The Story of the Thirteen Colonies
By H.A. Guerber (1898)
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber (1898). Unabridged Charlotte Mason living book edition for Form II History.
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Chapter 1: Our Country Long Ago
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 1
Learned men, who read the story of the earth in the mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, and seas which cover its surface, tell us that America, although known as the New World, is really older than Europe. The sun has shone upon this continent and the rain has watered it for more centuries than we can count. If you study your maps carefully, you will notice lofty mountains, great lakes, and long rivers in many parts of the country; and you will see that it is beautiful and fertile almost everywhere, except in the far north, where snow covers the ground most of the year.
The same wise men who found out that the country is so old, dug down into the soil, examined the things they found there, questioned the Indians, and, little by little, discovered that our continent has been inhabited by many different kinds of animals and men. They found huge bones of animals which died thousands of years ago, and placed these in museums, where you can now see them. They also found the bones of some of the ancient[14] men and women, with some of their weapons, tools, kitchen pots, and bits of their garments.
By studying these things very carefully, and by listening to the stories of the natives, they learned a great deal about the country which, from Greenland and A-las´ka in the north, to Cape Horn in the south, was once inhabited by tribes of Indians. None of these had white skins like the inhabitants of Europe, black skins like the negroes in Africa, or yellow skins like the Chinamen in Asia. But as they were more like the people in Asia than like those in Africa or Europe, some men now think they may once have belonged to the same family.
A Savage Indian.
Still, the men living on our continent were so unlike others that they are called red men, and form a race by themselves. Those who lived in the part of the country which is now called the United States had copper-colored skins, high cheek bones, straight, coarse black hair, small black eyes, and very wide mouths. Although they all looked somewhat alike, they were very different in their ways of living. The Indians living east of the Rocky Mountains were a little more civilized than[15] those living west of those mountains and in the far northern parts of the continent.
A Wigwam.
The western and northern Indians are generally called savage Indians, for they lived by hunting and fishing, had no houses like ours, and were always roaming around in search of game. They were sheltered from the sun and rain by tents called wigwams. These rude dwellings were made by driving poles in the ground, in a circle as big as the wigwam was to be. When all the poles had been set up, the tops were drawn close together and firmly tied. Over these slanting poles the Indians spread the skins of the animals they had killed, or else they wove leaves and branches between the poles to form a thick screen. The space between two of the poles was left open to serve as a door, and over this was hung a bear or buffalo skin to keep out the sun, rain, or cold.
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Chapter 1: Our Country Long Ago
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 1
Chapter 2: The Barbarous Indians
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 2
Chapter 3: The Mounds
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Where The Northmen Went
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 4
Chapter 5: The Northmen In America
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Queer Ideas
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 6
Chapter 7: Prince Henry The Navigator
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Youth Of Columbus
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 8
Chapter 9: olumbus And The Queen
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 9
Chapter 10: "Land! Land!"
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 10
Chapter 11: olumbus And The Savages
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 11
Chapter 12: Home Again
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 12
Chapter 13: olumbus Illtreated
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 13
Chapter 14: eath Of Columbus
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 14
Chapter 15: How America Got Its Name
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 15
Chapter 16: The Fountain Of Youth
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 16
Chapter 17: "The Father Of Waters."
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 17
Chapter 18: The French In Canada
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 18
Chapter 19: French And Spanish Quarrels
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 19
Chapter 20: The Sky City
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 20
Chapter 21: Around The World
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 21
Chapter 22: Nothing But Smoke
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 22
Chapter 23: Smith's Adventures
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 23
Chapter 24: The Jamestown Men
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 24
Chapter 25: Smith Wounded
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 25
Chapter 26: The Visit Of Pocahontas To England
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 26
Chapter 27: Hudson And The Indians
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 27
Chapter 28: The Mayflower
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 28
Chapter 29: Plymouth Rock
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 29
Chapter 30: The First American Thanksgiving
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 30
Chapter 31: The Snake Skin And The Bullets
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 31
Chapter 32: The Beginning Of Boston
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 32
Chapter 33: Stories Of Two Ministers
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 33
Chapter 34: Williams And The Indians
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Chapter 35: The Quakers
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 35
Chapter 36: The King-Killers
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Chapter 37: King Philip's War
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Chapter 38: The Beginning Of New York
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Chapter 39: Penn And The Indians
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Chapter 40: The Catholics In Maryland
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 40
Chapter 41: The Old Dominion
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Chapter 42: Bacon's Rebellion
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 42
Chapter 43: A Journey Inland
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Chapter 44: The Carolina Pirates
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Chapter 45: harter Oak
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 45
Chapter 46: Salem Witches
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 46
Chapter 47: own The Mississippi
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Chapter 48: a Salle's Adventures
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Chapter 49: ndians On The Warpath
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 49
Chapter 50: Two Wars With The French
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Chapter 51: Washington's Boyhood
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 51
Chapter 52: Washington's Journey
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Chapter 53: Washington's First Battle
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Chapter 54: Stories Of Franklin
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Chapter 55: Braddock's Defeat
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Chapter 56: Wolfe At Quebec
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Chapter 57: How England Treated Her Colonies
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 57
Chapter 58: The Stamp Tax
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 58
Chapter 59: The Anger Of The Colonies
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 59
Chapter 60: The Boston Tea Party
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 60
Chapter 61: The Minutemen
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 61
Chapter 62: The Battle Of Lexington
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 62
Chapter 63: Bunker Hill
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 63
Chapter 64: The Boston Boys
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 64
Chapter 65: The British Leave Boston
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 65
Chapter 66: eclaration Of Independence
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 66
Chapter 67: A Lady's Way Of Helping
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 67
Chapter 68: hristmas Eve
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 68
Chapter 69: The Fight At Bennington
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 69
Chapter 70: Burgoyne's Surrender
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 70
Chapter 71: The Winter At Valley Forge
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 71
Chapter 72: The Quaker Woman
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 72
Chapter 73: Putnam's Adventures
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 73
Chapter 74: ndian Cruelty
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 74
Chapter 75: Boone In Kentucky
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 75
Chapter 76: Famous Sea Fights
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 76
Chapter 77: The "Swamp Fox."
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 77
Chapter 78: The Poor Soldiers
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 78
Chapter 79: The Spy
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 79
Chapter 80: A Traitor's Death
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 80
Chapter 81: Two Unselfish Women
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 81
Chapter 82: The Surrender Of Cornwallis
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 82
Chapter 83: The British Flag Hauled Down
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 83
Chapter 84: Washington's Farewell
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 84
Chapter 85: Transcriber's note:
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