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Davis, Garrett, appointed U. S. senator, 180; opposed to abolition, 186; represents Ken- tucky in U. S. Senate, 209.
Davis, Jefferson, born in Todd County, Ken- tucky, 161 ; elected president of Confeder- ate States of America, 165.
Dawson, J. A., elected register, 207.
De Quindre, Captain, at Boonesborough, 36. De Soto's expedition to the Mississippi, 69.
Deboe, W. J., first Republican U. S. senator from Kentucky, 218.
Declaration of Independence adopted, 29. Defeat at Camden, Gates's, 90.
Democrat, published in Louisville, 159.
Democratic party, opposed to Federalists, 99;
strong in Kentucky, 108, 109; of 1798, 131 ; Democratic Republican party merged into 143 ; its supremacy in Kentucky, 158; views at time of secession, 163, 164; belief in State Rights, 167; opposed to laws against slavery, 167; convention against Lincoln, 202; in power after the war, 205-207; Con servatives unite with, 206; Freedmen's Bureau strengthens power, 209; majority re- duced on account of negro vote, 210; its continued power in Kentucky, 214, 216, 222; divided on currency question, 217, di- vided on Goebel election law, 219; admin- istrations of Governor Beckham, 220.
Democratic Republican party, rise and fall in power, 135, 136; merged into Democratic party, 143;
Democratic State convention at Frankfort, 206; at Louisville, 216.
Democratic Union party, in election of 1864, 200.
Denman, Matthias, partner of Filson, 156.
Denominational colleges in Kentucky, 210. Denton, Thomas, settles at Harrodsburg, 23.
Depression, financial, 127, 128, 143, 216.
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Desha, General Joseph, at battle of the
Thames, 125; member of Relief party, 129; elected governor, 131.
District of Columbia, slavery abolished in, I86.
District of Kentucky, 50-58.
Dixon, Archibald, elected U. S. senator, 157. Doctrine of nullification, anticipated in Ken- tucky, 107.
Doctrine of State Rights, 107, 108.
Donelson, Fort, surrender of, 182.
Doniphan, Joseph, opens school at Boones- borough, 38.
Donne, Mrs. Martha, 54.
Douglas, James, surveyor in Kentucky, 15.
Dudley, Colonel, at Maumee, 121; defeated by Proctor, 122.
Dudley, William A., appointed quartermas- ter general, 179.
Duncan, Colonel Blanton, Confederate com- mander, 174.
Dunlap, George W., Union delegate to Con- gress, 170.
Dunmore, governor of Virginia, 16.
Durrett, Reuben T., author of Centenary of Kentucky, 29, n. 1; author of Life of John Filson, 55, n. 1; arrest of, 178; president of Filson Club, 213, 214.
Duvall, Judge Alvin, nominee for reelection 200.
Edmonson, county named after, 120.
Education in Kentucky, early, 38, 57; at close of war, 210, 211; higher education, 212, 213.
Edwards, John, in seventh convention, 79; elected U. S. senator, 96.
Edwards, Ninian, chief justice and governor of Illinois, 113.
Eighth independence convention, 83.
Election, method of, 90; change in method, 108, 109.
Elkhorn, first steamboat on the, 102.
Emancipation, see Abolition movement.
Emancipation Proclamation issued, 196. Emancipation ticket, first, 157.
English, claims in Kentucky, 14; hostility to Kentuckians, 32; settle Jamestown, 69; bitter feeling against, 98; anticipate war with U. S., 114; at war with France, 116; insults to American vessels, 116.
Episcopalians in Kentucky, 85. Era of transition, 212-225.
Estill, Captain, defeat of, 42, 43.
Executive power vested in governor, 89;
changes in executive State department, 215. Expedition against New Orleans, 99, 100.
Factories, establishment of, 127. Fallen Timbers, battle of, 100.
Fayette County, established, 40; proposed attack on, 43; part of Kentucky District, 51; election at, 77; Connolly's intrigue in, 83 ; one of original nine counties, 84.
