Contents


   I. THE LOST CHILDREN            .        9

   II. TIlE GREAT JOURNEY OF LEWNIS AND CLARK  21

 III. THE CONSPIRACY OF AARON BURR         59

 IV. How THE YOUNG REPUBLIC FOUGHT THE
         BARBARY PIRATES           .   .   80

  V. THE FATE OF LOVEJOY'S PRINTING-PRESS . I13

  VI. How MARCUS WHITZMAN SAVED OREGON    135

VII. How THE MORMONS CAME TO SETTLE UTAH  165

VIII. THE GOLDEN DAYS OF 'FORTY-NINE .  . 181

IX. HOW THE UNITED STATES MADE FRIENDS
         WITH JAPAN            .          203

  X. THE PIG THAT ALMOST CAUSED A WAR  . 222

  XI. JOHN BROWN AT HARPER'S FERRY      . 229

XII. AN ARCTIC EXPLORER   .              254
XIII. THE STORY OF ALASKA               . 264

XIV. HOW THE" MERRIMAC" WAS SUNK IN SAN-
         TIAGO HARBOR .    .   .          275