CHAPTER I. PAGES 1-9.

AMERICA IN THE OLD DAYS.

TOPICS FOR COLLATERAL READING.--The following topics are thoroughly discussed in Fiske's _Discovery of America_:--

The People of Ancient America, Vol. I, pp. 1-19; Origin of the American Indians, Vol. I, p. 19; The Indians of the Pueblos, Vol. I, p. 82; The Mysterious Mound Builders, Vol. I, p. 140; Voyages of the Northmen to Vinland, Vol. I, p. 164.

REFERENCES FOR READING.--For a readable account of the Mound Builders and the American Indians, consult Shaler's _The Story of Our Continent_.

OUTSIDE READINGS.--Starr's _American Indians_; The Voyages to Vinland from the Saga of Eric the Red, _Old South Leaflets_, No. 32; Glasscock's _Stories of Columbia_.

FOR READING OR RECITATION.--Whittier's _Norumbega_ and _Norsemen_; Longfellow's _Skeleton in Armor_.