History of Carroll County, Missouri : carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, cities, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a military record of its volunteers in either army of the Great Civil War ; general and local statistics ; miscellany ; reminiscences, grave, tragic and humorous ; biographical sketches of prominent men and citizens identified with the interests of the country, Part 1

Author: Missouri Historical Company
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: St. Louis : Missouri Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 732


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HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROVO, UTAH


History of Carroll County, Missouri


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COTTAGE.


COTTAGE.


COLLEGE FARM HOUSE.


STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FARM, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI.


HISTORY


OP


Carroll County, Missouri,


CAREFULLY WRITTEN AND COMPILED


FROM THE


MOST AUTHENTIC OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE SOURCES,


INCLUDING A HISTORY OF ITS


Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages,


TOGETHER WITH


A CONDENSED HISTORY OF MISSOURI; THE CONSTITUTION OF TIIE UNITED STATES, AND STATE OF MISSOURI; A MILITARY RECORD OF ITS VOLUNTEERS IN EITHER ARMY OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MISCELLANY; REMINISCENCES, GRAVE, TRAGIC AND JIUMOROUS; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT MEN AND CITIZENS IDENTIFIED WITH THE INTERESTS OF TIIE COUNTY.


ILLUSTRATED.


ST. LOUIS :. MISSOURI HISTORICAL COMPANY. 1881.


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LEXESTO,


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CONTENTS.


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI.


PAGE.


Historical and Political. 9


Prehistoric Missouri .. 10


The White Race in Missouri 15


Missouri as a State. . . ..


25


Summary of Events and Dates


25


Counties and population


26


Census Report, 1880.


27


State Finances. . 29


Presidential Vote, 1820 to 1880 30


Governors From 1820 to 1880. 31


United States Senators.


31


Members of Congress


32


Public School System.


34


Protectional Laws.


40


Homestead Exemption. 40


Exemption of Personal Property 42


Rights of Married Women. 43


'Taxation .


43


Public Debt Limitation.


44


Comparative Tax Rate.


45


Federal Officers in the State.


46


Missouri's Distinguished Men-


Daniel Boone ... 47


Thomas H. Benton 47


James B. Eads. 48


Carl Schurz ..


49


Prof. Charles V. Riley


49


Missouri in Civil War.


50


Geology and Minerals.


66


Geological Chart.


67


Mineral Resources.


72


Earth, Clays, Ochres, etc.


77


Geography of Missouri.


78


Rivers and Water Courses. 81


Notable Springs.


82


Soils and Their Products. 83


Wild Game.


85


Climato


87


Healthfulness of the State. 89


Agriculture.


90


Staple Crops


91


Horticulture.


93


The Grasshoppers


96


Navigation and Commerce. 99


The Lewis and Clark Expedition.


100


First Steamboats in Missouri


101


The Barge System


103


Railroads in Missouri.


104


Manufacturing in Missouri


107


Principal Cities in Missouri.


108


Constitution of the United States.


113


Constitution of Missouri ..


124


Abstracts of State Laws and Forms ....


.166


Practical Rules for Every Day Use. . .. 196


Names of the States of the Union and


Their Significance.


202


HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY.


PAGE.


PAGE.


Geographical Location 205


De Witt Township ...


425


Town of De Witt. 429


Organization of County. 223


Leslie Township. 433


The Hetherly War 232


Egypt Township. 438


The Florida War.


.235


Hurricane Township 444


The Mormon War. 243


History of County from 1840 to '50. .262


Stokes Mound. 449


Washington Township 455


Eugene Township. 460


Carroll County in 1862 .316


Moss Creek Township 464


Carroll County in 1863 327


Combs Township ... 468


Fairfield Township. 471


Cherry Valley Township 473


Ridge Township. 475


Miami Township. 477


Van Horn Township 479


Sugar Tree Township 481


Wakanda Township. 483


Rockford Township 486


Compton Township. 488


Hill Township. 490


Prairie Township


492


Township and City Histories-


Carrollton Township.


407


City of Carrollton.


