INDEX.

Alabama, career of the, 397 destroyed by Kearsarge, 397 claims for damage paid by England, 398 Albemarle, destruction of the, 403 America, in old days, 1 ancient, people of, 3 André, meeting with Arnold, 276 capture of, 277 sad fate of, 281 Appomattox, surrender of Lee at 380 Arnold, Benedict, sent to relieve Fort Stanwix, 209 story of his treason, 271-285 brilliant military career, 273 begins his wicked career, 273 meeting with André, 275 escape of, 280 after life of, 281 death of, 283 Barbary States, pirates of, 323 Battles: Antietam, 365 Bennington, 213 Bon Homme Richard and Serapis, 290 Bull Run, 364 Bunker Hill, 170-183 Camden, 255 Cedar Creek, 381 Chancellorsville, 369 Chesapeake and Shannon, 331 Chickamauga, 377 Concord, 162 Constitution and Guerrière, 327 Cowpens, 264 Eutaw Springs, 269 Fair Oaks, 365 Forts Henry and Donaldson, 365 Freeman's Farm, 218 Gettysburg, 369 Hobkirk's Hill, 269 Kearsarge and Alabama, 397 King's Mountain, 261 Lake Erie, 333 Lexington, 160 Lookout Mountain, 377 Manassas, 364 Manila, 410 Mobile, 399 Monitor and Merrimac, 392 Monmouth, 239 New Orleans, 337, 390 Oriskany, 207 Princeton, 237 Santiago, 418 Saratoga, 219 Trenton, 233 Vicksburg, 375 Yorktown, 242 Bennington, battle of, 213 Bon Homme Richard, battle with Serapis, 290 Boston boys and General Gage, 150

Boston massacre, 151 tea party, 152 Port Bill, 155 Braddock, expedition of, 118 Buford massacre, 253 Bull Run, battle of, 364 Bunker Hill, battle of, 170-183 lesson taught by, 180 Monument, 183 Burgoyne campaign, 198-221 Cabots, John and Sebastian, 26 their voyages, 26, 27 California enters the Union, 346 discovery of gold in, 346 rush to gold regions of, 348 Camden, defeat at, 255 Cedar Creek, Sheridan at, 383 Cervera and Spanish fleet, 415 Chancellorsville, battle of, 369 Charleston, defense of, 251 capture of, 252 Chesapeake, battle with the Shannon, 331 Chickamauga, battle of, 377 Churches in colonial times, 129 Colonial times, everyday life in, 126 Colonies begin to prosper, 141 tyrannical treatment of, 142 Columbia River, discovery of, 341 Columbus, Christopher, 10 early life of, 12 seeks aid, 14 first voyage of, 15 welcome on return, 19 other voyages, 20-23 Concord Bridge, fight at, 162 Congress, First Continental, 157 Second Continental, 190 Constitution, battle with Guerrière, 327 her noble record, 330 Cowpens, battle of, 264 Cuba, barbarities in, 407 rebels against Spain, 406 Cushing, daring exploit of, 402-405 Decatur, exploits of, 324 Deerfield, attack on, 112 De Soto, Ferdinand, 28-30 Dewey, Admiral, victory at Manila, 412 nation's reception of, 414 Dustin, Hannah, story of, 113 Dutch, settlement in New York, 92 how they lived, 93 Emancipation of the slaves, 366 proclamation of, 367 Erie, Lake, battle of, 333 Eutaw Springs, battle of, 269 Everyday home life one hundred years ago, 311-321 Farragut, Admiral, 390 captures New Orleans, 391 captures Mobile, 399 in the rigging at Mobile, 401 Fires, how put out one hundred years ago, 316 Flag, American, first raised, 209 Franklin, Benjamin, 296-310 early life of, 297 learns printer's trade, 297 goes to Philadelphia, 299 life in London, 301 career in Philadelphia, 302 famous kite experiment, 304 public career, 305 service as diplomatist, 309 last days of, 310 Freeman's Farm, battle of, 218 French in North America, 106 French and Indian Wars, 110 Gage, General, and Boston boys, 150 plans to capture military stores, 158

Gates, General, 217, 255 Gettysburg, battle of, 369-372 memorials of, 372 Lincoln's address at, 372 Gold, Discovery of, in California, 347 effects of discovery, 348 Grant, General, success in the West, 375 Greene, General, takes command in South, 262 his masterly retreat, 265 rare generalship of, 268 brilliant campaign in South, 269 Henry, Patrick, speech of, 147 Herkimer, General, 206 Hobkirk's Hill, battle of, 269 Hobson, brilliant exploit of, 416 Home life in colonial times, 134 Hudson, Sir Henry, 88 enters Dutch service, 89 discovers Hudson River, 90 his sad fate, 92 Independence, Declaration of, 184-197 what it said to the world, 191 how received, 194 incidents connected with, 195 what it should mean, 197 Independence declared, 192 slow growth of the idea, 185 stern necessity of, 188 first steps towards, 190 Indians, 4 principal divisions of, 4 Pueblo, 6 appearance and clothing, 73 food of the, 74 weapons and how they fought, 76 as hunters, 80 cunning and revengeful, 82 their children, 85 ally themselves with French, 111 Jackson, Andrew, anecdote of, 254 wins the battle of New Orleans, 337 Jackson, Stonewall, 369 Jasper, Sergeant, bravery of, 251 Jones, John Paul, begins his remarkable career, 287 daring deeds on English coast 288 interview with Franklin, 289 after life of, 294 battle with the Serapis, 290 Kearsarge destroys the Alabama 397 King's Mountain, battle of, 261 La Salle, 107 Laws, absurd and tyrannical, 143 resistance to, 147 Lee, General Charles, at Monmouth, 240 Lee, Robert E, 371 Lewis and Clarke expedition, 341 Lexington, battle of, 160 Life, everyday, one hundred years ago, 311, 322 Lincoln, Abraham, influence of mother, 353 reads good books, 354, 356 studies law, 357 chosen President, 359 death of, 383 Lookout Mountain, battle of, 377 Louisburg, capture of, 115 Louisiana, purchase of, 340 Maine, blowing up of the, 409 Manila, naval victory at, 410 Marion, General, 255-261 method of fighting of, 257 first exploits of, 258 famous exploits of, 259 visit from British officer, 260

