A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the state into the union, Volume III, Part 37

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


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Jacobs, Joseph, ii, 160


Jacoby, John, iii, 188; biographical note, 215


Jacquemin, Jean Baptiste, ii, 20


Jacques, Jean, ii, 56


Jail at St. Louis, iii, 8


James, Cumberland, ii, 69


James, David, iii, 157


James, James, ii, 70, 192


James, John, i, 372; ii, 149


James, John G., ii, 69


James, J. J., ii, 69


James, Joseph, i, 386


James, Morris, ii, 70


James, William, ili, 67


James' Fork, i, 17; Indian village on, 218


Jameson, Harris, iii, 116


Jameson, Isaac W., iii, 245


Jameson, James, ii, 164


Jameson, George, iii, 107


Jameson, Joseph, ii, 96


Jamison, Robert, iii, 85


Jamison, William, ii, 100


Janice, Jean B., or Janis, iii, 86


Janin, Father Pierre, ii, 309, 314


Janis, Antoine, ii, 60, 98, 100


Janis, Antoine, junior, ii, 87


Janis, Francois, i, 355; ii, 166; iii 67 Janis, Jean Baptiste, ensign in Clark's Kaskaskia company, i, 354, 355; ii. 166


Janis, Joseph, ii, 165


Janis, Nicolas, i, 353, 354, 355; ii, 87 Janis, William, ii, 165 Jannetot, or Jeannette, Louis, ii, 98


Jarbeau, Stephen, iii, 131


Jaret, Joseph, i, 357


Jarrotte, ii, 68


Jasperson, iii, 196


Jenneaux, Baptiste, iii, 131


Jeannet, Louis, i, 357


Jeanneret, Charles F., iii, 186


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Jeanty, with Bourgmont's expedition, i, 268 Jefferson City, i, 8; iii, 185; made the permanent seat of state gov- ernment, 268


Jefferson county organized, iii, 8


Jefferson, President Thomas, il, 8; on importance of New Orleans, 347, 348, 350, 352; instructions to Stod- dard, 376; letter to Easton, 401; removes Wilkinson, 408; instruc- tions to Lewis, iii, 141


" Jefferson," steamboat, iii, 199


Jefferson, town of, former county seat of Saline, iii, 185


Jeffre, Jean Baptiste, ii, 99


Jeffry, Jesse, iii, 104, 106


Jeffrey, Jehoida, iii, 131


Jeffron, or Fabius, i, 17 Jenkins, Nimrod, iii, 159 Jenneaux, Baptiste, junior, iii, 131 Jennings, William Elder, iii, 216


Jeram, Jean, ii, 150 Jerney, Peter, ii, 101


Jerred, Joseph, i, 380


Jerrette, Eugenie, or Madame Ther- burn, dit Jerette, ii, 69


Jervais, Francois, ii, 160


Jervais, Joseph, ii, 87


Jesuits, note fertility of soil at Ste. Genevieve, ii, 235


Jewell, James, iii, 84


Jewitt, Walter, i, 379


Jewish merchants, iii, 192


Jicaye, Richard, ii, 160


Joachim, iii, 183


Joachim, bridge over, i, 379


Joachim, church dedicated, ii, 26


Joachim, parish of at Ste. Genevieve, ii, 292 Joachim, Fort, i, 339 Joachim, settlement on, i, 379


Job, Enoch, i, 84


Job, Jacob, i, 373


Johnson, Adam, i, 376


Johnson, Andrew, iii, 131


Johnson, Benjamin, i, 379; ii, 77; iii, 103


Johnson, Benjamin, teaches school on Sandy creek in 1806, iii, 67


Johnson, Claiborne, ii, 84


Johnson, Curtis, iii, 159


Johnson, Daniel, ii, 97


Johnson, David, ii, 156 Johnson, David I .. , i, 386 Johnson, Edward, i, 373


Johnson's Factory, iii, 115


Johnson, George, ii, 152


Johnson, Col. James, iii, 157, 158, 224


Johnson, John, ii, 77, 164, 191, 398; iii, 159, 228


Johnson, J. W., iii, 189 Johnson, Pallee, ii, 156


Johnson, Peter, convicted of murder at Ste. Genevieve in 1810, iii, 81


"Johnson," steamboat, iii, 199 Johnson, Thomas, ii, 98, 154


Johnson, Rev. Thomas, preacher in Tywappity bottom in 1805, iii, 204 Johnson, William, i, 386; ii, 77; iii, 106, 217, 245 Jokley, John, iii, 116


