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Livingston, Robert R., ii, 348
Livre Terrien, or Land Book of St. Louis, ii, 20
Lloyd, John, ii, 163
Lloyd, Samuel, junior, ii, 166
Local government, demanded for upper Louisiana, ii, 390, 391
Location of the buildings at Côte sans Dessein, iii, 125
Location of Cape Girardeau, ii, 169 Location of mounds found in, Cedar and Morgan counties, i, 81; New Madrid county, 60; Mississippi county, 62; Scott county, 66; Cape Girardeau county, 67; Stoddard county, 68; Bollinger county, 70; Perry county, 72; Butler and Riplay counties, 74; Wayne county, 75; Madison and St. Francois counties, 76; Iron, Jefferson, Reynolds, Ste. Genevieve and Washington coun- ties, 77; Franklin county, 78; Howell, Jasper, Oregon and Shan- non counties, 80; Barry, Benton, Christian, Dade, Greene, Law- rence, McDonald, Miller, Newton, Polk and Taney counties, 81; Dallas, Douglass, Laclede and Webster counties, 82; Maries,
Osage, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski, and Texas counties, 83; Carter, Craw- ford, Dent, and Gasconade coun- ties, 84; Barton, Cass, Cole, Cooper, Jackson, Johnson, Lafay- ette and Vernon counties, 85; Clark, Lewis, and Saline counties, 86; Adair, Lincoln, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls, Scotland and Shelby counties, 87; Audrain, Montgomery, Putnam, Schuyler, St. Charles, Sullivan and Warren counties, 88; Knox county, 92; Callaway county, 94; Atchison, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Davies, and Linn counties, 95; Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston, 95; Mercer, and Worth counties, 96; Boone county, 97
Lochon, Sieur de, sent to explore the mines, i, 280
Lockhart, operates a free ferry at St. Louis in 1813, iii, 62
Lockhart, James, keeps tavern at Jackson, iii, 61
Lodges, of Osages, i, 188
Logan, Charles, i, 376; ii, 152; iii, 107 Logan, David, iii, 186
Logan, Elder John B., iii, 217, 223
Logan, Gen. Jno. A., ii, 180
Logan, Gen. Benjamin, visits Lori- mier, ii, 178
Logan, Gen. John A., ii, 179
Logan, John, marries Lorimier's widow, ii, 179; erects water mill 186 Logan, Mathew, i, 376
Logan, Robert A., i, 376
Loignon, Charles, ii, 106, 161
Loignon, Mrs., ii, 106
Loillet, Francois, ii, 298
Loise, Alexis, ii, 21
Loisel, Father Regis, ii, 326
Loisel, or Loiselle, Joseph, i, 386
Loisel, Madaline, ii, 169
Loisel, Regis, junior, ii, 252
Loisel, Regis or Registre, ii, 252
Loissiere, dit Deloge, Pierre, ii, 165 Loitie, Madame, ii, 75
Long, on charm of the savage state, i, 184; account of the killing of Capt. Callaway, iii, 124; describes can- tonment of Bellefontaine, 151; on the Missouri, 153; describes Jack- son in 1818, 169
Long, Anderson, iii, 85
Long, Eliza May, ii, 71
Long, Emelia Anne, ii, 71
Long, Gabriel, ii, 72; iii, 103, 105
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Long, George Anthony, ii, 71 Long, Isabella, Louise, ii, 71
Long, James, ii, 72 Long, James, Bennett, ii, 71 Long, Jean Julia, ii, 71
Long, John, ii, 71, 73, 101 Long, John junior, ii, 72 Long, John Zeno, ii, 71 Long, Lawrence, ii, 71, 72 Long, William L., ii, 66; iii, 84, 103, 105
Long's Expedition, iii, 151
Longstreath, or Longstreet, i, 356 Longval, or Louval, Francois, ii, 91