411


371


Miscellaneous-Confederate. 373


Newspapers of the County ..


.377


Prominent Criminal Cases.


379


History of Teachers' Institute.


382


List of County Officers


386


History from 1865 to '81.


388


Carroll County in 1864.


.337


Union Soldiers' Record. 365


Confederate Soldiers' Record.


Trotter Township 447


History of County from 1850 to '60. .279


Carroll County in 1861. .288


Early Settlements, etc .. .211


PAGE.


Smith Township.


494


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CONTENTS.


BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY.


Gen. James Shields. . 495 PAGE.


Rev. Al bot Hancock. 498


Col. William Hill .... 499 Major Charles Sterne. 501


Judge Thomas Arnold 501 Col. J. A. Pritchard .. 502


John C. Baker. .505


- Ralph Farr. .505


John J. Callaway . 506


John R. Patteson . . 506


Leven Comer .. .506


John Howard ... .507 Jefferson Gallaher ... 507


Burnoit Woods .. .. 507


Jesse T. J. Craig. ... 508 C. James J. Martyr .. 509 R. W. Backenstoe ... 509 George W. Booker .. 510 Judge J. Farrington 510


Elbert J. Harrison . . . 511 F. G. Rankin. .511


James H. Fuller. . . 511 Isaac Shelby ... .511


Thomas A. Charlton . . 512


Caster B. Dean, M. D. 512 Jacob 1). Broadhurst. 513 Wash. Ford, M. D ... 514


Thomas C. Brown . . . 514 Gideon B: Shirky . . .. 515


A. J. Hinds, M. D .. . . 516


J. W. Cunningham. . 516


Joseph H. Oatman. .. 517


May W. Burton. 518


Robert Gillies. 519


Herman Hass .. 519


Adolph J. Hanns 520 Peter C. Wilson .... 520


Jolin P. Finly .521


Wm. T. Helpenstine. 549


W. W. Jenkins .. .. . 549


Richard Lee. ..


... 549


John W. Lowery ... .549 James L. McLeod .. .550


Bennett Menefee ... . 550


William Redding . . 551


Thomas Roney. .551


Pliny D. Swank. .552


George Stemın .552


Bailey Walker ...... 553


Rev. O. P. Wheeler. 553 John Whitworth ..... 553


PAGE.


Jacob E. Armitage. . 554


William A. Audsley. 554 John B. Barrett ..... 554 Dr. Daniel T'. Brooks 555 Alpheus Chain ...... 555 Eugene Cunningham. 556


Andrew Eller ... ... 556


John D. Griffith ..... 557


David Glad wili.


... 557


Phocion L. Guillet .. . 557


Samuel Balch.


.558


John Darrah.


558


Daniel H. Schofield .. 558 Eli S. Miles. 559


Truman S. Kile.


. 559


John Foster


559


Jesse H. Work.


.560


Francis F. Audsley . . 560


W. H. Hollister


. .


.560


W. W. Hiatt.


.. 561


Jacob Phleger. .


.. 561


Humphrey Perry ... .562


John Quincy Adams. . 562


J. F. M. Logan ...... 562 Phocion P. Guillett .. 563 Dr. Geo. R. Highsmith 563 Berry J. Jones ...... 564 James G. Jones ..... 564


J. E. Knappenberger. 564


Jamas S. Logan, M.D. 565 Dr. John P. Logan. . . 555 William Marquess .. . 566


F. E. May . . . . .... .. 566


James McKinney .... 566 Jonathan Mckinney. . 566


John W. Miller .. .. 567


James G. Perry .. . . 567


Elias Perry . . .568


W. S. Ruckel. .. 568 Thomas I. Sinclair ... 568


Nimrod A. Spencer .. 569 Elias Starkey .569


Cebe Wallace.


.570


Mason Wise


.570


W. D. Weltner


.570


Joseph Wilkinson .... 570


Fredrick B. Wrockroff 571 A. T. Kendrick. .. 571


Dudley Thomas.


...


