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Contents
- INTRODUCTION FOR TEACHERS . . . . . . . . ix
- PART I
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA . . . . . . . . . 1 - PART II
ON THE SEA . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - PART III
IN THE WILDERNESS . . . . . . . . . . 55 - PART IV
BIG INDIANS AND LITTLE INDIANS. . . . . 91 - PART V
HOW THE COLONIES GREW . . 133 - PART VI
LITTLE FOLKS . . . . . . . . . . . 165 - PART VII
COLONIAL SCHOOLS. . . 201
- JOHN QUINCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
Grandfather of John Adams; when two years old; painted about 1687. - A NORSE SHIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
From old buried ships discovered in Scandinavia. - COLUMBUS' SHIPS IN FACSIMILE . . . . . . . 5
From a drawing of 1493, supposed to be by Columbus. - THE DEPARTURE OF COLUMBUS . . . . . . . . . 9
Drawn from imagination, and published in De Bry's "Voyages," 1594 - A SPANIARD IN ARMOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Portrait of Hernando Cortez, Conqueror of Mexico. - ESQUIMAUX CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . 20
From an old book of travels, 1577. - A SHIP AT SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Ships of about 1570, showing high forecastle and aftercastle; from De Bry's "Voyages," 1592. - A SHIP AMONG FLYING FISH . . . . . . . . 26
From De Bry's "Voyages," 1592. - INDIANS CANOEING . . . . . . . . . . . 29
From De Bry's "Voyages," 1590. - FREEBOOTERS' PASTIMES . . . . . . . . . 35
Showing the cruelty and rapacity of the pirates; from De Bry's "Voyages" - PORTRAIT OF A PIRATE . . . . . . . . . . 39
A picture of Sir Henry Morgan, long the scourge of the Spanish settlements in the Caribbean Sea, from "Buccaniers of America." - AN INDIAN TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . 54
A town on Roanoke Island, as seen by Hariot. - AN INDIAN DANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
As seen by Hariot in North Carolina. - A BIG COLONIAL TREE . . . . . . . . . . 62
"Big Ben," Lancaster, Massachusetts; about 30 feet in circumference and 110 feet high. - THE SUPPOSED BUFFALO . . . . . . . . . . . 73
As drawn, probably from descriptions, by Thevenet in his "Singularitez," 1558. - THE REAL BUFFALO . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Drawn by Audubon, the Naturalist. - BEAVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
From a museum. - BEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
From a museum. - AN INDIAN BOY . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
A Nambe water-carrier in Arizona; from the Reports of the Bureau of Ethnology. - INDIAN WARRIORS . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
European idea of what Indians looked like, when hunting in snow shoes. From Thevenet's "Singularitez," 1558. - POCAHONTAS . . . . . . . . . . . 98
From an old portrait of the Indian Princess. - INDIAN WRITINGS . . . . . . . 108
From the Reports of the Bureau of Ethnology. - PIPE OF PEACE . . . . . . . . . . 116
Two genuine calumets, used in Indian councils. - WEAPONS OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
An Indian tomahawk and a stone-headed club. - INDIAN MONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Belts made of wampum shell; on the left the peace-belt given to William Penn. - AN INDIAN PAPOOSE . . . . . . . . . . . 127
An Ojibway squaw; drawn in 1837. - THE FAIRBANKS HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . 132
At Dedham, Massachusetts; oldest house in New England; still occupied by a descendant of the original family. - A SOLDIER'S OUTFIT . . . . . 138
"Buff coat," of leather, Flint-lock musket, and Miles Standish's sword. - NEW AMSTERDAM . . . . . . . . . 140
Early Picture of the Dutch settlement on the site of New York, dated 1656. - A NEW YORK LADY . . . . . . . . . . 142
Member of the family of Governor Dongan, about 1680. - WILLIAM PENN . . . . . . . . . . 146
As a young courtier in armor; painted about 1670. - A BLOCK-HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
On the Kennebec River; built 1754. - A COLONIAL KITCHEN . . . . . . . . . . . 154
An imaginative picture based on actual colonial rooms arid furniture. - EDWARD WINSLOW . . . . . . . . . 164
Miniature taken at about five years old; Winslow grew up to be Governor of Plymouth. - SIR WALTER RALEIGH . . . . . . . . . . . 169
From a painting made about 1584. - A COLONIAL CRADLE . . . . . . . . 172
Dudley Cradle, in Massachusetts Historical Society. - AN OLD DOLL. . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Preserved in Salem, Massachusetts. - AN OLD TOY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
A little carriage made about 1800. - A COLONIAL FAMILY . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Children of Governor Gore of Massachusetts; painted about 1754 by Copley. - COLONIAL PEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
From church at Salisbury, New Hampshire, where Daniel Webster worshipped. - FROM A COLONIAL PICTURE BOOK . . . . . . . . . 199
Portrait of John Smith, chief founder of Virginia, from his "Generall Historie." - A HORN BOOK. . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Earliest form of school reader, covered with transparent horn to keep it from wearing out; from Tuer's "Horn Book." - A SAMPLER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Every little girl was expected to work in embroidery something like this. - COLONIAL HANDWRITING. . . . . . . . . . 206
Various signatures of George Washington. - A SCHOOLBOY'S TRUNK . . . . . . . . . . 211
15 inches long; used by Ichabod Tucker when he went to college in 1711. - THE NEW ENGLAND PRIMER . . . . . . . . . . 213
Used in many editions as a schoolbook for nearly a century in New England. - IN SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Rude pictures from a school spelling-book, 1796. - A COLONIAL SCHOOL GIRL . . . . . . . . . 223
Mistress Campion, a four-year-old girl, with a horn book; painted 1661. - IN A LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
From a schoolbook published 1770. - SCHOOL DAYS . . . . . . . . . . 231
An English picture, showing horn book and rod.
Descriptive List of Illustrations
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