n the Civil War, 259, 260.

Northmen discover America (note), 21.

Oglethorpe (O'gel-thorp), General, who he was, 102.
and prisoners for debt, 103.
gets grant of Georgia, 102, 103.
object of settling Georgia, 103.
builds Savannah, 104.
welcomes German settlers, 105.
attempts to produce silk, 106.
sends silk as present to the queen of England, 106.
keeps out the Spaniards, 107.
in his old age, 107.
summary of, 108.

Ohio, first settlement in, 170.
Indian wars in, 172, 173.

Ohio River, first steamboat on, 198.

Oregon, how we got our claim to, 234.
added to the United States, 234, 240.

Pacific, Balboa discovers the, 28.

Pacific Railroad completed (note), 263.

Pacific railroads, the three, 263.

Palisade, 70.

Palisades of the Hudson (note), 56.

Palmetto logs (note), 140.

Palos, convent at, 6.
Columbus sails from, 8.
reception at, 16.

Parker, Captain, at Lexington, 134.

Patent (note), 224.

Penn, William, receives grant of Pennsylvania, 96.
belongs to the Society of Friends or Quakers, 97.
his religion, 97.
sends emigrants to Pennsylvania, 98.
his conversation with Charles II., 98.
founds Philadelphia, 99.
his treaty with the Indians, 99.
visits the Indians, 99.
his treaty elm protected by a British officer, 99.
said the people should make their own laws, 100.
goes back to England, 100.
the victim of a dishonest agent, 100.
goes to prison for debt, 100.
death of, 100.
love of the Indians for him, 100.
Indians send a present to his widow, 100.
grave of, 100.
summary of, 101.

Pennsylvania, named by Charles II., 96.
granted to William Penn, 96.
natural wealth of, 96.
in the Revolution, 100.

Philadelphia, founded, 99.
name of, 99.
prosperity of, 100, 109.
what Franklin did for, 117.
in the Revolution, 100.
first Continental Congress meets in, 100.
Declaration of Independence made in, 100.

Philip, King, see King Philip.

Photograph, first, in America, 223.

Pilgrims, the, in Holland, 62.
name of, 62.
persecuted in England, 62.
why they wished to leave Holland, 63.
sail for America, 64.
Captain Myles Standish goes with them, 64.
number of the, 64.
make a compact of government, 64.
elect John Carver first governor, 64.
land on the Cape, 65.
washing-day, 65.
explore the Cape, 65.
land on Plymouth Rock, 66.
settle in Plymouth, 66.
why they chose that plac