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Clark, Rev. John, first Protestant preacher in upper Louisiana, iii, 203
Clark, Robert P., first Postmaster of Boonville, iii, 63; member of the constitutional convention of 1820, 248; biographical sketch of, 260 Clark, Samuel, a pretended Baptist preacher, iii, 223 Clark, Thomas, ii, 163
Clark, William, makes a treaty for Platte country, i, 12; as to Sullivan, 14; ii, 398; biography of, iii, 3; one of the first trustees of the St. Louis schools, 72, 104; writes Sibley in 1813 that the Indians are secretly hostile, 110; a member of the Missouri Fur company, 191, 235
Clarkland, Daniel, ii, 101
Clark's Fort, iii, 110, 137
Clarkson, John, iii, 227
Clarksville, iii, 158
Clay, Henry, ili, 246, 271 Clay Compromise, so-called, ill, 271 Clay, James, ii, 101
Clay, Jeremiah, ii, 94
Clay, Samuel, ii, 94, 95
Clay, Santiago, ii, 94
Clay county, 1, 10; iii, 157
Claywel, Jesse, ii, 152
Clays, of Missouri, i, 22
Clearmont, Pierre, ii, 87
Cleaver, Stephen, member of the con- stitutional convention of 1820, ili, 249
Clem, Thomas, i, 386
Clemens, James, ii, 160; iii, 193 Clemens, James, junior, iii, 234
Clemens, or Clement, John, i, 376; ii, 162 Clemings, or Clemons, John, ii, 162 Clermont, Louise, ii, 150
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Clemson, Colonel, second of Lucas in Benton duel, iii, 7 Clermont, Osage chief, town builder, i, 179, 193; proper name Iron Bird, 194 Clermont, Michel, ii, 150
Clermont, Benjamin, ii, 150
Cleveland, John T., one of the pro- prietors of the "Missouri Intelligen- cer," iii, 66
Cline, Peter, ii, 158
Clingensmith, Daniel, ii, 192
Clouet, Guillaume, i, 357
Clouds of Turtle doves, i, 38
Coats, James, iii, 157
Coats, Joseph, iii, 157
Coats, William, iii, 157, 221
Coat's Prairie, iii, 222; Mite society, 222 Cobb, Gabriel, ii, 77 Cobb, Samuel, iii, 85 Cobalt, i, 22
Coburn, John, appointed judge of Louisiana, ii, 401; biographical sketch of, 401
Cochran, Jesse, iii, 131
Cochran, Thomas, i, 382
Cochran, James W., ii, 101
Cockran, John, iii, 84
Cockran, Mrs. George, ii, 185
Coalter family, iii, 18
Cockersham, Henry, ii, 163; iii, 219
Cockrell, James, iii, 137
Cockrel, Francois, ii, 149
Cockrill, James, iii, 115
Coder, or Godair, Toussaint, or San- tos, ii, 147, 149
Coen, Elias, i, 382; ii, 257
Coen, Jacque, i, 367
Cogle, Roger, ii, 77
Cohen, or Cowen, William, ii, 149
Cohun, a Delaware chief, i, 210
Coignard, Charles Napoleon, ii, 159 Coignard, Louis, organizes a society of Sansculottes in St. Louis, i, 320; ii, 56, 62, 159 Coil, Andrew, i, 344
Cois, Jean B., ii, 52
Colbert, i, 163
Colbert, A. George, iii, 238
Coldwater Creek, ii, 66
Coldwater, Methodist meeting at, iii, 238
Cole, biographical sketch of family, iii, 100
Cole, David, ii, 70, 95
Cole, Hannah, location of her fort, iii, 120, 138, 146
Cole, James, iii, 114; explains what became of Coursault's whiskey, 116;
gives an account to Draper of the Indian wars in the Boonslick coun- try, 117
Cole, Samuel, his account of Mc- Lean's escape, iii, 209
Cole, Stephen, iii, 99, 116, 146; killed by the Indians, 100
Cole county, organized by the first General Assembly, iii, 268
Cole's Fort, iii, 115; on Missouri, 120. Colgin, John, ii, 70
Collard Elijah, iii, 103
Collard, Elisha, iii, 106
Collard, Francois, ii, 55
College Library, iii, 73
Collel, Baptiste, ii, 165
Collel, Bonaventure, ii, 22, 155
Collel, Francois, ii, 22, 155
