Index

Adair County (Ky.): 86, 141

Adairville: 103

Alberts, J. Bernhard: 36;

pictures by, 3, 21, 259

Allen, John (of Ky.): 135

Allen, W. B., Kentucky: 336

Allison, Young E.: 7;

library of, 345

Alston, Peter: 272

Alston, Philip (counterfeiter): 271–274, 322

Alton Courier, “Virginia Rose:” 327, 328

“Alvarado,” in Oldfield: 322

Alvis, Mr.: owner Diamond Island, 172

American Pioneer, S. P. Hildreth: Marietta to New Orleans, 40–43;

Van Cleve’s Journal, 167, 168, 339

Anthony, Abraham: at Langford burial, 75

Anthony, Mrs. William: letter to Draper, 169–171, 252

Ares River: 221, 225

Arkansas Post: 220, 224

Ashe, Thomas, Travels: 24, 25, 48, 173, 325, 336;

condemned, 325

Atkinson’s Casket: 326, 336, 337

Audubon, John James, Journals: 177, 252–254, 336

Aycoff, Mr. (of Knoxville): 64

Back Home, Cobb: 322

Bacon, M. E., “Bold River Pirates:” 336

Baily, Francis, Journal: 24, 336

Baker, Joshua: robbed by Mason, 183–188, 190, 196, 216, 223, 224, 226, 229–234

Baker, William: robbed by Mason, 184

Baker’s Creek (or Twelve Mile Creek): 183, 184, 188

Baldwin, Old Man (outlaw): 122

Ballard, William: killed by Harpes, 95, 96

Ballenger, Capt. Joseph: pursues Harpes, 69, 85, 91;

affidavit, 73

Banks, Nancy Houston: ’Round Anvil Rock, 272, 273, 322;

Oldfield, 322

Barren River: 86, 89, 90

Barret (associate of Mason): 227, 228

Barrow (associate of Mason): 164

Bass, Mr.: contact with Setton, 221, 222

Bassett (associate of Mason): 223, 229–231

Bates: killed by Harpes, 66, 67

Battery Rock: 27, 44, 45

Bay, J. C.: library of, 345

Bayou Pierre: 184, 234, 235, 251

Bear Creek: 198

Beaver Creek: 63

Beck, L. C.: Gazetteer, 336

Belan, Ignace (merchant): 209

Bellegrove Church: 264

Bellin’s map of Louisiana: 18

Belt, Logan, Jackson: 311, 312, 340

Bennett, Emerson: Mike Fink, A Legend of the Ohio: 327

Biegler, John (Danville jailer): 77–80

Big Rockcastle River: 68, 69

Big Sink, near Cave: 30

Bigsby Cave, near Cave: 30

Billeth, Pierre: testimony Mason’s trial, 238, 239

Black Oak Ridge (Tenn.): 95

Blackburn, W. B. (attorney): 133

Blain, Maj. James (attorney general): 73, 86

Blain, John: pursues Harpes, 73

Blowe, Daniel: View of the United States, 175, 336

Bodmer, Charles (artist): 35, 36, 336

Bowman, John: identifies Little Harpe, 255

Bradbury: killed by Harpes, 95

Bradbury’s Ridge (Tenn.): 95

Bradley, Captain (associate of Mason): 238

Brassel, James: killed by Harpes, 95–99

Brassel, Robert: pursues Harpes, 96–98, 100

Brassel’s Knob (Tenn.): 95

Breazeale, Mr. (attorney): 258

Breazeale, J. W. M.: Life as it Is, 78, 103, 105, 112, 125, 126, 128, 146, 150, 151 [65, 66, 95, 111, 113, 127] 336

Briscoe, Mrs. Phillip (daughter of Samuel Mason): 234

Brokus (quadroon Indian): 185

Brought to Bay, E. R. Roe: 327

Brown (associate of Mason): 227

Brown, C. B. (novelist): 330

Brown, Jonathan: near Cave, 44, 312

Brown, Samuel R., Western Gazetteer: 336

Brown, Judge Thomas C.: 318

Bruin, Judge Peter B. (of Miss.) 257

Burnett, Col. Daniel: letter to, 196

Burr, Aaron: 257

Burton (associate of Mason): 222

Bush Creek: 73

Butler, Col. Andrew: helps Harpe woman, 154, 155

Cache River: 40

Cade, J. W. (circuit clerk): 317

Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri: 154, 341

Caldwell County (Ky.): 122

Campbell, Mr.: robbed by Mason, 223, 225

Canoe Creek: 107, 109, 170

Canot, Felipo: New Madrid militia, 211

Cape Girardeau: 218

Carolina Gazette: 101, 124, 126, 337

Carpenter’s Station (Ky.): 69

Carpentier, Joseph (interpreter): 209, 210, 212, 216

Caruthersville (Mo.): see Little Prairie

Caseyville: 273, 274, 278

Casket Magazine: 164, 189–190, 245, 257, 326, 336, 337

Cave Dwellers: 27

Cave Spring; near Cave, 26

Cave-in-Rock: location, 17, 18;

scenery near, 17, 19;

discovery by white men, 18;

maps showing, 18, 193;

high water, 20, 30;

geology, 29, 30;

described, 19, 20, 23–25, 27, 31, 32;

Indians and Mound Builders at, 25–29;

Harpes at, 90–94;

Mason at, 174–176;

counterfeiters at, 268–281;

Jim Wilson at, 47–51;

James Wilson, of Chronicles, at, 47, 291–293, 329;

Dr. Charles H. Webb at, 286–291;

Ford’s Ferry Band at, 298, 299;

in fiction, 321–332.

