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Novins, James, ii, 166
Noyes, Michael T., iii, 157
Nash, Ira, ii, 100 Null, William, senior, i, 356, 379; ii, 77
Null, William, junior, i, 379; ii, 77 Number killed in attack on St. Louis, ii, 39
Number of slaves in upper Louisiana, ii, 241 Nunez, Cabaza de Vaca, Alvar, i, 119 Neuvo Biscaya, a province of New Spain, i, 136 Nussan, Jonas, i, 367 Nussan, John, i, 382
Nuttall, on number of mounds at New Madrid, i, 42; on number of Osages, i, 182; ii, 268
Nuts, i, 31 Nut trees, i, 32
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Oath of allegiance administered to New Madrid settlers, ii, 166 Obsidian, found in Mississippi county mound, i, 62 Obrazo, same as Brazeau, i, 385 Oca-cho-lo-hol-lay, Indian name for the St. Francois, i, 17 Ochage, or ()sage, i, 169 Ogle, duel with McFerron, ili, 75 Ogden, Isaac, a millwright, ii, 179 Ohaha, or Salt river, i, 17
Ohio river, also known as the Akan- sea, i, 170; the Arkansas at one time lived near the mouth of, 107 Odin, Father J. M., ii, 326, 327 Odonis Creek, i, 387
Odum, Jacob, 1, 387
Odum, Michael, ii, 71
Oil Trough Bottom, il, 255
Okee-chee-bee, death of Gentry at battle of, iii, 79
Oliver, dit Bellepeche, Antoine, ii, 245 Oliver, Jean, il, 205
Oliver, Thomas, i, 356; ii, 383; ili, 103, 106; iii, 67
Oliviere, Father Donatian, ii, 313
Oliviere, Jean B., death of, ii, 26
Oliviere, Vicar-General, ii, 313
Omahas, or Mahas, i, 169; change of habitat, 173
Ombre, Marie, ii, 91
Onate, Juan de, a biographical sketch of, i, 137; marches east in search of Quivira, 137; finds the "Escanjaques," 138; the "Aija- dos" probably Iowas, 138
Onrow, or Unruh, George, ii, 165
Open Lake, ii, 161
Opposum, described by Father Bin- neteau, i, 35
Oqueny, John, ii, 160
Orain, John, ii, 102
Ordinances, of O'Reilly, ii, 196; of Cardondelet, 196; of Gayosa, 196, 215; of Morales, 215; of Cruzat for St. Louis, ii, 49
Ornaments worn by Osages, i, 194
Orr, James, ili, 157
Orr, Rev. Washington, iii, 241
Orr, William, in 8 1; prints a work on surveying in St. Louis, iii, 67
Ortes, Jean Baptiste, ii, 20
Ortes, Juan, ii, 308
Ortes, Thomas, ii, 165
Old Camp Ground, old religious meeting place of Missouri, iii, 235
()ld Fort Field, iii, 138
()Id Mines, i, 368; ii, 326
Old Mine, Settlement of, i, 378
Olive, Jean Baptiste, biographical sketch of, ii, 161
Osage river, i, 17
Osage, also the name of Missouri river on carly maps, i, 163
Osage boundary, i, 3 Osage cession of land, i, 14
Osage mound, i, 45
(sage traces, i, 230
Osage, Town of, iii, 184
Osages, dex.ribed by Radisson, i, 153; dwell near the mouth of the Mis-
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souri, i, 170; traditions among them, 171; derivation of the word, 177; division into clans, 177; var- ious names, by which known, 178; remarkable for their height, 178; Spanish report as to, 179; were represented at Braddock's defeat, 179; characteristics of, 180; lived near the Osage river, 181; migra- tory, 182; did not impress Brack- enridge favorably, 184; dress of, 186; oligarchical government, 192; divided into classes, 192; names of chiefs, 193; adorn ears, 194; head- dress of, 194; hereditary chiefs, 192; brave and warlike, 194; fast before going to war, 195; no match for Indians armed with guns, 195; in archery, skill of, 195; allied with Saukees and Foxes in 1818 against Cherokees, 195; object to grant of lands ceded by them to Kickapoos, 196; audacity during the Spanish dominion, 216; insolence during that period, 217, 240; on the war- path in 1810, iii, 100
