A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the state into the union, Volume III, Part 39

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


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Mill Creek, ii, 15


Milan, Florencio, ii, 152


Millard, Josiah, i, 382; iii, 104, 108


Miller, Andrew, iii, 103, 106


Miller, Benjamin, ii, 166


Miller, Geo. C., iii, 84, 104, 106


Miller, Jacob, ii, 189


Miller, James M. ii, 166


Miller, John, Col., iii, 105, 108, 184


Miller, Judge, i, 371 .


Miller, Phillip, ii, 95


Miller, Sarah, ii, 156


Miller, William, ii, 76


Millette, Catherine, ii, 148


Millette, Elizabeth, ii, 141


Millette, Francios, ii, 158


Millette, Jean Baptiste, ii, 141, 147, 152 Millette, Joseph, ii, 147


Millette, Rosalie, ii, 152


Millikin, Alexander, ii, 191


Mills, to grind grain, ii, 237


Mills, H. L., keeps tavern at St. Charles, iii, 60


Mills, James, ii, 186, 192


Mills, Lavina, il, 187


Mills, Rev. Samuel J., biographical sketch of, iii, 223, 225


Millstones, iii, 189


Mine à Breton, discovery of, i, 284;


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trace from mine to river, 284; rush to, 285; riot at, ii, 364; iii, 182 Mine à Joe, i, 387


Mine country militia company, in the Boonslick, iii, 120


Mine of hammers, found near the Burbeuse, i, 78


Mine la Motte, probably derives its name from La Mothe Cadillac, i, 279; granted to Renault, 281; how output shipped, 284; School- craft as to name of, 279; Indian massacre at, 378; ii, 204


Mineral wealth of Missouri, i, 22; district of upper Louisiana, 274; land grants, ii, 228; claims, iii, 44' Minert, i, 166


Miners, engaged in brawls and quar- rels, iii, 74


Mines, produce hauled to Ste. Gene- vieve, i, 367


Minnay-Shoshoh-chray, meaning of, i, 7


Minton, Mrs. John, ii, 185


Miracle, David, ii, 101


Miro, Governor, Estevan, ii, 15; re- port of overflow of 1785, 51, 53; inquires as to New Madrid, 107; opposes Morgan's plan, 122; ob- jects to Morgan's circular, 123; cancels Morgan's grant, 124, 125; sends Foucher to New Madrid, 125; his instructions to Foucher, 126; objects. to sale of land by Morgan, 127; authorizes Morgan to introduce settlers, 128; liberates Indian slaves, 240, 309, 336; biographical sketch of, 337, 338, 340; frustrates Morgan's plan, 341; displeased that Wilkinson should be in the service of the United States, 342


"Misere," nickname of Ste. Gene- vieve, i, 346; attack planned on, ii, 37


Misho-ray, i, 2


Missoury, i, 2


Misplait, Bazil, i, 356


Misplait, Noel, i, 356


Misplait, Pierre, i, 356


Missey, Jean Louis, i, 356


Mission, of the Immaculate Concep- tion, ii, 288


Missionaries, activity of the French, ii, 287


Missionary priests, own slaves, ii, 243


Missionary society organized by Peck, iii, 218; Association, antagonism to among Baptists, 220


Mississippi, bordered by forests, i,


26; lined with bear, 38; valley, center of prehistoric activity, 47; first discovered by Jean Nicollet, 155; first named by Father Al- louez, 156


Mississouri, i, 2


Missouri, origin of name, i, 1; differ- ent spelling, 7; meaning of word, 7; accepts Platte country, 12; river, 17; mound area, 41; river discovered by Radisson and Gros- seilliers, 153; named Osage by Membre, 163, 169; origin of word, 177; river noted by Penicaut, 248; exclusive trade on, ii, 2; territory of, iii, 1; river trade to New Orleans in 1819, 160; circuit, first appointment for, 235; Compro- mise, 247: population at the time of passage of enabling act, 248; first Governor of, 253; how the state was finally admitted into the Union, 271; "Missouri Gazette," on the affect of the attempt of the anti- slavery party, iii, 249


