Part 34
=Edison, Thomas A.=, 380-385, 387; boyhood of, 380-381; experiments in telegraphy, 381; receives $40,000 for his inventions, 382; portrait of, 382; builds his first laboratory in Newark, 383; builds a second laboratory at Menlo Park, 383; invents microphone, megaphone, and phonograph, 383-384; develops the electric light, 384-385; and moving pictures, 385; and the dictaphone, 387.
="Edward," The=, 199.
="Effingham," The=, 199.
=Egypt=, 446-448, 450; and the Nile, 446-447; irrigation in, 447; and its kings, 447; civilization in, 447-448; Phoenicians spread learning of, 450.
=El Caney=, capture of, 356-357.
=Electricity=, Edison the wizard of, 383-385.
=Electric light=, developed by Edison, 384-385.
=Eliot, John=, preaches to the Indians, 83-84.
=Elizabeth, Queen of England=, knights Drake, 40; favors Raleigh, 43, 44; names colony of Virginia, 44.
=Emancipation Proclamation=, 326.
=England=, explorations made by, 34-47; claims large part of North America, 37; quarrel between Spain and, 37-42; first permanent settlement in America by, 60-61.
=Ericson, Leif=, 1, 484.
=Ericson, Thorvald=, 1-2.
=Eric the Red=, 1.
=Erie, Lake=, battle of, 244-245.
=Erie Canal=, 262.
=Euphrates River=, 448.
=Eutaw Springs=, battle of, 189.
=Evans, Oliver=, 388.
=Fairfax, Lord=, 119, 122, 128; friend of Washington, 120; builds Greenway Court, 120; makes Washington public surveyor, 120; returns to England, 142.
=Fair Oaks=, battle of, 338.
=Faneuil Hall=, 169.
=Fannin, General=, 280.
=Farming=, _see_ Agriculture.
=Farragut, Captain David=, 325.
"=Father of Waters=," 112.
=Federalist party=, 235.
=Ferdinand and Isabella=, 6, 15.
=Ferguson, Colonel=, 213; defeated at Kings Mountain, 213-214.
=Field, Cyrus W.=, 268-272; early success of, 269; becomes interested in telegraph lines, 269; conceives idea of connecting Europe and America, 269; aided by Peter Cooper and other wealthy men, 269; success of invention of, 270; portrait of, 270; receives honors from many nations, 271; death, 272.
=Fillmore, President=, 305.
=Fitch, John=, 257.
=Five Nations=, _see_ Iroquois.
=Fletcher, Grace=, 302.
=Florida=, De Leon takes possession of, 17; De Soto's expedition to, 24-26.
=Flour mills=, 418.
=Foch, Ferdinand=, 437, 438, 439.
=Foote, Commodore=, 333.
=Forbes, General=, 126.
=Forts=, _see under_ names of forts.
=France=, aids Americans, 139; discoverers and explorers of, 49-53; missionaries of, 53, 106-114.
=Franciscan friars=, 300-302.
=Franklin, Benjamin=, 124, 147-157; early life of, 147-151; portrait of, 148; in London, 150; editor of _Pennsylvania Gazette_ in Philadelphia, 151; founds three great institutions, 151; invents stove, 151; forms first fire department in America, 151; author of _Poor Richard's Almanac_, 151-152; clerk of Pennsylvania Assembly, 152; postmaster-general, 152; plans union of colonies, 153; becomes famed as scientist, 153; experiments with electricity, 153; sent to England to defend colonies, 154; appointed to help write Declaration of Independence, 155, 232; secures French aid for America, 155; helps make treaty of peace, 155; helps make and signs Constitution, 156, 157; death, 157.
=Franks=, 479.
=Fraunces' Tavern=, 140.
=Frederica=, 103.
=Fredericksburg=, battle of, 346.
=Fremont, John C.=, 283-290; early life of, 284; goes to South America, 284; becomes a civil engineer, 284; loves the wild life, 284; portrait of, 285; marries Jessie Benton, 285; receives permission to explore South Pass, 285; unfurls Stars and Stripes from summit of Fremonts Peak, 285; seeks a more southerly route to Oregon and California, 285; reaches Great Salt Lake, 286; goes to Fort Vancouver, 286; makes a circuit of the Great Basin and crosses mountains to California, 287; third expedition of, 288; in Mexican War, 288-289; elected to United States Senate, 289; fifth expedition of, 289; first Republican candidate for president, 289; major general in Civil War, 290; governor of Arizona, 290; death, 290.
