A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the state into the union, Volume III, Part 32

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


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Brusier, Baptiste, ii, 83


Bryan, David, ii, 93


Bryan, James, i, 371


Bryan, or Bryant, James, ii, 93


Bryan, Jonathan, ii, 94 Bryan, Nancy, ii, 94


Bryant, Christopher, ii, 155


Bryant, Mrs., describes New Madrid earthquake, iii, 177 Bryant, of Lost Creek, ii, 100 Bryant, William, iii, 83 Bryce, Captain John, ii, 154 Bryson, John, iii, 157 Buat, Andrew, ii, 383 Buat, Ayme, or Agnice, ii, 87 Buat, or Buatte, Louis, i, 355


Buchanan, George, ii, 93, 100 Buchanan, Robert, ii, 72


Buckhart, Josh. H., iii, 104


Buckner, Alexander, i, 7; United States Senator, biographical sketch of, iii, 23; dies, 54; member of constitutional convention, 249


Buckner, Robert, Lieutenant, iii, 120


Buette, Alexis, i, 357 Buffalo fort, iii, 136


Buffalo, in 1772 in the Illinois country never fled, i, 40 Buffalo Lick, iii, 108


Buffalo River, ii, 95


Buffalo robes, price of, ii, 259; re- ceived at St. Louis in one season, iii, 191 Buissoniere, Alphonse de, i, 341


Bull, Thomas, ii, 187, 192; iii, 84; elected writing clerk of Bethel church, 207; first Baptist church organized at his house in 1805, 206 Bullit, George, iii, 3; speaker, 6 13, 18, 67 Bulner, dit Burton, Alexander, ii, 245


Bunch, Charles, ii, 190


Burbridge, Ben, iii, 157


Burch, dit Burts, William, ii, 78, 245


Burch, Zachariah, iii, 85


Burchfield, Michael, iii, 85


Burckhart, Christopher, iii, 137


Burckhart, Nicholas, escapes into the woods, iii, 119, 187


Burckhart, Nicholas S., iii, 137, 187. 249, 260 Burckhart's Lick, iii, 118


Burgalow, William, his wife wounded by Indians, iii, 110 Burget, or Burchard, John, i, 358


Burgsuebb, Alain, ii, 156


Burk, Jean, i, 356


Burk, or Birke, Jean, senior, i, 356 376 Burk, John, junior, i, 356


Burk, Stephen, ii, 166


Burke, Noel, ii, 160


Burkelow, Eli, iii, 158


Burks, Isham, iii, 83


Burley, Henry, i, 376


Burned clay, found in Mississippi county mounds, i, 62 Burnes, Ben, i, 367


Burnes, Jacques, i, 367


Burnet, John, ii, 93


Burnet, Moses, ii, 162, 163, 198


Burnett, David G., ii, 198


Burnett, Hugh, ii, 155


Burney, Guillaume, i, 367


Burnham, John, iii, 106


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. Burns, Andrew, ii, 158 Burns, Arthur, ii, 95 Burns, Barnabas, or Barney, i, 381 Burns, Benjamin, i, 381 Burns, Calvin, iii, 189 Burns, David, iii, 115 Burns, or Burnes, James, i, 381; ii, 54, 155; iii, 157 Burnes, Jacque, i, 367


Burnes, Michael, or Michaeli, i, 361, 381 Burns, Mrs. Jane, killed, i, 232


Burns, Peter, senior, i, 376 Burns, Robert, ii, 96 Burns, William, i, 381


Burns, or Buron, Auguste, ii, 68


Burns, or Buron, Jean Baptiste, ii, 78 Burr, visits St. Louis, ii, 402; ridi- cules the idea that he intended to dismember the U. S., 403 Burrill, Nathan, iii, 159


