Chapter XIV: Part 14

The seventh annual conference was held at Fremont October 29-30, 1908. At this conference Mrs. Letton urged that plans be made for marking the Oregon trail across Nebraska, and called upon Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton who had been appointed chairman of the Oregon trail committee to present the subject to the conference.

In April, 1909, Mrs. Oreal S. Ward of Lincoln was elected state regent and Mrs. S. D. Barkalow of Omaha was reÎlected vice-regent. In 1910 Mrs. Ward was reÎlected state regent with Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton as vice-regent.

The eighth state conference was held at Beatrice October 28-29, 1909. At this conference it was voted to present two marble pedestals to Memorial Continental Hall. It was resolved to vigorously prosecute the efforts to secure an appropriation from the legislature for the marking of the Oregon trail. Mrs. Charles B. Letton, during her last term as state regent, had endeavored to have the legislature of 1909 appropriate money for marking this trail, but no action was taken by that body until the session of 1911, when, through the efforts of Mrs. Oreal S. Ward, who had been elected state regent, $2,000 was appropriated "for the purpose of assisting in the procuring of suitable monuments to mark the Oregon trail in the state of Nebraska." This money was to be expended under the direction of a commission composed of "the state surveyor of Nebraska, the state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the state of Nebraska, and the secretary of the Nebraska State Historical Society." This act was approved April 7, 1911. On April 10th following, the above-named commissioners met and organized as the "Oregon Trail Memorial Commission," with Robert Harvey president, Mrs. Oreal S. Ward vice-president, and Clarence S. Paine secretary-treasurer.

During Mrs. Ward's term as state regent she organized four chapters, St. Leger Cowley chapter, Lincoln, December 3, 1909; Niobrara chapter, Hastings, October 12, 1910; Otoe chapter, Nebraska City, February 15, 1911; Major Isaac Sadler chapter, Omaha, March 1, 1911.

The ninth annual state conference was held in Seward, October 19-20, 1910, and Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton of Kearney was elected state regent, and Mrs. Warren Perry of Fairbury vice-regent. They were reÎlected at the tenth state conference, held at Kearney, October 23-25, 1911. The following eleven chapters were organized during Mrs. Norton's administration:

Platte chapter, Columbus, October 20, 1911.
Reavis-Ashley chapter, Falls City, January 5, 1912.
Superior chapter, Superior, January 12, 1912.
Thirty-seventh Star chapter, McCook, February 21, 1912.
David City chapter, David City, March 5, 1912.
Pawnee chapter, Fullerton, March 28, 1912.
David Conklin chapter, Callaway, February 22, 1913.
Josiah Everett chapter, Lyons, February 26, 1913.
Bonneville chapter, Lexington, February 26, 1913.
Nancy Gary chapter, Norfolk, February 27, 1913.
Stephen Bennett chapter, Fairmont, February 28, 1913.

Mrs. Norton attended the third meeting of the Oregon Trail Commission, held May 2, 1911, and was elected vice-president in place of Mrs. Oreal S. Ward whom she had succeeded as state regent. During her term Mrs. Norton vigorously prosecuted the work of marking the Oregon trail, with the assistance of Mrs. Charles B. Letton, whom she had appointed as chairman of the Oregon trail committee. During her administration the contract was made for regulation markers to be used in marking the trail, and several were erected. There were also several special monuments erected ranging in cost from $100 to $350. The first monument to be planned for during this period was the one on the Kansas-Nebraska state line, to cost $350, which, however, was not dedicated until later, and the last monument to be dedicated during Mrs. Norton's term was the one on the Nebraska-Wyoming line, costing $200, for which Mrs. Norton raised the money from the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution in Nebraska and Wyoming. During this time there was also a very careful survey made of the trail and sites for monuments were selected.

In April, 1910, Mrs. Andrew K. Gault of Omaha was elected vice-president general from Nebraska at the national congress and reÎlected in 1912, serving, in all, four years.

The eleventh annual conference was held in Lincoln, October 22-24, 1912. Mrs. Mathew T. Scott, president general, was the honor guest. Amendments to the by-laws were adopted in harmony with the by-laws of the national organization and the date of the state conference was changed from October to March. It was provided that all state officers should serve for one term of two years, and the per capita tax was raised from ten cents to twenty-five cents. Mrs. Warren Perry of Fairbury was elected state regent and Mrs. Charles H. Aull of Omaha vice-regent.

The twelfth annual state conference convened at Fairbury, March 17-19, 1914. During Mrs. Perry's term of office there were organized the following chapters:

Oregon Trail chapter, Hebron, October 20, 1913.
Jonathan Cass chapter, Weeping Water, January 23, 1914.
Elijah Gove chapter, Stromsburg, February 16, 1914.
Fontenelle chapter, Plattsmouth, April 21, 1914.
Reverend Reuben Pickett chapter, Chadron, March 4, 1915.

At the close of her administration twelve organizing regents were at work: Mrs. Eleanor Murphey Smith, Crete; Mrs. Capitola Skiles Tulley, Alliance; Mrs. Mabel Raymond, Scottsbluff; Miss Jessie Kellogg, Red Cloud; Mrs. Alice Dilworth, Holdrege; Mrs. Clara King Jones, Wayne; Mrs. C. M. Wallace, Shelton; Mrs. Charles Brown, Sutton; Mrs. Margaret Orr, Clay Center; Mrs. Viola Romigh, Gothenburg; Mrs. Leona A. Craft, Morrill; Dr. Anna Cross, Crawford.

The most important work to engage the attention of the state society during the administration of Mrs. Perry was the erection of monuments on the Oregon trail, and the accumulation of material for the present volume of reminiscences. A large number of the regulation markers on the Oregon trail were erected during this time; several special monuments dedicated and others arranged for.

The thirteenth state conference was held in Omaha, March 17-19, 1915. Mrs. Charles H. Aull of Omaha was elected state regent, and Mrs. E. G. Drake of Beatrice vice-regent. Three chapters have been organized under the present administration:

Capt. Christopher Robinson chapter, Crawford, June 16, 1915.
Butler-Johnson chapter, Sutton, June 17, 1915.
Three Trails chapter, Gothenburg, December 31, 1915.

At the present time plans are being formulated for marking the California trail from Omaha and Florence along the north side of the Platte river to the Wyoming line. This work will be carried forward by the Daughters, through the agency of the Nebraska Memorial Association of which the state regent is vice-president.

FINIS

"The moving Finger writes, and having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it."

--_Omar Khayyam_

INDEX

Abel, Anton, 60

Adams, Anna Tribell, 189

Adams, Clarendon E., _Stirring Events along the Little Blue_, 214

Adams County _Gazette_, 17

Adams county, historical sketch of, 11, 18

Adriance, Rev. Jacob, 291

Akers, William H., 14

Ak-Sar-Ben, Knights of, 189

Alexander, Colonel, 219, 222, 229

Alexander, S. J., 144, 270

Alexander's ranch, 279

Alexandria, Nebraska, 139, 270

Alexis of Russia, Grand Duke, 327

Allee, Mildred L. (Mrs. Abraham), 189, 334, 335

Allen, Edna M. Boyle, _A Grasshopper Raid_, 133

Allen, Edwin M., 16

Allen, Mrs. Emily Bottorff, _Reminiscences of Washington County_, 286

Allen, Mr. and Mrs. John, 284

Allen, Pink, 284

Allen, Thomas, 284, 295

Allen, Thomas J., 299

Allen, William, 143

Allen, William Henry, _Reminiscences of Fort Calhoun_, 284, 287

Allen, Mrs. William Henry, 291

Alliance, Nebraska, 339

Allis, Samuel, 230

Allyn, Mrs. Arthur E., 336

American Baptist Publication Society, 281

American Fur Company, 312

American Monthly magazine, 189

American Woman's Suffrage Association, 278

Ames, John H., _Location of the Capital at Lincoln_, 176

Ames, Nebraska, 306

Ames, Oakes, 199

Anderson, Mrs. Sarah F., 255

Andrews, Dr. J. P., 287, 294

Anthony, Susan B., 276, 277

Arapahoe, Nebraska, 58, 60, 63

Arbor Lodge, 219, 231, 235, 239, 240

Arkeketah (Otoe chief), 120

Arlington, Nebraska, 300

Armstrong brothers, 162

Arnold, Mrs., 293

Arnold, Major, 293

Asche, Mrs. A. Dove Wiley, 96

Atkinson, Mrs., 213

Atkinson, General Henry, 314

Auburn, Nebraska, 212

Auger, General C. C., 193

Aull, Mrs. Charles H., _Outline History of the Nebraska Society, Daughters of the American Revolution_, 333, 339