"Missouri Gazette," iii, 65


"Missouri Herald," founded in Jack- son in 1818, iii, 66, 189


"Missouri Hotel," first General As- sembly meets in, iii, 266


"Missouri Intelligencer," founded in Franklin in 1819, iii, 66; on steamboat navigation, 198


"Missourian," on National road, iii, 167


Missourie, i, 2


Missouries, i, 1; habitat of, 177


Missouriopolis, iii, 185


Missouriton, iii, 182


Missourits, where located on Fran- quelin's map, i, 7, 226


Misty, Clement, ii, 87


Misuri, so spelled in Carvers' Travels, i, 2


Mitchell, James, ii, 69


Mitchell, John S., iii, 30


Mitchell, Robert, ii, 146


Mitchell, William, iii, 84


Mitchell, Willis, iii, 157


Mitchigamea, found by Marquette, i, 162; village at, 162; change of habitat. 171


Mite societies, iii, 223


Mittaye, Veronique, ii, 151 Mize, Thomas, ili, 197


Moccasins worn by the people, ii, 232


Mock, Randolph, ii, 149


Mocque, Joseph, i, 357


Moitier, Antoine, ii, 63


Molere, Baptiste, ii, 56


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Molina, Antonio or Antoine, ii, 138, 165 Moline, Don Bernardo, ii, 142


Monbrun, Don Estaban Boucher de. i, 309 Mondion, Marie, ii, 52


Mongrain, Noel, nephew of Cheveux Blanc, ii, 85, 270, 398; claim of acquired by Chouteau, iii, 154


Monier, Jean B., ii, 60, 256


Moniteau county, first settlers of, iii, 159 Moniteau Creek, William McLane killed near, iii, 118


Monix, Baptiste, ii, 166


Monmirel, dit Durant, Joseph, i, 356 Monopoly, not permitted under Span- ish rules, ii, 250


Monroe, Daniel, iii, 8, 115, 137


Monroe, President James, sent as envoy extraordinary to France, ii, 348, 382; issues proclamation admitting Missouri into Union August 10, 1821, 272 Monroc, John, iii, 114, 137


Monroe, Joseph, brother of the presi- dent, iii, 92


Monroe, William, iii, 115


Montaigne, ii, 56


Montardy, Jeanne, ii, 10


Montardy, Pedro, Lieutenant of a St. Louis company, ii, 17, 42 Montcalm, ii, 170


Montgomery, Colonel, his connec- tion with attack on St. Louis, ii, 40 Montgomery county, organized, iii, 8 Montgomery, James, ii, 95


Montgomery, William, i, 372


Montgomery, William, keeps tavern at Jackson, iii, 61, 85


Monticello, iii, 184


Montigny, Father, on Mississippi, i, 240, 243 Montjoy, Charles, iii, 157


Montmenia, or Monmirel, John, ii, 161


Montmirel, or Monmirel, Jean, ii, 166 Montmirel, or Monmirel, Joseph, dit Durant, ii, 148, 245 Montreaux, Joseph, ii, 67


Montreuil, Amable, ii, 68


Moodey, Moses, ii, 201


Moody, Joseph, iii, 116, 138


Mooney, Daniel, iii, 104, 107, 108


Mooney, Terrence, i, 344


Moore, Bede, i, 383


Moore, Dr. William, iii, 70; in Cooper county in 1818, 83


Morgan, George, ii, 392 Moore, Guillaume, i, 367


Moore, Isadore, opens a farm near present Perryville, i, 383; iii, 6, 7, 8 Moore, James B., ii, 398


Moore, James, junior, i, 383


Moore, James, senior, i, 383; iii, 84 Moore, John, ii, 158


Moore, Rich, iii, 103


Moore, Richard, iii, 106


Moore, William, iii, 84


Moquez, Francois, ii, 91


Moquez, or Mouques, Louis, ii, 65 Morales, complains in 1802 of rev- enue frauds at St. Louis, ii, 63; rules and regulations, of, 219, 220; published in upper Louisiana, 222; his object was to make land grants certain, 223 Morales, Don Juan Ventura, ii, 196