Collier, George, ii, 87
Collier, Michael, keeps tavern at Franklin, iii, 61 Colliers, of St. Charles, iii, 197
Collin, Jean Baptiste, ii, 55, 141 Collin, Francois Langlois, ii, 142
Collin, Louis, ii, 68
Collins, Jacob, ii, 76; iii, 103, 105
Collins, Capt. Joseph, ii, 150, 256 Collins, Juan, ii, 166
Collot, Gen. Victor, visits St. Louis, i, 320; his plan to fortify St. Louis, 321; on the inhabitants of St. Charles, ii, 86; visits New Madrid, 139; at Cape Girardeau, 174; in his opinion the attack on St. Louis
has been exaggerated, ii, 41, 155
Coleman family on Current river, iii, 157
Coleman, John, ii, 75
Colman, Alexander, i, 379
Colman, Bernard, i, 379
Colman, Charles P., i, 379
Colman, Edward, ii, 326
Colman, Francois, i, 357, 386
Colman, Veuve Theresa, i, 379
Cologne, ii, 151
Coltier, George, iii, 157
Columbia, on the Missouri, iii, 184 Columbia, iii, 157
Colvin, Aaron, ii, 78
Colvin, Benjamin, iii, 83
Comb, Jean, ii, 151
Come, il, 86
Come, Pierre, dit La Jeunesse, ii, 245
Comegys, Jean P., ii, 56
Comegys, John G., ii, 405
Commandants, extent of their juris- diction under the Spanish law, ii, 197
Commandants of Ste. Genevieve, ex- tent of jurisdiction, i, 362; of St. Louis, sub-delegate, ii, 217
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Commercial activity of country, ii, 255 Commissioners to adjust land-titles under the act of 1805, iii, 40; of the second board, 54
Common field, i, 337; of New Bour- bon, 365; of St. Louis, boundary of, ii, 24; extent of under decree of Cruzat, 25; of Carondelet, 64, of Marais des Liards, 78; of St. Charles, 84; of extent of the St. Charles common fields, 84; no common field established at New Madrid, ii, 125; of Ste. Genevieve, extent of, iii, 233
Common law, act introducing, iii, 12
Company of St. Philippe, i, 283
Company of the West, i, 271; charter of, 272; merged with the Royal company of the Indies, 273
Comparios, Jean, i, 374; dit La Pierre, ii, 17, 245
Complaints, of Shawnees and Dela- wares, i, 219; speech of Wahepe- lathy, complaining of robberies, 219 Comster, Archibald, i, 382 Comstock, Thomas, i, 280
Conac, dit Marquis, Louis, i, 357
Conant, describes mounds of New Madrid, i, 58; of Bayou St. John, 58
Concealed weapons, practice to carry, iii, 73
Concessions of St. Ange, the form of, ii, 20
Concord Baptist church, iii, 216
Concrete vessels, of Nahua origin found on the Saline, i, 47
Conde, Dr. Auguste, ii, 12, 18, 25, 53
Conde, Constance, ii, 22
Conferences held at McKendrce Chapel, iii, 241 Congregations of the Missions, ii, 319; first members of in America, 320, 326
Congress, attaches Platte country to Missouri, i, 12; authorizes pur- chase of Orleans, ii, 347; makes provision to equip an army, 348; extra session of in 1803, 356; ob- jects to the State constitution of 1820, iii, 271 Congwell, James, ii, 166
Conn, Rev. Richard, iii, 238 Connand, Dr. Joseph, sketch of, ii, 27 Connavan, James, i, 382 Connelly, Hugh, ii, 186, 192
Connelly, John, iii, 83 Connelly, Timothy, il, 192
Connor, Benjamin, ii, 149
Connor, Ephraim, ii, 148
Connor, Frederick, i, 376
Connor, Hugh, ii, 56
Connor, Jacob, ii, 76
Connor, John, i, 379
Connor, Patrick, ii, 155
Conquest of the Northwest for Vir ginia, ii, 331
Conrad, David, ii, 97
Conrad, D. H., iii, 23
Constable, office created, ii, 381
Constant, Catharine, ii, 65
Constant, Gabriel, senior, dit Laramie, ii, 65
Constant, Gabriel, junior, 65 .