Aurora, Nebraska, 213

Austin, O. O., 192

Avery, W. H., _A Buffalo Hunt_, 131

Ayres, James, _Life on the Frontier_, 54

Babcock, ----, 124

Babcock, C. C., 17

Babcock, Russell D., 16, 17

Babcock, Titus, 16

Badger family, 97

Badger, Henry L., 97, 101, 104

Badger, Mrs. H. L., 101

Badger, Lewis H., 97

Badger, Mary A., 97

Bailey, Wesley, 141

Bainter, James, 11

Baker, Ben S., 275

Baker, Joe, 148

Baker, Wilton, 192

Bancroft, Dr. William M., 57, 67

Banking House of Thomas Harbine, 145

Barber, F. B., 30

Barkalow, Mrs. S. D., 336, 337

Barnard, E. H., 78

Barneby, Battiste, 118

Barnes, Mrs. P. S., 38

Barnston, Nebraska, 120, 127

Barr, P. F., 15

Barrett, Jay Amos, 189

Barrette, Rev. and Mrs., 211

Bartlett, Iowa, 31

Bassett, Samuel C., _A Broken Axle_, 27; _Dreamland Complete_ (poem), 28

Bates, Rev. Henry, 164

Bates, Mrs. Sarah G., 187, 334

Bauman, John, 294

Bay State Cattle Company, 26

Beatrice _Express_, 141

Beatrice, Nebraska, 111, 113, 117, 118, 122, 123, 127, 128, 133, 142, 149, 152, 161, 163, 166, 181, 187, 216, 270, 271, 275, 334, 335, 336, 337, 339

Beaver creek (Sandburr creek), 195

Beaver Crossing, Nebraska, 258, 259, 260, 261

Becksted, Addie, 323, 325

Becksted, Billy, 323

Becksted, Elton, 323

Bedford, Nebraska, 211

Beeson, Jane, 94

Bell creek, 30, 287, 297

Bell, James, 249

Bell, John T., 296

Bell, Ortha C., _An Incident in the History of Lincoln_, 182, 185

Bell, Mrs. Ortha C., _Lincoln in the Early Seventies_, 184-185

Bell, Ray Hiram, 185

Belleville, Kansas, 142

Bellevue, Nebraska, 236, 323, 325

Beltzer, John, 248

Beni, Jules, 323, 324, 325

Benkleman, Nebraska, 263

Bennett, Caroline Valentine, 254

Bennett, Jacob, 254

Berwyn, Nebraska, 46

Bethlehem, Iowa, 41

Betz, ----, 58

Bierstadt, Albert, 214, 215

Bifkin, Colonel, 105

Big Blue river, 123, 151, 173, 242

Big Sandy, 139, 140, 148, 152, 154, 245, 280

Binfield, S. B., 15

Binney, Millard S., _Gray Eagle, Pawnee Chief_, 194

Bittenbender, Mrs. Ada M., 275

Black, Gov. Samuel W., 240, 301

Black Hills, 25, 50, 52, 110

Blackbird creek, 30, 32

Blackwell, Lucy Stone, 277

Blaine, William H., 101

Blair, Grant, 139

Blair, James, 139

Blair, Nebraska, 287, 291, 294, 298, 336

Blizzards, 20, 59, 75, 99, 109, 125, 128, 158, 160, 203, 205, 244, 245, 249, 250, 261, 282, 300

Blue river, 111, 113, 121, 161, 261

Blue Springs, Nebraska, 112, 113, 122

Blue Vale, 102

_Blue Valley Record_, 111

Boggs, Dr., 128

Bohanan, Quinn, 182

Bonesteel, ----, 244, 245

Bonneville chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Bookwalter, John W., 130

Boone, Mrs. William, 247

Bosler brothers, 26

Boston and Newton Joint Stock Association, 168, 170, 171

Bottorff, Andrew J., _Early Days in Stanton County_, 266

Boucha, Joseph, 289

Bouvier, Adeline, 289

Bouvier, Mother, 289

Bouvier, Oliver, _Reminiscences of De Soto in 1855_, 289

Bowen, Adna H., 16

Bowen, Judge, 287

Bower, Nebraska, 158

Box Butte county, _Historical sketch of_, 25, 26

Boyd, ----, 258

Boyd, James E., 189

Boyer and Roubidoux, 190

Boyer, J. P., 190, 191

Boyle, Judge, 133, 142

Bradley, Judge James, 91, 293

Brady, ----, 190

Brady Island, 61, 190

Brash, Mrs. George H., 336

Brass, Samuel L., 16

Brewster, Mrs. S. C., 91

Brickley, E. D., 166

Brigham, George A., 286

Brisbane, ----, 260

Broken Bow, Nebraska, 46, 48, 49

Brooks, Mrs. ----, 275

Brooks, Mrs. N. J. Frazier, _Reminiscences of Pioneer Life at Fort Calhoun_, 288

Broome, Francis M., _Frontier towns_, 22

Bross, Rev. Harmon, 50

Bross, Mrs. Harmon, _An Experience_, 50

Brown, Mrs. Charles, 339

Brown, Mrs. Charles M., _First Things in Clay County_, 43

Brown, F. M., 43, 44

Brown, Hopkins, 244

Brown, John, 141

Brown, R. G., 44

Brownell hall, 96

Brownville & Fort Kearny railroad, 137

Brownville, Nebraska, 31, 111, 116, 142, 161, 211, 212

Buchanan, a frontier town, 22

Buck surveying party, 243

Buffalo, 18, 19, 27, 59, 60, 64, 71, 76, 99, 103, 104-106, 111, 117, 119, 131, 142, 153, 154, 164, 175, 214, 216, 219, 234, 242, 243, 289, 326, 332

Buffalo county, 29, 61, 223

Buffalo creek, 58, 60

Burgess, Frank, 248

Burke, Mrs. ----, 190

Burlington and Missouri R. R. Co., 15, 16, 18, 43, 66, 122, 128, 136, 137, 188, 254

Burt, Mr. ----, 174

Bush, Lieutenant ----, 222, 223, 226, 229

Bussard, Kate, 103

Bussard, William, 109

Buswell, Judson, 19

Butler, ----, 217

Butler, Gov. David, 99, 136

Butler Johnson chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339

Byers, Mr. and Mrs. William N., 91

Cabney, Antoine, 189

Caldwell, Mrs. A. J., 275

California trail, 88, 339

Callaway, Nebraska, 49, 338

Cameron, L. D., 291

Camp, William M., 16

Campbell, Alexander, 43

Capital hotel, Lincoln, 135

Captain Christopher Robinson chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339

