INDEX
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A
Abbott, Lieut.-Gov., at Vincennes, 177, 178
Abeel, D.K., 389
Abila, Don Enrique, 669
Abraham, Plains of, 136
Acadia, colonizing of, 88
Accault, Michael, 266
Acts of 1862 and 1863, Congressional, 415
Adams, Henry, quoted, 202
Adams, J.Q., 84, 116, 356
Advertiser, The Kansas City, 392
Agency City, 305
Ailes, Milton E., on Cincinnati, 55-85
Alameda, California, 610
Alamo, the, 473
Alarçon, 648
Alaska, 547
Albany, 92, 109, 196
Aldrich, Charles, 330
Alexander, David W., 672
Allen, Capt. James, 306, 308
Alta California, 646, 649, 658
Alvarado, 662, 663
American Bar Association, 420
American Colonization Society, 356
American Fur Company, 202, 307, 352, 538
American Notes, Dickens's, 246
Analco, 459
Anderson, Jeremiah G., 319
Andrews, President Israel Ward, 24
Angelenos, the, 661
Antoinette, Marie, 144
Anza, 651
Apache Cañon, 476
Arapahoe County, 442
Archer, Mr., quoted, 223
Arguello, 580, 654, 664
Arkansas, Pike goes up the, 430
Armel, Olivier, 240
Armijo, Gov., 468, 469, 472
Armour Institute, 229
Arndt, Charles C.P., 246
Ass at the Cœur d'Alene, 523, 530
Astor, John Jacob, 202, 351;
establishes Astoria, 536-544
Astoria, colony of, 536-544
Astoria quoted, 539
Atchison, Kansas, 385
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad, 386
Atherton, Gertrude, 615
Auraria, 436
Aurarians, the, 425, 437
Ayuntamiento, the, in California, 658 ff.
B
Bailey, Dr. John R., 140, note
Baker, Col. E.D., defends Cora, 592
Baker, Jim, 434
Baker, R.S., 672
Balboa, 616
Baltimore, founding of, 88, 90
Bancroft, George, quoted, 4
Bancroft Library, 613
Barstow, Wm., 248-250
Bartlett, Washington, 581
Bashford, Coles, 248-250
Bates House, 166
Bates, Judge, 101-105
Baugenon, Marie, 337
Beaubien, Mark, 209
Beaver, the, 542
Bee, The Omaha, 420
Beecher, H.W., 614
Beechy visits Mission Dolores, 577
Behring, Capt., 627
Belcher visits San Francisco Bay, 580
Belle Isle, Detroit, 108, 111, 118
Belmont, 236, 238
Benavides, 453, 454, 456
Ben Hur cited, 478
Bent, Gov. Charles, 434, 468, 473
Benton, U.S. Senator T.H., 353
Berger, Pierre, 337
Berkeley, California, 610
Bierce, Ambrose, 615
"Big Thunder," 70
Bird, Capt., 100
Bissot, 172, 173
Black Hawk, 206, 236, 305, 357, 358, 521
Blackwood's Magazine, 274
Blaine, Mrs. Emmons, 230
Blennerhassett, Harman, 19-22
Blennerhassett, Mrs. Harman, 21
Blennerhassett's Island, 22
"Bloody Island," 353
Bohemian Club of San Francisco, 613
Bolce, Harold, on Spokane, 509-533;
on Monterey, 617-644
Bolles, Peter, 220
Bolton, Sarah Knowles, 51
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 617
Bonhomme, 205
Bonneville, 431, 432
Boone, Daniel, 63, 84, 111
Boscana, Geromino, 656
Bottineau, Pierre, 272
Bourget, Paul, quoted, 278
Bovard, Dr., 682
Braddock, 338
Bradstreet, Col., relieves Detroit, 109
Brandt, 15, 61
Brandywine, battle of the, 5
Brannan and The San Francisco Star, 582
Brazil, Father, 324
Brice, Henry W., 380
Bridger, Col. James, 434, 480
Brier, Rev. J.W., 674
British, acquire Canada, 175;
in the Northwest, 173, 176, 184, 190
Brock, Gen., Gov. Hull surrenders to, 115
Broderick, duel with Terry, 596
Broisbriant, 173
Broughton, Lieut., 537, 539
Brown at Omaha, 401
Brown, John, 318
Bryant, W.C., quoted, 535
Bucareli, Antonio, 626-629
Buchanan, President, orders troops to Utah, 494-499
Buck, Judge Norman, quoted, 532
Buckle cited, 298
Buell, 6
Bull, Ole, 288
Bulletin, The, 590
Bunch of Grapes Tavern, 2
Bunker Hill Mine, 532
Burlington, Iowa, 322
Burns quoted, 111
Burr, Aaron, 20, 195, 349
Burr, Theodosia, 21
Burt, Gov. Francis H., 410
Butler, Gen. Wm. G., 410
Byers, Wm. N., 437, 439
C
Cabots, claims of the, 570
Cabrillo, 572, 648
Cadillac founds Detroit, 88-91, 134
Cahokia, 339, 344
Calhoun, Gov. James S., 476
Calhoun, John C., quoted, 311
California, 195, 401;
see also San Francisco, Monterey, Los Angeles
Cameron, Simon, 321
Campbell, Robt., 395
Camp Floyd, 498
Camp Morton, 158
Campus Martius at Marietta, 8, 14, 28
Canada, 134, 175, 176
Canadians, attack St. Louis, 343;
on the Willamette, 550
Canal, Illinois & Michigan, 198, 213;
the Chicago Drainage, 332;
the Isthmian, 332
Canby defeated at Valverde, 476
Canterbury, Conn., 39
Cape Nome, 363
Cape Reyes, 572
Capilla de los Soldados, 454
Carillo, José, 660, 662, 665
Carlyle, Thos., cited, 42
Carmel, 619, 626, 627, 630, 639
Carnegie, Andrew, 614
Carr, Dabney, 628
Carson, Kit, 432, 434, 468, 476, 667
Carson, Moses, 660
Carver, Capt. Jonathan, 266
Cary, Alice, 72
Cary, Phoebe, 72
Case, Theodore, quoted, 390
Casey, James, 590
Cass, Gen., 105, 202
Castro, José, 665 ff.
