History of Nebraska - Index



INDEX

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ABBOTT, E. S., 612
Abbott, Dr. L. J., 614
Abbott, O. A., 585, 634
Abolition bill, see Bills
Abrams, Henry, 203
Adair, William, 579
Adam, Rev. M., 773
Adams, C. E., 635
Adams, Rev. E., 766
Adams, John Quincy, 103, 104, 113, 115
Admission of Nebraska, see Nebraska
Adobe-town, 406
Adriance, Rev. J., 801
Adventists, 506
Advertiser, the, 88, 89, 92, 93, 95, 444
Agee, A. N., 604
Agricultural College, see University of Nebraska
Agriculture, 263, 421
Aitchison, C. D., 24
Ak-Sar-Ben, 693, 701, 702, 838 
Alabama, 120
Albemarle county, see County
Aldrich, C. A., 646. 649, 696, 698
Alexander, S. J., 603
Alfalfa, 661
Allen, Captain James, 139
Allen, J. C., 620, 631, 633 
Allen, T., 149
Allen, W. V., 615, 630, 641
Alley, Rev. F., 813
Alley, Mrs. N. B., 733
Alliance Potash Co., 842
Allis, Mrs. E., 812
Allis, Rev. Samuel, 55, 422, 812
Allison, W. B., 385
Ambrose, G. W., 582
Amendments, see Constitution
American citizens, see Citizens
American flag, 109
American Fur Company, 55, 57, 74, 76, 86
American Home Missionary Society, 813
American Potash Co., 842
Amerind, 8
Ames, Fisher, 120
Ames, J. H., 428, 595, 614, 636
Ames Monument, 484
Ames, Oakes, 467
Amiens, Treaty of, 102
Amsberry, D. M., 705, 709
Amsbury, 796
Anderson, A. F., 760
Anderson, A. M., 765
Anderson, Rev. A. M., 757, 758, 759, 764
Anderson, H. C., 203
Anderson H. P., 366 
Anderson, Ole, 360 
Andrews, E., B., 708 
Andrews, H. C., 611 
Andrews, W. E., 628, 639 
Andrus, E. H., 597 
Annexation, 273, 279, 284 
Anti-prohibition convention, see Convention 
Anti-slavery feeling, 114, 301, 449 
Aoway river, 29 
Appleget, Thomas, 610 
Appomattox, 145 
Apportionment census, see Census 
Apportionment law, see Laws 
Appropriation bills, see Bills 
Arbitration of labor, see Labor 
Arbor Day, 425, 672 
Archaeology, 7 
Architecture, Indian, 28 
Arikara tribe, see Indians, Tribes 
Arikaree falls, 2, 3 
Arkansas, 98, 111, 112, 120, 137 
Arkansas river, 94, 110 
Armstrong, A. T., 632 
Armstrong, Colonel George, 326 
Armstrong, Mrs. Julia E., 326 
Arnold, Rev. J., 752 
Arny, Judge, W. F. M., 285 
Arrow, the, 147, 149, 195, 196, 435 
Arthur county, see County 
Ash Creek, 65, 68 
Ash Hollow, 66, 68, 399 
Ashby, D. C., 585 
Ashley, General, W. H., 395, 585, 593, 596 
Ashton, F. W., 645 
Ashton, William, 411 
Aspinwall Journal, 444 
Astor, J. J., 46, 85 
Astor, W. B., 85 
Astoria, founding, 47 
Asylum, see Hospital for the Insane 
Asylum for Blind, 574 
Atchison, Senator, 120, 121, 131 
Atchison, Kansas, 81, 84 
Atchison Globe, 445 
Atkinson, Colonel Henry, 48, 384 
Aughey, Samuel, 14, 787, 788 
Augur, General, 688 
Auker, Rev. C., 764 
Aurora Branch railroad, 677 
Austin, S., 746, 747 
Austin, W. H., 824 
Australian ballot, 615, 618, 622 
Aylsworth, Mrs. M., 733 
Aylsworth, W. P., 494, 734, 735 


~ B -

BABBITT, A. W., 401, 439
Bad Lands, 3, 6, 74
Bailey, G. E., 13
Baird, J. T., 736, 737
Baker, B. S., 635
Balcombe, A. D., 369, 433, 440
Baldwin, C. A., 603
Baldwin, W. A.. 728, 733
Ballard, J. R., 616
Ballard, S. M., 193
Raltzly, Rev. O. D., 790
Bancroft, C. H., 707
Bancroft, H. H., 39 
Bane, M. M., 271
Bank-Guaranty law, 646
Banks, 217, 218, 228, 237, 238, 603, 635, 675, 700
Banner county, see County
Baptist Church, 703
   Convention of, 703, 704, 706
   First Church, Omaha, 705
   First Neb. Assn., 705
   Foreign missions, 707
   Golden Jubilee, 705
   Missionaries, 707
Barbed wire, duty on, 606
Barbour, E. H., 4
Barcelona, C. de, 723
Barker, L. O., 585
Barnard, E. H., 380
Barnd, John, 603
Barnes, J. B., 697
Barnum, G. C., 359, 361
Barrett, F. M., 445
Barrett, S. L., 593
Barrow, R., 730, 731, 732, 733
Barrowman, Lee, 437
Barrows, B. H., 441
Bartle. Rev. T., 727
Bartley, A., 804
Bartley, J. S., 642
Barton, G. C., 485
Barton, J. T., 283
Bates, Frederick, acting governor, 110
Bates House, 29
Batie, John, 616
Batten, S. L., 709, 792
Batty, R. A., 597, 608, 625, 636
Bauman, Otto, 636
Beacon Hill, 72
Bear, Alexander, 579, 582, 588, 593, 597
Beaton, C. D., 839
Beattie, J. A., 732, 734
Beatty, John, 603
Beauchamp, Major, 57
Beck, W. B., 241, 594
Becker, Rev. C. H., 774
Becker, J. P., 322
Beckman, Fred, 650
Bedell, B., 709
Bedford, T. W., 367
Bell, Thomas, 603
Belle Fontaine, 44
Bellevue, 35, 47, 75, 76, 86, 128, 148, 149, 154, 155, 174, 186, 433, 703,
   705
Bellevue College, 501, 740
Bellevue Gazette, 232, 241
