in, 107 Liberty Bell, in Pennsylvania, 252 Library in Philadelphia, founded by Franklin, 203 Lightning rods, invented, 205 Liṉċ´o_l_n, Cornwallis's sword delivered to, 318 defends Charleston, 298 Lĭş´bon, Columbus at, 37 Liv´ing-ston, Robert, draws up Declaration of Independence, 250 Lŏck_e_, John, laws of, 162 Logs´town, Washington at, 196 Lȯn´dȯn Company, Captain Smith joins, 89 formed, 87 Long Island, battle of, 253 Kieft meets Indians on, 143 Long River, Connecticut River called, 131 Lo:_u_´i_s_ XIV., aids La Salle, 181 Louis XVI., Jones at court of, 296 Lo:_u_´ĭs-burg, British capture, 211 captured by New Englanders, 190 French fort at, 189 Lo:_u_-ï-şi-ä´na, Acadians wander to, 209 ceded to Spain, 213 territory embraced by, 181 "Mad An´t_h_o-ny," Wayne called, 284 Ma-dē_i_´ra Islands, discovered, 36 Măd´o-ċ, visits America, 31 Ma-drăs´ in India, ceded to England, 190 Ma-ġěl´_l_an, explorations of, 65 Strait of, Drake sails through, 82 Mā_i_n_e_, added to Massachusetts, 169 Gorges founds colony in, 130 quarrels with Massachusetts Bay colony, 166 Măn´ches-ter, denied right to vote, 219 Măn´de-vil_le_, Sir John, travels of, 33 Man-hăt´_t_an Island, Hudson lands on, 104 purchased by Dutch, 143 trading station established on, 104, 142 Maps, in early days, 32 Mär-ble-head´, offers port to Boston, 232 Mär´co Po´lo, travels of, 33 Mär´cōs, explorations of, 63 Măr´ï-on, called "Bay'ard of the South", 300 in battle of Eutaw Springs, 315 Marque (märk), letters of, 293 Marquette (mär-kět´), explorations of, 177-179 Ma´rў-land (měr-), boundary dispute with Pennsylvania, 153 quarrel with Virginia, 153 Mā´son and Dix´on line, 153 Mason, John, founds colony in New Hampshire, 130 Mohegan chief aids, 133