Osages, rob Ezekiel Williams, i, 201; iii, 94
Oshawano Mountains, name of some of the Ozark ridges on the Missis- sippi, i, 20 Ostman, Frederick, ii, 149
Otis, Abram, iii, 159
Otoes, meaning of name, i, 174; English intrigues among them, 308 Ouabache, name of the Ohio, i, 25, 163; oxen (buffalo) feed on banks of, i, 36
Quarlia, Marie, ii, 148 Ouelette, Francois, ii, 160
Ouillet, Germain, ii, 156
Ouimate, or Wimet, Amable, ii, 55
Outagamies, or Renards, or Foxes, i, 169
Outchaquaha, an Indian chief, i, 233; ii, 395
Ouvre, Louis, ii, 68 Ouyapes, or Quapaws, i, 107, 168
Overall, Rev. Nance, iii, 239
Overby, Burwell, ii, 151, 152
Overflow at Ste. Genevieve in 1785, i, 351; ii, 51
Overstreet, Thomas, ii, 102 Owens, Harry, ii, 343, 344 Owens, John, iii, 157
Owens, Robert, ii, 74; biographical note as to, 77
Owen, Sophie, ii, 146
Owsley, or Housley, Jonathan, i, 376
Oxen (buffalo), abound on the banks of the river, i, 35
Ozarks, i, 18; rivers of south Missouri rise in, 17; landscape of, 21; plateau of, 17; elevation of, 21; destitute of timber in 1819, 25; ii, 104
O'Bryan, James, ii, 166
O'Carroll, James, ii, 166
O'Connor, Jeremiah, ii, 316
O'Connor, John, killed in Bois Brule Bottom, i, 381
O'Farrell, N., ii, 166
O'Hara, Robert, ii, 166
O'Hara, William, a private banker in St. Louis in 1819, iii, 191
O'Haire, E., iii, 197
O'Fallon, Dr. James, a revolutionary soldier, iii, 84; biographical sketch of, 86
O'Fallon, John, iii, 235
O'Hogan, Michael, ii, 186, 192
O'Neal, James, iii, 158
O'Neal, Peter, i, 382
O'Neil family, killed by the Indians, iii, 101
O'Neil, Hugh, ii, 328
O'Neil, or Oneille, Joseph, ii, 55 .
O'Neile, Pierre, ii, 55
O'Reilly, Count Alexander, Gov- ernor of Louisiana, report of Piernas, made to him as to upper Louisiana, i, 297; instructions of, to Piernas, 298; biographical sketch of, 301, 340; ii, 193; by proclama- tion introduces the Spanish law into Louisiana, 196; ordinances of, 196; proclamation of, against reducing Indians to slavery, 240, 297
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Pacahas, i, 107, 168
Pack, of skins, had a definite value, ii, 259
Packard, Isaiah, ii, 165
Packard, Isaac, i, 367
Padget, Pedro, ii, 149
Paducahs, expedition against, i, 264
Pagget, Henry, i, 374
Pagget, Etienne, i, 355
Paggett, Stephen, i, 385 Pahetsi, Osage tribal name, i, 178
Paille, Jean, ii, 22
Pain, Joseph, iii, 245
Pain, and Armstrong, iii, 189
Pain de Sucre, nickname of Caronde- let, ii, 64
Pain, Jacob, ii, 150
Paincourt, nickname of St. Louis, ii, II; attack as planned by British, 36
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Painters, iii, 190 Palardi, Pierre, ii, 86 Palazois, Pascal, ii, 138 Palisema, i, 116; the Cayas, or Kansas, 117 Palardy, Joseph, ii, 55
Palmer, Martin, iii, 157 Palmer, William, ii, 69, 102 Pamar, Ramona, ii, 150