Constant, Joseph, ii, 65, 245
Constant, Julien, 65
Constant, Leon, ii, 63
Constant, Louis, ii, 65
"Constitution," steamboat, iii, 200 Constitutional convention of Mis-
souri of 1820, iii, 249; the constitu- tion went into effect of its own motion, 250; submitted to Con- gress, 271
Contract with Spanish Government for supply of flour, ii, 258
Constructive insults, cause of duels, iii, 75, 76 Continental Congress, ii, 144
Convention, first west of the Missis- sippi, ii, 388
Converse, Daniel, ii, 398
Conway, Father J. J., ii, 294, 299
Conway, Frederick R., member of the second board of land commissioners, iii, 54
Conway, Henry W., iii, 184
Conway, Jeremiah, ii, 192
Conway, Capt. Joseph, 72, 73; iii, 85, 86, 107 Conway, Morris, ii, 337
Cook, Daniel P., 377
Cook, David, ii, 151
Cook family, i, 377
Cook, Harry, ii, 102
Cook, Gen. John, i, 377
Cook, John, owns a mill at St. Charles, ii, 85, 102
Cook, John Dillard, i, 377
Cook, John D., i, 377; iii, 10; Judge of the Supreme Court, 10; member of the constitutional convention, 249; appointed Judge, 366
Cook, Nathaniel, i, 376, 377; Major in the war of 1812, 377; prominent political character, 377; iii, 7, 103, 106; in the Boonslick campaign, 120; member of the convention,
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249; candidate for the United States Senate, 167 Cook Settlement, i, 376; iii, 183, 239 Cooking, of the French Canadians, ii, 277 Cooley, Charles, iii, 84.
Cooley, James, iii, 115, 137
Cooley, John, iii, 117
Cooley, Joseph, iii, 115, 137
Cooley, Perrin, iii, 137
Coons, John, iii, 7
Coons, Martin, ii, 155
Coontz, Jacob, ii, 71
Coontz, John, owns a mill at St. Charles, ii, 85
Coontz, Martin, ii, 165
Coontz, Nicolas C., or Kountz, ii, 86
Cooper county organized, iii, 8; named in honor of Sarshall Cooper, iii, 116
Cooper family, account of, iii, 121 Cooper's Fort, iii, 116, 118, 137, 138 Cooper, Ben. A., iii, 86
Cooper, Benjamin, iii, 7, 84, 106, 108; captures boat of Coursault, 113; captain of Boonslick company, 118; appointed Major, 120; first settled in Boonslick country, 146 Cooper, Benjamin, junior, ili, 115, 118, 120
Cooper, Braxton, iii, 115; his farm on the Missouri in 1811, 146
Cooper, Braxton, junior, killed by the Indians in 1814, iii, 118
Cooper, Catherine, ii, 152
Cooper, Capt., account of an Indian massacre in Boonslick country, iii, 116
Cooper, David, iii, 115
Cooper, Dr., in Cooper county, iii, 83
Cooper, George, iii, 159
Cooper, Francis, iii, 115
Cooper, James, ii, 185, 192
Cooper, John, i, 372; iii, 115, 131
Cooper, Joseph, iii, 115
Cooper, Robert, iii, 115; first mar- riage in Boonslick to Elizabeth Carson, iii, 146
Cooper, Samuel, iii, 104, 107
Cooper, Sarshall, killed, iii, 115
Cooper, Stephen, iii, 115
Cooper, William, iii, 115
Copper, i, 22
Copper awl found in Mississippi county mound, i, 62
Copper hatchet found in Boone county mound, i, 95 Copper, J. N., iii, 185
Costero, George, ii, 165 Coshow, William, ii, 94
Cord, Rev. John, iii, 240 Cordell, Hiram, iii, 104 Cordell, Jean, ii, 72 Cordelle, means a small rope, ii, 263 Corder, John, i, 372 Cormeck, Mathew, ii, 165