=Fremonts Peak=, 285.
=French=, in North America, 49-53, 106-113.
=French allies=, in Revolutionary War, 139.
=French and Indian War=, 114, 121, 126, 130.
=French in Canada=, 121.
=Friends=, _see_ Quakers.
="Friendship," The=, 194.
=Frontenac, Count=, sends Joliet and Marquette to find Mississippi, 53; sends La Salle and Hennepin, 106; "children of," 111.
=Frontenac, Fort=, 106, 107, 111.
=Fruit growing=, 375.
=Fugitive Slave Law=, 407.
=Fulton, Robert=, 257-264, 395; portrait of, 258; starts life as portrait painter, 258; meets James Watt, 258; becomes interested in driving power of steam, 258; makes trial steamboat in France, 258; builds the _Clermont_, 259; wonderful success of invention of, 260, 261; death, 261; and the invention of the submarine, 395.
=Fur traders=, 56-58 106-107, 243-244.
=Gadsden, Christopher=, 173.
=Gage, General=, 130, 131, 183.
=Galena=, 332.
=Galveston flood=, Red Cross relieves suffering caused by the, 411.
=Gama, Vasco da=, _see_ Da Gama, Vasco.
=Garfield, James J.=, 345-347; portrait of, 345.
=Gates, General=, 182.
=Gauls=, 466, 472, 475.
=George II=, grants charter to Oglethorpe, 101.
=George III=, 135, 136, 141, 158, 159, 173.
=Georgia=, founded, 101-103; planters of, 103-104.
=Germanic tribes=, 476, 477, 478, 479, 481.
=Germany=, one of the Central Powers, 426; protests against United States trading with Allies, 427; lawless submarine policy of, 428, 430-431; America enters the war against, 431; makes last great attack, 437; defeated on all fronts, 441; accepts armistice, 442; treaty of peace with, 442-443.
=Gettysburg=, battle of, 335, 338.
=Ghent=, _see_ Treaty of.
=Gibault=, Father, 220, 221.
=Gilbert, Sir Humphrey=, 43.
=Gist, Christopher=, 122.
=Goethals, George Washington=, 376-378; portrait of, 376; early life of, 377; in Spanish-American War, 377; in charge of construction of Panama Canal, 377-378; appointed governor of Canal Zone, 377.
=Gold=, discovery and mining of, 289, 372-373, 375.
="Golden Hind," The=, Drake's ship, 38, 39, 40.
=Gold Fleet, Spanish=, 41.
=Goliad=, massacre at, 280.
=Gooch, Daniel=, 271.
="Good Man Richard," The=, 197-198.
=Gore, Christopher=, 311.
=Gracchi, the=, 470.
=Grain=, 417-419; elevators for 418.
=Grant, Ulysses S.=, 325, 327, 331-337; early life of, 331-332; in Mexican War, 332; promoted in the army, 333; at Forts Henry and Donelson, 333; portrait of, 333; at Vicksburg, 334; at Gettysburg, 335; made commander of the Union armies, 336; in the "Wilderness," 336; Lee surrenders to, 336; elected president, 337; death, 337.
=Gray, Captain Robert=, the first to carry the Stars and Stripes around the world, 238; discovers the Columbia River, 238.
=Gray, ----=, invents telephone, 268.
=Great Basin=, Fremont explores the, 287-288.
=Great Charter=, struggle for the, 490-493.
=Great Salt Lake=, 286.
=Greater Greece=, 451-452.
=Greece=, 450-463; geography of, 450-451; legendary heroes of, 452-453; philosophers of, 453-455; wins admiration of Philip of Macedon, 455; government of, 456-460; civilization of, 458-460; in "Age of Pericles," 460-461; defeats Persian kings, 461-463; Alexander's conquests spread civilization of, 463.
=Green Bay=, 108.
=Greene, Mrs.=, 227-228.
=Greene, Nathanael=, 182-185, 188, 189, 190, 191; portrait of, 182; given command of army in South, 182; goes to Boston and meets Washington, 184; made one of Washington's generals, 184; divides army, 184; on great march, 188; at Guilford Court House, 189; drives British into Charleston, 189; honored by his country, 189; praises General Marion, 191.
=Greenland=, discovered by Northmen, 1, 484.
=Greenway Court=, 120-121, 125.
=Grenville, Sir Richard=, 44.
="Griffin," The=, 108-109.
=Guam=, annexed by United States, 359.
