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Feefee Baptist church, members of, iii, 216; Peck does not mention, 216
Feils, Stephen, iii, 116
Fellows, Mr., iii, 189
Felteau, Auguste, ii, 86
Felter, Robt. R., iii, 85
Femme Osage, ii, 93; settlers there in 1804, iii, 130
Fence of common fields, ii, 25, 233; of St. Charles, 84 Fender, Christian, i, 382 Fenn, Dr. Zeno, a physician of St. Louis, iii, 81
Fenton, mounds near, i, 78
Fenwick, Edward, i, 387
Fenwick, Ezekiel, ii, 183; charged with murder, iii, 9; keeps house of entertainment at what is now Wittenberg, 61, 76
Fenwick, Thomas, i, 367, 387 Fenwick, Walter, i, 350, 355, 367, 381; duel with Crittenden, killed in, iii, 76; secures body of a person hung at Ste. Genevieve for dissec- tion by order of court, 81
Fenwick, widow, ii, 317
Ferguson, George W., iii, 190 Ferguson, John, ii, 101
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Ferguson, Nancy, ii, 165 Ferguson, Peter, iii, 235
Ferland, dit Deloriers, Jean, ii, 245 Ferland, Joseph, ii, 161
· Fernandez, Joseph, ii, 147 Ferrari, Rev. Andres, ii, 321, 328; professor at St. Louis College, iii, 71 Ferrell, David, ii, 187
Ferrell, James, i, 384
Ferrell, John, ii, 187
Ferres, Humphrey, ii, 153
Ferres, or Ferrer, James, ii, 153
Ferres, Jean, ii, 153
Ferret, with Bourgmont's expedition, i, 268
Ferries, iii, 61
Ferrill, Henry, iii, 115
Ferrot, Jean B., ii, 56
Ferrusola, Juan Barno y, greffier of New Madrid, ii, 134, 176
Ferry, James, ii, 156
Ferry, or Terry, John, deputy sur- veyor, killed by Indians, il, 84
Ferry, first over Maramec, ii, 74; between Kaskaskia and Ste. Gene- vieve, ii, 237; at St. Charles, 383; at Arrow Rock, below Grand river, iii, 158; at St. Louis, 158 Fetir, Bernard, ii, 68
Ficklin, Rev. John, agent to secure Indian children to educate, i, 210 Ficklin, Thomas H., iii, 245 Field, John, i, 137 Field, Stephen, iii, 137
Field's Trace, i, 229
Figh, Terrence, iii, 245
Fight the fire, meaning of, i, 33 Filteau, or Felteaux, Jean, ii, 83 Final report of first commission to adjust Spanish claims, iii, 50
Fine, Philip, ii, 75, 284
Findley, Charles, has a ferry at Ty- wappity, iii, 61
Findlay, Jonathan Smith, notes as to, iii, 259; member of the constitu- tional convention, 249
Findlay, Mrs. Henrietta C. I)., iii, 223 Finley, Charles, ii, 164
Finney, J., iii, 240
Finney, W., iii, 240
Fire companies of St. Louis, iii, 165 Fire engines, first in St. Louis, iii, 165 Fire in the prairies, i, 32
Fire in the timber, i, 35
First land grants, made by St. Ange, at St. Louis, ii, 20
First house at Jefferson City, iii, 185 First Methodist Conference in Mis- souri, held at Mt. Zion, iii, 236
First settlement in the Mississippi Valley on the Des Peres, i, 242 First settlers at Fredericktown, i, 377 First territorial House of Legislature, iii, 3 Fish, number and variety of, i, 35 Fish Lake, ii, 163
Fish, Captain, a Shawnee chief, i, 211; married Rogers' daughter, 211 Fisher, John, i, 383
Fisher, Joshua, i, 382
Fite, or Fight, Joseph, ii, 186
Fitch, Walling, ii, 152
Fithial, John, i, 367
Fitzgerald, Lord, travels down the Mississippi, i, 359
Fitzgibbons, William, i, 382
Flaget, Bishop of Bardstown, ii, 313, 314, 315, 317, 322
