A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the state into the union, Volume III, Part 31

Author: Louis Houck
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: R. R. Donnelley & sons company
Number of Pages: 405


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Barlow, James, iii, 188


Barn Street, now Third Street, ii, 24 Barnes, Abraham, iii, 116 Barnes, Amos, iii, 116


Barnes, corporal, James, iii, 115, 117, 137, 184 Barnes, John, ii, 96; iii, 116, 137


Barnes, Shadrach, has a ferry on the Missouri, iii, 62, 137


Barnhart, Christopher, i, 381


Baroes, Jean, ii, 150


Barois, Louis, ii, 56 Barois, or Barion, Theresa, ii, 55


Baron, Cecile, i, 339


Barr, Dr., teaches school at Jackson, iii, 70 Barrada, Louis, assists in survey of St. Charles, ii, 83 Barras, Don Francisco, i, 323 Barras, Vincent, ii, 141 Barre, Etienne, ii, 56


Barribeau, Francois, iii, 131


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Barribeau, Pierre, ii, 55; iii, 131 Barrois, Jean Baptiste Bertlor, i, 340, 372 Barrois, Marie Ann, ii, 18 Barrens, Baptist church of, iii, 216 Barron, Joseph, ii, 395 Barrouselle, Francois, ii, 56 Barrow, Gabriel, ii, 241 Barry, John, ii, 151 Barsaloux, widow, ii, 148 Barsaloux, Girard, i, 381 Barsaloux, Jean Baptiste, i, 381 Barsaloux, John Baptiste, i, 381; ii, 141, 157 Barsaloux, Nicholas, i, 381; ii, 21


Bartelet, Don Juan, ii, 148 Bartholdt, Richard, iii, 245 Bartlett, Edmund, iii, 85


Bartolet, Louis, i, 87


Barton, Daniel, ii, 157 Barton, David, iii, 8; elected first United States Senator from Mis- souri, 265; Judge of the Northern Circuit, 10, 17; with Dodge on the Missouri, 121; member of the con- stitutional convention, 249; con- stitution of 1820 work of, 250


Barton, David, Mrs. Sarah Murphy, his sister, i, 375


Barton, Isaac, iii, 17; elected librarian of the first public library, iii, 73 Barton, Joab, died near Jefferson City, i, 21; came with the Shawnees, 211 Barton, Joshua, iii, 17; second of Lucas in Benton duel, 77; duel with Rector, 79, 255; appointed first sec- retary of state, 266 Basco, John, iii, 85 Bastrop, Baron de, i, 371 Bateman, William M., iii, 189 Bates, Edward, biographical sketch of, iii, 18; member of the constitu- tional convention, 249; first at- torney-general, 266 Bates, Elias, i, 371 Bates, Elijah, i, 182; iii, 183


Bates, Frederick, appointed secretary of territory, ii, 413; appointed commissioner, iii, 49; appointed recorder of land titles, and his re- port, iii, 53; biographical sketch of, 50; elected second governor of Mis- souri, 50 Bates, a partner of Simon, iii, 189 Bates, William, i, 372 Battery, constructed at Sinkhole


fight, iii, 133 Battle, between Cherokees and Sau- kees and Foxes, i, 221 Battu, Henry, iii, 105


Bay de Charles, ii, 99 Bay, Robert, ii, 72 Bayou, of St. Thomas, ii, 157 Bayou, Pemiscot, ii, 160 Bayse, or Basey or Beasy, John, ii, 71; iii, 157 Baxter, Green, iii, 105 Baxter, William, iii, 115, 157 Beall, James T., iii, 182 Bealle, Walter, ii, 165 Bean, Lewis M., i, 41, 49 Bear, John, i, 372; ii, 71 Bear, Joseph, i, 380 Bear meat, i, 36; trade in, ii, 255


Bears, at Gray's Point, numerous on river, i, 35 Bear, Thomas, i, 372, 380 Beardin, Francois, ii, 163 Beasley, Ephraim, iii, 157


Beatty and Armstrong, keep tavern at Franklin, iii, 61 Beatty, James, ii, 95; iii, 103 Beauchamp, Baptiste, i, 357


Beauchamp, Joseph, dit Bochant, ii, 10, 98 Beauchemain, Joseph, ii, 86


Beaufils, Jean, ii, 55 Beaugeneau, Elizabeth, ii, 52 Beaugeneau, Marie Josephe, ii, 9 Beaugeneau, or Beaugenoux, Nico- las, ii, 9 Beaugeneau, Veuve, ii, 52