Joinal, Joseph, or Joutel, ii, 69


Jollin, Jean, i, 381


Jolly, Joseph, manufactures powder on the Missouri, iii, 114, 136, 145 Joliet, Louis, his map, i, 2: appointed to make a voyage of discovery, 157; by Frontenac, 158; reports to him, 158; lost his journal, 158; finds Indians dwelling in the north of the present Missouri, 160; near mouth of Des Moines, 160; his map, 169; goes as far south as the 34th degree, 162; biographical sketch of, 157; ii, 287


Jones, Col. Augustus, second of John Smith T., in duel with Browne, iii, 79, 257 Jones, Bele, or Billy, ii, 165


Jones, Benjamin, ii, 96


Jones, David, iii, 8, 84


Jones, Emsley, ii, 163


Jones, Etienne, ii, 162


Jones, Father, ii, 291


Jones, George W., iii, 68; Senator from Iowa, son of John Rice Jones, 257 Jones, John Rice, describes efforts of Spanish officials to attract immi- grations, i, 358; mentions Lord Fitzgerald, 365, 388; ii, 155, 285: iii, 6, 69, 183; iii, 244; member of the constitutional convention, 249; biographical sketch of, 256; ap- pointed Judge of the Supreme Court, 266


Jones, Mirab, ii, 163


Jones, Peggy, ii, 76


Jones, Phoebe, ii, 163


Jones, or Jonce, Rachel, ii, 143


Jones, Richard, ii, 163


Jones, Stephen, ii, 162


Jones, Thomas, ii, 285


Jones, William, senior, i, 373


Jones, Wiliam, ii, 77; iii, 83


Jones, Rev. W. R., iii, 240 Jonka, Joseph, i, 357


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Jonquere, Marquis de la, commands vessel bringing Crozat's officials, i, 271 Jordan, Andrew, iii, 157 Jordon, John M., iii, 157 Jouolt, Donna Margareta Susanne, i, 349 Jourdan, Francois, ii, 12; 87, 149 Jourdin, Jean, ii, 151


Journal of Joutel, i, 237; of Joliet, 158; of Lorimier, ii, 173


Journey, James, ii, 101


Journey, John ii, 101


Journey, Peter, iii, 5, 106


Jourrier, Francois, i, 335


Joutel's Journal, i, 2, 238


Joyal, Theresa, (I.'Abbadie), ii, 56


Juden, John, junior, iii, 9, 194


Judges, appointive under the consti- tution of 1820, iii, 252


Judges, of the Court of Common Pleas of Cape Girardeau, ii, 384


Judges, of the Court of Common Pleas of New Madrid, ii, 384


Judges, of the Court of Common Pleas of St. Charles, ii, 384 Judges, of the Court of Common Pleas of Ste. Genevieve, ii, 384 Judges, of the Court of Common Pleas of St. Louis, ii, 383


Judges, of the Courts of Quarter Sessions, ii, 384


Judgment and execution, quickly rendered under Spanish rule, ii, 200 Judicial proceedings, conducted in French and Spanish indifferently, ii, 197 Judicial power, of Indiana Judges extended over upper Louisiana, ii, 197


Judicial sales, made on Sunday, ii, 208 Juliet, Barbe, ii, 149 Jumonville, ii, 12


Justices of the peace, appointed, ii, 381 Junnex, George, ii, 166


K


Kansa, or Cansa, i, 9; near the mouth of the Kansas, 170; hunt and travel on the plains, 174; on the Missouri, 173


Ka-pa-ha, of LaSalle, compare with the Capaha of De Soto, i, 166


Kappas, or Quapaws, i, 107, 168, 170 Karley, Margaret, ii, 145


Kaskaloua, a Talapousa chief, i, 222 Kaskaskias, identified with the Cas-


quins of De Soto, i, 103; change of habitat, 170; lived near Ste.