Bellevue Mission, 198, 736, 739
Bellows Falls, 92
Bells Station, 730
Belt, W. B. T., 839
Bennett, H. P., 128, 173, 203, 220, 221, 261
Bennett, Isaiah H., 169
Benson, E. T., 140
Bentley, C. E., 638, 709
Benton, A. R., 523, 731
Benton, E. H., 593
Benton, Colonel T. H., 50, 52, 115, 131, 620, 633
Berge, G. W., 642, 644
Bernecker, O. E., 774
Berry, F., 705
Bessey, C. E., 15
Bethany, 733
Betts, G. F., 632, 633
Beutler, Jacob, 439
Bibb, R. S., 638
Biddle, Thomas, 53
Biederman, Rev. R., 774
Big Blue river, 64
Big Elk, Omaha chief, 139
Big Spring, 731
Bigelow, G. E., 612
Bigler, John, 636
Billingsley, L. W., 592
Billman, Rev. I. C., 763
Bills
   Abolition of slavery, 306, 453
   Act in 1860, 332
   Appropriation bills, 581
   Bill No. 353, 118
   Bill of 1844, 135
   Bill of 1848, The, 136
   Bill of rights, 110, 582
   Bland bill, 592
   Capital removal, 241, 649
   Census act of 1856, 207
   Colorado, 387
   Convict labor, 594
   Dodge bill, 112, 121, 136
   Douglas bill, 123, 128, 135
   Hatch, 611
   Homestead, 297, 329
   Kansas-Nebraska, 111, 112, 115, 117, 123, 125, 127, 130, 131
   Morrill, 354
   Nebraska bills, 12, 145
   Newberry, The, 623, 624, 627, 629
   Pacific railway, 329
   Passenger fare, 645
   Richardson, the, 112, 117, 135, 136
   To remove race distinctions, 455
   Union Pacific, 327
Bills, C. J., 691
Bingham, J. A., 385
Birkhauser, P. W., 594
Birnbach, Rev. A.. 717
Bisbee, Rev. C. C., 813
Bishop, A. S., 203
Bittenbender, Mrs. Ida M., 625
Bixler, J. W., 614
Black C. F., 839
Black Jeremiah, 429
Black, Governor S. W., 273, 274, 293, 296, 297, 308, 317, 403, 452, 694
Black Hills, 73 
Blackbird's grave, 42 
Blackburn, W. S., 444 
Blackmail, E. E., 24 
Blaine, J. G., 385, 503, 607 
Blair, Montgomery, 429 
Blake, G. W., 618 
Blakely, William, 614 
Blanchard, G. F., 588 
Blayney, Rev. F. S., 740 
Block House, 403 
Blue Ridge mountains, 98 
Bobal, Father, 727 
Boernebladet, 764 
Bohemian Mission, 726 
Bohler, Rev. J., 753 
Boies, H. E., 626 
Bonacum, Rev. T., 727 
Bone dry law, see Prohibition 
Bonneville, Captain, 50, 64, 65, 72, 76, 407, 430
Borenvenen, 759 
Boulware, John, 210 
Boutwell, G. S., 382, 385 
Bowen, J. S., 242, 347, 349 
Bowen, L. L., 210 
Bower, 731 
Bowlby, C. J., 604 
Bowman, Bishop T., 784, 804 
Box Butte county, see County 
Boyd, C. L., 779 
Boyd, J. E., 93, 414, 597, 604, 605, 608, 618, 624, 627, 628, 630, 701 
Boyd, J. F., 644 
Boyer Lake, 142 
Boyle, Rev. P. J., 727 
Bracket, A. B., 411 
Bradford, Judge A. A., 202, 205, 217 
Bradford, Dr. Henry, 437 
Bradley, Associate Justice, 151, 156, 694 
Bragg, Edward, 579 
Brandeis, G., 839 
Bratt, J. P., 388, 691 
Braun, Rev. J. B., 750, 753 
Brewer, D. J., 640 
Bridenthal, Luke, 636 
Briggs, Clinton, 578, 583, 588 
Briggs, J. S., 442 
Briscoe, J. X., 732 
Broad Axe, the, 445 
Broadfuhrer, Rev. J. C., 790 
Broady, J. H., 624, 638 
Brogan, F. A., 624 
Brommer, Rev. C. F., 774 
Brooke, Dr. J. R., 361 
Brooks, D. C., 441 
Brooks, G. A., 607 
Brooks, J. W., 489 
Brooks, Samuel, 445 
Bross, Rev. H., 809, 815, 828 
Brower, J. V., 40 
Brown, A. V., 135 
Brown, C. H., 339, 348, 537, 594, 597, 604, 609, 627
Brown, Mrs. C. I., 358 
Brown, E. G., 398 
Brown, G. A., 578 
Brown, G. L., 590 
Brown, H. J., 440 
Brown, John. 459, 460 
Brown, Norris, 644 
Brown, Richard, 255, 729 
Brown, Samuel, 129 
Brown, W. A., 438 
Brown, W. D., 277 
Brown county, see County 
Browne, Dr. Joseph, 110 
Brownell Hall, 515, 766, 767 
Browning, O. H., 489 
Brownville, 75 
Bryam, Charles, 650 
Bryan, W. J., 592, 614, 618, 620 624, 626, 630, 634, 636, 641, 647, 649,
   675, 693
Bryant, D. C., 722 
Byant, Edwin, 68, 69, 74 
Buchanan, President, 52, 134, 270, 271 
Buchanan, W., 742 
Buck, J. F., 214 
Buckalew, C. R., 382 
Buckingham, E., 839, 843 
Bucks Bend, 90 
Buell, H. A. 445 
Buell, Rev. S. H., 829 
Buetow, Rev. A. G. R., 763, 788 
Buenger, Rev. J., 773 
Buffalo Bill, 86, 431 
Buffalo county, see County 
Buffalos, the, 431 
Bull Bear, 36 
Bull Moose, 650 
Bull of the Woods, 91 
Bulletin, the, 444. 706 
Bunnell, T. A., 594 
Burbank J. E., 445 
Burch, H., 795, 798 
Bureau of Labor, see Labor 
Burke, John, 383 
Burkett, E. J., 641, 646, 649 
Burkley, F. J., 442 
Burks, J. M., 604 
Burlington and Missouri railroad, 90, 95, 349, 677 
Burnham, Leavitt, 609 
Burr, Aaron, 110 
Burrows, Jay, 603, 615 
Burstrom, Rev. J., 784 
Burt, Dr. Armistead, 143, 146, 149, 152,169 
Burt county, see County 