=Guatemotzin=, statue of, 20.
=Guilds=, 446.
=Guilford Court House=, battle of, 189.
=Hale, Nathan=, 134, 179-182; in college, 179; statue of, 180; joins Washington, 180; captures British man-of-war, 180; passes safely through British lines, 181; captured, 181; death, 181.
="Half Moon," The=, 54, 55.
=Hamilton, Alexander=, 235.
=Hamilton, General=, 220, 222.
=Hancock, John=, 177, 233.
=Hanks, John=, 315, 316, 321.
=Hannibal=, 467-469.
=Harlem Heights=, 134.
=Harrison, Benjamin=, 142, 232, 349, 351.
=Harrison, William Henry=, 304, 319.
=Harrodsburg=, 217.
=Harvard Elm=, 132.
=Harvesting machines=, 418.
=Hastings=, battle of, 489.
=Hawaiian Islands=, annexed by United States, 356.
=Hawkins, Captain=, 37.
=Hayes, Lucy Webb=, 344.
=Hayes, Rutherford B.=, 342-344; portrait of, 343.
=Hayne, Senator=, 303.
"=Hearts Content=," 271.
=Helen of Troy=, 452-453.
=Helm, Captain=, 220.
=Henderson, Richard=, 205.
=Hennepin=, a missionary, 106, 107, 110, 111.
=Henry, Patrick=, 129-130, 153, 158-167, 217, 230, 234; portrait of, 158; opposes Stamp Act, 159; birth and parentage of, 160; early failures of, 160; orator of the Revolution, 160-167; succeeds as a lawyer, 161; first great speech of, 161; elected to House of Burgesses, 161-162; speaks against Stamp Act, 162; sent to Continental Congress, 163; offers resolutions for arming Virginia, 164; defends his resolutions in great speech, 164-165; in forefront of struggle with England, 166; statue of, 166; aids George Rogers Clark in raising an army, 217-218; death, 166.
=Henry=, Prince of Portugal, 3.
=Henry II=, 490-491.
=Henry VII=, 35, 37.
=Henry VIII=, 37.
=Hercules=, 452.
=Hermitage, The=, 254.
=Hessians, The=, 135, 136.
=Hieroglyphics=, 448-449.
=Hobkirks Hill=, 189.
=Holland, John P.=, and the submarine, 395-397; portrait of, 395.
=Homestead Law=, 373.
=Hooker=, 335.
=Hoover, Herbert=, 431-432.
=Horace=, 475.
=Horatius=, 464-465.
=Horseshoe Bend=, battle of, 249, 277.
=Houston, General Sam=, 277-281; lives with Cherokees, 277; in battle of Horseshoe Bend, 277; portrait of, 278; studies law, 278; goes to Congress, 278; governor of Tennessee, 278; visits Washington, 279; goes to Texas, 279; in Texas War with Mexico, 279-281; at battle of San Jacinto, 280-281; elected first president of Texas, 281; sent to United States Senate, 281; death, 281.
=Howe, Elias=, 274-276.
=Howe, General=, 133, 134, 137, 181.
=Howe, Julia Ward=, 404-406; early life of, 404-405; writes "Battle Hymn of the Republic," 405; and the Woman's Club, 405-406; portrait of, 406.
=Howe, Samuel Gridley=, 405.
=Hudson, Henry=, 54-56; discovers Hudson River, 54; portrait of, 55; cruel to Indians, 55; seeks northwest passage, 55-56; set adrift by sailors, 56.
=Hudson Bay Company=, 286.
=Hudson River=, 54-55.
=Hull House=, 413.
=Huns=, 476-477.
=Hydroplane=, 394.
=Iceland=, discovered by Northmen, 1.
=Illinois Indians=, 111.
=Illinois River=, 109, 110, 111.
=Inca=, captured by Pizarro, 23.
=Independence, Declaration of=, _see_ Declaration of Independence.
=India=, search for new route to, 2-16, 34-37; Magellan first to reach, 31.
=Indian corn=, taken to England, 45; best crop of the Pilgrims, 79.