.571


B. D. Kendrick . .


.572


John M. Dumm


.572


Henry C. Brenneman 529


PAGE.


Daniel Heiney . .. . . . 529


Lewis W. Overholtz. 5%9


George W. Metcalf .. 530 Thomas D. White. ... 530


Josiah F. Hudson . .. 531


Henry C. Pile. .532 Michael Wagner .... 532


Col. Calvin Minton .. . 533 James Cleary ....... 534 Edward P. Meehan. . 534


George R. Ma-Gee .. 535 William H. Barrett. . . 536 Anthony Limbird .... 536 Orsa Elliott .. .537


James W. McFall .... 537 Robert N. Bannister . 538


Joseph B. Bradley ... 539 Thomas Kenton ..... 539 Henry H. Franken ... 540 George W. Thomas. . 540


Charles Beck ..... .541


Geo. W. Cummings. . 541 Henry M. Wheeler ... 542 Joseph Wheeler ..... 542 William R. Hays. ... 543 Wm. F. Montgomery . 544 Benedict Stemple. . . . 544 Samuel Higginbottom 545 Henry C. Butts .. . . . 546


William Cox, M. D ... 54C James H. Creel. . .546


Isaac C. Cruzen .. . . 547


Peter F. Elsas. ..... 547 Ephraim C. Grigsby . 547


William J. Grow .... 548


William Harrold .... 548


John T. Mayfield .... 548


Nathaniel M. White. . 521 Thomas J. Mason. ... 522 William Payne ...... 523 Henry Wetherholt ... 523 . 524 James Payne.


William H. Hess .. .524


John A. Creasy. 525


Henry Wenzel ..


.. 526


Michael J. McAuliffe. 527


William B. Vest .... 527


John W. Edwards ... 528


Alfred J. Rose. 551 Frank Schries .. . .526


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PAGB.


John Burruss .. .573


Robert Ferrill. .573


George W. Walden .. 573


John A. Frazier .573


S. Cropp.


..


.574


William Humphries. . 574


Asa Brookover.


.575


W. H. Adkins.


575


S: E. Dickson .575


Geo. W. Tatham .575


J. L. Mirick ... ... 602 N. G. Benson. 576 James W. Buchanan. 603 W. H. Hardwick 576 W. L. Willis .. .604 Thomas Bryordy .577


Thomas E. Willis.


.604


John H. Hanes 577 Julius B. Weil . 604


L. B. Jenkins. 577


Henry B. Turpin . ..


W. J. Herndon. .605 James A. Wagaman. . 606


Jackson Thorp.


.579


W. M. Allen.


579


Joseph Baum. 579


W. A. Berry. . .. 580


Kossuth Birkenwald. . 580


Alex. C. Blackwell. .. 581


Bennett W. Bowdry. 582 Lewis Blakeley ...... 583


Geo. W. Brasher .... 583


Isaac Ralph Brown .. 583


Robert E. Buchanan.584


Geo. T. Burgess. .. 584


John Campbell .. .584


Morris Carter. .585 J. R. Clinkscales. .. . 585


John W. Clinkscales.585


Lewis Heitz.


611


David Cobb ..


586


A. M. Herndon


611


Dan R. Brand.


.586


Asa W. Cotbran.


.587


Frank V. Crouch .587


John G. Houston.


.612


M. W. Jarboe. 613


John Kelly


.613


John R. Kerby


613


William H. Day ..


589


O. J. Kerby


614


Robert Lemons


614


Aaron Levy.


615


J. A. Lindsay. .615


Thomas W.McGuire. 615 Richard P. McGee .. . 616


L. M. Mettler .. . . .616


W. L. Earickson. .594 R. C. Ely. .595


Allen R. Ennis 595 Thomas Orchard .. .617


Tipton Finley


.595


Samuel Painter.


.. .. 618


Aaron Quick .....:. 618


Leonidas Quisenberry 619


PAGE.