Genevieve, 181; on the banks of the Kaskaskia river, 166 Kaskaskia, i, 2; Father Gibault, priest at, ii, 288, 300; mail at first distributed from, iii, 62 Kataka, or Sturgeon, ii, 398


Kavanaugh, James, ii, 232


Kavenaugh, Dr. Charles, at Frank- lin, iii, 83 Kavenaugh, Dennis, ii, 78 Kay, Lieutenant Alexander, ii, 37 Kay, John, ii, 37


Kean, Sam, iii, 157


Keelboats, take lead of upper Louis- iana to New Orleans, i, 284; how built, ii, 263; manner of navi- gating these vessels of the river, 265 Keely, Michael, ii, 165 Keer, William, i, 286; killed by the Indians, 286 Keithly, Abraham, ii, 96; iii, 129


Keeny, Abraham, ii, 159


Kelso, Edward, ii, 185


Keep, Frederick, iii, 104


Kely, Nicholas, ii, 165


Keesacker, John, first barber in St. Louis, iii, 190


Keller, Anthony, ii, 101


Kelly, Guillaume, i, 367


Kelley, Isaac, ii, 192


Kelley, Jacob, ii, 185


Kegans, James, iii, 159


Kelley, James, iii, 84


Kelley, Timothy, i, 382


Kelley, Moses, iii, 157


Kellerman, a deserter from Pike's corps, iii, 144 Kelp, Frederick, ensign, iii, 120


Kendall, Jeduthan, i, 355, 356, 379; ii, 258


Kendall, Jeremiah, ii, 147


Kendall, Jonathan, iii, 103, 105


Kendrick, Alexander, iii, 107


Kendrick, Archbishop, ii, 326


Kennedy, Mathew, first English mer- chant at Ste. Genevieve, i, 352; ii, 284


Kennedy, Patrick, i, 352


Kennedy's Fort, iii, 137


Kenner, Francois, i, 384


Kennerly, George, ii, 56


Kennerly, George H., duel with Geyer, iii, 77


Kennerly, George M., iii, 193


Kennerly, James, ii, 56; iii, 57, 193, 235 Kenney, Andrew, i, 387


Kennison, Absalom, i, 382 Kennison, John, i, 382


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Kentucky, asserts title to Wolf Is- land, i, 15; volunteers tender ser- vice to Missouri territory in war of 1812, 104; supplies Baptist preach- ers, 207 Kentucky Preceptor, iii, 70


Kenyon, Samuel, ii, 163


Kenyon, Simon, ii, 190, 192 Kephart, Joun, i, 376 Kerkindall, James, ii, 165


Kerlerec, last French Governor of Louisiana, ii, 1, 5, 8


Kern, Marie, ii, 156


Kerr escapes the Indians, iii, 102 Kerr, James, ii, 97 Kerr, John, ii, 56; iii, 192, 212


Kerr, Siloam, i, 358 Kettles and tin ware, iii, 188 Kettletas, meets Pike, iii, 144 Key, George, iii, 83


Key, Jeremiah, iii, 245


Keyne, Terry, or Jesse, ii, 75


Keyes, Charles Rollin, State Geolo- gist of Missouri, i, 21 Kibby, Ephraim, ii, 392


Kibby, Timothy, ii, 101, 391, 392, 402; opens Washington Hall in St. Louis, iii, 60; on scout service in the war of 1812, 102


Kibby's Spies, ii, 392 Kichelie, David, ii, 97


Kickapoos, live near Ste. Genevieve, i, 362; on Pomme de Terre, 196 Kiercereau, (de Kesignac) Gregoire, ii, 10 Kiercereau, Marie, ii, 10, 67


Kiercereau, Marie Josephine, ii, 54


Kiercereau, Paul, ii, 10


Kiercereau, Pelagie, ii, 8


Kiercereau, Rene, dit Renaud, ii, 12, 13: chanter at church of St. Louis, 26, 234, 307 Kiercereau, Rosalind, ii, 52 Kie-8e-8a-bana, i, 355 Kilpatrick, Robert, ii, 84


Kincaid, Andrew, or Kincaird, ii, 72, 93 Kincaid, David, ii, 95; iii, 137


Kincaid, James, iii, 84


Kincaid, John, iii, 103, 105, 137


Kincaid, Matthew, iii, 137 Kiner, Abraham, ii, 153


Kiney, Thomas, iii, 103, 106 Kinkead's Fort, iii, 116, 118 Kinkead, Matthew, iii, 116 King, Charles, ii, 78


King, John, ii, 91, 152


King, Rufus, ii, 353; iii, 246 King, William, iii, 131 King's Highway, ii, 150


Kimball and Ward, keep a reading room and punch house, ili, 61 Kinney, Moses, ii, 100 Kiseler, Daniel, ii, 101 Kishkalewa, a Shawnee with Dodge on the Missouri river, iji, 121; his attachment for Dodge, 123