Moranville, Francois, ii, 321


Moreau, dit Parent, ii, 245


Moreau, Alexis, ii, 56


Moreau, Francisco, Lieutenant, ii, 67


Moreau, Francois, ii, 21, 56


Moreau, Joseph, ii, 69


Moreau, Louis, ii, 69


Moredock, James, iii, 98; escapes Indians, 99 Morel, Francois, ii, 151


Morel, Hugh, ii, 102


Morel, John, ii, 102


Morelle, Jean Baptiste, i, 357; ii, 148 ·


Moreman, Francois, i, 382


Mareno, Pedro, i, 113


Morgan, Archibald, i, 382


Morgan, Asa, iii, 184


Morgan, Col. George, ii, 72; letter to Galvez, 109; his memorial to Con-


. tinental Congress, 109; his prep- aration for settling his new prov- ince, 116; his plan of surveying same, 117; lots of New Madrid distributed free, 118; protects trees on public roads, 119; landing at New Madrid, 119; lots dedi- cated to religious denominations, 119; white hunters not admitted, 119; recorder's offices established, 120; free importation of plough irons and farming utensils, 120; school-masters to be engaged, 120; his objection to Foucher, 126; suggests that land be sold to set- tlers instead of being donated, 127; appointed by Miro Commandant, 128; effect of his enterprise, emi- gration stimulated by it, 129; finds Delawares and Shawnees west of river, i, 208, 312; visits Perez, ii, 57; biographical sketch of, 109; extent of his grant, 110; interests


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leading men in Pennsylvania in his enterprise, 111; on the Mississippi, 112; visits Lieut. Gov. Perez, 112; his letter to Miro, 124, 145, 164; iii, 83, 168


Morgan, John, Dr., ii, 112; letter to in regard to New Madrid, 113


Morgan, John, junior, i, 382 Morgan, Marie, ii, 149 Morgan, Salomon, i, 382


Morganza, ii, 128


Morin, Antoine, i, 357


Morin, Henry, ii, 55, 66


Morin, Jean Baptiste, ii, 55


Morin, or Marin, Joseph, ii, 22


Morin, Michael, ii, 55


Moro, Don Manuel Gonzales, Span- ish store keeper, ii, 365


Morrin, Pelagie, ii, 55


Morris, Curtis, i, 373


Morris, Governor, ii, 346


Morris, Henry, i, 358


Morris, John, ii, 149


Morris, Lucy, ii, 149


Morris, Robert, tavern keeper Franklin, iii, 61


at


Morris, Ruth, ii, 149


Morris, Samuel, ii, 165


Mount Tabor, iii, 237


Mount Zion Baptist church, iii, 208, 215 Moutard, Jean Baptiste, ii, 60


Moutree, James H., iii, 107


Muca-da-puck-ee, i, 8


Mucketemachekaka, ii, 399


Muddy River, i, 2


Mullanphy, Bryan, iii, 192


Mullanphy Emigrant Home, iii, 192


Mullanphy, John, i, 364; ii, 99; iii, 192 Mullen, Mathew, ii, 206


Mulline, or Molene, Daniel, ii, 165


Mullins, Daniel, ii, 192


Mullins, Mathew, i, 367


Mullins, Thompson, iii, 138


Mundy, Norris, ii, 165


Munie, Juan, or Munier, discovers the Ponkas and secured exclusive trade with Ponkas, ii, 51, 250


Munos, Fernando, ii, 151


Murdock, Alexander, i, 382 Murdock, or Murdough, James, i, 382


Murphy, Benj., iii, 107


Murphy, David, i, 375; ii, 384


Murphy, Dubart, i, 375


Murphy, Francois, ii, 189


Murphy, Guillaume, i, 367


Murphy, Guillaume, junior, i, 367


Murphy, Hezekiah, iii, 85 Murphy, Isaac, iii, 103, 106


Motier, Joseph, ii, 297 Motley, Joseph, i, 384 Mouingwenas, i, 169


Mounds, i, 28, 41; located in Missouri, 42; plowed down, 42; in Big Prairie New Madrid, 58; excavated in New Madrid by Swallow, 60; covered with rock found in Reynolds county, 78; on the Mississippi south of La- grange, 89; on the Missouri river, 92; in Callaway county near Sans Dessein, 94; on bluffs of the Mis- souri river, 94; in northwest Mis- souri examined only cursorily, 95; used as watchtowers, 105; on the Dunklin ridge, 114


