Chapter XLIII: A Journey Inland 160

XLIV. The Carolina Pirates 162

XLV. Charter Oak 166

XLVI. Salem Witches 170

XLVII. Down the Mississippi 174

XLVIII. La Salle's Adventures 180

XLIX. Indians on the Warpath 183

L. Two Wars with the French 187

LI. Washington's Boyhood 191

LII. Washington's Journey 195

LIII. Washington's First Battle 198

LIV. Stories of Franklin 199

LV. Braddock's Defeat 206

LVI. Wolfe at Quebec 210

LVII. How England treated her Colonies 214

LVIII. The Stamp Tax 218

LIX. The Anger of the Colonies 220

LX. The Boston Tea Party 224

LXI. The Minutemen 228

LXII. The Battle of Lexington 233

LXIII. Bunker Hill 237

LXIV. The Boston Boys 242

LXV. The British leave Boston 245

LXVI. Declaration of Independence 248

LXVII. A Lady's Way of Helping 253

LXVIII. Christmas Eve 258

LXIX. The Fight at Bennington 262

LXX. Burgoyne's Surrender 267

LXXI. The Winter at Valley Forge 271

LXXII. The Quaker Woman 275

LXXIII. Putnam's Adventures 279

LXXIV. Indian Cruelty 283

LXXV. Boone in Kentucky 288

LXXVI. Famous Sea Fights 293

LXXVII. The "Swamp Fox" 297

LXXVIII. The Poor Soldiers 302

LXXIX. The Spy 304

LXXX. A Traitor's Death 309

LXXXI. Two Unselfish Women 312

LXXXII. The Surrender of Cornwallis 315

LXXXIII. The British Flag hauled down 319

LXXXIV. Washington's Farewell 323

MAPS.

The Thirteen Colonies before the Revolution 12

North America before the French and Indian War 189

Part of the Northern States 230

Results of the War for Independence 322

STORY OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES.