INDEX.

Acadia, 83, 118.

Alabama, 42, 173.

Alarchon, Fernando di, 144.

Alaska, 202.

Albany, 110, 124.

Alexander, Sir William, 88.

Algonquin Indians, 110, 112, 115‒117, 130.

Alleghany Mountains, 168.

Allouez, Father, 128.

America known to the Ancients, 9.

Anastasia Island, 61.

Annapolis, 83.

Apache Indians, 149, 150, 184, 258, 260–264, 267–268.

Apalacha River, 37.

Arapaho Indians, 242.

Arctic Ocean, 216.

Argall, Captain, 79, 85.

Arizona, 142, 149, 150, 174, 258.

Arkansas River, 182, 235, 254.

Arkansea, village of, 132, 136.

Astor, John Jacob, 220.

Astoria, 220, 232.

Athabasca, Lake, 214.

Atlantis, Island of, 7.

Ayllon, Lucas Vasquez de, 35, 37.

Bahama Islands, 34.

Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, 31‒33.

Baltimore, Lord, 80.

♦Bayagoula, Indian village, 164.

Barre, Nicholas, 58.

Bear River, 247, 248.

Bears, White and Brown, 188, 191.

Beaujeu, Admiral, 135.

Beer Springs, 247.

Behring, 200.

Biloxi Bay, 164.

Black Hills, 229, 242.

Blackbird, Indian chief, 226.

Blackfeet Indians, 228.

Block Island, 153, 154.

Bona Vista Bay, 52.

Boone, Daniel, 168‒172.

Boonesborough, 171.

Boston, 99, 100, 162.

Boundary between United States and British America, 270, 274.

Brébœuf, Jesuit missionary, 119, 126.

British America, 174, 269, 271;

French traders in, 212, 270.

Cabot, John, 26, 27.

Cabot, Sebastian, 27.

Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, 145.

California, 146, 150‒152, 174, 256.

California, Gulf of, 144.

Canada, First explorations, 51–57;

Explorations and settlements, 112, 120;

Captured by the English, 118;

Ceded to the French, 118.

Canadian Pacific Railway, 271–275.

Cancello, Louis, 47.

Cannibalism, 55, 123, 124.

Cape Breton, 28, 37, 118.

Cape Cod, 9, 89, 92, 112.

Cape Fear, 157.

Cape May, 109.

Cape Mendocino, 146.

Capuchin Friars, 167.

Carey, Apostle of the Indians, 237.

Carolina, 58, 157, 165.

Cartier, Jacques, 51‒57.

Carver, John, 90, 93.

Cass, Governor, 233, 234.

Cass Lake, 234, 239.

Catskill Mountains, 106.

Cevola, Indian village, 143, 259.

Champlain, Samuel, 83, 88, 112.

Champlain, Lake, 113–119.

Charlestown (Mass.), 99.

Charles River, 99.

Charlevoix, Father, 138, 139.

Chesapeake Bay, 68, 76.

Cherokee Indians, 159, 168–172.

Cheyenne Indians, 228, 242.

Chicago, 129, 133.

Chickasaw Indians, 43, 168.

Chippeway Indians, 122, 129, 179‒181, 238.

Cibola, 143, 259.

Clarke, Captain, 184–198.

Cochise, Indian chief, 261–263.

Coligny, Admiral, 57.

Colony, the Lost, 69, 70.

Colorado River, 144, 245, 246.

Columbia River, 146, 188, 194–198, 246;

Great Narrows, 198;

Indians of the Columbia Family, 196–198.

Columbus, 7;

Early life, 13, 14;

At the convent, 15;

At the Spanish court, 16–19;

Sets sail, 19;

Land discovered, 21;

Landing of, 22;

Desertion of Pinzon, 22;

Return to Spain, 23;

Second voyage, 23;

Accusation and death, 25.

Comanche Indians, 136, 184.

Conant, Roger, 99.