Mound-builders, on the Mississippi, i, 43; on St. John's bayou, 42; brachycephalic, 43


Mount Ararat Baptist church, iii, 215 Mount Nebo Baptist church, ili, 217 Mount Pisgah Baptist church, iii, 215 Mount Pleasant Baptist church, iii, 208 Mount Pleasant Baptist Association,


215; sends delegates to Bethel Association, 216, 221


Morrison, George Washington, ii, 72 Morrison, James, Licut., ii, 89, 98; iii, 102, 104, 110


Morrison, Jesse, ii, 87, 88, 89


Morrison, Joshua, iii, 107


Morrison, Lewis, iii, 245


Morrison, Robert, hauls goods by wagon for Armour and Juden from Baltimore to Jackson, iii, 196 Morrison, T. J. O., ii, 146


Morrison, William, sends goods from Kaskaskia to Santa Fe, iii, 155


Morrow, George, iii, 15, 18, 187 Morrow, John, iii, 106


Morse, William, i, 382


Mortes, or Hortes, Jean Baptiste, ii, 78


Mortgage, first recorded in St. Louis, ii, 25


Moseley, Samuel, iii, 107


Moselly, Thomas, iii, 185


Moses, or Mores, S. Thomas, ii, 76 Moss, Carroll, iii, 157


Moss, William, ii, 77


Mosteller, Jacob, i, 376


Mosteller, Joseph, i, 376


Motard, (Joseph ?), i, 345


Motard, Joseph, builds a wind mill, ii, 29, 50, 54


Motes, dit Mattis, Jerome, i, 366 Mothershead, Charles, iii, 196 Mothershead, Clifton, iii, 196 Motier, Francois, ii, 100


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Murphy, James, ii, 187, 189, 192 Murphy, Jesse, iii, 7


Murphy, John, ii, 77, 405


Murphy, Joseph, i, 375 Murphy, Joseph, senior, iii, 85


Murphy, Mark, iii, 131


Murphy, Mrs. Sarah, a sister of David Barton, i, 375 Murphy, Richard, i, 375; iii, 7 Murphy settlement, i, 365; iii, 183; old Methodist community, 239 Murphy, Rev. William, i, 375; ii, 187, 192, 375, 384; iii, 17


Murphy, William, iii, 85


Murphy, William, junior., i, 375


Murray, Daniel, ii, 344


Murty, James F., iii, 105


Musick, iil, 8


Musick, Abram or Abraham, ii, 71; iii, 86, 214


Musick, Asa, ii, 71


Musick, Captain David, ii, 69, 100, 392; iii, 3; at the battle of the Sinkhole, 131; his report of Sink- hole fight, 133; goes to Fort Cap au Gris from Sinkhole, 135 Musick, David, iii, 86, 103


Musick, Edy or Ewel or Uel, ii, 77


Musick, Eli, ii, 72, 76


Musick, Ephraim, il, 71; iii, 216


Musick, James, iii, 103, 105


Musick, Joel L., ii, 69


Musick, Noel, ii, 73


Musick, Thomas R., ii, 69; iii, 86, 215, 216 Musick, Uri, ii, 73


Muskingum, Morgan meets Indians there, ii, III Mussina, Zacharia, iii, 193 Muter, George, biographical sketch of, ii, 337 Myer, George, ii, 166


Myer, John, i, 356, 385


Myers, Benjamin, ii, 156; iii, 104, 107 Myers, George, iii, 156


Myers, Jacob, dit Roberson Pearson, ii, 143, 149, 155, 156, 166; license to keep a public tavern at New Madrid, 274 Myers, Jane, ii, 166 Mystic Brotherhood, the Nine Broth- ers, i, 213 M'Gehan, George, iii, 244