Burrill of Rhode Island, speech on boundary, i, 5


Burris, David, iii, 137, 147


Burris, Henry, iii, 137


Burris, Walter, iii, 147


Burrows, John, ii, 192


Burrows, Walter, ii, 187


Burrows, Waters, ii, 186 Burrus, Robert, i, 376


Burton, William, iii, 84


Busby, John, ii, 93


Busby, John, corporal, killed, iii, 115 Bush, William B., iii, 131


Bust, peculiar, found in mound in Southeast Missouri, i, 51


Bustards, i, 35, 36


Butand, Jean B., ii, 270


Butand, Louis, ii, 22


Butand, dit Brindamour, Jean Batiste, ii, 20


Butcher, Barthelemi, i, 355


Butcher, Bartholomew, ii, 223 Butcher, Michael, i, 355 Butcher, Sebastian or Bastian or Bos- ton, i, 355; ii, 223 Butler, Edward, ii, 76 Butler, Jean, ii, 146 Butler, John, ii, 152


Butler, Mann, a teacher at the Ste. Genevieve Academy in 1808, iii, 67


Butler, Rebecca, ii, 145 Butler, Upton C., ii, 158 Butler, William, iii, 85 Butter, or Butler, Jean, ii, 152 Buyette, Antoine, i, 356 Buys, Jonathan, ii, 192 Buzenet, I., ii, 166


Bybee, Neilly, iii, 85 Bynum, Gray or Grey, first teacher in Howard county, iii, 70, 115 Byrd, Abraham, ii, 185, 186; ill, 106 Byrd, Abraham, junior, ii, 192


Byrd, Amos, ii, 184, 185


Byrd, Amos, junior, ii, 185


Byrd, Amos, senior, ii, 186 Byrd, Clarissa, ii, 185


Byrd, Colonel, ii, 72 Byrd, Eliza, ii, 185


Byrd, Emily, ii, 185


Byrd, Ingabo, ii, 185


Byrd, James, ii, 185


Byrd, Jean or John, ii, 165, 384


Byrd, or Bird, Moses, ii, 185, 192


Byrd, Mary, ii, 185


Byrd, Moses, ii, 185 192


Byrd, Nancy, ii, 185


Byrd, Sabina, ii, 185


Byrd, Sallie, ii, 185


Byrd, Settlement of, ii, 185


Byrd, Stephen, ii, 185, 192, 391, 392; iii, 3, 5, 104, 106, 130; member of the constitutional convention, 244; notes as to, 260


Byrd, William Gillespie, ii, 185


Byrd's Creek, mounds in Cape Girar- deau county, i, 67; mill on, ii, 182, 184 Byrd's Fort, ii, 184 Byrne, Andrew, iii, 106


Byrne, Michael, ii, 164 Byrne, Dr. Thomas, settles in Cape Girardeau in 1812, iii, 82


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Caballo, Governor Jose, ii, 393 Cabanage de Renaudiere, i, 281 Cabanne, John P., ii, 56; ili, 72 Cabaziere, Louis, first notary of Ste. Genevieve, i, 341, 343


Cabildo, met every Friday, ii, 193


Cabinet makers, ii, 231 Cache river, i, 101


Cacasotte, a negro, rescues Purée's boat, ii, 45 Cadien, Joseph, ii, 68 Cadillac, visits upper Louisiana, i, 279 Cadot, Alexis, ii, 68 Cahagotonga, Osage chief, i, 192


Cahos, Jean, i, 356


Cailhol, Francois, ii, 53, 63


Caillot, Antoine, dit La Chance, i, 366, 378 Caillot, Benjamin, dit La Chance, i, 366 Caillot, Francois, dit La Chance, i, 366


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289


Caillot, Gabriel, dit La Chance, i, 366; ii, 245


Caillot, Joseph, dit La Chance, i, 366, 378 Caillot, Michael, dit La Chance, i, 366, 378


Caillot, Nicolas, dit La Chance, fur- nished supplies to Gen. Clark, i, 366, 378


Caillot, Junior, dit La Chance, i, 366 Caillou, or Cailloux, Pedro, ii, 21


Cailloux, dit La Chance, has a ferry between Kaskaskia and Ste. Gene- vieve, ii, 237


