A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the state into the union, Volume III, Part 41

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


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Presseau, Francois, ii, 87 Presse, Louis Baptiste, ii, 68


Presset, or Gresset, Jean, ii, 148


Preston, Jonathan, i, 383 Preston, Susana, ii, 150 Prevot, or Prevost, Jean, ii, 20 Prewitt, Charles, ii, 75 Prewitt, M., iii, 187


Prewitt, Samuel, ii, 75 Price, Conrad, dit Leonard, ii, 245


Price, David King, ii, 78


Price, George, ii, 99


Price, Jacob, ii, 166


Price, John, i, 366; ii, 384


Price, John W., Col. in Missouri regiment of the Seminole war, iii, 79 Price, Risdon H., iii, 235


Prices for farm products, ii, 237; at Franklin, iii, 154; at New Madrid, for provisions in 1817, 180


Priest, Dr. Zenas, acquires an inter- est in the "Missouri Herald," at Jackson, iii, 66; settles in the Cape Girardeau District in 1805, 82


Prieur, Francois, ii, 88


Prieur, Noel Antoine, secretary of Commandant of St. Charles, ii, 86, 166


Prieur, W. Lacroix, ii, 60


Primm, Judge Wilson, ii, 26


Primo, Paul, ii, 102


Primo, Pelagie, ii, 55


Primo, Pierre, ii, 102


Prince, Governor, thinks Coronado reached the Missouri, i, 132


Prince, William, ii, 395


Prior, Rachel, i, 356


Prior, Thomas, i, 356


Pritchard, John, ii, 150


Pritchett, Antoine, ii, 232


Pritchett, James, ii, 73, 102


Pritchett, John, ii, 151


Pritchett, Nancy, ii, 149


Pritchett, Peter, ii, 73


Pritchett, Prudentia, ii, 151


Pritchett, Thomas, ii, 150


Probst, Jacob, ii, 192


Probst, John, ii, 188


Process Verbal, form of, when LaSalle took possession of Louisiana, i, 164 Proctor, Rev. Ben., iii, 239


Prodigious flocks of wood pigeons, i, 39 Produce shipped to New Orleans, ii, 237 Products paid for in peltry, ii, 237


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Prolific animal life, i, 34 Property, rapid increase in value, iii, 150 Proposal to exclude the United States from the Mississippi, ii, 332 Proprietors of the town of Osage, iii, 184 Protector, Joseph, i, 358 Protector, Nancy, i, 358


Protestant baptism, first administered west of the Mississippi, iii, 204 Protestant members, of the first Protestant church organized west of the Mississippi, iii, 206


Protestant ministers, their struggles, iii, 229


Protestant preacher, first in upper Louisiana, iii, 203


Protestant preachers, not allowed in the Spanish possessions, iii, 203; expected to labor without compen- sation, 220


Protestant religion, objected to by Spanish officials, iii, 201


Proulz, Bazil, ii, 56 Proulz, Gabriel, ii, 60


Proveau, or Proveaux, Nicolas, ii, 20 Provençal, trades in Spanish territory, ii, 40


Provenchere, ii, 392


Provenchere, Jean Baptiste, ii, 11, 21 Provenchere, Jean Louis, ii, 11


Provenchere, Pierre, son-in-law of Rutgers, ii, 69, 87, 98, 391


Providence Baptist church, iii, 209, 216, 219


Provisions of act of 1806, iii, 38 Provost, Jean, ii, 83


Prudhomme, Louise, ii, 152 Pruitt, or Prewitt, Sarah, ii, 75 Public printer, first, iii, 66 Pujol, Baptiste, ii, 90, 91 Pujol, Louis, ii, 91 Pulliam, Robert, ii, 203 Pukes, iii, 35 Purrèe, Don Eugenio, ii, 44, 331 Purchase of Louisiana, ii, 350 Pursley, George, ii, 72 Pursley, James, goes to Santa Fe, iii, 155 Pursley, John, iii, 116 Pusey, Nathan, ii, 405 Putney, James, iii, 131; killed at the Sinkhole fight, 132


