The Beginner's American History eBook

David Henry Montgomery
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 252 pages of information about The Beginner's American History.

The Beginner's American History eBook

David Henry Montgomery
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 252 pages of information about The Beginner's American History.

Greene, General (Revolution), 140, 178, 212.

Greene, Mrs. General, 178, 179.

Hadley, Indian attack on, 91. 
  Goffe at, 91, and note in A Short List of Books.

Hamilton, Colonel, 161, 164.

Hanks, John, and Lincoln, 250, 257, 258.

Harrison, General, birthplace of (note), 203.
  governor of Indiana Territory, 203.
  marches against the Indians, 203.
  gains victory of Tippecanoe, 203.
  beats the British, 204.
  elected President, 204.
  death of, 204.
  summary of, 205.

Henry, Patrick, speech of, 185.
  sends Clark to take British forts, 162.

Henry VII., sends Cabot on voyage of discovery, 21.
  claims part of North America, 22.

Holland, gives Pilgrims a refuge, 62.
  takes possession of the country on the Hudson, 59.

Houston (Hew’ston), Sam, birthplace of (note), 229.
  in war with Indians, 229.
  governor of Tennessee, 229.
  goes to live with the Indians, 229.
  goes to Texas, 230.
  fights for Texas, 230.
  is made president of Texas, 230.
  in the Civil War, 231.
  death of, 231.
  summary of, 232.

Howe, General, driven from Boston, 136.

Hudson, Henry, first voyage of, 52.
  hired by the Dutch, 53.
  sails for America, 53.
  discovers the “Great River,” 54.
  what he said about the country, 55.
  voyage up the river, 56.
  is feasted by the Indians, 56.
  what the Indians thought of him, 56.
  has fight with Indians, 57.
  sails for Europe, 58. 
  Hudson River is named for him, 58.
  death of, in Hudson Bay, 58.
  what he would think of New York now, 60.
  summary of, 61.

Hudson River described, 55, 56.
  named, 58. 
  Dutch settle on the, 59.

Illinois, Clark’s conquest of, 162, 163.

Independence, see Declaration of Independence.

Indians, Columbus names the, 14.
  described, 13.
  welcome the English, 32.
  of Virginia, 40.
  how they lived, 40.
  and Captain Smith, 41, 42.
  feast Henry Hudson, 56.
  make treaty with Pilgrims, 69.
  help the Pilgrims, 69.
  challenge Pilgrims to fight, 70. 
  Standish’s fight with the, 71.
  help the settlers of Maryland, 78. 
  Roger Williams defends rights of, 83.
  how they helped Williams, 84, 85.
  great war with, in N. E., 90-94. 
  Penn defends rights of, to land, 98.
  make treaty with Penn, 99.
  friendly to the Quakers, 99.
  war dance of, 127.
  and Daniel Boone, 148-153.
  their tricks and stratagems, 149.
  capture Boone’s daughter, 151.
  capture Boone and adopt him, 152.
  in the Revolution, 161, 167.
  war in Ohio, 172, 173.
  what they called the steamboat, 198.
  forced to move West, 201, 218.
  story of the log, “move on,” 201.
  victory of Harrison over, 203.

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