Pan-8-tet, or .Iowas, i, 169; reside on Missouri, 175; remove to the Des Moines, 176 Panda, Marie Rose, ii, 10
"Pancour," nickname of St. Louis, i, 346 (see Paincourt) Panet, Pierre, ii, 56 Paneton, Claude, ii, 55, 86
Panisse, Veronica, ii, 20
Paper money, during French domin- ion, ii, 259
Papin and L'Amoureux, iii, 194
Papin, or Pepin, organizes "Sans- Culottes" in St. Louis, i, 324
Papin, dit Baronet, Antoine, ii, 52
Papin, Benito, Junior, ii, 52
Papin, Estevan, ii, 91
Papin, Hypolite, ii, 56
Papin, Jem Marie, ii, 22
Papin, Joseph M., ii, 4, 383
Papin, Julia, ii, 52 Papin, J. M., ii, 50
Papin, Sylvestre, ii, 56
Paquette, Francois, ii, 96, 151
Paquette, Pierre, ii, 151
Pap-pi-qua, a Shawnee with Dodge on the Missouri, iii, 121 Paquin, Francois, ii, 148
Paradot, Angelique, ii, 141 Paran, Charles, ii, 52 Parans, Pierre, ii, 53 Pardon, or Purdon, Thomas, ii, 149 Parent, Charles, ii, 21
Parent, Etienne, i, 355
Parent, Jacques, killed at Mine la Motte, i, 378
Paris, in Monroe county, iii, 158 Parish, Alexander, ii, 189, 192 Parish of St. Isidore, ii, 310 Parish, priest of Ste. Genevieve, ii, 302 Parish priests, during Spanish domin- ion, ii, 311 Parisien, ii, 151 Park, Andrew, ii, 75 Parker, Abraham, i, 376 Parker, Andrew, ii, 76
Parker, Samuel, Rev., presiding Elder in 1809, iii, 235; at first campmeet- ing at McKendree Chapel, 236 Parker, Samuel, ii, 156 Parker, William, iii, 159
Parquer, or Parks, Gabriel, ii, 152 Parquette, or Parkett, John, il, 98 Partenais, Amable or Padenode, dit Maçon or Mason, i, 355, 379; ii, 65, 245 Partenay, A. P., iii, 244 Partners, in the Missouri Fur Com- pany, iii, 191 Pascal, ii, 166
Paschall, Nathaniel, apprentice in the "Gazette" office in 1814, iii, 65; in 1828 one of the proprietors of the "Republican" and editor, 65
Pashepaho, or the Stabber, i, 233; ii, 395 Pashekomack, ii, 399
Paths, Indian, along the Missouri, i, 223; south to the Missouri to Loutre Island, 224; along Missis- sippi going north, 224; noted on Franquelin's map, 225; along the Missouri, 226; Virginia warrior path, 226; crosses through southern Illinois into Missouri, 227; Natch- iteche's path, 227, 228; Nemacolin's path, 228; on Grand river, 229; on Cuivre, 229; Osage traces, 230; Du Tisnes' route, 230
Patriotic contributions, to Spain, made by New Bourbon, i, 366; St. Louis, i, 62
Patrol, of the Missouri and Mississip- pi during war of 1812, iii, 104 Patron, Morin, of boat on which Brad- bury sailed alarmed at New Madrid Earthquake, iii, 172 Patten, Nathaniel, postmaster of Franklin, iii, 63, one of the proprie- tors of the " Missouri Intelligencer," 66
Patterson, Andrew, ii, 186, 192
Patterson, Benjamin, ii, 156, 157
Patterson, Benoni, ii, 102
Patterson, David, ii, 185, 186, 192
Patterson, Elisha, ii, 166
Patterson, Hiram, ii, 162
Patterson, Hugh, ii, 405 Patterson, John, i, 386; ii, 69, 162, 186; blacksmith, 181, 192, 367, 384;
iii, 131, wounded at Sinkhole, 132 Patterson, Josiah, iii, 240
Patterson, J. B., secures autobiogra- phy of Black Hawk, ii, 91
Patterson, Magdelena, ii, 11 Patterson, Rebecca, ii, 156 Patterson, Rev. Nicholas, iii, 232, 233 Patterson, Robert, ii, 186 Patterson, William, i, 374: ii, 70, 189 Pattie, James O., a biographical sketch of, iii, 88