Looney, Joseph, iii, 104
Loper, James, iii, 235 Lorain, Jean Baptiste, ii, 52
Lorance, John, il, 192
Lord, Gabriel, ii, 56
Lord, Mathew, ii, 75
Lord, Pierre, ii, 101
Lordenberg, Marie, ii, 151
Lorimier, Auguste Bougainville, ap- pointed to West Point, ii, 381
Lorimier, Charlotte P. B., ii, 179 Lorimier, Don Louis, i, 8, 366; ap- pointed Commandant of the post of Cape Girardeau, during the threatened Genet filibustering ex- pedition, 318; reliance of Caron- delet on Indians under him, 329; induces Shawnees to emigrate to upper Louisiana, ii, 54, 74; his- tory of, 171, 212; his influence among the Shawnees and Dela- wares, 213; his land grant, 216, 223, 359, 363, 384, 392; extent of his privileges, ii, 168; captured Boone, 172, 173; engaged in In- dian trade, 173, 176, 179; his second wife, 179; his signature, 180, 186; favors German emi- grants, 188, 190; grants land to Spanish American military com- pany, 191, 198; trade privilege with Shawnees and Delawares, 251; arrests Burnett, 367; indicted after cession, iii, 56; donates site for Courthouse at Cape Girardeau, iii, 167
Lorimier, Louis, junior, trader at Bloomfield, i, 231; appointed to West Point, ii, 381
Lorimier, Madame, ii, 171
Lorimier, William, ii, 190
Lorimier's Ferry at Cape Girardeau, iii, 61, 168
Lorimier's Store, ii, 171
Lorimier's Journal, i, 213; found in Spanish archives, ii, 173
Lorimont, ii, 169, 189 Lorr, Valentine, ii, 188, 192 Losilla, John, ii, 186, 192 Lots, description of, under grants of St. Ange, ii, 23; of common field, size of, 25 Lotteries, established, iii, 8
Lottery, authorized to purchase fire- engines, iii, 165
Lougherty, or Laferty, Benjamin, ii, 190 Louis, Francois, ii, 100
Louis, or Lewis, Joseph, ii, 55
Louis, Peter, ii, 52, 160
Louisbourg, ii, 64
Louise, Alexis, ii, 52 Loise, Jacques, ii, 54
Loise, Joseph, ii, 54
Loise, Paul, ii, 54
Louisgrand, Louis, ii, 87
Louisiana, threatened invasion of, in 1792, ii, 173; acquisition of by purchase, 329; sale of suggested by Napoleon, 348; Purchase, ap- proved by England, 352; some thought that the Purchase would tend to dismemberment of Union, 353; very popular, 354; retroceded by Spain to France, 355; trans- ferred Nov. 30, 1803, 356; limits of, 365; divided into districts, 378; attached to Indiana territory, 385; district, 388; merchants of, 194; Irish priests sent to, 305 Louisiana territory, iii, 161
Louisianaville, iii, 186 Louisville, on the Missouri, iii, 184
Loutre Creek, iii, 99
Loutre Island, ili, 98; number of families on in 1810, iii, 146, 154
Loutre's Lick, i, 230
Louviere, Charlotte, ii, 21
Lovel, John, ii, 154 Lovel, Pegne or Peggy, ii, 160
Lovell, John, ii, 158 Lovell, Peter, ii, 158
Low, Aquilla, i, 372 Lowndes, iii, 242
Lowry, Dr. J. J., at Franklin, iii, 82, 251 Lowry, or Laughry, William, i, 381 Luc, Father, at Fort de Chartres, ii, 291 Lucas, Alexander, iii, 104, 107
Lucas, Charles, ii, 163, 192 Lucas, Charles, duel with Benton, iii, 77, 108 Lucas, James B. C., Judge of terri-
tory, ii, 401; ii, 259; on French habitants of Louisiana, ii, 375; an
