A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the state into the union, Volume III, Part 44

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


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Warren, dit Waring, Nathaniel, ii, 102 Warville, Brissot de, ii, 334


Wash, John, senior, iii, 85


Wash, Robert, iii, 8, 22; aids to found the " Journal" in 1815, iii, 65, 105, 232


Washington, town of, iii, 184


Washington county, organized, iii, 6, 182 Washington, J. B. C., opens a select school in Franklin, iii, 70


"Washington, " Steamboat, iii, 198 Washington, proclamation of, pre- vented invasion of Louisiana, i, 318 Wassekenequa, ii, 399 Wasson, John, iii, 115 Watauga, settlement of, ii, 330 Watch makers, iii, 188 Water-mill, on Cape LaCruz Creek, built by Lorimier, ii, 179


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Water-mills, iii, 189 Water supply, of St. Louis, iii, 166; Laclede likely located his ware- house near a spring, 166 Waterhouse, Professor, doubts attack on St. Louis, ii, 41 Waters, well distributed over Mis- souri, i, 18


Waters, Dr. Richard Jones, ii, 141; biographical sketch of, 143, 146, 147, 155, 257, 384, 391; iii, 82, 104, 107, 196


Waters, John, ii, 78 Waters, Maj. Thos. W., his letter to Jefferson, ii, 191, 385; sketch of, 386; iii, 84


Waters, William, ii, 143


Wathen, William, iii, 131


Watkins, John, ii, 160


Watkins, Dr. John, ii, 38, 75, 100 Watkins, Gen. Nathaniel W., a half brother of Henry Clay, iii, 24 Watkins, Joseph, ii, 189


Watkins, Samuel, ii, 95, 102


Watson, Aaron, iii, 157


Watson, David, iii, 157


Watson, Goah, iii, 196


Watson, James, iii, 157


Watson, Samuel, iii, 85, 157


Watson, Thomas, iii, 84


Watrin, Father Philibert, ii, 291; biographical sketch of, 291, 292, 297 Watts, John, iii, 157 Wau-bun-see, i, 8, 213


Wayaconda, i, 17


Wayne county organized, iii, 8


Wayne, General Anthony, at Fort Massac during threatened Genet invasion, i, 318


Weadon, Henry, iii, 116, 137


Wealthy, James, ii, 97


Weaver, John, ii, 183, 192


Weaver, Peter, ii, 183


Webb, John T., iii, 229


Webber, Frederick, iii, 131


Weber, killed in attack of McNair, ii, 109


Weber, Frederick, keeps tavern in St. Louis in 1811, iii, 60 Weber, John H., iii, 245 Webster, Resin, keeps tavern at St. Louis, iii, 60 Wedder, or Wedden, John, ii, 102 Wedsay, dit John Whitesides, Juan, ii, 78


Weesaka, or the Devil, ii, 398 Weiland, George, ii, 96 Welker, George, ii, 192 Welch, Rev. James E., teaches school in St. Louis in 1817, iii, 69, 212;


accompanies Peck west, 213; ar- rives in St. Louis, 214; biographi- cal sketch of, 215, 223 Wellborn, Thomas, ii, 192 Wells, George, iii, 159 Wells, Robert W., iii, 24; United States Judge, 25 Wells, Robert, iii, 116


Wells, William, iii, 131 Welsh, Elijah, ii, 187, 192 Wentzell, Daniel, ii, 155 West, William, iii, 159


Westbrook, Joseph, ii, 155; ii, 104, 107 Westbrook, Richard, ii, 156


Westcott, Robert, candidate for Clerk, ii, 412


"Western Engineer," steamboat, iii, 198


"Western Pioneer," a Baptist paper, iii, 219


Westover, Job, a carpenter, i, 384; iii, 107, 182 West Point, appointments made by Jefferson from upper Louisiana, fi, 381 Wetteau, John, iii, 104


Weyberg, Rev. Samuel, his family, ili, 204; how he made his trip from North Carolina to upper Louisiana, 205; his preaching stations on White water, 206


Wheat, Conrad, ii, 158


Wheat, Jacob, ii, 158


Wheat, not enough in 1744, to supply the colony with flour, ii, 235


Wheeler, Amos, iii, 22


Wheeler and Stoddard, Drs., at St. Charles in 1820, iii, 82


Wheeler, David, iii, 69


Wheelan, John, ii, 152


Wherry, Charlotte, ii, 285


Wherry, Mackay, ii, 55, 60, 62, 83, 96 285, 384, 409 Whetstone, David, iii, 104


Whipping-post, introduced into upper Louisiana, ii, 379; of St. Louis, where located, iii, 163; at Jackson, 169


Whiskey, manufacture of, ii, 258; of Coursault, confiscated by settlers, iii, 114; "dribbles" from the corn among the White water Germans, 170; price realized for, by Audubon and Rozier, 195 White-Hairs, Young, hereditary chief of Osages, i, 185 White-Hairs, or Cheveux Blanc or Cahagotong, i, 192; died in 1808, 193


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White, Frederick, iii, 22 White, Hugh L., ii, 190; iii, 184