=Indians=, first seen by white men, 12; named by Columbus, 12; Cortés and the Mexican, 18-21; great city of the, 18-21; cruelly treated by De Soto, 25; welcomed Raleigh's sailors, 44; Lane cruel to, 45; hostile to English settlers, 45; Champlain and the, 49-53; Marquette loved by the, 53; carried Champlain's remains to Mackinac, 53; friendly to Hudson but repaid with cruelty, 55; and the Dutch, 56-58, 59; and the Jamestown Colony, 61-66; friendly to Lord Baltimore, 69; Pilgrims and, 76, 78-81, 84-85; John Eliot and the, 83-84; Penn's treaty with the, 98; Oglethorpe made treaty with the, 103; La Salle and the, 107, 110-112; French trappers and, 113-114; in French and Indian War, 114, 121-126; war dance of the, 119; Boone and the, 204-209; fought with British in Revolutionary War, 207-209; Sevier and the, 211-215; Clark and the, 216, 217; friendly to Lewis and Clark, 239-243; missionaries among the, 243-244, 301; Jackson and the, 247-249; War of the Seminole, 252; Houston and the, 277-278; placed on reservations by U. S. government, 375; _see also_ names of Indians.
=Indigo=, 104.
=Iron=, 422-423.
=Iroquois Indians=, 50, 52, 56, 107, 111, 112, 114.
=Irrigation=, 375, 446-447.
=Isabella, Queen of Spain=, 6, 8, 15.
=Italians=, 102.
=Jackson, Andrew=, 245-254, 282, 308; early life of, 246-247; taken prisoner by the English, 246; lawyer before twenty, 247; emigrates to Tennessee, 247; made U. S. senator, 248; in War of 1812, 248-252; wins the name "Old Hickory," 249; fights Indians, 249; at battle of New Orleans, 250-252; portrait of, 252; twice elected president, 252; and the United States Bank, 252-253; and nullification, 254, 308; death, 254.
=Jackson, General "Stonewall,"= 338.
=James I=, puts Raleigh to death, 47; gives London Company a charter, 60; makes Calvert, Baron of Baltimore, 69.
=Jamestown=, settled, 61; life in the colony of, 60-66, 71-72.
=Jefferson, Thomas=, 229-238; early life of, 229; studies law, 230; meets Patrick Henry, 230; member of House of Burgesses, 231; marries, 231; and Committee of Correspondence, 232; and the Declaration of Independence, 232-233; governor of Virginia, 234; minister to France, 234; first Secretary of State, 235; leader of the Democratic-Republican party, 235; elected president, 235; portrait of, 235; purchases Louisiana, 236; sends out Lewis and Clark Expedition, 237; elected president second time, 237; "Sage of Monticello," 238; death, 238.
=Jenkins, C. Francis=, 385.
=Jews=, 447, 449.
=John, King of England=, 491-492.
=John II=, of Portugal, 5.
=Johnson, Andrew=, 328-329, 337; portrait of, 328.
=Johnston, General Joseph E.=, 338, 340.
=Johnston, Sarah Bush=, stepmother of President Lincoln, 314.
=Joliet=, 53, 106, 112; with Marquette sets out to find the Mississippi, 53; sails down the Mississippi, 53; death, 53.
=Jones, John Paul=, 194-198; early life of, 194; enters American navy, 195; portrait of, 195; shows his mettle in West Indies, 196; sent to France, 196; in Whitehaven, 196; on English coast, 197; captain of _Bon Homme Richard_, 197; and the _Serapis_, 197-198; great naval hero, 198.
=Jonesboro=, 247.
=Jutes=, 478.
=Kaiser, The German=, 430, 442.
=Kansas-Nebraska Bill=, 319-322.
=Kaskaskia=, Clark at, 218, 219, 223.
=Keith, Sir William=, 150.
=Kentucky=, Boone in, 204-210, 216.
=Kieft, Governor=, 59.
=King Philip=, Indian chief, 84-85.
=Kings Mountain=, battle of, 184, 213-214.
=Knox, General=, 201.
=Knoxville=, 215, 216.
=Labrador=, discovered by John Cabot, 35.
=Lachine=, 106.
=Lafayette, Marquis de=, 137, 139, 140, 189; visits Washington after war, 142-143; rewarded by Congress, 143.
=Lafayette Squadron=, 431.
=Lake Superior=, iron "ranges" of, 422.
=Lane, Ralph=, 44.
=La Salle, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de=, 106-113; seeks Canada, 106; builds Fort Frontenac, 106; portrait of, 107; returns to France for permission to explore Mississippi Valley, 107; sets out for Mississippi, 107; builds _Griffin_, 108-109; builds Fort Crèvecœur, 111; plans union of Indian tribes, 111; journeys to mouth of Mississippi, 112; takes possession for France, 112; builds Fort St. Louis on Starved Rock, 112; returns to France and brings over colony, 113; killed by disappointed colonists, 113.
