United States

 LE JEUNE JOINS THE INDIANS. - THE FIRST ENCAMPMENT. - THE APOSTATE. - 
 FOREST LIFE IN WINTER. - THE INDIAN HUT. - THE SORCERER. - 
 HIS PERSECUTION OF THE PRIEST. - EVIL COMPANY. - MAGIC. - 
 INCANTATIONS. - CHRISTMAS. - STARVATION. - HOPES OF CONVERSION. - 
 BACKSLIDING. - PERIL AND ESCAPE OF LE JEUNE. - HIS RETURN.

 UNCERTAINTIES. - THE MISSION OF JOGUES. - HE REACHES THE MOHAWKS. - 
 HIS RECEPTION. - HIS RETURN. - HIS SECOND MISSION. - WARNINGS OF DANGER. - 
 RAGE OF THE MOHAWKS. - MURDER OF JOGUES.

 PLANS OF CONVERSION. - AIMS AND MOTIVES. - INDIAN DIPLOMACY. - 
 HURONS AT QUEBEC. - COUNCILS. - THE JESUIT CHAPEL. - LE BORGNE. - 
 THE JESUITS THWARTED. - THEIR PERSEVERANCE. - THE JOURNEY TO THE HURONS. - 
 JEAN DE BREBEUF. - THE MISSION BEGUN.

 MOHAWK INROADS. - THE HUNTERS OF MEN. - THE CAPTIVE CONVERTS. - 
 THE ESCAPE OF MARIE. - HER STORY. - THE ALGONQUIN PRISONER'S REVENGE. - 
 HER FLIGHT. - TERROR OF THE COLONISTS. - JESUIT INTREPIDITY.

 THE HURON MISSION-HOUSE. - ITS INMATES. - ITS FURNITURE. - ITS GUESTS. - 
 THE JESUIT AS A TEACHER. - AS AN ENGINEER. - BAPTISMS. - 
 HURON VILLAGE LIFE. - FESTIVITIES AND SORCERIES. - THE DREAM FEAST. - 
 THE PRIESTS ACCUSED OF MAGIC. - THE DROUGHT AND THE RED CROSS.

 MISCOU. - TADOUSSAC. - JOURNEYS OF DE QUEN. - DRUILLETES. - 
 HIS WINTER WITH THE MONTAGNAIS. - INFLUENCE OF THE MISSIONS. - 
 THE ABENAQUIS. - DRUILLETES ON THE KENNEBEC. - HIS EMBASSY TO BOSTON. - 
 GIBBONS. - DUDLEY. - BRADFORD. - ELIOT. - ENDICOTT. - 

THE CUBAN REBELLION. - In February, 1895, the Cubans, for the sixth time in fifty years, rose in rebellion against Spain, and attempted to form a republic. These proceedings concerned us for several reasons. American trade with Cuba was interrupted; American money invested in Cuban mines, railroads, and plantations might be lost; our ports were used by the Cubans in fitting out military expeditions which our government was forced to stop at great expense; the cruelty with which the war was waged aroused indignation.

THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE EXPLORED. - Columbus having shown the way, English, Spanish, and Portuguese explorers followed. Some came in search of China or the Spice Islands; some were in quest of gold and pearls. The result was the exploration of the Atlantic coast line from Labrador to the end of South America.

FIRST ACTS OF CONGRESS. - During Washington's first term of office as President (1789-93), the time of Congress was largely taken up with the passage of laws necessary to put the new government in operation, and to carry out the plan of the Constitution.

THE FRENCH IN SOUTH CAROLINA. - After the failure in Canada twenty years passed away before the French again attempted to colonize. Then (1562) Admiral Coligny (co-leen'ye), the leader of the Huguenots, or Protestants of France, sought to plant a colony in America for his persecuted countrymen, and sent forth an expedition under Ribaut (ree-bo'). These Frenchmen reached the coast of Florida, and turning northward came to a haven which they called Port Royal. Here they built a fort in what is now South Carolina. Leaving thirty men to hold it, Ribaut sailed for France.