0.
celebration of his discovery of America, 264.

Compass, Smith's use of the, 41.
Roger Williams', 84.
Washington's use of, 129.

Concord, battle of, 134.

Congress, meeting of the first, 100, 133.
makes Washington commander-in-chief, 135.
declares independence, 100, 137.
meaning of word (note), 133, 225.
votes money for first telegraph lines, 226.

Convent of St. Mary at Palos, 6.

Convent (note), 6.

Cornwallis, Lord, in the Revolution, 137-142.
his pursuit of Washington, 137.
and Arnold, 141.
surrender of, 142.

Cotton, how it grows, 179.
seeds of, 179.
price of, 181.
effect of cotton-gin on, 181.
export of, 183.
size of bales (note), 183.

Cotton-gin, invention of, 180.
effect of the, 181.

Cowpens, battle of, 140, 210.

Crockett, David, motto of, 230.

Declaration of Independence made, 100, 137.
written by Jefferson, 186.
Franklin has part in, 121.
sent throughout the country, 186.

De Leon, pronunciation of name (note), 28.
discovers Florida, 28.

De Soto, pronunciation of name (note), 28.
discovers the Mississippi, 29.

Detroit, Fort, 161.

Discovery, right of (note), 234.

"Drowned Lands," the, 165.

Earthquake, great, of 1811, 198.

Ebenezer (Eb-e-ne'zer), settlement of, 105.
name of, 105.

Electricity, Franklin's experiments in, 118, 119.

Eliot, Rev. John, 89.

Elizabeth, Queen, names Virginia, 33.

Ellsworth, Miss Annie, 226, 227.

Elm, the treaty, at Philadelphia, 99.
the Washington, at Cambridge, 135.

Emigrants (note), 33.

Experiments (note), 118.

Explorer (note), 2.

Fable of the Frog (note), 247.

Fairfax estate, 126.
Lord, and Washington, 126.
his land, 127.
hires Washington to survey, 127.
death of, 143.

Father Gibault (Zhe-bo'), 164.
White, 78, 80.

Ferdinand and Isabella, 6, 7, 16.

Flag, first American, 135.
the British (note), 142.
torn down at New York, 144.
U.S., origin of (note), 142.
carried round the world, 233.
"Star Spangled Banner" (note), 181.
of Texas, 230.
Jasper saves the, 140.

Flint and steel, 84.

Florida, discovery of, 28.
name of (note), 28.
settlement of, 30.
Indian war in, 218.
purchase of, 30, 218.

Fort, Boone's, 150.
Detroit, 161.
Indian, 93.
Jamestown, 38.
Kaskaskia, 161-163.
Manhattan, 59.
McHenry (note), 181.
Moultrie, 140.
Necessity, 130.
Plymouth, 70.
St. Augustine, 30.
Sutter's, 236