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INDEX (page 199)

Abolitionist, 56, 109, 150
Adams, Dea. S.H., 41, 53, 83, 85, 94, 96, 135, 146
Albany, N. Y., 132, 133
Amity, see College Springs
American Board of Commissoners for Foreign Missions, 16, 26
American Home Missionary Society, 57, 95
American Missionary Society, 26
Anti-slavery Discussion, 55
Argyle, Fred, 97
Argyle's Ferry, 93
Atchison, Senator David R., 110
Atchison, Kan., 137
Atkins, Judge Q. F., 15, 80, 103
Atkinson, B. F., 170
Avery, Egbert, 104, 141, 146, 147

Baker, Hon. Mr., 77
Balcom, Elder, 177
Baptists, 63, 177
Barbour, Mrs. J. M., 41
Barnes, ---,89
Battles, Kansas, 118, 119, 125, 128, Indian, 185, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 197
Beacon, The Tabor, 5
Bell, Rev. Father, 168
Bell, ---, 104
Belleview, Neb., 65, 89
Belvidere, 167
Big Grove, 96
Black Hawk, 185, 194, Ally of English, 195
Black Hawk Purchase, 195
Black Hawk War, 195
Black Jack, Kan., (fight) 118
Blanchard, Dr. Ira D., 63, 91, 95, 139, 152, 153
Blue Lodges, 110
Blodwell, Rev., 116
Branson, Mrs., 113
Branscomb, Chas., 111
Briggs, Clark, 146
Briggs, Dea. Daniel, 138, 145

Brooks, Pres. Wm. M. 28, 107, 148, 154
Brown, Jason, 118
Brown, Capt. John, 24, 114, 118, 119, 120, 129, 130, 133. Target practice, 154. Raid into Mo. Public, 158. thanksgiving, 159, grieved, 160, last visit to Tabor, 161
Brown, John, Jr., 118
Brown, Owen, 154, 156
Buchler, Mr., 97
Burlington, 78, 106
Bush, Dea., 175
Butler's Mills, 163
Butte des Morts, 192
Byrd, Rev. Jno. H., 137

Cahokia, Ill., 187
Calhoun, Neb., 167
California City, 89, 168
Carver, Capt. Jonathan, 183, 193
Case, Cephas, 135
Cassell, Mr., 147
Cedar Creek, Neb. 168
Chambersburg, Pa., 157
Chambry, Capt., 122, 125
Cherokee, 164
Chicago, Ill., 82
Cholera, 91
Church, 83
Church Services, 97, 103, 126
Church, Tabor, organized, 97
Cincinnati, Oh., 54
Civil Bend, 66, 96, 98
Clark, Mr., 89
Clark, Jas., 125
Clark, Mortimer P., 104, 119
Clark, Orson B., 104
Clark, Wm. L., 103, 135
Clarksfield, O., 15, 24, 52, 62, 80, 105, 130
Cleveland, C., 82, 131
Coleman, Mr., 113
College Springs, 169
Columbian Exposition, 36,
Congressional Committee, 109
Constitutional Convention, 112, (Free States), 113

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Conversions, Remarkable, 171, 175
Cook, Capt. 156,
Council Bluffs, 27, 74, 83, 197, 138, 176
Council Bluffs Association, 138
Cowan, Rev. Jno. W., 31, 34, 37
Cramer, Squire, 144, 146
Crescent City, 163
Cross, Rev. Jno., 170
Cumming City, Neb., 167
Cummings, Miss Abbie, 98
Cummings, Rev. Origin, 98, 99, 140, 148
Cutler's Camp, 90, 96
Cutter, Dr., 116

Dakota City, Neb., 166
Dalrymple, Dr., 66, 67
Decatur, Neb., 167
De Forest, Rev. H. S., 176
De Louvigny, 192
Denison, 169
De Soto, Neb., 167
Des Moines river, 77, 186
Dickey, Col., 116
Discussion on Slavery, 55
Dow, Mr., 113
Doyles, the, 115
Drakola, S. D., 115
Dunlap, 164

Eddyville, 77
Eight Mile Grove, Neb., 168
Eldridge, Col., 118, 130, 132
Emigrant Aid Society, 110
Europeans, First, in Iowa, 186
Evangelistic Work, 174
Exira, 175