Beaugenou, dit Fifi, Nicholas, ii, 245 Beaugic, Francois, ii, 298 Beaujeu, or Bogy, ii, 22 Beausoliel, nickname of Pourée, ii, 43 Beauvais, ii, 17, 297 Beauvais, Barthelemi, i, 355 Beauvais, Family, i, 352 Beauvais, dit St. Jemme or St. James, i, 352, 353 Bauvais, Jean Baptiste, dit St. Jemme, i, 352, 353; ii, 245 Bauvais, Jean Baptiste, junior, i, 363, 355 Beauvais, M., his dress, ii, 269 Beauvais, Marie Louise, marries Francois Duquette, ii, 85 Beauvais, St. Jem or St. James, i, 352, 382; ii, 69, 100; iii, 67 Beauvais, J. S. J., ii, 391 Beauvais, Vital, i, 353, 382; ii, 85 Beavers, i, 36; skins standard of value, ii, 259; number taken in one season at Blue water, iii, 191 Beck, Abraham, iii, 23 Beck, Dr. Lewis C., a physician in St. Louis in 1819, iii, 81 Becket, John, ii, 164


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Beckman, Abraham, iii, 229 Becknell, William, the founder of the Santa Fe trade, iii, 156 Beck's Gazetter, cited, i, 45 Beckwith, Thomas, his methods of exploring mounds, finds pottery balls near mounds, i, 45; his work in Mississippi county mounds, 62 Becquette, Elizabeth, ii, 10 Becquette, or Bequette, Jean, B., ii, IO Bedford, Thomas P., i, 376 Beene, or Bean, John, i, 376


Beer, iii, 190, 192


Beggs, Joseph, iii, 116


Belan, Ignace, ii, 152


Belan, or Bellan or Bolon, dit La- violette, Joseph, ii, 152


Belcom, Joseph, i, 384


Belcour, Baptiste, ii, 56


Belestre, Henry, ii, 55


Bellestre, Picote de, thanked espe- cially by Galvez, i, 307


Belfast, iii, 185


Belkemier, ii, 53


Bell, John, ii, 72


Bell, Josiah, iii, 229


Bell, Mordecai, ii, 56


Bell, William, ii, 77


Belland, Jean Baptiste, ii, 54, 72 Belland's Creek, ii, 96 Belle, Catherine, ii, 155, 156


Bellefontaine, original location of cantonment washed away, iii, 153 Bellemar, or Bellemair, Louis, i, 356 Belle Point, i, 378


Belleville, Pelagie, ii, 69


Bellevue Baptist church, iii, 209, 218 Bellevue, first Presbyterian church west of the Mississippi organized there, iii, 228


Bellevue Valley, first settlement there, i, 372 Bellew, William, ii, 75 Bellew, William, ii, 284


Bellisme, Alexander, tavern keeper, ii, 55; iii, 60 Bells, iii, 188


Bellsa, William, ii, 56


Belon, Ignace, ii, 162


Belon, Marie Louise, 1, 356; ii, 153


Belon, William, ii, 78


Belon, dit Laviolette, Joseph, i, 356; ii, 152, 153 Belonge, Francois, ii, 101


Belote, Pierre, i, 355 Belsha, Elisha or Elijah, i, 382 Belsha, George, i, 382


Belsome, Mathias, ii, 153 Benito, Julia, ii, 159


Benito, Julien Papin, i, 56 Bennett, Aaron, i, 344 Bennett, Joel, ii, 157


Bennett, Marie, ii, 55


Bonnet's Mills, iii, 159


Benoist de St. Clair, captain of


Marines, i, 338 Benoist, or Benoit Francois, M., i, 381; ii, 60, 62, 383


Benoist, John, or Benoit, ii, 162 Benoist, Toussaint, a baker in St. Louis, iii, 60


Benoit, Toussaint, dit Seraphim, i, 356 Bent, Silas, biographical note, iii, 17; first president pro tem. of the Senate, 264 Benton, Dr. Jesse, i, 375 Benton, Elijah, i, 375