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Pattie, Sylvester, a biographical sketch of, ili, 88
Patton, Abram, iii, 99, killed by Indians, 100 Paul, Gabriel, ii, 56, 328; iii, 193
Paul, John, i, 368; ii, 384
Paul, Rene, iii, 193
Paul, T., ii, 398
Paul, William, iii, 245
Payant, Francois, ii, 69
Payant, dit St. Ange Pierre, ii, 150, 232, 245
Payne, John, iii, 24, acquires the "Missouri Intelligencer" at Frank- lin, 66
Payne, Joseph, ii, 166
Payne, Sarah, marries Peck, iii, 212
Paynish, alias Boining, Jeremiah, ii, 189, 245
Paysa, opposite Portage des Sioux, ii, 88
Pawnees, or Pani, i, 169, 170
Peache, or Pichet, Joseph, ii, 87 Pecan, i, 32
Peck, James Hawkins, first United States district Judge of Missouri, iii, 19; impeached, 20
Peak, John, iii, 118
Peck, John Mason, mounds men- tioned by him, i, 42; describes Rog- ers, 209, 380; version of Clark's aid to St. Louis when attacked, ii, 41; converses with Boone and describes him, iii, 142; his Journal burned by Mercantile Library of St. Louis, 213; his voyage up the Mississippi, 213; preaches a Missionary sermon in Legislative Hall, 215; preaches at the Bethel Association and also at Jackson at the house of Judge Thomas, 218; comments on opposi- tion to Missionary Association, 219; on early settlers of Wayne county, 220; his comments on Flint's ser- mons, 229; teaches school in St. Louis in 1817; says militia called out to suppress Sunday riot, iii, 58, 69; his account of attack on Côte sans Dessein, 127; time consumed to make his trip west, 197; biograph- ical sketch of, 212; unsuccessful in the Titsaw settlement, 233; denies that he preached against slavery, 248 Peebles, Mrs., keeps tavern at Hercu- laneum, iii, 60
Peers, iii, 185 Peigne, or Peigny or Payne, Joseph M., ii, 160, 166 Peine, Antoine, ii, 151
Pekan, Indian chief, i, 309
Pekitanou, or Pekitanoui, i, 2; name of Missouri given by Marquette, 161; a Saukee word, 169 Pelair, or Pilaire, Joseph, ii, 69 Pelard, Louis, ii, 152
Pelletier, Antauya or Antaya or An- tayat, family, Indian name of, i, 365 Peltier, Andrew, ii, 160
Peltier, dit Morin, Antoine, ii, 21, 245
Peltier, Archange, ii, 160
Peltier, Charles, ii, 21
Peltier, Eustache, ii, 148
Peltier, Isadore, i, 343; ii, 21
Peltier, Jean Baptiste, ii, 158
Peltier, Marie Joseph, ii, 148
Peltier, Pierre, ii, 72
Peltier, Pierre or Pelletier, senior, ii, 72
Peltry currency, ii, 260
Pembroke, Eneas, manager of Alton ferry, iii, 61 Pemiscot mounds, i, 54
Penalosa, Don Diego Dionisio, bio- graphical sketch of, i, 139; consid- ered an impostor, 139; perhaps re- sult of controversy with inquisition, 142; Spanish hostility aroused by his effort to conquer New Mexico for France, 142; his expedition to Quivira, 142; narrated by Padre Freytas, 143; reached the "Mischi- pi," 143; finds the "Escanxaques," 145; reaches Quivira, 146; possibly a large settlement, but not a city, 147 Pendegrass, Jennie, ii, 159
Pendergrast, Jessie, ii, 159 Penicaut, with Le Sieur on his voyage, i, 246; notes prairie of north Mis- souri, 249
Penneman, Joshua, iii, 67
Penrose, Baptiste, ii, 87
Penrose, C. B., aids to found the "Journal" in 1815, appointed Com- missioner, iii, 40, 65