M'Gready, Dr. Israel, iii, 3, 5, 245 MacKay, or McCoy, Michael, i, 386 McAlpine, Joseph, ii, 159 McArthur, John, first clerk of the House, iii, 7, 103, 106 McArthur, William, i, 366 McCall, James, iii, 24


McCall, Samuel, iii, 103, 106


McCartney, Alexander, ii, 73 McCarty, ii, 186


McCarty, John, ii, 185


McCarty, Joseph, iii, 229


McCarty, Major, in command of Cahokia, i, 345 McCarty, Nathan, iii, 131


McCarty, William, iii, 229


McClanahan, Col., second of Browne in duel with John Smith, iii, 79


McClanahan, Dr. Finis, in Cooper county, iii, 83


McClean, Alexander, ii, 101


McClenahan, John W., i, 381


McClintock, John, iii, 229


McCloud, Robert, a step-son of Jos. Charless, iii, 66; founds "The Mis- sourian" at St. Charles, iii, 66


McCluny, Jacob, ii, 151


McCollack, Eliza, ii, 163


McCologue, ii, 165


McColum, Ansilme, ii, 152


McConnell, John, ii, 99; iii, 103, 106 McConnell, William, ii, 87; iii, 158


McConohoe, Alexander, i, 381


McCord, Adam, ii, 92; iii, 137


McCormick, i, 380; ii, 102


McCormick, James, ii, 165; iii, 229


McCormick, John, ii, 165; iii, 229, 244 McCormick, Mathew, ii, 158


McCormick, Peter, i, 380


McCoulkin, John, ii, 157


McCourtney, Adams, ii, 73


McCourtney, Alexander, ii, 94


McCourtney, James, ii, 72


McCourtney, J. B., ii, 149


McCourtney, Joseph, ii, 151, 166


McCourtney, Maj. J. B., ii, 153


McCourtney, Mrs. Elizabeth, ii, 73


McCoy, ii, 72, 143, 149 McCoy, Alexander, i, 373


McCoy, Ananias, i, 372; iii, 229


McCoy, Francois, ii, 152


McCoy, John, ii, 96, 165


McCoy, Joseph, ii, 96; ili, 157, 158


McCoy, Captain Robert, i, 358; at New Madrid in 1786, ii, 96, 107, 141, 151, 157, 368; his signature, 143; Commandant of Tywappity Bottom, 143; iii, 157


McCrae, David, ii, 37


McCreary, Mary, iii, 229 McCue, Daniel, iii, 156


McCulloch, James, ii, 149; iji, 103, 105 Mccullough, Hugh, ii, 76 McCully, Major, ii, 112


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McDaniel, Baptiste, ii, 87


McDaniels, James, ii, 55


McDaniels, Johnson, iii, 159


McDermit, Charles, i, 368


McDermitt, Hugh, iii, 7, 8


McDermitt, James, with Callaway, iii, 124 McDonald, Alexander, ii, 76


McDonald, Andrew, i, 344


McDonald, Baptiste, ii, 91


McDonald, James, ii, 71


McDonald, John, iii, 103


McDonnell, John, iii, 187 McDonough, Stacy, i, 384 McDowell, Catalina, ii, 158


McDowns, William, iii, 103, 105


McDuff, Patrick, ii, 159


McElwee, James, iii, 85


McFall, George, ii, 73


McFarland, Blassingham H., iii, 104, 107, 108


McFarland, Rev. John, organizes a Presbyterian church at Franklin, iii, 233 McFarland, Wm., iii, 106 McFerron, John, i, 387


McFerron, Joseph, teacher at Mt.