Pyatt, John, ii, 75


Q


Qualifications, of members of the territorial council, iii, 2


Quapaws, named by Dorsey, i, 169; not engaged in the war of 1812, iii, 118


Quarles, Dr. Pryor, surgeon in the Benton-Lucas duel, iii, 77, 80 Quartier, or Sansquartier, Pierre, ii, 155


Quash-qua-ma, Jumping Fish, In- dian chief, i, 233; ii, 395; a great treaty signer, 398; meets Gov. Clark prior to the war of 1812, iii, IOI


Quebeck, Marie Ann, ii, 87


Quebeck, Pierre, dit Violet, ii, 88, 245 Quenel, Joseph, ii, 56


Quenel, Marie M., ii, 168


Quenel, Pierre, ii, 55, 86


Quenel, Raymond, ii, 53


Querechos, Indians of the plains, i, 126; met by Coronado, like Ar- kansas kill Buffalo cows, 126; Du Pratz, 126, 174


Querez, Pierre, dit LaTulipe, ii, 138, 245 Quick, Benjamin, i, 384; ii, 96


Quick, Daniel, i, 384; ii, 96


Quick, Elizabeth, i, 383


Quick, James, i, 384 Quick, Lydia, ii, 72


Quick, Thomas, i, 383


Quick, Tunis, i, 384


Quigate, i, 114


Quimbre, Richard, i, 358


Quimby, Josiah, ii, 163


Quimby, Robert, a blacksmith of Tywappity Bottom, ii, 157


Quinn, Michael, i, 386; ii, 181, 186 Quinly, or Quimby, Stephen, ii, 163 Quire, William M., iii, 85


Quisquisque, same as Kaskaskia, i, 170


Quivira, the land of, i, 129; as de- scribed by Coronado, 134; sup- posed riches of, 136; Humana and Bonilla in search of, 136; Onate marches 300 leagues in search of, 137; Penalosa in 1662, marches east to find it, 139; his expedition described by Freytas, 144


R


Rabley, Nicholas, ii, 163 Race Island, i, 296 Racine, Francois, ii, 91, 148 Racine, Jean Baptiste, i, 347 Racine, Marie Louise, ii, 155 Racine, Nicolas, junior, ji, 155 Racine, Peter, iii, 104


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Racio, ii, 165 Radisson, Sieur, Pierre d'Espirit, biographical sketch of, i, 150; his notes of travels, 150; referred to in "Jesuit Relations," 151; the Osages, 152; describes the forked river, 153 Radisson and Groseillier, among Osages, i, 190


Rafer, Michael, i, 375 Rafts of lumber, iii, 186


Ragan, Michel, i, 380


Ragotte, Francois, ii, 87


Raille, Michael, ii, 151


Ralls county, organized by first Gen- eral Assembly, iii, 268


Ralls, David, carried to senate to vote for Benton and shortly after died, iii, 268 Ramos, Jean, ii, 138


Ramsay, duel with Capt. Martin, iii, 79 Ramsay family, killed by the Indians, iii, 130


Ramsay, Capt. Andrew, ii, 157, 158; first American settler in 1795 in Cape Girardeau district, 182, 183, 190, 198, 391, 392; iii, 129


Ramsay, Capt. Andrew, junior, iii, 104-III Ramsay, Andrew, junior, ii, 183, 192 Ramsay, Capt. Allen, ii, 183; killed, iii, III Ramsay Creek, ii, 183


Ramsay, Gen. Jonathan, iii, 84, 155; member of the constitutional con- vention, 249; biographical sketch of, 262


Ramsay, James, ii, 183, 189


Ramsay, James, junior, ii, 192


Ramsay, John, ii, 100, 183


Ramsay, John, sergeant, iii, III Ramsay, John, junior, ii, 189


Ramsay, Josiah, iii, 83, 84


Ramsay, Margaret, ii, 183 Ramsay, Mary, ii, 183


Ramsay, Robert, ii, 78; murdered by the Indians, 100


Ramsay, William, Captain, was in the battle of Yorktown, ii, 100, 183; iii, 104


Ramsay, William, ensign, iii, 104, 11I Ramsay's Lick, ii, 100 Ramsey, Mathew, ii, 78 Rancontre, Antoine, ii, 69 Randall, Abraham, ii, 189


