A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the state into the union, Volume III, Part 43

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


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St. Jean, Barthelemy, i, 353


St. Jeme, Jean Baptiste, i, 339


St. Jeme, Raphael, i, 353, 384


St. Jeme, Vital, i, 353


St. Joachim, parish of, ii, 292


St. Joachim, church of, ii, 326


St. John's Bayou, a seat of mound- builders, i, 42, 170; same as Che- pousa, 170


St. Joseph, Fort, captured by the Span- iards, ii, 43, 44


St. Lawrence Creek, i, 381


St. Louis, Spanish garrison at, i, 299; description of manners of the people, 302; plan to fortify, 319; surveyed by


Duralde, ii, 24; fortified during Cru- zat's administration, 32; attacked May 24, 1780, 38; commercial inter- ests of, promoted by removal of Cerré to, 47; Cerré removes to St. Louis in 1779, 47; makes patriotic contributions, 62; fortifications of, superintended by Vandenbenden, 155; residence of Spanish Lieuten- ant-Governor, 195; common field, of, 233; survey of, iii, 164; during war of 1812, some thought it ought to be fortified, 110; company in Boonslick country, 120; population of at time of cession, 140; salutes Long's expedition, 153; residence of the Spanish Lieutenant-Governors, 161; where the general court sits, 161; commercial metropolis, 162; how the town appeared in 1804, 163; number of houses in in 1804, 162; incorporated by the Court of Com- mon Pleas, 168; rendezvous for Indian trading expeditions, 165; municipal expenditures in 1817, 166; collection made to build a Baptist church, 214; religious con- dition as portrayed by Hempstead, 224; the largest slave owning county in 1820, 248; illuminated when news of enabling act reached the town, 248; constitutional conven- tion of 1820 meets in, 249


St. Louis Prairie, location of, ii, 14


St. Louis School Board organized, iii, 8


St. Louis University, germ of, ii, 328


St. Marie, Carlos, ii, 165


St. Marie, Etienne, ii, 149. 152


St. Marie, Etienne, junior, ii, 149, 162


St. Marie, dit Bourbon, Francois, ii, 149, 152, 245


St. Marie, Francois Xavier, ii, 158


St. Marie, Jean Baptiste, junior, ii, 152


St. Marie, Joseph, ii, 149


St, Marie, Louis, ii, 149


St. Marie, Marie Ann, ii, 158


St. Marie, Thereza, ii, 149


St. Marie, Ursula, ii, 149


St. Martin d'Ige, Marie Crevier, i, 353


St. Mary's of the Barrens, ii, 323


St. Mary's Seminary, foundation of, ii, 320; building of, 325; estab- lished near Perryville in 1819, iii, 69


St. Maxent, Gilbert Antoine de, ii, 1, 297


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St. Michael, the germ of Frederick- town, i, 377; iii, 181


St. Philippe, founded by Renault, i, 283, 352; abandoned by settlers, ii, 13


St. Pierre, Etienne, ii, 102


St. Pierre, Father, ii, 275


St. Pierre, Francois, ii, 166


St. Thomas' Seminary, ii, 322


St. Vincent, Antoine Donnay, ii, 21


St. Vincent de Paul, ii, 326


St. Vrain, Jacques Ceran Marcelin, son of De Luziere, i, 364; ii, 99, 136; his land grant, 217


Ste. Genevieve, i, 7; Peorias lived near, 181, 296; Spanish garrison at, 299; manners of the people described by Piernas, 301; first permanent settlement in Missouri, 337; old village of, 338; overflow in 1785, 351; Miro's report of over- flow, 351, 359; story of construc- tion of a fort at, 359; fur trade of, 360; people interested in lead mines, 360; agriculture carried on in a common field, 360; Austin describes the village in 1799, size of village according to Bracken- ridge, 361; of Perrin du Lae, 361, 362; educational advantages, 361; Laclede arrives at, ii, 4; slow growth of population of, 208; farmers ship produce to New Or- leans, 237; visited by Jesuit Mis- sionaries, 292; first church in, 296; description of church of, 305; De- Lassus at, 366; land commission- ers meet there, iii, 48; population of, at time of cession, 140, 152, 185; merchants of, 194