Centinel of the Northwest Territory, 71
Central Pacific Railway, 500, 596
Chambers, Gov. John, 305
Chamita, 452
Champlain, 128
Chandler, U.S. Senator, at Detroit, 92
Chapman, W.W., 554
Charles II., 40
Charles III., 643
Chase, Dr. Horace, quoted, 214
Chase, S.P., at Cincinnati, 72
Chautauqua, the Western, 637
Checagau, see Chicago
Cheney, John Vance, 615
Cherry creek, 436
Chesnutt, Chas. W., 51
Cheyenne, Union Pacific reaches, 442
Chicago, 368;
Lyman J. Gage on, 197-234;
the situation, 197-200;
Indian denizens of the region, 200;
the Fort Dearborn massacre, 201;
purchased from the Indians, 202-204;
first settlers, 204-207;
incorporation of, 208;
early hardships, 210-213, 220;
booms, 213-218;
stockyards, 222;
the great fire, 223-227;
the World's Fair, 228;
an educational centre, 229-232;
civic and religious growth, 232-234.
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, 415
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 386
Chick, W.M., 395
Chihuahua, 460, 467
China, exports to, 513
Chinese in San Francisco, 600-606
Chip-kaw-kay, 172, 173
Choteau, 468
Chouteau, 338
Cilly, Durant, 659
Cincinnati, M.E. Ailes on, 55-85;
settling of, 55-57;
the first name, 58-60;
location of Fort Washington, 60;
defeat of St. Clair, 60-62;
strategic point, 62;
its pre-history, 63;
victory of Wayne, 68-71;
isolation, 71;
the press of, 72;
music in, 72-74;
industries of, 75;
in the Civil War, 78;
panorama of, 80-85
Civil War, 78, 92, 243, 250, 316, 321, 323, 354, 386, 476
Claim Clubs of Iowa, 310-313
Clark, George Rogers, 63, 82, 167, 194, 510;
story of, 178-191
Clark, Lewis and, see Lewis and Clark
Clay, Henry, 356;
at Cincinnati, 84;
quoted, 311
Cleveland, C.F. Thwing on, 31-53;
character of, 31-39;
founder of, 39;
growth of, 41;
population of, 41-43;
generosity of, 43-46;
clubs, 46;
civic spirit in, 47;
distinguished citizens, 47-53
Cleveland, Moses, founds Cleveland, 39
Coeur d'Alene, 510;
mines, 530
Coeur d'Alenes, 523, 524
Coffin, Stephen, 554
Colbert, Mr., quoted, 210
Coldwater, 214
Cole, Thos. L., on Portland, 535-568
Coleman, W.T., and the vigilance committees, 591, 594, 600
Colfax, Vice-President, 167
Coligny, 88
Collyer, Rev. Robert, quoted, 199
Columbia, Lewis and Clark reach the, 430;
see Portland
Columbia Rediviva, 537
Colville, 518
"Commonweal Armies," 317
Comstock Lode, 597
Concepcion, Doña, 580
Concord coach, the old, 384
Conejos, Pike on the, 430
Confederates in New Mexico, 476
Congress, authorizes laying out of Detroit, 102;
authorizes constitution for Indiana, 150;
and the Vigo claims, 190;
and the Union Pacific Railway, 415
Connecticut Land Company, 40
Cook, Capt., 627
Cooke, Jay, 521
Cookie, M., at Marietta, 13
Cooper & Peck, 532
Coppoc, Barclay, 319, 320
Coppoc, Edwin, 319, 320
Cora and the Vigilantes, 591
Cornell, Ezra, 413
Coronado, 428, 434, 449
Coronel, Don Antonio, 672
Coronel, Don Ignacio, 672
Cortés, Hernan, 449
Corydon, Indiana, 154, 193
Couch, Capt. John H., 558
Couch & Co., 558
Coues, Dr. E., cited, 302
Council Bluffs, 401, 402, 406, 407
Couts, Col., 672
Covington, Kentucky, 73
Coyote, 512, 513
Creighton, Edward, 412, 413
Creighton, John A., 413, 420
Creighton Medical School, 413
Creighton Memorial Hospital, 413
Crespi, Padre, 651
Crimean War, 274
Crocker, Gen. M.M., 321
Croghan, Col., 142
Cruzado, 651
Cruzat, Francisco, 344
Cuba, 340
Culture's Garland, 229
Cuming, Gov. Thos. B., 410
Cushing, Caleb, 273
Cushing, Mayor, 6, 11
Cushing, Nabby, death of, 11
Cutler, Manasseh, at Marietta, 4, 6, 10
D
d'Abadie, 335
de Aberini, Don Pedro, quoted, 578
Daily Kansas City Post, 390
Dalyell, Captain, 108
Dana, J.C., on Denver, 425-447
Daniels quoted, 1
Danube, the, 660
Danvers and the Ohio Colony, 7, 8
Dauphin, the, 144
Davis, Jefferson, 305
Dawn, The Santa Fé, 470
Deady, Judge, 564, 567;
quoted, 553, 562
Dearborn, Gen. H.A., 116
De Bellerive, 335-338, 341, 342
Declaration of Independence, 2
de Gallup, François, 627
de Galvaez, José, 572
de Joinville, Prince, 144, 304
de Leyba, 342
de Mofras, 580
de Monterey, Count, 622
Denver, 528;
J.C. Dana on, 425-447;
historic background, 425-434:
origin of, 435-437;
the Pike's Peak excitement, 437;
before the Union Pacific, 438-442;
the first governor, 442;
character of, 444-447
De Peyster, Col. A.S., 111
Deseret, 490, 491
Desert, Great American, 431
Des Grosselliers, 129
Des Moines, F.I. Herriott on, 301-330;
the name, 302;
origin of, 302;
emigration, 304;
the fort, 306-308;
the Land Club, 309-313;
the first government, 313;
the early life described, 313-316;
river improvements, 316-318;
attitude toward slavery, 318-320;
in the Civil War, 320-322;
removal of the capital to, 322;
the new capital building, 323-326;
the present city, 326-330
de Taos, Fernandez, 473
Detroit, 177, 180, 183, 201, 214;
Silas Farmer on, 87-119;
early travellers to, 87;
motive for settling, 88;
Cadillac founds, 90;
ever cosmopolitan, 92;
extension of limits, 94;
acquires fort from Congress, 95;
sells lots, 96;
flush times, 98-100;
the great fire, 100;
government under the Ordinance of 1787, 101-106;
Pontiac's conspiracy, 106-109;
in the Revolution, 109-112;
in recent times, 112 ff.