Carney family, 75

Carpenter, J. A., _Early Days in Nebraska_, 111

Carr, Gen. E. A., 193

Carson family, 213

Carter, Alex., 290, 291

Carter, "Billy," 24

Carter, Jacob, 291

Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. R., 14

Carter, Thomas M., _Reminiscences_, 290

Cass county, Nebraska, 37, 94

Cedar creek (Willow creek), 195

Central City, Nebraska, 244

Chabot, C., _Early Recollections_, 62

Chadron, Nebraska, 24, 50, 339

Champlin and McDowell, 156

Champlin, L. C., 175

Chandler, John S., 16, 19

Chapman, Nebraska, 213

Chapman, P. L., 143

Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 282

Cheyenne and Northern R. R., 264

Cheyenne county, Kansas, 263

Cheyenne, Wyoming, 193, 213

Chief Pipe Stem (Otoe Indian), 144

Chouteau, Auguste, 190

Chouteau, Pierre, 190

Christian, ----, 156

Christian, Robert, 143

Christian, William, 141

Claim clubs, 93

Clapp, Mrs. Sarah, _Early Indian History_, 198

Clark, E. H., 266, 284, 293

Clark, Mrs. E. H., _Fort Calhoun in the Early Fifties_, 293, 296

Clark, Elam, 286, 294

Clark, Isaac N., 44

Clark, Dr. Martin V. B., 44

Clark, Theodore, 193

Clarks, Nebraska, 249

Clarkson, Rev. John F., 15

Clay Center, Nebraska, 44, 339

Clay county, 11, 18, 43

Clements, ----, 33

Clements, E. J., 282

Cline, Mrs. J. A., 187

Cline, Minnie Shed, 334

Clother hotel, Columbus, 249

Cody, William F. (Buffalo Bill), 200, 263, 326, 327, 329-331

Cogswell, Mrs., 193

Colby, Mrs. Clara Bewick, 275

Colby, Orrin, 287

Cole, Gen. Albert V., _Early Experiences in Adams County_, 18

Cole's creek, 285

Collegeview (Fontenelle college), 300

Collins, Rev. Isaac, 291

Columbus, Nebraska, 59, 60, 201, 242, 247-250

Comstock, E. S., 214, 216

Comstock, George S., 214-217

Concordia, Kansas, 155

Conroy's ranch, 77

Cook, ----, 244

Cook, Capt. James H., 52

Cooper, Dr. P. J., 287

Cooper, Vienna, 287

Corey, A. A., 43

Coronado chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 282, 335

Coronado, Francisco de, 112, 113, 119, 232, 233, 283

Correll, Ernest E., _Fred E. Roper, Pioneer_, 268; _An Indian Raid_, 279

Correll, E. M., 275, 277, 278

Correll, Lucy L., _The Lure of the Prairies_, 272, 275; _Suffrage in Nebraska_, 277, 278

Cottage Hill postoffice, 127

Cottonwood Springs, 190, 191, 192

Council Bluff (Fort Calhoun), Nebraska, 308

Council Bluffs, Iowa, 31, 92, 276, 284, 290, 295

Council creek (Skidi creek), 195

Cox, William W., 255, 257

Crab Orchard, Nebraska, 128

Craft, Mrs. Leona A., 339

Craig, Allen, 286

Craig, Mrs. Rhoda, 295

Cramb, J. O., 141

Cramb, Will F., 141

Crane, George, 20

Crawford, Nebraska, 24, 51, 339

Creighton college, 90

Creighton, Edward, 285

Creighton telegraph line, 191

Crete, Nebraska, 15, 20, 163, 300, 339

Crook, General George, 199

Crooked Hand, the Fighter (Pawnee Indian), 230

Cropsey, Col. Andrew J., 162

Cropsey, Daniel B., _Early Days in Pawnee County_, 135

Cross, Dr. Anna, _Legend of Crow Butte_, 51, 339

Cross, George, _Early Events in Jefferson County_, 137, 141, 143, 145

Crow Butte, Legend of, 51

Crow Heart Butte (poem), Pearl Shepherd Moses, 52

Cub creek, 140, 148, 164

Culbertson, Nebraska, 60

Culver, Gen. Jacob H., 189

Culver, Mrs. Jacob H., 189

Cuming City Claim Club, 290

Cuming City, Nebraska, 286, 287, 290, 291, 298

Cuming county, 36

Cuming, Governor Thomas B., 91

Cuming, Mrs. Thomas B., 91

Cumming, Mrs. Nils, 43

Cushing, James, 244

Cushing, Capt. S. E., 198, 200

_Custer County, Reminiscences of_, by Mrs. J. J. Douglas, 46, 48

_Daily-Gazette-Journal_, 17

Daily, Major, 120

Dalbey, Dwight S., 129

Dalbey, Mrs. Dwight S., member Book committee, 5

Dalbey, Mrs. Virginia Lewis, _Biography of Ford Lewis_, 129

Daniels, J. H., 188

Darling, Dick, 191

Daugherty, R. C., 193

Daughter of the American Revolution, 168, 187, 188, 253

David City, Nebraska, 338

David City chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Davis, Frank M., 18

Davis, J. V., 162

Davis, Mrs. Thomas, 91

Davis, W. H., 299

Dawson county, 57, 61-64, 67, 72, 74

Dawson, John, 201

Day, Miss Anna, 187, 334

Deadwood, South Dakota, 66

Deborah Avery chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 187, 188, 189, 253, 333, 334

Decatur, Nebraska, 30-33, 287, 322, 323

Deep Well ranch, 105

Delahunty, Patrick, 54

DeMerritt, Case of, 48

Deroin, Battiste, 118, 121

De Soto, Nebraska, 287-289, 290, 298

Diller, Nebraska, 125

Dillon, Ira G., 17

Dilworth, Mrs. Alice, 339

Dilworth's Islands, 55

Dinsmore, John B., 44

Dismal river, 63

Ditto, Hank, 24

Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Nimrod J., 102

Doane college, 300

Dodge county, 298, 303

Dodge, Gen. Grenville M., 91

Dodge, Col. Henry, 190

Donavan, Frele Morton, 180

Donavan, W. T., 178

Douglas county, Nebraska, 326

Douglas house, Omaha, 92

Douglas, J. J., 48, 49

Douglas, Mrs. J. J., _Reminiscences of Custer County_, 46

Douglas, Stephen A., 235

Dubuque, Julien, 307

Dundy county, Nebraska, 263

Dundy, Judge Elmer S., 326

Dunlap, ----, 215

Drake, Mrs. E. G., 339

Dreamland Complete (poem), 29

Dyball, Mrs. George B., 306

Eagle (Missouri Indian chief), 119

Eddyville, Nebraska, 66

Edgerton, Gordon H., 11, 12, 17

El Capitan Rancho, 216

Elijah Gore chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339

Elizabeth Montague chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 335

Elk City, Nebraska, 305, 306

Elkhorn river, 78, 84, 266, 267, 297, 299, 300

Ellis, Mrs. ----, _An Acrostic_, 204

Elm creek, Nebraska, 61, 65, 75

Endicott, Nebraska, 161

Engle, Mr. and Mrs., 213

Erickson, Charles J., 76

Erickson, Frank, 76

Erickson, John, 76

Erwin & Powers company, 58

Estabrook, Mrs. Experience, 91

Eubanks, Mr. and Mrs., 214, 215, 217, 218, 270

Evans, John, 264

Evans, Mrs. May, 43

Everett, Mr. and Mrs., 33, 34

Everett, B. W., 30, 32

Everett, Eleanor, 32

Everett, Mrs. Elise G., _Experiences of a Pioneer Woman_, 32

Everett, Frank, 33, 34

Everett, Josiah, 30, 32, 33

Ewing, ----, 55

Fagot, Mrs., ----, 68

Fairbanks, Mr. and Mrs., 103

Fairbanks, Mrs. Charles Warren, 335

Fairbury _Gazette_, 141-143

Fairbury, Nebraska, 75, 116, 118, 133, 137, 139-146, 147, 154-158, 161, 162, 166, 168, 175, 188, 275, 335-337

Fairfield, Chancellor E. B., 135

Fairmont, Nebraska, 20, 75, 101, 338

Falls City, Nebraska, 252, 253, 338

Farnam, Nebraska, 77

Ferguson, Susan E., 278

Fifth U. S. Cavalry, 190, 193

Filley, Elijah, 116, 127

Filley, Nebraska, 127

Fillmore county, 75, 97, 102, 107, 109

Fillmore postoffice, 27

Finney, Dr., 290

First National bank, Fairbury, 143

First Territorial Fair, 237

Fisette, Mrs. Charles H., _Pioneer Women of Omaha_, 90

Fish creek, 290

Fisher, ----, 253

Fisher, King, 279

Fisher, Martin, 131

Fitchie, S. D., 192

Florence, Nebraska, 27, 80, 93, 248, 339

Fontenelle chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339

Fontenelle college, 296

Fontenelle, Logan, 299

Fontenelle mission, 300

Fontenelle Mounted Rangers, 301

Fontenelle, Nebraska, 284, 295, 296, 297, 298, 301, 304

Fort Atkinson, 188, 284, 307, 308

Fort Calhoun, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 293, 294, 298, 308