Other names;

Big Cave, 23, 24;

Cave-in-the-Rock, 25, 175, 272;

Cave-Inn-Rock, 32, 37, 175;

Caverne dans le Roc, 18;

Counterfeiters Cave, 268;

Great Cave, 23;

House of Nature, 18, 19, 32, 279;

Murrell’s Cave, 318;

Rocking Cave, 26;

Rock-in-Cave, 27;

Rock-Inn-Cave, 29, 175

Cave-in-Rock, Upper Cave of: 19, 21, 24, 25, 51, 325, 328, 329

Cave-in-Rock (village of): 13, 18

Cave-in-Rock Bluff: 26, 28, 35, 299

Cave-in-Rock Island: 26, 35, 36

Cedar House (in Ky.): 272

Cedar Point: near Cave, 93, 301, 308

Charlevoix, New France: 18, 337

Chicago: Historical Society, 345;

University of, 345;

John Crerar Library, 345;

Bay’s private library, 345;

Times, 311, 312

Chickasaw Bluffs: see Memphis

Chickasaw Agency: 180, 201

Choctaw Nation: 181;

crossing, 221, 225, 229

Christian, Matthew: pursues Harpes, 114–125, 130, 131, 141;

deposition of, 131, 132;

reward to, 139;

life, 140

Christian County (Ky.): 113, 155

Chronicles of a Kentucky Settlement, Watts: 47, 285–293, 329, 344

Cincinnati: Public Library, 345;

Young Men’s Mercantile Library, 345;

Ohio Historical and Philosophical Society, 345;

see American Pioneer;

Literary Gazette;

Western Monthly Magazine;

Western Review

Claiborne, J. F. H.: Mississippi, 201, 265, 337 [189, 191, 202, 256];

Wiley quoted, 188, 189;

MS. on Mason’s trial, 207

Claiborne, Gov. William C. C.: 199, 200–202, 246, 253, 254, 264;

letters by, 192–198;

Official Letter Books, Rowland [195, 196, 264] 337, 343

Claiborne County (Miss.): 196

Clinch River: 65

Clinton County (Ky.): 97, 98

Cobb, Irvin S., Back Home: 322

Coffey, Chesley (son of): killed by Harpes, 95, 96, 99

Coiners at Cave: see Counterfeiters

Colbert’s Ferry: 180

Cole’s Creek: 248, 249, 257

Colin, Charles: friend of Mason, 223

Collins, Lewis, Kentucky: [111] 337

Collins, Richard H., Kentucky: 55, 125, 128, 150, 273, 274 [71, 89, 110, 135, 137] 337

Collot, Victor H., Journey: 23, 30, 337

Colonial Men and Times, L. D. Harper: including Autobiography of Trabue;

see Daniel Trabue

Concer, Felic (merchant): 236

Concordia Lake: 251

Counterfeiters at Cave: 32;

die used, 268–271;

Alston, 271–274;

Duff, 272–278;

Sturdevant, 272, 278–281

Crab Orchard (Ky.): 66, 67, 69, 70

Cramer, Zadok, Navigator: 24, 39, 40, 41, 44, 173, 203, 337

Crittenden Co., (Ky.): 274, 285;

Marion, 111;

Piney Fork Camp Ground, 111

Crittenden Press: story of Jim Wilson, 48–52, 337

Crooked Creek: 294

Crow’s Nest: see Stack Island

Cumberland Gap: 65, 66, 74

Cumberland River: 66, 238, 287, 291

Cuming, Fortesque, Tour: 25, 26, 172, 173, 337

Cumings, Samuel, Western Navigator: 285, 337

Cusach, Gaspar: library of, 345

Cutler, Jervis, Topographical Description: 337

Dale, Mr. and Mrs.: pursue Harpes, 96, 97

Daniels, Wilson, “Steamboating:” 337

Danville (Ky.): log court house, 77;

Harpes escapes jail, 78, 255;

three Harpe children born, 79, 80, 137;

Harpe women tried and liberated, 79–83;

arrest of two Harpe men ordered, 84;

court record of Harpes, 79–82, 335;

district court records, 70–84, 335

Danville District Court Records, Lincoln Co.: 70–84, 335

Dapron, Pierre: declaration of, 209

Darby, John F., Personal Recollections: 337

Darby, William, Casket Magazine: 164, 189–190, 245, 257, 326, 336, 337

Davidson, John: father-in-law of Big Harpe, 145

Davidson, Maria: wife of Big Harpe, 145

Davidson, Robert, Excursion: [143] 337

Deer Creek: 109, 125

Derousser, Francois: testimony Mason’s trial, 237, 238

Diamond Island: 90–92, 167, 171;

described, 172–174

Dixon (Ky): 110, 127;

streets named, Leiper and Stegall, 144

Doherty, Col. George: of militia, 255

Dooley, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 89

Douglas, Mrs. Marguerite: see Mrs. John Mason.

Dow, Lorenzo, Cosmopolite: 338

Downs, James (sheriff): 238, 239

Downs, William (justice): 224, 226, 231, 233, 257

Drake, Samuel G., Book of Indians: 338

Draper, Lyman C.: Draper MSS., Harpes and Masons [60, 64–66, 70, 84, 89, 90, 95, 102, 105, 113–115, 126–128, 134, 141–143, 150, 152, 155, 156, 158, 160, 161, 163–165, 169, 188, 201, 220–222, 255] 335, 336;

“Sketch of the Harpes,” 60, 79, 108, 115–125, 130, 140, 338;

Harpes, 60, 128, 134, 154;

Mason, 160, 265;

Setton, 220, 221, 255;

King’s Mountain [115] 338

Drumgool Station (Ky.): 103

Duff (brother-in-law of Mason): 169

Duff (counterfeiter): 272–278

Duff, John (guide): 273

Duff brothers (of Ill.): 233

Duff’s Cave: 274

Duff’s Fort: 272–274, 277

Dunbar, Seymour, History of Travel: 338

Dunlap, Hugh: pursues Harpes, 95

Dunn, Capt. John (constable): 168–171

Durbin, Thomas: killed by Thomas Mason, 170

Early Western Travels, Thwaites, editor:

Cuming, Tour;

Evans, Tour;

Flagg, Far West;

James, Expedition;

Maximilian, Voyage;

Nuttall, Travels; 343, 344

Elicott, Andrew, Journal: 23, 338

Ellis, John: pursues Harpes, 100

Emery River: 95

Equality (Ill.): 30, 313

Evans, Estwick, Tour: 338

Evansville: city of, 18;

Courier Company, History of Union County, 273–278, 338

Everybody’s Magazine: “Natchez Trace,” by Swain, 338

Executive Journal (Ky.): 85, 92, 335

Farris, Jane: 72;

on death of Langford, 75, 76

Farris, John (inn keeper): 67, 72;

on death of Langford, 74, 75

Fayette (Miss.): 200, 264

Fayette Co. (Penn.): 158

Filson Club: 5, 345;

Robertson’s Petitions, 166, 342;