Cailloux, Eustache, ii, 21


Cailloux, Francois, dit Cayon, ii, 21 Cailloux, Louis, ii, 21


Cain, Jesse, ii, 101, 186


Calas, Michael, ii, 207


Calais, Joseph, ii, 55


Caldwell, James, iii, 85 Caligoa, north of Quigate, i, 115


Calise, a negro killed by Indians at Mine la Motte, i, 378


Caldwell, Kincaid, ii, 69; iii, 6


Caldwell, James, iii, 5, 6; first speaker of the House, 266


Caldwell, John, ii, 76; iii, 157


Caldwell, Oliver, ii, 72


Caldwell, Robert, il, 156


Caldwell, Samuel K., iii, 186


Callahan, driven away from the Gas- conade by Indians, iii, 159 Callaway, Captain, ii, 97


Callaway, Flanders, ii, 93; grandson of Daniel Boone, iii, 113; Peck preaches at his house, 211


Callaway, James, with Nathan Boone, iii, 113; killed in 1814, iii, 84, 124 Callaway, John, i, 378; iii, 106 Callaway, Joseph, iii, 104, 157 Callaway county, organized by first General Assembly, iii, 268; named in honor of James Callaway, iii, 124 Callaway Fort, iii, 137 Callefan, Jean, i, 367


Calvé, charged with treachery, ii, 3, 35; failure of attack on St. Louis attributed to, 40, 56, 65


Calvé, Antoine Pierre, ii, 3


Calvé, Francois, ii, 3


Calvé, Joseph, junior, ii, 3; killed in attack on St. Louis, 39, 53


Calvé, Joseph, clerk of Datchurut, and Viviat, ii, 2°


Calvé, Joseph, senior, ii, 3


Calvé, Josette, ii, 3 Calvé, Marie Theresa, ii, 3


Calvé, Victoria, ii, 3


Calvin, James, ii, 77


Cambas, Jean, ii, 20; completes first church of St. Louis, 31, 308 Cameron, Thomas, iii, 131


Camp, Rev. Ichabod, sketch of, ii, 284


Camp, Mrs. ii, 285


Campagnot, Catherine, ii, 165


Campbell, Charles, ii, 151, 166


Campbell, Isaac, iii, 61


Campbell, Jean Baptiste, ii, 101


Campbell, James, i, 376; ii, 187


Campbell, Lieut. John, in command


of Fort Mason, iii, 102; in com- mand of expedition up the river, iii, 127


Campbell, John, ii, 101


Campbell, Mrs. John, ii, 185


Campbell, Lucretia Grant, ii, 151


Campbell, Mrs. Mary Ann, iii, 223


Campbell, Thomas, ii, 151


Campbell, Uriah, ii, 69


Campbell, William, ii, 78; iii, 84, 229


Campbell, the potter killed by Indians, iii, 120


Campbell's Gazetteer, i, 13


Campeau, Jean Baptiste, i, 357


Campeau, Julia, ii, 149, 152


Campeaux, Hypolite, ii, 147


Camp-meeting at Zumwalt House,


iii, 236 Camp-meeting at McKendree Chapel, iii, 238


Campster, Archibald, i, 382


Camus, Jean, ii, 141


Campo de la Esperanza, ii, 369


Canada, Mark Constantino, ii, 297


Canadians, first settlers in the Mis- sissippi valley, i, 237, 243; poor, i, 304; on the Missouri, i, 244; not to be depended on, ii, 44


Canaway, Jeremiah, ii, 150


Canaway, James, ii, 160


Canaway, William, ii, 160


Cane, iii, 145


Cane Creek, i, 18; ii, 184


Cannon, Dr. Franklin, settles in Jack- son in 1819, elected Lieutenant- Governor in 1836, iii, 82


Cannon, James, iii, 85


Cannoyer, or Conoyer, Louis, ii, 86


Canoyer, Pierre, ii, 87


Canole, Charles, iii, 137; a black- smith, 146


Canole, William, iii, 137; a black- smith in Boonslick, 146


Canon, Henry, ii, 163


Canonier, Beaugard, ii, 166


Canoyer, Paul, ii, 86


Cantara, Jean Baptiste, ii, 86


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Cantley, Samuel, iii, 103, 106 Canton, mound on public square, i, 89 Cantonment Bellefontaine, iii, 141 Canyseau, or Campeau, Hypolite, ii, 148