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account of his trip west in 1793, iii, 41; biographical sketch of, 41; criticism of Clark, iii, 4; reply to Lawless, 19; appointed commis- sioner, 40; candidate for the sen- ate, 267 Lucas, Levis, ii, 101
Lucas, Robert, iii, 104
Lucier, Baptiste, ii, 87
Ludlow, James C., iii, 197
Luise, Jos., i, 340
Lumber, hand sawed by pioneers, iii 186
Lupien, dit Baron, Pedro, ii, 52
Lupien, Pierre, dit Baron, contracts to build the first church of St. Louis, ii, 31, 245 Lurty, Jacob, ii, 77
Lusby, Thomas, ii, 91
Lusson, Father, his signature, ii, 310, 365
Lutherans, Germans on Whitewater, iii, 169-70, 204
Luzon, Jean Baptiste, ii, 92
Lynch, Henry, iii, 84
Lyon, Daniel, ii, 70
Lyonnet, on the defenses of New Madrid, i, 316
Lyons, Mathew ii, 407
L'Amoureux, or Amouroux, Joseph, ii, 147; iii, 194
L'Andreville, Andre, ii, 54, 62, 101; tavern keeper, iii, 60 L'Année des Grandes Eaux, ii, 51 L'Anse a la Graise, i, 316; ii, 105 L'Arche, Helen, ii, 21 L'Arche, Paul, ii, 21 L'Archeveque, Jean, i, 254 L'Ardoise, Louis, ii, 164
L'Arrive, Diego, ii, 52 L'Evecque, Quebec, ii, 68 LaBastille, Jean Baptiste, ii, 204
La Bastielle, Marie, ii, 55
La Bombard, Peter, ii, 155, 246
La Bonte, Joseph, Joinal, ii, 56
La Brosse, F. J., keeps tavern in St. Louis in 1810, iii, 60
La Brosse, Paul, ii, 297
La Buissoniere, Alphonse de, i, 341 La Burdash, at Sinkhole fight, iii, 135
La Chance, Benj., iii, 106 La Chance, Gabriel, i, 367
La Chance, Nicolas, a Spanish official at Mine a Breton, i, 372 La Chapelle, Francois, ii, 20
La Chapelle, Pierre, i, 355; ii, 298
La Charette, as described by Gass, ii, 92; on the Missouri, 91; by Brackenridge, 92; in 1804, iii, 144
La Croix, Baptiste, ii, 297; iii, 131 La Croix, Francois, i, 352
La Croix, Jean B., senior, i, 352
La Croix, Jean B., junior, i, 352
La Croix, Jenot, a member of Kas- kaskia company, i, 352
La Croix, Joseph, ii, 55
La Croix, Louis, i, 352, 378; ii, 55, 297 La Fitte, ii, 198
La Flame, Baptiste, ii, 87
La Fleur, Peter, ii, 34 La Fontaine de la Prairie, i, 367, 368
La Forge, with Bourgmont's expedi- tion, i, 268
La Forge, Alex., ii, 152; iii, 104, 107 La Forge, Pierre Antoine, ii, 105; on Foucher, 129; his activity at New Madrid, 129, 141, 159; syndic of New Madrid, 199, 364; appointed civil commandant of New Madrid, 382
La Forret, Nicolas, ii, 87
La Franchaise, or Frainchise, Antoine, ii, 87
La Garrosse, ii, 10
La Gouthrie, Edward, or Guthrie, a British agent, iii, 101
La Grammant, Foubert, ii, 12
La Grande, Prairie, location of, ii, 14 La Grange, mounds near, i, 89; iii, 158
La Grange, Jean, i, 342 La Grange, Pierre, i, 357
La Hontan, mentions the prairies south of Missouri on west side of river, i, 25; on abundance of game, 34; finds Mahas on upper Missouri, 173; voyage down the Mississippi, 238; finds the Arkansas Indians on the west side of the river above the Ohio, 239; goes up the Missouri, 239; goes up the Oubache or Ohio, 240
La Harpe, Bernard, i, 2
La Jesmarais, Captain de, ii, 147 La Joie, Lambert, keeps tavern in St. Louis in 1811, iii, 60
La Lande, ii, 297; sent by Morrison to Santa Fe, never returns, iii, 155
La Lande, Jean Baptiste, i, 355 La Lumandiere, Francois, i, 344 La Mamelles, i, 28
La Marche, Antoine, ii, 90
La Marche, Francois, ii, 298 La Marche, Louis, ii, 34 La Marque, Etienne, i, 356 La Mine, i, 17