Burtch, S. F., 305 
Bush, J. E., 635 
Bushnell, H. M., 843 
Buss. Rev. W. H., 845 
Butler, Governor David, 88, 337, 419, 428, 526, 536, 537, 540, 542, 587,
   612, 689 
Butler, Rev. G. I., 778 
Butler, General W. O., 143, 159 
Butterfield Mail Company, 81 
Buzzell, O. A., 709 
Byers, W. N., 149, 446 
Byrne, Rev. W., 727


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CABANNE, J. P., 55, 57, 60
Cadman, John, 90
Cady, A. E., 612, 627, 634, 638, 642
Caffrey, Major, 443
Caldwell, J. L., 609
Caldwell, W. P., 746, 747
Calhoun, John, surveyor-general, 188
Calhoun, S. H., 582, 583, 585, 596, 597, 610
California, 65, 78, 83, 115, 116, 118
Calkins, E. A., 634
Calvin, I., 749
Camp Clarke, 14, 73
Camp Floyd, 83
Camp Mackenzie, 693
Cannon, Rev. F., 716, 725
Capitol building, 171, 172, 207, 237, 239, 595, 605, 606, 609
Capitol controversy. 143, 154, 159, 162, 163, 174, 186, 213, 227, 332
Capitol grounds, 613
Capitol, location of, 154, 155, 171, 212, 213, 241
Capitol removal, 227, 529, 559, 587, 588
Capitol removal bills, see Bills
Capitol square, Omaha, 239
Carberg, Peter, 603
Carlisle, Alexander, 91
Carlisle, James, 91
Carlyle, G. H., 415
Carns, E. C., 598
Carpenter, D. W., 442
Carpet-bag system, 152
Carrigan, John, 312
Carroll, J., 723
Carruthers, J. W., 703
Carson, F. A., 708
Carson, J. D., 636
Carson, J. L., 596
Carson, Kit, 50, 86
Carson City, 83
Cartlidge, E. J., 811
Case, M. B., 203
Casper, C. D., 632
Cass County Sentinel, 446
Cass, Lewis, 154
Cassell, J. N., 368
Castetter, Abram, 446
Castor, Tobias, 582, 608, 634
Catholic Church, 703
   Diocese, 721
   Missions, 725, 727
   Orders of, 716, 728
   Second Parish, 726
   Vicariate, 713, 723
Cavanaugh, Rev. J., 724
Census, 110, 160, 201, 219, 307, 585, 589, 590, 610, 611
Chadron Academy, 824
Chambers, S. A., 283
Chandler, E. B., 337
Chapin, W. F., 367
Chapman, B. B., 168, 199, 219, 433, 439
Chapman, E. H., 619
Chase C. S., 585, 605
Chase, S. P., 115
Cherry county, see County
Cherry Creek, 94
Cheyenne Indians, see Indians
Chicago and Northwestern railroad, 88, 95, 381, 682
Chicago and Rock Island railroad, 145
Childs, Captain E. P., 412
Chimney Rock, 65, 71, 73, 74, 75, 430, 723
Chinn, C. B., 203
Chippewas, the, see Indians
Chivington, J. M., 795, 796, 799
Christensen, Rev. G. B., 759
Christian Science, 693, 696, 700, 833-838
Christian Woman's Board of Missions, 733
Chronicle, The, 438
Church, J. S., 443
Church of Christ (Disciples), 703, 728, 730
   Educational Work, 733
   First Church, 730
   Missions, 734
   Second Church, 731
   Women's Missionary Society, 735
   Young People's Society, 735
Churches, 703
Cisco, J. J., 473
Cities, incorporation of, 231
Citizenship, 195
Civil service, 592
Civil war, 81, 100, 106, 129, 145, 318, 411
Claim laws, 189
Claims clubs, 171, 189, 191
Clancy, William, 154
Clark, E. H., 384
Clark, Rev. F. J., 817
Clark, H. T., 73, 445, 501, 603, 610, 740
Clark, Loren, 589, 604
Clark, P. H., 640
Clark, Mrs. Phoebe, 385
Clark, S. H. H., 491
Clark, Judge William, 109
Clarkson, Bishop, 765, 770, 771
Clausen, C. I., 756
Clifton, 731
Climate, 4, 13, 14
Clowry, R. C., 93
Coal, 426
Cobb, Amasa, 583, 587, 588, 592, 595, 624, 625, 696, 697
Cobbey, J. E., 634
Cody, W. F., 83, 558
Colaneri, Rev. A. M., 713
Colby, General L. W., 601
Coleman, J. W., 318
Coleman, Nancy Jane, 319
Colhapp, J. L., 443
College View, 508
Collegiate Institute, 193
Collins, G. W., 541, 597
Collins. I., 794
Colorado, 94, 98, 122, 392
Colson, S. B., 272
Columbia, District of, 116, 145
Columbia river, 46, 64, 75, 76
Columbus, 88, 93
Columbus Ferry Company, 93
Comanches, see Indians
Commission government, 649
Common carriers. liability of, 606
Commonwealth, the, 438
Concord coaches, 81
Congdon, J. H., 491
Congregational Church, 703, 810, 811, 813, 816, 827
Congregational Home Mission Society, 818
Congregational News, 816
Congregational Record, 828 
Congressional campaigns of 1860-1862, 297 
Conkling, Judge Alfred, 293 
Conkling, Dr. J. R., 292 
Conkling, Mrs. Jennie Hanscom, 292 
Conkling, Roscoe, 293 
Connell, W. J., 593, 619 
Conner, A. H., 578, 604 
Connor, General P. E., 94, 583 
Conservative, the, 62 
Constitution, the, 100, 104, 105, 108, 329, 351, 352, 526, 579, 580, 694,
   696 
Constitutional amendments, 378, 645, 646 
Conventions, 
   Anti-prohibition, 603 
   Constitutional convention, 281, 284, 329, 333, 526, 547, 553, 578
   Democratic conventions, 133, 255, 299, 335, 337, 343, 344, 359, 582,
