.

    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
.


Braddock's defeat,
130
.


Bradford, William, caught in trap,
65
.


Bradford, Governor,
65
.

    and Canonicus,
70
.


Brewster, Elder,
67
.


British, the name,
133
.


Brookfield burnt by Indians,
90
.


"Brother Jonathan,"
241
.

    origin of name (note),
241
.


Brush (note),
245
.



Cabot (Cab'ot), John and Sebastian,
21
.

    discover continent of America,
21
.

    take possession of, for England,
22
.

    return to Bristol,
23
.

    what they carried back,
24
.

    second voyage of,
25
.

    how much of America they discovered,
25
.

    summary of,
27
.


California, Captain Sutter in,
236
.

    gold discovered in,
237
.

    effects of discovery of gold,
239
.

    acquisition of,
239
.

    emigration to,
239
.


Camden, battle of,
212
.


Canal, Erie, opened,
220
.


Candidate (note),
258
.


Canonchet (Ka-non'chet) braves death,
93
.


Canonicus (Ka-non'i-kus) sends challenge to Bradford,
70
.

    and Roger Williams,
84
,
85
.


Cape Cod, arrival of Pilgrims at,
64
.

    explored by Pilgrims,
65
.


Capitol, the, burned,
204
.

    rebuilt,
204
.


Carolina, North, Governor Tryon in,
156
.

    battle of Alamance in,
156
.

    the Revolution in,
207
.

    South, see Charleston.


Carver chosen governor,
64
.

    his kindness to the sick,
67
.

    makes treaty with Massasoit,
69
.


Catholics cruelly treated in England,
76
.

    colony of, in Newfoundland,
76
.

    colony of, in Maryland,
77
.

    give equal religious rights to Protestants,
78
,
79
.

    persecuted in Maryland,
80
.

    first English Church of, in America,
78
.


Charles II. and Penn,
96
,
98
.


Charleston helps Georgia,
104
.

    in the Revolution,
140
.

    secedes,
259
.

    begins the Civil War,
259
.


Chicago, Columbian Exposition at,
264
.


Church, Captain Benjamin,
93
.


Church, the first English Protestant, in America,
39
.

    first English Catholic, in America,
78
.


Civil War, the,
259
,
260
.

    causes of the,
259
.

    battles of the,
260
.

    Grant and Lee in the,
260
.

    Lincoln in the,
260
.

    result of the,
261
.


Clark, George Rogers, birth of (note),
162
.

    expedition against Fort Kaskaskia,
162
.

    march against,
163
.

    takes the fort,
163
.

    is helped by a Catholic priest,
164
.

    gets Fort Vincennes,
164
.

    loses the fort,
164
.

    Vigo offers help to,
164
.

    marches against Fort Vincennes,
165
.

    in the "Drowned Lands,"
165
.

    wading to victory,
166
.

    takes Fort Vincennes,
167
.

    results of the victory,
167
.

    grave of,
167
.

    summary of,
168
.


Clearing (note),
250
.


Coloma (Ko-lo'ma), gold discovered at,
237
.


Colonel (kur'nel) (note),
91
.


Colonies, the thirteen (note),
102
.


Colony (note),
73
.


Columbian Exposition, the,
264
.


Columbus, birth and boyhood of,
1
.

    becomes a sailor,
2
.

    has a sea-fight,
3
.

    goes to Lisbon,
3
.

    his maps of the world,
4
.

    plan for reaching Indies,
5
.

    goes to Spain for help,
7
.

    his reception at the convent,
6
.

    leaves his son at the convent,
7
.

    gets help for his voyage,
7