76
,
80
.

    of Pilgrims,
62
.

    of Puritans,
73
.

    of Quakers,
97
.


Revere's (Re-veer'), Paul, ride,
134
.


Revolution, the, cause of,
131
.

    first blood shed in,
134
.

    progress of,
132-143
.

    Declaration of Independence,
137
.

    battles of, see Battles.

    end of,
144
,
145
.

    See Washington.


Revolution, the, in Delaware,
100
.

    Georgia,
107
.

    Maryland,
80
.

    Massachusetts,
74
,
134-136
,
169
.

    New England,
74
.

    New Jersey,
100
,
138
,
139
.

    New York,
60
,
137
,
139
,
144
.

    North Carolina,
107
,
140
,
156
,
207-213
.

    Pennsylvania,
100
,
139
.

    Rhode Island,
85
.

    South Carolina,
107
,
140
,
207-213
.

    Virginia,
50
,
141
,
142
,
185
,
186
.

    in the West,
161-167
.


Rhode Island settled,
85
.

    religious liberty in,
85
.

    in the Revolution,
85
.


Robertson, James, birthplace of (note),
156
.

    his home in North Carolina,
156
.

    emigrates to Watauga, Tennessee,
158
.

    and Sevier,
159
.

    what he did for the new settlement,
159
.

    Washington makes him general,
159
.

    summary of,
160
.



Sacramento, Sutter's Fort at,
236
.


Sacred (note),
203
.


Salem, Roger Williams' church at,
82
.


Samoset (Sam'o-set) and the Pilgrims,
68
.


San Salvador (Sal'va-dor), Columbus names,
13
.


Saratoga, battle of,
139
.


Savannah settled,
104
.

    in the Revolution,
107
.


Seal, great, of United States,
264
and note.


Seekonk, Roger Williams at,
85
.


Senate Chamber (note),
225
.


Sergeant (Sar'jent) (note),
140
.


Sevier (Se-veer'), John, born in Virginia (note),
156
.

    emigrates to Watauga, Tennessee,
159
.

    and Robertson,
159
.

    what he did for Watauga,
159
.

    becomes first governor of Tennessee,
159
.

    summary of,
160
.


Sharpshooters in the Revolution,
136
,
140
.


Silk, attempt to produce, in Georgia,
106
.

    sent to England,
106
.

    the Queen has a dress made of it,
106
.


Silkworm (note),
106
.


Slaves, negro, first brought to Virginia,
48
.

    employed in raising tobacco,
48
.

    planters grow rich by,
48
.

    all the colonies buy,
48
,
259
.

    Washington's,
135
.

    Jefferson beloved by his,
184
.

    Jefferson's feeling in regard to,
184
.

    how employed on cotton,
179
.

    and the cotton-gin,
180
.

    gradually freed at the North,
259
.

    their condition unchanged at the South,
259
.

    feeling at the South about,
259
.

    feeling at the North about,
259
.

    question of holding, divides the states,
259
.

    Lincoln in regard to increasing number of,
259
,
260
.

    and the Civil War,
259
,
260
.

    freed by President Lincoln,
260
.

    effect of emancipation of, on the Union,
261
.


Smith, John, early life and adventures of,
37
.

    sold as a slave,
37
.

    starts for Virginia,
37
.

    arrested on the voyage on a false charge,
38
.

    is tried and acquitted,
39
.

    court grants him damages,
39
.

    what he hoped to do in Virginia,
38
.

    what he did for the sick,
39
.

    prevents desertion,
39
.

    goes in search of the Pacific,
41
.

    is captured by Indians,
41
.

    how he used his pocket compass,
41
.

    brought before Powhatan,
41
.

    Pocahontas saves his life,
42
, and
note in A Short List of Books
.

    made governor of Jamestown,
43
.

    his opinion of the gold-diggers,
43
.

    compels Indians to let settlers have corn,
43
.

    makes all the settlers work,
44
.

    his cold-water cure for swearing,
45
.

    meets with a terrible accident,
46
.

    goes back to England,
46
.

    returns and explores country north of Virginia,
46
.

    names it New England,
46
.

    death and burial of,