Judge E. J. Rea. ... . 619 Edmund J. Rea. .... 619 E. W. Reynolds .... 620 Geo. J. Reynolds .... 620 Solomon Rosenstock .. 621 Joseph L. Roy ... .621


John Warnock ... .599 William D. Dobson .. 600 Louis B. Ely. . .. 600 Henry A. Saeger .... 622 Chas. A. Scott .. . 622. James W. Sebree. .622 W. D. Shanklin. .623


W. S. Shirley . .623


George R. Starnes ... 623 Winfield S. Timmens 624 Calvin W. Trotter ... 624 .605. Dr. Littleton Tull .... 624


George Thomas .... . 624 Dr. Wm. A. Tull .... 625 Dr. Ed. A. Wagner. . 625


Wm. Standley.


.626


J. R. Wagaman. ..


.. 606


James M. Nelson .


.606


Jesse Morrow.


626


Dr. Peter Austin .... 607


Dr. M. W. Mitchell .. 607


Addison Botts


.627


Dr. John D. Leland. . 607


Albert Benson


627


Frank W. Kaiser.


.. 608


J. J. Block.


Richard S. Miller.


... 608


627


M. M. Block


.628


N. E. Canaday .


.628


G. W. Collins. .629


Rev. A. T. Cooper


629


M. H. Glaze.


. 630


P. C. Hartis.


631


Dr. Edward Hesse ... 631 William Brown. .. 631 Richard T. Holliday . . 632 W. G. Hood ..... . 633


Thomas F. Hoy ..


... 633


E. E. Lilly . ..


.. 633


Jas. L. McWilliams .. 634 William McIlvoy .... 634 J. W. Miller ........ 634 Judge C. M. Minnis. 635


J. M. Mossbarger. .. . 635 Zachariah Myers .... 635 James Runion ...... 636 William H. Smith ... 636 N. O. Stephenson .... 636 A. J. Street .. . . 637


W. B. Minnis. .. ..


.616


Mrs. Mary Sugg.


.637


W. O. P. Thomas. ..


.638


Rev. J. D.Murphy. .. 617


Elias A. Trout ..


638


Adam Boo ...


.638


John T. Brandom.


. 639


M. R. Gittings


.596


T. J. Gittings


.596


PAGE.


Col. J. B. Hale ...... 596


Lawrence K. Kinsey . 598 J. H. Turner. .598


James F. Graham .... 599


Charles R. Simpson. . 601 James C. Anderson .. 602


W. D. Jacobs .. .608


Alexander Trotter ... 609


Isaac A. McCombs ... 609


H. Rhomberg.


.609


Francis N. Dodds.


.629


J. A. Givens


.630


W. W. Wilhite


.610


Dr. J. L. Grant. 610


Joseph N. Tuley 610


O. B. Queen.


611


Charles S. Hill.


.612


John G. Houseman. . 612


C. A. Cunningham. .588 John J. Curtis. .588


Garrett Darcy ....


.588


Herman David ... .589


John L. Deatherage. . 590 Edward Devine ..... 590 Judge J. E. Drake .. . 591


R. C. Dunkle.


591


Capt. W. M. Eads ... 592


James Cochran.


.639


Joseph S. Pence.


.578


William S. Simms


578


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CONTENTS.


PAGE.


John W. Staton ..... 639


B. B. Rupe, M. D ... 640


John F. Crane. .640


N. C. Finch .... .640


Rev. G. T. Kinaird. . 641 David M. Nowland. . 641


Thomas A. Orr. ... 641


R. H. Quisenberry. . 641


John H. Rea.


...


.642


Daniel Russell ..


.642


Oliver S. Russell. . . . 642


Walter O. Squires. . . 643


Clay Thomas.


643


Janics Wood.


643


Thomas Archibald ... 644 John A. Austin. . . 644 Jas. T. Blackburn .. . 644


Joseph A. Buckner. . 645


Arthur S. Byrd. ...


.646


Dr. R. H. Corren.


.646


J. R. Yates, M. D .. .665 E. C. Hayden. ...... 646


Rev. L. P. Johnson. . 647


Rolla Lamson.


647


James F. Lawton 647


Z. T. Mastin. 648


Archer Rogers.