Flamant, Amable, ii, 54
Flagifont, John, ii, 321
Flanagan, Willis, corporal, iii, 111
Flanagan, Patrick, iii, 187
Flanders of America, i, 27
Flatboat, ii, 266 Flat Creek, i, 18 Flaugherty, James, ii, 101; iii, 3
Flaugherty, Ralph H., ii, 100
Flax, cultivation of, i, 305; ii, 232 "Flecha," a Spanish galliot, ii, 343 Fleitar, Dr. Domingo, ii, 151
Fleming, Patrick, i, 357, 387; iii, 97 Fletcher, Silas, ii, 163
Fleury, dit Grenier, il, 245
Flint, Timothy, his description of the prairies of North Missouri, i, 29; comment on Ste. Genevieve, iii, 57; opens a school in St. Louis in 1816, 68 ;. teaches school in Jack- son in 1817, 69; refers to inade- quate pay of Protestant ministers, 221; describes Ste. Genevieve, 152; steamboat travel, 197; his observa- tion on the effect of the New Mad- rid earthquake, 177; arrives in St. Louis in 1816, 227; comments on the controversy between Andover and Princeton, which then pre- vailed, 227, 229, 230, 231; a bio- graphical sketch of, 231
Flondrain, or Flandrin, Antoine, ii, 20 Flora Creek, ii, 191
Florida, iii, 158
Florida girls, to be brought to upper Louisiana, if of good character, i, 291 Florissant, ii, 66, 314
Flory, Francois, or Fleury, dit Grenier, ii, 54 Flory, Florence, ii, 54
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Flory, Marie, ii, 54 Flower, I., i, 367 Fluellen, Hubert, i, 384 Flynn, William, i, 382 Flynn, William, junior, i, 382 Fogne, Marie, ii, 149 Foisy, Francois, ii, 156
Foley, Thomas, founds the "Corre- spondent and Record," iii, 66
Folson, or Folsom, Ebenezer, ii, 160 Foncalt, ii, 22
Fontaine de la Prairie, i, 379
Fontaine, Felix, ii, 56
Fontainebleau, treaty of, i, 287; ii, 19
Food of Osages, i, 191
Fooy, Benjamin, ii, 152
Ford, P. H., proprietor of "Enquirer," iii, 66
Forman, Gen. David, meets Foucher, ii, 130
Forman, Jonathan, ii, 187
Forman, Jonathan, junior, ii, 192
Fordney, or Fordoney, Francois, ii, 154 Fords, Eli, ii, 164
Forests, free from undergrowth i, 26; in alluvial bottoms, i, 32
Forest traders, rules for, ii, 50
Forsythe, a Delaware village located where now is, i, 218
Forsyth, Robert, ii, 56; iii, 94
Forsyth, Maj. Thomas, biographical sketch of, iii, 138
Fortifications, erected by mound- builders, i, 42
Fortifications of St. Louis, extended, ii, 42
Forts established for the fur trade, ii, 252 Forts ordered erected at mouth of Missouri by Ulloa, i, 292 Forts erected by settlers on Missouri, iii, 136
Fort Bellevue, iii, 102, 106; evac- uated, 109
Fort Cap au Gris, iii, 135, 136 Fort aux Cedres, ii, 252
Fort Carondelet, built by the Chou- teaus among the Osages, ii, 212, 252; no vestige of there when Pike visited the locality, iii, 145 Fort Celeste, DeLassus not satisfied with arrangement of batteries, i, 336; cost of, ii, 131; residence of the Spanish Commandants of New Madrid, 138. Fort Clark, at Peoria, iii, 113
Fort Clemson, iii, 137 Fort Cooper, on post route to St. Charles in 1816, iii, 63
Fort de Chartres, i, 338; sandstone of Ste. Genevieve used in, 249; win- dows and doors used, 355; Laclede arrives at, ii, 4; Commandant of, has jurisdiction west of the river, 16, 17
Fort El Principe de Asturias, plan of, i, 294; ii, 19, 66 Fort Hempstead, iii, 114, 137