McCrea, Jane, murder of, 205 Meade, General, 370 Merrimac, attack on Union fleet, 392 battle with Monitor, 394 Ministers and meeting-houses one hundred years ago, 318 Minute-men, 167 Mobile, capture of, 399 Monitor, building of, 392 arrival of, 393 battle with the Merrimac, 394 Monmouth, battle of, 239 Montcalm, death of, 125 Morgan, General, victory at Cowpens 264 Naval operations on the Western rivers, 388 Navy in the War of 1812, 323-338 at beginning of the war for the Union, 387 New England, rally of people in defense of, 211 New Orleans, battle of, 337 capture of, 365, 389-391 Newspapers one hundred years ago, 311 Northmen, 6 Oregon saved to the Union, 342 Pacific Coast, settlement of 339-352 Pacific Railroad, first built, 353 Penn, William, 97 becomes a Quaker, 98 establishes a colony in America, 100 kind treatment of Indians, 101 treaty with Indians, 102 his old age, 104 Perry, Commodore, victory on Lake Erie, 333 Pilgrims, story of, 47 home in Holland, 48 voyage across Atlantic, 51 sign compact, 52 explorations of, 53 hardships and suffering of, 60, 65 visit from Indians, 63 peep into houses of, 66 household furniture of, 69 daily fare of, 71 Pitcher, Mollie, story of, 241 Plymouth Rock, 59 Pocahontas, romantic story of, 41 Ponce de Leon, 27 Pony Express, its history, 349 Porter, Commodore, 376 Porto Rico, campaign in, 420 Postal service one hundred years ago, 312 Potatoes first used in Europe, 33 Princeton, battle of, 237 Privateers, Confederate, 396 Quakers, persecution of, 96 Quebec, capture of, 123 Railroad built to California, 352 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 31 Revere, Paul, ride of, 159 Review in Washington, grand, 385 Richmond, capture of, 380 Sailors, American, treatment of by British, 325 Santiago, naval victory at, 418 Saratoga, battle of, 219 effect of victory at, 220 Savannah, capture of, 252 Schoolmaster one hundred years ago, 320 Schools and schoolmasters in colonial times, 131

Schuyler, General, and Burgoyne campaign, 203 Sheridan, General, 381 famous ride of, 381 Sherman, W. T., General, 378 march to the sea, 379 Shiloh, battle of, 375 Slavery, a menace to the country, 358 Slaves, emancipation of the, 366 Smith, Captain John, 34 early career, 35 career in new world, 37 and Pocahontas, 40 South, war of Revolution in, 250 cruel warfare in, 253 Spain, downfall of, 406 colonial policy of 406 Cuba rebels against, 406 war declared against, 409 end of war against, 421 Spanish fleet, preparations to meet, 415 Stage coaches one hundred years ago, 314 Stamp Act, 145 Standish, Captain Miles, 54 Stanwix, Fort, defense of, 208 Stark, John, at Bennington, 213 Steele, Mrs., anecdote of, 266 Stuyvesant, Peter, 95 Sumter, Fort, attack on, 361 Sunday, in colonial times, 127 how kept one hundred years ago, 317 Tablets, historic, 169 Tea Party, Boston, 152 Thomas, General, 377 Ticonderoga, capture of, 201 Tobacco, first use of by Europeans, 33 Trenton, battle of, 233 Union, War for, beginning of, 361 cost of, 384 situation after the, 386 Valley Forge, sufferings at, 238 Vicksburg, capture of, 375 Virginia, first attempt to colonize, 32 starving time in, 44 War, Civil, beginning of, 361 cost of, 384 situation after the, 386 War of 1812, causes of, 326 results of, 338 Warren, Joseph, 156 death of, 180 Washington, George, first difficult task, 117 with Braddock's expedition, 118 boyhood and youth of, 222 as a surveyor, 224 as a colonial army officer, 226 advancement in political honors, 228 as commander-in-chief, 229 his many difficulties, 231 victory at Trenton, 233 victory at Princeton, 237 helps defeat Burgoyne, 237 plans Yorktown campaign, 242 elected President, 245 retires to private life, 246 death of, 248 Washington, Colonel, anecdote of, 264 Whitman, Dr., saves Oregon, 342 his perilous ride for Oregon, 344 success in his mission, 345 Wolfe, capture of Quebec, 123 Yorktown, plan of campaign, 242 victory at, 244