Fairchild, Prof. Jas. T., 30, 41
Fairfield, 77
Family meeting, 80
Farmer, Squire Thos., 93
Florence, 89
Florence, Neb., 163
Forth St. Louis, 187
Fort Titus, 125
Forbes, Col., 154, 156
Ford, Lawyer, 94
Foster, Joe, 145, 146, 148
Foster, Rev. Richard B., 117, 125
Fourth of July celebration, 84, 94, 133
Fox River, Wis., 191, 192
Franklin, Kan., 129

Free State Constitutional Convention, 113
Free State men, 111, 114, 158
Free State Organizations, 110, Free State Stores, 155
French, Claudius B., 78
Fugitive slaves, from Tabor, 134. Atchison, Kan., 137. Nebraska city, 138. Indian Territory, 147. rescued, 147. From Linden, Mo., 150

Galesburg, Ill., 78, 169
Gardner, Ben F., 106, 170
Gardner, Jim, 147
Garner, Mr., 90. Henry & Mana, 152, 153
Gaston, (P. O.) 19-Civil Bend.
Gaston, Dea. Alexander C., 41, 61, 147
Gaston, Dea. Geo. B., plans colony, 52; selects John /Todd, 16; goes to Iowa, 53, 55, 60; at Civil Bend, 65, 83, 85, 91; challenges to Tabor, 94, 96, 103; chosen captain, 119; plans "underground railroad," 135, 148, 152; home headquarters in Kansas times, 121, 161
Gaston, Mrs. G. B., quoted, 121
Gaston, Jas. k., 98, 125, 135
Gates, Wm. J., 98, 100
Gaylord, Rev. R. E., 162
Geary, Gov., 127
Glenwood, 22, 90, 145, 159, 162, 175
Goodrich, ---, 164
Granville, Ill., 82
Grave, The First, 100
Great Nemaha Reservation, 185
Green-head flies, 165, 167

Hall, Dea. Josiah B., 53, 60, 65, 67, 74, 80
Hallam, John, 98, 135, 148
Hanley, Dr. R. R., 21
Hargen, Mr., 116
Harrison, Mrs. Margaret, 53
Harrison City, 163
Harper's Ferry, Va., 157
Harvey, Col., 128
Haskins, Rev. B. F., 169, 170
Henenpin, Ill., 82
Hickory Point, Kan., 113, (fight), 128
Higginson, Col. T. W., 116
High Creek, 90, 94

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Hill, Edgar S., 119
Hill, Rev. Edwin S., 145, 146
Hill, dea. Julius M., 25, 41
Hill, Dea. L. B., 106, 148, 149 Hinton, Mrs. Cordelia C., 180
Hitchcock, Rev. Geo. B., 123, 138, 175
Hollister, Isaac, 106, 125
Honey Creek, 89
Horse stealing, 69, 74
Houe building, 85, first in Tabor, 97
House, Rev. A. V., 171 Hubbard, ---, 152
Hume, Loren, 103
Hunter, Geo., 145, 146, 147
Hunter, Jno. L., 104, 107
Hurd, ---, 152
Hurlbutt, Robt. H., 106, 119

Ida Grove, 164
Illinois River, 82, 186
Indians: Algonkians, 182; Dakotas, 182; Foxes, 183, 185, 186, 190, 191, 192, 193, 197; Hurons, 196; Illinois, 183, 185, 186, 194; Iowas, 183, 184, 185, 186, 194; Iroquois, 182, 187, 190; Kickapoos, 190, 197; Miamis, 186, 190, 197; Ojibways, 183, 185, 192, 196; Osages, 186; Ottoganmies-Foxes; Ottowas, 196; Pawnees, 179, 183; Pottawattamies, 189, 190, 196, 198; Sacs, 183, 184, 185, 186, 190, 191; Sioux, 183, 186, 197; Shawnees, 186; Winnebagoes, 183; Origin of, 182,
Indian battles, 185, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 197
Indian Creek, 68
Indiantown, 68
Indian trails, 180
Ingraham, Harvey D., 106, 125
Iowa River, 185, 193
Iowaville, 185
Irish Henry, 135

Jefferson River, 193, 194
Jesuit Missionaries, 196
Jones, Jonas, 103, 104, 107, 154, 161
Joliet, 186

Kagi, J. H., 158
Kansas, 24, 108, 153, 156
Kansas-Nebraska bill, 111

Kanesville (Council Bluffs), 27, 65, 74
Kempton, Mrs. Julia, 100
Kenosha, Neb., 168
Kidnapping case, 152
King, Rev. H. D., 163, 175, 176
Knox College, Ill., 169

