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18 Daniel Ralls was born in Virginia and came to the Missouri territory in 1817, lived one year in St. Louis; then moved to a farm which he opened near the present city of New London, and where he resided when elected to the state senate; he was buried near St. Louis where he died in 1820. Ralls county was so named in his honor.
"""In point of fact never afterward lived in Missouri," says Charles Gibson, "nor was he domestic to the state." Missouri Hist. Collection for Jan., 1900.
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GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE
circuit and Richard S. Thomas, Judge of the fourth circuit. Under the law the Supreme Court was required to hold sessions in each of these circuits, namely, at Fayette, St. Charles, St. Louis and Jackson, twice a year.
The constitution provided that the emblems and devices of the new state seal should be fixed by law and accordingly the General Assembly adopted the present "Great Seal of the State of Missouri" as the arms of the state, and which at the time in heraldic vernacular was described as follows:
DI "Arms: Parted per pale on the dexter side; gules, the white VIDE or grizzly bear of Missouri, pas- sant, guardant, proper on a chief WE FALL engrailed; azure, a crescent argent; on the sinister side the arms of the United States, the whole within a band inscribed with the words MDCCCXX 'United we stand, divided we fall.' SEAL OF MISSOURI " For the crest: Over a helmet full faced, grated with six bars, or, a cloud proper, from which ascends a star, argent, and above it a constellation of twenty-three smaller stars, argent, on an azure field, surrounded by a cloud proper.
" Supporters: On each side, a white or grizzly bear of Missouri, rampant, guardant, standing on a scroll inscribed with the words, 'Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto,' and under the scrolls in numer- ical letters MDCCCXX. " 19
19 So that the reader may better understand this heraldic language, the definition of the technical terms are here given:
Arms: The ensigns armorial consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction.
Pale: One of the great ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon equally distant from the two edges.
Dexter: Right. Sinister: Left.
Gules: Red, to denote courage; represented on printed shields by straight perpendicular lines closely drawn together.
Passant: Walking; a term applied to any animal on a shield which appears to walk leisurely; passing.
Guardant: Having the face turned toward the spectator; regarding; looking. Proper: Represented in its natural color.
Chief: The upper one-third of the escutcheon. Engrailed: To indent with curved lines as a line of division or an ordinary. Azure: Blue.
Crescent: A bearing in the form of the new moon.
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The meaning of the arms of the state is not now generally under- stood, and by many considered simply a fancy picture. Yet the arms of Missouri possess a deep and profound significance and in beautiful and appropriate heraldic language expressed the situation of the new state, as the following explanation which was published at the time shows :
"The arms of the state of Missouri and of the United States empaled together, yet separated by a pale, denote the connection existing between the two governments, and show that, although connected by a compact, yet we are independent as to internal con- cerns; the words surrounding the shield denote the necessity of the Union. Quadrupeds are the most honorable bearing. The great grizzly bear being almost peculiar to the Missouri river and its tribu- taries, and remarkable for his prodigious size, strength, and courage, is borne as the principal charge of our shield. The color of the shield is red and denotes hardiness and valor. The chief is most honor- able of all ordinaries. The color blue signifies vigilance, persever- ance, and justice. The crescent, in heraldry is borne on the shield by the second son, and on our shield denotes that we are the second state (Louisiana being the first) formed out of territory not within the original territorial limits of the United States and admitted into the Union. The crescent also denotes the growing situation of this state as to its inhabitants, wealth, power, etc. The color white signifies purity and innocence. The hemlet indicates enterprise and hardi- hood. The one blazoned on this coat of arms is that assigned to sovereigns only. The star ascending from a cloud to join the constel- lation shows Missouri surmounting her difficulties and taking her rank among the other states of the Union. The supporters, the same powerful animals, borne on the shield, which support the shield, on which are emblazoned the arms of the state and of the United States, denote, that while we support ourselves by our own internal strength we are also in support of the general government. The motto shows that the good of the people is the supreme law of this state. The numerals under the scroll show the date of the constitution. " 20
Argent: Silver; white.