Corneau, or dit Martigny, Francois, ii, 245
Cornelius, Jeptha, ii, 186, 192 Cornice Rock, i, 20 Corno, Baptiste, ii, 56 Coroner, il, 381
Coroner's jury, first in St. Louis, ii, 405; members of the jury, 405
Coronado, Francesco de, biographi- cal sketch of, i, 120; commands expedition to conquer the seven cities of Cibola, 121; route of ex- pedition, 121; camps at Tiquex, 121; begins march to Quivira, 123; reaches the great plains, 125; dis- tance marched, 128; orders army to return, and goes forward with an escort, 130; thinks he has found Quivira, 130; describes the coun- try, 133; mentions the head dress of the Osages, 133; the Hayas and Cayas mentioned by Garcillasso, 134; Quivira probably on the lower Missouri or Mississippi, 135; his letter to the king, 133 Cottard, Francis, ii, 391
Cottle, Dr. Warren, ii, 391, 392
Coudaire, or Coudere, Pierre, ii, 56 Couder, Joseph, or Coudaire, ii, 68, 91 Couder, Renez, ii, 147
Coullard, Rina, or Depray, ii, 245
Counties of the Missouri territory, first, iii, 2
Country, aspect of, iii, 158
County Courts established, iii, 6
County of Illinois, ii, 331
Coupin, Clodie Antone Gabriel, ii, 150 Coupneau, Joseph, or Coussineau, ii, 161
Corruption, of Spanish officials, i, 359 Corvasier, Francois Barthelemi, ii, 152, 153
Coursault, Capt., boat of captured, iii, 113; attempts to evade settlers, 114; his whiskey, 116; killed at attack of Cote sans Dessein, 106, I 26
Courts of the territory of Louisiana, terms of and where held, ii, 413 Courtois, J. M., iii, 103, 105 Courtois, Louis, iii, 101, 105
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Cous, Elliott, i, 2 Cousin, Barthelemi, deputy surveyor of Cape Girardeau, ii, 25; secre- tary of Lorimier, 180; his place of residence at Cape Girardeau, 181; his grant on Whitewater, 188; offers to purchase land from the Spanish government and refusal to sell, 223 Coussot, Simon, ii, 54, 65 Couteley, Francisco, dit Marche a Terre, ii, 151 Coutoure, Joseph, i, 357 Coutre, Portell, ii, 151 Coutu, or Cottu, or Coutue dit Cha- toyer, Jacque, ii, 147, 245 Coutue, Etienne, ii, 147 Coutume de Paris, ii, 195
Courtesy of French Canadian settlers, ii, 272
Courts of Common Pleas, established in upper Louisiana, ii, 380; at what places, iii, 161 Courts of Quarter Sessions, ii, 211 Courthouse of Jackson, iii, 168 Courthouse of Potosi, iii, 183 Courtmanche, Barthelemi, ii, 56, 86 Cortney, Alexander, has a ferry near Femme Osage in 1811, iii, 62 Courtnay, Jean Marie, ii, 69
Courtois, Jacques, i, 356
Courtois, Louis, i, 366; ii, 66, 74 Courtois, Louis, junior, ii, 76 Cotard, Francois, ii, 54 Coté, or Cotte, Baptiste, ii, 87 Coté, Jean, ii, 9 Coté, Joseph, ii, 88
Côte sans Dessein, mounds near, i, 94; residence of Capt. Coursault, iii, . 113; Indians attack, 125; powder magazine explodes, 126, 143
Cottee, Jacques, ii, 150
Cothner, Jacob, ii, 188
Cothner, John, ii, 188, 189
Cotte, Alexis, ii, 9
Cotté, Marie Louise, ii, 10
Cottle, Almond, ii, 97
Cottle, Andrew, ii, 96
Cottle, Jonathan, ii, 96
Cottle, Joseph, ii, 96 Cottle, Ira, 97, 98; iii, 8
Cottle, Isaac, ii, 96 Cottle, Lorenzo, ii, 98 Cottle, Marshall, ii, 98 Cottle, Stephen, ii, 98 Cottle, Sylvanus, ii, 96 Cottle, Warren, ii, 98