Speed’s Wilderness Road, 70, 343

Fink, Mike: see Mike Fink, 327, 341

Finley, Alex. C., Russellville and Logan County: 165, 271–274, 338

Flagg, Edmund, Far West: 29, 32, 173, 330, 338

Flatboating, Golden Age of: 38

Flint, Timothy: History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley, 338;

Recollections, 338

Fluger, Colonel, or Colonel Plug (boat-wrecker): 43, 344

Folk-Lore, Journal of American: [57] 338

Ford, Cassandra (daughter of James Ford): 285, 291, 292, 303;

Mrs. Charles H. Webb, 285, 303

Ford, Francis (infant son of Philip): 304

Ford, James: 14;

youth, 284;

appearance, 292;

marriage, 303, 318;

as James Wilson in Chronicles, 47, 291–293, 329;

Ford’s Ferry Road, 293–297;

Ford versus Simpson, 302, 303;

death, burial, grave, and will, 306, 309–313;

facsimile of signature, 313;

see Ford’s Ferry Mystery

Ford, James, Jr. (infant son of James Ford): 303

Ford, Philip (son of James Ford): will and grave of, 304

Ford, William M. (son of James Ford): 303;

will and grave of, 304, 305

Ford’s Boat Landing: 285

Ford’s Ferry: location of, 18

Ford’s Ferry Mystery: 283–306;

James Ford, 283–285;

Webb brothers at Cave, 286–292;

Ford’s Ferry Road, 293;

Potts tragedy, 294–301;

Ford versus Simpson, 302, 303;

death and wills of Philip and William Ford, 304, 306

Forman, Samuel S., Journey: 338

Fort de Chartres: 23

Fort Gibson: 196, 251

Fort Henry (Wheeling, W. Va.): 160, 164

Fort Massac: 159, 167, 274, 292

Fowler, Judge Wiley P. (attorney): 314–317

Frazier, Mrs. Elizabeth: marries James Ford, 303

Free Henry Ford: 126

Fulson (associate of Mason): 220, 229, 232

Gallatin Co. (Ill.): 313, 319

Gallows Field: near Old Greenville, 261;

picture of, 259

Garrard, Gov. James: urges capture of Harpes, 85, 92, 100;

issues proclamation, 88, 89

Gatewood, Mr. (attorney): 314

Geyon, Major: militia, 220

Gibson (associate of Mason): 220, 221, 223, 228, 229

Gibson, Smith (alias Druck Smith): 232

Gilmore, or Gillmore: killed by Harpes, 113

Given, Judge Dixon (attorney): 291

Glass, Anthony (associate of Mason): 191, 223, 225, 226, 231;

Mrs. Glass, 231

Golconda (Ill.): 18, 276, 293, 314, 318, 319

Gower, John (jailer at Stanford): 76, 77

Gratz, Simon, Rodney Letters: [258] 338

Grave Creek Fort: 160

Graves, John (and son): killed by Harpes, 102

Green, Willis (court clerk): 72

Green Co. (Ky.): 99

Green River: 84, 90, 92, 98, 103, 108, 116, 165, 235

Green Tree Grove (Ky.): 122

Greenville, Old [Hunston], (Miss.): 25, 151, 249, 250, 254–266;

Little Harpe and James May executed at, 255–266;

court records, 257–261, 335;

picture of Gallows Field, 259

Grindstone Ford: 185, 198

Grissom, William (or Gresham): pursues Harpes, 114–125, 131;

reward to, 139

Grundy, Judge Felix: 135

Guardian of Freedom: 102, 151, 262, 339

Guild, Josephus C., Old Times in Tennessee: 179–183, 201, 244 [262] 339

Gum Springs, Old (Miss.): 181

Hall, Frederick, Letters: 268, 339

Hall, James: 15, 330;

“Story of the Harpes,” Port Folio, 57, 58 [90]

Letters from the West, 67–69, 78, 105, 125, 176 [111];

Harpe’s Head, or Kentucky A Tale, 148, 150, 322–326;

Legends of the West, 326;

Romance of Western History [176] Western Souvenir, 341;

Western Monthly Magazine, 330;

description of Harpes, 149–154;

Sturdevant in Sketches, 279–281

Hall, William (counterfeiter); 49

Hammack, Mrs.: visits Duff’s cave, 275, 276

Hand, Gen. Edward: 160, 161

Hanna, Charles A., Wilderness Trail: 339

Hardin, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 99

Hardin, Co. (Ill.): 18;

when formed, 313;

Cave a “corner” of county line, 313

Harpe, Betsey (alleged wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes

Harpe, Big: see The Harpes

Harpe, Joe Roberts (alleged son of Big Harpe): 154

Harpe, John (brother of Wm. Harpe): 145

Harpe, Joshua (or Little Harpe): 145;

see The Harpes

Harpe, Little: see The Harpes

Harpe, Lovey (daughter of Big Harpe): 154, 155

Harpe, Micajah (or Big Harpe): see The Harpes

Harpe, Sally (wife of Little Harpe): see The Harpes

Harpe, Sally Rice (daughter): 156

Harpe, Susan (wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes

Harpe, Wiley (or Little Harpe): see The Harpes

Harpe, William (brother of John Harpe): 145

Harpe, William (or Big Harpe): 145;

see The Harpes

Harpes, The:

(1) Big Harpe (alias Micajah Harpe, alias Micajah Roberts);

(2) Little Harpe (alias Wiley Harpe, alias Wiley Roberts, alias John Setton, alias John Taylor, alias Wells, see also Setton, Taylor, Wells);

(3) Susan Harpe, (wife of Big Harpe, alias Susan Roberts);

(4) Betsey Harpe, (supplementary wife of Big Harpe, alias Betsey Walker, alias Betsey Roberts);

(5) Sally Harpe (wife of Little Harpe, alias Sally Rice, alias Sally Roberts)....

Parentage, kinship, marriage, 60–63, 144–147, 154;

personal appearance, 61, 88, 89, 99, 148–154, 243, 244, 255, 262;

children, 79, 80, 105, 106, 137, 154–156, 326;

character, 14, 52, 55–58, 152–156;

motives, 60, 61, 157....

