Markets of the world: a struggle for to-day, 388. Martin, Governor of North Carolina: 136-137. Martin Academy: 132. Maryland Canal: 348. Massachusetts: part played in the development of the West, 347. “Mayflower,” The: 42. Maxwell: establishes ranch with Carson, 253. Maysville road: bill for, 183. Merriwether: 267. Metropotamia: 69. Mexican capital: in western trade, 274. Michigan, Lake: 188. Militia, The Pennsylvania: 96. Mills: improvement of rifle by, 13. Minneapolis: emigration offices in, 418. Mississippi: few whites there in 1800, 46. “Mississippi Territory”: 70. Mississippi River: why explored from the North, 46; control of secured, 60; little understood by statesmen a hundred years ago, 61; as a boundary of civilization, 68; a boundary of states in “Ordinance of Northwest,” 68; descended by John McCullough, 101; first explorers, 73. Missouri: becomes outpost of civilization, 50; first steamboat on, 188. Missouri Fur Company: 197. Monay, James: 103. Montana, routes to: 211. “Montana Post”: 210. Mooney, James: 103. Morgan, Colonel George: foot-note, 82-83. Morgan, J. Pierpont: 369. Mormons, The: 296. Morrison, William: merchant of Kaskaskia, 282, 335. Morton, Paul: 388. Mother of the West: 40. Moultrie, Alexander: 140. Murphy wagons: 211. Murray, John Dormer: 78. Napoleon Bonaparte: 61, 212. Nashville, Tennessee: settlement, 54-57; in touch with the Ohio River, 58. National road: 64, 183. Neeley, Alexander: 104. Neshaminy Church: 85. New England: not the mother of the West, 39; realization of the West, 40; character of population compared to that of western Pennsylvania, 44; explanation of her part in discovery of the West, 44; chances in favor of it in western movement, 49; gives a cordial reception to Crockett, 169. Newfoundland: emigration to the United States, 407. New Madrid earthquakes: 157. New Orleans: easy to reach from Kentucky, 58; visited by John McCullough, 101; the steamer, 187. “New Purchase”: 156. Newspaper: first in the West, 126. New York, parent of the West: 40; her policy toward the Indians, 47; spared by Six Nations, 47; influence with Indians due to Sir William Johnson, 48; gains lands from the Iroquois, 48; chances in favor of it in westward movement, 49. Nicollet: 265. North, The: occupies Western territory; the South opens, 189. North Carolina: men from, built Harrodsburg and Boonesborough, 42. Northern Pacific Railway, The: 365. Northwest, The: its rapid settlement to-day, 299. Northwest Company: extends posts along our Northern border, 196; rival of Hudson Bay Company, 329. Northwestern Company, The: 333. Northwest Territory, The: 124. Norway: emigration to the United States, 408. Occupation of the West: a study of transportation, 36. Ohio: receives first population from New England, 70. “Ohio Land Company”: 41. Ohio River: known in early days, 38; center of population on, 220. Ojibways: 22.