"Ste. Genevieve Correspondent and Record," complains of mail service, iii, 63; founded in 1820, 66


Ste. Genevieve District, limits of, i, 362


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Tabeau, Herbert, dit Berry Tabeau, ii, 54, 245


Tabeau, Jacques, ii, 68


Tabeau, Joseph, ii, 88


Tabeau, Mary Catherine, ii, 54


Tabeau, or Thibault, Pierre Antoine, ii, 153


Tabernier, Jean, i, 357


Tabien, Francis, ii, 87


Table River, or Riviere Table, ii, 191 Table Rock, ii, 191


Tache, dit Eustache, Louis, ii, 187


Taillon, Joseph, built first mill of St. Louis, ii, 28, 234, 307


Taillon, Roger, ii, 9 Tailors, iii, 186


Tailtreau, Jean Baptiste, ii, 150


Takinantha, or Captain Allen, chief of the Delawares, ii, 213


Talapousa Indians, i, 222


Talbot Creek, iii, 185


Talbot, farm of, noted by Long, iii, 154 Talbot, Michael, ii, 68


Talbot's fort, iii, 159


Talbot, Dr. James, member of the constitutional convention, iii, 249, 265 Talbert, General, i, 377


Talbot, Herbert, ii, 68


Talbots, settle on Loutre Island in 1807, iii, 145


Tallmadge, his amendment to bill admitting Missouri, iii, 246


Tamaroas, i, 169; Canadians settle among them, 243; LeSueur, at vil- lage of, 248


Tamarouha, village of, ii, 290


Tamp, Peter, ii, 78


Taney, Mathew, a brother of the Chief Justice, iii, 92


Tangelier, ii, 297


Tanhill, Jean, ii, 164


Tanner, Edward, iii, 107, III


Tanner, Rev. Rucker, iii, 240


Tansey, Levi, wounded, iii, III


Tansey, Joshua, ii, 76


Tan-yards, found .in every village, ii, 232; iii, 187


Tardif, or Tardit, Jean Baptiste, ii, 55 Tardiveau, i, 311; ii, 136, 144


Tardiveau, Andre, ii, 150


Tardiveau, Barthelemi, i, 363; bio- graphical sketch of, ii, 144, 145, 166, 340


Tardiveau, Pierre, ii, 150


Tardy, William, ii, 70


Tarkio, i, 17


Tartarin, Father, biographical sketch of, ii, 291 Tash, dit Eustache, widow, ii, 163, 246 Taumaure, Dominique, i, 358


Taumier, Jean Baptiste, i, 354


Taumure, dit La Source, Marie B., i, 354 Tavern keepers, sell liquor, iii, 60; license levied on them in 1810, 161; first in the territory, 60


Taverns, license of, required, ii, 274; none during the Spanish dominion,


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iii, 60; in St. Louis from 1805 to 1819, 60


Taylor, Captain, ii, 112


Taylor, Daniel, iii, 85 Taylor, Enoch, iii, 116, 137


Taylor, General Zachary, i, 377; on Rock river in war of 1812, iii, 127


Taylor, Isaac, iii, 137


Taylor, Jesse, ii, 160


Taylor, John, i, 376; ii, 384; iii, 158


Taylor, Richard, ii, 91, 95


Taylor, Sarah Kiddleton, i, 377


Taylor, William, iii, 137


Tayon, Don Carlos, ii, 9; his per- sonal characteristics, ii, 82; kills Indians, 82; ordered to New Or- leans, 82; Commandant of St. Charles, 81; place of residence in St. Charles, 82, 99, 363; lieutenant of a St. Louis company, 42; pro- moted in the army, ii, 43, 44


