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Allegheny Theological Institute, 659 Valley Railroad, act to incorporate, 696 company organized, 696 construction of, begun, 696 first official schedule, 697 operated, 697 ground broken for, 696 incorporators of, 696 parlor cars used on, 697 presidents of, 698 sketch of, 698 routes surveyed, 696
America, first stone coal discovered in, 707
American Anti-Slavery Society, 31I cuckoo, the, 141 dentist, pioneer, 416 goshawk, 145
Odd Fellowship, 434 heavy growth in member- ship, 435 Thomas Wildey, founder of, 434
Americans killed in different wars, 244
Amusements, pioneer, 231-233 winter, in 1840, 389
Anderson, Charles, first to mine coal for general use, 709 Animals, cruelty to, in 1840, 392 domestic, brought by Columbus, 218 ear-marks on, 393 in the United States, number of. 393 value of, 393
Anthracite coal business established, 367 Anti-Masonic party, 721
Antislavery speeches, newspapers refuse to publish, 319 Apiculture, 151
Apparel of women in 1840, 391
Apprentices, indentured, acts governing, 334-336 Arrival of troops at Erie, 243 Arrow-heads, 34 manufacture of, 35
Arrows, poisoned, how made, 34 Associate Reformed church, 270 prosperity of, in Western Pennsylvania, 270 Asylum Peters, negro slave, 578, 600
Audenreid, William, author of common school system, 355
Axe the friend of the pioneer, 242 Axes, early, 219
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Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 416 oriole, 142
Bank failures, 345 -note detector, 344, 414 Baptist church of Butler County, 423 of Crawford County, 424 of Mercer County, 430 of Venango County, 433 of Warren County, 433
Bar, women admitted to, 409 Barber, first, in Brookville, 407
Bark-peelers, 25
Barnett, Joseph, 535-537 acts as banker for Indians, 538 log cabin tavern, 537 mills erected by, 536, 537 " Barring out" the school-master in 1840, 413
Basswood honey, 153
Battles fought during Civil War, 669
Bayonet vote, 673
Bear, flesh of, prized by pioneer, 122 great road-maker, 121 habits of the, 173 hard to trap, 122
hunt on Sandy Lick, 159
oil used in cooking, 122
pen, how built, 122 Pennsylvania, 121 skins, price of, 122 steel-trap, 122 successful method of catching, 122 Beaver, age of the, 108 and Erie Canal, 584 borough incorporated, 73 canals, 109
engineering and structural works of the, 108 City, early settlers at, 666 location of, 665 public buildings of, 666 within 1784 purchase, 665 dams, description of, 108 how made, 108
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Beaver dams, reasons for building, 108 size of, 108 home-making of, 108 how trees are felled by, IIO mating of the, 107 meadows, 109 sight of, deficient, 109 structure works of, 108 traits of, 109 Bee-hunting, 151
a popular sport, 151, 155 tree, cutting a, 154 trees, 152 Bees, Wild, 15I Bell, Frederick A., 715 Lewis & Gates, 71I
extensive operations of, 715, 716
Berg, Henry, and the S. P. C. A., 392
Bey lynx, or catamount, 119, 130
Bienville, Celeron de, expedition under, 19I Big floods, record of, 368 Billy Boo, 400 Birds, 136
Acute hearing of, 14I distance travelled by, 140 female queen of the home, 140 lectures on, 140
matrimonial quarrels among, 140 natural life of, 150 Bison, or buffalo, IIO description of, II0 extermination of, III flesh of, delicious food, 110 sexual season of, 110 terrible battles fought by males, 110 Bitter antagonism between war and anti- war people, 669
Bituminous coal-field of Pennsylvania, area of, 717 first shipments of, 717 output of United States, 717 Blackbird, the, 142 red-winged, 142 Black Charley and the eggs, 417 " Black Hawk," first locomotive on Co- lumbia Railroad, 688 trial trip of, 688 Black snake, the, 240 squirrel, 134