Fort Cottonwood, 285

Fort Hartsuff, 282

Fort Kearney chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 336

Fort Kearny (Nebraska City), 152

Fort Kearny, 12, 28, 60, 65, 88, 95, 176, 219-223, 225, 227, 229, 242, 285

Fort Laramie, Wyoming, 76

Fort Leavenworth, 314

Fort McPherson, 74, 76, 190, 191, 193, 200, 327, 331

Fort Omaha, 182

Fourth of July celebration, 295

Fouts, Marion Jerome (California Joe), 11, 13

Fowlie, Peter, 15, 17

Fox, The (Pawnee Indian), 228, 229

Fox Ford, 270

Francis, Samuel, 300

Franklin, Dr., 327

Franklin county, 232, 233

Frazier, John, 286

Frazier, Thomas, 288

Freeman, Charles, 244, 245

Freeman, Daniel, 57, 66

Freeman, Mrs. Daniel, _Recollections of the First Settler of Dawson County_, 64

Freeman, Minnie (see Penney), 203, 204

Freeman, W. E., 244

Freighting, 11, 25, 37, 64, 95, 153, 270, 285

Fremont, John C., 12, 78

Fremont, Nebraska, 78, 82, 84, 178, 188, 249, 267, 335

French, Luther, 43-44

Frenchman river, 59

Fritt's grove, 32

_Frontier Towns_, Frances M. Broome, 22

Fullerton, Nebraska, 194, 338

Furnas, Gov. Robert W., 96, 213

Gage county, 111, 112-122, 123, 127-130, 216

Gale, Dr. Marion F., 307-321

Gale, Mary, 307-321

Gale, Mell, 127

Gantt, Judge Daniel, 192

Gardner's Siding, 249

Gates, Mr. and Mrs. Milo, 213

Gates, Susan, 13

Gault, Mrs. Andrew K., 338

Gaylord brothers, 20

Gaylord, Georgia, 91

Gaylord, Ralph, 91

Gaylord, Rev. Reuben, 91, 300

Genoa, Nebraska, 194, 198, 200, 206, 228, 229, 242, 246, 247

Gerrard, E. A., 247

Gibson, John McT., 145

Gilkerson, Alice Flor, 78

Gillingham, David (Gray Eagle), 194

Gillis, Judge, 230

Gilman, J. C., 191, 192

Gilman, Jed, 220, 221, 222

Gilman, Mrs. P. J. (Mary Hubbard), 193

Gilman's ranch, 77, 220

Gilmore, Boss, 104

Gilmore, Elias, 102

Gilmore, Jake, 104

Gilmore, Lydia, 102

Gilmore, Minnie, 103

Glenn, Newton, 139

Glenwood, Iowa, 41

Goldsmith, Rev. S., 168

Goodwill, Mrs. Taylor G., 91

Gordon, Jim, 139

Gordon, Nebraska, 24

Gosper, Mrs. Watie, 184

Goss, ----, 291

Gothenburg, Nebraska, 76, 339

Gould, Charles, 170, 171

Gould, W. A., 137

Grand Island, Nebraska, 13, 20, 62, 67, 105, 106, 213, 244, 245

Grant, U. S., 15

Grasshoppers, 21, 68, 82, 109, 133, 184, 247-248, 252, 273, 274

Gray Eagle (Pawnee chief), 194-195

Great American Desert, 235, 282

Green, Albert L., _Reminiscences of Gage County_, 112

Grimes, L. R., 44

Guin, Dr., 213

Gurley, W. F., 189

Hackberry caÒon, 265

Hacker family, 213

Hackney ranch, 270, 271, 280

Hackney, Walt, 270

Hackney, William, 270

Hager, Rev. Isaac, 241

Haggard, Mrs. Frances Avery, 334

Haigler, Nebraska, 263

Haile, ----, 12

Haines, Rev., 172

Haldeman, Dr. F. D., 282

Haldeman, Mrs. Olive A. (Mrs. F. D.), 282, 335

Halfway Hollow ranch, 25

Hall & Evans, 264

Hamer, Judge Francis G., 48

Hamilton county, 250

Hamilton, Mrs. Cynthia, 79, 80

Hamilton hotel, 92

Hamilton, Mrs. William, 79, 81

Haney, ----, 279

Hanscom, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J., 90

Hansen, George W., _Early Days of Fairbury and Jefferson County_, 139, 145; _The Earliest Romance of Jefferson County_, 147; _Finding the Grave of George Winslow_, 168-174

Hansen, Harry, 141

Hansen, Mary Kelley, 143

Harbine Bank of Fairbury, 145

Harbine, John, 145

Harbine, Col. Thomas, 144, 145

Hardenburg, Harry, 186

Hardy, Nebraska, 111

Harney, General W. S., 192

Harrington, Sarah P., 79

Hart ranch, 25

Harvard, Nebraska, 18, 43

Harvey, Augustus F., 177, 178

Harvey, Robert, 337

Hastings _Journal_, 17

Hastings, Nebraska, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 336, 337

Haunstine, Albert, 48

Hawkins brothers, 263

Hawthorne, Mary Heaton, 78

Hay caÒon, 263

Hay Springs, Nebraska, 24

Haynes, Jack, 14

Heaton, Rev. Isaac E., 78

Heaton, Mrs. Isaac E., 78

Hebron _Journal_, 277

Hebron Library association, 278

Hebron, Nebraska, 270-272, 275, 277, 279, 339

Helvey, Frank, 139, 148-151, _Experiences on the Frontier_, 152, 154

Helvey, Jasper, 139

Helvey, Joel, 139, 148-150, 152, 154

Helvey, Orlando, 140

Helvey, Thomas, 139, 152

Helvey, Whitman, 152

Hemphill, Ada, 247

Hemphill, Mrs. Mary, 247

Henderson, George, 16

Henderson, Nellie, 43

Hendricks, George, 264

Henrietta postoffice, 272

Herndon house, 92

Herrick family, 32

Heth, John, 222, 223, 226, 227, 228, 229

Heth, Mrs. John, 227

Heth, Minnie, 227

Hewitt, Lucy R., _Early Days in Dawson County_, 67

Hewitt, Thomas J., 67

Hewitt, Mrs. Thomas J., 67

Hichborn, Mrs. Philip, 334

Hickok, James B. (Wild Bill), 139, 153

Hiles' ranch, 77

Hinman, Beach I., 192

Hinman, Washington M., 191, 192

History and Art club, Seward, 254

Holdrege, Nebraska, 339

Hollenbeck, Mrs. Janet K., 335, 336

Hollenberg, Captain, 150

Holloway & Fowler, 78

Holmes, Mrs. Mary, 275

Holt county, 203

Horse creek (Skeleton Water), 195

Horseshoe creek, 150

Howe, Church, 211

Howe, Nebraska, 211

Howell, William, 109

Hoyt, Mrs. Richard C., 336

Hubbard, Mary (Mrs. P. J. Gilman), 193

Hubbell, Nebraska, 153

Hubbell, Will, 175

Hughes' ranch, 25

Humphries, ----, 65

Hungate family, 38

Hunter, Rev. A. V., 39

Hunter, Charley, 260

Hunter, George Michael, 260

Hunter, I. N., _Recollections of_, 36

Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. L. D., 36

_Huntsman's Echo_, 27

Hurd, ----, 156

Huse, Harriet, 278

Imlay, William, 256

Indians, 28, 33, 34, 36-38, 41, 42, 51, 54-56, 59, 60, 64, 65, 72, 74, 76, 79, 80, 86, 87, 95, 97-100, 102, 104-106, 108-110, 112-122, 134, 136, 142, 144, 149, 150, 152, 154, 164, 165, 175, 189, 191-202, 208-210, 216-218, 222, 227-231, 242, 246, 247, 253-257, 270, 279, 280, 286, 289, 294, 296, 301-303, 305, 307-321