Tayon, Francisco, receives land grant, il, 82


Tayon, Hubbard, killed at the Sink- hole, iii, 132


Tayon, Jean, ii, 87, 191


Tayon, Joseph, ii, 87


Tayon, Joseph, junior, ii, 87


Tayon, Louis, ii, 87


Taxation, causes dissatisfaction, ii, 387


Taxes, increased from time to time, ii, 415


Teague, Nathan, iii, 115


Teague, Peter, iii, 103, 106


Teaque, Pierre, ii, 87


Tebo Benevolent Society, iii, 233


Tebriege, or LeBirge, T., ii, 297


Tecon, Cornelius, ii, 166


Tecumseh, visits Shawnces of Mis- souri, i, 220


"Teetsaw," or Petite Osage, iii, 217 Tela, Charles, ii, 166


Templeton, James, iii, 157, 158 Tenny, Rev. David, iii, 232


Teobatsi, Osage chief, i, 188


Terrage, Villiers de, i, 341


Terrel, R., follows "sign painting," iii, 190


Territorial Auditor, office created in 1810, ii, 417


Territorial Council, appointed by President, iii, 1


Territorial Legislature, i, 4


Territorial revenue, separate, ii, 417 Territorial road, first from St. Louis to New Madrid, iii, 163


Territory of Missouri, described, i, 16; iii, 1


Tessereau, or Tisserot, dit Teporot, Joseph, i, 355


Tessero, dit Bebe, Gregoire, ii, 87, 245 Tesserot, dit Teperot, ii, 246


Tessier, Nicholas, ii, 151


Tesson, Albert, ii, 99, 102


Tesson, Elizabeth, ii, 22


Tesson, Jean Baptiste, ii, 75, 99


Tesson, dit Honore or Honore dit Tesson, Louis, ii, 11 Tesson, Marie, Theresa, ii, 54


Tesson, dit Honore, Michael, ii, 65; sells Phillipson's beer, iii, 190


Tesson, Noel, ii, 72


Tesson, Victoire, ii, 65


Tetlers, David, iii, 138


Tetlers, John, iii, 138


Tetlers, Solomon, iii, 138


Teyas, i, 175


Thacker, Rangon, ii, 160


Thacker, William, ii, 160


"The Asylum," name of school of Hertich, iii, 68


The Barrens, i, 383


The district of Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis, established by O'Reilly, ii, 193 "The Expedition," Steamboat, iii, 199


The Kentucky Hotel, at St. Charles, iii, 60


The Lost Trapper, Ezekial Williams, iii, 93


"The Missourian," of St. Charles, founded by Robert McCloud, iii, 66 The Forked River, i, 153


The Rapids, of the river Des Moines, where located, i, 14


The Shining Mountains, i, 30 The Yellow, i, 2


Thevenot's map, i, 2, 169


Thibault, Charles, ii, 21


Thibault, Francois, ii, 21


Thibault, Genevieve, ii, 158


Thibault, Isadore, ii, 158


Thibault, John Baptiste, ii, 158


Thibault, Marianne, ii, 146 Thibault, Mary Ann, ii, 153


Thibault, Nicolas, ii, 147, 158


Thibeault, Charles B., ii, 96


Thibeault, dit Liberge, Francois, ii, 246


Thibeault, or Thibault, Alexis, ii, 56


Thibierge, Louis, i, 357


Thickety Iron Furnace, iii, 187


Thiel, Levi, ii, 76


Thipet, Alexis, ii, 166


Third Street, known as Rue des Granges, ii, 24


Thiriet, or Thiriot, Claude, ii, 152


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Thiriot, Cecilia, ii, 151 Thiriot, Jean, ii, 152 Thomas, Abraham, iii, 157


Thomas, Claiborne S., iii, 9, 187


Thomas, Francois, ii, 171


Thomas, Jeremiah, ii, 192


Thomas, Nichols, keeps a ferry at Bainbridge, iii, 61


Thomas, Richard S., i, 7; appointed first Judge of southern circuit, iii, 9; biography of, 9; a member of constitutional convention, 249