Cotton gins, ii, 185
Cotton picked by the children, ii, 232
Cottu, Alexander, iii, 131 Cottu, Baptiste, iii, 110 Covington, Strother, iii, 104 Cowan, James, i, 382; ii, 73
Cowan, James, ili, 131 Cowan, William, i, 383 Cox, Amos, il, 166 Cox, Andrew, i, 367, 382 Cox, Benjamin, i, 367, 382, 383
Cox, Benjamin, junior, 1, 383
Cox, Caleb, iii, 182
Cox, James, senior, ii, 190; iii, 157
Cox, James, junior, ii, 190
Cox, Jesse, iii, 115, 119
Cox, Solomon, iii, 115
Cox, William, ii, 155; iii, sergeant, 119 Cox, Zachariah, i, 383 Cox's Fort, iii, 119 Coxe's Carolina, i, 2
Coyteaux, Louis, i, 356, 367
Cozzens, discovers a brick made at Paris for Renault, i, 282
Cozzens, Horatio, murdered by French Strother, iii, 22
Crabbin, Charles, ii, 152
Crafford, or Crawford, William, ii 162 Craig, Elisha, ii, 153
Craig, Hiram, iii, 156
Craig, James, ii, 75
Craig, Capt. Peter, ii, 183; iii, 104, III; killed at the battle of the Sink- hole, 130, 132
Craig, Philip, ii, 153
Craig, William, ii, 96; iii, 85
Craighead, Alexander, iii, 245
Cramer, a celebrated manufacturer of pistols, iii, 74 Crane, Aaron, iii, 158
Crane, Rev. John, ili, 238
Cranes, fill the sand bars, i, 35
Crawford county, iii, 187
Crawford, George, early teacher of Cooper county, iii, 70
Crawford, James, i, 376
Crawford, Thompson, ii, 162
Crawford, William, ii, 162
Crawford, W. H., iii, 183
Creason, Peter, iii, 115
Creason, William, iii, 115
Creath, William, one of the founders of the "Independent Patriot " at Jackson, iii, 66
Credit certificates of Spain not ac- ceptable, ii, 364 Creeks, ii, 75 Creeley, Jean Baptiste, ii, 67 Creliz, Jean Baptiste, i, 354; ii, 68 Creliz, Francois, ii, 68
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Creliz, Michel, ii, 68 Crely, Theresa, ii, 101 Crepo, Joseph, ii, 54 Crepeau, Louis, ii, 53 Cresswell, Michael, i, 366 Creve Coeur, ii, 72
Criddle, Mrs. Edward, teaches pri- mary school at Jackson, iii, 70 Crider, James, iii, 157 Criminal cases, how tried by Spanish officials, ii, 197, 200
Criminal offenses almost unknown among French Canadian settlers, ii, 272
Criminal offenses, various as defined by Indiana Judges, ii, 380
Crips, David, 1, 382 Crispin, Thomas, ii, 165 Crittenden, J. J., ii, 337
Crittenden, T. T., i, 350; iii, 13; duel with Dr. Fenwick, 75
Croche Marias, ii, 86, 98
Crocodiles, mentioned by La Hontan, i, 25 Cropper, Thomas, ii, 72 Crops of 1772-74, ii, 238
Crops, of Cape Girardeau, ii, 238; Little Prairie, 238; New Madrid, 238 Crosby, Hezekiah, ii, 69, 91 Crosby, Elisha, i, 382 Crosby, Isaac, ii, 69
Cross erected in what is now Perry county, ii, 290; by Father St. Cosme, i, 241
Cross, Jacob, or Croisse, ii, 151
Cross, Zacharia, iii, 85
Crow, Benjamin, i, 372-3 Crow, Godfrey, or Kroh, ii, 96 Crow, Henry, ii, 96
Crow, Jacob, i, 381; ii, 155
Crow, John, ii, 156 Crow, Michael, ii, 96 Crow, Polly, i, 373
Crow, Walter, i, 372
Crowley's Ridge, i, 101, 232
Crozat, Antoine, biographical sketch of, i, 269; charter of, 270; com- mercial scheme of, 271; failure of, 271