Federal constitution, adoption of new, 73, 74. Federal government, Wilkinson prejudices Kentucky against, 70, 71; hears of French conspiracy, 100; Kentucky's opposition to, 101, 102; its powers, 151; Kentucky de- clares for, 175.
Federalist party, opposed to Anti-Federalists, 99; opposed by Kentuckians, 102; in tem- porary power, 102; opposed to Democrats, 109; Daveiss adheres to, III; in 1798, I31.
Federals, their forces in Kentucky, 173-175. soldiers from Kentucky, 179, 194; antag- onism to, 186, 187; as raiders, 198; at- tempt to control elections, 200.
Ferguson, his army destroyed, 91.
Field, John, commander at Point Pleasant, 17. Field, Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel H., in Mexican War, 145.
"Fiery Cross, The," Scotch symbol, 46, n. I. Fifteenth Amendment ratified, 209.
Fifth independence convention, 73.
Fillmore's cabinet, 149.
Filson, John, author of first history of Ken- tucky, 55-57.
Filson Club, started, 215; its publications, 2I, n. 2, 29, n. 1, 74, n. 1, 213.
Financial depression, 127, 128, 143, 216.
Financial prosperity, 128, 208, 211.
Fincastle County, Kentucky a part of, 29. Findley, John, pioneer in Kentucky, 12.
Finnel, John W., appointed adjutant general, 179.
First constitutional convention, 107. First governor of Kentucky, 90-92.
First independence convention, 61.
First invasion of Kentucky, 173-185. First newspaper in Kentucky, 72.
First organized church in Kentucky, 84. Fisk, John F., elected to Senate, 189.
Fitch, John, inventor of steamboat, 84, 103. Fleming, William, commander at Point Pleas-
ant, 17; commissioner at Logan's fort, 37.
Florida, discovered by Ponce de Leon, 69; secedes, 162.
Floyd, John, surveyor in Kentucky, 14, 15; member of first Harrodsburg court, 29, 30; appointed colonel, 40; rescued by Wells, 41, 42; attack on Indians, 48; elected judge, 51 ; killed by Indians, 52.
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Floyd, General John B., Confederate com- mander, 182.
Fort Donelson, surrender of, 182.
Fort Greenville, built, 97. Fort Henry, surrender of, 182.
Fort Meigs, siege of, 12I.
Fort Recovery, General Wayne at, 100. Fort Stanwix, treaty of, 14.
Fort Sumter, first gun fired at, 165.
Founding of the Commonwealth, 93-150. Fourteenth Amendment ratified, 209.
Fourth independence convention, 62, 65.
Frankfort, made capital of Kentucky, 96, 97; constitutional convention at, 108; heroes of Buena Vista buried at, 148; Democratic State convention at, 206.
Frazer, Oliver, pupil of Jouett, 138.
Free silver, adherents and opponents to doc- trine of, 216, 217.
Free students in State University, how ap- pointed, 213.
Freedmen's Bureau, established, 208; opposi- tion to, 209.
French, claims in Kentucky, 14, 32; attack Boonesborough, 35, 36; their religious per- secutions, 69; declare war against England, Spain, and Holland, 98; conspiracy in Ken- tucky, 99; war with England, 116.
French and Indian War, 14, 32.
French Revolution, its horrors unknown in Kentucky, 99; revulsion of feeling in regard to, 102.
Frenchtown, battles of, 118, 119, 120.
Friends of Humanity, Christian Association, I12, 113.
Fry, Colonel Speed Smith, Federal com- mander, 181.
Fry, Major Cary H., in Mexican War, 145.
Gaines, Major John P., in Mexican War, 145. Gardoqui, Spanish minister, rejects Jay's proposition, 70; Brown's interview with, 75.
Garrard, Colonel J. J., commander of Federal forces, 180.
Garrard County, Federal forces in, 174.
Garrard, James, second governor of Kentucky, 105; elected governor, 109.
Gates's defeat at Camden, 90.