In Knoxville and Tenn., 61–66;

along Wilderness Road, 67–76;

imprisonment and trial at Stanford, 71–76;

in Danville jail, men escape, women released, 77–82;

governor’s proclamation of reward, 83–89, 100, 150;

reward paid, 139, 140;

on Diamond Island, 172, 173;

at Cave-in-Rock, 90–94;

return to Tenn., 94–97;

return to Ky., 97–106;

in Henderson Co., and lower Green River Country, 107–114;

capture and death of Big Harpe, escape of Little Harpe, 114–125, 136–138;

ultimate fate of Big Harpe’s captors, 141–154;

Big Harpe’s head on Harpe’s Head Road, 125–128....

Murders committed by:

Johnson, 65, 66;

Payton, 66;

Paca and Bates, 66, 67;

Langford, 67–77;

Trabue, 86, 87;

Dooley, 89, 90;

on Potts plantation, 90;

Bradbury, 95;

Coffey, 95, 96;

Ballard, 95;

Brassel, 96;

Tully, 98, 99;

Hardin, 99;

Graves and son, 102;

negro boy, 103;

small girl, 103;

Trisword brothers, 103, 104;

a child of Harpe, 105, 106, 137;

Trowbridge, 108,109;

Hudgens and Gilmore, 113;

Love, 111–114;

Mrs. Moses Stegall and son, 111–114;

Samuel Mason, 250–254....

Harpe women arrested, tried and released, 125–138;

ultimate fate of Harpe women, 154–156....

Little Harpe, as John Setton, Taylor, and Wells, in South and in Mason’s band, 196–203, 203–266;

Draper’s notes on life of John Setton, 221, 222;

Harpe, as Setton, tells life of self, 220, 221;

facsimile of his signature as John Setton, 209;

testimony as Setton at Mason trial, 219–228;

sent in chains to New Orleans, 241–246;

joins May and helps kill Mason, 250–254;

captured and executed with May, 256–266

“Harpes, Sketch of the:” see Draper

“Harpes, Story of the:” see James Hall

Harpe’s Head, Hall: see James Hall

Harpe’s Head, and Harpe’s Head Road: 125–128, 143, 172

Harpe’s Hill: 126

Harpe’s “House”: 126

Harper, L. D.: Colonial Men and Times, including Trabue’s Autobiography, 339;

see Daniel Trabue

Harper, W. L. (orator): 192, 253

Harriman Junction: 95

Harris, Thaddeus M., Tour: 24, 29, 339

Harrison, Benjamin and William (of Penn.): kinsman of Mason, 158, 218

Haussman, John D. (clerk): 133

Havard, Henry: “a bad man,” 170, 171

Hawkins Co. (Tenn.): 221

Haynes, Lucinda, in Chronicles: 329

Heatherly Gang: 154

“Hell on the Ohio,” Logan Belt, by Jackson: 311, 312

Henderson (Red Banks): 90, 92, 100, 107, 127, 129–133, 137, 143, 167–172, 177, 184, 235–238

Henderson and Madisonville Pike: 127

Henderson Columbian: 58

Henderson Co. (Ky.): 93, 107, 140, 141, 167–172, 176, 177, 249, 256;

county court records, 129–133, 335;

see Starling’s Henderson County, 343

Henry, Parson: 143

“Hercules Short,” or Hank Short in Harpe’s Head: 326

Herndon, George; on Harpes: 134, 155

Hewitt (accomplice of Mason): 171

Highland Creek: 107–109, 169, 172

Highland Lick: 107

Hildreth, S. P., American Pioneer: 40–43, 167, 168, 339

Hindes Co. (Miss.): 183, 188

Hiram (a slave): 302

Hite, Colonel: Mason steals horse from, 164

Hitesville (Ky.): 172

Hoffman, Charles Fenno, Winter in the West: 330, 339

Holstein River: 65, 99

Hopkins, Gen. Samuel: urges capture of Harpes, 100, 108, 129, 133;

sketch, 130

Houck, Louis, Missouri: 339

Hough, Emerson, Story of the Outlaw: 339

Howard, H. R.: History of Virgil A. Stewart, life of John A. Murrell, 317, 318, 340

Howard, Joshua (sheriff): 318

Howard Memorial Library: 345

Howe, Henry, Historical Collections: 175, 245, 340

Hudgens (Hutchins): killed by Harpes, 113

Hufstetter, John: marries Betsey Roberts, 154

Hughes, Roudy Groggery: 65

Hulbert, A. B., Ohio River: 340

Hull, Nathaniel (Ill. pioneer): 23

Hull’s Landing (or Robbins Ferry): 23

Hunston: see Old Greenville (Miss.)

Hunter, Judge James G. (of Ky.): 80, 135

Hurricane Island: 44, 45, 50, 52, 176, 285, 301;

Camp Ground, 309

Huston, Judge Nathan: at Harpe trial, 72

Illinois, Historic; Parrish: 13, 341

Illinois, Pioneer History of, Reynolds: 23, 342

Illinois Gazette: 58, 90

Illinois State Historical Society: 340, 345;

see John Jennings, also James A. Rose

Impartial Observer: 101

Indiana State Historical Society: 340

Indians: 25, 27–29

Ingle’s (Inglish’s) Ferry: 74

Irby, David: account of trip with Langford, 73–75

Irene (a slave): 304

Island Ripple: 273, 274

Jackson, Shadrach L., Logan Belt: 311, 312, 340

Jackson (Miss.): 183, 185

James, Edwin, Expedition to Rocky Mountains: 32, 340

James’ Traveler’s Companion, Massey: 341

Jefferson Co. (Miss.): 248, 251, 257

Jefferson Co. (Tenn.): 65

Jennings, John, Journal: 23, 340

Johnson, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 65, 66

Jones, Charles H., The Outlaw; and Other Poems: 330–332

Jones, Rees: on Cumberland River, 238

Kaskaskia Tribe: 29

Kellogg, Louise Phelps: Frontier Retreat [158, 163];

Thwaites and Kellogg: Frontier Defence [163];

Revolution on the Upper Ohio [160] 340, 344

Kentucky, History of: see Allen;

see Collins;

see Marshall

Kentucky, Petitions to Early Inhabitants of, Robertson [166] 342

Kentucky Acts: 98, 139, 140, 340

Kentucky Gazette: 69, 84, 90, 99, 101, 126, 184, 248, 251, 262, 263, 340

Kentucky Herald: 101

Kentucky Settlement, Chronicles of a: see Watts

Kentucky State Historical Society: 345

Kentucky State Library: 345

Ker, Judge David (of Miss.): 257

Kitty (a slave): 304

Knob Lick: 107, 170

Knox, Judge Hugh (of Ky.): 169

Knox Co. (Ky.): 66

Knox Co. (Tenn.): 111

Knoxville: described by Weir, 62, 63;