Crumb, George, or Crump, ii, 77, 101 Crump, Robert, ii, 384 Crump, William, iii, 131 Crutchlow, Joseph, ii, 185, 186 Cruzat, Don Francesco, succeeds Piernas, i, 30; ordered to encour- age the cultivation of flax and hemp, 305; displeases Galvez, 305; ii, 13, 20, 30, 44; promulgates or- dinances in St. Louis, 49, 53; grants
land to Tayon, 81, 195; reap- pointed Lieutenant-Governor, i, 307; makes trip to St. Louis from New Orleans in 59 days, 308; brings powder to Valle, 308; sends Auguste Chouteau to New Orleans with English flags, 308; reports English preparations to attack upper Louisiana, in 1781, 308; apprehensive of the Americans, 310; makes peace with 150 Indian tribes, 311; receives a visit from Gen. Harmar, 311; makes plan to fortify St. Louis, ii, 42, 312 Crytz, Peter, ii, 192 Cuningham, James, iii, 85
Cuningham, John, iii, 85
Currin, Lemuel, iii, 107 Cuivre river, i, 17; ii, 95; iii, 186
Cuivre Settlement, ii, 95
Culberson, Jean, ii, 160 Culbertson, James, iii, 157
Cul de Sac, location of, ii, 14
Culinary utensils, of Osages, i, 191
Cumberland Presbyterians, iii, 215
Cuming, Fortescue, visits Morgan, ii, 128; describes New Madrid, iii, 172; a scene on the Mississippi near Point Pleasant, 181
Cummings, James C., acquires the "Gazette," iii, 65 Cummings, John, ii, 75, 160; iii, 7 Cumins, Robert, ii, 160
Cumins, Steward, ii, 161
Cummins, Wilson, or Cummings, ii, 160
Cunningham, George, i, 375
Cunningham, James, i, 374
Cunningham, Thomas, ili, 157
Cuny, James, ii, 164
Cuny, Nicolas, ii, 164
Cupples, Samuel, in partnership with Thomas Mann at Jackson, iii, 196 Curott, Charles, or Curote, ii, 150 Current river, i, 17
Currin, James, ii, 384
Currins, or Curry, James, ii, 163
Curry, Guillaume, 1, 367
Custeau, John, ii, 165
Cuture, Joseph, i, 367
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Dabbyan, David, ii, 154. Dagneau, Phillip, i, 357 Dagobert, Pierre, ii, 21, 204 Dahmen, Francois Xavier, ii, 321, 326
Daly, James, teaches school in Frank- lin, iii, 70
Dana, of Connecticut, iii, 242
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Dances and balls among the French Canadian settlers, ii, 273 Dandiere, or Dondle, Alexander, i, 382
Dany, John, ii, 162
Daperon, or Dapron, Nicolas, ii, 155 Dapron, Guillaume, ii, 150
Daperon, William, ii, 152 Dapron, Marie Louise, ii, 150
Darbres, with Bourgmont's expedi- tion, i, 268
Dardenne, i, 17; Presbyterian church organized, iii, 230
Dardenne, Touissant, ii, 97
Dardenne, origin of name, ii, 97
Darnes case, ili, 22
Darnielle, Isaac, biographical sketch of, iii, 12
Darst, David, ii, 94
Darst, Abraham, ii, 92
Darst's Bottom, ii, 95
Darwin's Journal, i, 39
Datchurut and Viviat, contest La- clede's claim, ii, 2
Datchurut, Elizabeth, ii, 56, 165
Datchurut, owns salt works, ii, 26
Datchurut, Jean, i, 339, 341, 342, 346
Datchurut, Jean Baptiste, i, 385
Datchurut, Joseph, ii, 2
Daugherty, Capt. of the Cape Girar- deau company, iii, 120
Daugherty, John, biographical sketch of, i, 10
Daugherty, Ralph, iii, 196
Daugherty, Thomas M., iii, 245
Dauphin Island, i, 271
Dauphin, or Dolphin or Dofine, Jean Baptiste, ii, 65 Davenport, E. D., iii, 105
