The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . Shermans Campaign in Georgia 331 A Trunk Railway Line 375 The United States in 1904. (Colored) .... Folloicing 372 The Hawaiian Islands, a Station on Commercial Routes . . 407 The Philippine Islands 409 The United States and its Dependencies, showing Commercial Routes. (Colored) Following 412 THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN NATION CHAPTER I DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS Chinese and Japanese Legends. —When we speak of the New World,almost always the mind reverts tothe voyage of Columbus and thateventful day in October when thebanne
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . Shermans Campaign in Georgia 331 A Trunk Railway Line 375 The United States in 1904. (Colored) .... Folloicing 372 The Hawaiian Islands, a Station on Commercial Routes . . 407 The Philippine Islands 409 The United States and its Dependencies, showing Commercial Routes. (Colored) Following 412 THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN NATION CHAPTER I DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS Chinese and Japanese Legends. —When we speak of the New World,almost always the mind reverts tothe voyage of Columbus and thateventful day in October when thebanner of Spain was unfurled onthe island which the great ex-plorer named San Salvador. Butthere are accounts of voyagerswho may have found this samenew land five hundred and possi-bly one thousand years before thediscoveries of the great legends common to the knowledge of both the Chineseand the Japanese relate the deeds of one Hwui Shan/ a Buddhistmissionary, who found, many miles to the eastward ofChina, a land which he called Fusang.^ About the. A Natives Home. The Chinesefind America year 499 he, with five brother priests, went along thecoast of China to Kamchatka, and thence by way of the AleutianIslands to Alaska. Hwui Shans description of the people hefound applies very correctly to the Aleuts and the Eskimosliving in this region to-day. From Alaska, which they called 1 For the pronunciation of difficult names, see the Appendix, page 4<). 2 This story only recently came into the literature of western peoples. A fewyears ago the Chinese government directed one of its hest scholars to search theIecords of the imperial historian, and from these records came the story as heregiven. The details are vague, and scholars are divided between assigning thedescription to Japan or the American coast. 2 THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN NATION Great Han, the missionary party proceeded along the coast toFusang. Hwui Shan describes the houses of Fusang as madeof sun-dried br
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