Randall, Abraham, junior, ii, 192 Randall, Anthony, ii, 192 Randall Creek, ii, 186, 189, 191; Mrs. Ballew baptized in, iii, 204


Randall, Elijah, iii, 104, 107 Randall, Enos, ii, 189, 192 Randall, Enos, senior, ii, 192


Randall, James, ii, 189, 192 Randall, John, ii, 169, 189; iii, 234 Randall, Medad, ii, 187, 189, 192; keeps tavern at Bainbridge, iii, 61, 104, 107, 120, 185 Randall, Samuel, or Randol, ii, 189. 192, 384 Randol, Rebecca, iii, 206


Randolph, dit Rody Veriat, ii, 88


Randolph county, Illinois, people complain of emigration to Missouri, iii, 150 Randot, ii, 147


Randu, Francoise, ii, 143


Ranger, Joseph, i, 356


Ranger, Lambert, i, 356


Ranger, Pierre, i, 356


Rankin, David, ii, 112


Rankin, Geo .. iii, 107


Rankin, James, ii, 102; deputy sur- ·


veyor of St. Louis, 225; first sheritl of St. Louis, 383; removed from


office, 383, 405; iii, 104, 107


Ranney, Johnson, iii, 8; biographical sketch of, 23


Ranney, Miss Rhoda, teaches Pri- mary school at Jackson, iii, 70


Ranney, Stephen, iii, 84


Raper, Margaret, ii, 156


Raphiante, Therese, ii, 161


Rapicaut, Rene, i, 357


Rapid growth of Laclede's village, ii, 13; increase of population after the war of 1812, iii, 140


Rapieux, dit Lamare, Joseph, ii, 3, 68, 245 Raquet, M., ii, 28


Rardin, Thomas, i, 386


Ratte, dit Labrier, Julien, i, 338, 339; ii, 245 Ratte, Monsieur, i, 340


Ravallee, Margarite, ii, 166


Ravenscraft, James, iii, 8, 104, 107


Ray county, iii, 183; organized by first General Assembly, 268


Ray, John, member of the constitu- tional convention, iii, 249


Raynor, Jesse, ii, 286


Rawls, Amos, ii, 155 Rawls, Hardy, ii, 155, 156


Read, Dr. J. M., physician in St. Louis in 1811, iii, 80


Read, Robert, iii, 157


Read, William, iii, 114


Reading, George, iii, 85


Reading room, and punch house, in St. Louis, iii, 61


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Reading, William, iii, 158 Reagan, George N., ii, 125, 141 Real Estate, speculations in, not favor- ed during Spanish rule, ii, 208 Reaume, dit Veuve Legrand, Veron- ique, ii, 148 Reaves, John, i, 376 Reavis, Andrew, iii, 70 Reavis, B. H., member of constitu- tional convention, iii, 249; notes on, 258


Rebolioso, Pierre, i, 357 Reburn, John, ii, 148 Recorders, clerks ex officio, iii, 6 Recorder's office established at New Madrid, ii, 120


Rector, Elias, iii, 235


Rector family, note on, iii, 256


Rector Thomas, duel with Barton, iii, 79, 184


Rector, Wharton, hinders Rev. Pig- gott from preventing an assault on Charless by McHenry, iii, 66 Rector, William, iii, 184, 234; mem- ber of the constitutional conven- tion, 249; biographical sketch of, 255 Rectorville, iii, 184 Red House, residence of Lorimier, ii, 178


Redman, Rev. W. W., iii, 240


Red River Association, iii, 207 Redding, Felix, iii, 245 Reed, Henry, iii, 157 Reed, Guillaume. i, 367 Reed, Jacob, i, 382


Reed, Joseph, i, 378


Reed, Joseph, junior, i, 372 Reed, Laurent, ii, 20, 284 Reed, Louis, ii, 20


Reed, Robert, i, 373


Reed, Thomas, i, 373; iii, 107


Reed, William, i, 372, 373; iii, 107 Reed, Zebulon, ii, 192 Rees, Azor, ii, 142, 148


Reeves, John, iii, 85


Reeves, Toussaint, iii, 131 Regidores, purchased their offices, ii, 194 Regis, dit La Source, ii, 297 Regis, Jean Francois, i, 358 Regnier, Francis, a teacher in St. Louis, iii, 69