Fort Howard, iii, 100, 130, 136
Fort Howell, iii, 136
Fort Jefferson, i, 345; Clark at, when St. Louis attacked, 40, 73, 164, 333 Fort Kinkead, iii, 114, 137
Fort Mason, iii, 113; troops at, on Mississippi, 136
Fort Osage, i, 3, 29, 181; village of Little Osages near, 186; established, iii, 147, 148
Fort Orleans, built by Bourgmont, i, 258; abandoned, 268 Fort San Carlos, ii, 252
Fort San Fernando des Barrancas, ii, 133 Fort San Juan del Misuri, ii, 91
Fort St. Joseph captured by the Span- iards, ii, 43 Fort Wood, ili, 136
Fortain, Veuve, i, 356
Fortier, Joseph, ii, 86
Fortin, Jean Baptiste, i, 355
Fortin, Julien, dit Bellefontaine, ii, 65 Fossat, Don Guido de, engineer to erect Spanish forts on Missouri, i, 290 Fossett, Salomon, trumpeter, iii, 111
Foster, Bernard, ii, 384
Foster, Jacob, ii, 187
Foster, Jacob, junior, ii, 192
Foster, James, i, 379
Foster, Samuel, iii, 130
Foster, Thomas, ii, 186
Foster, Mrs., ii, 185
Fostin, Michael, ii, 76
Fostin, dit Parent, Francois, ii, 245
Fouche, Pierre, ii, 21
Foucher, Baptiste, ii, 149
Foucher, Bonaventure, ii, 149
Foucher, Michael, ii, 56
Foucher, Pedro, in command at New Madrid, ii, 125; his signature, 126, 129-131
Foundation of St. Louis school fund, iii, 51 Fouquier, John, iii, 341
,Fourche a Courtois, i, 378, 380 Fournier, Francois, ii, 65
Fovret, Jean Baptist, ii, 150 Fox, Ezra, iii, 156
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Fox Indians, various names of, i, 201 France does not appreciate value of Mississippi Valley, i, 237 France takes possession of re-ceded Louisiana, ii, 356 Franchville, Joseph, ii, 21 Franklin county organized, iii, 8 Franklin, town laid out in 1817, 148; rapid growth, 149; important town in 1819, 152; unfortunate location, 154; merchants of, iii, 194; public dinner at to celebrate the passage of enabling act, 244
Franquelin's map, i, 7, 170; roads marked on, 225
Franks, Andrew, ii, 187, 190
Franks, Barton, ii, 192
Franks, Peter, ii, 192
Francisco, ii, 54 Frasseur, Louis, ii, 297 Fraudulent enterprises floated, iii, 56 Fraudulent concessions, iii, 36
Frazer, Major, ii, 13, 271 Frazier, Alexander, ii, 155 Frazier, Daniel, ii, 155 .
Frazier, John, ii, 156
Frazier, William, ii, 155
Frederick, Juan, ii, 154
Frederick, Joseph, i, 376
Fredericktown, first settlement there, i, 377
Free navigation of the Mississippi River, constant source of friction, ii, 335, 343
Freeman, Foster, tavern keeper at Franklin, iii, 60'
Freeman, John, ii, 188
Freight, charges, ii, 267; rates from the mines to the river, iii, 188; rates to New Orleans, 188
Freiseu, or Frazier, Daniel, ii, 162
French explorations, extent of, i, 149, 250; on the Missouri in 1744, 286 French, settlers in New Madrid prefer hunting, ii, 132; remains the language of country, 196; carts, a curiosity, 235; how constructed, 236; Canadian families, 238; poor farmers, 238; trading privileges on the Missouri, grant of, 249; inhabi- tants, of Missouri, characteristics of, 267; language of inhabitants, 268; sell lands for a mere pittance, iii, 35 Frere, Eloy, ii, 150
Freytas, Padre, narrates Penalosa's expedition, i, 142 Friend, Aaron, ii, 153 Friend, Alexander, ii, 153 Friend, Augustine, ii, 153, 159
