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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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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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