Regulations, as to land sales, ii, 215 Reid, Thos., iii, 104 Reihl, Antoine, ii, 54, 60 Reinecke, or Reiniche, Jean Freder- ick, ii, 145; merchant, 181; iii, 196 Reindeau, or Reguindeau, dit Joa- chim, Joseph, ii, 148, 245


Rejected claims, rights reserved, iii, 54 Rejoicing of the people, when en- abling act passed, iii, 248


Relacion del Suceso, cited in chapter on Coronado, i, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132


Relfe, James H., appointed member second board commissioners, iii, 53; biographical note, iii, 53


Religion, Spanish officials suppose Americans have no religion at all, ii, 202


Religion, ceremony of, by De Soto, to secure rain, i, 105; religious ser- vices enjoined on voyage up the river by Ulloa, 290; toleration as- sured to settlers in Morgan's grants, ii, III; festivals, 277; qualifica- tions required of settlers, iii, 198; tests intolerable to many Protest- ants, 199; these tests perfunctory, in many instances, 199; growth of, at St. Charles. 225


Reynards, or Foxes, 1, 201; ii, 398 Remington, Stephen, founder of the "Independent Patriot," at Jack- son, iii, 66


Removing of settlers to the east from west side of the Mississippi, sug- gested, ii, 403 Remy, or Ramey, Mathew, ii, 56 Remy, Nathan, ii, 56


Renards and Saukees, meet Gov. Clark, iii, 101


Renaudiere, Sieur de, mining engineer, i, 281


Renault, Philipp Francois, a native of Picardy, i, 282; Director-Gener- al of the mines, 282; brings negroes from San Domingo to work the mines, 282; grants to, 281; mana- ager of the company of St. Philippe, and character of this company, 282; returns to France, 283


Renault, Philip, i, 352, 384


Renaud, dit Delorier, Francois, ii, 164


Renfro, Joseph, iii, 157


Renshaw, partner of Hoffman, iii, 194 Reno, or Renault or Renaud, Louis, ii, 68 Rent, for room of commission, iii, 44 Report of commissioners under act of 1832, iii, 53, 54


Reports, number of, required by the Spanish government, i, 299


Requa, Mr., describes habitations of Osages, i, 191; a teacher at Har- mony, 199


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Requêtes, for land, form of, ii, 225 Residence of Jean Baptiste Valle, i, 349 Reso, Gregoire, ii, 151 Retrocession of Louisiana to France, ii, 347 Return of the Lewis and Clark expe- dition, iii, 143 Revelle, E., iii, 219


Revelle, or Revely, Nicholas, ii, 163, 184, 192 Revolutionary soldiers in the territory, iii, 83


Reybolt, or Rybolt, Michael, ii, 99 Reynal, Dr. Antoine, ii, 27, 60, 86, 384, 391, 392


Reynolds, Gov. John, on origin of prairies, i, 23; attack of St. Louis, ii, 35; his father refuses to settle in upper Louisiana on account of religious test, iii, 202; father of, keeps horses on Cabaret Island, 147; mentions New Madrid earth- quake, 174


Reynolds, Jno., expelled from Bethel church for being a member of Ma- sonic lodge, iii, 207


Reynoth, Charles E., opens a book store in St. Louis, iii, 73


Rhea, James, ii, 112


Rheile, A. E., iii, 104 (see Reihl)


Rhodes, Claibourne, i, 374; ii, 90


Rhodes, Samuel, iii, 84


Rhust, Thomas, i, 358


Rice, i, 363


Rice, William B., iii, 85


Richard, Jean Baptiste, ii, 148


Richards, Mrs. Jane, teaches school in St. Louis, iii, 68 Richardson, Christopher, iii, 138


Richardson, Daniel, ii, 73; ili, 8


Richardson, Edward, ii, 72


Richardson, Ephraim, ii, 72


Richardson, James, ii, 75, 77; deputy surveyor in St. Louis, 225, 285, 355; iii, 46


Richardson, Jesse, ii, 71; iii, 116, 138


Richardson, John, ii, 71 Richardson, Silas, iii, 138 Richelot, or Reclooet, i, 356 Richelet, Victoire, ii, 200