General Assembly in Kentucky government, 89; grants school suffrage to women, 21I. Genet, Citizen, minister of France, 99; re- called to France, 100.
Geological survey established, 21I.
Georgetown, incorporation of, 23 ; Democratic Club at, 99; Kentucky forces assembled at, II7.
Georgia secedes, 162.
Girty, Simon, the "White Renegade," 45. Gist, Christopher, pioneer in Kentucky, 12. Glasgow, General Bragg at, 191.
Goebel, William, State senator, 218; nomi- nated for governor, 218; assassinated, 219; governor, 219.
Gold, paper currency substituted for, 128. Gold standard, in Kentucky politics, 216, 217.
Government, of Kentucky, 89, 90, 93-104; of Confederate States of America, 165 ; Con- federate, established in Kentucky, 180, 181. Governor, executive power in Kentucky, 89; method of election, 89; change in method of election, 108, 109.
Grant, General U. S., orders troops into Kentucky, 175; captures Forts Henry and Donelson, 182; gains victory at Shiloh, 184; Lee's surrender to, 203.
Graves, Benjamin, 119; county named after, I20.
Green, Lewis W., president of Center College, 210.
Green, Thomas Marshall, author of The Spanish Conspiracy, 72.
Green, Willis, trustee of Transylvania Uni- versity, 57.
Greenup, Christopher, his intercourse with Filson, 56; trustee of Transylvania Uni- versity, 57; elected governor, 113; ex- governor, 118.
Greenville, one of Kentucky's oldest towns, 55.
Greenville, Fort, built, 197.
Grider, Henry, Union delegate to Congress, 170.
Grundy, Felix, appointed chief justice, 113. Guerrillas, depredations of, 187, 188, 198, 199.
Guthrie, James, statesman, 159; delegate to Peace Conference, 165; lawyer, 201 ; leader in Conservative Union convention, 202.
Haggin, James, associate justice, 132. Hamilton, Alexander, killed by Aaron Burr, IIO.
Hanson, Roger W., leader of Confederates, 179, 182.
"Hard Winter" of Kentucky, 38.
Hardee, Major General William J., Con- federate commander, 192.
Hardin, Colonel John, commander Kentucky Volunteers, 87; murdered by Indians, 97. Hardin, Major Martin D., 119.
Hardin, P. W., advocates free silver, 216; candidate for governor, 216.
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Harding, Aaron, Union delegate to Congress, 170; opposed to abolition, 186; speech against negro recruiting, 198.
Harlan, John M., Conservative nominee for attorney-general, 206; joins Republicans, 207; Republican candidate for governor, 210.
Harlan, Major, at Blue Licks, 46, 47.
Harmar, General, commands expedition against Indians, 86, 87 ; defeated, 87.
Harney, B. M., Conservative nominee for superintendent of public instruction, 206. Harney, John H., editor of Louisville Demo- crat, 159.
Harrison County officers arrested, 178.
Harrison, General William H., at battle of Tippecanoe, 114; appointed commander of Kentucky militia, 118; appointed com- mander of army of the Northwest, 118; orders embarkation for Canada, 123.
Harrod, James, settles in Kentucky, 16, 19; his intercourse with Filson, 56.
Harrodsburg, founding of, 16; permanently settled, 19; delegates from, 21; made county seat, 29; Indian attack on, 30; school opened at, 38; opening of court at, 52, 53; one of earliest towns, 55; Gen- eral Smith's corps at, 192.
Hart, Captain Nathaniel, purchases Cherokee title, 20.
Hart, Joel T., sculptor, 138, 139.
Hart, Nathan G. T., commander of Lexing-
ton Light Artillery, 118; county named after, 120.
Hart Memorial Association, 139, n. I.
Hawes, Richard, inaugurated provisional governor of Kentucky, 191.
Helm,'Ben Hardin, leader of Confederates, 179. Helm, John L., inaugurated governor, 149; elected governor, 207; death of, 207.
Henderson, Colonel Richard, head of Hender- son & Co., 20.
' Henderson, Samuel, married to Betsy Calla- way, 27.