Friend, Captain Charles, place of residence, ii, 153
Friend, David, ii, 153
Friend, Elisha, ii, 162
Friend, Israel, ii, 153
Friend, Jacob, ii, 153
Friend, John, ii, 150, 153, 158
Friend, Jonas, ii, 153
Friend, Price, iii, 159
Friend, Robert T., ii, 100
Friend, Teene, ii, 153
Friendship Baptist church, at Char- ette, iii, 211
Frissell, Letitia, i, 377
Fristoe, Thomas, iii, 217
Frizzell, Joseph, postmaster of Jack- son, iii, 63, 228
Frizzel, Jason, iii, 229, 245
Fry, Henry, held up on his marriage trip by Indians, i, 373
Fugate, Hiram, iii, 137
Fugate, or Fugitt, Rueben, iii, 118, 137 Fugate, Sarshall, iii, 137
Fugate, Simeon, iii, 138
Fulham, or Fulhorn, John, ii, 147
Fullerton, William, ii, 73
Fullwood, Louis Miller, ii, 163
Fulton, on the Boonslick trace, iii, 157 Fur trade, practically all settlers en- gaged in, ii, 243; trade destructive to fur-bearing animals, ii, 247; enor- mous profits of, 244, 248; monopoly of, 248; change in the manner of carrying it on, 251; loss of, caused by the English selling cheaper goods, 254; iii, 162; extent of, 191
Fur traders disregard rules and regu- lations, ii, 246
Furnaces in operation in 1799, i, 285 Furs, debts paid with, il, 31
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Gabert, Dr. Paul G., a physician of St. Louis in 1819, iii, 81
Gabourie, Laurent, i, 339
Gagne, Amable, ii, 68 Gagnier, Louis, dit Belladvance, ii, 65
Gagnon, Father, ii, 291
Gagnon, Jean, i, 357
Gagnon, Philibert, dit Laurent, ii, 17, 20, 22, 245 Gagnon, Pierre, ii, 86
Gaguier, or Geguirie, Antoine, ii, 101, IO2 Gaguirie, or Giguares, Francois, ii, IOI Gaillard, Jacques, i, 357 Gallagher, Daniel, iii, 229
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Gallagher, David, i, 372 Gallagher, Henry, iii, 188 Gallaher, John, ii, 159 Galland, Able, iii, 131 Gallatin, on Easton, iii, 41
Gallatin, Albert, considers mounds work of an agricultural people, i, 44; ii, 404; on General Wilkinson, 401; letter to Carr, iii, 44; to Jefferson on unfounded and fraudulent claims, 46 Galleys, Spanish at New Madrid, ii, 141 Gallipolis, plan to attract settlers from, i, 363
Galapagos Islands, i, 39
Galvez, Don Bernardo, Governor General of Louisiana, i, 305; thanks people of St. Louis and Ste. Gene- vieve for services in defending St. Louis, 307; ii, 22, 109, 297; instructions to, 331; his conquest of Florida, 331, 336
Galvez, Don Joseph de, Marquis de Sonora, Minister of the Indies, report of attack on St. Louis made to him. ii, 39
Gamble, Archibald, iii, 22
Gamble, Hamilton Rowan, biograph- ical note, iii, 26
Gambling, iii, 73
Game, becoming scarcer on the lower St. Francois in 1750, i, 38; abun- dance of, at the mouth of the Saline, 247; in the Tywappity bottom in 1819, iii, 149; getting scarcer on the Missouri in 1819, 154; not shy, i, 39
Gamache, Auguste, junior, ii, 65
Gamache, Jean Baptiste, ii, 10, 65; establishes a ferry across the Mara- mec, 74, 76
Gamache, Genevieve, dit Lamarre, ii, 65
Gamache, Joseph, ii, 21 Gamache, Nicolas, ii, 65
Gamelin, Antoine, captain of a New Madrid company, ii, 134; bio- graphical sketch of, 139, 147, 162, 173
Gamelin, Elizabeth, ii, 153
Gamelin, Ignace, ii, 147
Gamelin, Louisa, ii, 152