Crest: An appendage to the shield placed over it and usually borne upon a wreath. It is generally some portion of the coat armor or a device commemora- tive of some incident in apposite history.
Or: Gold.
Cloud proper: A cloud in natural color.
Rampant: Standing upright on his hind legs.
20 It is not now known who suggested these arms for Missouri. If allowed
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CONSTITUTION ADOPTED
When the sixteenth Congress met in second session, on November 13th, 1820, Mr. Scott submitted to the House the manuscript copy of the constitution of the state, and it was referred to a select committee composed of Lowndes of South Carolina, Sargeant of Pennsylvania, and Samuel Smith of Maryland. On the 23d of November, 1820, this committee made a report, that the constitution presented was "republican and in conformity with the provisions of the Act of March, 1820." But the anti-slavery party in Congress then seized upon the clause contained in the constitution which made it obligatory on the legislature to enact a law " to prevent free negroes and mulat- toes from coming and settling in the state, under any pretext what- ever," as an excuse to renew the contest, and the flame of excitement which had been partially allayed was kindled anew. The whole country was again thrown into commotion upon the question of admitting Missouri. It was argued that free negroes were recognized as citizens in some of the old states, and that as all citizens had the privilege to emigrate, that therefore this provision was contrary to the provision of the Federal constitution which guaranteed to the "citizens of each state the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the several states." On the other hand it was maintained that the African race, whether bond or free, was not a party to our political institutions, and that therefore negroes and mulattoes were not citi- zens within the meaning of the constitution of the United States. In some shape or other the question came up almost daily in Congress, interfering with legislation. On motion of Clay the question was finally referred to a committee of thirteen, a number suggested by that of the original states of the Union, and on the report of this com- mittee it was resolved that the new state should be admitted, provid- ing that the state should never pass any law "preventing any descrip- tion of persons from coming into and settling in said state who now or hereafter may become citizens of this Union." The Act of admis- sion further provided that when the legislature made this declaration, and a copy was furnished the President, that he should "by proc- lamation declare the state to be admitted." The Act required by Congress was passed at a special session of the legislature in June, 1821, which was convened for that purpose by the governor in the
to conjecture I would attribute the ideas they convey to Judge Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, who we know was at that time one of the most learned and accomplished residents of Missouri and perhaps wrote this explanation of the heraldric meaning. He was, too, a pronounced advocate of the rights of the states, an idea that seems to pervade the entire Armorial bearings of Missouri.
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town of St. Charles. Although some objection was made, a com- pliance with the condition was deemed the lesser evil, because it would "place this state above the fear or favor of any party." A certified copy of the Act was transmitted to President Monroe, and on August 10, 1821, he issued his proclamation declaring the state admitted into the Union, and thus Missouri became the twenty- fourth state in the federation.
The people were greatly elated that this long and bitter contro- versy had been finally brought to an end, and looked hopefully to the future. The grand destiny of Missouri was foreseen, and well prophesied was it then, that to the new state would belong "the exalted privilege of disseminating the principles of the Federal con- stitution over the vast regions west of the Mississippi," and that "from her bosom will issue colonies of freemen to carry the stars and stripes of the Union to the provinces of Spain and the Pacific ocean and the frozen realms of the north."
INDEX
INDEX
No attempt has been made in this work to correct or modify the spelling of the names as found in the records. Nor has any effort been made in this index to particularly identify and classify the various persons of the same name found in these records. All the facts I have been able to ascertain as to the various settlers, French and American, are given in the notes and thus any one interested can trace out the individual relations. It has not been deemed necessary to make reference to every page on which a particular name is found. Some names, too, have been entirely omitted.
The Roman numerals refer to the different volumes of this work.