Rickman, Abraham, i, 373 Rickman, John, i, 373 Riddick, Thomas F., i, 380; ii, 383; appointed to superintend lottery, ii, 418; elected clerk of Board, iii, 49; his services in behalf of the St. Louis schools, 71, 103, 105, 229; appointed clerk of the commission- ers, iii, 48; makes suggestion to


grant outlots to village, 50; member of the constitutional convention, 245 Ride, Louis, i, 357 Ride, Louis, senior, ii, 10, 26


Ridenhour, John, ii, 73, 97


Ridges, of the Ozarks, i, 20


Ridgeway, William, iii, 116


Ridley, George, ii, 165


Riendeau, Jeanne, ii, 161 -


Reindeau, Joachim, ii, 152


Riendeau, Joseph, ii, 158, 161


Rifles, supplied by the British to the Indians, iii, 107 Rigdon, James, iii, 103, 106


Riggs, Lieutenant, with Callaway when he was killed, iii, 124


Riggs, Jonah, iii, 104, 107 Riley, Henry, i, 386


Riley, James, ii, 158


Rindo, Jose, ii, 150


Riey, or Riner, Thomas, i, 384


Ring, Thomas, i, 376


Rio Blanco, Spanish name of White river, i, 18


Rio Grande, Spanish name of Big River, i, 373


Rion, Jean, or Jean Cadet Rion, ii, 54


Riot, on Sunday, iii, 58


Risher, John, blacksmith, ii, 181


Ritchel, Daniel, ii, 155


Rivard, or Rivare, Joseph, ii, 52, 87; iii, 106, 157


River margins, fringed with timber, i, 23


Rivers, of the state, i, 16


Rivers, how affected by the New Mad- rid earthquake, iii, 177


Rivet, Joseph, ii, 68, 69


Rivience, or Revence, Louis, ii, 66


Riviére, dit Baccane, Antoine, ii, 307


Riviére, dit Baccane, Antoine, senior, ii, 9 Riviére au Sel, or Salt river, i, 17 Riviére Charles, ii, 189


Riviére des Pommes, or Apple Creek, i, 242 Riviére, Francois, ii, 68 Riviére, dit Baccane, Jean Baptiste, ii, 8; captured by Indians, 38, 239, 245 Riviére, Margaret Vial, ii, 8


Riviere, Pelagie, ii, 10 Riviere, dit Ricard, Thomas, ii, 150 Riviére Zenon, ii, 185


Rivington's Gazette, ii, 249


Roach, John, iii, 131


Road, from Tywappity to New Mad- rid, iii, 61; to New Madrid from Bainbridge, 61; opened to Delaware town on Apple Creek, 168


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Roads and highways, iii, 6 Roark, James, iii, 159 Robarge, or Robar, Louis, i, 384 Robart, dit Robar, Paul, ii, 76 Robat, Hypolite, ii, 297 Robbers, capture boat of Pourée, ii, 45 Robbins, P. K., iii, 104 Rober, John Michael, i, 375 Robert, August, ii, 87 Robert, A. P. D., ii, 161


Robert, or Robar or Robin, Charles, i, 379 Robert, Francois, i, 379


Robert, Hypolite, i, 340, 387


Robert, or Robar or Robin, Jean, i, 379 Robert, Marie Joseph, ii, 166


Robert, or Robar, Louis, ii, 21; iii, 245 Robert, Marie Josephine, ii, 141, 151 Robert, Paul, i, 356


Robert, Pierre, i, 356; ii, 161


Roberts, Bishop, iii, 241


Roberts, George W., iii, 187


Roberts, Guillaume, i, 367


Roberts, Jean, ii, 165


Roberts, John, iii, 84


Roberts, Levi, elected Major of Shaw's Regiment, iii, 136


Roberts, Philip, i, 379; ii, 76


Robertson, iii, 241


Robertson, Andrew, ii, 158; iii, 107


Robertson, Andrew, junior, ii, 158


Robertson, Daniel, ii, 154


Robertson, Edward, syndic of Big Prairie, ii, 157, 187, 190, 200; iii, 84


Robertson, Elizabeth, ii, 154


Robertson, John, ii, 163


Robertson, Robert, iii, 131


Robertson, William, iii, 116


Robideau, or Robideaux, Jos., ii, 52, 62 Robideau, Pelagie, ii, 91 Robidoux, G. F., ii, 60