Gamelin, Pierre, ii, 101
Gamelin, Rosalie, ii, 152
Ganion, Jean, ii, 299
Gantt, Dr. E. S., iii, 80, 82
Gaoiot, Etienne, i, 355 Garcia, Juan Jose, ii, 138
Garcilaso de la Vega, biographical sketch of, i, 100, 166
Gardens at St. Charles, ii, 85 Gardner, Benjamin, ii, 95
Gardoqui, Don Diego, Spanish min- ister, ii, 336; Morgan's memorial to, 340; his grant to Morgan, 110; Morgan's letter to, 126; his grant nullified by Miro, 128; declares that Spain will not permit free navigation of Mississippi, 333 Garet, Joseph, i, 356
Garments, primitive, made at home, ii, 232 Garnier, J. V., iii, 165, 235
Garrard, Governor, ii, 95
Garreau, Pierre, ii, 87, 152
Garrett, Joseph, iii, 103
Garrison at Ste. Genevieve, i, 359
Garton, John, ii, 158
Gasconade, i, 17; Osages hunt on, 181, 228-233; number of families on in 1808, iii, 143, 154; first set tlers of county, 159; town of, 184
Gass, names settlement of St. John, ii, 92 Gates, Juan, ii, 56
Gates, Samuel, ili, 107
Gatty, George, ii, 87
Gauthier, or Gaultier, Antoine, ii, 10, 83; in command of Fort San Juan, 91 Gautier, Pierre, dit Sansquartier, ii, 245
Gay, Nicolas, dit Gravois or Gravier, ii, 65, 245 Gayon, Amable, ii, 160
Gayon, Hyacinth, ii, 160
Gayoso, Manuel de Lemos, Spanish Governor of Louisiana, i, 2; re- fuses permission to the Cherokees to settle on the west side of the Mis- sissippi, 222; ii, 62; advises De- Lassus to secure Canadian emi- grants, 62; appoints Mackay Com- mandant of St. Andre, 70, 96; visits New Madrid, 134; his ordi- nances, 196, 344; biographical sketch of, 344, 345; his ordinances provide that the children of Protes- tants must be Catholic, iii, 201
"Gazette," gives record of laws en- acted at first territorial Assembly, 5; established, iii, 65
Geard, or Giard, Basil, ii, 79 Gearan, Hiram, i, 367
Geese, i, 35, 36
Gegieure, Louis, ii, 65
Geiger, Frederick, iii, 103, 105
Geiger, John, iii, 104
Gelie, Louis, i, 357 Genet, his effort to involve the Union
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in war with England, i, 315; en- deavors to enlist Tardiveau, 316; ii, 157, 283
General Assembly, first territorial, iii, 3; second territorial, 5; third, 7; and fourth, 8 General Assembly, to meet bi-annu- ally under constitution of 1820, iii, 248
General Court, of Louisiana territory, first appellate, ii, 413; to sit twice a year in St. Louis, ii, 413; iii, 161 "General Pike," a steamboat, iii, 198 Genereau, Francois, iii, 244 Genereux, Joseph, ii, 98, 160 George, Capt. Robert. i, 380 Geography of Missouri unwritten, i, 9 Geographical situation of Missouri, i, 16 George, Solomon, i, 367, 372 Georgia, claims country to the Mis- sissippi, ii, 330 Gendron, Toussaint, ii, 96
Gentry, Richard, iii, 184; duel with Carroll, 79 Gentry, Reuben, iii, 138, 157
Gerard, or Gerrard, Jean, ii, 75
Gerard, Louis, ii, 166
Germ of St. Louis school fund, iii, 71 Germain, Lord George, letter to Hal- dimand to reduce Spanish posts, ii, 36 Germain, George, ii, 152 Germain, Jos., i, 357
German Coast, of lower Louisiana, ii, 188
German, grantees of Lorimier, ii, 168; early pioneers in the Mississippi Valley, 187; settlement on White- water in upper Louisiana, 188; iii, 59; preaching stations on White- water, 204; settlements extend up and down Whitewater, 205