Blacksmith, the immigrant, 434 Block-house road, 608 Blood, Cyrus, 521 mills built by, 522 settlement, Forest County, 521
Tioga
Blossburg ("Peter's camp"), County, 614 Blue-jay, the, 141 affection of, 14I frolicsomeness of, 141
Boat-building on Clarion River, 529
Bob-cat, 130
Bobolink, the, 142
Bonnecamp, Rev. Father, 191
Bouquet's campaign against the Indians, 200 Bow-making, 33 string, 33 Boy deserts from army, 670 sentenced to be shot. 670 Boyd, J. G., cashier of Towanda Bank, 613 dual life of, 613 suicide of. 613 Braddock's road, 200
Lieutenant-Colonel George Wash- ington's objection to, 201
Bradford and State Line, 203 Brady, Captain Samuel, 39 adventures of, 40, 448
expeditions of. against In- dians, 482 first white settler in Clarion County, 482 indicted for killing Indian. 482 Brandy Camp, 684 origin of name, 684
British Manchester Unity. 435 Brockwayville and Punxsutawney Rail- road, 704 Brookville, a town of shanties, 384 arrival and departure of mails, 544 as county seat. 300 Backwoodsman. 403 borough officers of in 1840, 400
" cornstalk militia." 385 Democrats in, in 1840. 388 early preachers of. 388 school-teachers, 544 famous fifer of. 408
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Brookville, first barber in, 407 borough officers of, 400 drug-store in, 407 grocery-store in, 407 jail in, 394, 545 school-house in, 413 stage-coach through, 215 term of school in, 382 taught by author's father, 382
Fourth of July celebration in, 404 in 1840, buildings in, 419, 420 description of, 418-420 incoporated as borough, 399 Jeffersonian. 403 kitchen in 1840. 390
laid out, 382
leading Whigs in, in 1840, 388 Lodge, I. O. O. F., 435
matches first used in, 391
merchants of, 544 in 1840, 380, 382 mighty hunters of, 377
natural swimming-pools, 548
Odd Fellows' Hall at, dedication of, 436 old court-house of, 394 old-fashioned gardens in, 386
origin of name, 542
physicians of, in 1840, 388 pioneer draying in, 540 events in, 543 industries in, 549-551 school in, 543 politics in, in 1840, 388 "raisings" in, 384 recollections of, 376 school taught by author's mother, 383 seat of justice of Jefferson County, 542 taverns in, 378 Brookville's pioneer resurrection, 290 coroner's inquest, 291 verdict, 292 indictments against resurrec- tionists, 298, 299 newspaper comments on, 293 testimony given, 291 true story of, 290-297
Brown, John, 365
Buffalo, or American bison, 110 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Rail- road, 701 change of route of, 702 completed to Punxsu- tawney, 705 first through train on, 706 inception of, 701 officers of, 701, 706 official organization of, 701 proposed route of, 702 Slate Lick Branch, 706 transportation of coal, 706 Railway Company, organiza- tion of, 704 Burrows, General John, experience of early trip into Tioga County, 618 Thomas H., superintendent of public instruction, 350 Butcher-bird, the, 142 Butler Academy, 451 borough, 447 City laid out, 451
County Baptist church, 423 boundary of, 447 early settlers in, 454
Economite church, 423
education in, 447
erected, 444 first court held in, 449 amusing scene at, 450 white builder in, 453 formation of, 444
Indian trails in, 452
Lutheran church, 423
M. E. church, 423
pioneer bridge built in, 454 doctor in, 451 newspaper in, 438 school-house in, 451 population of, 1810-1840, 447
Presbyterian church, 423 religious denominations of, 447 Robert Morris, large land-owner in, '453 Roman Catholic church, 423 school districts in, 447 United Presbyterian church, 423