Indian burial, 120, 121

Indian creek, 113

Indian massacres, 12, 28, 54, 59, 65, 243, 285

Indian police, 117, 118

Indian school, Genoa, 246

Indianola, Nebraska, 263

Inland, Nebraska, 18

Independence, Missouri, 170, 171, 172

Irvington, Nebraska, 91

Jackson, James A., 295

Jackson, Zaremba, 290

Jacobson, John, 19, 54

Jacobson house, 19

James, Gov. William H., 16, 99, 43

Jansen, John, 124

Jansen, Peter, _Ranching in Gage and Jefferson Counties_, 123

Jarvis, Mrs. A. P., _Lovers' Leap_, 196

Jascoby, ----, 284

Jaynes, C. S., 18

Jaynes, Mrs. Henry L., 334

Jefferson county, 117, 120, 123, 137, 139-151, 156, 158, 161, 173, 175, 270

Jeffrie's ranch, 77

Jenkins, D. C., 139

Jenkins, George E., _Looking Backward_, 155

Jenkins' Mill, 145

Johanson, Sven, _Early Days in Stanton county_, 266

Johanson, Mrs. Sven, 267

Johnson county, 129

Johnson family, 213

Johnson, Mrs. E., _Early Recollections of Gage County_, 127

Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. E. D., 57, 58, 67, 70

Johnson, Elleck, 58

Johnson, Mrs. Hadley, 92

Johnson, Mrs. Harrison, 92

Johnson, Jim, 104

Johnson, Joseph E., 27

Jonathan Cass chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339

Jones, Alfred D., 295

Jones, Mrs. Alfred D., 91

Jones, Mrs. Clara King, 339

Josiah Everett chapter, daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Judson, H. M., 92

Julesburg, Colorado, 323

Junction City, Kansas, 142

Juniata, Nebraska, 15, 16, 18, 19

Juniata house, 19

Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa, 92, 290

Kansas City & Omaha R. R., 14

Kansas Pacific R. R., 193

Kearney county, 11

Kearney, Nebraska, 48, 67, 70, 75, 223, 243, 270, 336, 337

Kearny Heights (Nebraska City), 236

Keen, Rev. W. G., 260

Kehoe, John, 72

Keith, Mrs., 193

Kelley, Alfred, 143

Kelly, ----, 216, 217

Kelly, John, 93

Kelly, Margaret F., _A Grasshopper Story_, 82

Kellogg, Miss Jessie, 339

Kellogg, Mrs. Emma, 335

Kenesaw, 11, 12

Kenny, Aimee Taggart, 295

Keyou, ----, 322

Kimball brothers, 188

King, ----, 282

King, Mrs. Deborah, 275

Kingsley, Fayette, 279, 280

Kirk, George, 31

Kittle, Fred, 78

Kittle, Robt., 78, 79

Klein and Lang, 123

Knapp, Robert M., 129

Koontz, J., 78

Kountze, Mrs. Herman, 91

Kramph, Mrs., 193

Kress, Mortimer N. (Wild Bill), 11, 13, 14

Krier, B. F., _Pioneer Justice_, 72

Kuony, Mr. and Mrs. John B., 293

La Flesche, Joseph, 289

Lake caÒon, 263

Lancaster county, 129, 177, 180

Lancaster, Nebraska, 177, 178, 180

Langworthy, Elizabeth C. (Mrs. Stephen C.), 187; _Two Seward County Celebrations_, 254, 334, 335

Lazure, Mrs. May Allen, _Some Items from Washington County_, 295

Lee, General, 199

Leflang, E. M. F., 66

Leonard, Emma, 16

Lepin hotel, 15

Lester, S. P., 124

Lett, H. C., 213

Letton, Mrs. Charles B., 168, 169, 336, 337, 338

Letton, Judge Charles B., 144; _The Easter Storm of 1873_, 158-160, 169

Lewis and Clark, 187, 188, 189, 190, 308

Lewis-Clark chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 188, 335

Lewis, Elizabeth Davis, 130

Lewis, Ford, 129, 130

Lewis, Levi, 129

Lewis, M. K., 17

Lewis, Phoebe, 129

Lewiston, Nebraska, 130

Lexington, Nebraska, 54, 57, 67, 72, 338

Lezenby, Christopher, 258

Libby, E. R., 33

Liberty, Nebraska, 122

Lincoln, Nebraska, 43, 107, 109, 112, 135, 156, 176-182, 184-186, 188, 213, 259, 260, 275, 278, 334, 335, 337

Lincoln county, 61, 190-193

Lindgren, Elof, 109

Lingle, Mrs. Addie Bradley, 70

Lingle, W. H., 70

Lippincott Halfway House, 287

Little Blue river, 11, 12, 43, 44, 104, 105, 148, 149, 153, 154, 166, 217, 270

Little Pipe, John (Otoe Indian), 134, 144

Little Sandy, 139, 148, 152, 153

Lockwood, Judge William F., 91

Logan creek, 30, 32

Logan Valley, 32

Lomas (or Loomis), Roderick, 13

Lone Tree (Central City), Nebraska, 244, 245

Long creek, 286, 287

Long, Major Stephen H., 190

Longshore, ----, 60

Long Pine, Nebraska, 187

Lord, Brackett, 170, 171, 173

Lost creek (Lincoln park), 214

Louisiana Purchase, 236, 307

Loup river, 63, 88 (Potato Water), 195, 228, 229, 285

_Lovers' Leap_, 196

Lower 96 ranch, 77

Luey, Francis M., 13, 14

Lyons, Nebraska, 338

MacColl, John H., 57, 60, 74

MacColl, Laura, 74

MacMurphy, Harriet S., 96, 187; _Nikumi_, 307; _The Heroine of the Jules-Slade Tragedy_, 322

MacMurphy, John A., 323

McAllister, W. A., _Some Personal Incidents_, 242

McCabe's ranch, 221

McCaffery, ----, 141

McCall, R. J., 258

McCandles, Bill, 270

McCanles, D. C., 139, 153

McCashland, Addie, 107

McCashland, John R., _Pioneering in Fillmore County_, 107

McCashland, Mrs. John R., 107

McCashland, Sammy, 107

McComas, ----, 95

McCook, Nebraska, 338

McCreary family, 213

McCune, Calmer, _Early Days in Polk County_, 248

McDonald, Mrs. Charles, 191

McDonald, Charles, 191, 192, 193

McDonald, Thomas, 286

McDonald, W. H., 191

McDowell, Mrs. Gertrude M., _Suffrage in Nebraska_, 275

McDowell, Joseph B., _Beginnings of Fairbury_, 161, 162

McDowell, W. G., 140, 161

McElroy, William John, 14

McGovern, Teddy, 272

McGregor, Harry, 243

McLean, Mrs. Donald, 336

McMaster, A. M., 127

McNeely, Frank, _County-seat of Washington County_, 298

McNeil, Miss, 78, 180

McPherson hotel, Brownville, 212

McPherson station, 76

Mabin's ranch, 221, 222

Mahan, Henry, 248

Mahum, Tom, 55

Major Isaac Sadler chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 337

Majors, Alexander, 139, 240

Majors, Col. Thomas J., 95

Mallet brothers, 190

Mallott, James B., 60

Maple Creek, Iowa, 30, 82

Margaret Holmes chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, _Seward County Reminiscences_, 255, 335