Cap au Gris, iii, 109, 112


Capahas, war with Casquins, i, 108; De Soto marches against, 109; route of march, 109; the Big Swamp, 110; attacks them entrenched on an. island, 111; makes peace with them, 112; number of, 112; marches south, 114; habitat of, 109; change of habitat, 170, 171


Cape Girardeau, i, 8; region the habi- tat of the Capahas, 110; established a post by Spaniards during the Genet agitation, 318; boundary of the district, ii, 154, 167; probable origin of name, 168; variously spelled, 169; map of environs by Warin, 177; not regularly laid out during Spanish dominion, 180; people hostile to Spaniards, 366; commissioner Bates takes testimony as to Spanish grants at, iii, 48; post route from Shawneetown to, 62; company of in Boonslick country, 120; population at time of cession, 140; largest American settlement in upper Louisiana near, 160; in 1819, 151; no village at time of cession in district of, 167; seat of justice established by Harrison there, 168; effect of New Madrid earthquake there, 179, 188; mer- chants of, 196; third largest slave- owning county in 1820, 248; Meth- odist circuit, 236


Cape la Cruz or La Croix, i, 245; ii, 151


Cape la Cruz creek, ii, 191


Caperon, Francois, ii, 166


Capital of upper Louisiana, iii, 161


Capital stock of the Missouri Fur company, iii, 191


Capron, Henry, keeps a tavern in St. Louis, iii, 60; makes an effort to organize a Public Library in St. Louis, 73


Cape St. Cosme, i, 242, 247


Caps, made out of Raccoon skins, ii, 232


Carafe, bottle shape peculiar to Southeast Missouri mounds, i, 49; described by Hilder, 50


Carboniferous strata, extent of in Missouri, i, 23


Carboniferous limestone, i, 22


Carbonneaux, or Charboneau, Fran- cois, ii, 87


Cardenas, Bishop of Louisiana, ii, 312 Cardinal, Charles, ii, 86; iii, 131 Cardinal, Jean Baptiste, ii, 11, 34, 38, 165


Cardinal, Jean Marie, ii, 8, 38, 52, 93 Cardinal, Pullet, ii, 92


Carl, Jonas, ii, 156 Carlin, Thomas, 1, 380


Carlos Tercero el Rey, Fort of, on Missouri, i, 293


Carnavan, James, i, 376 Carnes, Elizabeth, i, 382


Carondelet, his difficult position, i, 323; recommends as engineer to fortify St. Louis, Vandenbenden, 325; fears upper Louisiana may be attacked by the English, 326; relies greatly on Don Pedro Chouteau and Louis Lorimier and Indians under their control, 329; outlines his plan of defense to Asansa, 328; favors Spanish Commercial company, 330; petition against this company pre- sented, 333; Andrew Todd favored by him, 330; favors building up an independent milling industry in upper Louisiana, 331; ii, 4, 21; appoints Lorimier agent to induce Indians to settle in the Spanish territory, 55, 83, 96, 99; gives authority to Lorimier to make a settlement at Cape Girardeau, 170, 176; his ordinances, 196; on Osage outrages, 210; favors American emigrants, 225, 344; meets De- Luziere, Tardiveau, and Audrain, 363, 364


Carondelet, village of, named in his honor, ii, 64; common field of, 64, 233; how divided, 233, 363


Carpenter, Christopher, ii, 75


Carpenter, Conrad, ii, 48, 156, 165; iiì, 85


Carpenter, Ephraim, i, 384


Carpenter, John, ii, 70 Carr, George, iii, 84


Carr, Lucien, his opinion as to the works of mound-builders, i, 44


Carr, Francis, iii, 22


Carr, Mrs. Francis, teaches in St. Louis in 1820, iii, 69


Carr, William C., appointed to super- intend lottery, ii, 418; elected speaker, iii, 3, 5; biographical sketch of, 14; agent of the United States, 43; his letter to Gallatin,


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43; marries a daughter of Dr. Elliott, 83; aids to establish the Western Journal, 65; one of the first trustees of the St. Louis schools, 72 Carretti, Father, ii, 321, 324 Carrico, Vincent, ii, 78