Henry, Fort, surrender of, 182.
Hickman, Captain, killed at Blue Licks, 120; county named after, 120.
Hickman, Confederates at, 175.
Hickman, Rev. William, preacher in Ken- tucky, 84.
Hogan, Richard, settles at Harrodsburg, 23.
Holly, Dr. Horace, president of Transylvania University, 137.
Home Guards, funds raised for, 169, 170; Federals, 177; their lack of discipline, 178.
"Home of the Silent Brotherhood" founded, 84.
Hopewell, last town of colonial period, 84. House of Representatives in Kentucky gov- ernment, 89.
House resolutions, synopsis of, 168, n. I. Houston's Station, now Hopewell, 84. Huguenots persecuted in France, 69. Hull, General, surrender to British, 118. Hunt, Charlton W., calms riot, 132, 133.
Hunter, W. Godfrey, Republican caucus nominee for U. S. senator, 217.
Hurt, J. S., Conservative nominee for au- ditor, 206.
Immigration to Kentucky, 9, 51.
Inauguration ceremonies for first governor of Kentucky, 93-95.
Independence of Kentucky, see Separation. Indians, in Kentucky, I0, II; hostilities, 13,
14, 16-18, 21, 30-39, 40, 41, 59, 60, 63, 64, 85-89, 97, 114, 115; claims in Kentucky, 14, 32; titles sold, 19, 20; besiege Boones- borough, 35, 36; at Bryan's Station and Blue Licks, 43, 48; killed by Kentuckians, 66, 67; complaint against Kentuckians, 67; Wilkinson's speech on, 78; troubles ended temporarily, 102; massacre at Raisin, 120; their cruelties, 122.
Indian troubles, a political issue, 98.
Industrial progress, since 1880, 223.
Innes, Hary, attorney-general, 62, 67; mem- ber Board of War, 87; U. S. district judge, 96.
Invasion of Kentucky, first, 173-185; second, 186-195.
Inventors in Kentucky, 84, 103, 137.
Ivy Mountain, battle of, 180.
Jackson, General Andrew, at New Orleans, 126; candidate for presidency, 134, 135; President, 136; second term, 142, 143.
Jackson, James S., Union delegate to Con- gress, 170.
Jacob, Colonel Richard T., joins Union party, 168; offers synopsis of House resolutions, 168, n. I; chosen lieutenant governor, 196; arrested, 198.
Jacobin clubs of France, 99.
James, Ollie M., senator, 222.
Jamestown settled by the English, 69.
Jay, John, proposes treaty with Spain, 70; secures treaty with Great Britain, 100.
Jefferson County, established, 40, 84; be- comes part of Kentucky District, 51.
Jefferson, Thomas, Breckinridge a member of his cabinet, 99; drafts Kentucky Resolu- tions, 107; elected President, 109.
Johnson, Colonel James, raises company, 118.
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Johnson, Colonel Richard M., raises com- pany, 118; in the Canada campaign, 124; kills Tecumseh, 125.
Johnson, George W., Confederate leader, 179; elected governor, 180; killed at Shiloh, 191. Johnson, Madison C., lawyer, 201.
Johnson, Robert, trustee of Transylvania University, 57.
Johnston, General Albert Sidney, commands western Confederate forces, 177; at Mur- freesboro, 183; killed at Shiloh, 184.
Jouett, Matthew Harris, portrait painter, 138. Journal, published at Louisville, 159.
Judges of court of appeals, how appointed, 90; attempt to remove, 131, 132.
Judicial power, 89, 90.
Judicial State department, changes in, 214. Judiciary, elective by people, 150.
Kanawha River, battle near, 16-18.
Kaskaskia, French village, 32.
Kennedy, William, intercourse with Filson, 56.
Kenton, Simon, pioneer in Kentucky, 16; Indian scout, 24, 26.
Kentucke Gazette, first newspaper in Ken- tucky, 72; Muter's address in, 76; Brad- ford, editor of, 94.
