early life and adventures of, 37.
sold as a slave, 37.
starts for Virginia, 37.
arrested on the voyage on a false charge, 38.
is tried and acquitted, 39.
court grants him damages, 39.
what he hoped to do in Virginia, 38.
what he did for the sick, 39.
prevents desertion, 39.
goes in search of the Pacific, 41.
is captured by Indians, 41.
how he used his pocket compass, 41.
brought before Powhatan, 41.
Pocahontas saves his life, 42, and note in A Short List of Books.
made governor of Jamestown, 43.
his opinion of the gold-diggers, 43.
compels Indians to let settlers have corn, 43.
makes all the settlers work, 44.
his cold-water cure for swearing, 45.
meets with a terrible accident, 46.
goes back to England, 46.
returns and explores country north of Virginia, 46.
names it New England, 46.
death and burial of, 46.
what he did for Virginia, 47.
his books and maps, 47.
is called the "Father of Virginia," 47.
writes Captain Henry Hudson, 53.
summary of, 51.

South, the, in the Civil War, 260.
great progress of, since the war, 263.

Spaniards settle Florida, 30.
are kept out of Georgia, 107.

Squanto (Skwon'to), how he helped the Pilgrims, 68, 69.

Squaws (note), 152.

Standish, Myles, an English soldier in Holland, 64.
goes to America with the Pilgrims, 64.
explores Cape Cod, 65.
lands at Plymouth Rock, 66.
was nurse as well as soldier, 67.
goes to meet Massasoit, 69.
feared by the Indians, 70.
escorts the Pilgrims to church, 70.
has a fight with the Indians, 71.
saves Plymouth from attack by Indians, 71.
what else he did for the Pilgrims, 72.
what he left at his death, 72.
his monument, 72.
summary of, 75.

Steamboat, Fulton's, on the Hudson, 197.
first at the West, 198, 199.
effect of, on emigration, 199.

St. Mary's, settlement at, 78.

Survey (note), 127.

Sutter (Soo'ter), John A., his fort in California, 236.
founds Sacramento, 236.
lives like a king, 236.
begins to build saw-mill at Colona, 237.
Marshall brings him gold-dust to test, 238.
is convinced that gold has been found, 238.
how he felt at the discovery, 238.
loses his property, 239.
is pensioned by California, 239.
summary of, 242.

Swansea (Swon'ze) attacked by Indians, 90.

Swordfish (note), 194.

Tarleton (Tarl'ton), cruelty of, 207.
called "Butcher Tarleton," 208.
his soldiers and the bees, 208.
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