="Lawrence," The=, Perry's flagship, 245.
=Lee, Henry=, "Light Horse Harry," 184.
=Lee, Richard Henry=, 130, 173, 177, 232.
=Lee, Robert E.=, 325, 326, 327, 335, 336, 337-341; at West Point, 337; wins fame and honor in Mexican War, 337; in charge at West Point, 337; in charge of Confederate army at Richmond, 338; defeats McClellan, 338; retreats from Maryland after battle of Antietam, 338; at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, 338; at Gettysburg, 338; in the "Wilderness," 339; plans to join Johnston, 340; meets Sheridan, 340; surrenders to Grant, 341; president of Washington College, 341; death, 341; portrait of, 341.
=Leonidas=, 462.
=Lewis, Captain Meriwether=, 239-244; portrait of, 239; and Clark sent to explore Louisiana Purchase, 239; and Clark and the Indians, 239-243; and Clark cross Rocky Mountains, 240-241; and Clark reach the Columbia River, 242; and Clark reach the Pacific, 242; and Clark return to St. Louis, 242; rewarded by Congress, 242; made governor of Louisiana Territory, 243.
=Lewis and Clark Expedition=, 237, 239.
=Lexington=, battle of, 130, 175.
="Lexington," The=, 199.
=Lincoln, Abraham=, 313-329; born in Kentucky backwoods, 313; early life of, 313-317; in Black Hawk War, 317; goes to Illinois legislature, 318; speaks for General Harrison and Henry Clay, 319; goes to Congress, 319; the champion against Douglas, 319; in the U. S. Senate, 320; debates between Douglas and, 320-322; elected president, 322; calls for troops, 323; portrait of, 325; issues Emancipation Proclamation, 326; assassinated, 327; and reconstruction, 328-329.
=Lincoln, General=, 182.
=Lincoln, Nancy Hanks=, 314.
=Livingston, Robert R.=, helps draw up Declaration of Independence, 232; helps make Louisiana Purchase, 236; aids Fulton, 258, 259.
=Locomotive invented=, 263.
=Loe, Thomas=, 92, 94.
=London Company=, formed, 60.
"=Lone Star Republic=," 281.
=Longstreet, William=, 257.
=Lookout Mountain=, battle of, 335.
=Los Angeles=, 376.
=Louisiana Purchase=, 236-238; Lewis and Clark explore territory obtained by, 237, 239-244.
=Louisiana Purchase Exposition=, 237.
=Louisville=, 218.
="Lusitania," The=, 428, 430.
="Luzerne," The=, 201.
=McClellan, General=, and Lee, 325, 338; at Antietam, 338.
=Mace, Samuel=, 46.
=Macedonian phalanx=, 455, 463, 469.
=McCormick, Cyrus H.=, 272-274.
=McKinley, William=, 352-359; early life of, 352-353; in the Civil War, 353; becomes a successful lawyer, 353; portrait of, 353; in Congress, 354; and the Spanish-American War, 354-359; assassinated, 359.
=Madison, James=, 250, 296.
=Magellan, Ferdinand=, 28-31; portrait of, 28; first to sail around earth and prove it round, 28-31; names, and is first to cross Pacific Ocean, 30; visits the Philippines, 30; killed defending his sailors, 31.
=Magellan, Strait of=, discovered, 30; Drake sails through, 38.
"=Magna Charta=," _see_ Great Charter.
="Maine," The=, 355.
=Manhattan Island=, trading posts established on, 56; purchase of, 58.
=Manila=, bay, 355-356; city of, 357.
=Manufactures=, 421-423.
=Marathon=, battle of, 461-462.
=Marconi=, invents wireless telegraphy, 268.
=Marianas=, 30.
=Marion, Francis=, 184, 189-192; portrait of, 190; the "Swamp Fox," 190, 191; sets free one hundred and fifty prisoners, 191; honored by friends, 192.
=Marne=, first battle of, 427; second battle of, 438.
=Marquette, Father=, 53, 106, 112.
=Maryland=, 68-70.
=Massachusetts Bay=, Colony of, 82, 83.
=Massasoit=, Indian chief, 78, 79, 80, 84.
="Mayflower," The=, 73-75, 77, 78, 80, 81.
=Meat packing=, 376, 419-421.
=Megaphone=, 275.
=Menlo Park=, Edison's laboratory at, 383, 385.