Marks, Mrs. Ives, 156

Marks, Rev. Ives, 140, 143, 156, 279

Marks' mill, 142, 155

Marsden, ----, 188

Marsh, A. K., 43, 44

Martin, ----, 105

Martin, E. L., 97

Martin, Major, 240

Marvin, Seth P., 78

Mary Cole steamboat, 299

Marysville, Kansas, 149, 150

Mason, Judge O. P., 118, 144

Mason, Sidney, Mr. and Mrs., 140

Mathews, Capt. Fred, 200

Mattingly, J. B., 140, 142, 144, 162

Maxwell, Nebraska, 76

Mayes, Charles, 71

Mayfield's ranch, 25

Mead, Mrs. Eda, _The Story of the Town of Fontenelle_, 299

Medicine, Nebraska, 263

Medicine Horse (Otoe chief), 116, 120

Mellenger, "Doc," 59

Mellenger, Edgar, 58

Melroy, Nebraska, 127, 128

Melvin brothers, 44

Memorial Continental Hall, 337

Meridian, Nebraska, 153, 154, 270, 271, 279

Merritt, Asa, 31

Mickey, Gov. John H., 189

Midland Pacific R. R., 259

Milford, Nebraska, 102

Military road, 305

Millard, Joseph H., 189

Miller, Mrs., 193

Miller, A. J., 192

Miller, Charlie, 279

Miller, Dr. George L., 91, 336

Minden, Nebraska, 187, 334

Minor, Ella Pollock, _Incidents at Plattsmouth_, 41

Mira Valley, 203, 204

Mission creek, 121

Missouri river, 18, 27, 31, 41, 80, 97, 107, 111, 112, 135, 140, 152, 153, 189, 190, 198, 211, 219, 335, 247, 252, 256, 263, 269, 270, 289, 290, 299, 305, 307-309, 322

Missouri river ferry, 322

Monroe, Nebraska, 200

Moore, John S., 15

Moore, Sadie Irene, _The Beginnings of Fremont_, 78

Moote, Mr. and Mrs. W. S., 14

Morgan, Hugh, 192

Mormon trail, 27, 28, 293

Mormons, 27, 89, 93, 206, 236, 269

Morrill, Nebraska, 339

Morris, Prof. John, 180

Morrow, J. A., 191, 192

Morse, Capt. Charles, 200

Morse, Col. Charles F., 15

Morton, Carl, 238

Morton, Caroline Joy, 235, 240

Morton, Charles, 33

Morton, J. Sterling, 96; _My Last Buffalo Hunt_, 219, 235, 239, 240, 297

Morton, Joy, 235

Morton, Paul, _How the Founder of Arbor Day Created the Most Famous Western Estate_, 235

Moses, Pearl Shepherd, _Crow Heart Butte_ (poem), 52

Mott, Lucretia, 276

Mud creek, 128

Mullen, Mrs., 58

Murdock, Rev., 121

Murray, Mrs., 201

Murray, Nebraska, 94

Nance county, 194-195, 198, 206, 207, 229, 242

Nancy, Gary chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Narrows, The, 217

National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 333

National Suffrage Association, 275

Nebraska City, Nebraska, 76, 97, 102, 104, 109, 111, 127, 135, 176, 177, 178, 180, 236, 270, 297, 337

Nebraska Memorial Association, 339

Nebraska Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 254

Nebraska Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 335, 338

Nebraska State Historical Society, 95, 139, 170, 179, 187-189, 219, 335, 336

Nebraska Territorial Pioneers' Association, 253

Needham, Mr., 201

Needham, Mrs. Christina, 201

Nemaha river, 253

Neville, Judge James, 326, 329

Newbecker, Clara, 282

Newbecker, Dr. Minerva, 282

Newbecker, Lieut. Philip, 282

Newman, Mrs. Angie Thurston, 334

_Nikumi_, 307-321

Nikumi chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 336

Niobrara chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 337

Niobrara river, 25

Nobes, C. J., 182

Nonpareil, a frontier town, 22

Norfolk, Nebraska, 338

Norman, P. O., 43

North, Major Frank, 198, 200, 244, 245

North, Capt. Luther, 200, 201, 244

North Platte, Nebraska, 190, 191, 192, 193, 264, 326, 327, 331

Northwestern R. R., 26

Norton, Mrs. Charles Oliver, 336, 337, 338

Norton, Hannah, 147

Norton, Lilian (Madam Nordica), 147

Norton, Major Peter, 147

Noyes, Major, 246

Nuckolls county, 214, 216, 218, 270, 272

Nye, Mrs. Theron, _Early Days in Fremont_, 84

Oak, John, 30

Oak Grove ranch, 214, 216

Oakland, Nebraska, 30

O'Brien, Major George M., 191

O'Conner, Mrs. Thomas, 92

O'Fallon's Bluffs, 191, 200

Ogallalla Cattle Company, 26

Oliver, Sr., Edward, 27

Oliver, Edward, 29

Oliver, James, 29

Oliver, John, 29

Oliver, Robert, 29

Oliver, Sarah, 28

Omaha, Nebraska, 30, 36, 62, 78, 80, 88, 90, 93, 130, 176, 178, 180, 181, 189, 191, 198, 241, 249, 263, 266, 267, 269, 275, 284-287, 289, 290, 294, 295, 299, 300, 301, 305-306, 308, 325, 326, 329, 333-339

Omaha _Bee_, 189

Omaha chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 187, 188, 189, 334, 336

Omaha Mary, 289

Omaha _Republican_, 75

Onawa, Iowa, 32

Ord, Nebraska, 281, 335

Oregon trail, 11, 65, 76, 139, 150, 161, 168, 169, 336-339

Oregon Trail chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339

Oregon Trail Memorial Commission, 337, 338

Orr, Mrs. Margaret, 339

Osceola, Nebraska, 248

Osceola _Record_, 248

Ostrander, ----, 217

Otoe chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 337

Otoe county, 129

Otoe Indian reservation, 112-122, 125, 127, 142, 322

Overland Stage line, 139, 149, 214

Overland trail, 139, 152, 216, 219, 220, 236, 268, 269

Overton, Nebraska, 58

Pacific house, Beatrice, 123

Pacific Telegraph line, 76, 78

Paine, Mrs. C. S., 5

Paine, Clarence S., 337

Palmatier, ----, 263

Palmer, Mrs. Charlotte F., 333, 334

Palmer, Capt. Henry E., 218

Parker, Jason, 244

Parks, Nebraska, 263

Parmele, Mrs. Lilian, 42

Patrick, Mrs. Edwin, 91

Patterson, Daniel, 139

Patterson's trading post, 139

Pawnee City, Nebraska, 118, 122, 136, 178

Pawnee county, 129, 135, 136

Pawnee Indian reservation, 198, 206, 208, 230, 242, 246

Pawnee ranch, 43

Pawnee scouts, 199, 218

Peale, Titian, 190

Pearson, Capt. F. J., 57

Peavy and Curtiss, 122

Penney, Minnie Freeman, _The Blizzard of 1888_, 203; _Major North's Buffalo Hunt_, 244

Perry, Mrs. Lula Correll (Mrs. Warren), 5, 337, 339

Petalesharo (Pawnee chief), 247

Peterson, Martin, 54

Pierce, Judge Robert D., 57

Pine Bluff reservation, 59

Pine Ridge country, 24

_Pioneer_, Dawson county, 57

_Pioneer Record_, 295

Pittsburgh postoffice, Nebraska, 258, 259

Plainfield, Nebraska, 203

Platt, Elvira Gaston, 198

Platt, Lester W., 198

Platte chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Platte river, 11, 27, 44, 55, 56, 58, 70, 76, 79, 84, 87, 94, 105, 190, 192, 219, 220, 228, 229, 245, 285, 299, 339

Platte Valley, 221

Plattsmouth, Nebraska, 18, 41, 136, 178, 256, 323, 339

Pleasant Dale, Nebraska, 258

Plum creek, 55, 57, 58, 64, 256, 257, 285

Plum creek (Gage county), 114, 122

Plum creek (Lexington), Nebraska, 54, 57, 60, 62, 66, 67, 70, 72, 75

Plummer, Eleanor, 147, 149, 150

Plummer, Mrs. Jason, 149

Plummer, Jason, 147, 148

Plymouth, Nebraska, 168

Polk county, 248, 251

Polk, Nebraska, 250

Polley, Hiram, 184

Pollock, Mrs. Thomas, 41

Pony Express, 64, 65

Pope, Mrs. Anna Randall, 213

Poppleton, Mrs. Andrew J., 92

Porter, A. J., _From Missouri to Dawson County in 1872_, 75

Pound, Mrs. Laura B., _Marking the Site of the Lewis and Clark Council at Fort Calhoun_, 187, 189, 334, 335, 336