De Ulloa, Francisco, 648
Devol, 6
Dey, Peter A., 326, 415
Dickens cited, 246
Dodge, Gov. Henry, 236
Dodson, Jacob, 669
Dollier, 88
Dolly, the, 540
Domingues, Don José, 655
Donnelly, Father Bernard, 382, 394
Doty, Rev. Daniel, 74
Doty, James, names Madison, Wisconsin, 238, 239
Douglas, Stephen A., at Chicago, 214
Downey, Gov., 672
Drake, Francis, 572, 574
Drummond, Henry, 494
Drury & Co., R.B., 392
Du Gay, 266
D'Ulloa, Don Antonio, 337
Durant, Thos. C., 416
Durham, Nelson, quoted, 510
Dutch and negro slavery, 92
Dyar, M.C., on Marietta, 1-30
E
Earl of Selkirk, 268
Earthquake, New Madrid, 350
East End, London's, 43
Echeandia, 662
Echo Cañon, 496
Eden Park, Cincinnati, 80
Elba, Napoleon's escape from, 635
El Crepúsculo, 470
El Dorado, 583
Elizabeth, Queen, 572
Elliott, C.B., on Minneapolis and St. Paul, 265-300
El Morro, 452
El Paso, 462
Emerson quoted, 43, 640
Emma Preston, the, 558
Emory, Capt. W.H., 472
England, Gosnold's tour for, 572;
sends Belcher to San Francisco Bay, 580
English at St. Louis, 343
Enterprise, The Kansas City, 389
Epworth League, 39
Erie Canal, 98
Escalante, 434
Etherington, Major, 138
Eulalia, Doña, 643
Eustis, U.S. Secretary of War, 116
Evans, W.B., 395
Evanston, Illinois, 230
Evening Mail, The Kansas City, 392
Evening World, The Kansas City, 394
Exposition, of 1898 at Omaha, 420-423;
St. Louis, 373
F
Fages, 655
Fallen Timbers, battle of, 68
Farmer, Silas, on Detroit, 87-119
Farnum, Col. Russell, 351
Farragut, Commodore, 592
Federals in New Mexico, 476
Félix, 656
Fernandez, the Canónigo, 633
Ferry, U.S. Senator, 125
Field, Eugene, 229
Figueroa, Gov., 579, 663
Filson and settling of Cincinnati, 58
Finkbine, Robert S., 326
Fjelde's statue of Ole Bull, 288
Flanders, Capt., 558
Flemming, 313
Florence, Mormon settlement of, 409
Flores, 667
Fond du Lac, 238
Foote, John G., 326
Forster, John, 665
Forts:
Bridger, 432, 496;
Calhoun, 406;
Chartres, 176, 177, 335;
Crawford, 235;
Dearborn, 201, 202;
Des Moines, 304, 306, 313;
George, 544, 546;
Harmar, 8;
Leavenworth, 471;
Lernoult, 112;
Marcy, 472;
Miamis, 176,178;
Michilimackinac, 132, 138, 140;
Patrick Henry, 190;
Pontchartrain, 106;
Sackville, 178, 183, 189, 190;
St. Anthony, 268;
Snelling, 268;
Sumter, 321;
Union, 476;
Vancouver, 544;
Washington, 60, 62, 74;
William, 544;
Winnebago, 235
Foster, H.C., 672
Foster, Stephen G., 670
France, and the Northwest, 129, 169, 172, 174, 189, 266;
and the Southwest, 67, 333-335, 343, 466;
and California, 572, 580, 627
Francesca, 581
Franciscans, in New Mexico, 453;
in California, 573, 632, 650
Franklin, Benjamin, 614
Frémont, 432, 549;
in California, 580, 635, 665 ff.
Frémont Peak, 640
French and Indian War, 106, 136
French's statue of Gov. Pillsbury, 288
Frontenac, Count, quoted, 91
Fulton and the steamboat, 76
Fur traders, Russian, 572
G
Gabilan Mountains, 635
Gage, Gen., and Detroit, 109;
and Vincennes, 176
Gage, Lyman J., on Chicago, 197-234
Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, 222
Galena deposits discovered in Idaho, 523 ff.