Benton, Thomas Hart, i, 12, 375, 377; iii, 17, 53; editor of the "En- quirer," 66; one of the first St. . Louis school trustees, 72; duel


with Lucas, 77, 184, 235; a pro- slavery man when elected to Senate, and his struggle to secure election as United States Senator, 267


Beor, or Bour or Boure, Louis, ii, 21 Bequette, Baptiste, i, 353


Bequette, Charles, i, 368


Bequette, Jacques, i, 379


Bequette, Jean, B., ii, 10


Bequette, Jean B., ii, 232


Bequette, Joseph, i, 386


Bequette, Margaret, ii, 9


Bequette, or Bequet, Pierre, ii, 56, 87 Bequette, Th., iii, 244 Bergand, Charles, dit Jean Louis, ii, 164, 245 Berger, Pierre, Rougeau, ii, 21


Bergier, Father, a Seminarian priest, his controversy with Jesuits, ii, 289 Berje, Pierre, ii, 87


Bermet, Antonio, ii, 138


Bernard, Antoine, ii, 50


Bernard de Limpach, Father, ii, 308, 314


Bernard, Etienne, ii, 98, 99


Bernard, dit L'European, Francois, ii, 68, 245 Bernard, killed on the Dardenne, iii, 128 Bernard, Mr., ii, 69 Bernardo, Jose, ii, 138


Berney, William, iii, 107 Bernier, Francois, i, 355, 357


Berard, Antoine, ii, 22


Berry, Francois, iii, 157 Berry, James, i, 383


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Berry, John, iii, 105, 115, 157 Berry, William, iii, 85, 157


Berry, Taylor, biographical sketch of, iii, 29; duel with Leonard, 79 Berthiaume, Francois, ii, 147, 232 Berthiaume, gunsmith among the Shawnees, ii, 367


Berthiaume, Hyacinthe, ii, 151, 165 Berthiaume, Joseph, ii, 165


Berthiaume, Marie Louise, marries Lorimier, ii, 179 Berthiaume, Noel, ii, 148, 150


Berthiaume, Toussaint, iii, 131


Berthold, Barthelemi, ii, 10; iii, 108, 190


Berton, dit St. Martin, Jean Baptiste, ii, 150, 164, 245 Bertran, ii, 87


Bertrand, dit Beaulieu, Pierre, i, 357


Besnard, Anna Gabriel, ii, 149


Besnard, Pedro Maltruvin, ii, 138 Bessie, or Beffie, Jean, i, 358


Best, Isaac, iii, 159


Bethel Association, meets in the "Barrens," iii, 217; first meeting in 1816, 217; held correspondence with Little River Association of Kentucky, 217


Bethel church, building described by Judge Ranney, iii, 207; members allowed to shout, 207; organized by Rev. Daniel Green in 1805, 206; opposed to Missionary Associa- tions, 220


Bethel No. 2, north of Missouri, iii, 216


Bettis, Elijah, iii, 186; member of the constitutional convention, iii, 249; notes of, 261 Bettis' Ford, iii, 186


Biancour, Joseph, ii, 54


Biancour, Louis, ii, 54


Bibb, Captain, ii, 409


Bible society, iii, 225; at Jackson, 233 Bibles, freight on, iii, 225


Brickey, John S., iii, 182


Biddle, duel with Pettus, iii, 79 Bidet, dit Langoumois, Jean B., ii, 21 Biedma, i, 100


Bienvenue, Etienne, ii, 91


Bienville, ii, 20 Bienville, Antoine, i, 357


Bienville, dit De Lisle, Francois, ii, 245 Bienville, dit De Lisle, Jean Baptiste, i, 357 Bienville, dit De Lisle, Louis, ii, 245


Bienville, report as to the Spanish expedition, i, 254


Big Blue, i, 17


Big Bonne Femme, i, 17


Big Bottom Baptist church, iii, 217


Big Common Field of Ste. Genevieve, 1, 337, 338; iii, 152 Big Creek, ii, 95


Big Mound of Pemiscot, i, 55


Big Ozark Spring, largest cold water spring in the world, i, 18


Big Portage, ii, 161


Big Prairie of New Madrid, described by Brackenridge, i, 27


Big Prairie, Indian village in, ii, 106 Big River, settlement on, i, 373, 379 Big Spring, at head of Maramec, i, 18 Big Swamp, ii, 190 Biggs, Jean, ii, 154 Biggs, Samuel, ii, 154