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Cabin, pioneer, how built, 254 Call for troops in 1814, 243 Calling wolves, trick of, 158 Cameron County, area of, 486, 492 desperadoes in, 491 drainage of, 492 early settlers in, 487 first grist-mill in, 488 newspaper in, 491 formation of, 486 game in, 491
home of the Clafflin sisters, 489
Indian depredations in, 493
location of county seat, 490 pioneer election of officers of, 489
historian of, 489 physician of, 489 sessions of court, 489 settlement in, 486 store in, 491 political divisions of, 492
Press founded, 492
salt-works in, 488 "the great runaway," 493 transportation in, 486 whiskey a staple commodity, 487
Campaign of 1864, 669
Campbell, Archie, and Jimmie Kyle, 370 and the apple-butter, 370 Camp-meeting, description of exercises at, 282 Dutch, 283 hymn, 283 meetings, pioneer, 281 Candles used in 1840, 406 method of making, 406 " Canoe Place," 55 Canoes, how made, 34
Cassatt, Alexander Johnston, 690
Catamount, or bey lynx, 119, 130 Census of free and slave States in 1840,
329 of United States in 1840, 402 returns of negro slavery, 364 Ceres Road, 569 Chair-car introduced on railroads, 688 Children, home training of, 389 Chimney-sweeps, 544 Circuit riders, outfit of, 431
Circus, pioneer travelling, 467 Civil War, Pennsylvania soldiers in, 674 Clarion Baptist Association, organization of, 277 churches represented in, 277 constitution for, adopted. 277 ordained ministers of, 277 Clarion county, boat building in. 484 boundaries of, 474 draft in, for war of 1812, 483 first child born in, 483 church organized in, 483 white settler in. 482 food and raiment of first settlers, 481 formation of. 474
iron furnaces in, 484
location of county seat, 474
Lutheran church, 425
pioneer grist-mill, 485 newspaper in, 438 post-office in, 485 settlers in. 479, 480 population statistics of. 484
Presbyterian church. 425
religious denominations in. 474
Roman Catholic church, 425
thriving towns in. 477 United Presbyterian church, 426 pioneer court held in, 478 judges in, 478 officers of, 478 public buildings in borough of. 477 River a public highway. 478 boat-building on. 529 bridge over, 212 first bridge across. 508 pioneer steamboat on, 485 town of, plotted by Jolin Sloan, 478
Clans, Iroquois system of. 23
Clearing land, mode of, 217
Clothing worn in 1840. 415 Clover Harvey, famous fifer. 408
Coal, earliest mention of. in history. 718 mining for foreign market. 711 Coinage, first, in United States. 342 metal purchased for. 342 Coke first used in Pennsylvania, 717 Columbia Railroad, 687 construction of track. 08; first locomotive on, OS;
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Commodities for exchange in 1840, 414 Common schools, creation of, in Penn- sylvania, 357 early State appropriations to, 359 school fund, law to provide, 355 notice, 358 system, address of Dr. William J. McKnight on, 349 foundation of, 350 introduction into America. 349 its inception, 349 law creating, in Pennsylva- nia, 350 law of, 1834, 358 William Audenreid, author of, 355
Concord coaches, 379 description of, 380 Condensed milk invented, 393
Congregational church of Crawford County, 424 of Warren County, 433 Conneautville, borough of, incorporated, 473
Constantine, constitution of, 541
Constitutional convention of 1837, 223
Continental army, pay of officers and pri- vates in, 366 Cooper-hawk, the, 145 Copperhead, the, 234 the description of, 235 various names of, 235 Copy of execution to levy for debt, 333
Cornplanter, address of, to Washington,
27 and General William Irvine, intimacy between, 649 birth of, 53 chief of the Senecas, 48 death of, 51