Pumpkin creek, 265

Purdy house, Fairbury, 175

Purple, ----, 291

Pursell, Mrs. Auta Helvey, 147

Purviance, Edith Erma, _A Pioneer Family_, 93

Purviance, Erma, 96

Purviance, Dr. W. E., 96

Prairie Chicken (Omaha Indian), 100

Prairie fires, 68, 120, 164, 247

Pyle and Eaton, 44

Quincy colony, 284, 296, 299-304

Quivira, 112, 233

Quivira chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 147, 188, 335, 336

Randall, Mr. and Mrs., 123

Randall, A. D., 213

Randall, Charles, 46, 213

Randall, E. J., 213

Randall, Dr. H. L., 213

Randall, N. G., 211

Randall, Sarah Schooley, _My Trip West in 1861_, 211

Rawhide creek, 79

Raymond, Mrs. Mabel, 339

Raymond, Nebraska, 184

Reavis-Ashley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Reavis, Isham, 253

Reavis, Mahala Beck, 253

Red Cloud, Nebraska, 137, 339

Red Lion mill, 109

Redman, Joseph, 93

Reed, Alexander, 284

Reeder, Mrs. James G., _Pioneer Life_, 246

Rees, Henrietta M., 336

Republic county, Kansas, 142

_Republican_, Omaha, 95

Republican river, 60, 61, 105, 154, 222, 225, 242

Republican Valley, 58, 214, 222, 243, 327

Reverend Reuben Pickett chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339

Reynolds, Nebraska, 140

Reynolds, B. W., 80

Reynolds, Wilson, 80

Rhoades, Orrin, 284

Rhustrat, Dr., 80

Richardson, Lyman, 92

Ringer, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford, 186

Ringer, Frank J., 186

Ringer, Jennie Bell, 185

Ringer, John Dean, 186

Riverton, Nebraska, 239

Rock Bluffs, Nebraska, 37, 94

Rock creek, 139, 144, 153, 161, 270

Rockport, Nebraska, 266, 286, 298

Rockwood, Martin T., 67

Roe, Thomas, 107

Rogers, Mrs. Samuel E., 92

Romigh, Mrs. Viola, 339

Root, Aaron, 92

Root, Mrs. Allen, 91

Roper, Ford, 122

Roper, Fred E., 268-271

Roper, Joe B., 270

Roper, Laura, 218, 270

Roper, Mann E., 269

Roscoe, B. S., 30, 31, 32

Roscoe, Mrs. Isabel, _A Pioneer Nebraska Teacher_, 30

Rose creek, 140, 144, 148, 153, 155, 156, 279

Rosewater, Edward, 189

Roy, George, 252, 253

Roy, Mrs. Thyrza Reavis, _Personal Reminiscences_, 252, 253

Royce, Loie, 203

Rulo, Nebraska, 252

Rushville, Nebraska, 24

Russell, Alice M., 281

Russell, Mrs. E. A., _Reminiscences_, 281

Russell, Rev. E. A., 281

Russell, H. C., 49

Russell, Mrs. Lucinda, 275

Russell, Majors and Waddell, 214, 240

St. Joe & Denver City R. R. Co., 144

St. Joe and Grand Island R. R., 75, 144

St. Joseph, Missouri, 155, 211, 241, 252, 270

St. Leger Cowley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 337

St. Marys, Iowa, 290

St. Nicholas hotel, 92

St. Paul, Nebraska, 204

Saline City, 177

Salt creek, 221

Saltillo, Nebraska, 97

Salt Lake City, 269

Sanborne, John P., 192

Sand Hills, 258

Santa Fe trail, 308, 316

Saratoga (Omaha), Nebraska, 93

Sarpy, Peter A., 290, 307-321

Sarpy's trading post, 311, 317

Saunders county, 80, 87

Sawyer, Mrs. A. J., 275

Saxon, Elizabeth, 276

Schmeling, Frank, 214

School creek, 18, 43

Schooley, Charles A., 211

Schwatka, Lieut. Frederick, 326, 327, 328, 331

Schwerin, Rev. W., 45

Scofield, T. D., 17

Scott, ----, 128

Scott, Miss Lizzie, 16

Scott, Mrs. Mathew T., 338

Scottsbluff country, 264

Scottsbluff, Nebraska, 339

Scully, Lord, 130

Second Nebraska Cavalry, 242, 292

Second U. S. Cavalry, 280

Selden, Mrs. O. B., 92

Selleck, Wellington W., 16

Seward, 254

Seward county, 254, 255, 262

Seward, Nebraska, 187, 248, 250, 334, 336, 337

Seymour, Elizabeth Porter, _Early Experiences in Nebraska_, 163-165

Shader, Mr. and Mrs. A. L., 140

Shader, Claiborn, 140

Shattuck, Etta, 203

Sheldon, Addison E., 188, 189, 258

Shell creek, 201

Shelton, Nebraska, 339

Sheridan (Auburn), Nebraska, 212

Sheridan, Gen. Phil, 327

Sherman, General, 192

Shields, Mrs. Herman, 306

Shields, Thomas, 255

Shipley, 286

Shirley, William, 44

Shorter county, 191-192

Showalter, Dr., 141

Shumway, Grant Lee, _Pioneering_, 263

Sidney, Nebraska, 25, 193, 264

Sidney trail, 25

Sixth U. S. Infantry, 307, 309

Slade, Jack, 324, 325

Slade, Lyman or Jack, 153

Slocumb, Charles, 145

Slocumb and Hambel, 144

Sluyter, Isaiah, 16

Smith, ----, 178, 291

Smith, Adam, 201

Smith Brothers, 123

Smith, C. B., 91, 92

Smith, Mrs. C. B., 91

Smith, Charles, 78

Smith, Dan, 77

Smith, Mrs. Dan, 77

Smith, De Etta Bell, 185

Smith, Edmund Burke, 185

Smith, Mrs. Eleanor Murphey, 339

Smith, Hazel Bell, 185

Smith, Mrs. J. Fred, 306

Smith, J. G., 78

Smith, John, 13

Smith, Major, 119

Smith, Samuel C., 246

Smith, Towner, 78

Smith, Col. Watson B., 326

Snake creek, 25

Snowden, Mrs. William P., 92

Solomon river, 218

Sommerlad, H. W., 260

Sons of the American Revolution, 187, 188

Soules, ----, 175

Southwell, ----, 33

Spade, Dan, 109

Spade, William, _Fillmore County in the 70's_, 109

Spanish American War, 334

Spillman, Jerome, 300

Stall, Irwin, 259

Stanley, C., 244, 245

Stanton county, 266, 267

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 275, 277

Staples, David, 168, 171-173

Starbuck, Rev. Charles, 206

Star hotel, Fairbury, 143

Stark, Isaac W., 16

Stark, John, 15

Stark, Margaret, 15

State Federation of Woman's Clubs, 254

Stebbins, Mrs. W. M., _The Erickson Family_, 76

Steele, Annie M., 275

Steele, Mrs. Annie Strickland, 334

Steele, Calvin F., 143, 166, 275

Steele, Mrs. C. F., _Personal Recollections_, 166-167; _Finding the George Winslow Grave_, 168

Stephen, Bennett chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Stevens, Col. George, 284, 293

Stevens, Mary M. A., 334

Stevens, William, 250

Stiles, James, 32

Stilts, Judge, 287

Stockville, Nebraska, 263

Stone, Dr. ----, 248

Stone, Lucy, 275

Storer, William, 28

Stout, D. D., 290

Stout, E. P., 290

Stromsburg, Nebraska, 339

Stubbs, Mrs. J. J., 336

Stuckey, Capt. John S., 58

Stuckey, Joseph, 58

Stuckey, Samuel Clay, 58

Stuhl, Joseph, 16

Stutzman, Henry, 14

Sullivan, Potter C., 298

Sumner, Nebraska, 66

Superior chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Superior, Nebraska, 111, 338