Carroll, Bishop of Baltimore, ii, 304, 309, 313


Carroll, Charles, killed in duel with Gentry, iii, 79, 183


Carroll county Martin trapped in, iii, 157


Palmer


Carrolton, first settlers there, iii, 157 Carron, Jean Baptiste, ii, 165 Carron, Louis, i, 356, 374, 386 Carron, Marie Reine, ii, 160


Carrot of tobacco, value of, ii, 260 Carson, Andrew, iii, 137 Carson, "Kit," iii, 137, 146


Carson, Lindsay, iii, 115; father of "Kit," 116; killed accidentally by falling timber, 118, 137


Carson, Moses, iii, 137


Cartabona, Don Silvia Francesco de, i, 346; in command of St. Louis, ii, 42; retires to the hills on account of overflow of Ste. Genevieve, 51; succeeds De Leyba at St. Louis, i, 307


Carter, Ely or Elias, ii, 152 Carter, Zimri, iii, 157


Caruthers, James, (Carothers) ii, 165, 187


Caruthersville, i, 4, 104, 224


Casa Calvo, Marquis de, ii, 355, 392; letter to DeLassus, 357, 364, 365


Cases, quickly tried by Spanish offi- cials, ii, 199


Casquins, or Kaskaskias, i, 166, 168 Cass, Lewis, opinion as to works of mound-builders, i, 44 Cassio, William, iii, 103, 106


Castes, did not separate Canadian settlers, ii, 272


Castaneda, Pedro, i, 122; biograph- ical sketch of, 122; writes an ac- count of the expedition of Coronado, 123, 124, 127, 129, 130, 132, 134, 135


Cassidy, Henry, i, 4; iii, 6


Cassidy, Patrick, ii, 156 Castello, Michael, ii, 68 Castilo's fort, iii, 137


Castly, Burrel, iii, 131


Castner, George, iii, 188


Castruget, Charles, ii, 152 Castor river, ii, 189 Catalan's Prairie, ii, 64


Catchemackesc, the Big Eagle, ii, 398 151


Cates, Isaac, iii, 107 Cathey, George, iii, 84


Catholic church, i, 339; of Ste. Genevieve, 339; noted by Flint, iii, 152; none at Cape Girardeau, ii, 182


Catholics, French Canadians exem- plary, ii, 276


Catlin, on number of Osages, i, 182 Catron, Judge, decides Wolf Island case, i, 16


Cattle, small, ii, 236; numerous, 237 Cauchois, i, 166


Caulk, Richard, ii, 71, 72, 78; syndic at Bon Homme, 199, 383, 391, 392; iii, 3, 5, 104, 107


Caulk, Thomas, ii, 100, 156; iii, 104, 108


Caulk, Thomas, junior, ii, 156


Cause, of duel between Lucas and Benton, iii, 77, 78


Cavender, George, ii, 186, 192


Cavender, Joseph, appointed member of the territorial council, iii, 3


Cavender, Stephen, ii, 191


Cayole, Francois, ii, 101, 166


Cazeau, captured by the Indians, i, 341, 342 Cecil, or Cissell, Bernard, i, 384 Cedar creek, i, 17


Cedar of Lebanon, cypress described as, i, 36


Cellar, dug at St. Louis by Indians, ii, 11


Cellini, Father Francois, ii, 325, 326 Census of 1813, iii, 5


Cernin, or Chemin, Giles, ii, 20


Cerré, Antoine, senior, ii, 147


Cerré, Gabriel, ii, 4, 35; as to Clark's troops at St. Louis, 40; removal from Kaskaskia to St. Louis, 40; appointed by Clark Judge, 47, 74, 79, 90, 96, 105, 148; makes claim for land at Cape Girardeau, 178, 234, 262, 356; iii, 162


. Cerré, Leon Pascal, ii, 75


Cerré, Marie Theresa, ii, 4


Cerré, Pascal, ii, 70


Certificates, issued to land claimants iii, 46 Cession, of Louisiana to Spain when proclaimed, ii, 7


