The Story of the Thirteen ColoniesGuerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
History
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies
Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
St. Niċ_h_´o-las, 144
St. Pat´rick's day, 247
St. Rē´gis, Indian church at, 188
Sā´lem, port of, offered to Boston, 232
Roger Williams, preaches at, 127
settlement at, 122
Salem witchcraft, 170-173
Săm´o-set, welcomes English, 113
Sän Dï-e=´go, Spanish colony at, 76
Sän-tä Fé=, Spanish colony at, 76, 102
_Sän-tä Mä-rï´ä_, Columbus's ship, 44
wrecked, 50
Sän-to Do-mïn´go, 59
Săr-a-tō´ga, American victory at, 269-272
Sär-găs´_s_ō Sea, Columbus sails through, 46
Sā´t_a_n, 171
Sa-văn´nah, founded, 165
taken by British, 297
Say, Lord, land granted to, 130
Say´brook, colony founded at, 130
included in New Haven colony, 134
Sċ_h_e-něc´ta-dy, burned, 185
Schools, public, established, 125
Sċ_hu_ȳ´ler, Fort, besieged, 267
Schuyler, General, sent against Burgoyne, 265
superseded by Gates, 269
victorious at Saratoga, 271
"Sea of Darkness," Atlantic Ocean called, 31, 40
Search war´rants, opposition to, 217
See´konk, Williams attempts settlement at, 129
Sen-e-ga:l´, 36
Sep´a-ra-tists, found colony in Holland, 107
persecution of, 107
sail for New World, 108
_Se-rā´pis_, British vessel, 295, 296
Set´tle-ments, Dutch, 105, 143, 144
English, 85, 87, 111, 122, 124, 125, 129, 130, 132, 147, 152,
162, 165
French, 74, 102, 105, 174, 177, 181, 183, 188
German, 150
Portuguese, 36
Swedish, 151
Seven Years' War, 210
Se-vĭl_le_´, 59
Shēr´man, Roger, draws up Declaration of Independence, 250
Sĭm´e-on, 317
S_i_o:_ux_ Indians, capture Father Hennepin, 180
"Skin´ners," marauding troops called, 305
Skrā_e_´lings, Norse name for Indians, 29
"Sky City," Acoma called, 68, 76
Slav´er-y, in Georgia, 165, 166
in Jamestown, 101
in West Indies, 80
Sleep´y Hol´low, Irving's tales of, 146
Slou_gh_´ter, Governor, of New York, 170
Smith, Captain, adventures of, 88-91
called "Admiral of New England", 95
death of, 96
governs Jamestown settlement, 92
joins London Company, 89
returns to England, 95
Smok´ing, introduced, 50
Smug´gling, begun, 216
Snor´ri, first European born in America, 28, 29
Sons of Liberty, 222, 252
South A-měr´i-ca, Indians in, 20
Portuguese approach, 61
South Car-o-li´na, Americans lose, 300
British driven out of, 315
Spā_i_n, ally of France, 188
at war with England, 81, 165
at war with France, 71
Florida given back to, 323
gives up Florida, 213
in French and Indian War, 213
receives New Orleans and Louisiana, 213
Spăn´ish, at St. Augustine, attacked, 75
attack Charleston, 188
explorations of, 62-70
invade Georgia, 166
massacre Huguenots, 74, 174
settlements, 62-64, 75, 76, 102, 105
_Speed´well_, Pilgrim ship, 108
Spice Islands, 58
Spots´wood, Governor, journey of, 161
Squan´to, captured, 106
favorite of Pilgrims, 114, 115
Squawş, Indian women, 16, 20
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