People, live on wild meat, i, 36
Peorias, lived near Ste. Genevieve, i, 181, 201, 362
Pepello, implicated in killing of Owens, ii, 343
Pepin, Etienne, ii, 99
Pepin, Jean Marie, i, 387
Pepin, dit Lachance, (or Papin), Joseph, ii, 27, 53, 245
Per-8-area, i, 169 Pera, or Parez, Jacques, ii, 68
Peradeau, or Paradot, Joseph, ii, 148 Perdeauville, Mrs., opens a Young Ladies Academy in St. Louis in 1818, iii, 69 Perez, furnishes Morgan guides, ii, 112, 309
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Perez, Joseph, i, 358; ii, 152 Perez, Ramon, ii, 138 Peri, Pierre, public scrivener, ii, 19 Perin, dit Boucher, Jean, ii, 21 Perkins, Isaac, iii, 159 Perkins, Joseph, ii, 383 Perkins, W. K., iii, 157 Perodot, Joseph, ii, 150
Perodot, or Paradot, Pierre, ii, 150
Peron, Pierre, ii, 148
Perra, Antoine, ii, 150
Perras, Jacques, ii, 91
Perrault, dit Duchène, Jean B., ii, 52 Perrault, J. F., ii, 50
Perrault. Louis, ii. 52
Perrault, Michel, ii, 234
Perrein, Jacques, ii, 298
Perrelle, Jeremiah, i, 367
Perez, Don Manuel, appointed Lieu- tenant-Governor, i, 312; ii, 51; biographical sketch of, ii, 57; receives a visit from Col. Geo. Morgan, 57, 151 Perrillot, Joseph, ii, 166
Perrin du Lac, i, 361, 362
Perrodeau, or Paradot, Miss, ii, 152
Perrodeau, Joseph, i, 357
Perron, Amable, ii, 148
Perron, Jean Baptiste, ii, 158
Perron, Pierre Riche, ii, 158
Perruque, first settlement on, ii, 96
Perry county, organized by first Gen- eral Assembly, iii, 268
Perry, Edward, ii, 77
Perry, James F., i, 371
Perry, Jean Francois, ii, 89, 102
Perry, Samuel, iii, 115
Perry, Samuel, iii, 7, 8, 183, 193; member of the constitutional con- vention, 249; note of, 257 Perry, Williams M., i, 366, 368
Personal services required of citizens of upper Louisiana, ii, 414 Personal property, what subject to taxation, ii, 116 Peru, i, 49 Peruvians, i, 43
Peterson, Dr. C. A., opinion as to age of mounds, i, 44
Petit, Antoine, ii, 149
Petit, Benjamin, i, 376
Petit, Jean Baptiste, i, 357; ii, 21 Petit, John L., i, 376
Petit, Solomon, ii, 78, 90
Petite Osage, or Titsaw, or "Teetsaw" iii, 184
Petite ()sage Baptist church, iii, 217 Petteliar, or Peltier, Andre, ii, 56 Pettibone, Elie, ii, 155
Pettibone, Levi, attained the age of 103 years, iii, 22
Pettibone, Rufus, iii, 22, 235
Pettigrew, George, iii, 159
Pettigrew, John, iii, 229 Pettijohn, John, iii, 159
Pettit, Jacob, iii, 245
Petition, against the Spanish Commer- cial Company, i, 333
Petition, to Congress, i, 3
Pettus, Spencer, duel with Biddle, iii, 79 Pettus, William G., secretary of the constitutional convention, iii, 250; biographical sketch of, 250
Peyroux, Don Henry or Henri or En- rique, Commandant of Ste. Gene- vieve, i, 347; a man of education, 348; knew Jefferson, 348; of liter- ary attainments, 348, 349; visits New Madrid, ii, 124; takes com- mand at New Madrid, 125, 137; succeeds DeLassus as Commandant of New Madrid, 137; receives a vis- it from Gen. Harmar, i, 311; did not enjoy the confidence of Carondelet, 323, 366; controversy with Lorimier, ii, 167; instructions to, 197 Peyroux, Madame, library of, iii, 70 Pew, Samuel, ii, 187, 192, 384 Phelps, Daniel, iii, 229 Phelps, Timothy, iii, 67, 182, 229
Philberry, Pierre, ii, 149