Cession of Louisiana, to United States, when perfected, ii, 361


Chabot, Peter, i, 368


Chadbourne, Joseph, i, 368; iii, 245 Chagosort, the blue's son, ii, 398


Chain of Rocks, noted by Long, ili,


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Chair factories, iii, 188 Chakolekoy, ii, 165 Chalfal, or Chaffin, Thomas, i, 384 Chalifour, Pierre, ii, 56 Challefoux, Jean Baptiste, ii, 100 Challefous, or Challefoux, Joseph, ii, 91 Chalybeate Springs, i, 18 Chamard, Louis, 1, 351, ii, 52 of Chambers, A. B., proprietor "Republican," iii, 65 Chambers, Benjamin, iii, 86


Chambers, Bradshaw, ii, 147


Chambers, James, Gen., iii, 197


Chambers, Jacob, i, 376


Chambers, John, ii, 78


Chambers, John, iii, 85


Chambers, Samuel, goes to Santa Fe, iii, 155


Chambers, Col. Talbot, iii, 199


Chambers, Thomas, ii, 147


Chambers, William, ii, 150


Chamberlain, Jason, iii, 24; presi- dent of the Jackson Mite society, 222; of the Columbian Bible so- ciety of Jackson in 1819, 231


Champagne, or Compagnotte, Fran- cois, ii, 147


Champain, Louis, i, 356


Champlain, Baptiste, ii, 96


Chancellier, ii, 53


Chancellier, his negro killed in attack on St. Louis, ii, 39


Chancellier, Joseph, ii, 10


Chancellier, Louis, ii, 10


Chandellier, Jean Baptiste, ii, 147


Chandler, Edmond, ii, 99.


Chandler, John, ii, 72, 78; iii, 188


Chandler, Thomas, iii, 115


Chandonair, Joseph, ii, 55


Change, in land values, iii, 35


Channing, Rev. William, letter to from Hempstead, iii, 225


Chanter, of St. Charles church, ii, 86 Chapart, Elizabeth, ii, 161


Chapart, Toussaint, junior, ii, 161


Chapman, Edmund, iii, 85


Chappell, Abner, iii, 84


Charan, Auguste, ii, 91


Charboneau, iii, 144


Charboneau, Louis, ii, 96, 101


Charetier, or Chartier, Jean Baptiste, ii, 149


Chariton, founded in 1818, iii, 156, 187


Charitons, i, 17


Chariton Baptist church, iii, 216


Chariton county, organized by first General Assembly, iii, 268


Chariton river, Still killed on, iii, 118


Charisson, Marie Agnes, ii, 151


Charless, Joseph, takes boarders in St. Louis in 1809, iii, 60,; estab- lishes the "Missouri Gazette," 65; married the widow McCloud, 66; assaulted by McHenry, 66


Charless, Edward, becomes the pro- prietor of the "Gazette," iii, 65; founds the "Missouri Republican," now "Republic," 65


Charleville, i, 311


Charleville, Baptiste, ii, 55


Charleville, Charles, i, 342


Charleville, Francois, ii, 165; iii, 86


Charleville, Jean Baptiste, i, 342


Charleville, Louis, ii, 100


Charleville, Marquis de, i, 342


Charlevoix, his travels, i, 2; names the Kappas, 107; mentions deso- lation of Arkansas village on ac- count of small pox, 107, 168; his account of the Spanish caravan, 253 Charnay, finds a bust resembling the Venus of Milo, at Teotihuacan, i, 51 Charpentier, Henri, i, 205, 339, 342 Charpentier, Joseph, royal interpreter, ii, 140, 152, 297, 365


Charpentier, Marie, i, 350


Charpentier, Pelagie, i, 350


Charrion, dit Jean Rion, Carlos, ii, 54, 245


Chartrand, or Chartran, Amable, ii, 55, 66; of Cahokia, 92


Chartrand, Amable, junior, ii, 55


Chartrand, Andrew, ii, 96


Chartrand, Joseph, syndic of La Charette, il, 22, 54, 55, 199


Chartran, Joseph, junior, ii, 92


Chartres, Carlos, ii, 152; teacher in New Madrid, 276


Chartier, Jean Baptiste, ii, 101, 152 Chase, Robert, iii, 84


Chatal, Auguste, i, 340; killed by the Indians, i, 378


Chateauneuf, Henri de, with Bourg- mont's expedition, i, 268


Chatigny, Ignace, ii, 147


Chattilon, Jean Baptiste, ii, 63, 162 Chatillon, dit Godin, Francois, ii, 56 Chattingney, James Francois, ii, 166 Chauvin, Francois, dit Charleville, i, 342 Chauvin, Francois, dit Joyeuse, i, 342