La Morinie, Father John, biograph- ical sketch of, ii, 293
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La Mothe. de Cadillac, i, 271
La Motte, Mine la, i, 342, 344
Le Noir, name of Black river, i, 17 La Noire, Lefevre, ii, 91
La Paillieur, Catherine Elizabeth, ii, 171
La Pailleur, Marie Hypolite, ii, 171 La Petite Rivière, ii, 14
La Pierre, Joseph, ii, 55, 68
La Plant, iii, 86
La Plante, Nicolas, i, 386
La Plante, Joseph, ii, 158
La Plante, Mary Ann, ii, 223
La Riviere, Francois, ii, 96, 101, 151
La Rocher a Castourneau, i, 338
La Rose, ii, 297
La Rose, Baptiste, i, 339, 341
La Rose, Jourdan, ii, 232
La Rose, Louis, i, 356
La Sabloniere, Jacob, ii, 20
La Sabloniere, Jacques Brunel, ii, 20
La Saline, Ensanglantée, ii, 90
La Salle, begins his voyage of dis- covery, i, 163; delayed by floating ice, 163; passes the mouth of the Missouri, 163; takes possession of the Mississippi valley under name of Louisiana, 164; at the village of Kapaha, 164; reaches the Gulf, 166; takes formal possession of the country for France, 166
La Trail, Gabriel, assists in survey of St. Charles, ii, 83
La Vallée, Don Juan, ii, 141, 363, 368 La Vallee, Charles, i, 349
La Vallee, Pierre, i, 349
. La Vienne, Amour, ii, 22
La Violette, Catherine, ii, 55
La Voix, Michael, ii, 298
Le Bastile, settlement of Bouvet, ii, 99
Le Beau, Archange, i, 357
Le Beau, Baptiste, keeps tavern in St. Louis in 1809, iii, 60
Le Beaume, Louis, i, 343
Le Berge, Francois, ii, 72
Le Berge, Titus, ii, 20, 55
Le Blond, Joseph, keeps tavern at St. Louis in 1809, iii, 60
Le Boeuf, dit La Flame, Charles, ii, 87 Le Bourg, dit Boulque, Gillette, ii, 10 Le Bourg, Paul, ii, 10
Le Bourg, Pelagie, ii, 10
Le Claire, Antoine, blacksmith, bio- graphical sketch of, ii, 90
Le Compte, Charles Auguste, i, 357 Le Croix, Gabriel, ii, 405 Le Croix, Joseph, ii, 405
Le Fabre, Jean Marie, i, 358
Le Favre, Miss, teaches in 1820 in St. Louis, iii, 69
Le Febre, Charles, ii, So
Le Febre de Chouquette, i, 342
Le Grand Champ, i, 337
Le Guerrin, Charles, ii, 405
Le Loire des Ursins, i, 271; in upper Louisiana in 1713, 2SI
Le Metarie, notary, i, 166, 169
Le Mignon, Dr., a physician of St. Louis, in IS20, iu, 81
Le Page, Antoine, killed by Saukees, i, 207; ii, 90
Le Pailleur, Claude, ii, 171
Le Pailleur, Marie Louise, ii, 171
Le Pailleur, Marie Marguerite, ii, 171
Le Perch, Joseph, i, 366
Le Renaudiere, i, 207
Le Roy, Charles, ii, 10
Le Roy, Henry Francois, ii, 10
Le Roy, Julien, ii, 10, 53
Le Roy, Julien, junior, il, 10
Le Roy, Pierre Patrick, ii, 10
Le Sacquespee, Joachim, ii, 171
Le Sage, Baptiste, ii, 87
La Sage, Michael, ii, 83
Le Sieur, arrives at Little Prairie, ii, 159 Le Sieur, Charles, ii, 106
Le Sieur, Edward, ii, 91
Le Sieur, Firman, ii, 160
Le Sieur, Francois, ii, 90, 105, 106, 159
Le Sieur, Francois V., ii, 166
Le Sieur, Godfrey, il, 106
Le Sieur, Joseph, among first settlers of New Madrid, ii, 105, 106
Le Sieur, Napoleon, ii, 91
Le Sieur, Raphael, ii, 106
Le Sieur's account of witchcraft ex- citement among Shawnees, i, 220
Le Sueur, camps on Buffalo, i, 248
Le Sueur's voyage up the Mississippi in 1700, account of by Penicaut, 1, 246
Le Tourneau, i, 309
Le Tourneau, dit Lafleur, Louis, ii, 245