Connecticut, 9, 87, 103, 104, 153–157.

Convict colonists, 82.

Cook, Captain James, 201.

Coppermine River, 214, 216.

Coronado, Vasquez de, 144, 145.

Cortereal, Gaspar, 28.

Cortereal, Miguel, 28.

Cortes, 140.

Coureurs des bois, 137, 206, 212.

Coxe, Dr., 165.

Cozens, Mr., 258–268.

Creek Indians, 158.

Crow Indians, 228, 229.

Cuba, 22.

Cumberland River, 170.

Dacotah Indians, 128, 177, 185.

Darien, Isthmus of, 32, 33.

Davenport, John, 156.

Davis, Jim, 274.

Delaware River, 109, 159.

De La Warre, Lord, 77, 78, 79.

Dermer, Captain, 87.

Des Moines River, 132.

Denys, John, 29.

D’Iberville, Lemoyne, 164–166.

Dorantes, Stefano, 142.

Dover founded, 88.

Drake, Sir Francis, 63, 68, 146.

Dreuillette, Jesuit missionary, 126–128.

Dutch settlements, 108–110.

Early Explorers, 7.

Eaton, Theophilus, 156.

Eliot, John, 158.

El Moro, ruins of, 265.

Emigration to California, 257.

♦Enciso, 31.

Endicott, John, 99, 154.

English Settlements, first, 64.

Eric the Red, 8.

Erie, Lake, 115, 133.

Esquimaux, 214.

Faroe Islands, 12.

First American Explorers, 7–12.

First steamer on inland waters, 234.

Flathead Indians, 198.

Fleming, Sandford, 272.

Florida, Discovery of, 33–35, 47;

Early settlements in, 59, 63;

Annexed to the United States, 173.

Fonte, Admiral de, 147.

Fortune, the, 96.

Fountain of Youth, search for, 33, 34, 35.

Fox, Luke, 206, 207.

Franklin, Captain, 216.

Fraser River, 272.

Fremont, John C., 241–254.

Fremont’s Peak, 246.

French Settlements, 59, 116, 117, 164, 165, 209.

Freydis, Eric’s daughter, 10, 11.

Frontenac, 133, 134.

Fuca, Juan de, 147.

Fundy, Bay of, 83.

Fur trade, 104, 109, 118, 127, 137, 173, 177, 212, 220, 270.

Garay, Francis, 35.

Gates, Sir Thomas, 78.

Georgia, 158, 159, 173.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 64, 65.

Gillam, Captain Zachariah, 208.

Gold, Search for, 37, 59, 141, 142, 149;

Discovered, 256;

Mica taken for gold, 76.

Golden Gate, the, 151.

Gorges, Sir Ferdinand, 87, 88;

Robert, 88.

Gosnold, Bartholomew, 71.

Gourgues, Dominique de, 61, 62.

Gray, Captain, 188.

Grand Manan, Island of, 84, 85.

Great Bear Lake, 214.

Great Bend, Missouri River, 186, 226.

Great Plains, the, 274.

Great Slave Lake, 214, 247, 254.

Greenland, 8, 11.

Grenville, Sir Richard, 67, 68.

Griffin, the, 133.

Grijalva, Captain, 140.

Grosseliez, 207, 208.

Gunnbiorn, 8.

Half Moon, 105–107.

Harrisburg founded, 162.

Hartford, 104.

Hatteras, Cape, 65.

Hawkins, Sir John, 59.

Hearne, Mr., 210, 213–217.

Hennepin, 133, 134.

Hercules, Pillars of, 7.

Herjulfson, Bjarni, 8.

Hochelaga, 53, 54.

Holmes, William, 103.

Hontan, Baron La, 138, 247.

Hudson, Henry, 105–108.

Hudson River, 50, 106.

Hudson’s Bay, 108, 137, 206–208, 210–213, 269, 270.

Hudson’s Bay Company, 138, 206, 208–217.