Thompson, Aaron Henry, ii, 154


Thompson, Benjamin, ili, 207, 219


Thompson, Burwell J., iii, 105 Thompson, Capt. W., iii, 120


Thompson, Isaac, ii, 149


Thompson, James, junior, i, 384


Thompson, Jacque, i, 367


Thompson, Jeremiah, ii, 146, 190


Thompson, John, ii, 192


Thompson, John Washington, iii, 105, 107, 108


Thompson, Joseph, ii, 166, 190; sergeant, iii, 120


Thompson, Joseph, junior, ii, 192


Thompson, Joseph, senior, ii, 183, 192


Thompson, Nero, corporal, iii, 120


Thompson, Rev. Samuel H., iii, 239


Thompson, Thomas, ii, 166


Thompson, William, ii, 190; iii, 83


Thompson, Wilson, Rev., preaches at Bethel, iii, 208; biographical sketch, 209


Thomure, dit La Source, J. B., ii, 246


Thorn, Alexander, ii, 189


Thorn, Charles, ii, 154


Thorn, Daniel, discredited, ii, 181


Thorn, Solomon, ii, 154, 164; gun- smith for Indians, 181, 190, 192, 232; iii, 131


Thornton, Isaac, iii, 116, 138


Thornton, John, labors for annexa- tion of Platte country, i, 13


Thornton, John, iii, 138 Thorntonsburg, iii, 182 Thorp, John, iii, 114


Thorp, William, iii, 115, 117


Thorpe, Elder William, delegate to Bethel Association, iii, 217, 220 Thorpe, Zachariah, ii, 158 Thoulouze, Jean Marie, ii, 20


Thrall, Augustus, iii, 157 Thrall's Prairie, iii, 157


Tibeau, Charles, ii, 68


Tibeau, or Thibault, Joseph, ii, 69; iii, 157 Tibeau's Fort, iii, 125


Tiblon, dit Petit Blanc, Louis, ii, 68, 245


Tichitoli, Father, ii, 324 Tichitoli, Joseph, ii, 321


Tidia and Wigam, two Saukees, murder white man, i, 207


Tiercerot, or Kiercerou, Mr. Ree, ii, 294


Tiffany and company, Chariton mer- chants, iii, 197


Tiger, a specie of wild cat, i, 35


Tighe, Dr., a pioneer physician in Boonslick country, iii, 146


Tiguex, not far from the present Bernadillo, where Coronado camped for the winter, i, 121


Tilley, Bernard, iii, 85


Timantz, William, ii, 192


Timber, extent of belt, i, 23; on Mis- souri, 28; Ozark Highlands uncov- ered with, ii, 104


Timber belt, on Missouri, i, 28


Time, for journey from Mississippi to Anahuac valley, i, 49; time to make trip from the east, west, prior to 1820, iii, 197 Timon, Bishop John, ii, 326; iii, 194


Timon, Father John, ii, 326


Timon, James, iii, 194


Tinon, Claude, ii, 17


Tipton, Samuel, ii, 183


Tirard, Hypolite, ii, 160


Tirart, ii, 151


Tirart, Louis, ii, 152


Tirar, or Tirard, Nicolas, ii, 152


Tismon, William, ii, 189


Tisne, Peter, ii, 99


Tisserant, de Montcharveaux, Jean Francois, i, 355


Tisserot, Joseph, i, 367


Tisson, Albert, i, 343, 364


Tisson, dit Honore, Michael, ii, 246 Tobacco, carrots of, currency, ii, 260; factories in territorial days, iii, 187


Todd & Co., ii, 59


Todd, Andrew, favored by Caronde- let, i, 330


Todd, Col., i, 344


Todd, David, first Judge of the north- western circuit, iii, 11, 115, 158


Todd, Elisha, iii, 138


Todd, Jonathan, killed by Indians, iii, 114 Todd, Joseph, ii, 69


Todd, Judge Thomas, ii, 102, 237 Todd, Levi, iii, 138


Todson, Dr. George S., physician in St. Louis in 1817, iii, 80


Toltecs, i, 43 Tomb, David, iii, 85 Tompies, Katherine, ii, 382 Tompkins, George, teaches school


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in St. Louis, 1812, Judge of the Supreme Court, biographical sketch of, iii, 25, 105, 108 Tonnelier, Baptiste, ii, 150


Tonnelier, Cadet, i, 355


Tonnelier, Louis, i, 367; ii, 148


Tonty, Chevalier, i, 2; with LaSalle, 163; captain of a brigade, 166 Topography, of the state, i, 18 Torico, Pierre, i, 357