      593, 596, 597, 600, 604, 607, 612, 614, 618, 624, 625, 627, 634,
      644, 645
   Farmers and Mechanics convention of protest, 563
   Grasshopper convention, 671 
   Greenback convention, 594, 603 
   Labor convention, 614 
   People's independent party for 1892, 615, 616, 624, 625, 626, 627, 635,
      636
   Philadelphia national convention, 371 
   Prohibition convention, 604 
   Republican conventions, 253, 287, 297, 343, 583, 590, 595, 600, 603,
      606, 607, 609, 610, 611, 612, 614, 618, 624, 625, 627, 634, 635,
      643, 645
   Territorial union, 369
   Whig state convention, 114
Converse, J. A., 683 
Cook, Captain, 129 
Cooke, D. W., 636 
Cooley, T. M., 100 
Coon, R. R., 703, 706
Cooper, J. F., 1, 2, 4 
Corn area, 660 
Cornish, A. J., 639, 694, 700 
Coronado, 26, 38, 39, 422, 713 
Correll, E. M., 628 
Correll, L. J., 731 
Cotner University, 493, 733, 734 
Cottongin, invention of, 112 
Cottonwood Springs, 84, 92, 724 
Council Bluffs, 35, 75, 84, 87, 92, 93, 96, 128, 142, 395, 405 
Council Bluffs and St. Joseph railroad, 94 
   Counties,
   Albemarle county, 98
   Arthur county, 611
   Banner county, 613
   Box Butte county, 613
   Brown county, 605
   Buffalo county, 94, 290
   Cherry county, 605
   Custer county, 605
   Deuel county, 613
   Grant county, 611, 613
   Hall county, 290
   Hayes county, 605 
   Hooker county, 613 
   Jefferson county, 65 
   Kimball county, 613 
   Knox county, 605 
   Loup county, 605 
   Perkins county, 613 
   Rock county, 613 
   Sarpy county, 128 
   Scotts Bluff county, 613, 664 
   Sioux county, 605 
   Thomas county, 611, 613 
   Thurston county, 613 
   Wheeler county, 605 
Counties, boundaries of, 211 
Counties, names of, 211 
Counties, new, 231 
Counties, organization of, 263, 381 
County commissioner system, 207, 209 
County officers, 209 
County option, 647, 649 
County superintendents, 237 
Courier-Journal, 389 
Court House Rock, 67, 69, 70, 74, 75 
Courtney, D. G., 609 
Courts, territorial, 200 
Cow island, 49 
Cowgill, W. H., 645 
Cowin, J. C., 585, 604, 605 
Cox, J. D., 690 
Craig, James, 255 
Craig, R. A., 442 
Cramb, J. O., 620 
Crane, Rev. H. A., 804 
Crawford, J. C., 587, 593, 604, 625, 636 
Credit Mobilier speculation, 349, 474, 482, 483 
Creighton, C. F., 805 
Creighton, C. H., 597 
Creighton, Edward, 84, 93, 95, 415, 492, 719 
Creighton, J. A., 493, 608, 719, 720, 721 
Creighton, James, 603, 719 
Creighton, Mary Lucretia, 492, 493, 719 
Creighton, Sarah Emily, 493 
Creighton Medical College, 721 
Creighton Memorial Hospital, 722 
Creighton University, 492, 718, 719, 721 
Creighton University Student Societies, 721 
Crissman, G. T., 737 
Crites, A. W., 609 
Crone, R. B., 745 
Crooks, Rev. I., 805
Crooks, Ramsey, 46 
Crounse, Lorenzo, 361, 371, 428, 585, 588, 609, 627, 630, 635, 695, 696,
   698
Crow Dog, 36 
Croxton, J. H., 283 
Cudney, A. J., 778 
Cuffy, J. A., 594 
Cullen, Rev. T., 727 
Cultivator, The, 444 
Culver, E. E., 692, 693 
Culver, J. H., 692, 693 
Cuming, T. B., 87, 150, 153, 157, 166, 183, 186, 223, 247, 248, 446, 715,
   803
Cuming City Star, 446 
Cummins, S. H., 593 
Cunningham, E. E., 444, 540 
Currency, 624 
Currens, J. B., 738 
Curtis, Major, H. Z., 440 
Curtis, Colonel, S. R., 129, 193, 465 
Custer, General, 686, 689 
Cutler's Park, 140 


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DAHLMAN, J. C., 646, 648, 649
Daily, S. G., 281, 285, 303, 314, 327, 450
Daily press, 438
Daily St. Joseph Gazette, 459, 460
Daily State Democrat, 596
Daily State Journal, 593
Daily Telegraph, 440
Dakota City, 96
Dakota City Herald, 29
Dakotas, the, 122, 123, 392
Dale, W. F., 635
D'Allemand, A., 616, 624
Danes, 755, 760
Daniels, E. R., 607
Dannevirke, 756
Dansk Lutheran Kirkebald, 759
Dansk Luthersk Kirkeblad, 764
Danskeren, 757, 759
Danskern, 764
Davis, Alexander, 149
Davis, Dr. B. B., 611
Davis, David, 429
Davis, F. M., 585
Davis, G. T. M., 349
Davis, Garrett, 382
Davis, J. W., 593
Davis, Jefferson, 116, 400
Davis, Rev. H. T., 796
Davis, O. F., 287, 490
Dawes, H. L., 308, 385
Dawes, J. W., 590, 592, 595, 597, 603, 604, 608, 610
Dawson, Jacob, 283
Dawson's Mills, 725
Dean, J. R., 694, 698
Decatur, Stephen, 59, 161, 169, 180, 198
Dech, W. H., 616
Decker, J. H., 163, 235
Declaration of Independence, 98, 100
Delano, Columbus, 385
Democrat of Dakota City, 424
Democrat of Omaha, 441
Democratic party, 114, 130, 255, 287, 344, 824 
Democratic Times, 446