Hudson’s Straits, 210.

Huguenot colonists, 57–62, 165.

Hunt, William, 225‒232.

Huron, Lake, 115.

Huron Indians, 115, 126.

Illinois River, 132.

Independence, War of, 162.

Indians, conflicts with, 105, 110, 126, 153–156, 158, 167, 222, 226.

Indian princess, 42;

King, 54;

War challenge, 96;

Ceremony in honor of the dead, 122;

Concert, 263;

Scalp dance, 264.

Indians:—174, 179, 214, 219, 229, 244.

Algonquins, 110, 112, 115–117.

Apache, 149, 150, 184, 258, 260–264, 267, 268.

Arapaho, 242.

Blackfeet, 228.

Cherokees, 159, 168–172.

Cheyennes, 228, 242.

Chickasaw, 43, 168.

Chippeway, 122, 129, 179–181, 238.

Comanche, 136, 184.

Creek, 158.

Crow, 228, 229.

Flathead, 98.

Huron, 115, 116.

Illinois, 130.

Iroquois, 113, 116, 123, 124, 127, 134.

Mohawk, 116, 123, 126, 127.

Navajoe, 184, 264, 266, 268.

Nez Percés, 197.

♦Onguiaharas, 122.

Osage, 181.

Ottoe, 184.

Pawnee, 181, 234.

Pequod, 153–156.

Root, 247.

Seneca, 116, 127, 133.

Shoshone, 187, 229, 247, 254, 256.

Sioux, 128, 134, 177, 185, 225, 238.

Snake, 195, 196.

Zuni, 265.

Indians enslaved, 156, 158.

Indians, Penn’s treaty with the, 160.

Indiana, 173.

Iroquois Indians, 113, 116, 123, 124, 127, 134.

Isabella of Castile, 19.

Itasca Lake, 239.

James, Captain, 207.

James, Captain, 234–236.

Jamestown, 73, 76, 78–81, 110.

Jarvis, E. W., 272.

Jesuit Missionaries, 84, 119, 120, 126, 148, 149, 167.

Jesuits, Loss of power, 150.

Jesuit, a heroic, 124.

♦Jogues, Isaac, Jesuit Missionary, 123–125.

John II. of Portugal, 14.

Kansas, 241, 246.

Karsefue, 10.

Kennebec River, 88.

Kentucky, 168–172.

Kino, Eusebius Francis, 148.

Kirk, Mr., 118.

Knight, John, 209, 210.

La Paz, 146.

Lake of the Woods, 238.

Lane, Ralph, 68.

Latter-Day Saints, 255.

Laudonnière, René de, 58, 61.

Law, John, 166.

Laws, Mr., 258.

League of the Colonies, 157.

Le Gran Quivera, 259.

Leech Lake, 180, 233.

Leif the Lucky, 9.

Le Moyne, Father, 126.

Leon, Juan Ponce de, 33–35.

Lewis, Captain, 184–198.

Lion Caldron, 230.

Long, Major, 234–238.

Long Island, 9.

Long Island Sound, 87, 109.

Louisiana, 135, 166, 167, 168;

Ceded to United States, 173.

Louisville founded, 172.

Lost colony, the, 69, 70.

Luna, Don Tristan de, 47.

M’Dougal, Mr., 220–224.

Mackenzie, Alexander, 213, 217–219.

Mackenzie River, 214, 217.

Mackinaw, 225.

Mad River, 230.

Madoc, 11.

Magellan, 32, 49.

Magnus Colorado, Indian chief, 262.

Maine, 82, 85, 86.

Mandan Indians, 186, 227.

Manhattan Island, 106, 110.

Marco Polo, 12.

Marquette, James, 129–133.

Martha’s Vineyard, 71.

Maryland founded, 80.

Mason, Captain John, 156.

Massachusetts, 71.

Massasoit, 95, 102.

Matagorda, Bay of, 135.