Taber, ii, 182, 384; appointed first Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of Cape Girardeau District, 384; duel with Ogle, iii, 75; member of the constitutional convention, iii, 249; biographical sketch of, 259 McGagne, Joel, i, 387


McGagne, Laurent, i, 387


McGary, Sam, iii, 157


McGee, i, 7


McGee, John, i, 386; ii, 186 McGee, Joseph, i, 386


McGee, Sam, iii, 157


McGeiger, John L., iii, 107


McGill, Theodore, iii, 235


McGirk, Andrew, iii, 29, 84


McGirk, Matthias, iii, 6, 17; ap- pointed Judge of the Supreme Court in 1820, 18, 266


McGirk, Robert, iii, 29


McGlaughlin, Patrick, ii, 165


McGready, Israel, ii, 102 McGuire, John, iii, 104


McGuire, Philip, iii, 5, 105


McGuire, Thomas, iii, 193


McGunnegle, John, iii, 184


McHenry, Isaac N., founded the " En- quirer," iii, 66; assaults Charless, iii, 66; dies in 1821, 66


McHugh, William, ii, 94, 100, 240 McIlvain, John, iii, 69


Mckay, dit Mackay, Daniel, ii, 245 McKem, William, ii, 152


McKendree, Bishop, at McKendree Chapel in 1819, iii, 240; preaches in St. Louis in 1813, 241 McKendree Chapel, on grant of William Williams, ii, 190; first Methodist church organized at, iii, 235 McKenney, Daniel, iii, 157


McKenzie, Alexander, his trip to the Pacific, iii, 141


Mckenzie, Allen, ii, 187, 192 Mckenzie, Farquar, ii, 69


Mckenzie, John, a sailor with John Cook, settled at Jackson, iii, 87


McKibbin, Thomas, ii, 165


McKinley, James, ii, 155


Mckinney, John, ii, 94


Mckinney, Robert, ii, 101


McKinzie, Daniel and William keep tavern at Franklin, iii, 61 McKinzie, Stephen, iii, 131


Mckinnon, dit McKinney, Theopolis, ii, 71 McKnight. John, iii, 108, 192


McKnight, Mrs., ii, 101


McKnight, Robert, goes to Santa Fe, iii, 155


McLain, his escape from the Indians, iii, 208


McLain, dit English, Charles, ii, 245


McLain, Ewing, iii, 117, 137, 138


McLain, James, i, 381


McLain, Joseph, iii, 138


McLain, Mrs. John, ii, 185


McLain, William, iii, 138


McLains, or McLanes, settle on Lou- tre Island, iii, 145


McLaine's Fort, iii, 137


McLanahan, Josiah, appointed sher- iff, ii, 383, 405 McLane, Alexander, iii, 84


McLane, Dr. William T., in Cooper county, iii, 83


McLane, Ervin, iii, 115


McLane, William, killed, iii, 115, 118, 1.38 McLaughlin, Bartholomew, ii, 166


McLaughlin, Henry, ii, 77, 96


McLaughlin, James, i, 373


McLaughlin, Jean Robert, i, 367


McLaughlin, John, iii, 84


McLaughlin, John Rose, i, 381


McLaughlin, Patrick, ii, 166


McLaughlin, Robert, i, 382 McLaughlin, Thomas, i, 373; iii, 107 McLaughlin, William, iii, 229


McLean, Jacque, i, 367


McMahan, James, corporal, iii, 115


McMahan, Joseph, iii, 116


McMahan, Robert, i, 386; ii, 150


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McMahan. Samuel. sergeant, killed. iii, 120 McMahan. Thomas, iii, 115


McMahan. William, Lieut., ili, 113; his savage ferocity, iii, 117 McMahan's Fort, iii, 138 McMichell. John, ii, 101 McMickle, or McMichael, John, ii, 73 McMillan, Daniel. ii, 156 McMillan, James M., ii, 156


McMillan, Jean, ii, 102 McMullin, James, with Callaway, iii, 124 McMullin, Robert I., iii, 185 McMurray, John, sergeant, iii, 115 McMurty, Joseph, i, 373


McNair, Alexander, ii, 383; iii, 9; one of the first St. Louis trustees, 72, 103, 104, 183; member of the constitutional convention, 249; bio- graphical sketch of, 248; elected first governor of Missouri, 253


