PREFACE.
CONTENTS
MAPS
I. OUR COUNTRY LONG AGO.
II. THE BARBAROUS INDIANS.
III. THE MOUNDS.
IV. WHERE THE NORTHMEN WENT.
V. THE NORTHMEN IN AMERICA.
VI. QUEER IDEAS.
VII. PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR.
VIII. YOUTH OF COLUMBUS.
IX. COLUMBUS AND THE QUEEN.
X. "LAND! LAND!"
XI. COLUMBUS AND THE SAVAGES.
XII. HOME AGAIN.
XIII. COLUMBUS ILLTREATED.
XIV. DEATH OF COLUMBUS.
XV. HOW AMERICA GOT ITS NAME.
XVI. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
XVII. "THE FATHER OF WATERS."
XVIII. THE FRENCH IN CANADA.
XIX. FRENCH AND SPANISH QUARRELS.
XX. THE SKY CITY.
XXI. AROUND THE WORLD.
XXII. NOTHING BUT SMOKE.
XXIII. SMITH'S ADVENTURES.
XXIV. THE JAMESTOWN MEN.
XXV. SMITH WOUNDED.
XXVI. THE VISIT OF POCAHONTAS TO ENGLAND.
XXVII. HUDSON AND THE INDIANS.
XXVIII. THE MAYFLOWER.
XXIX. PLYMOUTH ROCK.
XXX. THE FIRST AMERICAN THANKSGIVING.
XXXI. THE SNAKE SKIN AND THE BULLETS.
XXXII. THE BEGINNING OF BOSTON.
XXXIII. STORIES OF TWO MINISTERS.
XXXIV. WILLIAMS AND THE INDIANS.
XXXV. THE QUAKERS.
XXXVI. THE KING-KILLERS.
XXXVII. KING PHILIP'S WAR.
XXXVIII. THE BEGINNING OF NEW YORK.
XXXIX. PENN AND THE INDIANS.
XL. THE CATHOLICS IN MARYLAND.
XLI. THE OLD DOMINION.
XLII. BACON'S REBELLION.
XLIII. A JOURNEY INLAND.
XLIV. THE CAROLINA PIRATES.
XLV. CHARTER OAK.
XLVI. SALEM WITCHES.
XLVII. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI.
XLVIII. LA SALLE'S ADVENTURES.
XLIX. INDIANS ON THE WARPATH.
L. TWO WARS WITH THE FRENCH.
LI. WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD.
LII. WASHINGTON'S JOURNEY.
LIII. WASHINGTON'S FIRST BATTLE.
LIV. STORIES OF FRANKLIN.
LV. BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT.
LVI. WOLFE AT QUEBEC.
LVII. HOW ENGLAND TREATED HER COLONIES.
LVIII. THE STAMP TAX.
LIX. THE ANGER OF THE COLONIES.
LX. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.
LXI. THE MINUTEMEN.
LXII. THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.
LXIII. BUNKER HILL.
LXIV. THE BOSTON BOYS.
LXV. THE BRITISH LEAVE BOSTON.
LXVI. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
LXVII. A LADY'S WAY OF HELPING.
LXVIII. CHRISTMAS EVE.
LXIX. THE FIGHT AT BENNINGTON.
LXX. BURGOYNE'S SURRENDER.
LXXI. THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE.
LXXII. THE QUAKER WOMAN.
LXXIII. PUTNAM'S ADVENTURES.
LXXIV. INDIAN CRUELTY.
LXXV. BOONE IN KENTUCKY.
LXXVI. FAMOUS SEA FIGHTS.
LXXVII. THE "SWAMP FOX."
LXXVIII. THE POOR SOLDIERS.
LXXIX. THE SPY.
LXXX. A TRAITOR'S DEATH.
LXXXI. TWO UNSELFISH WOMEN.
LXXXII. THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS.
LXXXIII. THE BRITISH FLAG HAULED DOWN.
LXXXIV. WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL.
INDEX.
Title: The Story of the Thirteen Colonies
Author: H. A. (HÉlÈne Adeline) Guerber
Language: English
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G. Washington
THE YOUTH'S LIBRARY
BY H. A. GUERBER
NEW YORK D. McNETTON & COMPANY 150 FIFTH AVENUE
Copyright, 1898, by H. A. GUERBER. STORY OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES. M. B. C. I