. 648


W. M. Turpin.


648


James L. Wilson 649


Jonathan Bowers. .649


James Fash


649


Lyman Ford. 650


G. A. Green.


650


William A. John.


.. 650


Thomas J. Jones. . .651


Ansel Lesley.


.651


Augustus A. Lesley. 651 Henry Lever. . .. 652 Levi W. McCain. .652 W. A. Oliver 653


A. T. Parks 653


D. D. Rayner


653


Jonathan Rca


653


John O. Roberts


.654


A. J. Snider


654


655


Lewis N. Rees ..


. . 655


Judge James Trotter . 656 Edward Templeman. 656 Rev. Jas. M. Goodson 657


David Swank .. ... 657


John S. Harford ..... 658


William Crockett .... 658 |S. D. Sinart. 677


John M. Smart .. . .677


James M. Smart.


.677


W. H. Snider.


.678


David Snider.


.678


John H. Standley.


678


B. Y. Standley .


.678


John P. Goodson


. . 661


Elihu Sullivan.


.. 679


G. R. Swigget. . . ..


.. 679


Dr. Daniel Wagoner. 679 Joseph H. Rea .. ... 680 Lewis C. Trotter ..... 680 Cornelius B. Vaughn.680 W. W. Riley . ... 681 B. Godsey . .. .681 Thomas L. Charles. .. 681 Henry R. Stevenson. 682


Elias Reber ......... 682


Rev. W. H. Wilson .. 683 William R. Hooten .. 683


Lauren C. Conger ... 683 John C. Cook ... . .. 684


James B. Henderson. 684


Elijah Stepbens ..... 685 Henry Hicks ........ 685 Robert M. Trussell ... 685 William T. Munson .686 Henry A. Reynolds. . 686 Samuel H. Reeves .. . 686 Jonathan Ingram .... 687 Levi Jenkins. .. ... 687


Daniel R. Bartlett ... 687 Wilford B. Fields. ... 687 John R. Fisk. . .. 688


Hutchins Burton .... 688 Gibson Timbrook .... 688 James M. Stevenson. . 689 Harvey Batts ....... 689 Sanford A. Crouch ... 689 Dr. S. B. Herrington. 690 Elias A. Jeffries . .690


J. F. Eyler.


690


John Bncher. .. 690


Bradley A. Wilmot. 691 Thomas H. Ballew. .. 691 William Cleary ..... 692 William S. Grider ... 692 Henry Giger. . .. ... 692


Jeremiah Williams. . . 674 John S. Williamson. . 675 Robert A. Wright ... 675 R. M. Adkins. ... .. 676 W. P. McQueen. ... 692 George W.Craig. 693


H. E. Jones.


.693


Alphonso Fuller.


693


M. J. Harrison.


.. 694


PAGE,


Mrs. Susan A. Bristow 659


Benjamin F. Wheat .. 659 William J. Richeson. 660


Henry A. Hart .660


W. F. Goodson. .660 James Goodson. .661


Jefferson M. Cox. . ... 661 Thomas N. Goodson . . 662 I. C. Stanley . . . . 662


William Adams. .... 662


John A. Burbage. .. 663


Dr. T. J. Brown .. .663


Jabez Calvert. 663


Jasper N. Caulk. .663


James B. Lank.


.. 664


Wiley Roy ... .. 664 William B. Sinclair .. 664 B. C. Woods. .665


J. A. Yates 665


George Wilson .. . .666


William H. Adams .. 667


Winfield S. Bronson. 667


William .W. Brown .. 668 Seth G. Carr .. .668


James P. Dale. 668


L. E. Dorsey. .. 669


Francis A. Elliott. .669


A. J. Graves.


670


John Johnson


670


R. S. Judd.


670


J. E. Lyon 670


Rev. Thomas Minnis. . 671 George Osborne .. .671


Morris Osburn. . .