McNair, David, has a ferry at St. Louis in 1816, iii, 62 McNair, Robert, iii, 85


McNair, St. John, killed by Indians, iii, 108 McNeal, John I., i, 368 McQuick, John, ii, 91 McQuilkin, or McKouilkin, John, ii, 156


McQuilty, Lieutenant, iii, 115


McQuitty, Andrew, ii, 72


McQuitty, David, iii, 106


McPheeters, Dr., iii, 80 McRay, John, i, 373 McTyre, Bishop, iii, 236 McWilliams, Robert, iii, 104 McWilliams, Thomas, iii, 107


Mt. Tabor, first English school west of Mississippi river there, ii, 182 Mt. Vernon, iii, 185


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Nacotahs, or Dacotahs, i, 1 Nadaillac, Marquis de, on the


mounds, i, 43, 46 Naeleman, Quiete, or Kiete, ii, 148


Nahua, origin of mounds in Missis- sippi valley, i, 44, 47 Nai-chi-wai-go-chce, ii, 406 Nails, iii, 188; factory, 188


Nakurme, with Dodge on his cam- paign on the Missouri, iii, 121 Nanawenane, the Sturgeon-man, ii, 399


Namo-cha-tasa, the brave by Hazard, ii, 398


Namachewana-chaha, ii, 398 Namat-chesa, ii, 309 Names of officers and soldiers who came with St. Ange to St. Louis, ii, 17


Names of subscribers of New Bour- bon to patriotic contributions to the king of Spain, i, 367; St. Louis subscribers, ii, 62.


Names of the soldiers of the Spanish- American military company, ii, 192


Names of tavern keepers in St. Louis, iii, 60 Nanson, John, tavern keeper at Franklin, iii, 61 Napetaka, ii, 300


Napoleon, rumor that he had acquired Louisiana for France, and feeling of apprehension, ii, 346; urges sale to United States, 349; his predic- tion of the effects of this acquisition, i, 350


Naquigen, ii, 44 Nasawarku, the fork, ii, 309 Nash, Alexander, has a ferry at St. Louis in 1817, iii, 62


Nash, H., ii, 100


Nash, Ira, ii, 69


Nash, William, ii, 101, 136


Naude, Marie, ii, 134


Natchez, Post of, i, 289, 291; sent In- dians to San Domingo into slavery, ii, 239 Natchitoches Path, route of, i, 227 Natchitoches, i, 271


National Road, controversy as to where it should touch the Missis- sippi, iii, 167 Narvaez, Pamphilio de, i, 136


Navarre, report of attack of St. Louis, ii, 37, 41 Nave, Henry, iii, 159 Navigation of the river, laborious, ii, 265; of the Mississippi, ii, 222


Neal, Jacob, i, 372


Neal, John, i, 372 Neal, Peter, ii, 158 Neal, Reuben, iii, 188


Neal, Samuel, i, 372


Neale, Dr. Thomas, settles in Cape Girardeau in 1805, iii, 82


Neatness unknown among the Osages, i, 191 Neeley, William, ii, 159; appointed member of the territorial council, iii, 3, 6, 87, 168 Neamcolin's Path, ran through North Missouri, i, 228 Neely, John, ii, 165, 166


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Neely, Thomas, ii, 158, 165 Negro Fork of the Maramec, i, 281; il, 74


Negro slaves, brought to upper Louisiana by Renault, i, 282; ii, 240; fear of negro slaves, 241; in- troduction of, prohibited by the Spanish officials, 241; have Sun- day as their own day, ili, 58; pun- ishment of white persons associating with, at unlawful meetings, 163


Negro, killed by Indians, iii, 118 Neil, John, ii, 166


Nelson, Dr. Arthur, physician of St. Louis in 1818, iii, 81, 234 Nelson, Capt., of steamboat "Inde- pendence," iii, 198


Nelson, Charles, ii, 155


Nelson, Thomas, iii, 84


Ne-o-ge-he, i, I


Neosho, Forks of, i, 18


Neosho, Osages hunted on the, i, 181 Neosho, village of the Osages on the, i, 182


Ne-o-ya-cha, i, 1


Neptune, Joseph, ii, 56


Nepveu, Pierre, ii, 168


Nepveu, Thomas, ii, 168


Nerinyck, Father Charles, ii, 325


Neshota, ii, 398


Nessotinaineg, a chief of the Potta- wottomies, iii, 99


Newby, Marie, ii, 22


Newell, John C., iii, 107


Newell, John, i, 384


Newkirk, Peter, ii, 156


New Bourbon, location of, i, 362; why so named by Carondelet, 362; common field of, 365; makes a pa- triotic contribution, 366; known as village des Petites Côtes, 366


New France, i, 2 New Franklin, iii, 208


New London, first settler near, iii, 158


New Madrid, i, 4, 7; mounds of, 58; De Soto in the region of, 104, 224; commercial importance of, ii, 62; attached to upper Louisiana, 62; main physical features of ridge, 103; description of, 104; mound-build- ers here, 105; laid out by Morgan, 112; map of the town, 114; sur- vey of, 114; plat of environs by Collot, 121; population of, 132; slow progress, 133; number of con- cessions, 133; attached to upper Louisiana, 137; military organiza- tions at, 141; names of settlers at, 142; district of and boundaries,


154; Commandant of, 195; popu- lation in 1795, 209; in 1796, 209; when DeLassus appointed Lieu- tenant-Governor, 209; Command- ant of, acted as sub-delegate, 217; no common field, 234; people of, displeased at cession, 363; De- Lassus at, on his return, 363; educated people at, iii, 58; popu- lation after cession, 140; large American settlement near, 161; harbor of, described by Flint, 170; people of, regret the change of gov- ernment, 172; earthquake of, 172; decline of the town after the earth- quake, 179; certificates a source of fraud, 179; merchants of, 196 New Orleans, laid out by Bienville, i, 273; forcible seizure of, urged by western settlers, ii, 246


New Tennessee, settlement of, iii, 239 Newspapers, published in Missouri territory, iii, 65


Newport, county seat of Franklin, iii, 185


New settlements, founded after war of 1812, iii, 157


Neybour, Joseph, ii, 75


Neyswanger, Joseph, ii, 188


Niangua, i, 18


Nicholas, George, ii, 344


Nichols, Mathias, iii, 157


Nicholson, John, iii, 235


Nicholson, William, iii, 85


Nicolas, Antoine, ii, 166


Nicolas, Etienne, i, 357


Nicolet, Jean, first finds the Missis- sippi, i, 155 Nicolle, Gabriel, i, 372, 378


Niel, Rev. Francois, ii, 328; teaches in St. Louis College, iii, 71


Nilco, of De Soto, may be the White river, i, 18 Nish-na-bot-na, iş 17


Niska, Indian name of White river, i, 18 Ni-shu-dge, name of Missouri, prob- ably derived from this word, i, I


Niswanger, Joseph, ii, 192


Noble, James, iii, 84


Noblesse, Peter, ii, 160


Nodaway, i, 5, 17


Nogales, iii, 85


Noise, which accompanied the New Madrid earthquake, iii, 177


Noise, Francois, ii, 56


Noise, dit Des Noyer, Jacques, ii, 21, 56; il, 307 Noland, Ledston, iii, 84


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INDEX


Norflet, James, ii, 165 Norman's account of trace up Castor river, i, 231 Normand, Charles, i, 357


Norris, James, ii, 163 Norrisses, or Norris, John L., ii, 163 North, William, i, 375 Northcut mounds, in Scott county, i, 66


North Carolina, German emigrants from to upper Louisiana, ii, 188; claims country to the Mississippi, 330


North Missouri, a land of prairies, i, 32 North St. Louis rolling mill, iii, 257 Northwest Fur Company, ii, 254 Northern limits of Missouri, fixed by United States Supreme court, i, 14 Notre Dame de Bon Secours, ii, 314 Notice, of Becknell to enlist company for trading west in 1820, iii, 156 Norvell, Joshua, one of the founders of the "Western Journal," in 1815, iii, 65


Nowlin, Elder Patton, iii, 212




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