Galinée, 88
Galisteo, the Taos of, 461
Gallipolis, 12
Garfield, Pres't J.A., 52, 82
Gate, the Golden, 569, 570, 574, 579, 596, 619, 632
Gayarré on Cadillac, 90
Geary Law of 1892, 602
George III., 110, 114, 136, 140, 628
George IV., 537
George, Henry, 614
Ghent, Treaty of, 544
Gibault, Father, 183
Gibson, Gen. John, 192
Giddings, Rev. Solomon, 356
Gillespie at Los Angeles, 666
Gillis, Wm., 380, 395
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 615
Gilpin, Wm., 442
Gladwin and Pontiac, 107
Gleed, C.S., on Kansas City, 375-399
Gold Hunter, the, 674
Gold in California, see San Francisco;
in Colorado, 436-438
Gonzales, Gov. José, 468
Gosnold, 572
Grant, Gen. U.S., 84, 92, 321, 366, 567
Grant, Mayor Jedediah M., 491
Gray, Asa, quoted, 31
Gray, Capt., 537, 538
Great American Desert, 484
Great Britain, cedes Mackinac to U.S., 140;
Illinois country ceded to, 333;
see Portland
Great Salt Lake, 479, 480
Greeley, Horace, 72, 243;
quoted, 438
Green Bay, 144, 145, 235, 238, 239
Griffin, Judge, at Detroit, 101-105
Griffin, the, 134
Grimes, Gov. James W., 318
Gronigen, John, 660
Guadalajara, 629
Guadaloupe Hidalgo, treaty of, 489, 595
Guadalupe, Mission of, 461
Gue, B.F., 320
Gwin, Senatorial contest of with Broderick, 596
H
Hackleman, Gen. P.A., 167
Half-Moon, the, 536
Hamilton, Alexander, 322
Hamilton, Col. Henry, 185, 186, 189, 190
Hamline University, 294
Hancock, Gen. W.S., 674
Hanks, Lieut. Porter, 141
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, 386
Hanson, Rev. Mr., cited, 144
Harmar, defeat of, 60, 66-68
Harmon, Dr. Elijah D., 205
Harper, Pres't W.R., 229, 230
Harper's Ferry, recapture of, 319
Harrison, Gen. W.H., 70, 167, 192, 349, 521
Harrison, President Benjamin, 153, 156, 167
Harte, Bret, 614
Hartford and the Ohio Colony, 7
Hartzell, Thomas, 205
Harvard University, 37
Hawaii, 195, 547
Haydn Society in Cincinnati, 74
Hay, John, 50
Hayes, Benjamin, 660
Hayes, President R.B., 52, 72
Haymarket riots, 224
Hearst, Mrs. Phœbe D., 610
Heath, Perry S., on Indianapolis, 147-167
Helm, Capt. Leonard, 184, 185
Hendricks, Vice-President, 167
Hennepin, 134, 265, 268
Henry, Alexander, 140
Henry, Patrick, 180, 628
Herald, New York, 386
Herriott, Frank I., on Des Moines, 301-330
Herron, John, 166
Hiawatha, 125
Hill, J.J., 287
Hittell cited, 639
Hodge, F.W., on Santa Fé, 449-478
Holmes, Major, 142
Honen, Toussaint, 337
Horace quoted, 30
Hosmer, Dr. J.K., 285
Houston, Sam, 362
Howells, W.D., 72, 229
Hudson Bay Co., 335, 518, 546, 549, 552
Hudson, Henry, 536
Hull, A.F., 101-105, 114-116, 138
"Hundred Associates," charter of the, 89
Hunt, W.P., at Astoria, 540, 542
I
Idaho, galena mines of, 522, 532
Illinois country ceded to Great Britain, 333
Independence, Missouri, 394, 467
Indiana, see Indianapolis and Vincennes
Indianapolis, Perry S. Heath on, 147-167;
plan of, 147;
growth of, 147;
background of, 149-153;
becomes capital of Indiana, 154;
modern history, 154-157;
in the Civil War, 158;
parks, 160;
finances and industries, 164;
clubs and institutions, 166
Indians:
Algonquins, 302;
Arapahoes, 426, 432;
Cayuse, 556;
Cherokees, 436;
Chippewas, 138, 200, 236;
Cœur d'Alenes, 520;
Flatheads, 510;
Foxes, 304, 306, 350, 358;
Hurons, 133;
Iowas, 351;
Iroquois, 55;
Keokuks, 305;
Kickapoos, 202;
Menomonies, 202, 236;
Miamis, 55, 170;
Minneways, 200;
Mohawks, 61;
Navahoes, 427;
Nez Percés, 510;
Omahas, 351;
Osages, 342, 350;
Ottawas, 133, 337;
Ottoes, 405;
Palouse, 520;
Pawnees, 405;
Pi-ank-a-shaws, 170, 171, 174;
Pottawatomies, 172, 200, 202, 204, 236;
Pueblos, 456, 468;
Sacs, 138, 200, 304, 306, 350, 358;
Senecas, 55;
Shawnees, 55, 172, 342;
Sioux, 267;
Siwash, 528;
Six Nations, 68, 170;
Spokanes, 510-518;
Taos, 468, 473;
Twightwees, 171, 172;
Umatillas, 510;
Walla Wallas, 510;
Weas, 171;
Winnebagoes, 236;
Yanktons, 351;
see also abstracts of various chapters
Iowa, see Des Moines
Iowa City, 313
Ipswich, Ohio colony starts from, 6, 8
Irving quoted, 432, 539
Isabel, Oñate marries, 449
J
Jackson, Andrew, 84, 356;
bank veto of, 358
Jackson, Gov. Claiborne, quoted, 366
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 674
Janney, T.B., 287
Japan, Spokane exports to, 513
Jefferson Territory, 442
Jefferson, President Thomas, 116, 510, 539, 628
Jesuits, 134;
at Mackinac, 129;
in Missouri, 381;
in California, 650
Jobe, Henry, 395
Johnson, Gov., 591-593
Johnson, Sir Guy, 61
Joliet, 88, 133, 198, 302
Jones, Alfred D., lays out site for Omaha, 402
Jones, Commodore, 635
Jordan, James C., 318
Jornada del Muerto, 450
Joseph, Chief, 517, 521
Journal, The Kansas City, 389
Juchereau, 171, note
Junípero Serra in California, 573, 617, 619, 624, 625, 629, 632, 633, 635, 637, 638, 640, 646, 649
K
Kane, Col. Thos. B., 496
Kane, Col. T.L., 406
Kanesville, Nebraska, 406, 407
Kansas City, C.S. Gleed on, 375-399;
location, 375-378;
origin, 378-380;
early denizens of the region, 380-382;
trade and transportation, 382-386;
railroads entering, 386-389;
newspapers of, 389-394;
real estate history, 394;
churches, 395;
industries, 396-398;
other interests, 398
Kansas, Coronado in, 428
Kansas Pacific Railway, 388, 442
Kaskaskia, 180-183, 185, 186, 344, 466
Kasson, Hon. John A., 324
"Kaw," the, 375, 382
Kearny, Dennis, 601
Kearny, S.W., 306, 432, 470-473, 667 ff.