.. 671


William Renzelman. . 672


Leopold Schies. .672


John Staunn ... 672


Obadiah Stevens .... 673 Nehemiah Sugg, Jr .. . 673 James T. Sumpter. .. 673 L. W. Sumpter. . .673


W. F. Thomason. .674


James K. Stone


Henry C. Busby .. ... 676


James L. Cunningham 676 W. J. Miller. .677


PAGE.


History of the State of Missouri.


PART I .- HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL.


INTRODUCTORY.


When a book is written, it is presumed that the writer had some object in view and some end to achieve by his labor in collecting the material and writing the book; and it is right that he should put himself on good terms with his readers at the outset by making a' brief, but frank and honest statement of his object, plan and purpose in the book which he offers to public patronage. The writer of this History of Missouri has aimed to embody in a brief space the greatest amount of solid and reliable information about things which directly hinge and center upon or within the territory of this State-this international commonwealth, which holds by right divine the royal prerogative of a destiny imperial and grand, if she can acquire or develop human brain and muscle adequate to utilize wisely, honorably and energetically her magnificent natural resources, both of commercial position and of agricultural and mineral wealth. The writer's desire and effort has been to present nothing which would not be read with deep interest by every intelligent citizen of Missouri at the present time; and also stand as a permanent body of information, at once useful and reliable for future reference. Discussion of theories, problems or doubtful matters has been avoided; solid facts have been diligently sought after; and the narrative has been made to embody as many facts and events as possible without falling into the dry-bones method of mere statistical tables. In fact, the limit of space allotted him has compelled the writer to condense, epitomize, shorten up-and therefore continually to repress his desire to embellish the narrative with the graces of rhetoric and the glow of an exuberant and fervid enthusiasm. This, however, secures to the reader more facts within the same space.


In preparing this work more than a hundred volumes have been con- sulted, to collate incidents and authenticate dates and facts, besides much matter gathered from original sources and not before embraced in anv


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HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI.


book. It is not presumed that there are no mistakes or errors of state- ment herein made; but it is believed that there are fewer of such lapses than commonly occur with the same amount of data in similar works. The classification of topics is an attempt to give them a consecutive and consistent relative place and order in the book, for convenience of inci -: dental reference or of selective reading.


PRE-HISTORIC MISSOURI.


THE MOUND.BUILDERS, ETC.


Every State has a pre-historic history-that is, remains and relics are found which show that the land was inhabited by a race or races of men long before its discovery and occupation by a race sufficiently advanced in the arts of civilization to preserve, a written record of their own observations and doings. It is now well established that every portion of the United States was inhabited by a race of men grouped under the general name of "Mound-builders," who preceded the modern hunter tribes called "Indians." It further appears, from all the evidence accumu- lated, that the Mound-builders were a race that made permanent settle- ments, and built earthworks of considerable extent for defense against enemies, both man and beast; also for sepulture, for religious rites, and for memorial art; it is also evident that they cultivated the soil to some extent, made rude textile fabrics and clay pottery, and wrought imple- ments of domestic use, ornaments, charms, toys, pipes, etc., and weapons of war and of the chase, from flint, porphyry, jasper, hornstone, granite, slate, and other varieties of rocks; also from horn, bone, shells, and other animal products; and from native copper. But they had no knowledge of iron, nor any art of smelting copper; they merely took small pieces of the native ore and hammered it cold with their stone tools until it took some rude shape of utility, and then they scoured and polished it to its utmost brilliancy; and it is altogether probable that these articles were only possessed by the chieftains or ruling families. Plates of mica are also found among their remains, with holes for suspension on cords around the neck or body; and lumps of galena or lead ore sometimes occur, but these must have been valued merely as trinkets or charms, because of their lustre. Remains of this people are found frequently both on the bluffs and bottom lands of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and, in many States, far inland, also.


The first mention of such remains in Missouri is made by a U. S.


