Mining, Spanish efforts at, 28-30; early English efforts, 6, 37, 39, 41; in Virginia, 6, 69, 71, 269; in New England, 180; in Pennsylvania, 219, 225.
Minuit, Peter, founds New Amsterdam, 198; in employ of the Swedes, 201, 208.
Mississippi River, portage-routes, 4; geography of basin, 6, 7; aborigines of valley of, 9-12; discovered by De Soto, 31, 44; French reaching out for the, 47; seen by Radisson and Grosseilliers, 247; seen by Jolliet and Marquette, 26, 248; early trade on, 18; drainage system, 219; La Salle on the, 248; early French settlements on, 253; as an element in French-English boundary disputes, 256.
Montreal, Cartier at, 32; Champlain's visit, 35; founded, 246.
Moravians, in North Carolina, 97; in Pennsylvania, 229; in Georgia, 261.
Narragansett Bay, early settlements on, 133, 146, 159, 161; Philip's War on, 171.
Narragansett Indians, status, 9, 10; troubles with whites, 136, 137, 164; in Philip's War, 170.
Narvaez, Pamphilo de, in Florida, 11, 28, 30, 47.
Navigation Acts, historical sketch of, 104-106; effect in South Carolina, 94; in Virginia, 78, 80, 280; in Maryland, 86; in Pennsylvania, 281; in the Jerseys, 231; in New York, 232; in Massachusetts, 173, 279, 280; in New England generally, 184; in the West Indies, 235, 236; one of the causes of the Revolution, 279.
New Amsterdam, founded, 198; Kieft's term, 208, 209; Stuyvesant's term, 201, 209; captured by English, 168, 202, 203; becomes New York, 203; fur-trade of, 253. _See_ Dutch.
Newcastle, Del., founded, 202, 215; characteristics, 228.
New England, geography of, 5, 6, 179, 180; early mining, 6; named by Smith, 72, 113, 114; population,(1690) 253, (1700) 180, 181, (1700-1750) 265; social distinctions, 58, 181, 182; slavery, 182; occupations, 182-184; manufactures, 184; fisheries and shipbuilding, 185; commerce, 77, 164, 185, 186, 234, 235; towns, 186; education, 188; crime, 188; religion, 189, 190, 194; witchcraft delusion, 190-192; life and manners, 187; political conditions, 192-194, 282; repression of Quakers, 165, 166; formation of the confederation, 156; decadence of the confederation, 169; in the hands of the Lords of Trade, 173; in Queen Anne's War, 255; in King George's War, 255, 256; ideas of _versus_ Virginia ideas, 280, 281.