Chauvin, Gilles, ii, 20


Chauvin, Jacques, ii, 20, 252


Chauvin, Jean Baptiste, dit Charle- ville, ii, 22, 53


Chauvin, Jeanne, ii, 141


Chauvin, Joseph, dit Charleville, i, 342; ii, 20, 245


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Chauvin, Louis, i, 342


Chauvin, Pierre, i, 342, 357


Chauvin, Don Sebastian, il, 62


Chaviron, Benjamin, ii, 160


Cheat River, ferry there owned by Ramsay, ii, 392


Chene, Anne, ii, 146


Cheek, Jesse, iii, 185


Chenie, Antoine, ii, 55


Cheney, Lemuel, ii, 191, 192


Chepoosa, or Chepousa, River, St. John's Bayou, i, 105, 170; Morgan party camped on, ii, 112


Chekequa, he that stands by the tree, ii, 398


Cherokees, first cross the Mississippi, i, 220; Bowl's Band, 221; hunt on the St. Francois, 221; battle with the Saukees and Foxes on the Maramec, 222; Gayoso refuses permission to them to settle in the Spanish possessions, 222; Osages object to their settlement west of them, 196; war with, 197; ii, 75 Chester, iii, 185


Chetoka, or Whetsone, Indian chief, i, 180


Chevalier, Andrew, i, 384; ii, 169


Chevalier, Francois, ii, 34


Chevalier, Joseph, ii, 191


Chevalier, Don Louis, i, 356; lieu- tenant of a St. Louis company, ii, 42, 44; receives a gratification for services, ii, 43


Chevalier, Pierre, i, 159, 356, 367, 378, 385


Chevelier, Joseph, ii, 169


Chichimecs, a Nahuatl race, use pot- tery balls, i, 46


Chickasaw Bluffs, i, 100


Chifler, or Schiffler, Phillip, ii, 149


Chilard, Francois Michel, ii, 150


Chiltons, on Current river, iii, 160


Chilwat, John, iii, 84


Chisholm, Dr. Hugh McDonald, ii, 146


Chism, Jacob, iii, 217


Chittwood, Isabella, ii, 77


Chittwood, Richard, iii, 103, 105


Chittwood, Richard, ii, 77


Chittwood, Seth, ii, 77


Choachican, ii, 166


Chodian, Jean Baptiste, ii, 151


Choret, Nicolas, ii, 22


Choret, Pierre, ii, 54


Chouquette, Henry, ii, 65


Chouquette, Julian, ii, 65, 66


Chouquette, Pierre du, il, 259


Chouquet, Sophia, ii, 63


Chouriac, ii, 30


Chouteau, rivalry for trade of Osages, i, 181; have trade of Osages, ii, 250; trade of Osages, 298


Chouteau, delegate to convention, ii, 393; trading post of the Chouteau on the Osage, iii, 145; claim of, at the mouth of the Osage, 154 Chouteau, Auguste, iii, 106


Chouteau, Auguste, takes English flags to New Orleans, i, 308; il, 4; accompanies Laclede, biographical sketch, 4; on situation of Laclede's post, 6; lands with boat at the future St. Louis, 7, 9, 13, 20, 21, 24; operates a mill, 29, 30; mentions no troops of Clark at the attack on St. Louis, 40; Captain of a St. Louis Spanish company, 42; suit with Pource, 46; controls the Osage trade, 51; goes with a boat across the American bottom during the great overflow, 51; mentions the severe winter of 1800, 62, 66, 81; surveys the village of St. Charles, 83; receives a grant to build a mill at St. Charles, 85, 200; takes a delegation of Osages to New Orleans, 210; contracts to build a fort among the Osages, 211, 234, 252, 258, 364; agrees to build boats to transport Spanish troops and effects, 364, 382, 391, 395, 398; appointed colonel of infantry, 410; appointed to superintend lottery, 418; one of the first school trustees of St. Louis, iii, 72; his library, 72, 162; influence exercised by him to secure election of Benton to Senate, 267