Billeron, dit Lafatigue, Jacques, i, 358 Billeron, Leonard, i, 350


Billeron, Marianne, i, 350


Billia, or Billieu, Baptiste, ii, 68


Billon's Annals, i, 341


Billon, Charles, iii, 188


Billon, or Billot, Jean Baptiste, ii, 68


Billon, John B., ii, 383


Billot, Joseph Baptiste, ii, 96


Bingham, Henry V., keeps tavern at Franklin, iii, 60


Bingham, William, iii, 187


Bingston, Daniel, ii, 158


Bingston, Henry, ii, 158


Bingston, Holman, ii, 158


Bingston, James, ii, 158


Binkston, James, ii, 165


Binneteau, Father, says game plenti- ful, i, 35


Bird, Abraham, ii, 164; iii, 185


Bird, Gustavus A., his difficulty with Judge Thomas, iii, 24


Bird, Thompson, iii, 185


Bird's Point, Gayoso builds a fort at, ii, 134, 164, 345; iii, 185 Birin, F., ii, 166


Birmingham, a town on Apple creek, i, 161 Birot, ii, 78 Bish, Albert, iii, 187


Bishop, John, ii, 78


Bishop of Salamanca, iii, 202


Bissell, Captain Daniel, ii, 364


Bissell, Daniel, ii, 353; New Madrid surrendered to him, 363


Bissell, Francis B., iii, 103


Bissette, dit Mimi l'Ardoise, Antoine, ii, 52


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Bissette, Charles, dit Creole l'Ardoise, ii, 52 Bissette, Guillaume, killed in attack on St. Louis, ii, 39, 52 Bissette, Isabella, ii, 52 Bissette, Jean Baptiste, ii, 147 Bissette, Louis, ii, 52 Bissonnet, Ambroise, ii, 152


Bissonette, Francois, ii, 12 Bissonette, Jean Marie, ii, 87 Bissonette, Joseph, ii, 101 Bissonette, Louis, ii, 12


Bissonette, Pierre, ii, 87 Bits, how made, ii, 258


Bittick, Francois, ii, 75


Biyas (Buyat), ii, 297 Bizet, Bisette, Antoine, ii, 100


Bizet, or Bissette, Charles, ii, 21 Bizet, or Bissette, Guillaume, ii, 21 Black, Big and Little, i, 17 Black Hawk, i, 201; his version of treaty, ii, 396; at battle of Sinkhole, iii, 129; his report, 130


Black, Mary Ann, ii, 65 Black Partridge, i, 8 Black river, i, 5 Black, Samuel, ii, 148 Blackborn, or Blackburn, Joseph, ii, 148


Blackburn, Rev. Gideon, preached the first Protestant sermon at St. Louis, iii, 224; trains a young man for ministry, iii, 230 Blackwell, Jesse, iii, 107 Blackwell, Robert, iii, 86 Blanks, Jesse, ii, 162 Blacksmiths, ii, 231; iii, 187 Blacksnake Hills, Robidoux has a post near, ii, 253 Blair, John, iii, 229 Blair, Thomas, iii, 229, 234 Blakeley, Thomas, i, 368 Blanc, Chevaux, ii, 270 Blanc, Marie, i, 349 Blanca, Count Florida, ii, 340 Blanchette, ii, 80


Blanchette, first Commandant of St. Charles, ii, 80 Blanchette, le Chasseur, ii, 80 Blanchette, Don Louis, ii, 56, 80, 81, 86


Blanchette, or Blanchett, Pierre, tes- timony as to necessity of common fields of St. Charles, ii, 84, 92 Blay, Joseph, i, 379 Blanco, Diego, ii, 205 Blanco, Manuel, i, 381 Bledsoe, Anthony, ii, 159 Block, Eleazer, first Hebrew lawyer of St. Louis, iii, 23


Block, Henry, ii, 155 Block, John, ii, 165


Block, Marie, ii, 149, 153 Block, Simon, iii, 196 Blondeau, i, 341


Blondeau, Andrew, or Andre, ii, 96, 97, 100 Blondeau, Barthélemi, ii, 21


Blondeau, Jean Baptiste, ii, 96, 97 Blondeau, Maurice, ii, 398


Blondeau, also spelled Blondain, Thomas, ii, 20 Bloody Island, duel of Benton and Lucas on, iii, 77 Bloody Saline, ii, 90, 256 Bloom, Peter, i, 355; ii, 223, 232 Bloomfield, Shawnee village located there, i, 217 Blount, William, ii, 335