Keating, Prof. Wm. H., quoted, 212
Keith, Wm., 615
Ke-ki-on-ga, 172
Kelley, "General," 317
Kennedy, Thomas, 73
Kentucky, 67, 178;
Filson in, 58;
Spanish intrigues in, 180
Keokuk, 308
Kerfoot, W.D., 227
Khalifa, 518
Khartoum, 518
Kimberley, E.S., 209
King, James, 590
King, Thos. Starr, 614
Kinzie, John, 206
Kinzie, Mrs., quoted, 205
Kinzie, Robert, 214
Kirkwood, Gov. S.J., 320, 321
Klondike, the, 363
Kountze, Herman, 420
Kuro Sirva, 637
L
Labrador, 570
Laclede Liguest founds St. Louis, 333-335
Lafayette, at Marietta, 5;
at St. Louis, 356, 363
La Honton, 134
Lake Erie, 36;
see also, 238, note
Lake Mary, 18
Lalande, 468
Lamar, President, 469
Lamy, Bishop, 474
Land Claims Association, 309
Land Club, Iowa, 309
Land League, Iowa, 309
La Salle, 88, 134, 171, 266, 302, 334
Latimer, Mrs. E.W., 144
Latour, Francis, 337
"Latter-day Saints," see Salt Lake City
Law-and-Order Party, see San Francisco
Lawrence, Kansas, 436
Lawton, Gen. H.W., 167
Leadville, Colorado, 438
Leavenworth, 268, 385
Ledger, The Kansas, 389
Lee, Jason, 550
Lee, Lieut. R.E., 319
Le Grace, Colonel, 191
Le Griffon, 88
Legroux, 282
Le Large, 202
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 147
Lernoult, Maj. R.R., 114, note
Letcher, Gov., 320
Lewis and Clark, 348, 404, 430, 434, 510, 538, 539
Lewis, Capt. Meriwether, 349
Lexington, battle of, 71
Leyba, 343
Liberia, 357
Lick, James, 612
Liguest, Pierre Laclede, 333
Limestone, on the Ohio, 55
Lincoln, A., 158, 324, 366
Lincoln, Nebraska, 412
Little Turtle, 68
Logan, 192
Long, expedition of, 430, 431
Long, Major, quoted, 267
Loreto, 622, 651
Los Angeles, Florence E. Winslow on, 645-684;
early visitors, 645-649;
Junípero Serra, 649-651;
settling of, 651-659;
first Americans in, 659-661;
early trials of, 661-665;
taken by United States, 665-668;
the American régime, 668-676;
the land boom, 676-678;
the city to-day, 678-684
Losantiville, 58, 61
Louis XIII., 128
Louis XIV., 133
Louis XV., 136
Louis XVI., 144, 627
Louis Philippe, 13, 144, 304
Louisiana Purchase, 191, 195, 331, 348, 373, 618
Lounsbury, Daniel, 554
Lovejoy, A.L., 535, 554
Lovejoy, Elijah P., 362
Lucas, Charles, 353
Lytle, Gen. Wm. H., 72
M
Macallister College, 294
McArthur, Lieut.-Gov., 249, 250
McCoy, J.C., 395
McCoy, Rev. Isaac, 382
McDougal, 540, 542, 543
McDowell, 360
McGee, Fry P., 395
McGee, James H., 394
Mackinac, Sara Andrew Shafer on, 121-145;
situation, 121-124;
description of, 124-128;
first explorers and missionaries, 128-130;
Marquette and La Salle, 130-134;
Pontiac's conspiracy, 136-140;
comes into possession of United States, 140;
War of 1812, 140-142;
the fur trade, 142;
Rev. Eleazar Williams, 144
Mackinaw, 90
McKinley, Pres't Wm., 52, 422
McLean at Cincinnati, 74
McLeon, Gen., 469
McLoughlin, Dr. John, in Oregon, 544-553
McTavish, 543
Madison, President James, 116
Madison, R.G. Thwaites on, 235-264;
before the settlement, 235-238;
choosing a State capital, 238;
laying out the town, 240;
the first dwelling, 240;
coming of the Legislature, 242;
early description of, 242;
slow growth, 243;
attempts to remove the capital, 245;
early legislative sessions, 246;
the Barstow-Bashford case, 248-250;
the State House, 250;
the State university, 252-260;
the city to-day, 260-264
Madrid, 626, 629
Majorca, 635
Malden in War of 1812, 114
Manderson, C.F., 420
Marcy, march of, 432
Marcy, Secretary Wm. L., 472
Mare Island, 592
Margane, François, 163
Marie Antoinette, 8
Marietta, 58, 71;
Muriel Campbell Dyar on, 1-30;
Ohio Company formed, 2;
the colony, 4-6;
the journey, 7;
the first summer on the Ohio, 8;
the first governor, 10;
the coming of the Frenchmen, 11-13;
hardships, 13;
Indian wars, 14-18;
material prosperity, 18;
the Blennerhassett tragedy, 20-22;
the modern Marietta, 22;
the College, 24-26;
the Mound Cemetery, 26-28;
relics, 28 ff.