Kitchin's Map, i, 277. 279 Kitchens, Thomas, iii, 157 Kiver, Joseph, ii, 76


Klegand, Sieur Jean Rene Guido de, i, 367 Klein, Johann, or John, ii, 150, 160


Kline, Peter, ii, 156


Knapp. Col. George, a proprietor of the "Republican," iii, 65


Knott, Clement, i, 383


Knott. Osborn, iii, 104, 106


Kountz, or Kuntz, Nicholas, a tav- ern keeper, iii, 59, 229


Kountz' Fort, iii, 136


Krum, John M., mayor of St. Louis, i, 13 Krytz, or Kreutz, or Crites, Abraham, iii, 104


Krytz, Daniel, ii, 188; iii, 106


Krytz, Dewald, ii, 186, 180


Krytz, John, ii, 188, 189


Krytz, Lewis, ii, 96


Krytz, Peter, ii, 186, 188, 192


Kyle, Charles, ii, 71


L


Labadie, claims part of common field, ii, 25 Labadie, Joseph, dit St. Pierre, ii, 68, 245 Labadie, Sophie, ii, 381 Labadie, Sylvestre, ii, 53, 381, 383; iii, 189, 190 Labassiere, Marie, i, 355


Labbadie, dit St. Pierre, or Labadie, Joseph, ii, 10, 55, 62, 68, 245


Labbadie, Pelagie, ii, 52


Labbadie, Sylvestre, ii, 52


Labeaume, Don Luis, ii, 62


Labeaux, Baptiste, iii, 130


Labonne, Marion, ii, 68


Labonte, Etienne, ii, 68


Labre, dit St. Vincent, Pierre, ii, 87


Lebreche, Francois, ii, 56 Labreche, Jean, i, 355


Labrosse, Joseph, ii, 10, 53


Labrosse, Louis, iii, 157


Labrosse, Theodore, ii, 10


Labruissier, or Labuxiere, ii, 162


Labusciere, Francois, ii, 19


Labusciere, dit Labuxierre and La- bussiere, Joseph, Royal Attorney,


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i, 340, 341; biographical sketch of, il, 18; receives first grant in St. Louis from St. Ange, 20, 53 Labusciere, Joseph, junior, ii, 18 Labusciere, Louis, ii, 19


Laccaigne, or Lacassaigne, Michael, ii, 165 Lachaise, Charles, ii, 68


Lachall, Baptiste, ii, 69 Lachance, Antoine, i, 367 Lachance, Benjamin, iii, 103


Lachance, Jean B., ii, 3


Lachance, Joseph, i, 367


Lachance, Louis Pepin, i, 356


Lachappelle, Jean B., ii, 53


Lachappelle, Bazil, ii, 165


Lachasse, Baptiste, or Jean Baptiste, ii, 68


Laclede, services of, ii, 2; claims ex- clusive trade on Missouri, 2; sails up the Mississippi, 4; stores his goods at Fort de Chartres, 5; pros- pects the country, 5; how he en- deavors to rid himself of Indians, II; had not power to grant lands, 16, 21, 22; dies in 1778, 32, 33, 297


Laclede, dit Chouteau, Jean Pierre, ii, 4


Laclede, dit Chouteau, Marie Louise, ii, 4 Laclede, dit Chouteau, Pelagie, ii, 4 Laclede, Pierre Liguest, biographi- cal sketch of, ii, 3 Laclede, dit Chouteau, Victoire, ii, 4 Laclede's Village, St. Louis known as, ii, II Lacombe, Francois, ii, 65, 76, 152 Lacoste, Angelique, ii, 148


Lacoste, dit Languedoc, Francois, ii, 147


Lacourse, Charlotte, ii, 151


Lacourse, Michel, ii, 162


Lacroix, Hebert, ii, 53


Lacroix, Isidore, ii, 87


Lacroix, Jacques, ii, 20


Lacroix, Jean Baptiste, i, 355; ii, 101


Lacroix, J. B., senior, i, 355 Lacroix, Paul, ii, 86 Lacroix, Pierre, ii, 21


Ladoucier, or Ladouceur, or Ladou- sier, Madame, ii, 68


Ladurantaie, Louise, ii, 22


Lafayette county, name changed from Lillard, iii, 26t


Laferney, or Lafresniere, Joseph, ii, 152 Laferne, Margaret de, ii, 18 Laffelier, dit Jasmin, Louis, ii, 147,245


