what he said about New Orleans and Louisiana, 187.
buys Louisiana, 188.
his death, 189.
inscription on his tombstone, 189.
summary of, 190.

"Jonathan, Brother," 241.
origin of name (note), 241.

Jury trial, first in America, 39.

Jury (note), 39.

Kaskaskia (Kas-kas'ki-a) Fort, 161-163.

King Philip, son of Massasoit, 87.
becomes chief, 88.
how he dressed and lived, 88.
his hatred of the whites, 88.
determines to make war 89.
Indians attack Swansea, 90.
attack other towns, 90.
burn Brookfield, 90.
attack Hadley 91.
bravery shown by a woman 92.
the great swamp fight, 93.
Canonchet taken, 93.
Philip's wife and son taken, 94.
wife and son sold into slavery, 94.
Philip shot, 94.
destruction caused by the war, 94.
cost of the war, 94.
Indian power broken, 94.
summary of, 95.

Lafayette (Lah-fay-et'), helps us in the Revolution, 141.
pursues Cornwallis, 141.
at the tomb of Washington, 144.

Land acquired by the United States, see Territory and United States.

Lee, General, in the Civil War, 260.

Legislature (note), 257.

Lexington, battle of, 134.

Leyden (Li'den), Holland, 62.

Leyden jar, 118, 119.

Liberty, religious, in Maryland, 78-80.
religious, in Rhode Island, 85.
religious, none formerly in England, 62, 76, 97.

Liberty, Sons of, in the Revolution, 60.

Liberty, statue of, 60.

Lincoln, Abraham, birth and boyhood of, 244.
how he lived, 244, 245.
death of his mother, 246.
what he said of her, 246.
what his step-mother said of him, 246.
at school, 247.
teaches himself at home, 247.
what he read, 247.
how he used the fire-shovel, 247.
description of, at seventeen, 248.
his strength, 248.
goes to New Orleans, 249.
moves to Illinois, 250.
splits rails, 250.
hunting frolics, 250.
tends store at New Salem, 251.
is attacked by Jack Armstrong, 251.
his faithfulness in little things, 252.
called "Honest Abe," 243, 252.
in the Black Hawk War, 253.
becomes postmaster and surveyor, 254.
studies law, 254.
begins to practise law, 254.
respected by all men, 254.
in Armstrong murder trial, 255.
how he saved the pig, 256.
goes to the Legislature, 257.
goes to Congress, 243, 257.
chosen candidate for President, 258.
elected President, 258.
his election brings on the Civil War, 259.
emancipates the slaves, 260.
murdered by Booth, 261.
grief of the nation at