Part 35

Raleigh (Raw'li), Sir Walter, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, 32. sends exploring expedition to America, 32. receives title of honor, 33. sends settlers to Virginia, 33. receives tobacco and potato plants from Virginia, 33. plants them in Ireland, 33. spends a great deal of money on his Virginia colony, 34. fails to establish a settlement, 34. last days of, 35. is beheaded, 35. power of his example, 35. summary of, 36.

Ranches (note), 263.

Rebels (note), 210.

Red-coats (note), 208.

Religious liberty, none in England, 62. in Maryland, 79. in Rhode Island, 85.

Religious persecution in England, 62, 76, 97. of Catholics, 76, 80. of Pilgrims, 62. of Puritans, 73. of Quakers, 97.

Revere's (Re-veer'), Paul, ride, 134.

Revolution, the, cause of, 131. first blood shed in, 134. progress of, 132-143. Declaration of Independence, 137. battles of, see Battles. end of, 144, 145. See Washington.

Revolution, the, in Delaware, 100. Georgia, 107. Maryland, 80. Massachusetts, 74, 134-136, 169. New England, 74. New Jersey, 100, 138, 139. New York, 60, 137, 139, 144. North Carolina, 107, 140, 156, 207-213. Pennsylvania, 100, 139. Rhode Island, 85. South Carolina, 107, 140, 207-213. Virginia, 50, 141, 142, 185, 186. in the West, 161-167.

Rhode Island settled, 85. religious liberty in, 85. in the Revolution, 85.

Robertson, James, birthplace of (note), 156. his home in North Carolina, 156. emigrates to Watauga, Tennessee, 158. and Sevier, 159. what he did for the new settlement, 159. Washington makes him general, 159. summary of, 160.

Sacramento, Sutter's Fort at, 236.

Sacred (note), 203.

Salem, Roger Williams' church at, 82.

Samoset (Sam'o-set) and the Pilgrims, 68.

San Salvador (Sal'va-dor), Columbus names, 13.

Saratoga, battle of, 139.

Savannah settled, 104. in the Revolution, 107.

Seal, great, of United States, 264 and note.

Seekonk, Roger Williams at, 85.

Senate Chamber (note), 225.

Sergeant (Sar'jent) (note), 140.

Sevier (Se-veer'), John, born in Virginia (note), 156. emigrates to Watauga, Tennessee, 159. and Robertson, 159. what he did for Watauga, 159. becomes first governor of Tennessee, 159. summary of, 160.

Sharpshooters in the Revolution, 136, 140.

Silk, attempt to produce, in Georgia, 106. sent to England, 106. the Queen has a dress made of it, 106.

Silkworm (note), 106.

Slaves, negro, first brought to Virginia, 48. employed in raising tobacco, 48. planters grow rich by, 48. all the colonies buy, 48, 259. Washington's, 135. Jefferson beloved by his, 184. Jefferson's feeling in regard to, 184. how employed on cotton, 179. and the cotton-gin, 180. gradually freed at the North, 259. their condition unchanged at the South, 259. feeling at the South about, 259. feeling at the North about, 259. question of holding, divides the states, 259. Lincoln in regard to increasing number of, 259, 260. and the Civil War, 259, 260. freed by President Lincoln, 260. effect of emancipation of, on the Union, 261.

Smith, John, early life and adventures of, 37. sold as a slave, 37. starts for Virginia, 37. arrested on the voyage on a false charge, 38. is tried and acquitted, 39. court grants him damages, 39. what he hoped to do in Virginia, 38. what he did for the sick, 39. prevents desertion, 39. goes in search of the Pacific, 41. is captured by Indians, 41. how he used his pocket compass, 41. brought before Powhatan, 41. Pocahontas saves his life, 42, and note in A Short List of Books. made governor of Jamestown, 43. his opinion of the gold-diggers, 43. compels Indians to let settlers have corn, 43. makes all the settlers work, 44. his cold-water cure for swearing, 45. meets with a terrible accident, 46. goes back to England, 46. returns and explores country north of Virginia, 46. names it New England, 46. death and burial of, 46. what he did for Virginia, 47. his books and maps, 47. is called the "Father of Virginia," 47. writes Captain Henry Hudson, 53. summary of, 51.