Blouin, Daniel, merchant of Kas- kaskia, i, 342; i, 343 Blows, out of earth, caused by New Madrid earthquake, iii, 178


Bluffton, iii, 185


Blumenau, Dr., in Cape Girardeau in 1820, iii, 82 Boaley, John, i, 155 Boatmen, obtain supplies from Shaw- nees, i, 215; complaints of, against Gratiot, ii, 34 Bob's creek, iii, 132


Bobe des Closieux, dit Bobbe des Clozieau, i, 341 Bockett, Reuben L., ii, 146


Bodion, Jean, ii, 72 Bodoin, Joseph, dit L'Habitant, ii, 72, 245 Bodwell, Enoch, ii, 166


Bogan, Jacob, ii, 166 Bogard, Jacob, or Beaugard, ii, 150 Bogard, Joseph, ii, 166 Bogliolo, a merchant of New Madrid, ili, 196 Bogliolo, Etienne, ii, 146


Bogliolo, Matteo, ii, 146


Bogliolo & Michel, partnership liti- gation, iii, 196 Boggs, David, iii, 116, 117, 137


Boggs, Joseph, iii, 137 Boggs, Liburn W., biographical sketch of, iii, 193 Bogy, John, i, 309 Bogy, Joseph, iii, 7 Bogy, Lewis Vital, i, 309; iii, 68 Bohrer, David, i, 374 Boilvin, Nicholas, i, 357, 379 Bois Brule, settlement of, i, 381 Boisbriant, Commandant of Fort de Chartres, i, 273


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Boisrondet, Francois de, i, 166


Boisse, Louis, ii, 96


Bolan, Campbell, iii, 137


Bolan, Delaney, iii, 137


Bolaye, Sophia, ii, 76


Bolduc, Etienne, i, 355


Bolduc House, at Ste. Genevieve, i, 356 Bolduc, Louis, i, 340, 344, 346, 354, 355; ii, 52


Bolduc, Louis, junior, ii, 52


Bolduc, Stephen, ii, 52


Boleman, Bernhard, iii, 241


Bolen, or Bolin, Delancy, iii, 115, 147 Bolen, William, iii, 116


Boli, John, ii, 75


Boli, William, ii, 75


Bollinger, family of, ii, 188


Bollinger, Daniel, senior, ii, 192


Bollinger, Daniel, ii, 189, 192; a German preaching place, iii, 205 Bollinger, Davalt or Dewalt, ii, 189, 192


Bollinger, Frederick, ii, 391


Bollinger, George Frederick, his mill on White water, ii, 182, 188, 192; iii, 3, 6, 7, 8, 181; brings Weyberg to the German settlements on White water, 104, 205


Bollinger, Henry, ii, 189, 192; iii, 104, 106


Bollinger, John, ii, 192; a preaching place of Weyberg, iii, 104, 205


Bollinger, John, senior, ii, 189


Bollinger, or Mathias, ii, 189, 192


Bollinger, Philip, ii, 192


Bollinger, William, ii, 189, 192


Bollon, Amable, ii, 213


Bollon, Elizabeth, ii, 155


Bolon, Gabriel, killed by the Indians, i, 222; ii, 213


Bolon, or Boulon, Hypolite, i, 367, 382; ii, 101, 151


Bolot, Charles Nicolas, ii, 147 Bolon, ii, 406


Bolon, Hypolite, ii, 151, 395


Bolsi, Antoine, ii, 165


Bon, Jacques, i, 379


Bond, Edward F., ii, 186, 403; lives in Cape Girardeau district, ii, 403; writes Jefferson, ii, 404 Bonelick, iii, 99


Bonhomme, iii, 142


Bonilla, Francisco Leiva, his filibus- tero expedition, i, 136


Bonin, Braconia, Jean, ii, 68 Bonneau, Antoine, ii, 162


Bonneau, Charles, ii, 146, 148


Bonneau, Francaise, ii, 151


Bonneau, Jean Baptiste, with Bourg- mont's expedition, i, 268; ii, 152 Bonneau, Miss Jose, ii, 106, 146 Bonneau, Michael, ii, 162


