Part 27

INDEX.

(With pronunciation of difficult words.) The numbers refer to paragraphs.

Admiral (Ad'mi-ral) (note), 7.

Alamance (Al'a-mance), battle of, 156.

Alamo (Al'a-mo), battle of, 230.

Alaska purchased, 240.

America, Northmen discover (note), 21. Columbus discovers, 12. Cabot's voyage to, 21. name of, given, 26. Spaniards settle in, 30. English settle in, 33, 37. independence of, declared, 137. See United States.

Americans, name of, 133.

Amerigo (A-ma-ree'go), see Vespucci, 26.

Apprentice (note), 111.

Armstrong, Jack, 251, 255. murder trial, 255.

Arnold, Benedict, 141.

Atlantic called the "Sea of Darkness," 8. crossed by the Northmen (note), 21. crossed by Columbus, 8.

Augustine, St. (Aw'gus-teen'), founded, 30.

Bacon's war in Virginia, 49.

Balboa (Bal-bo'ah) discovers the Pacific, 28.

Baltimore founded, 80. in the Revolution, 80.

Baltimore, Lord, in Newfoundland, 76. Maryland granted to, 77. power of, 77. son of, settles Maryland, 78. grants religious liberty in Maryland, 79. is persecuted, 80. summary of, 81.

Battle, playing at, 210.

Battle of Alamance (Al'a-mance), 156. Alamo (Al'a-mo), 230. Bunker Hill, 134. Camden, 212. Concord, 134. Cowpens, 140, 210. Fort Moultrie, 140. Lexington, 134. Long Island, 137. New Orleans, 217. Princeton, 139. Saratoga, 139. Tippecanoe, 203. Trenton, 138. Vincennes (Vin-senz'), 167. Yorktown, 142.

Battles of the Civil War, 260. with Indians, see Indians and War.

Bees, the, and the "Red-Coats," 208.

Berkeley, governor of Virginia, 49.

Black Hawk War, 253.

"Blazing" trees, 105.

Boone, Daniel, birth and boyhood of, 146. how he could handle a gun, 147. his bear tree, 147. goes to Kentucky, 148. makes the "Wilderness Road," 150. builds a fort, 150. his daughter stolen by Indians, 151. he is captured and adopted by Indians, 152. his escape, 153. how he used tobacco dust, 153. his old age, 154. goes to Missouri, 154. Kentucky helps him, 154. grave of, 154. summary of, 155.

Boston founded, 73. name of, 73. "Tea Party," 132. port of, closed, 133. British driven from, 136, 169.

Bowie (Bow'e), Colonel, 230.