White, James, iii, 184


White, Joseph, iii, 188


White, Lewis, keeps tavern at Chari- ton, iii, 61


White Ox Prairie, location of, ii, 14 White people, ordered removed from Shawnee and Delaware lands, i, 220 White River, i, 4; Osages hunted on, 181 White, Robert, ii, 156


White's Fort, iii, 136


Whitesides, Davis, killed, iii, 111


Whitewater, mill on, ii, 182


Whitesides, Jacob, Rev., ii, 238


Whitesides, Samuel, ii, 398


Whitesides, James, ii, 69


Whitesides, dit Juan Wedsay, John, ii, 246


Whitley, in Boonslick country, iii, 146


Whitley, Captain, ii, 409


Whitley, John, ii, 76


Whitley, Paul, ii, 76


Whitley, Solomon, ii, 72


Whitley, Thomas, ii, 72


Whitney, Minor W., one of the found- ers of the "Patriot" at Jackson, iii, 66


Whittaker, Elijah, ii, 192


Whittaker, Elisha, ii, 187


Whittaker, Josiah, ii, 190


Whittlesey, Charles, iii, 84


Whittenberg, John, iii, 196


Whittredge, Josiah, ii, 147


Whybark, anglicized name of Wey- berg, iii, 206


Wichart, Mathew, ii, 70


Wickerham, Aquilla, il, 76


Wickerham, Jacob, ii, 75


Wideman, Francois, i, establishes a ferry, 379


355, 375;


Wideman, John, ii, 75


Wideman, Mark, ii, 75


Wiggins, Levi, i, 382


Wiggins, Stephen R., has a broker's office in St. Louis in 1819, iii, 191, 193


Wilburn, or Welborn, John, ii, 163 Wilcox, Dr. D. P., at Franklin, iii, 82


Wild animals, instinctive trails of, i, 231 Wild cats, i, 35, 36


Wild geese, i, 35 Wild grapes and plums, i, 31


Wild Horse Creek, ii, 70, 77 Wild horses and ponies, ii, 179 Wild oats, i, 35


Wilder, Isaac, a blacksmith, ii, 98 Wilkinson, Gen. James, i, 201, 368;


opposes Morgan's plan, ii, 122; money shipped to from New Mad- rid, 134; enlisted by the Spaniards, 338; in New Orleans, 339; his effort to separate Kentucky from the Union, 341; his treasonable correspondence, 342, 343, 344, 345, services of, 347, 381, 382; appoint- ed Governor of Louisiana, 401; suspects Burr's mission, 402; double dealing of, 403, 406; his personal characteristics, 406; re- moved by Jefferson, 408; forbids mining mineral, goes South in 1807, 413; iii, 45; dissatisfaction caused by his order, 45; Hunt vacates or- der, and then Wilkinson revokes his order, 45; Carr's letter about the matter, 45; Gallatin to Jeffer- son on this subject, 46; makes St. Louis his official residence, 161; establishes Bellefontaine canton- ment, 141 Wiley, James, ii, 285


Wiley, Robert, ii, 166


Wiley, or Whylee, William, ii, 159 Wilkinson and Price, sell Government exchange in 1808, iii, 191


Wilkinson, Anthony, iii, 107


Wilkinson, Captain, i, 350


Wilkinson, James B., Lieut., son of General Wilkinson, ii, 356; iii, 144


Wilkinson, Thomas, ii, 69


Wilkinson, Walter, i, 374


Wilkinson, W. N., iii, 245


Wilkinson, Alex., iii, 107


Willard, Rowland, ii, 102


Williams, ii, 120 Williams, Asa, iii, 157


Williams, Dr. Joseph, a physician of St. Louis in 1820, iii, 81


Williams, Edward, iii, 84 Williams, Elder Colden, iii, 209, 211 Williams, Ezekiel, robbed by Osages, i, 201; the "Lost Trapper," iii, 93; first trading expedition of Becknell to Santa Fe starts from his place, 156 Williams, Giles, iii, 116


Williams, Isaac, ii, 190, 192


Williams, James, ii, 68, 69, 164


Williams, Jenkins, iii, 131


Williams, John, senior, ii, 76


Williams, Joseph, iii, 159


Williams, Justinian, builds a large tavern at Boonville in 1817, iii, 61, 241, 245 Williams, Rev. Luke, iii, 222 Williams, Olly, iii, 187 Williams, Parker, iii, 215, 242


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Williams, Sam S., iii, 245 Williams, Theopolis, i, 383 Williams, Thomas, ii, 69; iii, 103, 105, 106 Williams, William, ii, 190; iii, 234 Williamson, Sarah, ii, 165


Williamson, William James, ii, 192 Wills, Joseph, iii, 84


Wilson and Hubbard, Drs., surgeons at Sinkhole fight, iii, 135


Wilson, Andrew, ii, 147; a Presbyte- rian, 203


Wilson, Dr. Andrew, at St. Charles, iii, 82


Wilson, George, first sheriff of New Madrid, ii, 149, 166 Wilson, John, ii, 76


Wilson, Mrs. John, ii, 185


Wilson, Nicholas, iii, 5


Wilson, Philberry, ii, 150


Wilson, Samuel, ii, 76


Wilson's Creek, Indian village on, i, 218


Wilt, Andrew, iii, 194 Wilt, Christian, iii, 190, 194 Wilt, George, iii, 131


Wilton, Henry, mail carrier in 1809, iii, 64


Winchester, road from, to Bainbridge, iii, 61, 185


Wind mill, on Third Street, ii, 29; owned by Creeley, 67 Windes, Samuel, iii, 245