="Merrimac," The=, 324-325.
=Mexican Indians=, 18-21.
=Mexico=, invaded and conquered by Cortés, 18-22; mines of, 22; war between Texas and, 279-283; Fremont in the war with, 288-289; war between United States and, 298, 310; Grant in war with, 332; Lee in war with, 337; Pershing sent into, 430.
=Microphone=, 383.
"=Mill boy of the Slashes=," 294.
=Mims, Fort=, massacre at, 249.
=Mines and mining=, 375, 421-423.
=Minuit, Peter=, first governor of New Netherland, 58.
=Minutemen=, 174-175, 183.
=Missionaries=, 53, 106-114, 243.
=Missionary Ridge=, battle of, 335.
=Missions=, in the Southwest, 300-302.
=Mississippi River=, discovered by De Soto, 26, 27; explored by Joliet and Marquette, 53; La Salle reached mouth of, 112; western boundary of United States, 224, 236.
=Mississippi Valley=, La Salle explores the, 107, 109-113.
=Missouri=, state of, 210, 238, 296.
=Missouri Compromise=, 296, 319.
=Missouri River=, Falls of the, 240.
=Mohave Desert=, 288.
"=Mohawks=," 171.
="Monitor," The=, 324-325.
=Monoplane=, 392-393.
=Monmouth=, battle of, 138, 139.
=Monroe James=, 236, 307, 426.
=Monterey=, 289.
=Montezuma=, 20.
=Monticello=, home of Jefferson, 231, 232, 234, 237, 238.
=Moravians=, 102.
=Morgan, General=, 184, 185-189; fights French and Indians, 185; helps capture Burgoyne, 186; complimented by Burgoyne, 186; at battle of Cowpens, 186, 188; portrait of, 186; joins Greene, 188; last days of, 188-189.
=Morristown=, 137.
=Morse, Samuel F. B.=, 264-268; interested in electricity, 264; plans instrument, 265; meets helper in Alfred Vail, 265; gets government aid, 267; portrait of, 267; receives rewards and honors, 268; death, 268.
=Moving pictures=, 385-386.
=Moultrie, Colonel=, 182.
=Mount Vernon=, 116, 119, 121, 123, 128, 129, 141, 142, 143, 145.
=Murfreesboro=, 335.
=Murray, Mrs.=, entertains Lord Howe, 133.
=Napoleon=, sells Louisiana Territory to the United States, 236.
=Nassau, Fort=, 56.
=Natick, Mass.=, 84.
=National Woman's Suffrage Association=, 403.
=Necessity, Fort=, 123.
=Negro slaves=, _see_ Slavery.
=Neutrality=, American in World War, 426, 427-429.
=New Amsterdam=, 58, 91, 92; becomes New York, 90.
=New England=, Puritans in, 68, 81-86; Pilgrims in, 73-81; industries, manners, and customs of colonists in, 85-86.
=New France=, 52; trappers, soldiers, and missionaries of, 113-114.
=New Netherland=, 88-90; settlement of, 58-59; industries, manners, and customs of, 91-92.
=New Orleans=, 236; battle of, 250-252.
=Newport, Captain=, 60, 62.
=New York=, New Amsterdam becomes, 90; William and Mary give representative assembly to, 90; British in, 133; Washington inaugurated in, 143-144.
=Nez Percé Indians=, 241, 243.
="Niagara," The=, 245.
=Niagara River=, 108, 109.
=Nile River=, 446-447, 463.
="Niña," The=, 10, 13.
=Ninevah=, 448.
"=Nolichucky Jack=," 212-216.
=Nolichucky River=, 212.
"=No-Man's-Land=," 203.
=Normans=, 483, 488-490.
=Northmen=, voyages of, 1-2; in Iceland and Greenland, 1; discover Vinland, 1; wanderings of, 483, 484, 486. _See also_ Normans _and_ Danes.
="North River," The=, 260.
=Nullification=, and President Jackson, 254, 308; Webster's great speech on, 303-304; Calhoun favors, 307-308; South Carolina and, 253-254, 308.
=Odoacer=, 477.
=Oglethorpe, James=, 100-103, 104; friend of the unfortunate, 100; portrait of, 101; settles Georgia, 101-103; death, 103.
"=Old Hickory=," 249.
=Old North Church=, 174.
=Old South Church=, 169, 171.
=Orange, Fort=, 56, 57, 90.
=Orange growing=, 375.
="Oregon," The=, 377.