Philibert, or Phillibert, Joseph, ii, 56; keeps tavern in St. Louis in 1811, 60
Phillips, an Englishman killed at Mine la Motte by Indians, i, 378
Phillips, Charles, ii, 102
Phillips, James, iii, 138
Phillips, John, ii, 102
Phillips, Samuel, i, 387; iii, 3, 131
Phillips, sergeant J. F., of the 8th regiment, ii, 36 Phillipson, Jacob, iii, 192
Phillipson, Simon, iii, 192
Phillipson's beer, sold by Labadie and Tesson, iii, 192
Piankishaw, village, on the St. Fran- cois, i, 218; Indians, i, 351; grant of land to Earl Dunmore, 351, 365 Picard, Alexander, ii, 10
Picard, Baptiste, ii, 87
Picard, Charles, ii, 91
Picard, Francois, ii, 150
Picard, Louis, ii, 68
Pichard, Quesnal de, with Bourg- mont's expedition, i, 268 Pichet, Antoine Villiere, ii, 10 Pichet, Michel, ii, 21
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Pickard, Bazil, ii, 87 Pickering, Timothy, ii, 175, 337 Picturesque scenery on the Osage, i, 17 Pidgeon, Hyacinth, ii, 63 Pierceall, Samuel, i, 376
Piernas, Don Pedro, successor of Rui, i, 296; arrives at fort on the Mis- souri, 296; royal stores attached at St. Louis, 297; surrenders fort to St. Ange, 297; returns to upper Louis- iana, 298; O'Reilly's instructions to him, 298; takes possession of St. Louis and upper Louisiana, 298, 340; describes the people in his re- port, 301; describes "Misera," 340; first Spanish Lieutenant-Governor of upper Louisiana, ii, 12, 19, 21, 23; biographical sketch of, 22; causes census to be taken, 20, 205; ii, 13, 28; after arrival of, increase of popu- lation of St. Louis, slow, 30; com- plaints against, 30, 52; takes census, 208, 247
Pierre, Antoine Laforge, biographical sketch of, ii, 139
Pierre, Francois Patier, ii, 150 Piernas, Nicolas Jean, ii, 151 Pierro, ii, 297
Pierson, Alonzo, establishes the Pleas- ant Grove Academy, iii, 70 Picketts, Joseph, ii, 88
Pigeon, Hyacinth, ii, 66
Piggot, Rev. Joseph, witness of assault by McHenry on Charless, iii, 66; a Methodist preacher, 224, 240, 241 Piggot's ferry, at St. Louis, iii, 61 Pike county organized, iii, 8; first settlers of, 157
Pike, Maj. Zebulon Montgomery, describes lodges of Osages, i, 188; his expedition up the Mississippi, iii, 141; expedition up the Osage, iii, 142
Pikey, or Piquette, Antoine, iii, 131; killed at the Sinkhole fight, 132 Pilcher, Major, second of Benton in Lucas duel, iii, 77
Piller, James E., i, 384 Piller or Pillows, James P., i, 384
Pillory, introduced in upper Loui- iana, ii, 379
Pillsnoeth, William, ii, 166
Pilot Knob, Indian village near, i, 219 Pinckney, county seat of Mont- gomery, iii, 183 Pinconneau, dit Rigauche, Ignace, ii, 3, 275; opens a school for girls in St. Louis, 275
Pines, near Cape St. Antoine, i, 241
Pinet, Vibert, tavern keeper at Frank- lin, iii, 61 Pinlley, Henry, ii, 102 Pinoyer, Antoine, ii, 65
Pinto, ii, 150
Pion, Blondin, ii, 17 Piper, James, ii, 101
Pipes, William, keeps a tavern at Franklin, iii, 61, 137
Piquet, M., ii, 28
Pistols, rifle barreled, iii, 74
Pitman, John, iii, 3, 5 Pivolen, ii, 165
Pixley, Dr., a teacher at Harmony, i, 198 Placet, or Placey, Jean Baptiste, i, 379
Placet, Michel, dit Michau, i, 354, 358 Placette, or Placide, Ambroise, i, 356 Placette, Baptiste, i, 355