Ladd, B. F., 106, 139
Lacyps, 197
Laird, Mr., 174
Lambert, Jas., 197; Jno., 197;
Squire, 91
Lambert's Landing, 83
Lane, Gen. Jas. H., 114, 116, 118, 119, 122, 125, 127, 128, 131, 132
Lang, Rev., 177
La Salle, 186, 187
Latter Day Saints, see Moromons
Lawrence, Kan., 111, 114, 117, 127, 128, (fight) 129, (sacked) 118
Leaman, Wm., 156
Leeka's Mill, 192,
Legilature, "Bogus", 112,
Free State, 112, 119
Lewis, 123, 137, 138, 149, 175
Liberty, 157
Linden, Mo., 90, 92, 94, 150
Linville, Geo., 145, 147
Lyman, Isaac C., 106
Lyons, Mr., 90

McKinney, Rev., 65
McKissacks Grove, 93
McMillen, 146
Madison, Wm., 103
Magnolia, 176
Mails, 53, 101
Mapleton, 164
Martin, Mrs. Cordelia Clark, 180
Marquette, Pere, 186
Marysville, Mo., 172
Mason, Pascal, 145, 147, 148
Matthews, Darius P., 53, 61, 103; Mrs., 82
Matthews, L. Ashmun, 104, 130
Matthews, Lucius T., 104
Maumee Swamp, 79
Maxwell, Rev., 168
Meeting, Antislavery, 108 footnote
Meeitn, Mass, 64, 77
Meeting, Prayer, 55, 98

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Meeting, Protracted, 96, 174, 175
Meeting, Temperance, 98
Methodist, 27, 63, 95, 96, 171, 174
Michigan City, 82
Military company, 119, 141
Mills, Oliver, 149
Missionary societies, 26
Missionary Work, 26
Mississippi River, 78, 190, 193, 195
Missouri, 158
Missourians, 109, 112, 120, 129
Missouri River, 59, 64, , 75, 91, 142, 179, 190, 195
Moffit, Chas., 156
Monmouth, Ill., 78
Morehead, 164,
Morley, Rev. J. H., 176
Mormom doctrine, 163
Mormon elder, 70, 74, 135
Mormon sermons, 73,
Mormon trail, 65, 67, 75, 77
Mormons, 27, 67, 70, 71, 78, 163
Montrose, 193
Mosquitos, 86, 94
Mount Pleasant, 78
Mud Creek, 144,
Munsinger, Jos., 98

Nauvoo, Ill., 67
Nebraska, slaves in, 138
Nebraska City, 115, 138, 141, 168
Nemaha, Neb., 127
Nettleton, Prof. L. J., 41
New Mexico, 184
Nishnabotna River, 90, 93, 135, 136, 140, 147; East, 68
Nuckolls, Mr., 138, 141, 142
Nutting, Rev. J. K., 22

Oberlin, O., 14, 15, 16, 62, 79, 88, 102, 109, 137
Ohio River, 186
Old queen (mare), 101, 102
Olmsted, 164; Mr. Henry, 164
Omadi, Neb., 166
Omaha, Neb., 162
Omaha reservation, 167
Osceola, 107
Ossawattamie, Kan., sacked 119

Parker, Rev. (Father) Orson, 177
Parker, Rev. Lucius H., 78
Parkman, Francis, 188
Parson, Rev., 116, 125, 126
Parson, L. F., 156

Pate, Capt. H. Clay, 118, 119
Patriotic Volunteer, The (book), 155
Pawnee Indians, 16, 179, 183
Pearse, Sherman R., 98;
    Marcus C., 197
Penfield, Rev. H., 159, 176
Percival, 17, 66, 141, 152, 174, 176
Pike, Lieut. Z. M., 193
Pishah, 70
Platt, Mrs. Elvira G., 16, 84, 90;
   Lester W., 16, 62, 100
   Enoch, Everett and Luther, 120, 125
Platte River, 89
Plattsmouth, Neb., 168
Pomeroy, Hon. S. C., 111, 116
Pontiac, death, 187; life, 188;
   conspiracy of, 188, 196
Postage, 53
Prairie du Chien, Wis, 193
Prayer, Concert of, 24, 98, seemeeting
Preparation, 163
Presbyterian Mission, 65
Presbyterians, 13, 162, 168;
   United, 173
Puncheon floor, 88