Harpes at, 62–66, 95, 146, 155, 255, 256

Knoxville Gazette: 101

Koiret, Mr.: secret service, 219, 223

Kuykendall [Corkendale], (son-in-law of Mason): 167, 168, 172

Lafitte, Jean (pirate): 272, 322

Lafond, Charles (merchant): 235, 238

LaForge, Pierre Antoine: New Madrid militia, 209, 210

Lambuth, Rev. William: unmolested by Harpes, 60

Landers, Judge Abraham (of Henderson): 129

Langford, Thomas (also Lankford and Stephen Langford): killed by Harpes, 67–69;

Hall’s account, 67–69;

court investigation, 72–77;

pursuit of murderers, 84;

Mrs. Love, a relative, 142

Langlos, Francois (of New Madrid): 211

Lecompte, Mr. (of St. Louis): 233

Legends of the West, Hall; see James Hall

Leiper (Lieper) John: pursues Harpes, 114–125, 130–132;

deposition of, 132;

reward to, 139;

life of, 140–142;

Leiper street in Dixon, Ky., 144

Lesieur, Mr. (of Little Prairie): 210, 211

Lesueur, Charles Alexander: drawing of Cave, 35;

Life in America, by Loir, 35, 340

Letters from the West, Hall: see James Hall

Lewis, Lucy Jefferson, in Chronicles: 329;

two sons of, 329

Lexington Public Library: 345

Library of Congress: 345

Life as It Is: see J. W. M. Breazeale

Lincoln Co. (Ky.): 66, 69, 70, 84, 165;

Danville district court records, 70–76, 79–82, 335

Lindsey, Neville: pursues Harpes, 114–125, 130, 131;

deposition of, 132;

reward to, 139;

life, 140

Literary Gazette: 57, 58, 337

Little Prairie (now Caruthersville, Mo.): 205, 207–212, 230, 239;

Mason captured in, 207–215

Little Prairie of the St. Francis River: 220

Livingston Co. (Ky.): 272, 285, 316–319;

court records, 302–305, 312, 313, 335

Logan, Judge Hugh: at Harpe trial, 72

Logan Co. (Ky.): 103, 104, 165

Logan District Court Records, Russellville, Ky.: 129–133, 135, 335

Logan’s Fort (or St. Asaph’s): 70, 71;

now Stanford, Ky., 70, 71

Loir, Adrien, Lesueur in America: 35, 340

Long, C. W., Louisville Post: 340

Long, Stephen H., Expedition to Rocky Mountains: by James, 32, 340

Louisiana (a row galley): 220

Louisiana: Historical Society, 345;

State Museum, 345

Louisville: Courier-Journal, 316, 336, 341;

Post, 340;

Western Literary and Historical Magazine, 111–125, 344

Louisville Free Public Library: 345

Love, Arthur, in Chronicles: 291

Love, William: killed by Harpes, 111–114, 129, 131, 142;

wife Esther, 111, 112

Lowery, Robert, Mississippi: [192, 200,] 253, 340

Lumley, Jonathan (boatman): 286, 287

McBee, Squire Silas: 110–115;

story of Harpes told Draper, 115–125, 130, 131;

reward to, 139;

life of, 115, 140

McClung, John A., Western Adventure: 108

McCoy, Capt. Robert: captures Mason, 210–212;

testimony at trial, 216, 217;

takes Mason to New Orleans, 239–246;

death of, 247

McDowell, Judge Samuel (of Ky.): 80, 135

McFarland (M’Farling) Alexander, John, and Daniel: pursue Harpes, 92;

reward to, 140

Madison, James (Secretary of State): 200

Madisonville and Henderson Pike: 128

Manuel, Father: 234, 239

Marked Tree (Ark.): 318

Marrowbone Creek: 102

Marshall, Humphrey, Kentucky: [78] 340

Mason, Isaac (brother of Samuel Mason): 158, 164

Mason, John (son of Samuel): in Natchez jail, 188–190;

at New Madrid trial, 212–226, 228, 230, 233;

testimony of, 231, 232;

signature of, 209;

see Samuel Mason

Mason, Mrs. John (Marguerite Douglas): 198, 227, 236;

testimony of, 234

Mason, Joseph (brother of Samuel Mason): 158

Mason, Magnus (son of Samuel): New Madrid trial, 212;

testimony of, 234, 235;

becomes worthy citizen, 265

Mason, Samuel: 14, 25, 29, 37, 46–48, 52;

ancestry of, 157, 158, 217, 218;

personal appearance of, 244, 245;

Revolutionary soldier, 158–163, 165, 226;...

In Va. and Tenn., 163–165;

in Ky., near Russellville, 165, 166;

near and in Henderson, 167–172;

marriage of a daughter, 167, 168, 227;

on Diamond Island, 172–174;

at Cave-in-Rock, 174–176;

on Natchez Trace

and the Mississippi, 176–232;

robs Kentucky boatmen, 181–183;

robs Joshua Baker, 183–188, 190, 196, 216, 223–234;

robs Owsley, 219, 223, 225, 228, 233;

John Mason in Natchez jail, 188–190, 230, 232;

American and Spanish authorities look for Mason and Harpe, reward offered, 191–205, 210, 233, 247, 252, 255....

Mason family captured at Little Prairie, 207–215;

trial at New Madrid, 215–240;

record of criminal procedure, 207–240, 335;

passport, 212–215, 236;

testimony at trial, 217–219, 228–231;

sent in chains with Little Harpe to New Orleans, 241–246;

escape, 247–251;

double-crossed and beheaded by Little Harpe and James May, 251–254, 272;

identification and execution of his murderers, 255, 266;

facsimile signatures of Samuel, John, and Thomas Mason, 208–209

Mason, Mrs. Samuel: 222, 234, 236

Mason, Samuel, Jr.: New Madrid trial, 212;

testimony of, 234;

becomes worthy citizen, 265

Mason, Thomas (brother of Samuel Mason): 158 [165?]