Maurepas Lake, 164.

Mavilla, Indian village, 42.

Mayflower, the, 93.

Meares, Captain John, 202–204.

Mendoza, 140, 145.

Menendez, Pedro, 60–63.

Merrimac River, 99.

Mesnard, René, 128.

Mexico, 140, 144.

Mexico, Gulf of, 30, 135.

Michigan, 236.

Michigan, Lake, 120, 133, 237.

Middleton, Captain, 210.

Minnesota River, 237.

Missionaries, 119, 120.

Missionary colonists, 115, 150–152.

Missionary settlements, 119, 120.

Mississippi River, 35, 43, 44, 129, 132, 138, 164–166, 170, 176, 178, 180, 233, 234, 239.

Mississippi Scheme, 166.

Missouri River, 131, 184–194.

Great Bend, 186, 226.

Source of, 194.

Mitchigamea, Indian village, 132.

Mobile Bay, 164.

Mohawk Indians, 116, 123, 126, 127.

Monterey Bay, 146.

Montreal, 53, 114, 120.

Monts, De, 83.

Moore, Captain, 210, 211.

Mormons, 255, 256.

Mount Desert, 84.

Narvaez, Pamphilo de, 37, 38.

Natchez founded, 165.

Navajoe Indians, 184, 264–266, 268.

Nebraska River, 234, 236, 241, 246.

New Amsterdam, 110.

New England, 92–104.

Newfoundland, 9, 52, 64.

New Hampshire, 86, 88.

New Haven, 157.

New Jersey, 109.

New Mexico, 136, 174, 258.

New Netherland, 109, 128.

New Orleans, 166.

Newport, Captain, 72, 76, 77.

New York, 110.

New York, Harbor of, 50, 106.

Nez Percés, 197.

Niagara River, 122, 133.

Niagara Falls, 122.

Nipissing Lake, 115.

Nizza, Fra Marco da, 141–144.

Nootka Sound, 201.

Northmen, the, 11.

North-west Company, 212, 213, 217.

Nova Scotia, 9, 88, 269.

Nunez, Alvaro, 141.

Oglethorpe, General, 159.

Ohio River, 170;

State, 171, 172.

Ohio Company, 167, 172.

Oldham, John, 89, 153.

Omaha, 226.

Ontario, Lake, 119, 127.

♦Onguiaharas Indians, 122.

Opechancanough, Indian Chief, 73.

Ortiz, Juan, 40.

Oswego River, 127.

Osage Indians, 181.

Ottawa River, 114.

Ottoe Indians, 184.

Pacific Ocean, Balboa discovers the, 32.

Palliser, Captain, 271.

Parker, Dr., 259.

Pawnee Indians, 181, 234.

Pearl fisheries, 150.

Penn, William, 159–161.

Pennsylvania, 160.

Penobscot River, 82.

Pensacola Harbor, discovery of, 41.

Pensacola River, 164.

Peoria Lake, 134.

Pequod Indians, 153–156.

Perez, 16, 17, 18, 23.

Philadelphia, 161.

Pictured Rocks, 123.

Pigart, Claude, Jesuit missionary, 122, 123.

Pike, Major, 176–183.

Pike’s Peak, 235, 242.

Pipe of Peace, 130, 131, 178, 227.

Pittsburg, 162.

Plymouth Company, 87, 88.

Pocahontas, 75, 79.

Pontchartrain, Lake, 164.

Port Royal, 58.

Portsmouth founded, 88.

Potomac River, 75.

Potawatomie Indians, 236.

Powhatan, 75, 77.

Providence founded, 102.

Puritans, the, 89–91;

Embarkation of, 92;

First landing, 93;

Land at Plymouth, 94;

Threatened by Indians, 96;

Settlements by, 99, 105.

Quebec, 53, 112, 116.

Quakers, 161.

Railroads, 268, 271–275.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 64, 65, 67, 70.

Red Cedar Lake, 180.