Placey, Capt. Joseph, aids De Balma, i, 309
Placie, or Du Placey, Jean Baptiste, ii, 21, 354
Placit, Michael, dit Michau, ii, 245 Placit, Miguel, i, 340
Placy, (Jean Baptiste?), ii, 21
Plan, to establish a Republic at the mouth of the Missouri, i, 312; of St. Louis, 325; to fortify St. Louis, 139; to attract French settlers of Gallipolis, 363; of Fort Caron- delet, ii, 212
Planchet, captain of militia, ii, 69 Platte country, argument to attach to Missouri, i, 9 Platte Ebenezer L., ii, 149
Plattin, settlement on, i, 379
Plattin, i, 379; ii, 257; iii, 181
Pleasant Grove Academy, iii, 70
Plows, made entirely of wood, ii, 235 Plummer, of New Hampshire, thought Louisiana Purchase would tend to dismemberment of Union, ii, 352, 354 Plums and wild grapes, i, 31
Poage, Mitchell, iii, 116
Poage, Robert, iii, 116
Pocama, the plumb, ii, 398
Poe, Isaiah, iii, 234
Poe, Simeon, iii, 234
Poillivre, Francois, i, 386; ii, 21, 75, 258 Poinaketa, ii, 399 Poindexter, iii, 245 Point Labadie, ii, 72; iii, 154 Point Pleasant, iii, 180, 181
Point St. Ignace, i, 158
Poitvin, Jean Baptiste, i, 357
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Policy, of Spain to strengthen position of upper Louisiana, ii, 57 Polite, John, iii, 245 Political agitation, ii, 385 Political discussion, after purchase, iii, 56 Political condition, change of by ces- sion, iii, 56
Political preaching held in abhorrence, iii, 251
Politics, and politicians, unknown, ii, 279
Pomme de Terre, Osages object to Kickapoos on, i, 196; iii, 159 Pond, Fort, iii, 136
Ponkas, or Panas, i, 169; move up the Missouri, 173; exclusive trade granted to Munier, ii, 51, 250 Pontabla, M. de, ii, 347
Pontiac, interred in Protestant grave- yard of St. Louis, i, 26
Pope, John, ii, 105; meets Foucher, 130 Pope, LeRoy, ii, 156 Pope, Nathaniel, biographical sketch of, iii, 12, 67
Population, efforts of Spaniards to increase same, i, 304; government grants aid to immigrants and dona- tions of land, 304; of the Illinois country in 1772, ii, 29; of St. Louis in 1772, 29; of upper Louis- iana in 1803 one-half American, 63; of Cape Girardeau District, 180, 181; of St. Louis, 208; total in 1795, 209; in 1810, iii, 156; in 1820, 138; when Louisiana was ced- ed, 140; of Ste. Genevieve in 1819, 152; of St. Louis in 1815, 166; of Cape Girardeau District, increase of, 168
Poriere, Antoine, ii, 161
Porier, Francois, ii, 65 Porier, Paul, ii, 151
Porier, or Poierrier, dit Desloge, Pierre, ii, 148, 245 Porphiritic Greenstone, i, 21
Pontchartrain, Count de, memoir of Sagan to him, i, 280
Portage des Sioux, name of, ii, 88; when established, 88; Bishop Flaget at, 315; French settlers will not sell land, iii, 185
Portage of St. Francois, ii, 161 Portell, Jean, i, 379 Portell, John, iii, 245 Portelle, Don Thomas, in command of New Madrid from 1791 to 1796, his signature, ii, 131, 132, 149, 173, 176, 217, 343, 344
Porter, merchant in St. Louis, iii, 193 Porter, Nathaniel, ii, 70
Portes, or Portais, Jean, i, 356
Portier, Juan, i, 340
Portine, Francois, ii, 165
Portneuf, dit Laderoute, Paul, ii, 149, 150, 245 Portorico, i, 356
Portuguese Narrative, i, 100
Posadas, says Onate marched 300 leagues, i, 135
Posey, Dr., settles at Jackson in 1815, iii, 82