Roubidoux, makes effort to reorganize Commercial Company, ii, 59; to have Clamorgan excluded, 60 Robidoux, Francois, iii, 194 Robidoux, Joseph, ii, 365; establishes a fort near the present Brunswick, iii, 143; Pike meets, 144, rents Revs. Peck and Welch a room for a school, 213 Robidoux, Joseph, ii, 21, 207, 232; has a post near the present St. Joseph, 253; iii, 3, 194 Robin, or Robinette, Charles, i, 355 Robinette, M., notary of Ste. Gene- vieve, i, 342, 343; ii, 297


Robineau, Rene, ii, 22 Robinson, Rev. Charles, iii, 230 Robinson, Jeremiah, iii, 85 Robinson, Dr. John Hamilton, bio- graphical sketch of, iii, 80; with Pike as volunteer up the Osage to the plains, 144 Robock, or Roebuck, George, ii, 150 Roch, Auguste, ii, 165 Roche au Pierce, iii, 184 Rocheblave, de Rastel, i, 340 Rocheblave, Philip de, i, 340; Com- mandant of Ste. Genevieve, 340, 341, 345 Rocheport, iii, 184


Rock, Wall described by Ashley in Gasconade county, i, 85; covered mounds in Pulaski county, 85; house on Noyer creek, 90


Rock Fort, in Jefferson county, i, 28 Rock, or Rocque, Peter, ii, 78


Rock River, i, 5


Rock Springs, Illinois, iii, 219


Rocks, of the Ozarks, i, 20; sedi- . mentary, 21; crystalline, 21


Rocky Mountains, known as the Shining Mountains, i, 30


Rodgers, Adestine, ii, 159, 192


Rodgers, Anderson, iii, 206


Rodney, has water mill on Hubbell Creek, ii, 182 Rodney, John, ii, 183


Rodney, Martin, erects water mill near Dutchtown, ii, 186, 187, 192, 384 Rodney, Michael, sergeant, iii, 120


Rodney, Thomas, ii, 192


Rodrique, Demoiselle Prudence, ii, 137


Rodriques, Barthelemi, ii, 138


Roebucks, i, 36


Rogan, Ben, iii, 185


Rogan, Bernard, i, 373


Rogers Band of Shawnees, lived be- tween the Bourbeuse and Maramec, i, 210; cultivated little farms, 210 Rogers, a Shawnee chief, i, 210; sent his son to Indian school in Ken- tucky, 211; summoned to Big Shawnee village, 213


Rogers, Benjamin, ii, 93


Rogers, Ebenezer, iii, 216


Rogers, Ezekiel, ii, 73 Rogers, Joseph, iii, 196


Rogers, James, i, 374; ii, 152


Rogers, dit Indian Rogers, Lewis, sent to Kentucky to school, i, 209; ii, 78, 245


Rogers, Robert, ii, 156 Rogers, Thomas, iii, 8; keeps tav- ern at Boonville in 1817, 61


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Rohault, Nicholas, ii, 65 Roher, David, i, 367 Rolette, or Rollette, dit Laderoute, Michel or Michael, ii, 10, 11, 17, 245 Rollins, Seneca, ii, 102 Rollins, teaches school in Cooper county, iii, 70 Romagon, Marianne, ii, 165


Romain Creek, ii, 100


Romine, Christy, ii, 102 Romine, John, ii, 76


Rompre, i, 358


Rompres, or Rompert, Marie, i, 366 Roncore, Lewis, i, 368 Ronde, or Ronday, dit Motie, Louis, ii, 65


Rondin, Pierre, ii, 87


Rondon, or Rondeau, Veuve, ii, 65


Rondot, Louis, ii, 326


Ronyre, or Rompre, Francisco, i, 339


Roop, Gilliard, iii, 115, 147


Rope, Leonard, ii, 156


Ropewalks, iii, 187


Roque, Manuel Andre, ii, 65, 87


Rosati, Father Joseph, Bishop, ii, 316; induced to come to upper Louis- iana by Dubourg, 317; biographi- cal sketch of, 326; appointed Bishop of Tenegra, in partibus, 326; Bishop of St. Louis, ii, 326 Rose, Agnes, ii, 63