David, Father, Seminarian Mission- ary, Bishop of Mauricastro in parti- bus, ii, 322 Davidson, John, i, 4; iii, 6, 8
Davion, Father, on Mississippi, i, 240, 245
Davis, Benjamin, ii, 147
Davis, Elias, iii, 13
Davis, Garah, ii, 178
Davis, Greer W., iii, 24; last terri- torial lawyer, iii, 32
Davis, H. C., keeps tavern in Jackson in 1816, iii, 61; president of the Cape Girardeau Mite society, 223 Davis, Jacque, i, 367
Davis, James, i, 382; ii, 76; iii, 85 Davis, John, ii, 149; iii, 224; iii, 245 Davis, Jonathan, iii, 138 Davis, Judge Thomas Terry, ii, 378 Davis, Lot, iii, 227
Davis, Ludwell, iii, 131 Davis, Luke, ili, 227
Davis, Rev. Philip, iii, 239, 242 Davis, Ralph, ii, 56 Davis, Salomon, iii, 227 Davis, Samuel, ii, 147
Davis, dit David Johnson, Thomas, ii, 149 Davis, Timothy, iii, 23 Davis, William, i, 372; iii, 229 Davy, Gregoire, ii, 286
Dawson, discusses Morgan's New Madrid plan, ii, 115 Dawson, Dr. Robert A., i, 3; brother- in-law of Walker, 7; ili, 6, 7, 8; settled at New Madrid in early days, iii, 82, 107, 249
Day, Aaron, ii, 147 Day. Hezekiah, ii, 160
Deakins, William, ii, 164 Dearborn, General, ii, 408
Debate in Congress in relation to ad- mission of Missouri, iii, 246; rela- tive to the Constitution of 1820, 271 Debois, Louise, or Lisette, ii, 149
Decatur, town laid out by Risher, ii, 181
Decelle, Alexander, i, 372, 379
Decelle, Joseph, syndic of Mine à Breton, i, 372, 373, 379 Dechamp, dit Hunot, Toussaint, ii, 22, 245 Dechamps, Jean Baptiste, ii, 21
Decker, Moses, ii, 149
Deer skins used as currency, ii, 259
Deganne, Joseph, ii, 147
Degieure, or Deguire, Louis, ii, 65
Deherte, Hyacinthe, iii, 103, 105
Deherte, Louis, iii, 106
Dejarlais, Charles, ii, 69. See De- Jarlais Dejarlais, Eloy, ii, 160
Dejarlais, Paul, ii, 68
Delachenaie, with Bourgmont, i, 268
Delap, John, iii, 188
Delapland, Joshua, i, 384
Delaplane, Benjamin, 1, 384
Delarebondiere, Auguste, ii, 156
Delas, ii, 69
Delauny, or Delaunay, David, ii, 76, 383, 395
Delaware town, road from there to Daugherty's, iii, 168
Delawares and Shawnees, meet Clark prior to war of 1812, iii, 101
Delawares, settled in upper Louis- iana, with Shawnees, i, 214 Delin, Francois, dit Francois Delain, ii, 10, 30, 232
Deline, Stephen, i, 374, 379 Delisle, Joseph, ii, 54. See DeLisle Delisle, dit Bienvenue, Louis, il, 54
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Delisle, Marie Francois, ii, 53 Delor de Treget, Joseph, i, 357 Delor, Don Clemento, i:, 81 Delorier, L'Abbe, or Delaurier, ii, 69 Delorior, Helen, ii, 56 Delor's Village, ii, 64
Demaillaiz, Frances, establishes a college in 1820, iii, 69 Demaiseuire, ii, 166
Demands, presented in memorial, ii, 390 De Master, James, iii, 84 Demers, ii, 53
Demint, Benjamin, ii, 157
Demint, Jesse, ii, 152, 155
Demint, Joseph, ii, 158
Demon, at Grand Tower, i, 161
Demos, Charles, ii, 162, 187, 192
Demun, or Demers, i, 368
Denaux, Eugene Dorys, or Dorsieres, ii, 56
Denis, Jacques, ii, 20, 52 Denis, Michel, i, 357
Denney, or Dennys, Charles, ii, 99
Dennir, Jean, or Jeanne, ii, 148
Dennir, Marie Louise, ii, 142
Dennis, Charles, iii, 106
Dennis, Christian, ii, 99
Denny, Boyd, ii, 383
Denoyer, Louise, ii, 150