A
Abar, Pierre or Francois, i, 381 Abeemo, Lorenzo, ii, 166 Abernathy, Clara, iii, 206
Abernathy, John, ii, 189; ii, 384 Abernethie, Washington, ii, 191
Able, Barton, iii, 130
Able, Daniel, iii, 130
Able, Ezekiel, iii, 168
Able, John, iii, 131
Able, William or Wilson, sergeant, iii, III Able, Wilson, Lieutenant, iii, 129 Abraham, Aquilla, iii, 136
Abundance of game on Mississippi, i, 38
Academy established at Potosi, iii, 7 Account of the Callaway fight, iii, 124 Act of Congress of 1804, ii, 377
Act of Congress of 1804 in regard to Spanish claims, ii, 377
Act of 1805, detaching Louisiana from Indiana territory, ii, 400; provis- ions of the Act, 402; iii, 39 Act of 1807, provisions of, iii, 40
Act of 1812, granting outlots to vil- lages, iii, 51 Act of 1813, iii, 51
Act of 1814, iii, 51
Act of 1832, iii, 53
Adams, Calvin, ii, 383, 405; appointed ministerial officer of commission, iii, 44; keeps tavern, iii, 60
Adams, George, iii, 157
Adams, James, ii, 150
Adams, Jesse, iii, 157
Adams, John, iii, 8
Adams, John Quincy, ii, 352; on effects of Louisiana purchase, ii, 354 Adams, Robert, i, 375 Adams, Sallie, i, 374 Adams, Spencer, i, 386; ii, 164
Address, to people of upper Louis- iana, ii, 370
Adelmar, ii, 297
Adkins, David, iii, 245
Administration of law, ii, 200 Adventurers, flock into country, iii, 55 African Race, claimed not a part of our political institutions in 1820, iii, 271
Age-limit of Judges, iii, 252
Agnet, Guillaume, ii, 17; dit Sans Quartier, ii, 244
Agriculture, ii, 234; of the mound- builders, i, 44; among the Osages, 182; of the Saukees and Foxes, i, 205; of the first settlers of St. Louis, ii, 24; principal occupation of first settlers, ii, 231; development at St. Charles, iii, 154
Agricultural Implements, of prehis- toric origin, i, 42; ii, 235
Agricultural Products, price of on the Missouri in 1809, iii, 154
Agypousetchy, a Talapousa chief, i, 222
Aidenger, Christopher, ii, 189
Aidenger, John P., ii, 189
Aime, Charles, i, 356; ii, 153
Aime, Jean Baptiste, ii, 153; i, 356
Aime, Pelagie, 1, 382
Aioas, English intrigues among them, i, 308
Akansa, known as Capahas or Kapa- has, i, 169
Akansas, i, 107
Alares, Misset or Minet, ii, 68
Albright, Amos, iii, 137
Albright, Jesse, iii, 137
Albright, Otto, iii, 137
Alcorez, Jacob, ii, 150
Alcorn, James, iii, 7; iii, 137
Alcudia, Duke of, i, 316 Aler, Baptiste, ii, 68
Aler, Louis, ii, 68
Alexandria, iii, 186, 231
Alexander, A. T., iii, 229
Alexander, Cynthia, iii, 229
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Alexander, Jas., iii, 106
Alexander, John P., iii, 229
Alexander, Joseph, iii, 115
Alexander, Robert, iii, 229 Alexander, Walter B., a proprietor of the Enquirer, iii, 66 Algonquin Indians, i, 168; i, 169 Alkaline Springs, i, 18 Allegiance, oath of to Spain required, iii, 202 Allein, David, ii, 153 Allen, Benjamin, iii, 131 Allen, Beverly, iii, 13; teaches Latin school at Jackson in 1820, iii, 70 Allen, David, iii, 84
Allen, D. C., of Liberty, i, 13
Allen, John, ii, 77; ii, 185
Allen, John E., ii, 55; iii, 103, 105
Allen, John F., ii, 77
