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Chapter M: Macedon (măs´*e-dŏn), 20

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Madison (măd´ĭ-s*un), President James, 325

Magellan (må-jĕl´_å_n), Ferdinand, 84-89

Manassas, battle of, (see _Bull Run_)

Manhattan, 116

Marconi (mär-kō´nĭ), Guglielmo, 278

Marengo (mă-rĕng´*o), battle of, 69

Marianne (see _Ladrone Islands_)

Marie Antoinette (mă´´rē´ ăn´´twå-nĕt´), Queen, 76

Marion (măr´ē-*on), General Francis, 217-223

Marquette (mär´kĕt´´), Father Jacques, 121

Maryland (mĕr´ĭ-l_å_nd), 182

“Mayflower”, the, 160

McCormick (m_å_-kôr´mĭk), Cyrus H., 279-282

McKinley (mā-kĭn´lĭ), President William, 356

Mexican (mĕks´ĭ-kăn) War, 339

“Might makes Right,” 31

Milton (mĭl´tŭn), John, 170

Miriam (mĭr´ē-ăm), 1

Mississippi (mĭs´´ĭs-sĭp´pĭ) River, 101, 120

Mobile (mŏ-bēl´) Bay, battle of, 350

Moffatt (mŏf´ĕt), Doctor Robert, 128

Mohammed (mō-hăm´ĕd), 32

Moluccas (mō-lŭk´_å_z), (see _Spice Islands_)

Monroe (mŏn-rō´), President James, 207

Montcalm (môn´´käm´), Marquis de, 225

Monterey (mŏn-tĕ-rā´), battle of, 339

Montezuma (mŏn´´t*e-zōō´m_å_), Emperor, 91

“Monticello” (mŏn´´tĭ-sĕl´ō), 311

Montreal (mŏn´´trē-ôl´), 120, 152

Morse (mŏrs), Samuel Finley Breese, 274-278

Moses, 1-6, 308;
in the bulrushes, 1

Mount Sinai (Sī´nī), 6

Mount Vernon (vûr´nŭn), 300

N

Naples (nā´plz), Queen of, 76

Napoleon Bonaparte (nå-pō´lē-on bō´n_å_-pärt), 65-72, 314

Naval Academy, U. S., 342

Nebo (nē´bō), 6

Nelson (nĕl´s*un), Admiral Horatio, 72-77

New Netherland (nĕth´ḛr-lănd), 116

New Orleans (ôr´l*e-_å_nz), 314, 349;
battle of, 318

Niagara (nī-ă´g_å_-rå) Falls, 122

Nightingale (nīt´ĭn-gāl), Florence, 362

Nile (nīl) River, 24

Northmen, 38

North Pole, discovery of, 137

O

“Odyssey,” the, 12

“Old Hickory,” 318

Oliver (ŏl´ĭ-vûr), 34

Orleans (ôr´l*e-_å_nz), 53

Oxford (ŏks´fḛrd), University, 185

P

paladins (păl´_å_-dĭns), 34

Panama (păn-_å_-mä´), Isthmus of, (see _Darien_)

Paris (Pă´rĭs; Fr. pä´´rē´), 12

Passover (pås´ō´´vḛr), 4

Patagonia (pă´´t_å_-gō´nĭ-_å_), 87

Patrician (p_å_-trĭsh´*an), 26

Patroclus (p_å_-trō´klŭs), 12

Peary (pē´rĭ), Marie Snowbaby, 141
Admiral Robert E., 137

Penelope (p*e-nĕl´*o-p*e), 14

Pennsylvania (pĕn´´sĭl-vā´nĭ-_å_), 185

Penn (pĕn), Admiral Sir William, 185;
William, 152, 178, 185

Pericles (pĕr´ĭ-klēs), 15

Persia (pḛr´zh_å_), 21

Pharaoh (fā´rō; fā´r*a-ō), 1, 5

Philadelphia (fĭl´´_å_-dĕl´fĭ-_å_), 188

Philip (fĭl´ĭp) King of Macedon, 20

Philistines (fĭ-lĭs´tĭns; fĭl´ĭs-tĭns), 7

philosophers (fĭ-lŏs´*o-fḛrs), 16

Pilgrims (pĭl´grĭms), 150, 161

Plato (plā´tō), 19

Plymouth (plĭ´m*uth), 108, 160

Pocahontas (pō´´c_å_-hŏn´t_å_s), 150

Pompey (pŏm´pĭ), 28

Ponce de Leon (pōn´thā dā lā´on), 96

“Poor Richard’s Almanac,” 294

Pope (pōp), 33;
Leo, 36

Portugal (pôr´t*u-g_å_l), 78

Priam (prī´ăm), King, 12

Providence (prŏv´ĭ-d*ens), 180

Psalms (säms), 10

Putnam (pŭt´n_å_m), General Israel, 196

Q

Quakers (kwāk´ḛrs), 177, 185

Quebec (kwē-bĕk´), 151, 224

R

Raleigh (rô´lĭ), Sir Walter, 109

Ranger (rān´jḛr), 209

Red Sea, 4

Rheims (räṅs; Eng. rēmz), 52

Richard, King, 47

Robert, Duke of Normandy, 42

Roland, 34

Rolfe, John, 150

Rome (rōm), 24, 25

Roosevelt (rō´z*e-vĕlt), Theodore, 352

Rouen (rü´´äṅ´), 57, 120

Rubicon (rōō´bĭ-kŏn), 29

S

St. Helena (h*e-lē´n_å_), 71

St. Lawrence (lô´r*ens) River, 120

Saladin (săl´ă-dĭn), 49

Samuel, 7

Saracens (săr´_å_-sĕns), 32

Saul (sôl), King, 7, 40

schools of philosophy, 16

Schuyler (skī´lḛr), General Philip, 306

Scylla (sĭl´_å_) and Charybdis (k_å_-rĭb´dĭs), 14

Senate (sĕn´*at), (Roman), 28

Senlac (sĕn´lăk) Hill (see _Battle Hill_)

Shakespeare (shāk´-spēr), William, 30, 58

Sirens (sī´rĕnz), 14

Smith, Captain John, 116, 145-150

Society of Friends, (see _Quakers_)

Socrates (sŏk´r_å_-tĕz), 15

“Socratic method,” 17

Solomon (sŏl´*o-m*un), King, 10, 24

“Song of Roland,” 34

South Sea, (see _Pacific Ocean_)

Spain (spān), 27, 32, 113

Spanish Armada (är-mā´d_å_), 109

Spice (spīs) Islands, 84

Stamp Act, 311

Standish (stănd´ĭsh), Myles, 160

Stanley (stăn´lĭ), Henry M., 134

Stratford-on-Avon (ā´v*on), 58

Stuart (stū´_å_rt), James, 62, 113

T

tablets, 6, 26

Ten Commandments, 6

Tierra del Fuego (t*e-ĕr´rå dĕl fwā´g*o), 88

Tories (tō´rĭz), 197, 217

Tours (tōōrz), 32

Trafalgar (tr_å_-făl´g_å_r) battle of, 72

Travis, Colonel William Barrett, 264

Trojan (trō´j*an) horse, 13

Trojans, 13

Troy (troi), 12;
war against, 12

U

Ulysses (*u-lĭs´ēz), 13

Ulysses’ bow, 15

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