Mason, Thomas (son of Samuel): 165, 170;

New Madrid trial, 212–228, 232, 236, 237;

testimony of, 233, 234;

signature of, 209;

see Samuel Mason

Mason, Mrs. Thomas (daughter-in-law of Samuel): 201

Mason Hills: 201

Mason’s Creek: 172

Massey, S. L., James’ Traveler’s Companion: 341

Maximilian, Prince of Wied-Neuwied, Voyage in America: 32, 35, 341

May, James (or Isaac or Samuel May): 171, 249, 262;

joins Little Harpe and helps kill Mason, 250–254;

captured and executed with Little Harpe, 256–266

Meason, Samuel (same as Samuel Mason): 14, 160

Mecklenberg Co. (Va.): 67

Memphis (Chickasaw Bluffs): 222

Mercer Co. (Ky.): 84, 91, 92

Metcalf brothers: suspects, 65

Metcalfe Co. (Ky.): 89

Mike Fink, A Legend of the Ohio, Bennett: 327

“Mike Fink, The last of the Boatmen:” Neville, 341

Miles, Richard (kinsman of Ford): 306

Miller, John (merchant): 64

“Mississippi, Extinct Towns of,” Riley: 263, 342

Mississippi, History of, Lowry and McCradle: [192, 200] 253, 340

Mississippi, Valley of the, Monette: 176, 178, 191, 199, 202, 252, 341

Mississippi, as a Province, Territory and State, see J. F. H. Claiborne

Mississippi, Department of Archives and History, 207, 246, 335, 341, 345;

MS. of Mason’s trial, 207

Missouri, History of, Houck: 339

Missouri Historical Society: 341, 345

Moat’s Lick: 272

Monette, John W., Valley of the Mississippi: 176, 178, 191, 199, 202, 252, 341

Monongahela River: 218

Monroe, James (steamboat): 31

Montgomery, Thos. (notary): 72

Montgomery, Judge William: at Harpe trial, 72

Montgomery Co. (Va.): 74

Morgan Co. (Tenn.): 95

Mosique, Mr. (of Ill.): suspect, 233

Mound Builders: 27, 28

Mud River: 104

Muhlenberg Co. (Ky): 122, 126;

Rothert’s history of, 342

Mulligan, James (associate of Shouse): 308, 313–315

Murphy, Samuel: on Mason’s career, 164

Murray, C. A., Travels: 268, 341

Murrell, John A. (“land pirate,”): 317, 318, 341;

see H. R. Howard’s Stewart

Nashville: 179, 180

Natchez: 23, 25, 179, 180, 181, 188, 191, 197, 204, 246–252, 263, 264, 272

Natchez Galaxy: 185–188, 344

Natchez Trace: 13, 43, 178, 223–225, 230, 254, 265, 266, 343;

described, 179–181;

Mason on, 179–205;

Swaney on, 179–183, 201;

see Mrs. Rowland, and John Swain

Navigator, The Ohio and Mississippi, Cramer: 24, 39–41, 44, 173, 203, 337

Navigator, Western, Cummings: 285, 337

Neville, Morgan, “Mike Fink, The Last of the Boatmen:” 341

New Harmony Workingmen’s Institute: 345;

communal colony, 35

New Madrid: 177, 180, 204, 205, 242;

Mason’s trial at, 207–240

New Orleans: Mason prison at, 183, 241–246

Newberry Library: 345

Nicholson, William (sheriff): 226

Nogales: see Vicksburg

Nonpareil (schooner): 41–43

Nuttall, Thomas, Travels: 27, 31, 341

Ogle, Capt. Joseph: Fort Henry, 161, 162

Ohio, On the Storied, Thwaites 343

Ohio County Militia (W. Va.): 160 163

Ohio Historical and Philosophical Society: 345

Oldfield, Banks: 322

Ormsby, Judge Stephen (of Ky.): 80

“Outlaw, The,” poem, Charles H. Jones, in The Outlaw: 330–332

Owsley, Mr.: robbed by Mason, 219, 223, 225, 228, 233

Paca killed by Harpes, 66, 67

Paducah (Ky.): 18

Palladium: 101, 102, 204, 248, 249;

proclamation by Governor Garrard, 88, 89, 341

Palmyra (Miss.): 201

Parrish, Randall, Historic Illinois: 13, 341

Parrott, Mr. (attorney): 258

Parrow, E. C, in Folk-Lore Journal: [57] 338

Pearl River: 185, 186

Peltier, Eustache: testimony Mason’s trial, 238

Pennsylvania Historical Society: [258], 341

Perrin du Lac, Travels: 24, 341

Peyroux, Henri (commandant, New Madrid): 209, 211–215

Peyton: killed by Harpes, 66

Phillips: in boat robbery, 219, 223, 225, 229, 232

Pickering Hill: 293, 294, 296

Pickett Co. (Tenn.): 97

Piracy on rivers: 37–53, 175, 176, 178, 203

Pittsylvania Co. (Va.): 73, 74

Plug, Colonel, (or Colonel Fluger, boat-wrecker): 43, 344

Poindexter, George (attorney general): 258

Point Coupee: 246, 247

Pompey (slave): 275–278

Pond River: 116, 118, 121, 126, 132, 155

Pool, A. H. T., “Smithland:” 341

Pope Co. (Ill.): 313, 318, 319;

court records, 313, 314, 335

Port Folio: 341, the Harpes, by Hall, 57, 58, 67–69 [58, 90];

D. Roe on Mason, 252;

Ashe condemned by, 325

Potts, Billy: 294, 298, 301;

kills his son, 294–298

Potts’ Hill, and Potts’ Spring: 293–297

Potts’ Place: 143

Potts’ Plantation: Harpes murder on, 90

Priest, Josiah, American Antiquities: 342

Prior, Mr., in Chronicles: 291

Providence Lake: 201

Purcell, Martha G.: Stories of Old Kentucky, 342;

“Sister of Sage of Monticello,” 329, 342

Pyles, John: pursues Harpes, 113, 114

Rafinesque (scientist): 342

Rankin, John, Letters: 342

Red Banks: see Henderson (Ky.)