Tornat, or Tournat, dit La Joie, Pierre, ii, 76


Touconbroud, Andrew, ii, 149


Touconbroud, John, ii, 149


Tougard, Catherine, Crepeau, ii, 54


Toulay, William, ii, 165


Tournat, dit Lajoy, Pierre, ii, 245


Tourney, Peter, Major, iii, 103


Tourville, Pierre, ii, 68


Tourville, Toussaint, ii, 68


Toussaint, Hunand, first man married in St. Louis, ii, 26


Toussainte, Jean Nicholas, ii, 141


Tousignan, Peter, carpenter of St. Louis, ii, 27


Tower at St. Charles, iii, 142


Tow-path, ii, 263


Townsend, John, i, 382


· Townsend, Rev. William, iii, 241


Traces, Indian, (See Paths), Field's trace, i, 229; trace up Castor, i, 231; from lead mines to river, 284 Tracy, Edward, iii, 194


Trade, ideas of Indian, i, 232; of St. Louis, if protected, 319


.Traders, petition of French, to Rui, i, 296; no land granted to, ii, 216 Trading houses, ii, 253


Trail, of Pottawatomies up Gascon- ade, iii, 100


Trail to Arkansas, through Frederick- town, iii, 182


Trails, Indian, i, 223; from St. Louis west and northwest, 229


Trammel, Col., iii, 187


Travis, Rev. John, appointed for the Missouri circuit in 1806, iii, 235, 236 Transportation, cost of, iii, 190


Treat, Gideon W., established a tan- yard, i, 379, 387


Treaty of Fontainbleau, i, 287; of San Lorenzo el Real, 318; ii, 345; its effect on the people of the West, 345; of San Ildefonso, 347; of Pur- chase of Louisiana, when received in Washington, 355; of 1804, 398


Trees, on mounds, i, 42; on public highways protected by Morgan's orders, ii, 119


Treget, Clement Delor de, biographi-


cal sketch of, ii, 63; settles Car- ondelet, 64


Treget, Pierre Delor de, ii, 64; syndic of Carondelet, 199; ii, 276


Tremblay, Joseph, ii, 162


Trembley, ii, 53


Trenchard, Francois, ii, 161


Tresner, Jesse, iii, 115


Trial of Indians in the courts, i, 207; ii, 213


Trials, slow method of American, ii, 387; quick disposition of cases, favored by people, 387


Trials, short and quick under Spanish rule, ii, 200


Trimble, John, iii, 183


Trip, from St. Louis to Franklin, by boat, iii, 198


Troge, Pedro, ii, 83


Trombeau, Catherine, ii, 149


Trotter, David, ii, 164


Trotter, Robert, iii, 104, 107


Trotter, James, ii, 164


Trottier, Mons., lives at Cahokia, ii, 43 Troye, or Troge, Pierre, ii, 55


Trudeau, Don Zenon, i, 360; Lieu- tenant-Governor of upper Louis- iana, ii, 57; biographical sketch of, ii, 58; urges organization of Commercial Company, 59, 75, 78; grants land to Boone, 93, 253, 318, 360; letter to Lorimier, ii, 174; complains that owing to religious test many good immigrants lost, iii, 202


Trudeau, Don Carlos Laveau, ii, 58, 202


Trudeau, Don Jean Baptiste, ii, 22, 53, 58, 62, 275, 314, 344, 383


Trudeau, Etienne, ii, 58


Trudeau, Josephine, ii, 344


Trudeau, Laurent, ii, 22


Trudeau, Louis or Luis, i, 339, 357


Trudeau, Sieur Jean, ii, 58


Trudeau's treatment of Preacher Clark, iii, 203


Trudeau's house, on the upper Mis- souri, ii, 252


Trudell, Antoine, ii, 155


Trudell, Augustine, ii, 157


Trudelle, Auguste B., ii, 67


Trumpetings of wild geese, i, 35


Trustees, first of St. Louis, iii, 163


Tucker, Henry, i, 383


Tucker, Hilary, il, 326


Tucker, John, i, 383; ii, 156, 162, 192


Tucker, Joseph, ii, 384


Tucker, Joseph, junior, i, 383


Tucker, Joseph, senior, i, 383


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Tucker, Louis, ii, 326 Tucker, Michael, i, 383