Allen, Joseph, ii, 383
Allen, Capt. O., first recruiting officer in territory, iii, 106
Allen, William, iii, 116
Alley, John, i, 374
Alley, Thomas, i, 387
Alley, William, i, 374
Alley's Mines, i, 373; i, 387
Allison, Alexander, iii, 158
Allison, a saltmaker on Black water, iii, 146
Alloucz, Father, mentions abundance of fish, i, 35; mentions Mississippi by its present name, i, 156; de- scribes the country of Mascoutins, i, 156; finds Saukees and Foxes, 202; visits west bank of Mississippi, ii, 288 Alluvial Bottoms, i, 32
Alluvial District of Missouri, extent of, i, 23
Alton Ferry, iii, 61
Alvarado, Hernando de, Captain in Coronado's army, i, 121; finds the "Turk," i, 123 Alvarez, Don Eugenio, ii, 21; ii, 365
Alvarez, Joachim, ii, 21
Alvarez, Manuel, ii, 21 Alvord, C. W., ii, 278 Alymer, Capt., ii, 256
Amelin, or Hamelin, Laurent, ii, 150 Ambroise, Louis, ii, 56 Amended Act of 1816, iii, 2 American and Spanish treatment of Indians compared, ii, 214
American Boatmen, lawlessness, coarseness and vulgarity of, ii, 233 American Company, in Spanish ser- vice, ii, 184 American Fur Company, ii, 91; iii, 254
American Iron Mountain Company, iii, 254 American Settlers, near New Madrid, ii, 132 American Settlement, on Cuivre river, ii, 95 American Settlement, largest near Cape Girardeau, iii, 159-60 Americans, exclusive settlement of at Cape Girardeau, ii, 182 Americans fear Spanish officials, i, 374 Americans, first considerable immi- gration of, ii, 283 Americans, seek location for mills, ii, 257 Americans, seize a boat, i, 344
Americans, suspected by Spanish officials to have no religion, ili, 202 Ames, Fisher, ii, 353; his fears of the effect of the Louisiana Pur- chase, ii, 353 Amiot, or Amyot, August, ii, 65 Amos, Mordecai, iii, 158
Amount of land granted by Spain in upper Louisiana, ii, 216
Amoureaux, Joseph, ii, 150
Amoureaux, Michel, ii, 153; ii, 384
Amouroux, Joseph, iii, 103, 106
Anawashqueth, ii, 399
Anderson, Catharine, iii, 206
Anderson, James, iii, 115
Anderson, John, i, 376; iii, 230
Anderson, Robert, iii, 157
Anderson, William, fil, 70; iii, 115
Andre, dit LeCompte, ii, 60
Andreville, Andre, ii, 60; ii, 383
Andrews, Alexander, ii, 98
Andrews, Alexander, senior, ii, 185 Andrews, Alexander, junior, ii, 191 Andrews, David, ii, 185
Andrews, John, i, 368; i, 373; i, 376
Andrews, Joseph, iii, 104, 107
Andrews, Robert, iii, 103
Anduze, Rev. Aristide, ii, 328; pro- fessor of St. Louis College, ill, 71 Ange, Augustine, ii, 79
Ange, Francois, ii, 79 Angelique, Mary, a Pawnee woman, wife of Blanchette, ii, 80
Angulo, Don Ramiro de Lopez y, In- tendant-General, li, 58; his letter refusing to sell land, ii, 223 Animal life, i, 33 Année du Grand Coup, ii, 38 Année du Grand Hiver, ii, 63 Année des Galeres, ii, 62 Année de la Picotte, ii, 62
Anowart, or the one who speaks, ii, 399