Bonne Femme Creek, beauty of hills there, i, 29 Bonnemain, Antoine, ii, 56


Bonner, or Boner, William, ii, 183, 192, 384 Bonsfield, Richard, iii, 197


Bonvarlet, Lambert, ii, 17


Books, not many in the country, iii, 73; first printed in Missouri, iii, 66 Bookstore, none in territory, iii, 73; one opened in 1820, iii, 73 Boone, dissatisfied with cession, ii, 387 Boone, Colonel, ii, 93


Boone county, organized by first General Assembly, ili, 268


Boone, Daniel, his love of the wilder- ness, i, 184; dies near La Charette, ii, 91; settles on the Femme Osage, 93, 94, 95, 100, 334; presents his claim, which is rejected, iii, 46; confirmed by Act of Congress, 47; gives it to old creditors in Kentucky, 47; at La Charette in 1804, 142; traps beaver at the age of 80, 142; dies in 1820, 141; attends Baptist service, 210; Hancock came to upper Louisiana with, 216


Boone, Daniel M., iii, 103, 106, 120; first in Boonslick country, 146


Boone, Nathan, ii, 93, 94, 101; in ser- vice, iii, 102; attacked by Indians,


. iii, 112; Major under Dodge, 120; aids Dodge to protect Miamis, 123, 130; first in Boonslick country, 146; member of the constitutional con- vention, 249; biographical notes, 263 Boone, Squire, ii, 96


Boonesborough, ii, 172 Boone's fort, iii, 137


Boonslick, trace to, i, 228; iii, 157; settlers of pursue Indians, ili, 116; company threatens the Miamis, 123; country, why so called, 146; last settlement on the Missouri in 1811, 146; circuit, 242


Boonville, iii, 146; location of, 156, 184 Booth, Harrison, iii, 157


Boots and Shoes, iii, 187


Bordeleau, Antoine, i, 353; ii, 147 Bordeleaux, Catherine, ii, 148


Boren, William, iii, 85


Borgna, Father Philip, ii, 325, 326


Boss, S. C., iii, 235


Bosseron, Charles, ii, 56; iii, 60


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Bossu, Count Chevalier. Travels cited, i, 38; i, 250, 254; biograph- ical sketch of, ii, 261, 262 Bossieur. or Bossueur, John B., iii, 103, 106 Botecourt county, ii, 330


Botelar, ii, 54


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Bouchard, Joseph, ii, 22 Bouche, ii, 297


Boucher, i, 357


Boudean, Francois, ii, 150 Bouder, Louis, ii, 56 Bouding, Jesse. ii, 163 Boudoin, Jean Thp., dit l'Habitant. ii, 68, 76


Bougainville, Charlotte Pemanpich, wife of Lorimier, ii, 170


Bougy, Charles, iii, 104, 107


Bouilleau, Etienne, ii, 165


Bouillette. Guillaume, ii, 150, 156 .


Bouillette, Modeste, ii, 156


Bouillette, Theresa, ii, 150


Bouillier, Reverend John, ii, 326 Bouis, Antoine Vincent, dit Antoine Vincent, ii, 2, 54, 62, 77, 86, 381 Bouis, Pascal Vincent, ii, 381 Bouju, Joseph, iii, 103, 188 Boulan, Susan, ii, 151


Boulanger, Francois, ii, 69


Boulanger, Rouette, ii, 152


Boundaries of Missouri, various sug- gestions, i, 3; on the north, 9; between Iowa and Missouri, 14; of St. Louis district, ii, 66; between New Madrid and Cape Girardeau districts, 154; of Cape Girardeau district, 167; of the St. Charles district, 384


Bounties for killing certain wild animals, iii, 7 Bourasses, Francois, ii, 76 Bourbonois, Jean, i, 357 Bourdon, Jean, i, 166 Boure, Joseph, ii, 12, 383


Boure, Louis, dit Grand Loui, ii, 20, 99 Bourette, Jean Baptiste, ii, 99 Bourg, Pierre, ii, 56


Bourgeouis, Marie Theresa, Madame Chouteau, ii, 4


Bourgmont, Sieur de, i, 2; describes the country on Missouri, 31; finds Mahas on Missouri, 173; his route in western Missouri, 223; bio- graphical sketch of, 258, 273


Boute, Father, president of St. Mary's College, ii, 321 Bouthellier, Francois, ii, 100 Bouvet, M., biographical sketch of, ii, 100