Le Tourneau, Amable, ii, 8, 202, 203
Les Bois, Etienne Nicolle, ii, 89
Les Bois, Madame Nicolle, ii, oo
Les Bois, Nicolle Francoise, ii, 89
Les Petite Côtes, ii, 79
M
Macee, or Massey, James, ii, 157 Machett, Charles, ii, 88 Machett, Joseph C., ii, 88
Machiquawish, a noted Indian chief, ii, 36 Mack, James, ii, 165 Mack, or Mock, William, ii, 149
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Mackay, goes up Missouri under order of Clamorgan, ii, 70, 71 Mackay, Don Santiago (James), Commandant of St. Andre and St. Charles, ii, 81, 363; biographical sketch of, ii, 70; makes a large claim for land on Cuivre river, 95, 101, 219; deputy surveyor of St. Andre, 225, 383; iii, 7
Mackay's Journal of trip up Mis- souri, ii, 70, 71
Mackey, James, killed by Indians, iii, 85, 110, 157 Mackey, John, iii, 158 Mackey, Joseph, escaped Indians, iii, IIO Macklot, John N., iii, 190
Macklot, N. C., iii, 194
Maclinden, Charles, i, 358
Madden, Francois, i, 385
Madden, Honore, i, 377
Madden, Richard, i, 385
Madden, or Maddin, Thomas, i, 367, 377; Spanish deputy surveyor, 383, 385; ii, 257, 258, 364 Madden, Thomas, junior, i, 385 Madison county, organized, iii, 8
Madison, on Spanish project at New Madrid, ii, 115
Madison, President, ii, 382
Madrid Gazette, ii, 44 Magee, Joseph, ii, 192
Magenis, A. L., iii, 23 Magness, Perry G., iii, 8 Magry, i, 2
Mail, carried by steamboat in 1819 for the first time, iii, 63; com- plaints of the irregular service, 63; robbers, 63; service once a week established between St. Louis and New Madrid via Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Ste. Genevieve, Potosi, and Herculaneum, 63; carriers, white persons alone allowed to be, 64; routes, in Missouri territory in 1819, 64
Maine, asks for admission into the Union, iii, 245
Mainville, Charles, ii, 99 Mainville, dit Deschenes, Joseph, ii, 9, 30, 232, 234, 245 Mainville, Theresa, ii, 54
Maisonville, Francois, marries a sister of Tecumseh, i, 212 Maisonville, Joseph, ii, 147
Makarty, Chevalier, Commandant of Fort de Chartres i, 337 Malachi, Caleb, ii, 163
Malboeuf, Jean Moise, or Moses, ii, 149, 165
Maline Creek, ii, 77
Mallart, Pascal, iii, 245
Mallet, or Millette, Antoine, ii, 148
Mallet, or Mayette, Pascal, ii, 65
Malvo, ii, 13
Mandene, Francois, ii, 69
Maniche, Francois, i, 379 Manitou, i, 17; at Grand Tower, i, 161; reported near Grand Tower, 241 Manly, John, ii, 95 Mann, John, i, 376
Manners of French Canadian set- tlers, ii, 271
Manning, James, i, 386
Manning, John, i, 386 Manning, Joseph, i, 385
Manning, Mark, i, 386
Mansfield, observes New Madrid earthquake, iii, 175
Mantauvert, Joseph, ii, 165
Manterot, Andre, i, 358
Manuel, Veuve, i, 355
Map of Joliet, i, 169
Map of environs of Cape Girardeau, ii, 177
Maple sugar, i, 32
Marquette accompanies Joliet, i, 162 Marais, Croche, il, 83 Marais des Liards, ii, 68, 77 Marias des Peches, ii, 163
Marais, Grand, ii, 152
Marais le Temps Claire, ii, 83
Maraman, or Moreman, Francois, i, 84 Maramec, i, 17, 247, 248; mines on, 274; mentioned by Father Gra- vier in 1700, 274; oldest American settlement on, ii, 73; first settlers on, 284; increase of population after cession, iii, 183; circuit, 235 Maramec-sipi, name of the Maramec, i, 245 Marameig, name of Maramec, i, 275 Maramequi-sipi, name of Maramec, i, 274 Marat, Francois, ii, 68