Red River, 166, 169, 182.

Red River of the North, 238.

Rhode Island, 9.

Ribault, John, 57–62.

Rio Bravo de Norte, 183.

Rio Grande River, 260.

Roanoake Colony, 67–69.

Rocky Mountains, 190, 193, 194, 234, 242–247, 256.

Root Indians, 247.

Rose’s Edward, conspiracy against Hunt, 228.

Rupert, Prince, 208.

Russian Exploration, 200.

Sacramento, 256.

Sacramento River, 253.

Salle, Robert Cavalier de la, 133–136.

Salmon, 219.

Salt Lake, 236.

Salt Lake City, 248, 256.

San Diego, 146, 150.

San Domingo, 22.

San Francisco, 151, 240.

San Xavier del Bac, ruins of, 149.

Santa Fé, 184.

Saskatchewan River, 137, 272.

Savannah River, 158.

Saybrook, 104, 156.

Scalp dance, 264.

Schoolcraft, Mr., 238, 239.

Scotch colonists, 88.

Seneca Indians, 116, 127, 133.

Shawmut Point, 99.

Ship Island, 164.

Shoshone Indians, 187, 229, 247, 254, 256.

Sierra Nevada Mountains, 251.

Sioux Indians, 128, 134, 177, 185, 225, 238.

Skraellings, 9.

Slaves first landed at Jamestown, 79.

Slave Lake, 217.

Slave River, 217.

Smith, Captain John, 72–78, 85.

Smith, Captain, 210, 211.

Smith, Joe, 255.

Snake River, 230, 248.

Snake Indians, 195, 196.

Sothel, Seth, 158.

Soto, Hernando de, 39, 46.

South Pass, 245, 254.

Southern Pacific Railway, 268.

Spanish Explorations and Settlements, 30–48, 60–63, 140–146.

Spanish power in Mexico, Overthrow of, 152.

Standish, Captain Miles, 93, 97, 98.

Stansbury, Captain, 256.

Steck, Dr., 258.

Stewart family, Murder of, 268.

Stone, Captain, murder of, 152.

St. Anthony’s Falls, 134.

St. Augustine, 62.

St. John’s River, 57.

St. Lawrence, Gulf of, 29, 52.

St. Lawrence River, 52, 112–118, 178, 237, 238.

St. Louis, 131, 135, 225.

St. Mary’s, 81.

Superior, Lake, 123.

Sutter’s Fort, 240, 253.

Swedish colonists, 110.

Tampa Bay, 37.

Tennessee, 172.

Texas, 135, 136;

ceded to the United States, 174.

Thinkleet Indians, 219.

Thorstein, 10.

Thorvald, 9.

Tonti, 165.

Tonquin, the, 220;

loss of, 221, 224.

Ulloa, Francisco de, 141.

United States,

Beginning of, 157;

Extension of, 173;

Northern boundary, 270.

Vaca, Cabeca de, 38, 39.

Vancouver, 204.

Verrazano of Florence, 37.

Verrazano, Giovanni, 49–51.

Vespucci, Amerigo, 25.

Vines, Richard, 87, 89.

Virginia, first settlement, 68.

Viscaino, Sebastian, 146, 188.

Voyage up the Missouri, Hunt’s, 225–228.

Voyage down the Snake and Columbia, Hunt’s, 230–232.

Walloons, 109.

Welsh, 12.

West India Company, 109.

White, John, 69.

White Mountains, 87.

Wilkes, Captain, 240.

Williams, Roger, 101–103, 155.

Wisconsin River, 130, 132, 138, 177.

Windsor, 104.

Winnipeg, Lake, 233, 238, 272.

Winthrop, John, 99, 101.

Yellowstone River, 187, 246.

Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 166.

Yerba Buena, 239, 251.

Young, Brigham, 255.

Zeni, the Brothers, 12.

Zuni, Ruins of, 265.

Zunis Indians, 265.