Windows, of Fort de Chartres, i, 355 Windsor and fancy chairs, iii, 188


Windsor or Winsor, Christopher, ii, 156, 157


Windsor, Elisha, ii, 158, 384; iii, 104, 107 Windsor, Thomas, ii, 158; iii, 104, 107 Windt, Joseph, iii, 103


Wing, Mathew, constable of the United States, removed from office, iii, 47 Wingsay, ii, 166


Winkson, or Hinkson, William, ii, 165


Winnebago Indians, attempt to storm "Pancour," ii, 39 Winship, thinks Coronado in the plains did not lose "his reckoning," 1, 128 Winston, James, i, 379 Winter of 1800, cold, ii, 63


Winter, probably Winsor, Elisha, ii, 153; his suspicions, 343 Wise, Jacob, i, 368 Wiseman, Jonathan, ii, 72 Witchcraft, belief in among Shawnees, i, 220


Witheringnon, Thomas, ii, 92


Withrow, James J., i, 375


Wittenberg, on Brazeau, 1, 385. Wittenberg, Andrew, iii, 156


Wittenberg, Daniel, iii, 156


Wittenberg, Jacob, iii, 156


Wivarenne, Pierre, i, 378 Welker, Jacob, ii, 192


Wocondo, iii, 184


Wolf, Christian, ii, 99


Wolf Island, controversy with Ken- tucky, i, 15 Wolf, Rev. Fielding, iii, 208


Wolf, Rover, i, 5


Wolf, Thomas, Rev., iii, 218


Wolverton, Levi, ii, 192; iii, 131


Wolves, eat game killed by hunt- ers, i, 35; bounty for killing, iii, 7 Wood, Abner, i, 380


Wood, Joseph, iii, 107


Wood pigeons, i, 34


Wood and Dunn, iii, 193


Wood, price of, iii, 43


Wooden cannon, ii, 367


Woodruff, Mary, ii, 165


Woods, Adam, has a ferry on the Mis- souri, iii, 62; sergeant, 114


Wood, Dr. David, at Franklin, iii, 83 Woods, Francis, ii, 97; iii, 115, 116


Woods, Jonathan, ii, 96


Woods, Martin, ii, 96


Woods, Peter, Elder, iii, 217


Woods, Zadock, ii, 96


Wool carding, iii, 187


Wooton, William, ii, 88


Workman, David, Kit Carson ap- prenticed to him, iii, 146 Worrel, or Worrell, Stephen, Lieu- tenant, Adjutant to Captain Stod- dard, ii, 360, 395


Worthington, Charles, ii, 78


Worthington, James, ii, 78, 190 Worthington, Joseph, ii, 78, 184, 190, 192 Worthington, Pattie, ii, 183 Worthington, Rebecca ii, 183 Worthington, Thomas, ii, 78 Wright, James, i, 382


Wright, Jeremiah, ii, 87


Wright, Rev. Thomas, expelled from Bethel Church for "Arminian" views, iii, 207, 238, 240, 241 Wrigthington, Thomas, iii, 84 Wyatt, Francois, ii, 94 Wyatt, John, iii, 86 Wyatt, Thomas, iii, 86, 104 Wyley, Thomas, iii, 107


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Yarbrough, David, i, 384 Yarbrough, or Borough, Swanson, i, 385 Yardley, Joseph, iii, 103, 106 Yeizer, Capt., in command of gun- boat "Governor Clark, " iii, 128 Yazoo Company, iii, 85 You, Pierre, i, 166 Young, Austin, ii, 186, 192; iii, 104, 106 Young, Rev. David, iii, 236


Young, Edward, ii, 72


Young, James C .; iii, 104, 107


Young, John, iii, 102


Young, Joseph, ii, 185; iii, 104 Young, Morris, ii, 186; iii, 104, 107


Young, Philip, ii, 185, 192


Young, Richard, ii, 72


Young, Robert, ii, 102


Yount, Jacob, corporal, iii, 120


Yous, Thomas, iii, 150 Yosti, Emelien, ii, 52, 60, 86, 383 Yurjo, Marquis de Casa, Spanish Ambassador, i, 319, 320 Yuros, George, ii, 156


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Zagas, same as Osages, i, 225 Zanes, William, ii, 156 Zellahon, John, ii, 192


Zinc, extent of district, i, 22


Zumwalt's fort, iii, 137


Zumwalt, Adam, ii, 96; iii, 85


Zumwalt, or Sommalt, Christopher, (Stoffle) ii, 96, 98; iii, 85 Zumwalt, Henry, ii, 96 Zumwalt, Henry, junior, ii, 96


Zumwalt, Jacob, or Sommalt, Jacob, ii, 96 Zumwalt House, camp -meeting at the, iii, 235


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