Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences

Part 30

Chapter 303,288 wordsPublic domain

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)