Denoyon, Antoine, ii, 151
Denoyon, Louis Toussaint, ii, 147 Dent, F., iii, 232
Dentists, iii, 83
Denys, or Dennis, Jean, ii, 147 Depaw, or Depauw, Carlos, ii, 150 Depuis, or Dupois, Paul, ii, 55
Deputy, Joseph, ii, 101
Depyster, a partner of Demun, i, 368 Derbigny, Don Pedro, ii, 101, 140; moves to New Orleans, 141; mar- ried a sister of DeLassus and elected fifth governor of Louisiana, iii, 59 Derlac, Bernard, ii, 151
Derlac, Girard, ii, 151 Derlac, Jean, ii, 160 Derland, Jean, ii, 147 Dernige, ii, 53
Deroche, dit Canadian, Baptiste, ii, 245
Deroche, Pierre, ii, 147, 148
Derocher or Deroche, Antoine, ii, 87 Derocher, Barthelemi, i, 356 Derosia, dit Canadian (De Soca) Baptiste, ii, 68 Derosier, Marie Ann, ii, 149. See De Rosier Derouin, Nicholas, i, 357
Derouse, dit St. Pierre, Francois, ii, 245. See De Rouse
Derousser, or des Rousses dit St. Pierre, Francois, ii, 147 Deroy, Michael, ii, 87 Derry, Boone's negro boy, ii, 93
Desalle, dit Cayolle, Francois, ii, 245 Descary, Gabriel, ii, 11 Descary, Joseph, ii, 56 Deschamps, Marie Louise, ii, 10 Deschamps, Jean B., ii, 294 Deschamps, Mary, ii, 294
Deselle, or Duclos, Alexander, i, 339, 372 Desfonds, Louis, ii, 21
Deshetre, Antoine, ii, 67. See Des- Hetre
Desmoulin, Jean Baptiste, ii, 55
Desnoyers, Bazil, ii, 75. See Des- Noyers Desperentreioux, Lucas, ii, 166
Detailly, Denau, ii, 270 Detandebratz, M., iii, 193
Detchemendy, Pascal, i, 355, 385; ii, 358, 364, 384, 391, 392
Deveaux, Pierre, ii, 67
Devil's Tea Table, ii, 191
Devore, David, ii, 155
Devore, Jacob, ii, 165
Devore, James, iii, 25
Devore, Luke, ii, 155
Devore, Uriah J., keeps tavern at St. Charles, iii, 60; postmaster of St. Charles, 63 Dey, or Day, John, ii, 72
Deys, Father Leo, ii, 328; professor of the St. Louis college, iii, 71
Diaz, Manuel, ii, 151
Diacre, Marie Ursule, ii, 18
Dickson, Druscilla, ii, 187
Dickson, Ezekiel, ii, 192
Dickson, Frederick, ii, 100
Dickson, Hezekiah, ii, 187
Dickson, Josiah, a biographical sketch of, iii, 147 Dickson, Lewis, i, 381; ii, 187
Dickson, Obidiah, iii, 158.
Dickson, Robert, a British agent, biographical sketch of, iii, 102
Dickens, William, ii, 186
Didier, Father Pierre Joseph, ii, 62, 68, 86, 309
Didier, Pierre, first State Treasurer, iii, 266 Diehle, ii, 297 Diel, Henry, iii, 67 Dielle, Antoine, i, 385 Dielle, Henry, i, 355 Dielle, Joseph, i, 356 Dietramble, Baptiste, ii, 166
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Diez, Thomas, ii, 151 Dilatre, Medard, ii, 321 Dillard, Captain, Thorn, in his com- pany, ii, 181
Dillon, James Francois, i, 384
Dillon, William, i, 376; ili, 106 Dinn, Samuel, iii, 106 Dion, Francois, ii, 54
Dion, Nicholas T., ii, 22
Directions in
which Coronado marched, i, 127, 129, 130, 132
Dirks carried by many people, iii, 74 Dissatisfaction because territory was attached to Indiana territory, ii, 385 Dissolution of the Union threatened, iii, 248
Distance of Fort Osage from St. Louis, iii, 148
Distance marched by Coronado as- certained by a soldier's counting steps, i, 129
Distances, immense travelled by Methodist ministers, iii, 237
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