Red River: 165

Rennick, Lieut. Seymour: letter to, 197, 198

Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia, List of: 160, 344

Reynold, John: My Own Times, 273, 274, 281, 342;

Pioneer Illinois, 23, 342

Rice, Rev. John (father-in law of Little Harpe): 63, 155, 156

Rice, Sally (wife of Little Harpe) see The Harpes

Richards, J. Addison, Romance of American Landscapes: 173, 342

Richardson, Jacob, “Going West in 1820:” 342

Riley, F. L., “Extinct Towns of Mississippi:” 263, 342

Rivers, piracy and rough life on: 37–53, 175, 176, 178, 203

Roane Co. (Tenn.): 95

“Robber of the Wilderness:” Natchez Galaxy, also Wheeling Gazette, Draper MSS., 185–188, 344

Roberts (brother-in-law of Harpe): 153, 154

Roberts, Betsey (alleged wife of Big Harpe) see The Harpes

Roberts, Joe (alleged son of Big Harpe): 154

Roberts, Micajah (or Big Harpe): see The Harpes

Roberts, Old Man (father-in-law of Big Harpe): 92, 99, 102, 103, 141, 153

Roberts, Sally (wife of Little Harpe) see The Harpes

Roberts, Susan (wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes

Roberts, Wiley (or Little Harpe): see The Harpes

Robertson, James R., Petition of Early Inhabitants of Kentucky: [166] 342

Robertson’s Lick: 107, 108, 113, 114, 127, 130, 131;

Robert Robertson, 141

Robin’s Ferry (or Hull’s Landing): 23

Rockcastle Co. (Ky.): 67

Rockcastle River: 72

Rocky Springs: 200, 201

Rodney (Miss.): 251

Rodney, Judge Thomas (of Miss.): 257;

“Letters to Caesar A. Rodney,” [258] 342

Roe, Daniel: letter, 252

Roe, Edward Reynolds: Virginia Rose, 327, 328;

Brought to Bay, 327

Rogers, Mr. (of Natchez): robbed by Mason, 184

Rogues Harbor: near Cave, 322

Roosevelt, Theodore, Winning of the West: 342

Rose, Edward (outlaw): 265

Rose, James A., “Regulators and Flatheads:” 281, 342

Rose, Virginia, in Virginia Rose, by E. R. Roe: 327, 328

Rothert, Otto A.: Muhlenberg County [63, 127] 342;

Unity Baptist Church [126] 342;

Local History, 342

’Round Anvil Rock, Banks: 272, 273, 322

Rowan, Andrew (sheriff): 133

Rowland, Dunbar: Mississippi Department of Archives, 207;

Gov. Claiborne’s Letter Books, 196–198 [195, 196, 264] 343;

Encyclopedia of Mississippi History, 342;

MS. record Mason trial, 207, 335

Rowland, Mrs. Dunbar: “Natchez Trace:” [201] 343

Ruddell, George: reports detection of Masons, 210, 211

Ruddell, John (of Little Prairie): 210

Russell Co. (Ky.): 92, 102, 141, 153

Russellville (Ky.): 103, 104, 130, 154, 165;

Harpe women at, 133–138

Russellville and Logan County, Finley: 165, 271–274, 338

Russellville and Morgantown Road: 104

St. Genevieve (Mo.): 239

St. Louis Republic: 343

Salcedo, Manuel de: letter to, 192;

letter from 246

Salem (Ky.): 286, 291

Saline River: 90, 273, 274, 277, 278

Salt River, Rolling Fork of: 73, 85

Scaggs, Henry: pursues Harpe, 85–87

Schoolcraft, Henry R.: 334;

Memoirs, 29, 330;

Indian in His Wigwam, 330

Schultz, Christian, Travels: 25, 343

Sealsfield, Charles, Americans as They Are: 343

Sebree (Ky.): 107

Sellers, Isham: 130;

deposition, 131

Setton, John (name assumed by Little Harpe, after death of Big Harpe): 203, 212, 217, 219, 221, 228, 233, 234, 237, 241, 250, 252, 254, 256–262;

own story of life, 220, 221;

Draper on life of, 221, 222;

see John Taylor;

see The Harpes

Sevier, G. W. (of Tenn.): 60, 126, 164

Sevier, Gov. John: 60, 164, 165

Seymour, Samuel (artist): 32

Shankstown, Old (Miss.): 253, 265

Sharpe, William: witness for Shouse, 315

Shawneetown (Ill.): 18, 27, 32, 45, 90, 293, 327, 328

Short, Hark, “Hercules Short,” (alleged son of Big Harpe): 326

Shouse, Henry C: 301;

kills Simpson, 307, 313, 314;

trial of, 314–318;

hanged, 319

Simmons, Mr. (flatboatman): 311

Simpson, Vincent B.: 301;

Ford versus Simpson, 302, 303;

killed by Shouse, 307–314

Slover, John (Indian fighter): 108, 109

Smith, Druck (alias Smith Gibson): 232

Smith, George: wounded by Harpe, 118, 136, 137

Smith, Rev. John: letter on Mason, 246, 247

Smith, T. Marshall, Legends: 103, 105, 146 [61, 62, 67, 105, 138] 343

Smith, Thomas (of Henderson): 170

Smithland (Ky.): 94, 285, 291, 341

Spaulding, Martin J., Early Catholic Missions in Kentucky: 343

Spanish authority along the Mississippi: 178, 192, 195, 205, 242

Spears, George: pursues Harpe, 86

Speed, Thomas, Wilderness Road: [70] 343

Stack Island (Crow’s Nest, or Island No. 94): 201–204

Stafford, William H., Blennerhassett Papers: 343

Stalnaker, Peter (associate of Mason): 163, 164

Stanford (Ky.), (Logan’s Fort): 66, 69, 70:

court records, 70, 76, 355

Starling, Edmund L. Henderson County: 91, 92, 168, 326 [92, 93, 107, 130] 343

Steamboat: Orleans, 31;

Paragon, 32

Steele, Eliza R., Journey: 343

Stegall, John (infant): killed by Harpes, 111–114

Stegall, Steigal, Moses: 110, 129–132;

pursues Harpes, 114–125;

reward to, 139;

Stegall street in Dixon, 144;

life of, 142–144

Stegall, Mrs. Moses (Mrs. Mary Stegall): killed by Harpes, 111–114, 129, 132, 134

Stephens, C. A., The Ark of 1803: 322

Steuben’s Lick (Ky.): 109

Stevenson, William H. J. (associate of Shouse): 308, 313–315

Stewart, William (sheriff): 104, 133–138, 150–156;