DeMorin, Edward, 410
Denton, W. A., 729
DePuy, H. W., 287
Der Lutheren, 773
DeSmet, P. J., 75, 76, 86, 87, 398. 420, 432, 723, 724
DeSoto Pilot, 232, 446
Detroit Free Press, 434
De Unges Blad, 764
De Unges Vew, 759
Deutsche Zeitung, 438
Devos, P., 724
DeWitt, Major F. J., 30
Dey, P. A., 474, 477
Dick, Rev. J. S., 829 
Dieckman, Rev. F., 749, 750, 751 
Dietrich, Governor C. H., 641, 642 
Dietz, G., 839 
Dietz, J. F., 616 
Dillon, Sidney, 467 
Dinmock, Rev. S. R., 818 
Dinsmore, J. B., 598, 603, 610 
Direct Primary Law, 700 
Dix, J. A., 473, 475 
Doane College, 495, 820 
Doane, G. W., 233, 261, 598, 612, 631, 633
Doane, Thomas, 496 
Dodge bill, see Bills 
Dodge, General G. M., 62, 488 
Dodge, Colonel Henry, 50, 130 
Dodge, N. P., 148, 208 
Dolezal, Frank, 648 
Dominican Sisters, 728 
Donahue, Patrick, 203 
Donnelly, James, 603 
Donnelly, Rev. T., 727 
Doolittle, J. R., 376, 382, 587 
Doolittle, Milton, 636 
Dorf, Rev. R. R., 764 
Dorgan, W. H., 631, 632 
Dorsey, A, J., 795 
Dorsey, C. G., 367 
Dorsey, G. W. E., 603, 604, 607, 609, 619 
Dosh, Rev. J. M., 746 
Douglas, S. A., 112, 116, 129, 135, 235, 467, 694
Doward, Z. O., 733 
Dowling, Rev. M. P., 720 
Downing, O. H., 270 
Downs, O. H., 149 
Downs, Lieutenant-Colonel H. P., 169, 210, 319
Doyle, E. R., 155, 167 
Doyle, James, 146 
Dred Scott case, 100, 126, 453 
Dresser, Rev. A., 814, 815, 824 
Drips, Andrew, 60, 723 
Drouths, 671 
Druse, O. M., 444 
Dry farming, 664 
Dryden, J. N., 639 
Duffie, E. R., 638, 736 
Dunbar, John, 294, 736 
Duncan, D. R., 734 
Dundy, Elmer, 259, 260, 534, 571, 694 
Dungan, D. R., 729, 730, 731, 732, 734 
Dungan, W. A., 406, 632 
Durant, Dr. T. C., 88, 467, 472, 473 
Duryea, Rev. J. T., 817 
Dye, C. H., 824 
Dysart, William, 628 
Dyson, Joseph, 168, 188


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EAGER, F. D., 639, 691
Early J. I., 337, 345, 446
Edgerton, J. W., 612, 616, 624
Education, compulsory, 548
Egbert, A. A., 490
Eh-na-ma-ni, A., 827
Eight-hour law, 616, 624
Eight-o'clock closing law, 646, 647
Elder, S. M., 620, 623
Election precincts, 143, 154, 157
Elections, 143, 167, 187, 304, 363, 578, 585, 588, 639, 649, 650
Electoral vote, 587, 588
Elkhorn and Missouri Valley railway, 682
Elkhorn ferry, 92
Elkhorn river, 76, 92, 93, 140
Elkhorn valley, 402
Elliot, General, 411
Ely, Rosalie L., 394
Emigrants, 93, 140, 437
Emonds, 215, 724
Employers' Liability Law, 700
Enactments, legislative, 187, 262, 296, 594
England, Paren, 583
Environment, physical, 1
Episcopal Church, 703, 765
   Cathedral, 769
   Cathedral System, 768, 771
   Diocese of Nebraska, 769, 770
   Educational work, 767
   First Parish, 765
Epworth League, 781 
Equal pay for both sexes, 603, 627 
Erb, E., 731, 732 
Erickson, C. M., 735 
Erlach, Rev. P. J., 726, 727 
Estabrook, Attorney-General, 156, 245 
Estabrook, Experience, 151, 288, 349, 544, 549 
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 785, 786 
   Educational work, 791, 792 
   German synod, 790 
   Home missions, 791 
   Orphan Home, 792 
   Nebraska Synod, 788, 790 
   Evangelical Lutheran Synod, 773 
   First Convention, 774 
   First Synod, 773 
   Hospitals, 777 
   Orphanage, 776 
   Schools, 775, 776 
   Seminary, 775 
   War activities, 777 
Evangelical Lutheran Teachers' Seminary (normal), 509 
Evans, C. P., 729 
Evans, John, 201, 499, 803 
Evans, J. H., 639 
Evening Dispatch, 441 
Expeditions, 2, 24, 37, 46, 48, 50, 60, 61, 64, 431 
Explorers and explorations, 24, 46 


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FAHY, PATRICK, 608
Fair, First territorial, 263, 273, 275, 277
Fairbrother, G. W., 443, 444
Fairfield College, 733
Falls City, 444
Falls of North Loup river, 7
Farm conditions, 662
Farmers' Alliance, 603, 615, 616, 621, 673
Fauna, 21
Federal lands, 609
Feed yards, 654, 655
Felton, G. A., 632
Ferguson, Chief Justice Fenner, 146, 150, 156, 170, 173, 273, 296, 439, 694
Fetterman, Colonel, 687
Ficklin, B. F., 82
Fiegenbaum, Rev. H., 782
Field, A. W., 609, 629, 640
Fifield, L. B., 607, 818
Filson, W. N., 745
Financial conditions, 212, 226, 295, 341, 541
Fire commission, 646
First territorial fair, see Fair, first territorial
Fish commission, 594
Fisher, Mrs. E., 733
Fisher, Rev. F. H., 751
Fitzgerald, Rev. J. B., 727
Fitzgerald, John, 623
Fleming, N. K., 684
Fleming, W. C., 450
Flint implements, 9
Flora, the, 15
Florence, 75, 87, 139, 223, 241, 243, 279
Florence Courier, 441