Lafleur, Angelique, ii, 150


Lafleur, Baptiste, ii, 155


Lafleur, John, ii, 71


Lafleur, Joseph, ii, 147


Lafleur, Lambert, ii, 203


Lafleur, Marie, ii, 149


Laflin, Peter, ii, 163


Lafois, Vincent, i, 386


Lafond, Antoine, i, 358; ii, 153, 155, 158 Lafond, Bernard, or Bernardo, ii. 158 ·


Lafond. Dr. Jean B., guide of Clark to Vincennes, i, 357; dies at New Madrid, 358; ii, 134, 146, 151, 157 Lafond, Elizabeth, ii, 151


Lafond, Marie, ii, 143 Lafond, Rosalie, ii, 134


Laforge, (see La Forge)


Lafrenays, Joseph, ii, 141


Lagarciniere, a merchant, il, 56 Lagasse, or Lagasa, Auguste B., ii, 68


Lagasse, Joseph, ii, 69


Lagrain, Margaret, ii, 11


Lagrande, Jean Marie, i, 384


Lagrande, Joseph, ii, 147


Lagrande, or Veuve, Madame, ii, 147


Lagrave, Joseph, ii, 68


Lagueness, Jacques, ii, 56 Lagune, Jeanne, ii, 151


Lail, George, junior, ii, 159


Lail, George, senior, ii, 159


Lajoie, Don Pedro, ii, 363


Lajoie, Lambert, ii, 63


Lajor, dit Lajoy (e), Louis, ii, 69


Lajore, or Lajoie, Pierre, ii, 76


Lake Eulalie, ii, 158


Lake Gayoso, ii, 161 Lake Le Sieur, ii, 159


Lake Ricardo, ii, 159


Lake St. Ann, settlers on, ii, 154


Lake St. Mary, settlers on, ii, 155


Lalande, Alexis, ii, 53


Lalande, Andrew, i, 355


Lalande, Celeste, ii, 53


Lalande, Esteban, i, 339


Lalande, Henry, i, 356


Lalande, Juan Baptiste, i, 340 , 355


Lalond, Jeannette, i, 342


Laloue, or Laluz, John Francois, ii, 149 Lalumandiere, dit Lafleur, Francois, i, 339, ii,297


Lalumandiere, dit Lafleur, Louis, i, 355


Lalumundiere, Mariana, i, 354


Lalumundiere, Jean Baptiste, i, 355 Lalumundiere, Joseph, 1, 355


Lalumundiere, dit Lafleur, Louis, i, 355


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Lalumundiere, Veuve, i, 355 Lamalice, Louis, ii, 100 Lamarche, Antoine, ii, 87, 102 Lamarche, J. B., dit Bricot, ii, 56 Lamarche, Joseph, ii, 87 Lamb, John, ii, 156 Lambert, Jacques, Louis, ii, 269 Lambert, James, ¿, 379 Lambert, dit Lafleur, Jean Louis, i, 341


Lambert, Louis, dit Lafleur, i, 341; estate of, 352; ii, 21, 245


Lami, or Lamy, Michael, ii, 12 Lamirande, Joseph, ii, 69 Lamme, William, ii, 93; iii, 187 Lamotte, ii, 17 Lanaham, Josiah ii, 102


Land, cessions of the Indians, in Missouri, i, 233


Land, assigned by Laclede to settlers, ii, 15; grants of St. Ange, confirmed by Piernas, ii, 29; not sold by the Spaniards, 214; not granted to unmarried strangers, 216; spec- ulation in, not favored, 216; title, how perfected, 217; grants, as a reward for services, 218; titles imperfect, recognized as transfer- able, 220; grants to various parties, 226; value changed by cession of Louisiana, 374; grants made after treaty of San Ildefonso, de- clared void, 377; sales, iii, 181; claims, subject of political con- troversy, 53; price of on the Missouri in 1819, 152 Land offices, iii, 183 Land, William, iii, 159 Landscape, of the Ozarks, i, 21 Lane, Dr. Hardrage, iii, 6, 7, 82, 245


Lane, Jesse H., iii, 157


Lane, William Carr, first mayor of St. Louis, iii, 166, 235 Lane's Prairie, iii, 159 Lanfenes, or Lefrenay, ii, 297 Langelier, dit Langeliervoles, Fran- cois, i, 356