Sketch of, 138

Stewart, History of Virgil A. (life of John A. Murrell): 317, 318, 340;

see H. R. Howard

Stockton, Nathaniel: pursues Harpes, 98–100

Strong, W. E.: pursues Harpes, 84

Stump, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 89, 90

Stump, Capt. Frederick: identifies Little Harpe, 255

Stump, Capt. John: interviewed by Draper, 255

Sturdevant (counterfeiter): 272, 278;

Hall’s Sketches, 279–281;

see Counterfeiters at Cave

Sulphur Springs Cave (Ill.): 30

Swain, John, “Natchez Trace”: 343

Swaney, John L.: story of Mason, in Guild’s Old Times, 179–183, 201, 244 [262] 339

Taylor, John (name assumed by Little Harpe after death of Big Harpe): 212, 217, 219–221, 224, 232, 256–262;

see The Harpes

Tennessee, Old Times in, Guild: 179–183, 201 [262] 244, 339

Tennessee Gazette: 248, 343

Tennessee River: 180, 191, 198

Thompkins, James: pursues Harpes, 109, 114;

reward to, 139;

life, 140

Thompson, Mrs. (daughter of Samuel Mason): 218

Thompson, T. P.: library of; 345

Thruston, R. C. Ballard, library of: 345

Thwaites, Reuben Gold: On the Storied Ohio; editor Wither’s Chronicles; Thwaites and Kellogg: Frontier Defense; [163] Revolution on the Upper Ohio [160]; 343, 344;

see Early Western Travels

Tiel, Edward; pursues Harpes, 65

Todd, Thomas (attorney): 76

Tolu (Ky.): 285, 305

Tower Rock: 44

Trabue, Daniel: Autobiography in Colonial Men and Times, 78, 86, 87, 97–100, 102 [86, 95–99, 102] 141, 150, 339

Trabue, John: killed by Harpes, 86, 87, 141

Tradewater River: 143, 273, 274

Triplett, Frank, Great American Crimes: 128, 344

Triplett, Robert, Roland Trevor: 128, 344

Trisword brothers: killed by Harpes, 103, 104

Trowbridge, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 108, 109

Tully, John: killed by Harpes, 98, 99;

legislative act for Christiana, widow of, 98

Union Co. (Ky.): 172

Union County Kentucky, Evansville Courier Co.: 273, 278, 338

Van Cleve, B., Journal of: 167, 168, 339

Venable, W. H., Beginnings of Literary Culture in Ohio Valley: 344

Vicksburg (Walnut Hills, or Nogales): 196–198, 201, 212, 220, 223–225, 232

Vidal, N. M. V. (secretary of war, Spanish Louisiana): 246

Virginia Rose, E. R. Roe: 327, 328

Virginia State Library, List of Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia: 160, 344

Wabash River: 23

Wales, Doctor: attends Mrs. John Mason, 227

Walker, Betsey (alleged wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes

Walker, Elizabeth (alleged wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes

Walker’s Bar: 44

Wallace, Mr. (lawyer): defends Mason, 188

Waller, John: captures Jim Wilson, 51, 52

Walnut Hills: see Vicksburg

Warren Co. (Miss.): 253, 265

Washington (Miss.): 196, 252, 257, 272

Washington Co. (Tenn.): 164

Waters, Dr. Richard Jones: 218;

testimony Mason trial, 235–237

Watts, Joseph, in Chronicles: 329

Watts, William Courtney: Chronicles of a Kentucky Settlement 47, 285, 329, 344;

Webb brothers, at Cave, 285–292;

Ford as Wilson, 47, 291–293;

Watts on Shouse case, 316

Webb, Dr. Charles H. (son-in-law of James Ford): 46, 292, 303, 304, 329;

at Cave, 285–291

Webb, Mrs. Charles H.: see Cassandra Ford

Webb, John: held at Cave, 286–291

Webster Co. (Ky.): 128, 144

Weir, James; describes Knoxville, 62

Wells (name assumed by Little Harpe): 219, 221, 232, 256;

see The Harpes

Welsh, Joseph (sheriff): 76–77

Welsh, Nicholas (associate of Mason): 171

Welsh, Thomas: pursues Harpes, 73;

on death of Langford, 76

Weston (Ky.): 303

Western Literary and Historical Magazine: Draper’s “Sketch of the Harpes,” 115–125, 344

Western Monthly Magazine: Hall’s review of The Outlaw, 330, 339, 344

Western Monthly Review: 344

Western Souvenir, Hall: 341

Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette: 101, 246, 248, 256, 344

Wheeling, Siege of: see Fort Henry

Wheeling Gazette: 185–188, 344

White, Robert: pursues Harpe, 140

White River: 203, 204, 220

Wiguens (associate of Mason): 219, 220, 223, 228 229

Wilderness Road: 66–68, 72, 75;

Wilderness Road, Speed [70] 343

Wiley, George: quoted in Claiborne’s Mississippi, 188, 189

Williamson Co. (Tenn.): 221

Wilson (associate of Mason on the Miss.): 221

Wilson, James: name for James Ford in Chronicles, 47, 291–293, 329

Wilson, Jim: career of, 47–52;

Liquor Vault and House for Entertainment, 47, 49;

Wilson’s Tavern, 49, 51;

Wilson’s Gang, 50, 284

Wilson —: name for Samuel Mason at Cave, 47, 175

Winterington (son-in-law of Samuel Mason): 218

Winters, Elisha: robbed by Mason, 251, 258

Wisconsin State Historical Society, 335, 336, 344, 345;

see Draper, Kellogg’s Frontier Retreat, Thwaites and Kellogg, Frontier Defence, Revolution on the Upper Ohio

Withers, Alexander S.: Chronicles of Border Warfare [162] 344

Wolf Island: 177

Wood, John (father of Susan Harpe): 145

Wood, William: pursues Harpe, 98–100

Woods, Edgar, Albemarle County in Virginia: 344

Worthen, A. H. (Ill. geologist): 344

Wythe Co. (Va.): 74

Yazou River: 196, 197

Yeakey, Robert Lee: owner of Cave, 28

Young, Captain: pursues outlaws in Ky., 91–93

Young, Rev. Jacob, Autobiography: 102, 103, 153, 154, 345