Bouvet, or Beauvet or Beauvais, Jean Baptiste. ii, 63 Bouvet. Maturin. ii, ;, 00; makes salt on Salt river. 00. 10. 250 Boveau, Etienne. ii, 102


Bowie. Colonel James, ii, 163


Bowie, David, ii, 100


Bowie, Elsie, ii, 102


Bowie, James, ii, 103


Bowie, Reazin, syndic of Tywappity settlement, ii, 163; biographical sketch of. 163, 108, 100


Bowles, Ambrose, ii, 73


Bowl's Band, story of, i, 221


Bowles, John, iii, 150. 21;


Bowles, killed and scalped, iii, 128


Bowles, William, ii, 142


Bowman, Colonel John. ii, 161; iii, 34, 85 Bowman, Elizabeth, ii, 101


Bowmer, B. D., iii, 245


Bowpart, or Poupast. Louis, ii, 22


Box, Mike, iii, 116, 147


Boyce, or Boisse, Jacob, i, 384


Boyce, Joseph, i, 367


Boyce, Thomas, ili, 131


Boyce, or Boise, William, i, 383


Boyd, David, ii, 06


Boyd, James, ii, 186, 384


Boyd, John, ii, 185


Boyd, Robert, iii, 104, 107


Boyd, Rowland, i, 384


Boyd, Thomas, iii, 83


Boydston, William, i, 372


Boyer, Antoine, i, 356


Boyer, Charles, dit Laffond, or Laffont, i, 355, 367; il, 148, 245 Boyer, Claude, ii, 87


Boyer, Francois, ii, 165


Boyer, Jacques, i, 352


Boyer, John, i, 368


Boyer, Joseph, i, 367


Boyer, J. H., iii, 189


Boyer, Louis, i, 379


Boyer, Marie Ann, ii, 152, 158


Boyer, Nicholas, i, 339, 354; ii, 87, dit Cola, 245 Boyer, Peter, i, 367


Boyer, Pierre Baptiste, i, 379


Boyle, Conel, ii, 150


Boyle, David, ii, 77


Boyle, Philip, ii, 166


Boyles, David, i, 379


Boyne, Adam, ii, 152 Boynton, Adam, ii, 156


Brackenridge, H. II., sends his son to Ste. Genevieve, ii, 262


Brackenridge, H. M., describes country in 1810, i, 27; on attraction of sav- age state, 183; gives the size of Ste.


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Genevieve, 361; as a boy visits New Madrid, ii, 134; describes farming of settlers of Ste. Genevieve, 234; describes Cole, iii, 101; notes farm of Braxton Cooper on Mis- souri, 146; biographical sketch of, iii, 15 Bradburn, Frankie, ii, 162 Bradburn, James, ii, 162


Bradbury, describes wood pigeons, i, 39; on size of Osages, 179; ii, 250, 267; his account of the dis- patch of the post from St. Louis to Louisville in 1809, iii, 64, 142; meets Long in St. Louis, 153; describes New Madrid, 172; was on river one day after New Madrid earthquake began, 175


Braddock's defeat, Osages at, i, 180


Bradley, Charles, ii, 184, 192


Bradley, Edward, ii, 56


Bradley, Leonard, iii, 85


Bradley, Samuel, ii, 192, 384


Brads, iii, 188


Bradshaw, i, 387


Bradshaw, William, iii, 245


Brady, Jacob, ii, 56


Brady, James, iii, 104, 106


Brady, Thomas, iii, 192


Brady, William, ii, 78


Brant, Daniel, ii, 165, 189, 192


Brant, David, iii, 106


Brant, Joseph B., ii, 156, 165


Brandy, not allowed under orders of Ulloa on voyage of Rui's corps, i, 289


Brassas, Antoine, i, 166


Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbe, on identity of mound-builders, i, 43


Bravier, dit Ciril, Jean Baptiste, ii, 100


Brawls and quarrels among the miners, iii, 74


Brazeau, ii, 234


Brazeau, Antonio, ii, 101


Brazeau, Francoise, ii, 55


Brazeau, Jos., ii, 62, 101, 383


Brazeau, Joseph, junior, ii, 53


Brazeau, Joseph, senior, ii, 53


Brazeau, dit Caioua, Louis, ii, 53 Brazeau, Marie, ii, 54 Brazeau, settlement on, i, 385 Breaker, Rev. M. J., iii, 209