Kentucky, by Professor N. S. Shaler, 92, n. I. Kentucky, derivation of name, 29, n. I; pio- neer days, 9-49; first white men in, 9-18; early settlements, 19, 28; the county, 29- 39; division of county, 40-49; struggle for independence, 50, 92; Kentucky District, 50-58; beginning of struggle, 59-68; Span- ish conspiracy, 69-81; end of struggle, 82- 92; founding of the Commonwealth, 93- 150; organizing of State government, 93-104; political situation from 1796, 105- 115; War of 1812, 116-126; local affairs, 127-140; civil affairs and Mexican War, 141-150; Civil War, 151-204; situation during Civil War, 151-172; invasions dur- ing Civil War, 173-195; civil conflicts, 196- 204; the new Kentucky, 205-225; restora- tion of peace, 205-211; transition era, 212- 225; constitution of Kentucky, 227-272. Kentucky Insurance Company, chartered, I13.
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, by E. D. Warfield, 107 and n. I.
Kentucky University, State College a part of, 212; change of name, 212.
King's Mountain, battle of, 87, 91.
Kinkead, George Blackburn, lawyer, 201.
Kinkead, Judge W. B., member of Opposi- tion party, 159; his article on J. J. Crit- tenden, 171; Conservative nominee for
governor, 206; chairman of executive board of State College, 212.
Knott, J. Proctor, elected governor, 213.
Know-Nothing party, 157, 158.
Knox, Colonel James, pioneer in Kentucky, 14. Kuklux or Regulators, 209, 210.
La Salle, French pioneer and explorer, in Kentucky, 12, 32.
Lafayette, Marquis de, Kentucky's reception of, 136.
Land laws passed in Virginia, 37.
Landrum, Colonel John J., defeated at Cynthi- ana, 189.
Lee family, surveyors in Kentucky, 15.
Lee, General Robert E., surrenders to Grant, 203.
Leestown, one of oldest towns in Kentucky, 55. Legislative office closed to ministers, 90.
Legislative power, vested in General Assem- bly, 89, 90; its limitations, 90.
Legislative State department, changes in, 217. Legislature, selects Frankfort as permanent capital, 96; its money-raising power abol- ished, 150; its powers, 164; opposed to State convention, 164, 165; in favor of neutrality, 167, 168; condemns action of Home Guard, 178; pardons all Confeder- ates, 205.
Leslie, Preston H., elected governor, 210; appoints Shaler chief of geological survey, 2II.
Letcher, Robert P., elected governor, 143.
Lewis, Colonel Charles, commander at Point Pleasant, 17.
Lewis, Colonel William, commands militia, 117; wounded at Frenchtown, 119.
Lewis, General Andrew, commander at Point Pleasant, 16, 17.
Lexington, founded in 1779, 37; largest town in old Kentucky, 55; Transylvania Uni- versity established at, 58; Wilkinson's dis- play at, 71, 72; first capital of Kentucky, 93; first inauguration ceremonies held at, 93-95; Democratic Club, at 99; Burr in, III; furnishes militia, 117; manufactories in, 128; U. S. bank established at, 134; Lyceum established at, 137; abolition news- paper issued at, 154; Confederates at, 190; Bragg's march to, 191; centenary celebra- tion at, 215.
Lexington, battle of, 37.
Lexington Light Artillery, 118.
Lexington Light Infantry, 94.
Lexington Observer and Reporter, 159.
Licking River, settlements invaded, 39; crossed at battle of Blue Licks, 46, 47, 48.
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Lieutenant governor, office created in Ken- tucky, 109.
Life and Writings of C. S. Rafinesque, by R. E. Call, 137, n. I.
Life of John Filson, by R. T. Durrett, 55, n. I.
Limestone, immigration to, 54.
Lincoln, Abraham, born in Larue County, Kentucky, 161; elected President, 162; inaugurated, 165; issues Emancipation Proclamation, 196; calls for volunteers, 197; reelected, 202; his assassination, 203.
Lincoln County, established, 40, 84; Indian attack in, 66.