extract from speech of. 49 history of, 48 inscriptions on monument to, 54 invited to visit steamboat " Alle- gheny," 625 letter of, to Governor of Pennsyl- vania, 53 personal appearance of, 51 Seneca chief, 653 sketch of, 653
Cornplanter, superstition of, 51 " Cornstalk Militia," 385
Correspondence between W. J. McKnight and Adjutant-General's office, 670 Cost of pensions, 245 Coudersport, county County, 592 court-house built in, 592 Library Association, 603
seat of Potter
Court officers of Brookville in 1840, 407 week in 1840, 415 Covington, early settlers at, 610 rapid rise of, 613 Tioga County, 610 tragic tale of, 613
Cowbird, the, 142
Cradle hymn, Dr. Watts', 248
Crawford County, area and dimensions of, 456 Baptist church, 425 bee-trees, 468
Congregational church, 420 Cumberland Presbyterian church, 424 Episcopal church, 424
first wagon-road in, 459
formation of, 456
handsome lakes in, 456
Indian trails in, 459
lawyers, 470 Lutheran church, 424
manufactures of, 459
Meade's trail, 459
M. E. Church, 424
pigeon-roosts, 468 pioneer bank of, 467 bridge, 470 court in, 470 Masonic Lodge in, 467 newspaper in, 438
Presbyterian church, 424
Roman Catholic church, 424
salt an early trade, 468 salt-well in, 468 salt-works in, 468 small villages in, 470 squirrel hunts in, 468 statistics, 361 streams in, 456 thrilling adventures of early set- tlers of, 463-465
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Crawford County, United Presbyterian church, 425 Universalist church, 424 wild animals in, 468 Crime from 1778 to 1855, 287 Crow, the, 143 as a pet, 143 habits of, 143 language of, 143 Cruel punishment of redemptioners, 339
Cruelty to animals in 1840, 392
Cuckoo, American, the, 14I courting of, 14I
Cumberland Presbyterian church, 275 of Crawford County, 424 of Venango County, 433
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Daguerreotypes first made, 367 " Dark day," the, 1819, 366 Debt, imprisonment for, 333, 394
Dedication of Odd Fellows' Hall at Brookville, 436 Deer antlers, how shed and renewed, 124 belling, 127 craftiness of, 126 hunted by wolves, 177 licks, 127 artificial, 125 love of home in, 125 mode of capturing, 120, 127 peculiar to Pennsylvania, 124 skin, price of, 128
"stands," 125 to capture, by still-hunt, 127 used to cow-bells, 120 Virginia white-tailed, 124 Delaware and Shawnee Indians humbled, 200
County, tram road in, 687 Delawares, early marriage of, 28 Democrats in Brookville in 1840, 388 Denominations of United States money, 344 Dental college in 1840, 416 Dentistry, lines of Tom Moore and Aken- side apropos to, 416 Depreciation lands, setting apart, 73 " Devil John Thompson," 386 Disease, treatment of, by Indians. 30
Domestic animals, 391 natural life of, 136 comforts in 1780. 18 Donation lands of Northwestern Penn- sylvania, 83 address to Chief Whole Face. 98 answer of Chief Whole Face to James Dickinson, 98 Board of Property given power to act in cases of dispute, 102 committee selected to superintend drawing for, 100 delinquency of Deputy-Surveyor Dickinson, 99 description of, 90 extensions of time in which to present applications for, 101
fees for surveying. etc .. 87
Griffith Evans, Esq .. appointed deputy-surveyor of. 99 large number of claimants for. 100 legislation indemnifying patent- holders, 102
letter of General William Irvine concerning. 88 letter of James Dickinson to John Lukens, 97 method of drawing lots for. 86
persons entitled to. 85 plan of distribution, 85 proceedings of Supreme Execu- tive Council, 90 removal from office of Deputy- Surveyor Dickinson, 00
records relating to, transferred to surveyor-general's office. 104 surveyor appointed. 06
surveys of, made by Griffith Evans, 100 varicities of trees growing on.