German church, on Whitewater, in flourishing condition, iii, 205 German language, used by settlers on Whitewater, iii, 205 German preacher, Rev. Samuel Wey- berg, ili, 204; biographical sketch of, 205 Gervais, ii, 20 Geyer, Henry S., iii, 8; biographical sketch of, 21; elected United States Senator to succeed Benton, 22 Ghent, treaty of, iii, 128 Giard, Antoine, ii, 90 Giard, Angelique, ii, 89 Giard, Basil, il, 79
Giard, Catharine, ii, 79 Gibbins, John, iii, 229
Gibbins, Samuel, iii, 229 Gibbons, James, iii, 229 Gibbons, Robert, iii, 229
Gibault, Father, piloted Clark to Vincennes, i, 357; ii, 146, 166, 297, 304; priest at New Madrid, 310; his services to the United States, ii, 300; his memorial asking for a land grant, 301
Gibkins, Dr. Bernard, ii, 22, 28
Giboney, Alexander, ii, 183
Giboney, Alexander, junior, ii, 183; killed at the battle of Sinkhole, iii, 131, 132
Giboney, Andrew, ii, 183; iii, 196
Giboney, Aurelia, ii, 183
Giboney, Isabel, ii, 183
Giboney, John, ii, 169, 183, 190, 192
Giboney, Margaret, ii, 183
Giboney, Robert, ii, 183, 192
Giboney Creek, ii, 183 Gibson, Humphrey, senior, i, 380
Gibson, Humphrey, junior, i, 380
Gibson, Jacob, iii, 107
Gibson, John, iii, 157
Gibson, Samuel, iii, 103,. 106
Gibson, Thomas, ii, 73, 102
Gibson, William, ii, 162
Giddings, Salmon, describes Rock house in Pike county, i, 42; opens a school in St. Louis, iii, 69; monthly religious meetings at his school room, 215; first Presbyterian minister stationed at St. Louis, 228; visits Bellevue, 229
Giguire, or DeGuire, ii, 76
Giguire, or DeGuire, Louis, i, 381
Gilbert's Lick, iii, 107
Gilbert, Mary, ii, 150
Gilbert, Samuel, iii, 107
Gilbert, Warner, ii, 99
Gilbeaugh, Cesell, ii, 161
Giles, John, sergeant, iii, III
Gilkinson, John, ii, 165
Gill, Anna Collins, ii, 152
Gill, Charles, ii, 75
Gill, James, ii, 150, 154, 155
Gill, John, ii, 166
Gill, Mary, ii, 76
Gill, Moses, iii, 85
Gill, Mrs. Nancy, ii, 150 Gillespie, Ann, ii, 185
Gillespie, Elizabeth, ii, 185
Gillespie, Mary, ii, 185 Gillespie's Fort, ii, 184 Gillis, Angus, ii, 97
Gillmore, John, il, 76
Gilmore, with Callaway when killed, iii, 124 Ginginbre, ii, 55
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Gingras Creek, ii, 53, 77; on Petite Gingras, ii, 21
Girard, Francois, ii, 87 Girard, Jean Baptist, ii, 56
Girard, Joseph, ii, 87
Girardin, Antoine, his letter to Sin- clair as to the sentiment of the people of Cahokia, ii, 49 Girardot, Sieur Jean B., ii, 168 Girouard, dit Giroux, William, i, 355, 376; ii, 245
Girrard, dit Megar, Joseph, i, 387; ii, 245
Gladu, Pierre, ii, 53 Glaize, Rev. Samuel, iii, 241
Gleason, James, with Callaway, iii, 124, 137
Gleason, John, iii, 137
Gleason, Peter, iii, 137
Gleason, William, iii, 137
Glascock, Charnel, iii, 234
Glasgow, iii, 191
Glass, William Harris, ii, 155
Glasscock, Stephen, iii, 184 Glenn, William, ii, 66
Glover, Richard, ii, 77
Gobeau, Jean Baptiste, i, 358; an interpreter, ii, 157
Godair, or Goder, or Godare, dit Tag- arouche, Andre, ii, 151, 161, 245
Godair, Baptiste, ii, 184, 192
Godair, Peter, ii, 184
Godair, Toussaint, ii, 161