Breckenridge, Hon. John, ii, 347 Breckenridge, John, Sen., ii, 352 Breckenridge, Smith B., iii, 182 Breville, Chevalier Brear de, ii, 140 Brian, Rene, ii, 56


Briant, David, iii, 103


Briant, Theresa, ii, 147


Briart, Louis, i, 358 Brichinelle, Fransisco, ii, 56


Brickey, John, iii, 182


Brickey, John S., iii, 29, 182


Brickey, Jonathan, iii, 131


Brickey, S., iii, 158


Brick house, first of St. Louis, iii, 166


Bricklayers, iii, 190


Bricot, or Bricant, dit Lamarche, Antoine, ii, 86, 244


Bricot, Antoine, junior, ii, 86


Bridge, or Bridges, Samuel, i, 367, 381; ii, 384; iii, 190


Bridger, Anthony, iii, 104


Bridges, James, an old creditor of Boone, secures his land grant, iii, 47 Bridgeton, ii, 77


Bridle trail, from Herculaneum to Ste. Genevieve in 1819, iii, 153


Briers and grape vines in creek val- leys of prairies, i, 26 Briesbach, Nicholas, ii, 52


Bright, Jonah, iii, 193; ili, 235


Brindley, John, ii, 76


Bringier, Louis, i, 17; on territorial claim of Osages and Quapawas, 172; hospitality of the Osages, 187; his report of the New Madrid earth- quake, iii, 175; biographical sketch of, 175


Brinker, Abraham, i, 368; iii, 69, 182


Briscot, Philip, ii, 148


Brissot, de Warville, ii, 283


British Agents, visit Indians between 1809 and 1810, iii, 98


British Highlanders, occupy Fort de Chartres, ii, 12


Broadhead, i, 42


Brock, Joshua, iii, 106


Brock, Uriah, iii, 84


Broker, John R., iii, 229


Brookfield, Rev. Isaac, iii, 241


Brooks, John, ii, 158


Brooks, Mark, iii, 103, 106


Brooks, Thomas, ii, 155


Brouillet, Joseph, ii, 146


Brouillet, Louis, ii, 150


Brouillet, Louis, junior, ii, 147


Brouillet, Louis, senior, ii, 146


Brouillet, Pierre, ii, 150


Brousteu, or Broaster or Brewster, Robert, i, 382


Brown, Senator John, ii, 338, 344


Brown, B. G., ii, 69 Brown, Catherine, ii, 151 Brown county, Kansas, i, 5


Brown, David, ii, 69; iii, 189


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INDEX


Brown, Isham, iii, 86 Brown, J. C., surveys Iowa line, i, 14 Brown, James, i, 372; iii, 131


Brown, John, ii, 69, 151; iii, 131 Brown, Joseph, iii, 85


Brown, Joseph C., makes first sur- vey of St. Louis, iii, 166 Brown, Llewellyn, iii, 158 Brown, Mrs. Joseph, ii, 185 Brown, on extent of timber on west- ern border of Missouri, i, 30 Brown, Perry, ii, 98


Brown, R. F., member of the consti- tutional convention, iii, 249


Brown, Robert J., ii, 384


Brown, Robert L., iii, 107


Brown, Robert T., i, 350; iii, 245


Brown, Samuel, iii, 8; his negro killed by Indians, 118 Brown, Sarshall, iii, 99 Brown, Townsend, iii, 116, 136


Brown, William, conducts the Gen- eral Jackson Tavern at Jackson, iii, 61, 116, 157, 245 Browne, Lionel, iii, 8, 69; duel with T. Smith, 79


Browne, Joseph, appointed secretary of Louisiana, ii, 401


Browne, Samuel P., iii, 245


Bruce, or Cruce, Thomas, ii, 163


Brucks, Ann, ii, 154


Brucks, Thomas, ii, 154, 155 Bruff, Major, inquires as to delay of departure of Spanish troops, ii, 365, 408


Bruffey, James, iii, 245


Bruffey, Robt. C., iii, 245


Bruire, Charles, ii, 101


Bruisseau, Joseph D'Inglebert des, i, 341; biography of, ii, 18 Brummit, Renna, ii, 186 Brunet, Jacques, ii, 66


Brunet, Noel, ii, 67 Brushy Prairie, ii, 158




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