purposes, territory set apart for. 85 Dr. Watts' cradle-hymn. 248 Dress of men in pioneer times, 221. 220 of women in pioneer times. 222. 229 Drug-store, first, in Brookville, 407 Du Bois City, advertisement for sale of lots in, 663. 664 first purchase of lots in. 000
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Du Bois City incorporated, 665 originally called Rumbarger, 663 pioneer business men of, 665 history of, 660 settlers in, 660 lots in, advertised, 663 within 1784 purchase, 665 John, 715 Dutch camp-meeting, 283
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Eagle, bald, the, 137 difference between golden eagle and, 139 eggs of, 138 favorite food of, 138 nest of, 138 prey of, 139 size of, 138 golden, the, 138 prey of, 140 Early dress of men, 221, 229
home of the wild pigeon, 507 modes of school discipline, 353
Moravian missionaries, 46 pioneers, few professing Christians among, 488 profanity among, 488
preachers of Brookville, 388
roads and trails, 181
schools in Pennsylvania, 410
studies pursued in, 410 State appropriations to common schools, 359 type of Christianity, 20
Ear-marks on animals, 393
Earthquake shocks in Pennsylvania, 368
East Terminal Railroad Company, 704
Economite church of Butler County, 423 Education leading topic of Governor Wolf's message, 354 of teachers, school for, 358 Election returns in 1840, 401 Electricity in 1800, 20 Elk and venison jerk, 168 antlers, biggest set of, 117 battles with wolves, 116 captured alive, 117 challenge of, for mate, 114 chief rules herd, 117
Elk County, act of Assembly, erecting, 494
boats and rafting in, 504 court officers of, 498 derivation of name, 512 early saw- and grist-mills, 504
early settlers in, 498 first nursery in, 507 formation of, 494 game in, 508 lawyers of, 498 location of county seat, 502 Methodist church, 426 noted hunters of, 507 pioneer coal operators in, 513 court in, 497 newspapers in, 438 physician in, 515 schools in, 514, 515 settlers in, 408 stages of, 513 tannery in, 503 teamsters of, 507 transportation, 512 Ridgway Township, 494 roads and turnpikes of, 503 Roman Catholic church, 426 timber of, 502 description of, 112 description of battle between wolves and, 118
frightened at own shadow, 116
habitat of, III
horns used for inn sign, 123 hunting, at night, 116 incidents of, 602 keen scent of, 113
last killed, 117
lick, great, 115 offensive capacity of, 178
on exhibition, 117
mode of capturing, alive, 603
paths, 116 rocks, 115 rutting season of, 113
skill in hunting, 113 spread of antlers of, 113 taught to work like oxen, 118 treed by buck, 113 wide distribution of, III Emigration in 1800, 19
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Episcopal church of Crawford County, 424 of Venango County, 433 Erie, arrival of troops at, 243 Canal, 562 Company, 584 established, 74 Extension Canal, 584 triangle, purchase of, 72 survey of, 72 Ettwein, Rev. John, 47 death of, 263
extracts from diary of, 47 from journal of, 260-263 ordained bishop, 263 Execution to levy for debt, copy of, 333
Expenses of Revolutionary War, 402
Express business started, 367
Extract from speech delivered by Senator McKnight, in 1881, in Pennsylvania Senate, 312
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Fair-play men, 63 Famous hunters of pioneer times, 604 " Fast" or preparation day, 387 Father accidentally shot by his son, 577 Female seminaries incorporated, 359 workers in 1880, 410 Fence law, how the pioneer obeyed, 218 Ferries on French Creek, 636
First agricultural society in America, 220 cab used, 204 jail in Brookville, 394
newspaper in Western Pennsylvania, 374
non-sectarian government in the world, 21 Odd Fellows' lodge in new world, 434 omnibus used, 204 use of wooden rails and car in coal- mine, 717 white settler in Brookville, 397