Tucker, Nathaniel Beverly, Judge of the northern circuit, iii, 10; bio- · graphical sketch of, 10; probably suggested the adoption of the state arms, 270 Tucker, Peter, i, 383 Tucker, Thomas, i, 382, 383


Tunstall, receiver of public money at Jackson in 1820, iii, 183


Tuque Creek, ii, 92


Turcotte, James, ii, 141


Turgeon, Joseph, ii, 52


Turcotte, Joseph, ii, 150


Turkeys, i, 34, 35; as many as 5,000 in a flock, 36


Turley, Stephen, iii, 115


Turnage, Rev. William, iii, 217, 223 Turner, Elder Edward, iii, 211; delegate to Bethel Association, 217 Turner, Henry, i, 367


Turner, James, iii, 115


Turner, Jesse, iii, 138


Turner, John, iii, 157


Turner, Samuel, iii, 85


Turner, Thomas, iii, 245


Turner, William, iii, 157


Turtle doves, clouds of, i, 38 Tuton, or Tusson, ii, 86 Tuttle, Nicholas, iii, 85


Twentyman, Thomas, ii, 158 Twitty, Russell, iii, 84 Two Mile Prairie, iii, 222


Tyler, Thomas, i, 344; ii, 73; iii, 106 Tywappity Baptist Church, iii, 219 Tywappity Bottom, ii, 162; iii, 151, 195


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Uge, Dominick, ii, 56, 100 Uge, Joseph, ii, 76 Unica, Osage name for White river, i, 18 Unzaga, Don Luis y Amesaga, Gov- ernor of Louisiana, ii, 1, 306, 403 Ulloa, Don Antonio de, first Spanish Governor of Louisiana, i, 288; lands at New Orleans, 288; not recognized by the people, 288; sends Rui to upper Louisiana, 288; instructions to him, 289; intoxica- tion according to him not a Spanish failing, 291; orders forts erected at the mouth of the Missouri, 293; biographical sketch of, 288; in- structions of, recognize St. Ange as Commandant of St. Louis, ii, 19


Upper Louisiana, when first so des- ignated, ii, 226 Upham, John D., iii, 131 Upham, Robert, ii, 162 Us-seh-ta, Osage tribal name, i, 178


V


Vaca, Captain Alonzo, marches 300 leagues in search of Quivira, i, 138 Vachard, dit Mimi L'Ardoise, An- toine, ii, 152, 164, 245, 246 Vachard, dit Creol L'Ardoise, Charles, ii, 54, 246


Vachard, Mrs. Isabel Bissette, i, 346 Vachard, dit l'Ardoise, Joseph, ii, 52 Vachard, Louis, ii, 52, 153


Vachette, dit St. Antoine, Francois, ii, 148, 246


Vachette, dit St. Aubin, Antoine, ii, 152


Valentine, Father, priest of St. Louis, ii, 31, 306 Valign, Peter, ii, 101 Valle, Alexander, ii, 87 Valle, August, i, 379


Valle, Basil, i, 367


Valle, Benoit, iii, 245


Valle, Don Carlos, i, 350; ii, 65, 87 Valle, Felix, iii, 254 Valle, Don Francesco, i, 344; char- acteristics, 345; history of family, 350


Valle, Don Francesco, junior, thanked by Galvez, i, 307, 350, 352; has a watermill in the pineries, 381, 345; Trudeau's estimate of, 349; ii, 62, 383


Valle, Col. Jean Baptiste, i, 346, 347, 350, 352, 358, 361; ii, 52, 297; his commission as civil commandant of Ste. Genevieve from Stoddard, 372; iii, 67 Valle, John, junior, iii, 245


Valle, Joseph, i, 350; killed at Mine La Motte, 378 Valle, Louis, appointed cadet to West Point, ii, 381; iii, 245


Valle, Marie Louise, i, 350 Valle, Pascal, iii, 131


Valle & Menard, i, 350 Vallet, or Valle, i, 340, 341, 345 Vallet, or Valle, John, ii, 87 Vallet, dit Bourbone, John, i, 245


