INDEX

KEY TO PRONUNCIATION

āte, sen*ate, râre, căt, loc*al, fär, åsk, pårade; scēne, *event, ĕdge, nov*el, refḛr; rîght, sĭn; cōld, *obey, côrd, stŏp, c*ompare; ūnit, *unite, bûrn, cŭt, foc*us, menü; bōōt, fŏŏt; found; boil; fuṅction; chase; good; joy; then, thick; hw = wh as in when; zh = z as in azure; kh = ch as in loch.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z

A Aaron (ā´r*on), 3 Aboukir (å-bōō-kēr´) Bay, 75 Achilles (å-kĭl´ēz), 12 Acre (ä´kêr), (see Akka) Africa (ăf´rĭ-kå), 32 Akka (ä´kå), 49 Albany (ôl´bå-nĭ), 118 Alciun (*al´sĭ-ŭn), 33 Alden (ôl´dĕn), John, 162 Alexander (ăl´´ĕg-zăn´dĕr) the Great, 20-24; conquers Persia, 22 Alexandria (ăl´´ĕg-zăn´drĭ-å), 24 Alfred (ăl´frĕd), King, 37, 41 Alfred the Great, (see Alfred, King) Alps (ălps) Mountains, 69 Annapolis (ă-nåp´*o-lĭs), 342 “Apology of Socrates,” 19 Arden (är´dĕn), Mary, 58 “Ashland,” 325 Asia Minor (ā´shå mī´nḛr), 26 Athens (ăth´ĕnz), 15 Aztecs (ăz´tĕks), 90 B Baltimore (bôl´tĭ-mōr), (See Calvert, George) Barton (bär´tŭn), Clara, 358-364 Battle Hill, 44 Beacon Hill, 174 Blackstone, William, 173 Bon Homme Richard (b*o-n*om rē´´-shär´), 212 Boone (bōōn), Daniel, 232-240 Boulogne (bōō-lŏn´; Fr. bōō´´lō´ṅy), 36 Bowdoin (bō´d’n) College, 368 Bowie (bō´*e), Colonel James, 265 Braddock (brăd´*ok), General Edward, 301 Bradford (brăd´fḛrd), William, 162 Brandywine (brăn´dĭ-wīn´´), battle of, 205, 304 Brewster (brōō´stḛr), Elder, 161 Britain (brit´ån), 28 Bryant (brē´ånt), William Cullen, 332 Bull Run, battle of, 345 Burr (bŭr), Colonel Aaron, 304, 308 C Cabot (kă´b*ot), John, 145 Cadiz (kā´dĭz), 113 Cæsar (sē´zår), Julius, 24-31 Calhoun (kăl-hōōn´), John C., 320-327 Calvert (kăl´vûrt), Cecil, 180-185 Calvert (kăl´vûrt), Leonard, 180-185 Cape Cod, 162 Cartier (kär´tyå´), Jacques, 151 Carver (kär´vḛr), John, 161 Cassandra (kă-săn´drå), 13 Cathay (cå´thā), (see China) Champlain (shăm-plān´), Samuel, sieur de, 151-160 Charlemagne (shär´lĕ-mān), (see Charles the Great) Charles the Great, 33-36 Charles Martel, Duke, 32 China (chī´nå), 79 Circe (sûr´sē), 14 Claiborne (klā´bûrn), William, 183 Clarence, Duke of, (see William the Fourth) Clark (klärk), George Rogers, 240-247 Clark, William, 250-257 Clay (klā), Henry, 320-325 Code Napoleon, 69 Columbus (k*o-lŭm´b*us), Christopher, 78-84 Congo (kŏn´gō), 132 Constantinople (kŏn´´stăn-tĭ-nō´pl), 36 Cook, Frederick A., 139 Copenhagen (kō´´p*en-hā´g*en), 76 Cornwallis (kôrn-wăl´´ĭs), General Charles, 206, 217 Corsica (kôr´sĭ-kå), 66 Cortes (kōr´´tās´) Hernando, 89-95 Cotton-gin (kŏt´n-jĭn), 267 Crockett (krŏk´ĕt), David, 258-265 Cromwell (krŏm´wĕl), Oliver, 61-65 Crusades (krōō-sāds´), 48 Cyclops (sē´klŏps), 13 Czar (zär), 31 D Danes (dāns), 38 Darien (dā´rĭ-ĕn), 105 Darius (dă-rī´ŭs), King of Persia, 21 Dark Ages, 32 Dauphin (dô´fĭn), 52 David (dā´vĭd), 6-10, 40; kills Goliath, 8 Davis (dā´vĭs), Jefferson, 342 Declaration of Independence, 184, 188, 301, 313 Denmark (dĕn´märk), 76 De Soto (dē´sō´to), Hernando, 96-101 Dewey (dū´ĭ), Admiral George, 356 Dictator (dĭk´tā-tḛr), 29 Domesday (dōōms´dā), Book, 46 Douglas (dŭg´lis), Stephen A., 331 Drake (drāk), Sir Francis, 102-109 Duke Charles, (see Charles Martel) Dutch East India Company, 115 E Edison (ĕd´ĭ-s*un), Thomas Alva, 285-291 Edward the Confessor, King, 43 Egypt (ē´jĭpt), 22 Egyptians (*e-jĭp´sh*ans), 3 El Dorado (*el d*o-rä´dō), 113 Eliab (*e-lī´åb), 7 Elijah (*e-li´jå), 308 Elizabeth (*e-lĭz´å-beth), Queen, 61, 105, 109 Emancipation Proclamation, 331 England (ĭn´gl*and), 108 Epic (ĕp´ĭk), 12 “Et tu Brute!”, 30 Europe (ū´r*op), 32 Exodus (ĕk´s*o-dŭs), 4 F Farragut (făr´å-gŭt), David, 346-352 Ferdinand (fḛr´dĭ-nănd), King, 80 Field, Cyrus W., 278 Fort Donelson (dŏn´*el-s*un), battle of, 339 Fort Duquesne (dōō-kān´), 234, 301 Fort Henry (hĕn´rĭ), battle of, 339 Fort Sumter (sŭm´tḛr), 362 Forum (fō´rŭm), Roman, 26 Fox (fŏks), George, 185 Franklin (frănk´lĭn), Benjamin, 203, 271, 290, 292-296 Franks (frăṅks), 32 French (frĕnsh), 32 Fulton (fōōl´t*un), Robert, 270-273 G Gama (gä´mä), Vasco da, 84 Gauls (gâls), 27 Genoa (jĕn´ō-å), 78 George the Third, King, 313 Germans (jûr´m*ans), 36 Gettysburg (gĕt´tĭs-bŭrg) Address, Lincoln’s, 332 Gibraltar (jī-brâl´tēr), 152 “Give me Liberty or give me Death,” 194 Gladiators (glăd´ĭ-ā´´-tḛr), 27 Gods and Goddesses, 12 “Golden Hind,” The, 105 Golden Rule, 177 Goliath (g*o-lī´ăth), 8 Good Hope, Cape of, 84 Gordian (gôr´dĭ-ăn) knot, 22 Graces (grā´s*ez), The, 15 Grant (grănt), General Ulysses S., 332-340 Greece (grēs), 10 Greene (grēn), General Nathanael, 266 Guerrilla (gĕ-rĭl´å) warfare, 219 H Hamilton (hăm´ĭl-t*un), Alexander, 301-309 Hamilton, Henry, 241 Hampden (håmp´d*en), John, 64 Hale (hāl), Captain Nathan, 194-201 “Halfmoon,” The, 115 Harold, King, 44 Harvard (här´vård), University, 342, 355 Hastings (hās´tĭngz), battle of, 44 Hawkins (hô´kĭnz), Sir John, 103 Hayne (hān), Robert Y., 326 Hector (hĕk´tḛr), 12 Helen (hĕl´ĕn) of Troy, 12 Henry of Navarre, King, (see Henry the Fourth) Henry the Fourth, King, 151 Henry, Patrick, 190-194, 242 Henson (hĕn´sŭn), Matthew, 139 Homer (hō´mḛr), 10 Horn, Cape, 105 House of Burgesses, Virginia, 193 Houston (hūs´t*un), General Sam, 264 Howe (how), Elias, 282-285 Howe, General William, 196 Hudson (hŭd´s*un), Henry, 115-120 I “I have not yet begun to fight,” 214 “Iliad,” the, 12 Ilium (ĭl´ĭ-*um), (see Troy) India (ĭn´dĭ-å), 79, 84 “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,” 201 Iroquois (ĭr´´*o-kwoī´), 154 Isabella (ĭz´´å-bĕl´å), Queen, 80 Israel (ēs´´rä-ĕl), 7 Italy (ĭt´å-lĭ; It. Italia), 78 Ithaca (ĭth´å-kå), 13 J Jackson (jăk´s*un), Andrew, 260, 315-320 Jefferson (jĕf´ḛr-s*un), Thomas, 242, 309-314 Jerusalem (j*e-rōō´så-lĕm), 48 Joan (jō´ăn) of Arc, 52-57 John, King, 47 Joliet (zh*o´´ly*a´), Louis, 121 Jonathan (jŏn´ă-th*an), 10 Jones (jōns), John Paul, 208-216 K Kaiser (kī´zḛr), 31 Kent Island, 183 King’s College, 302 L Ladrone (lă-drōn´) Islands, 88 Lafayette (lä´fā-yet´´), Marquis de, 201-208, 276, 304 La Plata (lä plä´tä) River, 86 La Salle (lä säl), Robert, Cavalier de, 120 Latin (lăt´ĭn), 25 Lee, Richard Henry, 193, 311 Lee, General Robert E., 340, 341-346 Lewis (lōō´ĭs) and Clark (klärk) Expedition, 247-257, 314 Lewis (lōō´is), Meriwether, 248 Lincoln (lĭng´kŭn), Abraham, 318, 327-332 Lion-hearted Richard, 47-51 Livingstone (lĭv´ĭng-stŭn), David, 126-136 Lombards (lŏm´bărds), 33 Longfellow (lŏng´fĕl-*o), Henry Wadsworth, 167, 356-371 Louisiana (Lōō´´ē-zē-ă´nå) Purchase, 314 M Macedon (măs´*e-dŏn), 20 Madison (măd´ĭ-s*un), President James, 325 Magellan (må-jĕl´ån), Ferdinand, 84-89 Manassas, battle of, (see Bull Run) Manhattan, 116 Marconi (mär-kō´nĭ), Guglielmo, 278 Marengo (mă-rĕng´*o), battle of, 69 Marianne (see Ladrone Islands) Marie Antoinette (mă´´rē´ ăn´´twå-nĕt´), Queen, 76 Marion (măr´ē-*on), General Francis, 217-223 Marquette (mär´kĕt´´), Father Jacques, 121 Maryland (mĕr´ĭ-lånd), 182 “Mayflower”, the, 160 McCormick (må-kôr´mĭk), Cyrus H., 279-282 McKinley (mā-kĭn´lĭ), President William, 356 Mexican (mĕks´ĭ-kăn) War, 339 “Might makes Right,” 31 Milton (mĭl´tŭn), John, 170 Miriam (mĭr´ē-ăm), 1 Mississippi (mĭs´´ĭs-sĭp´pĭ) River, 101, 120 Mobile (mŏ-bēl´) Bay, battle of, 350 Moffatt (mŏf´ĕt), Doctor Robert, 128 Mohammed (mō-hăm´ĕd), 32 Moluccas (mō-lŭk´åz), (see Spice Islands) Monroe (mŏn-rō´), President James, 207 Montcalm (môn´´käm´), Marquis de, 225 Monterey (mŏn-tĕ-rā´), battle of, 339 Montezuma (mŏn´´t*e-zōō´må), Emperor, 91 “Monticello” (mŏn´´tĭ-sĕl´ō), 311 Montreal (mŏn´´trē-ôl´), 120, 152 Morse (mŏrs), Samuel Finley Breese, 274-278 Moses, 1-6, 308; in the bulrushes, 1 Mount Sinai (Sī´nī), 6 Mount Vernon (vûr´nŭn), 300 N Naples (nā´plz), Queen of, 76 Napoleon Bonaparte (nå-pō´lē-on bō´nå-pärt), 65-72, 314 Naval Academy, U. S., 342 Nebo (nē´bō), 6 Nelson (nĕl´s*un), Admiral Horatio, 72-77 New Netherland (nĕth´ḛr-lănd), 116 New Orleans (ôr´l*e-ånz), 314, 349; battle of, 318 Niagara (nī-ă´gå-rå) Falls, 122 Nightingale (nīt´ĭn-gāl), Florence, 362 Nile (nīl) River, 24 Northmen, 38 North Pole, discovery of, 137 O “Odyssey,” the, 12 “Old Hickory,” 318 Oliver (ŏl´ĭ-vûr), 34 Orleans (ôr´l*e-ånz), 53 Oxford (ŏks´fḛrd), University, 185 P paladins (păl´å-dĭns), 34 Panama (păn-å-mä´), Isthmus of, (see Darien) Paris (Pă´rĭs; Fr. pä´´rē´), 12 Passover (pås´ō´´vḛr), 4 Patagonia (pă´´tå-gō´nĭ-å), 87 Patrician (på-trĭsh´*an), 26 Patroclus (på-trō´klŭs), 12 Peary (pē´rĭ), Marie Snowbaby, 141 Admiral Robert E., 137 Penelope (p*e-nĕl´*o-p*e), 14 Pennsylvania (pĕn´´sĭl-vā´nĭ-å), 185 Penn (pĕn), Admiral Sir William, 185; William, 152, 178, 185 Pericles (pĕr´ĭ-klēs), 15 Persia (pḛr´zhå), 21 Pharaoh (fā´rō; fā´r*a-ō), 1, 5 Philadelphia (fĭl´´å-dĕl´fĭ-å), 188 Philip (fĭl´ĭp) King of Macedon, 20 Philistines (fĭ-lĭs´tĭns; fĭl´ĭs-tĭns), 7 philosophers (fĭ-lŏs´*o-fḛrs), 16 Pilgrims (pĭl´grĭms), 150, 161 Plato (plā´tō), 19 Plymouth (plĭ´m*uth), 108, 160 Pocahontas (pō´´cå-hŏn´tås), 150 Pompey (pŏm´pĭ), 28 Ponce de Leon (pōn´thā dā lā´on), 96 “Poor Richard’s Almanac,” 294 Pope (pōp), 33; Leo, 36 Portugal (pôr´t*u-gål), 78 Priam (prī´ăm), King, 12 Providence (prŏv´ĭ-d*ens), 180 Psalms (säms), 10 Putnam (pŭt´nåm), General Israel, 196 Q Quakers (kwāk´ḛrs), 177, 185 Quebec (kwē-bĕk´), 151, 224 R Raleigh (rô´lĭ), Sir Walter, 109 Ranger (rān´jḛr), 209 Red Sea, 4 Rheims (räṅs; Eng. rēmz), 52 Richard, King, 47 Robert, Duke of Normandy, 42 Roland, 34 Rolfe, John, 150 Rome (rōm), 24, 25 Roosevelt (rō´z*e-vĕlt), Theodore, 352 Rouen (rü´´äṅ´), 57, 120 Rubicon (rōō´bĭ-kŏn), 29 S St. Helena (h*e-lē´nå), 71 St. Lawrence (lô´r*ens) River, 120 Saladin (săl´ă-dĭn), 49 Samuel, 7 Saracens (săr´å-sĕns), 32 Saul (sôl), King, 7, 40 schools of philosophy, 16 Schuyler (skī´lḛr), General Philip, 306 Scylla (sĭl´å) and Charybdis (kå-rĭb´dĭs), 14 Senate (sĕn´*at), (Roman), 28 Senlac (sĕn´lăk) Hill (see Battle Hill) Shakespeare (shāk´-spēr), William, 30, 58 Sirens (sī´rĕnz), 14 Smith, Captain John, 116, 145-150 Society of Friends, (see Quakers) Socrates (sŏk´rå-tĕz), 15 “Socratic method,” 17 Solomon (sŏl´*o-m*un), King, 10, 24 “Song of Roland,” 34 South Sea, (see Pacific Ocean) Spain (spān), 27, 32, 113 Spanish Armada (är-mā´då), 109 Spice (spīs) Islands, 84 Stamp Act, 311 Standish (stănd´ĭsh), Myles, 160 Stanley (stăn´lĭ), Henry M., 134 Stratford-on-Avon (ā´v*on), 58 Stuart (stū´årt), James, 62, 113 T tablets, 6, 26 Ten Commandments, 6 Tierra del Fuego (t*e-ĕr´rå dĕl fwā´g*o), 88 Tories (tō´rĭz), 197, 217 Tours (tōōrz), 32 Trafalgar (trå-făl´går) battle of, 72 Travis, Colonel William Barrett, 264 Trojan (trō´j*an) horse, 13 Trojans, 13 Troy (troi), 12; war against, 12 U Ulysses (*u-lĭs´ēz), 13 Ulysses’ bow, 15 V Valley Forge (fôrj), 205, 304 Valparaiso (văl´´på-rī´sō), 106 Venice (vĕn´ĭs), 78 “Veni, Vidi, Vici,” 30 Vera Cruz (vĕr´å krōōz), 91 Victoria (vĭk-tō´rĭ-å) Falls, 132 Virginia (vĭr-jĭn´ĭ-å) Company, 146 W War for Independence, 195 Washington (wôsh´ĭng-tŭn), George, 193, 224, 296-301 Waterloo (wô´tḛr-lōō´), battle of, 71 Wayne (wān), General “Mad” Anthony, 250 Webster (wĕb´stḛr), Daniel, 308, 320-327 West, Benjamin, 271 Westminster Abbey, 136 West Point, 336 Military Academy, 342 Whitney (hwĭt´nĭ), Eli, 266, 269 William and Mary College, 310 William of Normandy, 42-47 William the Conqueror, 45 Williams, Roger, 176-180 Winthrop, Governor John, 170-175 witan (wĭt´ăn), 44 Wolfe (wŭlf), General James, 227 Wolf-hearted John, 47 wooden horse, (see Trojan horse) Y Yale (yāl) College, 194, 266, 274 Z Zambesi (zåm-bā´z*e) River, 131

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

within a few miles of Jersualem=> within a few miles of Jerusalem {pg1 50}

We mutally pledge=> We mutually pledge {pg 313}

Gama (gä´mä), Vascoda, 84=> Gama (gä´mä), Vasco da, 84 {pg 374}

Gilbraltar (jī-brâl´tēr), 152=> Gibraltar (jī-brâl´tēr), 152 {pg 374}

Alciun (*al´sĭ-ŭn), 33=> Alcuin (*al´sĭ-ŭn), 33 {pg 373}