Cities [continued]. -Prehistoric cities of Central America, 567. -The future of cities on the Pacific Slope, 625. Civilization, Where it commenced in -The Indians were never civilized, 114, -Why the Amazon Valley has not pro- -It has been assisted by the Mississippi -Its progress in Europe during the three -The Anglo-American race leads in civ- -How the people of the West proved -How American principles work it out, -The agency of coal in human progress, Civil War, The causes leading to it, 282, -The part taken in it by the Mississippi -Its disastrous effect on the South for a -The more favorable condition of the Clarke's Fork of the Columbia River, 594. Clay, Henry, The Kentucky orator and Statesman, 831. Climate, It appears to have been about -It probably continued warm far to the -How the storing of coal changed the -The effect of winds on climate, 87, 103, -The climate of England improved by Coal, How and when the best was made, 65. -It was mostly derived from the air, 76. -The uses of coal shown in the greatness -Statistics of coal production in Eng. -The coal area of the Mississippi Valley, 94. -Thelignite coal of the Western "Plains," 49. -The coal found on the Atlantic Slope -The production of coal in the United -The coal of the Arctic regions, 696. -The amount of coal in Nova Scotia and -The coal in the western part of the Coast Range of Mountains in California, -Their character in California, 608, 612. Coast of the Atlantic, 643. (See At- Coast of the Pacific, 598. (See Pa- Colleges in the United States, 354, INDEX. Colorado Plateau, Its position and Rivers, 554, 584. Colorado River, Its length and great cañon, 454. Colorado State, Its situation and Sur- -Its coal area and annual production of -Its resources in metals and soil, 584, -Its organization and Constitution, 312. -Its two great branches east of the Cas- -Its branches west of the Cascades, Comanches, An Indian tribe of Texas, 165. Commerce of the Atlantic coast, 482, -Of England, France and the United -Of the Gulf of Mexico, 490, 588. -Of the Pacific coast in the U. S., 600, -Its present and future in Canada, 716. -The facilities for it in the Missis- sippi Valley, 97, 457. -The use of flatboats on Western Rivers, -Its beginnings in the West on a large -The commerce of the Rivers and Lakes in 1842, 253, 257. -The growth of Western commerce in later years, 460, 489. -The future of commerce in the Missis- Confederate States, existing during the Civil War, 375, 387. 763 Confederation of Canada in 1867, 688. -Additions to the Dominion afterwards, -The character of this union, 689. -What it may not do, 287. -The powers conferred on it, 288. Conifers, Trees that bear cones, like the -When they first appeared on the earth, Constitution of the United States, -Compromises were unavoidable, 284. -The idea of its preamble, 284. -The guarantees it gave to the States, -Its guarantees to all the citizens of -The powers it prohibited to the States, -The powers it subtracted from the au- -The powers given to the President, -The office of the United States Courts, -Its theory of popnlar rights and how it Constitutions of the States of the Mis- sissippi Valley, 292. -General review of the Constitutions, Constitutions [continued]. -Of the Territories as successively formed, 281. -Constitution of Canada by the "North America Act," 689. -Of England, as settled in 1688, 732, 747. principles, 267. Constitutional beginnings of pioneers -Great need of such organization in -History of the "State of Franklin," -Numerous Conventions in Kentucky, -Organization north of the Ohio, 234, 332. -Summary of constitutional results in -The wise and considerate treatment of -How such Amendments are provided Copper, The time when it was deposited in the rocks, 91. -Mines of Lake Superior visited by Mound Builders, 135, 144. -Its production in the U. S. in 1874, 426. Cotton, The great profit the South gained from it in early times, 244, 340. -It will always be the staple of some -Its per cent. of increase and proportion -Where the manufacture of cotton began, -English imports and exports of it, 740. -His captive soldiers sacrificed on an -His exploration of the Gulf of Califor- Creeks or Muscogees, Indians of the -Their hostility to the settlements, 214, -The Creek war of 1813 and 1814, 114. Cremation practiced by Mound Build- Crusade, Spanish discoveries brought Cryptogams, The lowest of the two -Coal was chiefly made from trees of this -Plants of the lowest forms of this class Croghan, Col. Geo., British Indian Agt. -The Mesozoic, or Middle Period, is Dakota [continued]. INDEX. -Sioux family of Indian tribes of the Diatoms, Minute vegetable growth se- creting Silica and making rock, 68. Dickeson, Dr., Explored Mounds in Dinwiddie, Colonial Governor of Vir- Dunmore, Lord, Colonial Governor of Virginia, 204. Duquesne, Ft., Built by the French on the site of Pittsburgh, Pa., 195. De Soto, Ferdinand, Spanish Governor -His inhuman treatment of the natives, -His desperate battle at Maubila, 172. -Why he merited his doom, 173, 265. Donelson, Ft., Kentucky, In the Civil War, 375, 377. Drift, The vast quantity of stones and -How it was distributed afterwards, 52, -The Drift in Canada, 701. 765 Declaration of Independence, 334. Democracy, Its success in America, -Progress of Democracy in Europe, 512. Earth, The accounts of its origin in -Science furnishes the details, the Bible -The process of formation according to -The first continent raised was the West- -Three Mountain-making Periods, 38, -Study of the structure of the earth -The Earth is the embodiment of a -Its beginnings among Germans and -Its progress on the Atlantic slope, 354. -Common School education in the States -Statistics in 1850 and 1860, 859. -How great events educate men, 27, 469. Education [continued]. -The Civil War stimulated educational agencies, 478. -The effect of popular education in -Education in the newer States, 480, -The education of Americans continued more thoroughly by difficulties in the -Improvement of education in the Can- -The constant improvement of educa -The securities which the past and the -It is a leader in business and intelli- -Its surface, climate, soil and natural -Its early inhabitants, 724. -The basis of its institutions derived -The thoroughness of character of the -Its condition in 1800, 734. -The great industrial progress up to 1876, -The wealth of England in 1865 and -Growth of personal property and the relation of the Public Debt to it, 745. Eocene, Its meaning-the "Dawn of the -It was the first era of the Tertiary, or -The horses of the Eocene Age, 78. killed by Indians, 230. Etchowee, The site of a battle with the Europe in geological times, 51, 78, 698, -Primitive men and animals of Europe, -Character of the modern races of Eu- rope, 27, 263, 323, 501. -How their fear of each other embar- -The Teutonic or German race in Europe, -The origin and growth of Democracy in -How aristocracy embarrassed, its pro- -The progress of popular liberty since -The harmony and interaction of pro- Farms and Farming. (See Agriculture.) which much of the coal of the Great -Its introduction into Canada, 676. mance. Americans are descended from ing to the United States as opposed to |