Post, Col., time consumed in going east from St. Louis in 1815, iii, 197 Postmaster-General in 1819 solicits bids to carry mail by steamboat between St. Louis and Louisville, iii, 63 Postmasters, names of first, iii, 63 Post-offices, iii, 62
Post-routes, from Vincennes to St. Louis, iii, 62
Postage, iii, 62
Poston, Captain of the company from the mine country, iii, 120
Potier, Luis, i, 340
Pothier, Antoine, ii, 10
Potosi, county seat of Washington county, iii, 181; aspires to be state capital, 183 Potosi Academy, iii, 7, 69
Potter, William, finds a number of mounds in New Madrid, i, 60
Potter, William, has a ferry at Boone- ville, iii, 62
Pottery in Southeast Missouri mounds superior, i, 49 Pottery balls, i, 46
Pottery, established in 1816 at St. Louis, iii, 190
Pottery ware found in mounds, i, 42 Pottowatomies, steal on Loutre Island, iii, 99; in war with Osages in 1811, 145 Pouillot, Joseph, i, 351; ii, 21 Pouillotte, Louis, ii, 52 Pound, John, ii, 77
Pourcelly, Jean P., ii, 54
Pource, dit Beausoliel, Eugene, ii, 42; Captain of a St. Louis company, 42; a merchant in St. Louis, 44; in Kaskaskia, 45; capture of his boat by robbers, 45; his lawsuit with Chouteau, 146, 245 Poydras, John, ii, 345
Powder, ordered not to be sold by Spaniards, i, 290; magazine of, at the fort on the Missouri, 291
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Powder magazine at Côte sans Des- sein explodes, iii, 127 Powell, Gen. H. Watson, receives a report of capture of Fort St. Joseph, ii, 43 Power, Peter, ii, 166
Power, Samuel, ii, 148
Power, Thomas, visits New Madrid, ii, 134, 153, 343, 344; biographical sketch of, 344, 345 Prairie Carlos, ii, 164
Prairie de Village Sauvage, ii, 11
Prairie des Noyers, location of, ii, 14 Prairie fires, i, 32 Prairie grass, high, iii, 158
Prairies, opinions as to origin, i, 23
Prairies of Missouri, i, 23; reach river edge west of Côte sans Des- sein, 29; of North Missouri, 29; described, 32; full of buffalo, deer, etc., 34 Pratt, William, iii, 157 Pratte, Antoine, i, 374
Pratte, Bernard or Bernardo, ii, 62, 76, 297, 383; one of the first St. Louis school trustees, iii, 72, 159, 181; member of the constitutional con- vention, 248; biographical sketch of, 252
Pratte, Father Henry or Henri, i, 374; ii, 313, 323, 326
Pratte, Jean Baptiste, i, 352; family of, came to Ste. Genevieve from Fort de Chartres, 340, 353, 354, 355; iii, 67
Pratte, Jean Baptiste, junior, i, 355 Pratte, Joseph, i, 350, 374, 378, 379; ii, 384
Pratte, Pierre, i, 355
Pratte, Pierre August, junior, i, 374 Pratte, Sebastian, ii, 239
Pratte, S. B., iii, 181
Preachers, poorly paid, iii, 229; ex- cluded from office by constitution of 1820, 251
Pre-Aztecs, i, 43
Predatory hostilities of Indians on Missouri, iii, 113
Prehistoric works, of Missouri, hoes, celts, and arrow heads, i, 42; stone graves near Fenton, 78
Presbyterian church, first in Missouri, iii, 229
Presbyterianism, at St. Charles, at time Flint arrived there, iii, 229 Presbytery of Missouri, organized in 1817, iii, 232 Presle, Marie, ii, 148
Presse, Jean B., ii, 3
Presse, Baptiste, senior, ii, 91 Presse, Joseph, ii, 67, 68
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