Marin del Valle, 454
Markham, Edwin, on San Francisco, 569-616
Marquette, 132-134, 302, 333
Marsh's trading post, 214
Martineau, Harriet, 78
Mary Institute, St. Louis, 360
Maryland, the, 558
Mason, Gov., 670
Mason, Stevens T., 238
Mayflower, the, 88, 620
Mayflower, the new, 1, 7
Meigs, Gov. R.J., 6, 28
Ménard, Pierre, 205
Merrill, Samuel, 152
Methodists on the Willamette, 550
Meurin, Father, 193
Mexico, and California, 572, 578, 626, 633, 658;
and Kansas City trade, 385;
war with, 27, 362, 432
Miami and Erie Canal, 82
Micheltorena, 664, 665
Michigan Territory, 235
Michilimackinac, 124, 136
Michsawgyenan, 122
Miles, Gen., 517
Millard, Joseph H., 420
Miller, Joaquin, 614
Miller's Hill, Nebraska, 406
Milwaukee, 202, 214, 238, 239, 245
Mineral Point, 236, 238
Minisink, massacre of, 61
Minneapolis—St. Paul, C.B. Elliott on, 265-300;
Falls of St. Anthony discovered, 265;
title to the region passes from the Indians, 267;
Fort Snelling established, 268;
first settler on site of St. Paul, 270;
St. Paul becomes State capital, 271;
growth of the rival town, 272-276;
the two cities compared, 276-300
Minnehaha, falls of, 290
Mission Dolores, 574-579, 632
Missouri, see St. Louis and Kansas City
Missouri Compromise, 353
Missouri Pacific Railroad, 386, 398
Mobile, 90
Montcalm, 338
Monterey, 450, 574, 581, 669;
Harold Bolce on, 617-644;
historic background, 617-620;
Vizcaino finds the harbor, 620;
rediscovered by Junípero Serra, 622-626;
his great services, 626-628;
Spain sends relief, 629;
the Spanish capital, 630-634;
a visit to, 635-644
Montezuma, 450
Montgomery, Capt., 581
Mormon, Book of, quoted, 490
Mormons, in Nebraska, 406-409;
in Colorado, 425, 432;
in Utah, 435;
see also Salt Lake City
Morrison, Wm., 466
Morse, S.F.B., 125
Morton, Oliver P., 158, 167
Moultons, the, at Marietta, 16
Mound Builders, 26, 63, 169, 302
Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, 82
Mullanphy, John, 360
Munford, Munford & Hasbrook, 392
N
Napoleon Bonaparte, 617, 635
Natalia, the, 635
Nebraska & Council Bluffs Ferry Co., 401
Nebraska Territory, 403
Nelson, W.R., 392
Néve, Gov., 652
New Albion, 572
Newburyport, Mass., 558
New Mexican, the, 474
New Mexico, see Santa Fé
New Orleans, 76, 333, 340, 344, 346, 347
New Spain, 572
New York, 43, 71, 75, 514
News, The Kansas City, 392
News, The Rocky Mountain, 437, 439
Niagara, 108, 528
Nichols, Gregg, 674
Nichols, Col. J.G., 674
Nicolet, Jean, visits Mackinac, 128
Nicollet, 302
Nito, Manuel, 654
North American Fur Company, 350
North Bend, settling of, 58
Northrup, H.M., 394
Northwest Company, 540
Northwest Fur Company, 510, 538
Northwest Territory, 1, 10
Northwestern University, 229, 230
Nye, 6
O
Oakinagen, 542
Oakland, California, 610
Observer, The St. Louis, 362
O'Fallon Park, 369
Ohio Company, the, 2-4, 27, 101
Oliphant, Laurence, quoted, 273
Omaha, 462;
Victor Rosewater on, 401-423;
origin, 401-403;
location, 404;
visit of Lewis and Clark, 404-406;
Mormon encampment at, 406-409;
early government, 409-412;
the Pacific Telegraph, 412-414;
the Union Pacific Railway, 414-418;
recent history, 418-420;
the Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898, 420-423
Oñate founds Santa Fé, 449-453
Ordinance of 1787, 2, 4, 10, 101, 191
Oregon, see Portland
Oregon City, 535, 549-554
Oregonian, The, 558, 566
O'Reilly, Don Alexander, 338
O'Rourke, Phil., 532
Osceola, 221
Osio, Antonio, 661
Otermin, Gov., 459
Oumetz, Padre, 654
Outre Mer quoted, 278
"Overland Mail Express Company," 385
Overland Monthly, 614
Overland Telegraph Line, 499
Overton, A.M., 535, 554
P
Pacific Fur Company, 538
Pacific Railway, 414
Pacific Telegraph, 412
Parke, Benjamin, 196
Parkman, Francis, 129;
quoted, 280
Parrant, 270
Parraquia, 464
Parson, Samuel H., 6
Parton, James, quoted, 81
Paty, Capt., 660
Payne, U.S. Senator, 31
Peck, Eben, 240
Peck, P.F.W., 209
Peoria, 206
Peralta, Gov. Pedro, 453
Perez, Gov. Albino, 468
Pérouse, Count, 627, 629
Perrot, 129, 132
Perry, first settler at St. Paul, 270
Perry, President Alfred Tyler, 26
Perry's victory, Commodore, 116
Pettygrove, F.W., 554
Phelan, Mayor James D., 610
Philadelphia, 90, 193
Philippines, the, 195, 572, 649
Pico, Don Pio, 655, 660, 664 ff.
Pico, Jesus, 669
Piernas, 340, 342
"Pig's Eye," see Parrant
Pike, Lieut. Zebulon M., 267, 348, 430, 434, 467
Pike's Peak, 436, 437, 442
Pillsbury, Chas. A., 283
Pillsbury, Gov. John S., 285, 288
Pińa, Maxima, 658
Pioneer Day, 483
Pirates on the Mississippi, 346
Pittsburg, 196
Platteville, 238
Plymouth, 2, 5, 88
Plymouth Rock, 620
Plympton, Major, 272
Polk, President, 552
Pontiac, conspiracy of, 106-109, 136-140, 175;
death of, 337-339
Pool, Lieut., 111
Popé, conspiracy of, 458-461
Portalá, 622, 623, 650
Portland, Thos. L. Cole on, 535-568;
origin of, 535;
Astoria, 536-544;
Vancouver, 544-549;
Oregon City, 549-556;
massacre of Whitman, 556;
California gold fever, 556;
situation of, 557;
a great seaport, 558;
Henry Villard's contribution to growth of, 560;
character of, 562-568
Portsmouth, the, 581
Potosi, academy at, 352
"Prairie Schooner," 384
Pratt, Orson, 483, 486
Prentice, Samuel, 660
Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles, 646 ff.