Langelier, dit Langeliervoles, Riche- let, ii, 245 Langevin, dit Baillette, Dame Louise, ii, 99


Langevin, Jean B., ii, 21


Langham, Angus Lewis, iii, 184 Langhorn, Henry, ii, 100 Langlade, Captain, on plains with Indians, ii, 37 Langlois, dit Rondeau, ii, 17, 52, 251 Langlois, dit Rondeau, Alexander, ii, 11, 12, 245


Langlois, Augustine, ii, 96 Langlois, Francois, ii, 87, 343


Langlois, Francois, iii, 179


Langlois, Jean Adrian, i, 366, ii, 150


Langlois, Jean Baptiste, ii, 155


Langlois, Joseph, ii, 22, 98


Langston, John, iii, 131


Language of Indian tribes on Mis- souri, i, 176 Languedoc, Angelique, ii, 148


Languedoc, Francois, ii, 149


Languedoc, Pedro, ii, 149


Lanham, Stephen, iii, 103


Lansford, George, ii, 149


Lansford, Moses, ii, 149


Lanzey, Levi, iii, 103


Laplante, Jacques, ii, 158


Laplante, Jean, i, 357 Lapatry, Joseph, ii, 91


Laplante, Joseph, ii, 148, 162


Laplante, dit Plante, Nicholas, ii, 245 Laporte, Veuve, Louis, i, 356


Laprise, Joseph, ii, 56


Larava, or Lavarre, Joseph, ii, 54, 87


Laramie's Encampment, ii, 172


Laramie's Station, ii, 172


Larche, or L'Arche, Francois, ii, 21


Lard, Hezekiah, assisted by Trudeau to build a mill, ii, 69


Lard, Joseph, iii, 103, 105


Lard, or Lord, John, ii, 55 Large grants, to whom made, iii, 35


Large mounds, near Fayette in How- ard county, i, 95


Largeau, Louis Francois, secretary of Lorimier, i, 318; ii, 173, 190 Laroche, dit Dubreuil, Marion, ii, 245 Larivier, Judith, ii, 149


Laroche, Ignatius, ii, 21


Laroche, Juan B., i, 340


Laroche, Louis B., ii, 21, 54


Larrade, Jean B., ii, 56


Larralde, or Duralde, i, 341


Lashaway, Peter, ii, 76


Lasource, Jean Baptiste, i, 339


Lasource, Louis, iii, 245


Lasouse, or Lasource, dit Moreau, Louis, ii, 245 Latan, Lewis, ii, 186


Latham, or Lathan, John, ii, 186, 192 Latham, Lewis, ii, 192


Latham, Louis, ii, 384


Latour, Pelagie, B. Marecheal, ii, 68 Latour, Pierre, ii, 147, 164 Latrail, Gabriel, ii, 246 Latreille, or De La Treille, Gabriel, ii, 10


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Latremonille, Francois, ii, 149 Latremonille, Jacques, ii, 149 Latresse, Jean Beloney, ii, 55 Laudais, ii, 356 Laugherty, Benjamin, ii, 183 Laugherty, Benjiah, ii, 192


Laurain, a voyageur on the Missouri in 1805, i, 244


Laurain, or Lorain, Jean Baptiste, junior, ii, 68


Laurain, Joseph, ii, 83, 86


Laurain, or Lorain, Louis, ii, 88


Laussat, M., ii, 355; letter to De- Lassus, 356 Lausson, Pierre, ii, 162 Lauthe, Sieur Bernard, i, 358


Lauxier, Don Fransisco de, ii, 67 Lavallis, Joseph, ii, 55


Laverture, Dennis, ii, 159


Laville, dit St. Germain, Francois, ii, 21 Laviolette, Therese, ii, 158


Lavoix, Francois, ii, 147


Law, Barbe, ii, 156


Law, Benjamin, ii, 156


Law, Catherine, ii, 156


Law, Charles, ii, 165


Law, John, i, 273; brings German colonists, ii, 187 Law, Catharine, ii, 156 Law, Silas, ii, 156


Lawless, Luke E., iii, 17; biograph- ical sketch of, 19; second of Benton in Lucas duel, 77 Lawlessness, iii, 55 Lawns, of immense extent, i, 30