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·HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI.


exploring expedition under Major S. H. Long, in 1819. This expedition went in the first steamboat that ever puffed and paddled its way against the swift, muddy current of the Missouri river; * the boat was named " Western Engineer," but it had a double stern-wheel, or two wheels, one of them named in large letters, "James Monroe," and the other "John C. Calhoun," in honor of the then President and Secretary of War. This steamer had to stop at St. Louis for some repairs; and two members of the expedition, Messrs. Thomas Say and T. R. Peale, improved the time by surveying a group of twenty-seven ancient mounds which occu- pied ground that is now all covered over by the modern city of St. Louis. This occurred in Tune, 1819; Mr. Say prepared a map of the mounds and a brief account of them, and this appears to be the first authentic record of such ancient works within the territory now constituting the State of Missouri; his notes on these mounds were published in 1823, in the report of Major Long's expedition, but his map of them was never published until 1862, when it appeared on page 387 of the " Smithsonian Report" for the year 1861. In his account Mr. Say says:


. " Tumuli and other remains of the labors of nations of Indians (?) that inhabited this region many ages since are remarkably numerous about St. Louis. Those tumuli immediately northward of the town and within a short distance of it, are twenty-seven in number, of various forms and magnitudes, arranged nearly in a line from north to south. The common form is an oblong square, and they all stand on the second bank of the river. * It seems probable these piles of earth were raised * as cemeteries, or they may have supported altars for religious cer- emonies."


It was from these mounds that St. Louis derived her pseudonym of the. " Mound City"; but this name is now almost entirely obsolete, since the city has risen up to claim the prouder title of "Inter-Metropolis of North America". When the largest one of the mounds was leveled some skeletons were found, and some thick discs with holes through them; they had probably served as beads, and were wrought from shells of a spe- cies of fresh water clam or mussel. Numerous specimens of wrought flints were found between St. Louis and Carondelet, in 1860; and in 1861 an ancient flint shovel was dug up while building military earthworks.


. In Mississippi county, in the southeastern corner of the State, there is a group of mounds covering ten acres, in section 6, t. 24, r. 17, varying from ten to thirty feet in height. About 1855 these mounds were explored by two gentlemen from Chicago, and they found some pottery, with men represented upon its sides; one figure appeared to be a priest or some official personage, as shown by his head-dress, and the- other


* Campbell's History of Howard County says: " May 28th, 1819, the first steamboat- the ' Independence,' Capt. Nelson, time from St. Louis, including all stops, twelve days -. landed at Franklin on her way up the [ Missouri] river." Thus it seems that Major Long's boat was really the second one to go up, although in most histories it is mentioned as the first-and it was the first that went up any great distance.


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represented a captive bound with thongs. Both figures showed the peculiar contour of head and features which marks the mound-builder race.


In December, 1868, some laborers engaged in grading Sixth street, in East St. Louis, dug up a nest of unused flint hoes or shovels, and another deposit of shells with string-holes worked in them, and another deposit of boulders of flint and greenstone, ready to make more tools or weapons from. These deposits were on high ground, and about half-way between two ancient mounds.


In 1876 or 1877 some ancient mounds were discovered on the banks of the Missouri river near Kansas City. They were in groups of three and five together, at different points for five miles up and down the river. Some were built entirely of earth, and some had a rude stone chamber or vault inside, but covered with earth so that all looked alike outside. They were of an irregular oval shape, from four to six feet high, and had heavy growths of timber on top. Mr. W. H. R. Lykins, of Kansas City, noticed a burr-oak tree five feet in diameter, growing on top of one of them, and the decayed stump of a black walnut of about the same size, on another. In describing the exploration of some of these mounds Mr. Lykins gives some points that will be of interest to every one. He says:


" We did not notice any very marked peculiarity as to these bones except their great size and thickness, and the great prominence of the supraciliary ridges. The teeth were worn down to a smooth and even surface. The next one we opened was a stone mound. On clearing off the top of this we came upon a stone wall inclosing an area about eight feet square, with a narrow opening for a doorway or entrance on the south side. The wall of this inclosure was about two feet thick; the inside was as smooth and compactly built and the corners as correctly squared as if constructed by a practical workman. No mortar had been used. At a depth of about two feet from the top of the wall we found a layer of five skeletons lying with their feet toward the south." *




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