Mas-sa-chū´setts Bay colony, emblem of, 127 joins league, 134 Navigation Act not observed in, 166 Parliament takes away charter, 229 Plymouth colony and Maine added to, 169 Quaker excitement in, 135 quarrels with Maine, 166 receives new charter, 169 resists taxation, 224 settlement at Salem, 120 Williams College in, 209 Massachusetts Congress, 236 Massachusetts Historical Society, 142 Măs´sa-soit, Indian chief, cured by Winslow, 118 makes treaty with Governor Carver 114, 137 Măt-a-ḡȯr´da Bay, fort built at, 181 Măth´er, Cotton, minister, 172, 173 _May´flow-er_, Pilgrims sail in, 108 returns to England, 115 McCr_e_ā´, Jane, killed by Indians, 266 Med´i-çin_e_ men, among Indians, 19 Med-i-ter-rā´ne-an Sea, Columbus visits ports on, 37 Northmen explore, 25 Menendez (mā-nen´deth), Spanish leader, 74 Merry Mount, English colonists at, 122 Meth´o-dist Church, Wesley founder of, 165 Mex´i-co, captured by Cortez, 66 Indians in, 20 Mexico, Gulf of, explored, 179 La Salle reaches, 181 Mexico, New, Marcos visits, 68 Miçh´ĭ-gan, Lake, Marquette and Joliet at, 177, 179 Mĭċ_h_-ĭ-lĭ-mack´i-na:c, Indian victory at, 214 La Salle at, 180 Min´u-it, purchases Manhattan Island, 143 Minutemen, drilling of, 231 warn soldiers, 233 Mis-_s_ĭs-_s_ĭp´_p_ĭ, called "Father of Waters", 67 explored, 68, 177, 181 lands east of, ceded to Great Britain, 213 Narvaez drowned in, 67 Mississippi Valley, mounds in, 22 Mĭs-_s_o:_u_´ri Indians, homes of, 19 Missouri River, explored, 69, 178 Mō´hawk Valley, 265 Mo-hē´gan Indians, Pequots seek alliance with, 132 Money, coined in Massachusetts Bay colony, 166 paper, issued by Congress, 302 Mŏn´m_o_ūth, battle of, 278 Mō-nŏn-ga-hē´la=, battle of the, 208 Mŏnt-ċä_l_m´, captures Oswego, 210 defeated at Quebec, 212 Mon-te-zṳ´ma, Indian chief, 66 Mont-gȯm´er-y, takes Montreal, 246 Mōnt-re-a:l´, attacked, 187 Joliet returns to, 179 La Salle in, 180 named by Cartier, 72, 174 surrender of, 213 taken by Montgomery, 246 Moors, expelled from Spain, 42 Mȯr´gan, Daniel, at battle of Stillwater 269 joined by Greene, 313 victorious at Cowpens, 312 victorious at Saratoga, 271 Mŏr´_r_is, Robert, Washington appeals to, 303 Mŏr´ris-town Heights, Washington at, 262, 279 Mŏt_te_, Mrs., sacrifice of, 313 Mo:_ul_´trĭ_e_, Fort, bombarded, 247 Mound builders, 22 Mounds, description of, 23 Mount Hope, Indian camp at, 140 Mount Vēr´non, Washington's home at, 193, 195, 196 Mount Vernon, Washington returns to, 324 Mŭr´_ra_ў, Mrs., anecdote about, 254 Na-pō´le-on, 321 Năr-ra-găn´sett Indians, Canonicus chief of, 118 Pequots seek alliance with, 132 Nar-vä´ez (-eth), explorations of, 67 Năs´_s_a:_u_, Fort, built by Dutch, 105, 151 settlers driven from, 144 Nătch´ez Indians, attack French, 183