A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the state into the union, Volume III, Part 38

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


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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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