Quincy, 137, 159

Race, Prejudice, 157
Realf, Col. Richard, 156, 157
Rector, Father, 64, 142
Redpath, Mr. Jas., 128
Reed, Festus, 168
Reeder, Gov., 109, 111, 112, 115
Reeves, Reuben, 37
Republican organization, first, 117
Reminiscences, origin of, 5, 51;
   when written, 5
Rhode, John, 121
Rice, Rev. G. G., 21, 40, 95, 97
Robinson, Dr. Chas. (Gov.), 111, 114, 115, 118
Robertson, Richard, 156
Rock Bluff, Neb., 168
Rock River, Wis., 186

Sabbath, observance, 57, 60, 71, 78, 82, 170
St. Joseph, Mo., 54, 58, 60, 107, 131, 152
St. Lawrence River, 190
St. Louis, Mo., 54, 56, 58, 83, 152, 193
Salt Lake, Utah, 67
Samson, Mr. 145
Sanborn, Dr. J. F., 146

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Sargent's Bluff, 165, 167
School, 83, 90, 97; first in Ross township, 97; first Tabor, 105;
   house, 105; house burned, 91
Searles, Maj., 118
Seward, Sec. Wm. H., 108
Sharps' rifle, 117, 126, 129, 132, 154, 157
Shattee, Chief, 197
Shannon, Gov. Wilson, 112, 114, 117
Sheldon, Capt. Edward T., 144, 145, 147
Shepherdon, Wm. R., 104,
Sidney, 90, 94, 133, 168
Silver City, 90
Silver Creek, 66, 90, 135, 140, 144
Simpson, Rev. Wm., 95, 96, 174
Sioux City, 166, 167, 172
Sitting Bull, Chief, 183
Smith, Dea. Jno. W., 80
Smith, Jas. L., 102, 105, 124, 128, 146, 147
Smithland, 164, 167
Spees, Marcus T., 104
Spotted Tail, Chief, 183
Springdale, 157
Starrett, Henry M., 97, 103
Starved Rock, 187, 190
Steamboat travel, 58
Steam Mill, 87, 190
Stephens, A. D., 156, 157
Stringellow, Gen., 109
Stutsman's Mill, 89
Sunday school, 84, 97

Tabor, 18, 51, 96, 107, 115
Tecumseh, Chief, 195
Tekama, Neb., 167
Temperance work, 98, 177
Thayer, Wm., 104
Three River country, 66, 74, 75, 198
Thurman, 142
Tidd, C. P., 156
Tipton, 105
Titus, Col., 126
Todd, Mrs. Annie D., 35
Todd, David, 14, 106
Todd, Mrs. Martha A., 15, 35, 97
Todd, Capt. Jas., 13
Todd, Rev. John, Ancestry, 13;
    Antislavery work, 24;
   Chaplaincy, 25; College work, 28;
   Closing years, 35;

   Death, 37, 38;
   Funeral, 39; Memorial, 41;
   Ministry, 19; Missionary work, 26;
   Personal characteristics, 30;
   Pioneer life, 17, 85; Preaching, 19, 23;
   Synopsis of, life, 45;
   Temperance work, 28, 84, 98;
   War record, 25
Tolles, C. W., 135
Tonti, 186, 187
Topeka, Kan., 112, 127
Townshend, Isaac, 103
Tozier, ---, 168
Trader's Point, 65, 89

Underground railroad, 24; opened, 134; Activity, 150
United Presbyterian, 173
U. S. Government, 113, 120, 194
U. S. Marshal, 113,114, 117
U. S. Troops, 113, 118, 119, 128, 171
Utica, Ill, 186

Valparaiso, Ind., 78
Vincent, Rev. Jas., 145

Wabonsa, Chief, 54; his house, 197; his grave, 198
Wabonsie, (region), 145, 148
Wabonsie creek, 64, 197
Walnut creek, 149
Walton, Miss Abbie, 63, 101
Washingotn, D. C., 81
Webb, L. E., 103, 106, 148
Webster, Mrs. Ruth, 103
Wellington, 164
West, Jesse, 98, 107, 134, 148
West, John, 104
Westport, Mo., 118
Wheatland, Mich., 78
White, Bela, 168
White Breast creek, 76
White Cloud, 116, 140, 147
Whitfield, Gen., 112
Williams, Reuben, 141, 142
Williams, Hon. Sturgis, 142
Williamson, John, 139, 151
Wilson, Mr., 76
Winnebago Lake, Wis., 183
Wing, ---, 146
Wood, Wm. J., 169, 170
Woodford, Newton, 144, 145
Woods, Dea. Daniel E., 148
Wright, Squire, 102
Wyatt, Squire, 147

York, Elder, 70, 74

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