Godeau, or Gobeau, Marie Joseph, ii, 53 Goder, or Godair, Henry, ii, 162 Goder, Pierre, ii, 151
Godfrev, Francoise, widow of Louis Vandenbenden, ii, 143
Godfrey, Jacques, ii, 91
Godin, dit Chatouiller, Francois, ii, 245 Godino, John, ii, 100
Goforth, Andrew, iii, 229
Goforth, Miles, i, 373; iii, 107, 229
Goforth, Zack, iii, 229 Golconda, road to Bainbridge, iii, 61 Goldberry, Bennett, iii, 158
Gomez, Don Francisco (Bernado) de, Lieutenant Commandant under Rui, i, 289; ii, 19 Gonet, Claude Joseph, ii, 149 Gonet, Joseph, ii, 149 Gonzalez, Antonio, ii, 138 Gonzalez, Casto, ii, 321 Gooche, Drury, iii, 107 Gooch, Nicholas, iii, 99 Good marksmen, highly respected by pioneers, iii, 74 Goods, stock of, carried by traders, ii, 270
Goodrich, Elisha, ii, 71
Gool, Jacob, ii, 152 Gordon, George, ii, 72
Gordon, Hugh, iii, 157
Gosse, Mary Madaline, ii, 150
Goudin, William, ii, 152 - Gough, John B., iii, 85 Gouier, Jean Baptiste, dit Cham- pagne, i, 336
Government, of Osages oligarchical, i, 192
Government, during Spanish domin- ion, a parental despotism, ii, 199
Government House, occupied by Spanish officials in St. Louis, built by Martigny, ii, 23
Government House, in St. Louis, picture of, ii, 361
Govreau, Antoine, i, 379
Govreau, or Goverot, Etienne, i, 355
Govreau, Henry, i, 355 .
Govreau, Joseph, i, 355
Govreau, Louisa, married Jean B. LaCroix at Kaskaskia, i, 352
Govreau, Louis, i, 355
Govreau, Pierre, i, 356 Gow, or Goe, Joseph Louis, ii, 91
Gow, Michael, ii, 91
Goza, Joshua, ii, 187
Graham, Alexander, ii, 77
Graham, Hugh, ii, 76
Graham, James, iii, 16; duel with Dr. Farrar, 75; died of wound received, 76 Graham, John, i, 381
Graham, Samuel, ii, 76
Grand, Francois, ii, 150
Grand Marais, French for Big Swamp, 1i, 190
Grand River, i, 17; Indian trail up, 229; settlement on, iii, 158 Grand Prairie, iii, 99 Grand Tower, described by Mar- quette, i, 161; noted by Long, iii, 152 Grande, Don Augustine, ii, 369
Grande, Jose Casa, ii, 166 Granger, Postmaster-General, ii, 406 Granites, of Missouri, i, 21
Grantees, and early settlers of St. Louis, ii, 20 Gras, or Grace, Richard, ii, 149 Grass, Henry, i, 384 Grassard, dit Griffard, i, 355; ii, 245 Gratiot, Charles, i, 323, 356; sends boat of provisions to Prairie du Chien, ii, 34, 35, 36, 37; connection with attack on St. Louis, 40; resi- dence of in St. Louis, 48, 62, 362, 374, 383, 388, 391, 392, 395, 396;
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appointed Clerk of the Land Com- missioners, iii, 43; removed from this office, 49 Gratiot, Charles, General, appointed to.West Point, ii, 381; biographical sketch of, 381 Gratiot, Henry, ii, 56 Gratiard, a partner with Dupont in an ash furnace, i, 368 Gravel, Louis, i, 356, 357 Gravelle, Catharine, ii, 9 Gravelin, Joseph, ii, 91 Gravelin, Joseph, junior, ii, 91 Graves, Thomas, ii, 162; iii, 85 Graveyards, where located in St. Louis, ii, 26
Gravier, Father, mentions the Akan- sea, i, 107; on the Mississippi in 1700, 245; observes wild animals crossing the river at what is now known as Gray's Point, 246; visits the Indians on the west bank of the river, ii, 288; Riviére des Peres, first settlement in valley, 288 Gravier, Joseph, ii, 153 Gray, Alexander, Mi, 142; iii, 22 Gray, Ben, iii, 158 Gray, Drakeford, Lieutenant, iii, 111; his report of the Sinkhole fight, 135