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Antayat, Indian name of the Pelle- tier family, i, 365 Antaya, Pierre (Pelletier) ii, 79 Antanya, or Antaya, Michael, i, 365; ii, 79 Anthony, Benjamin, sergeant, iii, 120 Anthony, Christopher, i, 376 Antiquity of Missouri Limestone, i, 22 Arnois, or Arnoux, Joseph, ii, 92 Antonio, Don, a galley slave, expe- rienced in mining, sent to upper Louisiana, i, 280 Apathy, of French inhabitants, ii, 375 Apothecary shop in St. Louis in 1812, iii, 83 Appeals, when granted, ii, 198 Appearance of St. Louis in 1804, iii, 162 Appian Way, the Virginia warrior path an, i, 226 Apple Creek, i, 17; ii, 191; Shaw- nee village on, i, 387; Indian vil- lage on, iii, 121
Applegate, Daniel, iii, 86
Applegate, James, i, 356
Applegate, Richard, i, 356
Applegate, Thomas, i, 356
Appropriation for the Expedition to the Pacific, iii, 140 Aquamsi Front, ii, 178 Aquaosa, ii, 399
Arache, may be identical with Aken- sea, or Arkansas, i, 135 Aranda, his opinion of the Federal republic, i, 303; letter of Tardi- veau to, ii, 145 Archambeau, Pierre, ii, 146 Archambeau on conduct of Capt. Craig at Sinkhole battle, iii, 135
Archery, skill of Osages in, i, 195 Archer, Dorcas, ii, 158
Archer, Miss Nancy, ii, 159
Archer, Capt. Sampson, i, 384; ii, 158; ii, 159 Archer, Singleton, ii, 158
Archer, Thompson, ii, 158
Archer, William, ii, 158 Archaeology of Missouri, i, 42 Arcourt, Francois, i, 37
Ardent Spirits, sale of to Indians pro- hibited by St. Ange, ii, 26 Area of Missouri, i, 15 Arizabel, Bonar, ii, 149 Arkansas, or Akansea, habitat of, i, 107; 1, 169
Arkansas District organized, ii, 412 Arkansas Indians, found by Joliet and Marquette, i, 162 Arkansas, Osages hunted on, i, 181
Arkansas, the Chouteaus cause Osages to move to the, ii, 51 Arkansas Post, Father Gibault at, ii, 306
Armisto, Lopez, Secretary of Louis- iana, ii, 304
Armour, partner of Juden, iii, 196 Armstrong, Abraham, i, 387
Armstrong, works at Laferny's mill, ii, 156 Asbury, Bishop, iii, 237
Arman, Thomas, iii, 85 Armstrong Diggings, i, 387
Armstrong, Solomon, ii, 158
Armstrong, William, iii, 83
Arnold, John, iii, 116; iii, 137
Arnold, Price, tavern keeper at Frank- lin, iii, 61; iii, 115; iii, 137
Arpent, extent of in English measure, ii, 233; quantitive and linear meas- ure, ii, 233 Arrell, or Earls, James, ii, 190; ii, 192 Arrow Rock, iil, 119; ferry at, iii, 156, 158 Artisans, admitted as settlers, iii, 201
Arthur, John, iii, 193
Ash, Isaac, iii, 157
Ashbrook, George, iii, 230
Ashbrook, William, i, 372, 373
Ashcraft, Amos, iii, 84
Ashcraft, Jesse, iii, 115
Ashcraft, Otto, iii, 115
Ashe's Travels, i, 2
Ashbran's Furnace, iii, 187
Asherbraner, or Asherbramer, Daniel, ii, 189
Asherbraner, David, ii, 191 Asherbraner, Urban, ii, 189
Ashley, Gen. William H., iii, 69; a partner with Andrew Henry, 96, 104, 107; Jackson laid out on his land, 168, 235, 245; elected first Lieutenant-Governor, 265; bio- graphical sketch of, 266
Assembly, General, first, second, third and fourth, iii, 6
Atchison, Senator David R., bio- graphical sketch of, i, 12 Atentonta, or Otoes, i, 169; mean- ing of name, 174 Atkins, John, i, 379
Atkinson, James, iii, 131
Atkinson, John, wounded with Calla- way, iii, 1 24 Attack, on Cox's fort, iii, 119
Attack, contemplated on Ste. Gene- · vieve, i, 346 Attack, on St. Louis, i, 346 Attorney-General, office abolished, iii, 7
