.
sails from Palos,
.
voyage of,
.
discovers land,
.
names it,
.
discovers large islands,
.
returns to Spain,
.
his reception in Spain,
.
last voyages of,
.
his sorrowful old age,
.
sent back to Spain in chains,
.
his letter to Ferdinand and Isabella,
.
death and burial,
.
summary of,
.
celebration of his discovery of America,
.
Compass, Smith's use of the,
.
Roger Williams',
.
Washington's use of,
.
Concord, battle of,
.
Congress, meeting of the first,
,
.
makes Washington commander-in-chief,
.
declares independence,
,
.
meaning of word (note),
,
.
votes money for first telegraph lines,
.
Convent of St. Mary at Palos,
.
Convent (note),
.
Cornwallis, Lord, in the Revolution,
.
his pursuit of Washington,
.
and Arnold,
.
surrender of,
.
Cotton, how it grows,
.
seeds of,
.
price of,
.
effect of cotton-gin on,
.
export of,
.
size of bales (note),
.
Cotton-gin, invention of,
.
effect of the,
.
Cowpens, battle of,
,
.
Crockett, David, motto of,
.
Declaration of Independence made,
,
.
written by Jefferson,
.
Franklin has part in,
.
sent throughout the country,
.
De Leon, pronunciation of name (note),
.
discovers Florida,
.
De Soto, pronunciation of name (note),
.
discovers the Mississippi,
.
Detroit, Fort,
.
Discovery, right of (note),
.
"Drowned Lands," the,
.
Earthquake, great, of 1811,
.
Ebenezer (Eb-e-ne'zer), settlement of,
.
name of,
.
Electricity, Franklin's experiments in,
,
.
Eliot, Rev. John,
.
Elizabeth, Queen, names Virginia,
.
Ellsworth, Miss Annie,
,
.
Elm, the treaty, at Philadelphia,
.
the Washington, at Cambridge,
.
Emigrants (note),
.
Experiments (note),
.
Explorer (note),
.
Fable of the Frog (note),
.
Fairfax estate,
.
Lord, and Washington,
.
his land,
.
hires Washington to survey,
.
death of,
.
Father Gibault (Zhe-bo'),
.
White,
,
.
Ferdinand and Isabella,
,
,
.
Flag, first American,
.
the British (note),
.
torn down at New York,
.
U.S., origin of (note),
.
carried round the world,
.
"Star Spangled Banner" (note),
.
of Texas,
.
Jasper saves the,
.
Flint and steel,
.
Florida, discovery of,
.
name of (note),
.
settlement of,
.
Indian war in,
.
purchase of,
,
.
Fort, Boone's,
.
Detroit,
.
Indian,
.
Jamestown,
.
Kaskaskia,
.
Manhattan,
.
McHenry (note),
.
Moultrie,
.
Necessity,
.
Plymouth,
.
St. Augustine,
.
Sutter's,
.
Vincennes,
,
.
Fortifications on Dorchester Heights,
.
at New Orleans,
.
Forts, British, at the West,
.
French, at the West,
.
Founds (note),
.