Floyd, J. B., 401
Floyd, Sergeant Charles, 44, 45
Floyd monument, 45
Fogelstrom, Rev. E. A., 765
Folda, Frank, 597
Folsom, B. R., 175
Folsom, N. R., 174, 177
Fontenelle, Henry, 33, 54
Fontenelle, Logan, 37, 54
Fontenelle, Lucien, 60, 76
Foote, Dr. D. A.. 805
Forestry, 672
Forney, J. W., 309
Fort, J. L., 796
Fortifications, 406
Forts,
   Fort Atkinson, 42, 394
   Fort Benton, 85 
   Fort Bridges, 80 
   Fort Calhoun, 42, 53 
   Fort Clark, 110 
   Fort Des Moines, 405 
   Fort Dodge, 398 
   Fort Grattan, 77 
   Fort Heiman, 411 
   Fort Kearney, 66, 79, 81, 83, 88, 93, 94, 96, 142, 196, 401, 406, 407,
      420, 724
   Fort Laramie, 65, 67, 76, 79, 80, 142, 398, 417 
   Fort Leavenworth, 48, 63, 66, 75, 78, 79, 81, 86, 89, 92, 122, 139 
   Fort Lisa, 53 
   Fort McPherson, 416, 687 
   Fort Recovery, 395 
   Fort Ridgley, 96 
   Fort Ripley, 398 
   Fort Sanders, 490 
   Fort Sedgwick, 687 
   Fort Snelling, 405 
   Fort Union, 86 
   Fort Vancouver, 64 
   Fort Yuma, 81 
Foster, L. S., 382 
Foust, Rev. D. S., 750 
Fowler, Bishop, 499, 804 
Franciscans, 716, 721, 727, 728 
Franke, Rev. F. P., 753 
Franklin Academy, 823 
Free silver, 585, 592, 615, 618, 624, 628 
Free trade, 606 
Free transportation, 642 
Freight rates, 606, 610, 611, 616, 618, 624, 629, 645 
Freighting, 91, 95, 603 
Fremont, General J. C., 407 
Fremont, 65, 75, 76 
Fremont, J. C., 51, 52, 62 
French, Rev. H. O., 816 
Frese, Rev. A. W., 773 
Frey, J. E., 382 
Frick, J. E., 634 
Frincke, Rev. L., 776 
Frontier Guardian, 35 
Frost, G. W., 441 
Fuller, D. H., 334 
Fur trade, 24 
Furnas, R. W., 30, 227, 229, 230, 242, 253, 255, 267, 277, 283, 404, 410,
   433, 443, 444, 539, 557, 560, 561


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GAFFIN, J. N., 628, 636, 639
Gage, Rev. W. D., 175, 793, 794
Gaines, General E. P., 405
Gale, Dr. John, 57
Galey, S. B., 592, 593
Gallagher, C. V., 594, 627, 634
Gannett, J. W., 596
Gannon, M. V., 618, 625
Gantt, Daniel, 592, 696
Garber, Governor Silas, 559, 563, 576, 587, 595
Gardner, J. F., 585
Garfield, James A., 385
Gaston, George B., 458
Gates Academy, 823
Gates, Rev. H. N., 816
Gaylord, M. C., 190
Gaylord, Rev. R., 810, 811, 816
Geological survey, 427
Geology of Nebraska, 4
George, Rev. J., 748
Gere, C. H., 419, 563, 584, 585, 590, 592, 596, 603, 604, 608, 610, 624,
   640
Gering, M. W., 627
German Lutheran Seminary, 764
German Methodist Episcopal Church, 703
Gerrard, Leander, 610
Gerry, Elbridge, 105
Gibbs, I. L., 175, 203, 376
Gibson, John, 109
Gibson, Thomas, 596
Giddings, Joshua, 118
Giddings, N. B., 168
Gifford, Dr. H., 805
Gilbert, C. F., 645
Gilbert, J. W., 362
Gilchrist, Rev. A., 753
Giles, Elijah, 445
Gilkison, J. R., 593
Gillespie, John, 353, 361, 371, 542
Gillis, Major, 413
Gilmore, A. H., 254
Giltner, Rev. H. M., 203, 205, 736, 737
Giltner, Mrs. H. M., 742
Girls' Industrial School, 623
Glauber, Rev. G. J., 727
Globe-Journal, 445
Glassbrenner. J. J., 747
Gold standard, 566
Goff, D. R., 703
Goode, Rev. W. H.. 793, 794, 798
Goodrich, C. S., 440
Goodrich, St. John, 345, 359, 585
Gorton, P., 795 
Goudy, A. K., 620 
Gould, C. H., 592 
Gould, Jay, 467 
Gould, N., 736 
Governors, see individual names 
Goyer, Alfred D., 191 
Graef, Rev. P. 776 
Graham, Rev. E. B., 754 
Graham, J. M., 379 
Graham, Thomas, 598 
Grand Canyon, 38 
Grand Island, 64, 65, 140, 141, 290 
Grand Island College, 504, 709, 710 
Grande Ronde River, 75 
Granges, 673, 674 
Grant county, see County 
Grant, General H. S., 686 
Grasses, 17 
Grasshoppers, 425, 426, 574, 589, 590, 595, 609, 667, 670, 815 
Grattan, J. L., 399 
Graves, Rev. A. R., 771 
Gray, Captain, 46 
Great Britain, 99, 101, 102, 119, 141 
Great falls of Missouri river, 96 
Great medical road, 76 
Great Salt Lake, 66 
Grebe, Henry, 585, 604 
Green, Barton, 146 
Green, J. T., 428 
Greenback party, 585, 593 
Greenbacks, fusion with democrats, 594 
Greene, W. L., 630, 633, 636, 638 
Greenmiller, Rev. F., 752 
Greenwald, D., 752 
Greer, R. R., 623 
Gregory, Rev. L., 817, 818 
Greib, Rev. H. C., 753 
Gretna Church, 717 
Gresham law, operation of, 218 
Griffin, Judge John, 109 
Griggs, N. K., 603 
Grimm, J. H., 594 
Groat, G. W., 313 
Groenmiller, Rev. J. S., 762, 787 
Gruber, Rev. T., 774 
Guam, 98 
Gulf of Mexico, 15 
Gurley, W. F., 442 
Guthrie, Abelard, 125, 127 
Gwin, Senator W. M., 82 
Gwyer, W. A., 465, 583


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HACKER, J. H., 294