Flax, hackling, 222 harvesting, 222 pulling, 222 scutching, 222 Forbes, General, pioneer road opened by, 200
Forbes's trail, 181
Forest County, act organizing, for judi- cial purposes, 522 " Blood settlement," 521 boundaries of, 518 county seat located, 5 deer licks in, 527 early lawyers in, 526 first coal mined in, 527
formation of, 518 joint resolution establishing. 518 judges of, 525, 526 pioneer court-house of, 522 election, 525 flat-boats, 528 mail service, 528
missionary in, 528 newspaper in, 438 officers of, 526 post-office in, 522 roads opened, 521 school in. 528 tipples, 528 price of wild land in. 518 sale of lots in Marion, 528 Salmon Creek, home of beavers. 527 Fort Duquesne abandoned by French. 200 becomes nucleus for English set- tlement, 200 Fort Franklin, armament of. 631 block-house of. 631 description of. 630 erection of. 630 garrison of, 631 location of, 631
Le Bœuf, settlement at, 74 McIntosh, 75 Stanwix, treaty at. 1768. 56
Foster, Jonathan, accidentally shot by his son, 577 Fourth of July celebration, in Brookville. 404 volunteer toasts, 404. 405
Fox, the, 132 fond of ground hog eating, 133 gray, 132 hardest animal to trap. 123 puppies, 132 red, 132 varieties of, in United States, 132
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Franklin, county seat of Venango County, 632 during the war of 1812, 632 established, 74 first settlers at, 632 white child born in, 634 oldest town in Venango County, 633 Free school the nation's hope, 414 Fremont and Cochrane withdraw, 673 French Creek, ferries on, 636 Friction matches first made, 367
Fulton patents steamboat, 366 Furniture, pioneer, 224 Furs, wholesale prices of. in 1804, 129
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Geological surveys, 710
German redemptioners, 336, 337 Gigging fish, 227
Gillis, Captain James H., 719 gallant service of, in Rebellion, 719 Charles, assassination of, 722 James L., 718
acquitted of, for Morgan murder, 721
adopts Indian girl, 720 agent of Jacob Ridgway, 719 appointed Indian agent, 720 appointed judge, 719 arrest of, for Morgan murder, 721 arrested for abduction of Mor- gan, 50I attachment to President Bu- chanan, 720
birth of, 718 blameless life of, 723
builds grist-mills, 719 for Indians, 720 characteristics of, 502 children of, 719 Congressional term of, 720
connection of, with abduction of Morgan, 721 conversational power of, 723 death of, 723 early education of, 723 elected to Legislature, 720 enlists in volunteers, 718 great reader, 723
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Gillis, James L., influence of, in Legis- lature, 720 library of, 723 lieutenant of cavalry, 718
locates in Pennsylvania, 719 marriage of, 719 pioneer of Ridgway Township,
50I receives bounty of land, 719
released on bail, 722 second marriage of, 719 secures mail route, 501 statement of, about Morgan, 722 taken prisoner by British, 718 trial of, 721 Girard College, 358
Gist, Christopher, Western Pennsylvania explored by, 199 Gold bullion, first deposit of, in United States Mint, 343 coinage, first return of, 343
Goshawk, American, 145 Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, first, in United States, 435
Gray squirrel, 135 " Great Elk Lick," Potter County, 602 Valley and Bradford Railroad, 703 Grocery-store, first, in Brookville, 407 Grouse, or pheasant, 149
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Hackney, Hon. Joseph, associate. judge of Warren County, 647 sketch of, 646 Hamilton, Robert, 546 Harvesting in early days, 220 Hawk, the, 145 red-shouldered, 145 sharp-shinned, 145 Haying in the olden time, 220 Heckewelder, Rev. John, 46, 258 Heirship among North American Indians,
23 Higher education of women, 409 Hoffman, Dr. Ferd., 237 Holland Land Company, 66, 570, 641 establish store at Warren, 641 persons composing, 106 " Hollow horn," treatment of, 392