Marbois, M., ii, 340; makes pro- posal for sale of Louisiana, 349
Marc, Jean Louis, ii, 86
Marcereau, ii, 10
March, Edward, iii, 234
Marchand, Didier, ii, 141
Marchand, Louis, ii, 97 Marchand, Marie, ii, 88
Marchant, or Marchand, Didier, ii, 150 Marche, William, ii, 165 Marcheteau, dit Des Noyers, Joseph, ii, 21
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Marcheteau, dit Des Noyer, Kierq, ii, 245 Marcheteau, dit Des Noyers, Louis, ii, 10, 20 Marcheteau, Marie, ii, 12 Marco, Christoval Roque, ii, 166 Marcou. Genevieve, i, 349 Marcou, Pierre, i, 357
Marechal, ii, 17 Marechal, Antoine, ii, 54, 67
Marechal, Catherine, ii, 21
Marechal, Jacques, ii, 67
Marechal, Nicolas, ii, 3, 12, 52, 67
Marechal, Noel, ii, 68
Marechal, Theresa, ii, 3
Marest, Father Gabriel, i, 2; says plains overspread with game, 35; mentions salt springs on the Sa- line, 249; at mouth of Saline in 1700, 249; in charge of Kaskaskia Mission, 289
Margry, on services of Laclede, ii, 2, 3
Marie, Alexis, ii, 20, 63
Marie, Joseph, ii, 60, 87
Marie, Louis, ii, 68
Marie, Pierre A., ii, 10
Marin, Catherine, ii, 63
Marion, Baptiste, ii, 69, 101 Marion, Bonaventure, ii, 69 Mariot, Hypolite, ii, 190
Mark, Francois, i, 358
Market House of St. Louis, iii, 165
Market Street, known as Rue Bon Homme, ii, 24 Marks, David F., iii, 8 Marli, Duke, ii, 55
Marli, Jean Baptiste, ii, 55
Marli, Michael, ii, 54, 55
Marlin, Thomas, iii, 159
Marlowe, or Marlot, Gabriel, ii, 93 Marly, ii, 200 Marmillon, Francois, ii, 54 Maroas, i, 169
Marote, Hipolite, ii, 192
Marquet, Louis Scipion Benoist de, captain of company, ii, 134
Marquette, Father, meets the Illinois at La Pointe, i, 155; selected to accompany Joliet, 158; passes the mouth of the Missouri and Ohio, 160; notes the iron ores near the mouth of Apple Creek, 160, 169; ii, 287, 288 Marquette's map, i, 2
Marriage, of soldiers favored, and Florida girls from Havana, of good character to be brought to upper Louisiana, i, 291; contracts, of early settlers of St. Louis, ii, 26 Marshall, ii, 337
Marshall, Humphrey, ii, 337
Marshall. John, ii, 04
Martain, James, ii, 100
Marten, Abuces, ii, 160
Marthasville, ii, of
Martigny, or Martingy, ii, 55; Father, 290
Martigny, or Martingy, Jean Bap- tiste, ii, q; builds a stone house, 23 Martigny, or Martingy. Joseph I .. , ii, 9 Martin, Adam, ii, 55, 77: iii, 216 Martin, Captain, duel with Ramsay, iii, 79 Martin, Dinah, ii, 142, 148
Martin, Jean Baptiste, i, 355
Martin, John, prefect of the St. Louis College, iii, 71
Martin, John F., ii, 185
Martin, Joseph, i, 357
Martin, Judge, his account of the Spanish caravan, i, 253
Martin, Louis, i, 376; ii, 55
Martin, Mathias, ii, 142
Martin, Peter. i, 368
Martin, Stephen, iii, 104. 10S
Martin, William, iii, 131
Mas, Jean, i, 160
Mascaroni, Father Angello, ii, 326
Mascho, ii, 399
Mascoutins, accompany Radisson and Groseilliers, i, 152; country of the Mascoutines, Joliet sent to, 157
Masedt, Juan, ii, 166
Mashashe, ii, 339
Mashcoux, Indians, i, 222; runaway vagabonds, 222
Mason, Dr. Richard, a physician of St. Louis in 1820, iii, 81
Mason, Edward, ii, 76
Mason, John, ii, 149