Valleau, Don Juan Baptiste, surgeon of the Spanish company under Rui, i, 289; in St. Louis, ii, 27 Valley of bones in St. Louis county, i, 78 Valois, Francois, ii, 55, 60


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Valois, Louis, ii, 164 Van Amburg, Benjamin Lewis, ii, 160 Van Bibber, Isaac, ii, 93, 95; iii, 103, 106 Van Bibber, James, ii, 101; iii, 157 Van Bibber, Joseph, ii, 101


Van Bibber's Lick, iii, 157 Van Burkelow, or Van Burken, Wil- liam, i, 382


Van Herum, A. C., a music teacher in St. Louis in 1818, iii, 69


Van Horn, Nathan, iii, 196


Van Iderstine, Peter, ii, 165 Van Leer, George, iii, 131


Vandenbenden, Joseph, ii, 155, 232 Vandenbenden, Louis, ii, 143, 155 Vandenberg, Judge Henry, il, 378 Vanderhider, Mathias, ii, 75


Van Metre, Isaac, i, 379


Vansant, Abner, iii, 103, 105


Vance, Dr. John J., at Jackson in 1818, ii, 82, 130 Vanses, or Vance, Moses, ii, 158


Vantico, William, ii, 101


Vanure, Louis, iii, 131


Varnum, James, builds a distillery on the Plattin, i, 379; ii, 258 Varre, Louis, ii, 100


Variat, Rudolph, dit Rody, ii, 246


Vasquez, Don Benito, thanked es- pecially by Galvez, for his services when St. Louis was attacked, i, 307; commands St. Louis company, ii, 42; appointed ayudante mayor, 42, 50, 52, 62, 383


Vasquez, A. F., dit Baronet, officer at Fort Bellevue, iii, 110; biographi- cal sketch of, 110


Vasquez, Julien Papin, ii, 91


Vasseur, Regis, ii, 53


Vaudry, Jean, ii, 52


Vaughn, Daniel T., ii, 162


Vaughn, A. V., iii, 235


Vaughn, Thomas, corporal, iii, 114 Vattas, Captain, ii, 35


Venable, James, iii, 157


Venus of Milo, i, 51


Ventricle, Helen, ii, 156


Ventura M., ii, 165


Venzan, Antonio, ii, 21


Verden, James, iii, 84


Verdon, Joseph, ii, 54, 200


Verdon, Madam, ii, 199


Verger, Benjamin, ii, 68


Veriat, Pierre, i, 376 Vermet, Antoine, 1i, 164


Vest, John, iii, 85 Vexerano, ii, 343 Vial, Pedro, his trip from Santa Fe to St. Louis, i, 132; ii, 58; lives at


Portage des Sioux, ii, 90; iii, 155 Vial, dit Marritou, Pierre, ii, 69 Vian, Andres, i, 340


Vian, or Viot, dit Gascon, Jean, ii, 152 Vibert, Larrent, a tavern keeper at Franklin, iii, 61


Vicery, Josiah, ii, 163


Vicksburg, Yazoo company proposed to plant a colony there, iii, 86


Victor, General, ii, 355


"Victoria," Spanish galley, ii, 343


Vide Poche, ii, 64


Vien, dit Noel, Jean Baptiste, ii, 21, 52, 54, 246 Vifvarenne, Catharine, i, 340


Vigo, Francois, ii, 173; in partner . ship with De Lyba, ii, 42, 52


Vigo, Louis, ii, 21


Vigo, Michael, iii, 131


Vignon, Andre, i, 345; one of the remonstrating parishioners of Ste. Genevieve, ii, 297 Village of Little Hills, ii, 80


Village des Côtes, ii, 79


Villages, French settlers live in, ii, 234


Village of the Great Osages, i, 181; how built, 191


Village à Robert, i, 210; ii, 77


Villages of the Shawnees and Dela- wares, i, 208


Village of Wapepillese, near the pres- ent Bloomfield, iii, 122


Village Prison, first St. Louis, ii, 30 Villars, Juan, ii, 165


Villars, Louis DuBreuil de, i, 350


Villars, Madame Marie, i, 354


Villars, Mathew, ii, 165


Villazus, Don Pedro de, commands Spanish expedition to Missouri, i, 254 Ville, Don Jose de, i, 323