Chouteau, Auguste, junior, ii, 410, appointed to West Point, 381


Chouteau, Auguste Aristides, ii, 100


Chouteau, Auguste P., iii, 103


Chouteau, Cerré, ii, 96


Chouteau, Chauvin, ii, 234


Chouteau, Gregoire, ii, 10


Chouteau, Jule, ii, 10


Chouteau, Madam, biographical sketch, ii, 4; arrives at St. Louis from Cahokia, 8, 12, 145


Chouteau, Marly, ii, 9


Chouteau, Margaret, ii, 10


Chouteau, Morin, ii, 9


Chouteau, Paul, ii, 10


Chouteau, Paul L., ensign, iii, 105 Chouteau, Pelagie, ii, 98


Chouteau, Pierre, his influence among the Osages, i, 194, 196; ii, 2, 4, 8; biographical sketch of 8; studies surveying under Duralde, 24, 50,


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53, 62; starts to build a mill at St. Charles, 85, 37, 89, 96, 156, 254, 284, 395, 398; commands a troop of horse, 409; iii, 103, 162, 193 Chouteau, A. Pierre, engages in the Santa Fe trade, iii, 155


Chouteau, Pierre, junior, a member of the constitutional convention of 1820, iii, 249; biographical sketch of, 157


Chouteau, Rene, dit Renaud, ii, 10 Chouteau's Mill Pond, location of the St. Louis railroad yards, ii, 15 Christien, Pierre, ii, 165 Christy, Wm., iii, 105


Chritianero, Juan, or Johann Christian Gerold, ii, 149 Christy, Rhoda, i, 376


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Christy, William, appointed clerk of the Commissioners, iii, 48; hires out horses, 60; keeps tavern in 1806, 60; aids to found the Western Jour- nal, 65; makes salt on Black water, 146; pursues Indians in Illinois, 113; first Auditor of Public Ac- counts of Missouri, 266


Churches, donation to various by Morgan, ii, 119 -


Church property, ceded to the parishes by the United States, ii, 311


Church of New Madrid, ii, 310; de- scription of, 310


Church of St. Ferdinand, ii, 310 Church of St. Louis, first, 231; as de- scribed by Moses Austin, 307; bell of church of, 207


Cibola, the seven cities of, i, 121


Cicuyue, i, 121; a town of Cibola, in valley of Rio Grande, 124


Cincinnati, Mansfield notices New Madrid earthquake there, iii, 175 Cinque Hommes, i, 17, 362 Circuits, Judicial, organized, iii, 6 Circulating medium, inadequate, ii, 31 Cissell, Frs. R., iii, 106


Claiborne, Gov. William, ii, 356; letter to Captain Stoddard, 312, 358; letter to Stoddard, 373 Claibourne, William C. C., ii, 372 Claims of miners, iii, 44 Claire Point, ii, 298 Clairmont, a British agent, ii, 49 Clairnet, Jean, ii, 297


Clamorgan, Jacques, ii, 54, 55; di- rector of the Spanish Commercial company, biographical sketch of, 60, 73, 75; claims 500,000 arpens of land in Missouri, 99, 149, 251, 383 Clandestine trade, with English in upper Louisiana, i, 302


Clark, Alexander, ii, 69, 78, 91 Clark, Benjamin, Rev., iii, 218


Clark, Christopher, ii, 96; iii, 8


Clark, Daniel, ii, 337 Clark, David, i, 367, 381


Clark, or Clarek, Francois, senior, i, 367, 382; ii, 384


Clark, Francois, junior, i, 382


Clark, Gen. George Rogers, i, 316; corresponds with De Leyba, ii, 42, 28, 34, 35; intimate with De Leyba, 41; sends troops to relieve St. Louis, 40-41; corresponds with De Leyba, 42, 53, 144, 213, 231, 234, 374; ili, 86


Clark, Isaac, iii, 137 Clark, or Clauck, Jesse, ii, 162




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