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Atwater, on mounds, i, 43 Aubert, Father Francois Jean Bap- tiste, sketch of, ii, 291
Aubry, Captain, ii, I
Aubuchon, August, i, 354
Aubuchon, Augustine August, i, 355
Aubuchon, Baptiste, i, 354
Aubuchon, Antonio, i, 339, 354
Aubuchon, or Aubouchon, Joseph, iii, 103, 105
Aubuchon, Pierre Francois, dit Morel, Morelly or Morelles, i, 355 Aubuchon, Francois, dit Morelles, ii, 244 Aubuchon, Gabriel, i, 354, ii, 68
Aubuchon, Louis, dit Yoche, i, 354; ii, 10 Aubuchon, Joseph, i, 354; ii, 88
Aubuchon, Joseph, dit Yoche, ii, 67, 244
Aubuchon, or Aubouchon, Pierre, ii, 297 Aubuchon, Pierre or Pedro, i, 340, 355 Audilier, Michael, ii, 21
Audrain, Pedro, or Pierre, secures contract for mills, i, 333, 363; ii, 136, 144, 147, 258 Audrain, Col. James, ii, 136
Audrain, James H., opens a tavern in St. Louis in 1819, iii, 60; has a farm near Fort Osage in 1811, iii, 147; biographical sketch of, iii, 147
Audrain county, first settlers in, iii, 157
Audubon, reports New Madrid earth- quake, iii, 174; sketch of his trip with Rozier to Ste. Genevieve, iii, 194
Auger, Francois, i, 356
August, John, i, 376
Ault, Michael, iii, III
Austin, Emily M., i, 371
Austin, Harris, ii, 191
Austin, Horace, tavern keeper, iii, 60, 193 Austin, James, iii, 69 Austin, James Horace, ii, 189
Austin, Moses, as to settlement on the Des Peres, i, 243, meets Madame De Luziere, 365, 367; granted a league square, 368, 370; bio- graphical sketch of, 368; opens mines at Mine a Breton, 371; builds Durham Hall, 370; his family, 371; his grant in Texas, 371; his death, 371; gives number of houses in St. Louis, ii, 63, 206; his land grant, 217, 355, 383; refuses to deliver cannon to De-
Lassus, 366; iii, 60, 69; cuts out a road to the Boonslick country from Potosi, 155; names Hercu- laneum, 186; names Potosi, 181, 183
Austin, name of a pioneer of Boons- lick, dodges an Indian shot, iii, 119 Austin, Stephen Fuller, i, 371; iii, 6, 7, 103, 107, 183
Auteman, Don Frederico, i, 323 Autry, John, or Ottery, i, 373
Aux Vases, i, 17; settlement on, 385 Averit, Cornelius, or Everrett, ii, 191 Axes and hammers, found in a salt- peter cave on Gasconade, i, 85
Ayauwais, at Cote sans Dessein, iii, 145 Ayers, Ebenezer, ii, 91; iii, 104, 106 Ayers, or Arey, George, ii, 93
Ayot, ii, 17
Ayrl, George, ii, 99
Ayudante Mayor, of St. Louis, ii, 42, 58
Azor, Francois, dit Breton, discovers mine, i, 367; biographical sketch of, 385; ii, 228
B
Baber, Hiram H., member of the con- stitutional convention, iii, 249; notes of, iii, 265
Baber, J., iii, 234
Babinge, or Babing, Legrand, ii, 148 Baby, Louis, teacher in New Madrid, son of Col. Louis Baby, ii, 153, 276
Baby, Jacques, ii, 153 Baccaria, Father, Superior of the Order of Congregation of Missions, ii, 325
Bad weather, ii, 366 Badeau, Joseph, ii, 162
Badgly, partner of, Stubblefield, iii, 187
Badgley, settlement, iii, 206
Badley, Henry, ii, 148 Bagley, or Bacley, Henry, ii, 148, 149 Bailey, a saltmaker on Black water, iii, 146 Bailey, William, ii, 164