Pursley, 468
Putnam, Herbert, 285
Putnam, Israel, at Detroit, 109
Putnam, Rufus, 2, 4-7, 26, 28
Q
Quebec, 91, 134, 198, 338
R
Racine, 238
Radisson, 129
Ragan, Jacob, 395
Raleigh Tavern, 628
Ralston, A., 147
Ramsey, Gov. A., 271
Rantoul, Robert, 273
Reavis, L.U., 331
Recollets, 129, 134, 266
Red Jacket, 338
Reedy, William Marion, on St. Louis, 331-373
Reid, Hugo, 672
Relations, 129, 130
Republic, The St. Louis, 349
Republican, The Missouri, 362
Republican, The Santa Fé, 474
Revolution, the American, 82, 95, 109-112, 177, 266, 342;
officers in, buried at Marietta, 27
Revolution of 1848, 364
Rezanoff visits San Francisco Bay, 579
Rhode Island, battle of, 5
Rhodes, J.F., 50
Richelieu, Cardinal, 88;
quoted, 225
Ridgely, N.H., 220
Rivet, M., 193
Roberts, Capt., 141
Rockefeller, John D., founds Chicago University, 229
Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 431
Rosas, Gov. Luis, 458
Rosewater, Edward, 420
Rosewater, Victor, on Omaha, 401-423
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 309
Roux, Father, 381
Russian Fur Company, 543
Rutland and the Ohio Company, 7
S
Sacramento, 608
Saengerbund, the Cincinnati, 74
St. Ange, 174, 176, 177
St. Ann's, Mackinac, 125
St. Anthony City, 273
St. Anthony, Falls of, 265, 267, 272
St. Augustine, Fla., 449
St. Charles, Col., 436
St. Clair, Gen., at Marietta, 10;
defeat of, 60-62, 64-68;
and Vincennes, 191
St. Clair, Louisa, 15
St. Cyr, Father, 205
St. Francis, 569, 574, 620
St. Ignace, 133, 136, 141
St. Joseph, 385
St. Louis, W.M. Reedy on, 331-373;
situation, 331;
founding of, 333-335;
Spanish rule, 335-346;
coming of Pontiac, 337-340;
trade of, 346-348;
early description of, 348-353;
and the slavery question, 353-357;
growing Americanism, 357-362;
ante-bellum days, 362-366;
in the Civil War, 366;
recent history, 366-373
St. Paul, see Minneapolis
St. Petersburg, 351
Ste. Geneviève, 344
Salazar, Don José, 669
Salt Lake City, 684;
J.E. Talmage on, 479-508;
motive of settlement, 479-482;
the coming of the Mormons, 482-488;
the cricket scourge, 488;
creation of the Territory, 489-493;
trouble with the Federal government, 494-499;
educational development, 500-502;
the present city, 502-508
San Blas, harbor of, 626
San Carlos Mission, 632, 650
Sanchez, 651, 661
San Diego, 627, 648, 649, 666
Sand Lot Agitation, 598
San Francisco, 197, 515, 528, 632;
Edwin Markham on, 569-616;
situation, 569;
early visitors to the region, 570-572;
Spanish colonization plans, 572-574;
the Mission Dolores, 574-579;
Yerba Buena, 579-581;
California ceded to United States, 582;
the gold fever, 582-586;
the Vigilance Committee, 587-594;
in the Civil War, 596;
the Comstock Lode, 597;
the Sand Lot Agitation, 598-601;
the Chinese problem, 601-606;
architecture of, 606;
streets of, 607;
parks of, 608-610;
education in, 610;
libraries of, 612;
distinguished citizens, 613-616
San Gabriel, 452, 453, 454, 648, 650 ff.
San Miguel Chapel, 454, 459, 460, 463, 464
San Pedro, 648, 674
Santa Anna, 385
Santa Cruz, 622
Santa Fé, 384, 386, 431, 432, 660;
F.W. Hodge on, 449-478;
founding of, 449-453;
infancy of, 453-458;
conspiracy of Popé, 458-461;
the Pueblo régime, 461;
Spanish restoration, 462-468;
rebellion of 1837, 468;
American occupancy, 469-476;
in the Civil War, 476;
recent years, 476-478
Santo Domingo, 466
Sargent, Winthrop, 6, 191
Schmidt, Bruno, 162
Schoolcraft, Henry, 125, 202;
quoted, 140
Scott, Dred, 270
Scott, Harvey W., 566
Scott, Judge J.R., 672
Scott, Gen. Winfield, 268, 305, 306
Seattle, 363
Senator, the, 674
Serra, see Junípero Serra
Shafer, Sara Andrew, on Mackinac, 121-145
Shaw, Henry, 369
Shawbonee quoted, 206, 208
Shelby, Gen. Isaac, 114, note
Shepard, Elihu, 354;
quoted, 341
Sheridan, Phil, 517
Sherman, John, 31
Sherman, Gen. W.T., 593
Sia, 466
Sibley at Valverde, 476
Sibley, Hiram, 413
Sibley, Solomon, 202
Sill, E.R., 51
Sloat, Commodore, 581, 635
Slough, Col., 476
Smith, Robert, 274, 275
Smith, W.H., on Vincennes, 169-196
Snelling, Col., 268, 270
Snelling, Joseph, 270
Snow, Erastus, 483
Sola, 655
Spain, and the Southwest, 67, 180, 343;
Louisiana ceded to, 335-337;
in Colorado, 428;
in Kansas, 428;
in New Mexico, see Santa Fé;
on the Pacific, 572, 573, 620, 630-634;
our war with, 422
Speelyai, 512, 513, 517, 533
Spencer, Dr. Kirby, 284
Spokane, Harold Bolce on, 509-533;
the situation, 509-512, 528;
the falls, 512-515;
troubles with the Indians, 516-521;
genesis of, 521;
discovery of galena mines, 522;
the boom, 523-525;
character of, 526-528;
the Spokane ass, 530-532;
climate, 532
Spokane Gary, 520
Spokesman-Review, The Spokane, 524
Sproat, 6, 10, 15
Stanford, Jane, 612, 639
Stanford, Leland, 612
Stanford University, 612
Star, The, 582
Star, The Kansas City, 392
Stark, B., 554
State Register, 319
Stearns, Abel, 665
Steele, Franklin, 272
Steptoe, Col., 518
Stevens, John H., 274, 275
Stevenson, Col., 670
Stevenson, R.L., in San Francisco, 609;
in Monterey, 619, 639
Stillwater, Minn., 271
Stockton, Commodore, 665 ff.
