Adams, Abigail, marries John Adams, 75;
sees Battle of Bunker Hill, 86;
teaches John Quincy, Patriotism, 87.
Adams, Charles Francis, 77.
Adams, Charles Francis, 2d, 77.
Adams, Henry, 77.
Adams, John, some important dates in his life, 74;
Son of Liberty, 75;
signs Declaration, 75, 76;
exults because of Boston Tea Party, 78;
attends First Continental Congress, 81;
nominates Washington to be Commander-in-Chief, 83;
his design for the Stars and Stripes, 88;
his grandson sails with Miranda, 90, 335;
his Fourth of July Toast, 92;
dies on anniversary of signing of Declaration, 92.
Adams, John Quincy, son of John Adams, 77;
boyhood, 85;
watches Battle of Bunker Hill, 85, 86;
his mother’s post-boy, 87;
becomes Sixth President of the United States, 88.
Adams, Samuel, John Adams’s cousin, 76;
aids blockaded Boston, 78;
at First Continental Congress, 81;
at Lexington, 82;
at the Second Continental Congress, 83.
Alamo, The, 291, 295.
Alfred, The, Paul Jones’s ship, 360, 363.
Amazon River, 66, 67, 69.
“America for the Americans” motto of the Monroe Doctrine, p. 270.
American Indians, named by Columbus, 13;
cruel treatment of, in North America, 41, 132;
in Spanish America, 26, 328, 330.
Andes, description of, 245, 252, 386;
crossed by San Martin, 251;
crossed by Bolivar, 385;
El Cristo of the Andes, 406.
Angostura, City of, renamed after Bolivar, 384.
Angostura, Constitution of, composed by Bolivar, 384.
Apostle of Soul Liberty, soubriquet of Roger Williams, 348.
Apure River, Bolivar at the Apure, 380;
Paez, the Lion of the Apure, 383.
Arbitration and Peace, Penn’s plan, 33;
Penn keeps peace with the Indians, 30, 38, 41;
settlement of boundary line between Argentina and Chile, 407;
object lesson for the World, 403, 409.
Argentina, geographical description, 240;
natural products, 241;
struggle for Liberty, 239, 241;
National Birthday, 243;
National Colours, 242;
Declaration of Independence, 243;
National Flag, 251;
Independence recognized by the United States, 267;
Chilean boundary line settled by Arbitration, 407.
See also, Buenos Aires; San Martin.
Artigas, Liberator of Uruguay, 405.
Asia, Western Passage, see Western Passage to Asia.
Atlantic Ocean, called the Sea of Darkness, 4;
legends of horrors in its waters, 4;
legend of Maeldune, 5;
Fortunate Isles, 6;
Land of Youth, 7;
ocean first crossed by Columbus, 12, 13.
Azores, limit of known world in Columbus’s day, 5, 9.

Ball, Molly, see Washington, Mary.
Baltimore, aids blockaded Boston, 79.
Banners, Connecticut’s banner at Bunker Hill, 147;
banner made by Moravian Nuns, 418, 424.
See also Flags.
Barré, Colonel, defender of America, 104.
Bear Hunter’s Dinner, at the White House, 56.
Beltran, Friar Luis, engineer of the Army of the Andes, 248, 250, 252.
Bethlehem (Pa.), Lafayette cared for by Moravian Nuns, 417.
Bible, see Holy Bible.
Big Stick, The, Roosevelt’s policy, 54.
Billington, John, lost from Plymouth Colony, 133.
Bobadilla, throws Columbus
into chains, 19;
is drowned in storm, 22.
Bolivar, Simon, some important dates in his life, 372;
his full name, 372, 374;
pronunciation of his name, 372;
boyhood, 373;
takes oath in Rome to free Venezuela, 376;
brings Miranda from London, 342;
gives up Miranda to Monteverde, 345;
becomes Commander-in-Chief of Venezuelan forces, 377;
is seen by young Englishmen, 380;
composes Constitution of Angostura, 384;
crosses Andes, and liberates New Granada, 388;
forms Great Colombia, 388;
plans to liberate Peru, 388;
interview with San Martin and its results, 273, 274, 277;
receives relics of Washington, 421;
dies in exile, 390;
tributes to him, 391, 392;
is called the Napoleon of the South American Revolution, 392;
unveiling of his statue in Central Park, New York City, 121.
Bolivar, City of, 384.
Bolivia, liberated, 390;
declares its Independence, 390;
named after Bolivar, 390.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, see Napoleon.
Boston, Boston Tea Party, 77;
Port Bill, 78;
relief of Boston by sister Colonies, 78;
besieged by New England Army, 82, 148, 213;
Washington and the little Boston girl, 200;
the City welcomes Lafayette, 424.
Boves, General, Venezuela devastated by, 377.
Boyaca, Battle of, 388.
Braddock’s Defeat, Washington covers retreat of Braddock’s army, 194, 428.
Bradford, William, some important dates in his life, 124;
boyhood, 125;
influence of Bible on, 125;
becomes a Separatist, 126;
flees into Holland, 126;
in Plymouth Colony, 127;
the Rattlesnake Challenge, 136;
his death, and tribute to him by Cotton Mather, 127.
Braintree (Quincy, Mass.), 75, 86, 91.
Brandan, St., legend of, 6.
Brazil, Kingdom, 110, 112;
Declaration of Independence, 113;
Empire, 112, 113, 115, 116;
Republic, 119;
United States of Brazil, to-day, 120;
native products, 121;
Roosevelt and the River of Doubt, 66, 69;
Statue of Liberty presented by the People of the United States to Brazil, 121.
Brewster, William, Pastor of Plymouth Colony, 126.
Brother Jonathan, soubriquet of Governor Jonathan Trumbull, 210.
Brotherly Love, City of, soubriquet of Philadelphia, 36.
Buenos Aires, Paris of America, 241;
Argentina’s first Colonial Assembly, 243;
celebrates victory of Chacabuco, 254;
San Martin exiles himself from, 276;
visit of Roosevelt, 66.
Bunker Hill Battle, watched by John Quincy Adams, 86;
Putnam at, 147.
Burke, Edmund, defender of America, 104.
Burroughs, John, with Roosevelt in the Yellowstone, 53.