Lindsay, William J., U. S. senator, 218.
Lindseys, founders of Lexington, 37.
Little Turtle, Indian chief, 97.
Local affairs in Kentucky, 127, 149.
Local Board of War, 87.
Local option in Kentucky, 222.
Logan, Benjamin, settles in Kentucky, 19, member of first Harrodsburg court, 29, 30; rescues his companion, 31, 32: appointed colonel, 40; at Blue Licks, 46, 48; com- mander at Bryan's Station, 48; calls offi- cers' meeting, 60; attack on Shawnee Indians, 65 ; commander in Lincoln County, 66; member of Board of War, 87.
Logan's fort, Indian attack on, 30; land com- missioners meet at, 37.
Logan's Station, delegates from, 21, 22.
"Long Hunters, The," pioneers in Ken- tucky, 13, 14.
Losantiville, founding of, 56.
Louisiana, purchased from the French, 109; secedes, 162.
Louisville, founded, 33, 34; its social life, 54, 55; Connolly's intrigue in, 82, 83; Burr in, III; its manufactories, 128; U. S. bank established at, 134; Federal army organized at, 181; legislature adjourns to, 190; proposed capture of, 190; Buell in, 191 ; Fil- son Club started in, 213; Democratic State convention at, 216.
Louisville Courier, 178.
Louisville Democrat, 159.
Louisville Falls, immigration to, by flatboat, 53, 54.
Louisville Journal, 159.
Louisville legion, resolutions in honor of, passed by legislature, 146.
Lyceum, established in Lexington, 137.
Lyne, Edmond, commissioner at Logan's fort, 37.
Lyon, Colonel H. B., Kentucky Confederate leader, 182.
McAfee family, surveyors of Kentucky, 15, 16; settle on Salt River, 19.
McAfee, General Robert B., elected lieu- tenant governor, 131.
McBride, pioneer in Kentucky, 12.
McClellan, General George B., factions in favor of, 202; receives majority in Ken- tucky, 202.
McClellan, John, settles in Kentucky, 23.
McClellan's Station, founded, 23.
McConnels, founders of Lexington, 37.
McCook, Major General Alexander, Federal commander at Perryville, 192.
McCreary, James B., elected governor, 213, 221; elected U. S. senator, 218; again elected governor, 222.
McDermott, E. J., lieutenant governor, 222. McDowell, Samuel, judge of Kentucky Dis-
trict, 51, 52; trustee of Transylvania Uni- versity, 47; president of convention for independence, 61, 62; president of sixth convention, 75.
McGary, Hugh, settles at Harrodsburg, 23. McGary, Major, at Blue Licks, 46, 47.
McHenry, Colonel John H., Federal, 182.
McKee and Caldwell's army, 42, 43.
McKee, Colonel William R., in Mexican War, 145; killed at Buena Vista, 146.
McKinley, William, elected President, 217.
"Mad Anthony," General Wayne's nickname, 97.
"Mad River," burning of Indian towns on, 65. Madison County, 84.
Madison, George, at Frenchtown, 119; death of, 127.
Magoffin, Beriah, elected governor, 158; his message to the legislature, 163; refuses to furnish troops, 166; in sympathy with Con- federates, 175; resigns, 189.
Magruder, Captain Billy, leader of guerrillas, 199.
Mallory, Robert, Union delegate to Congress, 170.
Manassas Junction, battle near, 174.
Manson, General, attack on Confederates, 190. Marshall, Colonel Thomas, surveyor for Fayette County, 40; delegate to seventh convention, 77; action in seventh conven- tion, 79; opposes British intrigue, 83.
Marshall, Humphrey, candidate for delegate to fourth convention, 63; votes for Federal constitution, 74; elected U. S. senator, IO2.
Marshall, Col. Humphrey, in Mexican War, 145; leader of Confederates, 174, 179.
Marshall, John, presents petition to Virginia Assembly, 66,
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Marshall, John, lieutenant governor, 219, Marshall, Thomas A., lawyer, 201.