Stoddard, Charles Warren, 615
Stoddard, Maj. Amos, 348
Story preaches at Marietta, 16
Stout, J. Kennedy, drafts charter for Spokane, 522
Strong, W.A., 389
Stuart, David, 542
Stuart, John T., quoted, 214
Sublette, 431, 468
Sullivan claims, 532
Sulpicians at Mackinac, 129
Sumrill's Ferry, 7
Sutro, Adolph, 613
Sutter's Mill, 401
Swing, David, 232
Symmes, John Cleves, 58, 71
T
Taboada, Padre Gil, 656
Taliafero, Major, 270
Talmage, J.E., on Salt Lake City, 479-508
Tanos of Galisteo, the, 461, 462
Taylor, Bayard, cited, 243
Taylor, Zachary, 305
Tecumseh, 61, 70, 192, 201, 206, 521
Teesdale, John, 319
Terry and Broderick, 593, 596
Texas, annexation of, 195;
troubles with, 469;
in New Mexico, 469, 476
Tewa pueblo, 452
Thames, battle of the, 206
Thayendanegea defeats St. Clair, 61
Thiery, M., 12
Thompson, David, 540
Thompson, James, 208
Thwaites, R.G., on Madison, 235-264
Thwing, C.F., on Cleveland, 31-53
Times, The Kansas City, 392
Tippecanoe, 70, 350, 513
Tlascalan, 459
Todd, Col. John, 191
Tomlinson, Daniel, 157
Tonquin, the, 539, 542
Tonty, Madame, 91
Topinebee, 204
Trail, Navajo, 427;
Santa Fé, 428, 467
Trans-Mississippi Exposition, 420-423
Trappist monks, 302
Treaty, of Paris, 140;
of Greenville, 201;
of Ghent, 544;
of 1832, 305;
of 1842, 306;
of 1846, 552;
of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, 489, 595
Tribune, The New York, 243, 438
Troost, B., 380
Tupper, Benjamin, 2, 6
Twain, Mark, 615
U
Ugarte, Gov., 466
"Underground Railroad," 92,318
Union Pacific Railway, 388, 415, 442, 500
United States, and the Northwest Territory, 140, 178, 191, 267;
Keokuk reserve ceded to, 305;
and Salt Lake City, 490;
and California, 580
University of Southern California, 682
Utah, see Salt Lake City
V
Valverde, fight at, 476
Vancouver, history of, 546-549
Vancouver the explorer, 537, 627
Van Horn, Col. R.T., 389, 390
Vargas, Gov., 462-464
Varnum, James M., 6
Vasouver, Lieut., 552
Victoria, Gov., 662
Vigil, Gov. Juan B., 472
Vigilance Committee, see San Francisco
Vigo, Francis, 185, 186, 190
Villard, Henry, 560
Vincennes, 150, 152;
W.H. Smith on, 169-196;
prehistoric times, 169-171;
early explorers, 171;
French settlement of, 173-175;
English rule, 175-178;
captured by George Rogers Clark, 178-191;
Indiana Territory organized, 191;
later history, 193-196
Vineyard, James R., 246
Virginia cedes western territory to United States, 191
Vizcaino, 572, 574, 620, 622, 643, 648
W
Wabache, see Wabash
Wabash, place of the, in history, 169, 170, 171, 189
Wade, J.H., 413
Walker, Joel, 468
Walker, T.B., 287
Wallace, Col., relieves Cincinnati, 74
Wallace, Gen. Lew, at Cincinnati, 78;
at Santa Fé, 478
Walla Walla, 518;
massacre at, 556
Walrond, Madison, 380
War, see Revolution;
of 1812, 27, 114-116, 140-142, 351;
Mexican, 432, 469, 580;
Civil, 476, 498, 521, 614;
with Spain, 422
Ward, Artemus, 50
Warre, Lieut., 552
Washburn Observatory, 256
Washington, Booker T., 233
Washington, George, 5, 58, 66-68, 197, 644
Washington, Indians visit, 350
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, defeats Indians, 15, 68-72, 152
Wea Town, 172, 175
Webster, Daniel, 84, 311, 312, 362, 479
Wentworth, John, 205
West, Judge E.P., quoted, 380
Western Journal of Commerce, 389
Western Reserve, the, 40
Western Reserve University, 39
Westport Landing, 382, 384
Wetherell, O.D., 213
Whaiama, 513
Whetzels, the, 152
Whininger, George, 420
Whipple, Abraham, 6
Whitman, massacre of, 556
Wicks, Rev. Dr., 674
Widney, Dr. J.P., 682
Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 615
Wilkinson, Gen. James, 349
Willamette, first settlers on the, 549-552
Willamette Falls, 552
Williams College, 37
Williams, Rev. Eleazar, 144, 145
Williams, Judge George H., 566
Williamsburg, Col. Henry Hamilton sent to, 190
Willis, N.P., 270
Wilson, B.D., 672
Winslow, Florence E., on Los Angeles, 645-684
Winter Quarters, Nebraska, 408, 409
Wisconsin State Historical Society, 258
Wisconsin Territory, 235
Wolfe at Quebec, 106
Wood, C.E.S., 566
Woodbridge, Dudley, 21
Woodward, Judge, at Detroit, 101-105
Wool, Gen., 592
Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 50
Woolworth, James M., 420
World's Fair of 1893, 228
Wright, Ed., 320
Wright, Col. George, 518, 520, 521
Wuerz, August, Sr., 390
Wyandotte, 376, 392
Wyeth, Capt., 544
Wyeth Expedition, 558
Wyoming Massacre, 61, 110
X
Xenophon cited, 569
Y
Yale University, 39, 229
Yeatman's Tavern, 76
Yellowstone Park, 355
Yerba Buena, 579, 581
Yorktown, battle of, 5
Young, Brigham, 408, 409, 482, 496
Yukewingge, 452
Yuqueyunque, 452
Z
"Zanjero," 678
Zion, 408, 409
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Union, 493
Zuñi, 452