Cambridge (Mass.), Washington at, 147.
Camden, Earl of, defender of America, 104.
Camden, Battle of, de Kalb rescued by Cornwallis, 415.
Canada, aids blockaded Boston, 80.
Canonicus, Chief, sends Rattlesnake Challenge, 137;
succours Roger Williams, 352.
Cape Cod Bay, the Mayflower anchors in, 129.
Caracas, Miranda born in, 331;
destroyed by earthquake, 343;
Bolivar born in, 373;
Bolivar interred in, 390.
Caribbean Sea, explored by Columbus, 17, 23.
Carreras Brothers, at Rancagua, 398.
Carver, John, leaves Holland for the New World, 126.
Casas, see Las Casas.
Cathay, Columbus’s search for, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 24.
Chacabuco, victory of, 253, 254.
Chagres River, discovered by Columbus, 25.
Charlestown (Mass.), burned by the British, 86.
Chatham, Earl of, see Pitt, William.
Chatham (N.Y.), named for William Pitt, 94.
Chester (Pa.), Lafayette at the bridge of, 417.
Chile, San Martin’s Army
crosses the Andes, 251;
battles of Chacabuco and Maipu, 253;
honours San Martin, 254;
National Flag, 255, 397;
Independence recognized by the United States, 267;
reconstruction under O’Higgins, 401;
threatened by Holy Alliance, 403;
welcomes Monroe Doctrine, 403;
Independence Day, 404;
native products, 404;
Argentine boundary line settled, 407;
the Republic to-day, 403.
Christ Jesus, Columbus’s devotion to, 9, 10;
quoted by Penn, 32;
as Prince of Peace, 34, 406;
Lincoln’s testimony to the Saviour, 184;
Washington’s testimony to His precepts, 232;
The Holy Alliance fails to carry out His precepts, 269.
Christopher, St., legend of, 9.
Cincinnati, Society of, founded, 208;
members welcome Lafayette, 423.
Cincinnatus of the West, soubriquet of Washington, 206.
Cincinnatus the Roman, story of, 207.
Cipango (Japan), Columbus searches for, 16.
City of Bolivar, Angostura renamed, 384.
City of Brotherly Love, soubriquet of Philadelphia, 36, 81.
City of the Kings, soubriquet of Lima, Peru, 244.
Cochrane, Lord Thomas, admiral of Chilean Navy, 255, 256.
Colombia, Republic of, established, 390.
See also Great Colombia.
Colon, City of, named for Columbus, 25.
Columbus, Christopher, some important dates in his life, 2;
boyhood, 3;
theories about shape of earth, 8;
search for Kublai Khan, 10, 13, 21, 24;
the mutiny, 2, 12;
discovers West Indies, 12;
discovers corn and tobacco, 12;
names Indians, 13;
returns to Spain, 13;
honours conferred on him by sovereigns of Spain, 15;
discovers Trinidad, 16;
discovers South America, 17;
discovers Gulf of Pearls, 18;
is deposed from Governorship, 19, 20;
starts on Fourth Voyage, 21;
wrecked off Jamaica, 24;
dream of Panama, 24;
sails up the Chagres River, 25;
dies in Spain, 26.
Columbus, Diego, at La Rabida, 12.
Columbus, Ferdinand, page to Queen Isabella, 21;
sails with his father, 22;
encourages the sailors, 22;
returns to Spain, 24, 26.
Connecticut, aids blockaded Boston, 79;
banner at Bunker Hill, 147;
supplies Washington with powder, 209;
independent Constitution, 209.
Connecticut River, meaning of name, 209.
Constitution of the United States, verses by Francis Hopkinson, 153;
defended by Hamilton, 158;
the foundations of, 98, 442;
necessity for
expounding, 444;
expounded by John Marshall, 444;
tribute from Gladstone, 442;
from Bolivar, Webster, and Lincoln, 448, 449.
See also Federal Convention; Hamilton; Representative Government.
Constitutions of Other Countries, Brazil, 120;
Venezuela, 384;
Chile, 404;
England, 99, 269, 442.
Constitutions, definitions of, 442.
Continental Congress, First, meeting of, 80;
Petitions of, 81.
Continental Congress, Second, appoints George Washington Commander-in-Chief, 83, 84, 85.
Conway Cabal, 418.
Corn, Indian, discovery of, 12.
Cornhill, Pilgrims find corn at, 135.
Cornwallis, General, rescues de Kalb, 415.
Cotton-Bales, at New Orleans, 299.
Council Elm, of William Penn, 38.
Cradle of American Liberty, Faneuil Hall, 104.
Creek Indian War, Massacre at Fort Mims, 289.
Cresap, Colonel, nicknamed Big Spoon, 192.
Cristobal, City of, named after Columbus, 25.
Crockett, Davy, joins Andrew Jackson, 290.
Cuba, Liberation of, 59, 61.
Custis, George Washington Parke, 200, 203.
Custis, Jack, 198.
Custis, Nellie, 200.
Custis, Patsy, 198.