Lawrence county, Arkansas, i, 4; or- ganized, iii, 7; abolished, 8


Laws, obedience to, by French Canadian settlers, ii, 272; for the Louisiana district, 379 Lawyers, efforts to sustain fraudulent grants, iii, 37


Layowvois, Indian chief, i, 233; ii, 395


Layton, Bernard, i, 383 Layton, Ignatius, i, 383 Layton, John, junior, i, 383


Layton, John, senior, i, 383


Lead, i, 22; how transported from mines to river, 284; mines, number of in upper Louisiana, 285; number of furnaces in operation in 1799, 285; mines, litigation as to, ii, 204; exported, 255; mines, iii, 190; output of, 190; lead, peltry and salt legal tender, 191


Lebeau, Baptiste, ii, 56, 87


Lebeau, Jean Batiste, ii, 56 Leberge, Madelaine, ii, 21


Leblond, Joseph, ii, 56 Lebois, Mary Nicolle, ii, 56 Leclaire, Francois, ii, 91


Leclaire, Madame,or Madame Leclerc or Leclercq, i, 368 Leclerc, or Leclercq, Auguste, i, 366 Leclerc, Francois, i, 350 Lecompte, Nicolas, ii, 86


Lecroix, in British employ at time of attack on St. Louis, ii, 40


Lecompte, Joseph, ii, 55 Lacoy, or Leroy, Richard, ii, 160


Ledbeter, Rev. J. H., iii, 241


Ledge of rock on St. Louis levee in 1809, iii, 162 Ledon, Joseph, i, 342


Ledru, dit Jacobin, Father, ii, 309


Leduc, Cirile, ii, 150


Leduc, Joseph, ii, 65


Leduc, James, ii, 101


Leduc, Madame, ii, 156


Leduc, Marie Philip, ii, 100; secre- tary of DeLassus, at New Madrid, 136; first clerk and recorder of St. Louis, 383; iii, 8; appointed trans- later of commission, 44; induced by Chouteau to vote for Benton, 267 Lee, Charles, i, 383


Lee, Cleriat, ii, 149


Lee, Josiah, ii, 185, 190


Lee, Josiah, junior, ii, 185, 192


Lee, Lighthorse Harry, ii, 382


Lee, Patrick, ii, 54, 56, 60, 62, 383


Lee, William, iii, 157


Lefevre, Alexis, ii, 91


Lefevre, Charles, ii, 90, 91


Lefevre, Francois, ii, 165


Lefevre, John Lewis, ii, 165


Lefebre, Miquel Emile Joseph, ii, 150


Lefevre, Peter, iii, 104, 107


Legrain, ii, 10 Legrand, Charlotte, ii, 147


Legrand, Gabriel, ii, 147


Legrand, Jean Marie, ii, 147


Legrand, Louis, ii, 162


Legrand, Suzanne, ii, 150


Lehaye, or Lehai, Henry, dit Charles, i, 356


Leitensdorfer, Jean Eugene, ii, 65


Lejeuness, Pierre, ii, 76 Lelups, Michel, i, 357 Lemai, Francois, ii, 65


Lemai, or Lemay, Joseph, ii, 65


Lemeileur, R., i, 356


Lemmey, or LeMoine, Joseph, iii, 131


Lemmey, or LeMoine, killed at the Sinkhole, iii, 132 Lemmon, John, iii, 104 Lemoine, Jean, i, 368 1


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Lemon, Robert, iii, 83 Lemond, Louis, ii, 53 Lemos, Gayoso de, ii, 75, (see Gay- oso) Lenecal, or Senacal, Antoine, ii, 69 Lenault, Major, ii, 161 Lenral, Peter, ii, 384 Lentz, Jacob, ii, 78


Leonard, Abiel, Judge of the Supreme Court, biographical sketch of, iii, 28; duel with Berry, 28, 79 Leonard, Francois, ii, 149, 150 Lepine, Catharine, i, 352 Lepire, or LaPierre, Jean B., ii, 53


. Leroux, Helen, ii, 56 Lerige, Francois Laplante, ii, 56 Lerouge, or Rouge, dit Gagnon, Laurent, ii, 21, 245


Lesieur, Francois, ii, 90


Lesieur, Godfrey, his description of New Madrid earthquake, iii, 178 Lesieur, Joseph, ii, 90


Lesieur, Nicholas, ii, 150


"Lessons in Elocution," an early school book, iii, 70 Letchworth, Benjamin, iii, 85 Letter, of Wilkinson to Jefferson, ii, 405