Mason, Nancy, ii, 149
Mason, Pierre, ii, 65
Mason, Thomas, ii, 76
Masonic Lodge, Reynolds expelled from Bethel Baptist church for being member of, iii, 207
Masonville, or Maisonville, Charlotte, ii, 147
Masonville, or Maisonville, Jean Bap- tiste, ii, 162
Masse, ii, 205
Masse, Pierre, dit Picard, ii, 204
Massendow, Elizabeth, ii, 154
Massey, partner of Ashley, mer- chant of Louisiana, iii, 197
Massey, Agnew, ii, 71, 163
Massey Iron Works, iii, 187
Massey, James, iii, 131
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Massey, Joshua, ii, 71, 78
Massey, Lieutenant, iii, 127
Massey, William, ii, 71, 405 Masters, Abner, ii, 164 Masters, Dr. Henry, ii, 146, 159, 384 Masters, Jesse, ii, 164
Masters, John, ii, 159
Masters, Lemuel, ii, 159
Masters, Richard, ii, 156, 159
Masters, Robert, ii, 159 Masters, Samuel, ii, 159, 166
Masters, William, ii, 164
Masterson, Michael, ii, 76
Masterson, James, iii, 131
Matchequawa, ii, 399
Matenly, or Mattingly, Luke, i, 384 Mathews, Charles, ii, 164
Mathews, Edward, ii, 164; iii, 104, 107 Mathews, J. A., ii, 34
Mathews, John, a sergeant of poetical proclivities, in Andrew Ramsay's company, iii, III
Mathews, John, a soldier in Sar- shall Cooper's company, iii, 114, 137 Mathews, Joseph, ii, 164
Mathews' prairie, ii, 164
Mathews, Rev., biographical sketch of, iii, 229
Mathews, William, singing clerk of Bethel church, iii, 207
Matin, or Mattingly, Joseph, i, 384
Matis, Jerome, i, 367 Matlock, White, ii, 101
Matry, Pierre, ii, 152
Maupin, John, iii, 106
Maurice, dit Chatillon, Jean Baptiste, ii, 245
Maury, Evarist, opens the Planters House in 1817, iii, 60; founds the "Enquirer," 66
Maxent, Laclede & Co., license of, ii, I
Maxwell, Father James, i, 352, 356; Vicar-General of upper Louisiana, ii, 165, 182, 303; his signature, 305; biographical sketch of, 305, 309; inspects St. Louis church, 309; takes deep interest in political af- fairs, 312, 365; appointed member of territorial council, iii, 3, 6, 67 Maxwell Spring, ii, 83 Maxwell's Hill, ii, 306 May, Amable Louis, ii, 69 May, John, ii, 185, 192 May, Patrick, ii, 185 Maybray, Elizabeth, i, 374
Mayfield, James S., appointed mem- ber of second board of commis- sioners, iii, 54
Mecaitch, the Eagle, ii, 398 Mechanical arts, did not flourish, ii, 231 Medard, Catherine, ii, 157
Meek, James, ii, 92 Meek, Samuel, ii, 95 Meek, William, ii, 101
Mehauses, Indian name of Swan Creek, i, 18
Meigs, Colonel Return J., appointed Commandant of St. Charles, ii, 382, 405; postmaster-general ad- vertises to have mail carried, in Missouri territory, iii, 64
Majaget, Sieur, ii, 165
Mellon, Arthur, ii, 147
Meloche, dit Hibernois, Anthony, ii, 245 Melody, Gabriel, ii, 54 Melville, Margaret, ii, 142
Members, names of, belonging to the first Presbyterian church west of Mississippi, iii, 229; names of sub- scribers to the first Episcopal church of St. Louis, 235; names of, belong- ing to the first Methodist church west of the Mississippi, 234; of the select committee to whom Missouri memorial was referred, 244; of the constitutional convention, 248
Membre, Father Zenobe, describes animal life, i, 34, 166
