United States, independence of, declared, 186. 
  War of the Revolution, see Revolution.
  more perfect Union formed (note), 259.
  extent of, at the close of the Revolution, 187.
  acquires Louisiana (1803), 188.
  acquires Florida (1819), 218.
  acquires Texas (1845), 230.
  acquires Oregon (1846), 234.
  acquires California and New Mexico (1848), 239.
  acquires Gadsden Purchase (1853), 240.
  acquires Alaska (1867), 240.
  extent of, to-day, 240. 
  War of 1812, 204, 217. 
  War of, with Mexico, 239.
  the Civil War, 259.
  growth since the War, 263, 264.
  and “World’s Columbian Exposition,” 264.
  great seal of, 264.
  what we can do for, 264.

Vail, Alfred, and Morse’s telegraph, 224.

Venison (note), 32.

Vespucci, Amerigo (A-ma-ree’go Ves-poot’chee), 26.
  and name America, 26.

Vigo (Vee’go) helps Clark, 164.

Vincennes (Vin-senz’), Fort, 161, 164-167.

Virginia, Raleigh’s expedition to, 32.
  named by Elizabeth, 33.
  first settlement in, 33.
  first English child in America born in, 34.
  failure of first settlement, 34.
  tobacco and potato sent from, 33.
  permanently settled at Jamestown, 38.
  first English church in, 39.
  first jury trial in, 39. 
  Captain Smith made governor of, 43.
  books about, 47.
  slaves sent to, 48.
  tobacco, cultivation of, 48.
  prosperity of, 48. 
  Berkeley and Bacon’s war in, 49. 
  Jamestown burned, 49.
  growth of, 50.
  makes ready to fight for its rights, 185.
  first demands independence of America, 50.
  in the Revolution, see Revolution.
  owns extensive western possessions, 162. 
  George Washington and, 50.
  the “Mother of Presidents,” 50.
  summary of, 51.
  in the Civil War, 260.

Virginia Dare, birth of, 34.

Voted (note), 226.

Wamsutta, death of, 87.

War, Bacon’s, in Virginia, 49. 
  King Philip’s, in New England, 89-94.
  of the Revolution, see Revolution.
  with the British in the West, 161-167.
  with Indians in the West, 161.
  with Indians in Ohio, 173.
  with Indians in Indiana, 203.
  with Indians in Illinois, 253.
  the Black Hawk, 253.
  with Indians in Alabama, 215, 216.
  with Indians in Florida, 218.
  of 1812 (note), 181, 204, 217.
  cause of, of 1812, 204.
  of Texan independence, 230.
  with Mexico, 239.
  cause of Mexican, 239.
  the Civil, 259, 260.
  cause of the Civil, 259.

War-whoop (war-hoop) (note), 91.

Washington, George, birth and boyhood of, 123-125.
  at school, 123.
  playing at war, 124.
  battle with the colt, 125.
  what he owed to his mother, 123.
  visits Mount Vernon, 126.
  makes acquaintance of Lord Fairfax, 126.
  surveys Lord Fairfax’s land, 127.