Rose, Angelique A., ii, 63


Rose, Benjamin, ii, 191


Rose, Charles, i, 379


Rose, Felicite, ii, 63


Rose, James, i, 379


Rose, Margaret, ii, 63


Rose, Marie, ii, 63 Rose, T., i, 379


Rose, Thomas Mathias, iii, 86


Rosier, or Roussin, ii, 297


Ross, John, a Baptist, at Ross' Point, keeps ferry, iii, 62, 212


Ross, James, keeps tavern at Chari- ton, iii, I


Ross, Philip, iii, 104, 107


Ross' Point, now Gray's Point, iii, 62 Ross, Stephen, i, 4; iii, 8, 104, 107 Ross, William, ii, 191; iii, 84, 219 Ross' map, notes metallic districts, i, 277 Roubieu, dit European, Gaspard, ii, 27, 56, 81 Rouby, Antoine Jose, ii, 150 Rouette, ii, 165 Rougest, or Rougcot, dit Berger, Pierre, i, 357 Rouillier, dit Bouche, Jean Baptiste, ii, 245


Rouke, dit Rooks, John, ii, 99 Rousel, or Roussel, Francois, ii, 30 Rousseau, Don Pedro Andre, ii, 142 Rousel, or Roussel, Pierre, ii, 67 Roussel, dit Sans Souci, Antoine, ii, 22, 30, 245 Roussin, Veuve, i, 357


Route, to South Sea, via the Missouri, i, 244 Routier, Charles, ii, 12


Routier, Genevieve, ii, 12


Roux, Father Benoit, ii, 326


Royar, or Roark, Amos, i, 384


Rowland, Daniel, ii, 96


Rowland, David, ii, 96


Roy, Alexander, ii, 91, 160


Roy, Amable, ii, 99


Roy, Andrew, ii, 86


Roy, Antoine, dit Des Jardin, ii, 68, 245 Roy, Baptiste, ii, 87, 100; discovers Indians, iii, 124


Roy, Charles, ii, 54, 91


Roy, Francois, ii, 65, 100; iii, 105, 155 Roy, dit Lapense, Jean P., ii, 56, 245; iii, 155


Roy, Joachim, ii, 54


Roy, Joe, swims the river at Côte sans Dessein, iii, 126


Roy, Joseph, ii, 55, 100


Roy, Julien, ii, 57, 91


Roy, Julien, junior, ii, 91


Roy, Louis, ii, 100, 166; at Côte sans Dessein, iii, 124, 157


Roy, Louis Charles, ii, 91


Roy, Patrick, ii, 87, 90


Roy, Pedro, i, 340


Roy, Pierre, i, 342, 357; ii, 22


Roy, Simon, ii, 91


Royal Company of the Indies, i, 273 Royer, Nicolas, or Nicholas, dit Sans- quartier, ii, 9, 17 Royer, dit Cola, Nicolas, ii, 87


Roys's Blockhouse, attacked by In- dians at Côte sans Dessein, iii, 125 Roy's Fort at Cote sans Dessein, iii, 124 Rozier, Ferdinand, iii, 194, 195 Rucker, Rev., iii, 240 Ruddle, Abraham or Abram, bio- graphical sketch of, ii, 160; iii, 158, 181


Ruddell, or Ruddle, George, Capt., ii, 160, 166; iii, 156 Ruddell, or Ruddle, John, ii, 160; ii, 184 Ruddle, Isaac, ii, 160, 161; iii, 181 Ruddle Settlement, iii, 181 Ruddle Station, ii, 160


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Ruddle, Stephen, iii, 156 Ruddle's Fort, iii, 158 Rue de Charette, ii, 181 Rue Royal, now Main Street of St. Louis, ii, 24 Rueta, Domingo, ii, 138 Rufty, John, fired on by Indians, iii, 98 Ruggles, Martin, i, 373; iii, 103, 105, 107