Hacker, T. C., 443, 444
Hadley, E. A., 624
Hail, W. D., 448
Hainer, E. J., 638
Hale, J. P., 115
Hale, R. S., 385
Hall, A., 258, 694
Hall, C. L., 639
Hall, E. W., 703
Hall, F. M., 641
Hall, S. E., 485
Hall, T. F., 312
Hall, W. P., 117
Hallett, Samuel, 472
Hamer, F. G., 606, 694
Hamilton, Captain, 418
Hamilton, Rev. William, 169, 170, 177, 736
Hammann, Rev. A., 752
Hammond, C. G., 491
Hammond, R. L., 638, 843
Hanford, Rev. S. I., 829
Hanna, M. A., 643
Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, 88, 349, 680
Hansberry, T. K., 731
Hanscom, A. J., 191, 473
Hansen, C. X., 759
Hansen, Rev. H., 757, 760
Hanson, J., 781
Harden, E. H., 156
Harden, E. R., associate justice, 151, 694
Harding, A. J., 369
Harding. N. S., 330
Hardy, H. W., 592
Hare, Bishop, 767
Hare, T. B., 203, 204
Hargraves, Henry, 605
Harlan, N. V., 610, 619
Harman, F. A., 583
Harmer, F. S., 697
Harms, Rev. C., 781, 782
Harman, A. D., 735
Harney, General W. S., 399, 400, 403, 408, 412
Harris, F. L., 611
Harrison, Rev. C. S., 814, 824
Harrison, T. O. C., 634, 696, 697
Harrison, Governor W. H., 109, 696
Harsha, W. W., 740
Hart, D., 794
Hartig, Rev. E., 725, 726, 727
Hartley, J. W., 623
Harvey, A. F., 433, 442
Harvey, H. L., 442
Harvey, W. E., 347
Harwood, N. S., 592, 607, 625
Hascall, I. S., 371, 582, 583
Hastings, 705
Hastings, G. H., 620, 631, 633
Hastings, W. G., 618, 642, 698, 708
Hastings College, 501, 740, 743, 744, 745, 746
Hathaway, H. D., 446
Havorka, Rev. I., 727
Hawes, P. O., 614
Hawke, Nuckolls & Company, 90
Hawley, R. A., 638
Hay, John, 102
Hayden, D. T., 594
Hayden, F. V., 427
Hayes county, see County
Hayes, J. R., 627
Hayward, M. L., 592, 595, 609, 634, 640
Hazen, General, 88
Hazlett, A. W., 609
Heath, E. L., 635
Heath, General H. H., 347, 440
Heaton, Rev. I. E., 810, 811
Heaton, Mrs. M. H., 819
Heck, Jacob, 314
Hedstrom, O. G., 783
Heiner, Rev. H., 792
Hendershot, J., 731
Hendricks, T. A., 255, 273, 382, 608 
Henn, Bernhart, 130, 131, 146 
Henniger, S. F., 624 
Henry, R. H., 206 
Henzel, J. A., 438 
Hepburn, G. W., 439 
Hepner, Major George, 161, 169 
Herald, the, 88, 95, 270 
Hergeseimer, C. A., 445 
Herring, Rev. H. C., 817 
Herron, Rev. C., 746 
Hervey, G. W., 444 
Hess, E. W., 614 
Hewitt, J. R., 587 
Hiatt, J. M., 607 
Hickey, I., 703 
Higgins, J. G., 608 
Hilgendorf, Rev. J., 774 
Hill, G. A., 445 
Hill, G. W., 443 
Hill, J. E., 620, 631, 633 
Hilton, J. W., 734 
Hindley, Rev. G., 824 
Hinman, B. I., 578, 608 
Hinshaw, E. H., 644 
Hitchcock, G. M., 442, 579, 583, 588, 641, 644, 645, 647. 649, 676, 843 
Hitchcock, P. W., 338, 340, 447, 541, 566, 571, 588 
Hoagland, T., 797 
Hoar, E. R., 429 
Hoecken, Father Christian, 86, 87, 723, 724 
Holcomb, S. A., 210, 635, 636, 640, 696 
Holdrege, George, 678 
Holladay, Dr. A. S., 410, 444 
Hollenbeck, C., 697 
Hollister, A. W., 161, 169, 174 
Hollister, G. H., 169 
Holloway, C. T., 198 
Holly, C. F., 255 
Holmes, C. A., 579, 585, 597 
Holmes, E. P., 607 
Home Missionary, 810 
Homesteads, 264, 377, 574 
Hoover, Dr. Jerome, 203 
Hopkins, Andrew, 428 
Hopkins J. H. 429 
Hord Alkali Products Co., 841 
Hord, H., 841 
Hord, T. B., 653 
Horse creek, 67 
Hosford, W. D., 839 
Hospital for the Insane, 546, 611, 629, 631, 633
House of representatives, see Legislature 
Houston, H. A., 438 
Howard, Colonel B., 146 
Howard, Edgar, 642 
Howe, Church, 587, 588, 606, 609, 613, 614, 617, 627, 628 
Howe, E. W., 445 
Howe J. D., 593, 598 
Howell, R. B., 650 
Hoxie, H. M., 474, 491 
Hubbell, O. C., 733 
Huber, Rev. E., 787 
Huff, William, 491 
Huffaker, T. S., 62 
Hughes, T. B., 707 
Hughes, W. H. S., 415 
Hulhorst, Rev. F., 749, 750 
Hull,, M. J., 603, 607 
Hummon, Rev. J. E., 790 
Humphrey, A. R., 620, 631, 633 
Humphrey, G. M., 604 
Hungerford, E. M., 579 
Hunt, W. P., 47 
Huntington, D. W. C., 498, 805, 808 
Huntsman's Echo, 26, 94, 413, 423, 425, 432 
Hurford, O. P., 93, 415 
Hurlbert, Rev. E. H., 813 
Hyde, Orson, 35, 142 


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IDAHO, 64, 106, 392
Iffert, Rev. C., 750, 752
Illinois, 110, 117, 118, 120, 137
Immanuel Deaconess, 765
Immanuel Hospital, 765
Immanuel Orphan Home, 765
Immigration, 541, 558, 589, 737
Impeachment of state officers, 590, 615, 630, 633
Income taxation, 624
Incorporation laws, 171, 192
Independence Day, 171, 197
Independence, Declaration of, 98
Independence landing, 64
Independence Rock, 76
Indian affairs, 10, 11, 26, 28, 38, 39, 96, 118, 196, 273, 340, 343, 394,
