NOTE.—­The truth of the story of Pocahontas has been denied by Mr. Charles Deane and some other recent writers; but it appears never to have been questioned until Mr. Deane attacked it in 1866 in his notes to his reprint of Captain John Smith’s True Relation or Newes from Virginia.  Professor Edward Arber discusses the question in his Introduction (pp. cxv.-cxviii.) to his excellent edition of Smith’s writings.  He says, “To deny the truth of this Pocahontas incident is to create more difficulties than are involved in its acceptance.”  See, too, his sketch of the life of Captain Smith in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Standish, Myles:  see J. A. Goodwin’s Pilgrim Republic, and Alexander
Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrims.

Sutter, John A.:  see H. H. Bancroft’s Pacific States, Vol.  XVIII.

Washington, George:  John Fiske’s Irving’s Washington and his
Country;[2] E. E. Hale’s Washington;[4] Horace E. Scudder’s
Washington.[5]

Whitney, Eli:  Denison Olmsted’s Whitney.

Williams, Roger:  W. R. Gammell’s Williams;[1] H. M. Dexter’s
Williams.

Winthrop, John:  Joseph H. Twichell’s Winthrop.[3]

[Footnote 1:  In Sparks’s Library of American Biography:  Little, Brown & Co., Boston.]

[Footnote 2:  In Classics for Children Series:  Ginn & Co., Boston.]

[Footnote 3:  In Makers of America Series:  Dodd, Mead & Co., New York.]

[Footnote 4:  In Boys’ and Girls’ Library of American Biography:  G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York.]

[Footnote 5:  In the Riverside Library for Young People:  Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.]

[Footnote 6:  In Lives of American Worthies:  Henry Holt & Co., New York.]

[Footnote 7:  In The American Statesmen Series:  Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.]

[Footnote 8:  In The Heroes of History Series:  Lee & Shepard, Boston.]

INDEX.

(With pronunciation of difficult words.) The numbers refer to paragraphs.

Admiral (Ad’mi-ral) (note), 7.

Alamance (Al’a-mance), battle of, 156.

Alamo (Al’a-mo), battle of, 230.

Alaska purchased, 240.

America, Northmen discover (note), 21. 
  Columbus discovers, 12. 
  Cabot’s voyage to, 21.
  name of, given, 26. 
  Spaniards settle in, 30. 
  English settle in, 33, 37.
  independence of, declared, 137. 
  See United States.

Americans, name of, 133.

Amerigo (A-ma-ree’go), see Vespucci, 26.

Apprentice (note), 111.

Armstrong, Jack, 251, 255.
  murder trial, 255.

Arnold, Benedict, 141.

Atlantic called the “Sea of Darkness,” 8.
  crossed by the Northmen (note), 21.
  crossed by Columbus, 8.

Augustine, St. (Aw’gus-teen’), founded, 30.