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Home-made candles, 406
occupations of women in 1840, 391 sweet home, in 1840, 392 training of children in 1840, 389 Hominy-mills, 35 Honey, basswood, 153 bee, 15I wild, bait used in "lining," 154 wild, "lining," 153 wild, mode of hunting, 152 Hook, Jacob, arrested for perjury, 641 mobbed, 64I Horse-car follows train, 686 cars between Columbia and Philadel- delphia, 687 racing in pioneer days, 373
Hospitality, pioneer, 223
Hotels of 1840, 395 bar of, described, 395 " How fair is the rose," 387 Hudson Bay or red squirrel, 135 Humming-birds, 150
Hunt, Jim, bear-hunter, 398
Hutchinson, Joseph, pioneer settler in Jefferson County, 536 Hyde, Joseph Smith, anecdote of, 507 sketch of, 515-517 Hymn-books, pioneer, 248
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Ignorance in 1840, 406 Immigrant blacksmith, the, 434 Implements of stone and copper, 35 description of manufactured, 35 Importation of passengers, act regulating, 334 Imprisonment for debt, 333, 394 act abolishing, 333 Incident on the pike, 168 Indentured apprentices, 330, 401 Indian amusements, 29 bow, how made, 33 canoes, 34 doctors, 30 express, so-called, 37 festivals, 45 names of, 45 heraldry, 45 huts, description of, 26 how built, 25
Indian love-making, 46
marriage ceremonies attending, 28 moccasins, 45 names of streams, 539, 578 " nunnery," 266 remedies, 31 reservations, schools and churches on. 649 runners, 34 stratagem in war, 33 superstitions, 28 terms of peace, 33 the, as a ball-player, 45 as a runner, 45 tobacco-pipes, 34 trails, 38
treaties at Forts Stanwix and McIntosh, 75 villages, how built, 42
wampum, 41 war-dance, description of. 29 wars, how carried on. 31 how declared, 32 preparations for. 32 Indians, how they travelled. 29 introduction of rum among. 39 weapons employed by. 33 Industrial rights of women in 1840, 410 Introductory, 17 Iroquois, or Six Nations, 22 early marriage of. 28 names of families of, 22 system of clans, 23 treachery of. 24 polygamy among. 24 Irwin, Guy C., Napoleon in lumber bus ness, 645
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Jamieson, Rev. John, attainments of. 275 children of. 271. 272 comes to America. 271 death of. 275
deposed from synod. 274 descendant of noble family, 271 devotion to duty. 274 carly and adult life of. 271 crects first county jail. 275 found guilty of libel. 274 made moderator, 273 marriage of. 271
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Jamieson, Rev. John, organizer of numer- ous religious bodies, 274 organizes Crete church, 272 pioneer home farm of, 275 serves as county commissioner, 275 sketch of, 271 trial of. for libel, 273 trustee of Indiana Academy, 275 Jeffers, James, fights and conquers two Indians, 580 noted hunter, 580 Jefferson County, act authorizing militia in, 547
boundaries of, 531 character of surface of, 532
county seat, 399, 545
covered bridge, 548 delegate election, 671
early cabins erected in, 540 graveyard in, 542 settlers in, 532, 536 store in, 541
first assessment for, 552 election in, 541 school-house in, 4II school-master in, 4II
forest trees, 532
formation of, 531
hunting-ground for whites and Indians, 532
Indian names of streams, 539
Lutheran church, 429
Methodist church, 428
militia legislation, 547
murders in. 541 named for President, 531 natural advantages of, 535 officers of militia, 547 original area of, 53I boundary of, 532 pioneer coal-mining in, 707 coal strike in, 717 Methodist church building in, 429 newspaper in, 438 Odd Fellows' lodge in, 435 physician in, 546 Presbyterian ministers in, 427, 428 roads, 540
Jefferson County pioneer surgical opera- tion, 546 wagons in, 539 Presbyterian church, 427 price of wild lands in, 532
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