Fountain, the magic,
28
.


Franklin, Benjamin, boyhood of,
111
.

    works for his father,
111
.

    is apprenticed to his brother,
111
.

    boards himself,
111
.

    is badly treated,
111
.

    runs away,
112
.

    his walk across New Jersey,
112
.

    lands in Philadelphia,
113
.

    buys some rolls,
113
.

    sees Miss Read,
113
.

    goes to a Quaker meeting,
113
.

    gets work in a printing-office,
114
.

    goes to Boston on a visit,
114
.

    learns to stoop,
114
.

    returns to Philadelphia,
115
.

    goes to London,
115
.

    called the "Water American,"
115
.

    returns to Philadelphia,
116
.

    sets up a newspaper,
110
,
116
.

    his "sawdust pudding,"
116
.

    his almanac,
110
.

    his sayings,
110
.

    his plan of life,
117
.

    what he did for Philadelphia,
109
,
117
.

    experiments with electricity,
118
,
119
.

    his electrical picture,
118
.

    his electrical kite,
119
.

    his discoveries in electricity,
119
.

    invents the lightning-rod,
120
.

    receives title of Doctor,
120
.

    services in the Revolution,
121
.

    thinks we must fight with bows and arrows,
136
.

    gets help for us from France,
121
.

    his funeral,
121
.

    counties named for him,
121
.

    summary of,
122
.


Friends (or Quakers), religion of,
97
.

    persecuted in England,
97
.

    go to Pennsylvania,
98
.

    friendly relations with the Indians,
99
.

    See William Penn.


Fulton, Robert, birth and boyhood of,
193
.

    his paddle-wheel scow,
193
.

    care of his mother,
193
.

    goes to England and France,
194
.

    builds iron bridges,
194
.

    his diving-boat,
194
.

    torpedo experiments in France,
194
.

    torpedo experiments in England,
195
.

    England's offer of money,
195
.

    his reply,
195
.

    builds his first steamboat,
196
.

    returns to America,
197
.

    builds steamboat here,
197
.

    trip up the Hudson,
197
.

    builds steamboat for the West,
198
.

    what he did for Western emigration,
199
.

    his grave,
199
.

    summary of,
200
.



Gadsden Purchase, the,
240
.


Gage, General, in Boston,
133
,
134
.

    his nose,
136
.

    leaves Boston,
136
.


Genoa (Jen'o-ah) (note),
1
.


George II. and Georgia,
102
.


George III., resolves to tax Americans,
131
.

    sends over taxed tea,
132
.

    closes port of Boston,
133
.

    hires German soldiers,
134
.

    his statue pulled down,
137
.

    his character,
161
.


Georgia, name of,
102
.

    settlement of,
102
.

    Savannah,
104
.

    Ebenezer,
105
.

    silk raised in,
106
.

    keeps out Spaniards,
107
.

    in the Revolution,
107
.

    summary of,
108
.


Gibault (Zhe-bo'), Father,
164
.


Gin, the cotton,
180
,
181
.

    name of (note),
180
.


Goffe, Colonel, at Hadley,
91
, and
note in A Short List of Books
.


Gold, discovered in California,
237
.

    tested by Sutter,
238
.

    carried to San Francisco,
239
.

    excitement over,
239
.

    effect of discovery of,
239
.


Grant, General,
260
.


Gray, Captain, voyage to the Pacific,
233
.

    carries American flag around the world,
233
.

    names the Columbia River,
234
.

    helps us to get Oregon,
234
.

    summary of,
235
.


Greene, General (Revolution),
140
,
178
,
212
.


Greene, Mrs. General,
178
,
179
.



Hadley, Indian attack on,
91
.

    Goffe at,
91
, and
note in A Short List of Books
.


Hamilton, Colonel,
161
,
164
.


Hanks, John, and Lincoln,
250
,
257
,
258
.


Harrison, General, birthplace of (note),
203
.

    governor of Indiana Territory,
203
.

    marches against the Indians,
203
.

    gains victory of Tippecanoe,
203
.