Ruggles, Solomon, i, 372


Rui, Don Francesco, y Morales, sent by Ulloa to upper Louisiana, i, 288; instructions as to how to con- duct his voyage up river, 289; instructed to erect forts at the mouth of the Missouri, 294; styles himself "military and civil Gov- ernor of the post of Missouri," i, 295; writes O'Reilly, 340; ii, 19, 66 Rules and regulations, for forest traders, ii, 50


Rupe, Gillad, iii, 137 Rupe, John, iii, 138 Rushes, settlements near, iii, 147


Russ, Thomas, i, 367


Russell, James, ii, 102, 185, 186, 192; . acquires the "Patriot" at Jackson, iii, 66


Russell, John, ii, 152


Russell, Joseph, ii, 102


Russell, Moses, ii, 92


Russell, Col. William, iii, 135


Russell, William, school teacher, ii, 182, 185


Russell, William, large land claimant, iii, 53


Ruter, or Ritter, assassinated La Salle's surgeon, ii, 187


Rutgers, Arend, ii, 56; secures a large land grant on the Dardenne, ii, 98; iii, 235 Rutter, Edmund, iii, 196 Ryan, James, ii, 148


Ryland, John F., biographical sketch of, iii, 30


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Sabourin, Pierre, ii, 148, 152 Saborough, or Laborough, Margaret, ii, 152 Saffilard, Pedro, ii, 56 Saddlery, iii, 188


Saffray, Pedro, ii, 55, 148, 149, 166 Sagan, Mathew, his memoir on me- tallic wealth of upper Louisiana addressed to Count Pontchartrain, i, 280 Saint Maxent, Felicite de, ii, I


Sakeetoo, ii, 399 Salamanca, Bishop of, ii, 304 Salary, of the officers of upper Louis- iana, i, 298; of Commandants, ii, 200


Salcedo, Don Manuel de, on Lori- mier, ii, 180, 355; letter to De -. Lassus, 357


Sale of Louisiana concluded, ii, 350 Sale of debtors introduced into upper Louisiana, ii, 379


Sale, Judge Joseph, ii, 76


Salem Baptist church, iii, 216; on Fourche à Thomas, 218 Saline, i, 117


*Saline county, organized by first General Assembly, iii, 268


Saline Creek i, 17 Salisbury, Andrew, iii, 84


Salle, dit Lajoie, Jean B., ii, 10, 298 Salle, dit Lajoie, Lambert, ii, 65, 245 Sallee, i, 339


Sallier, Jean Baptiste, ii, 150


Salt, De Soto searches for salt, i, 113; from Saline sold in English pos- sessions cheaper than Spanish side of river, 302; Captain Har- rod's company comes from Ken- tucky for, ii, 256; on Saline River and on Salt River, 256; made in Boonslick county, 257; made on Black water, ill, 146; made by Henry Dodge at the Saline in 1819, 152


Salt Pan's River, name of Saline on Ross' map, i, 277


Salt river, or Ohaha, i, 17; mounds on, 92; mounds on middle fork, 92, ii, 99


Salt Springs, i, 18; ii, 229


Salt works on the Saline, i, 385; conveyance of, ii, 26; village of, 256 Saltiferous waters, i, 18


Salveneuve, Father Jean Baptiste Francois, ti, 292 Samer, William, ii, 189


Sampson, Alexander, ii, 148


Samuel, Edward M., biographical sketch of, i, 13; promotes annexa- tion of Platte country, 13


Samuel, Giles M., iii, 197


Samuel, Robert, iii, 137 Samuel, William, iii, 137


Sanborn, James, i, 367


Sanborn, Nathaniel, iii, 235 Sanchez, Alonzo, survivor of the Bonilla and Humana trade, i, 137 Sanchez, Manuel, ii, 151


Sandblows, caused by New Madrid earthquake, iii, 177


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Sandstone, Ste. Genevieve, used in Fort de Chartres, i, 249 Sandy Creek, ii, 77, 100 Sanford, Henry, teaches school at Jackson, iii, 70


Sanguinet, or Sanguinette, Charles, ii, 53, 60, 62, 205, 405; iii, 193 Sanitarium, in the Ozarks, i, 26 Sansfacon, Joseph, ii, 148, 246 Santa Fe trade, Franklin the cradle of, iii, 156


Sappington, Benoni, iii, 115


Sappington, Dr., his pills, iii, 159




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