Letters, time to reach the territory from the east by post, iii, 62


Letts, Abraham, wounded at the Sinkhole, iii, 132 Leveille, Carlos, ii, 54


Leveille, Francoise, ii, 55


Levens, Dr. B. W., in Cooper county, iii, 83


Levens, Henry, iii, 83 Leverare, Pierre Alex, i, 357 Levers, Thomas, ii, 398 Lewd and immodest conduct of Osages, i, 191 Lewis, Gov. Merriwether, ii, 93; organizes territorial militia, ii, 409, 410; biographical sketch of, ii, 411; on inhabitants of St. Charles, ii, 85; appointed governor of Louis- iana, 408; private secretary of Jef- ferson, iii, 141


Lewis & Clark Expedition, origin of, iii, 140; organized on Dubois River, 141; return of, 143


Lewis, Colonel, a Shawnee Indian, i, 2II


Lewis county, of Tenn., organized, ii, 411


Lewis, James, owns a flour mill in 1799 on Cuivre River, ii, 96; iii, 103, 106 Lewis, John, i, 372; ii, 98; iii, 157 Lewis, Joseph, ii, 157


Lewis, Matrom, ii, 97 Lewis, Milton, ii, 98


Lewis' Prairie, Indian village in, ii, 106 Lewis, Samuel H., ii, 97; iii, 63, 103


Leyba, Don Fernando, i, 344; ii, 32, death of, 346


Liberality of Spanish government in donating land, ii, 224


Liberty, i, 22 Libraries, iii, 72


Library of Congress, i, 3


Library, public effort to organize, iii, 73 Life at Fort Osage, as described by Sibley, iii, 149


Light, Captain Peter, ii, 112, 283 Liggette, Thomas, ii, 56


Liguest, Laclede, ii, 9, 203


Lillard county organized by first General Assembly, iii, 185, 261


Lillard, William, member of the con- stitutional convention, iii, 249; biographical sketch of, 260


Limbaugh, Frederick, German


teacher, ii, 182, 189, 384


Limbaugh, Frederick, junior, ii, 189 Limbaugh, Michael, ii, 189 Limestones of Missouri, i, 22


Limoges, Father, i, 247


Lincoln county, organized, iii, 8


Linctot, Godfrey, visits St. Louis, ii, 48 Lindell, Jesse, iii, 193


Lindell, John, iii, 193


Lindell, J. G., iii, 235


Lindell, Peter, iii, 193


Lindsay, John, ii, 95


Lindsey, Rev. Isaac, iii, 238


Line, Joab, i, 376


Line, run by Sullivan, i, 14


Link, Absalom, ii, 77; iii, 104, 107


Link, John, ii, 156


Link, Solomon, ii, 78


Linn, Lewis F., Senator, biographical sketch of, i, 10, 366; appointed Senator, iii, 54; member of second Board of commissioners, 54; settles at Ste. Genevieve, 82; reports New Madrid earthquake, 174


Linn, William, killed near Fort Cap au Gris, iii, 128


Linx, William, ii, 97


Lionnois, Nicolas, i, 356


Lionval, or Lionnois, Marie Louisa, i, 342


Liquor, sale of, prohibited to Indians, il, 380 Lirette, Louis, ii, 53, 68


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Lirette, Pierre, ii, 56 Lisa, or De Lisa, Manuel, i, 196; ii, 60; builds fort on Big Horn, 253; biographical sketch of, 253-4, rents temporary barracks to DeLassus, 363; iii, 162; builds the first brick house of St. Louis, 166; iii, 191, 194; has trading post on the Os- age, rivalry for trade of with Chou- teaus, i, 181; iii, 108, 143


Lithia Springs, i, 18


· Litten, John, ii, 77


Little Bonne Femme Baptist church, iii, 215


Little, James, iii, 86


Little, John, i, 373


Little Osages, i, 179; village near Fort Osage, 186


Little Platte, i, 17


Little Prairie, i, 4; how affected by the New Madrid earthquake, iii, 178; abandoned on account of New Madrid earthquake, 178


Little River, i, 114


Little Rock Landing, ii, 306


Little White Water Creek, ii, 188


Littleby, Robert, iii, 157


Littleton, Jacob, a ferry keeper, iii, 61


Littlejohn, John, ii, 95


Livermore, Arthur, iii, 245




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