Memorial, presented by first conven- tion held in Missouri, ii, 388; of the territorial Assembly to Con- gress, iii, 8; copy of, presented to Congress for admission of Missouri as a state, 243
Medard, i, 366; ii, 258
Menard, Colonel Pierre, ii, 89, 144; has grant of land on Apple Creek, 191, 323 Menard, Francois, ii, 68
Menard, Jean B., ii, 65
Menard, Joseph, i, 357; ii, 65
Menard, Louis, ii, 65
Mendelle, or Mendelet, dit Bracome, Francois, ii, 68
Mendoza, Antonio de, viceroy of Mexi- co, i, 119
Menefee, Joseph, first postmaster of Cape Girardeau, iii, 63
Meneshosha, i, 2 Merchandise, kept in chests and under lock and key, ii, 232
Mercantile Library, of St. Louis, burns Peck's Journals, iii, 209
Merchants, kept no open shops, ii, 232; of St. Louis, iii, 191; of Ste. Genevieve, 194; of New Madrid,
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196; of Cape Girardeau, 196; of Jackson, 196; of Franklin, 197; of Louisiana and St. Charles, 197
Mercier, Charles, ii, 68
Mercier, Dr. Claude, ii, 28, 54
Mercier, Joseph Marie, i, 358
Mercier, Nicolas, i, 356
Meredith, Rowland or Roland, i, 384; ii, 192 Mermet, Father, Vicar-General, ii, 290
Merrick, Roswell, owns Alton Ferry, iii, 61
Merry, Dr. Samuel, a physician of St. Louis in 1820, iii, 81
Messinger, John, author of a work on surveying, printed in St. Louis in 1821, iii, 67
Metallic money scarce in upper Louis- iana, ii, 258
Metayer, Veronique, ii, 147
Methodist church, first in Missouri, organized at McKendree Chapel, iii, 234
Methodists, Peter McCormick, member of, i, 380
Metot, Jacques, ii, 87
Metz, Elias, ii, 78
Metzinger, Don Juan, i, 327
Meurin, Father, i, 340; ii, 291; biographical sketch of, 293, 294; appointed Vicar-General, 294; leaves Spanish Illinois country, 296, 297 Meurin, Rosalie, i, 340
Mexican mines, criminals sent to, ii, 201
Mexicans i, 43
Mexico, the revolution of Hidalgo, iii, 155
Miami Company, ii, 172
Miamis, threatened by the Boonslick company, iii, 121; surrender to Dodge, 122
Miaramigona, name of the Maramec, i, 245, 274
Michau, Amand, ii, 66
Michau, Genevieve Rosalie, ii, 28
Michau, John Alexander, iii, 99
Michau, Melchior Amant, ii, 97
Michaux, Andrew, ii, 136; iii, 147 Michel, Francois, ii, 160
Michel, Jean Baptiste, ii, 151
Michel, Jean, surgeon, i, 166
Michel, Joseph, dit Taillon or Tayon, i, 358; ii, 9
Michel-Lacourse, Madame, ii, 160
Michel, Marie Josephe, dit Tayon, ii, 10
Michel, or Michau, James, ii, 101
Middle fork of Salt River, mounds on, i, 92
Middle Grove, iii, 158
Middleton, Reuben, i, 382
Middleton, William, i, 383
Migneron, Salmon, iii, 188
Migration of Saukees and Foxes, and their warlike attitude, i, 203
Milch cows, used to plow by settlers after the war of 1812, iii, 138
Milegin, or Millikin, Alexander, ii, 163
Miles, James, i, 383
Miles, Joseph, i, 383
Milhomme, or Millum, Francois, i, 379
Milhomme, dit Petit, Louis, i, 358, 379 Miliet, or Milliette, Jean Baptiste, i, 379
Military uniforms, made in New Orleans, ii, 232
Militia, how organized in St. Louis, i, 299; officers of, 300; companies participating in expedition to New Madrid, 335; of New Madrid or- dered to drill regularly by DeLassus, 336; organized by Stoddard in upper Louisiana, ii, 375; of terri- tory enrolled, iii, 103
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