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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

Menard, 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

Pina, 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 Senora 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

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