Gray, David, Spanish interpreter at New Madrid, ii, 142, 148
Gray, James, ii, 75; iii, 107 Gray, John, sergeant, iii, III Gray, Robert, ili, 106
Gray's Point, bears cross the river at, i, 35; noted by Long, iii, 151 Grazer, John B., ii, 86
Great North Fork, of White river, i, 17 Great Osages, village of, i, 181 Great Trail, Nemacolin's path, i, 228 Grebour, or Erebour, dit Maturin, Baptiste, ii, 245 Green, Miss Ann, iii, 223
Green, Benjamin, ii, 158
Green, Rev. Daniel, a Baptist preacher in Tywappity bottom in 1805, iii, 206 Green, David, ii, 192
Green, Duff, first postmaster of Char- iton, iii, 63; first mail contractor to carry mail between St. Louis and Franklin, 64; proprietor of the "Enquirer," 66, a member of the constitutional convention, 249; sketch of, 258
Green, James, ii, 72 Green, Mrs. Learma, iii, 206 Green, Richard, ii, 162
Green, or Greene, Robert, ii, 186, 384; iii, 84
Greene. Rev. Thomas Parrish, opens a school in Cape Girardeau in 1820, iii, 68; preserves the Bethel church records, 207; biographical sketch of, 219
Greenville, iii, 186 Greenville, Jean, i, 367, 382 Greenwell, Ignatius, iii, 85 Gregory, Isaac, iii, 131 Gregoire, Charles, i, 386
Gregg family, account of, iii, 119 Gregg, David, iii, 120
Gregg, Harman, iii, 115, 120 Gregg, John, ii, 164 Gregg, William, killed by Indians, iii, 115, 120; settled above Arrow Rock, iii, 119
Grenier, Louis, i, 368 Grider, or Crider, James, iii, 157 Griffar, Michael, i, 355 Griffard, Alexis, i, 355, 367
Griffen, Eleanor, ii, 142
Griffin, James, junior, ii, 101
Griffin, John, ii, 395 Griffin, Joseph, junior, ii, 78
Griffin, Judge John, ii, 378
Griffin, William, ii, 69
Griffith, Daniel, ii, 101
Griffith, Samuel, ii, 100; iii, 104, 106
Griffith, William, ii, 101
Grigg, Mary, married Rev. Wilson Thompson, iii, 207 Griggs, Lieutenant, escapes when Callaway was killed, ili, 124
Grimaldi, Marquis de, ii, 22
Grimar, Carlos, ii, 151 Grimar, J. B., ii, 151
Grimar, Pierre, ii, 151, 160
Grimard, dit Charpentier, Louis, ii, 53, 56, 100
Grimaux, dit Charpentier, Alexander, ii, 53, 245 Grimes, Joseph, i, 367
Grimes, Guilaume, i, 367
Grimsley, Thornton, reared by Jaco- by, iii, 215
Gringa, Louis, i, 368
Grinder, Gov. Lewis, murdered in his house, ii, 411
Grinon, i, 355 Gristmill, first in St. Louis, ii, 28
Gristmills, in upper Louisiana, ii, 257 Griswold, Rogers, ii, 353; feared Louisiana Purchase would tend to dismember the Union, 351 Gritz, or Grites, Krytz, Kreutz, Wil- liam, ii, 189 Grob, or Grubb, Allen Bird, ii, 156
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Grojean, Jeremiah, ii, 96 Grondon, or Grondine, Francois, i, 375 Grooms, Abner, iii, 138 Grooms, John, iii, 138 Grooms, William, iii, 138
Groseilliers, Medard Chouart Sicur de, biographical sketch of, i, 150; discovers the Missouri or Forked River, 153; wanders in the West, 151; first visits the tribes of Wis- consin, 152; first hears of the Sioux, 152; discovers the Spaniards trade with the Indians of Missouri, 153; Negroes described by the Indians to him, 153
Groshong, Jacob, iii, 103, 106
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