Bailey, Raisin, ii, 189 Baillet, Joseph Theodore, ii, 148
Bainbridge, road from to Golconda, iii, 61
Bainbridge, proprietors of the town, iii, 185
Baird, James, goes to Santa Fe, iii, 155; iii, 188 Baird, John, iii, 229
Baker, Aaron, i, 373, 374
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Baker, Abraham, i, 373, 374 Baker, Andrew, i, 374 Baker, Elijah, settles on Clear water creek, i, 372; iii, 227 Baker, Elisha, i, 372; ii, 76; iii, 229 Baker, E., iii, 217
Baker, Jean Paul, i, 367
Baker, Jessie, i, 374
Baker, John, i, 374; iii, 106, 107
Baker, John, junior, i, 374
Baker, Joseph, ii, 189
Baker, Rueben, i, 372
Baker, Sylvester, junior, iii, 83
Baker, Thomas, i, 372; iii, 229
Balafre, a Little Osage chief, i, 179
Baldridge, Daniel, ii, 102
Baldridge, James, ii, 94
Baldridge, Malachi, ii, 93
Baldridge, Micajah, ii, 99
Baldridge, Robert, ii, 72, 93
Baldwin, John, on connection of mound-builders with old Tlapalan, i, 44 Baldwin, John, iii, 219 Baldwin, Madame, probably Mary Baldwin, i, 368 Ball, Hewitt, ili, 229
Ball, Hyder A., iii, 245
Ball, John, ii, 76
Ballew, Mrs. Agnes, first person bap- tized in Cape Girardeau district, iii, 204, 206
Ballew, Peter, ii, 187
Ballew, Thomas, ii, 384 Ballew, Timothy, ii, 78 Ballie, John, ii, 154
Balls, at Ste. Genevieve, iii, 57
Baltimore, goods hauled to Jackson from, iii, 196
Bancroft, on Nahua origin of mound- builders, i, 43 Bandelier, A., his "Gilded Man" cited, i, 121; verifies Casteneda's description of Cicuye, 124; thinks that Coronado was lost in the plains, 128
Bank of Georgetown, notes receivable at land offices, iii, 183 Bank of Missouri, iii, 191; chartered, iii, 7; legislature authorized to es- tablish branches, 247 . Bank of St. Louis, iii, 5, 191 Banks and banking business in the Missouri territory, iii, 191 Banks, branches of the state bank, not more than five may be estab- lished, iii, 250 Banks, provisions for under constitu- tion of 1820, iii, 251
Bankson, Holmon, ii, 165 Baptist Association, protests against the interference of Congress in matter of slavery, iii, 248
Baptist church, early settlers belong to, iii, 211
Baptist church of St. Louis, number of members of at first, iii, 214 Baptist churches north of the Mis- souri, iii, 216
Baptist preachers, few emigrate to the Missouri territory, iii, 217
"Baptist Repository," on death of Rev. T. P. Green, iii, 219
Baptists, organize first Protestant church west of Mississippi, iii, 206 Barada, dit Bardo, Antonio, ii, 87, 245 Barada, Antonio, junior, ii, 22 Barada, dit Breda, senior, Louis, ii, 22 Barber and Company, iii, 188 Barbers, iii, 190
Barbeau, Jane, i, 350
Barbier, Jose, ii, 166
Barbeau, Rene Julia, i, 354
Barbier, Joseph, ii, 150
Barclay, Robert, ii, 78; iii, 137
Bardstown, ii, 321, 324
Barelas, or Varelas, Joseph, cadet engineer, ii, 19 Bargas, Dominique, ii, 22 Bargeron, Pierre, ii, 69
Barges, take troops up the Missouri quicker than steamboats, iii, 199
Baribault, Francois, ii, 52
Barks, or Bergs, Handel, ii, 189
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