Villeroy, or Villeray, Pierre, ii, 65 Villette, dit St. Cloux, Francois, ii, 53


Vimont, Father Superior of the Jesuits, i, 155 Vincent, Antoine, ii, 383


Vincent, James, ii, 166


Vincent, Jean, ii, 17


Vincent, Jean Louis, ii, 69


Vincent, Nicholas Antoine, ii, 17


Vincennes, capital of upper Louisiana, iii, 159 Vincennes, Louis, iii, 157


Vineyard, Jonathan, ii, 73


Violeny, John, i, 380 Violet, Emanuel, ii, 148


Violet, Louis, ii, 148


Violette, Joseph, ii, 99 Viot, dit Gascon, Jean, ii, 245


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INDEX


Virginia warrior path, an Indian Appian way, i, 226 Virginia, holds country to the Missis- sippi, ii, 330 Viriat, Clement, i, 383 Vital, Madeline, ii, 151 Vivian, Jackson, iii, 159


Viviat, Louis, i, 339, 351; ii, 2


Vivier, Father Francois Louis, de- scribes animal life, i, 36; on mineral wealth of country in Missouri, 274; on bad example of the French, effect of, among the Indians, ii, 287, 291, 292; biographical sketch of, 291 Voisard, Joseph, ii, 87


Volunteers, how required to equip themselves under territorial laws, ii, 410


Von Phul, Henry, appointed to super- intend lottery, ii, 418; iii, 193, 234 Voyage, up river by Spaniards to take possession of upper Louisiana, i, 289; how conducted, 290; time required, ii, 253; down the river, when the Spaniards retire, ii, 366 Voyageurs, ii, 223


W


Wabasha, Indian chief, ii, 37 Wacase, name of Osages, i, 178 Wack, Casper, Rev., of the German Reformed Church, iii, 205 Wade, David, ii, 181 Wafford, William B., iii, 245


Wagner, Daniel, ii, 152


Wagon roads, earliest from lead mines to river, i, 284 Wahepelathy, his speech complaining of robberies, i, 219


Wahrendorff, Charles, iii, 193


Wakely, Samuel, i, 373 Waldo, Daniel, iii, 159 Walker, Alex. S., iii, 7 Walker, Andrew, ii, 99 Walker, Benjamin, i, 367, 381


Walker, Dr. David V., ii, 80, 210 Walker, John, iii, 104, 158


Walker, John, iii, 229


Walker, J. Hardeman, biographical sketch of, i, 6; iii, 107


Walker, Joseph Reddiford, a bio- graphical sketch of, iii, 91


Walker, Laken, iii, 103 Walker, Larkin, i, 387 Walker, Rev. Jesse, iii, 235; bio- graphical sketch of, 236, 237 Wall, John, carpenter, ii, 159; iii, 245 Wallace, Phoebe, ii, 78


Wallace, Robert, member of the con- stitutional convention, iii, 249


Waller, Joseph, ii, 120, 384 Waller's Ferry, ii, 190 Wallis, Dr., ii, 201


Walnut, i, 32


Walnut Street, known as Rue de la Tour, ii, 24


Waloonian Guard, DeLassus, first lieutenant in, ii, 135; his activity at New Madrid, 136 Walsh, Edward, iii, 189


Walsh, R., ii, 398 Walsh, Rev. Patrick, ii, 312


Walters, Jacob, iii, 8


Wapepillese, a Shawnee with Dodge on the Missouri, iii, 121 War between Spain and England, ii. 34.


War of Independence, sympathy of Spain, i, 303; Gen. Geo. Rogers Clark reports this, 304; Count Aranda's opinion, 303


War with England apprehended, ii, 409 Ward, James, iii, 233


Ward, John, ii, 72, 112, 166, 283; iii, 7


Ward, Rev. John, held first Episcopal service in St. Louis, iii, 233


Ward, William, i, 387; iii, 86


Ware, Hardy, iii, 106 Ware, Henry, ii, 76


Warin, Adjutant-General of Collot, ii, 176 Warlia, ii, 150 Warpaloka, ii, 399


Warpaths, (See Paths), i, 223; up the Gasconade, 230




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