Deane, Silas, attends First Continental Congress, 80.
De Kalb, Baron, accompanies Lafayette to America, 414;
chosen by Lafayette to be lieutenant, 419;
mortally wounded at Camden, 415.
De Las Casas, see Las Casas.
De Miranda, see Miranda.
Declaration of Independence of the United States, in the spirit of Magna Carta, 98;
framed by Jefferson, 308;
clause on slavery stricken out, 311;
Fiftieth anniversary of signing, 91, 304, 313.
See also Fourth of July; Jefferson; Liberty Bell.
Declarations of Independence of Other Countries, Argentina, 243;
Bolivia, 390;
Brazil, 113;
Chile, 404;
Haiti, 405;
Peru, 265;
Venezuela, 342.
Delaware, aids blockaded Boston, 79;
sends delegates to First Continental Congress, 80.

Earth, old theories about its shape, 7.
Earthly Paradise, Columbus’s search for, 5, 15, 21.
Ecuador, Guayaquil now a part of, 271;
formation of Republic, 390.
Edward VII of England, decides Argentine-Chilean boundary line, 407.
El Cristo of the Andes, 406.
Elder Pitt, soubriquet of William Pitt, 94.
Elkhorn Ranch, Roosevelt at, 48.
Empire of the Southern Cross, see Brazil.
English Constitution, see Constitutions of Other Countries.
Established Church of England, 125, 330, 350.
Ever Faithful Isle, soubriquet of Cuba, 59.

Fairfax, Lord, Washington surveys his estate, 191, 193.
Faneuil Hall, cradle of American Liberty, 104.
Farewell Address, Washington consults Madison and Hamilton, 158.
Father of his Country, soubriquet of Washington, 189.
Father Thaddeus, soubriquet of Kosciuszko, 225.
Federal Constitution, see Constitution of the United States.
Federal Convention, Washington presides at, 171;
Franklin and the rising sun, 171;
wisdom of its members, 442.
See also Constitution of the United States.
Federal Union, see Union, The.
First American, soubriquet of Roger Williams, 347.
First Soldier, First Citizen, soubriquet of Bernardo O’Higgins, 404.
Flags of the United States, Pine Tree, 358, 360;
adoption
of Stars and Stripes, 361;
design for Stars on Flag, 88;
first foreign salute to, 362.
See also Banners.
Flags of Other Republics, Argentina, 251;
Chile, 255, 397;
Cuba, 60;
Peru, 265;
Venezuela, 339, 342.
Flaming Son of Liberty, soubriquet of Miranda, 331, 346.
Fort McHenry, visited by Lafayette, 423.
Fort Mims, massacre at, 289, 291, 293, 295.
Fortunate Isles, legend, 6.
Fourth of July, celebration recommended by John Adams, 74;
fiftieth anniversary of, 91, 304, 313;
Jackson reads it aloud, 282.
See also Declaration of Independence; Independence Days; Liberty Bell.
Fox, Charles James, defender of America, 104.
Fox, George, advice to Penn about his sword, 32.
Francia, Tyrant-liberator of Paraguay, 405.
Franklin, Benjamin, some important dates in his life, 164;
the whistle, 165;
his boyhood, 166, 167;
anecdote of the rolls, 168;
standing before Kings, 169;
draws lightning from the clouds, 170;
at the Federal Convention, 171;
recommends Steuben, 221;
aids Paul Jones, 364;