Sutton, Nebraska, 18, 43, 44, 339

Swan Brothers, 26

Swan creek, 140, 148-149

Sweetser, ----, 174

Sweezy, William F., 92

Taggart, Rev. J. M., 296

Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Ben, 47

Talbot, Bishop, 241

Talbot, John, 223, 226

Talbot, Dr. Willis, 49

Tall Bull (Cheyenne Indian), 198

Tash, Ira E., _Historical Sketch of Box Butte County_, 25

Taylor, J. O., 46

Taylor, Tim, 152

Tecumseh, Nebraska, 161, 275

Tenth U. S. Infantry, 242

Thayer county, 140, 270, 277

Thayer County Woman's Suffrage Association, 277, 278

Thayer, Gen. John M., 92

Thayer, Mrs. John M., 92

_The Conservative_, 238

_The Homesteader_, 248

Thomas, S. G., 175

Thomas & Champlin, 141, 142

Thompson, Barbara J., 278

Thirty-seventh Star chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Thirty-two Mile creek, 12

Three Groves, Nebraska, 95

Three Trails chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339

Thurston, Mrs. John M., 334

Tibbetts, Mrs. Addison S., 335

Timberville (Ames), Nebraska, 306

Tinklepaugh, Roy, 127

Tipton, James, 59

Tipton, Thomas W., 213

Tisdale, Thomas H., 260, 261

Tooth & Maul, 91

Towle, Albert, 151

Towle, Mrs. Eliza, 187

Towle, Mrs. Elizabeth, 334

Tree planting, 238, 297

Trefren and Hewitt, 46

Tremont house, 92

_Tribune_, The Fremont, 79

Troup, Mrs. Elsie De Cou, 189

Tucker, ----, 60

Tucker family, 57

Tucker, Tudor, 58

Tulley, Mrs. Capitola Skiles, 339

Turkey creek, 225

Turner, Eliza, 78

Turner, Mrs. George, 82

Turner, Mrs. Margaret, 78

Ulig, ----, 217

Union Pacific R. R., 16, 29, 54, 55, 57, 62, 66, 75, 76, 82, 84, 91, 95, 104, 106, 161, 192, 193, 198, 199, 200, 243, 245, 264, 327

United States Daughters of the War of 1812, 253

Upper 96 ranch, 77

Valentine, Nebraska, 22, 334

Vallery, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob, 41

Valley county, 204

Van Horn, James, 291

Van Vliet, Brig. Gen. Stewart L., 225

Vance, Mrs. Laura (Laura Roper), 270

Vanier brothers, 294

Vermillion, A. Martha, 278

Virginia, Nebraska, 127, 130

Wahoo, Nebraska, 78, 221

Walker brothers, 193

Walker, Major Lester, _Early History of Lincoln County_, 190

Wallace, Mrs. C. M., 339

Walnut creek, 258, 259, 260

Walton, Mrs. Ellen Saunders, _Early Days in Nance County_, 206

Ward, Joseph, 180

Ward, Mrs. Oreal S., 337, 338

Ware, Ellen Kinney, _Early Reminiscences of Nebraska City_, 240

Warfield's ranch, 221

Warrick, Amasa, 286

Warrington, T. L., 68

Warwick, Rev. J. W., 13

Warwick, Lila (or Eliza), 13, 14

Washington county, 286, 287, 290-298

Wasson, ----, 244

Waters, Stella Brown, 49

Waters, William H., 248

Waters, W. W., 49

Waterville, Kansas, 162

Waterville, Nebraska, 142

Watson, W. W., 145

Wayne, Nebraska, 339

Webster, John Lee, _The Last Romantic Buffalo Hunt on the Plains of Nebraska_, 326

Weed, Thurlow, 44

Weed, William L., 44

Weeks, M. H., 142

Weeks, Mrs. M. H., _Early Days in Jefferson County_, 175

Weeks, Mary, 175

Weeping Water, Legend of, 39

Weeping Water, Nebraska, 36, 37, 38, 339

Weeping Water river, 220

Wehn, ----, 116

Weisel, George, 139

Wells Fargo Express Company, 25, 77

West, ----, 80

West, Mr. and Mrs., 79

West, Julia, 79

West Blue river, 43, 97, 107, 245, 258, 262

West Blue postoffice, 97

West Point, Nebraska, 36

Western Stage Company, 142

Westling, J. A., 133

Weston, John B., 43

Wharton, Rev. Fletcher L., 213

Wheeler, Judge, 213

Wheeler, Major, 123, 246

Whiskey Run, 169

Whitaker, ----, 103

Whitaker, Sabra Brumsey, 101

White, Rev. A. G., 291

White, Capt. Charles, 43

White Eagle (Pawnee Chief), 194

White, Luke, 100

White, Sammy, 98, 100

Whiterock, Kansas, 131

Whitewater, Jim (Otoe half-breed), 116, 117, 144

Whiting, A. V., 155

Whitney family, 213

Whittaker, Mrs. Clifford, _A Good Indian_, 74

Wiggins, Horace S., 15

Wigton, A. L., 15, 17

Wigton, J. W., 17

Wilbur, Nebraska, 163

Wild Bill (James B. Hickok), 139, 153, 270

Wild Cat banks, 237

Wilds, M. B., 291

Wiley, Araminta, 96

Wiley, Gertrude Miranda, 93

Wiley, Hattie, 96

Wiley, Dr. William Washington, 93

Wilkinson, Emma, 305

Wilkinson, Ida, 305

Wilkinson, Nettie, 306

Wilkinson, Thomas, 305, 306

Wilkinson, Mrs. Thomas, 305, 306

Wilkinson, William W., 306

Williamson, John, 194, 195

Wilson, ----, 58

Wilson, Capt., 280

Wilson, Luther, 78

Wilson, Perley, 56

Wilson, W. R., 82

Wiltse, Chauncey Livingston, _The Pawnee Chief's Farewell_, 208-210

Winslow, Edward, 171

Winslow, Eleazer, 171

Winslow, George, 168-174

Winslow, Mrs. George, 170

Winslow, George E., 170

Winslow, George Edward, 171

Winslow, Henry O., 170, 171

Winslow, Mrs. Henry, 168

Winslow, James, 171

Winslow, Jesse, 170, 173

Winslow, Josiah, 171

Winslow, Kenelm, 170, 171

Winslow, Shadrach, 171

Wint, Brig. Gen. Theodore, 189

Woerner, Mike, 216

Wolf creek, 117

_Woman's Journal_, 277, 278

Woman's suffrage, 275-278

Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Kentucky, 91

Wood river, 27, 60, 66

Wood River Centre, 27, 28

Woodhurst, Mrs., 182

Woodhurst, Warden, 182

Woods, Jim, 139

Work, George F., _Historical Sketch of Adams County_, 11

Wright, Eben, 13

Wyncoop, Col. ----, 270

Wyoming Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 338

Wyoming Society Sons of the American Revolution, 338

Wyuka cemetery, Nebraska City, 297

Yankee Hill, 177

Yankton, South Dakota, 247

Young, Brigham, 65

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Transcriber's Notes:

Punctuation has been standardised.

Minor printer errors (e.g. omitted, superfluous or transposed characters) have been fixed.

Kearny and Kearney are both used in this text.

Page 13, "Rhoderic" changed to "Roderick" (Roderick Lomas) [per internet search]

Page 25, "Eldorado" changed to "El Dorado" (trip to the new El Dorado)

Page 96, "Asch" changed to "Asche" (A. Dove Wiley Asche) [per internet search]

Page 125, "benumed" changed to "benummed" (being benummed myself) [per Webster's 1828 Dictionary]

Page 170, "daguerrotype" changed to "daguerreotype" (daguerreotype of Mr.) (daguerreotype of George)

Page 171, "1833" changed to "1633" (colony in 1633)

Page 219, "repellant" changed to "repellent" (seemed repellent, irksome)

Page 226, "repellant" changed to "repellent" (and repellent fear)

Page 226, "arborially" changed to "arboreally" (arboreally interred)

Page 227, "markmanship" changed to "marksmanship" (no deft marksmanship)

Page 281, "Nemeha" changed to "Nemaha" (grazing in the Nemaha)

Page 308, "Ottoes" changed to "Otoes" (the "Ottoes, Pawnees)

Page 315, the spelling of "delf" was retained (per Webster 1828 Dictionary)

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