Marshall, Thomas F., orator and scholar, 142. Marshall, Thomas, brigadier general, 145. Martial law, Kentucky placed under, 187; prior to election of 1863, 197.
Martin's and Ruddle's stations captured, 39. Mason County, 84.
Masterson, James, pioneer of Kentucky, 37. Matthews, George, at battle of Point Pleasant, 17.
Maumee River, Kentucky troops at, 118; siege in, 12I.
May, George, surveyor for Jefferson County, 40.
May, John, clerk of Kentucky District, 52; killed by Indians, 52.
Maysville, formerly Limestone, 54.
Mechanical and Agricultural College estab- lished in Kentucky, 212.
Mediatorial neutrality, Kentucky maintains, 167, 168; meaning of, 168, 175, n. I. Meigs, Fort, siege of, 121.
Menefee, Richard H., his career, 141, 142. Menendez establishes first Spanish colony, 69. Menzies, John W., Union delegate to Con- gress, 170.
Mercer County, Kentucky, selected for settle- ment, 16, 84.
Metcalf, Henry, chief of guerrilla raiders, 199. Metcalf, Thomas, elected governor, 135. Methodist revival, 112, 113.
Methodists in Kentucky, 85.
Mexican War, 141-150; Kentucky troops in, 145.
Mexico, proposed conquest of, II0; war de- clared with, 145; capture of City of, 147;
surrenders territory to United States, 147. Miami Indians, expedition against, 60, 87, 88. Miami, battle on the, 100.
Miami towns, burning of, 48.
Military and land interests in early Kentucky, 40.
Military oppression, 198-200.
Military policy adopted by Congress, 187.
Military posts in the Northwest, 59.
Militia, demanded by the President, 117. Mill Springs, battle of, 181.
Mills, Benjamin, associate justice, 130. Mineral wealth of Kentucky, 21I, 223.
Miro, Spanish governor of New Orleans, 71. Mississippi River, De Soto's exploration of, 69; Spanish possessions on, 69, 70; Ameri- cans desire to navigate, 70; its importance to Kentucky, 71; Kentucky's valuation of navigation of, 75; British plan to gain its navigation, 83; its navigation a political
issue, 98; resolution of Lexington Club in regard to, 99; granted to U. S. by treaty with Spain, IO1; thrown open to Ken- tucky, 102.
Mississippi secedes, 162.
Missouri Compromise Bill, 134, 135.
Mob law in Kentucky, 210.
Monetary issue, in State election, 216; in national election, 217.
Monroe, Thomas B., superseded by Ballard, 180.
Monterey, battle of, 146.
Montgomery, convention of seceded States at, 165.
Morehead, Charles S., elected governor, 158; delegate to Peace Conference, 165; arrest of, 178.
Morgan, John Hunt, leaves State Guard, 177; Confederate raider, 188, 189, 193.
Morrisons, pioneers in Kentucky, 37.
Mound Builders, 9, 10.
Mount Sterling, fight near, 42.
Murray, William, opposes Kentucky Resolu- tions of 1798, 108.
Muter, George, judge of Kentucky District, 51, 52; chief justice, 62; address to the people, 76; delegate to seventh convention, 77; judge in court of appeals, 96; resigns from office, 113.
Nashville, Federal troops take possession of, 183; General Bragg at, 191.
Natchez, Spanish negotiations at, IOI.
National administration, opposed to free sil- ver, 216.
National convention, Kentucky delegates to, 201, 202.
National politics in 1896, 217.
National Republican party, its rise and fall, 135, 136; merged into Whig party, 14I.
Navigation question discussed in Kentucky, 71, 99.
Negroes, recruited in Kentucky, 197; vote for first time, 210.
Nelson County, 84.
Nelson, General William, Federal com- mander, 174, 180; commands Richmond troops, 190.
Neutrality, position of Kentucky, 161-172; still maintained, 174; abandoned, 175, 176. New court of appeals, organized, 132; abol- ished, 134.
New Court party, founded, 134; controversy with Old Court party, 149.
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