   404, 408, 410, 419, 422, 576, 590, 609, 622, 677, 680, 686, 689
Indian chiefs, 30, 36, 37, 46, 687, 689
Indian schools, 33, 434
Indians, Tribes,
   Algonkin, 31
   Arapahoes, 31
   Arikara, 26, 46, 64, 395, 402
   Arkansas, 32
   Black Hills, 31
   Blackfeet, 31
   Brule, 31
   Cheyenne, 31, 689
   Chippewas, 33, 398
   Chouis, 7, 27
   Comanches, 32, 119
   Crows, 31
   Dakotas, 31
   Grand Pawnees, 63
   Iowa, 29
   Kickapoos, 110
   Kit-ke-haki, 27
   Mandans, 27, 29
   Minnetaree, 31
   Missouri, 29, 42, 44
   Nemaha, 31
   Ogalalla, 31
   Omahas, 26, 29, 31, 36, 119, 398 
   Otoes, 29, 35, 36, 42, 44, 119, 398 
   Ottawas, 33 
   Pawnees, 26. 27, 31, 35, 62, 63, 78, 119, 396, 398, 609 
   Pita-how-e-rat, 27 
   Poncas, 29, 35, 36, 393, 605 
   Pottowatamie, 33 
   Santee, 31 
   Saskatchewan, 31 
   Shawnees, the Ohio and Missouri, 119 
   Shoshones, 32 
   Sioux, 32 
   Siowan, 27 
   Sisseton, 31 
   Skidi, 26 
   Tapages, 63 
   Teton, 31 
   Wichitas, 26 
   Winnebagos, 28, 30, 31, 33 
   Yanktons, 31, 44 
Indiana, 108, 109, 120 
Ingalls, J. L., 445 
Ingersoll, E. P., 603, 604 
Insane asylum, see Hospital for the Insane 
Institute for Feeble-minded, 632 
Interest rates, 188, 302 
Inter-marriage law, 210 
Inter-State Christian Herald, 706 
Inter-state Commerce Commission, 610 
Iowa, 83, 98, 110, 117, 118, 120, 129, 132, 135 
Ireland, F. P., 593, 597, 624, 627 
Ireland, Rev. J., 727 
Irish home rule, 610 
Irish, O. H., 287, 375, 433, 435, 527 
Irish Catholic Colonization Society, 716 
Irrigation, 614, 659, 664, 701 
Irvine, F., 698 
Irving, Washington, 1, 2, 4, 47, 65, 197 
Irwin, J. D., 445 
Irwin, W. J., 603 
Izard, J. S., 201, 202, 222, 231, 233 
Izard, Mark W., 151, 156, 184


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JACKSON, A. H., 335, 439
Jackson, J., 703
Jackson, J. A., 193
Jackson, S. J., 338
Jackson, S. N., 438
Jackson, Zaremba, 446
Jackson's Hole, 64
James, F. B., 824
James, W. H., 328, 544, 605
Jamison, S. R., 445
Jay, John, 102
Jeffcoat, John, 639
Jefferson, Thomas, 46, 98, 101, 102, 104, 106, 108, 109, 112, 113
Jefferson county, see County
Jeffries, L. D., 445
Jenkins, D. C., 419
Jenkins, D. E., 515
Jennette, Rev. J., 727
Jennings, W. H., 642
Jensen, John, 607
Jesse, Rev. F. W. C., 776
Jessen, P., 843
Jesuits, 716, 720, 723
Johnson, Andrew, 343, 440
Johnson, Eric, 628
Johnson, E. W., 746, 747
Johnson, F. B., 441
Johnson, G. W., 597 
Johnson, H. D., 127, 129, 168, 205, 441 
Johnson, Harrison, 191 
Johnson, J. E., 433, 435 
Johnson, J. P., 188, 279 
Johnson, P. C., 801, 802 
Johnson, Reverdy, 382, 387 
Johnson, Rev. Thomas. 128 
Johnston, General A. S., 80 
Johnston, G. W., 608 
Jones, A. D., 149, 171, 190, 217 
Jones, J. D., 205 
Jones, J. M., 585 
Jones, L. B., 703 
Jones, W. A., 635 
Jones, W. O., 748 
Jones, W. R., 146 
Jones, W. W. W., 597 
Jones, Russell and Company, 94 
Joslin, G. A., 514 
Journal Territorial Council, 424 
Judges, 581 
Judicial districts, 151, 211, 580, 605 
Judicial system organization, 171, 694 
Judson, F. W., 839 
Julesburg, 67, 82, 84 
Julian, A. R., 801 
Junction City, 39


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KAHSE, REV. W. T., 791
Kaley, C. W., 639
Kaley, H. S., 346
Kane, F. K., 142
Kane, T. L., 142
Kanne, Rev. K., 752
Kansas, annexation to, 273
Kansas and Missouri rivers, 136
Kansas and Nebraska Territories, 127, 129
Kansas City, 64, 84
Kansas river, the, 64, 94
Kansas-Nebraska bill, 694
Kansas-Nebraska campaign, 116, 117
Kansas-Nebraska iniquity, 134
Kansas-Nebraska sovereignty, 126
Kearney, General, 139
Kearney stage, 89
Keckley, C. K., 616
Keeler, J. J., 604
Keeling, W. W., 283
Keith, M. C., 585
Kelley, William, 72, 79
Kelly, Rev. W., 716, 726
Kellogg, W., 354, 694
Kellogg, W. P., 315, 694
Kellom, John H., 238, 287
Kem, O. M., 614, 619, 620, 628, 637
Kemper, Bishop, 766
Kendall, A. G., 597
Kendall, N. B., 683
Kennard, T. P., 361, 446
Kennard claims, 567
Kennedy, Rev. A. M., 727
Kennedy, B. E. B., 331, 349, 359, 473
Kennedy, J. F., 197
Kenower, G. F., 639
Keokuk Dispatch, 150
Kermot, W. J., 703
Kern, Rev. J., 774
Kerr, D. R., D.D., 502, 736, 740, 743
Kilgore, R. M., 778
Killian, E. A., 62 
Kimball, Ella Saunders, 140 
Kimball, H. C., 140, 141 
Kimball, T. L., 491 
Kimball, T. M., 583 
Kimball county, see County 
King, Jacob, 176 
King, Rufus, 101 
King, Rev. W. D., 829 
Kinkaid act, 662 
Kinkaid, M. P., 644 
Kinney, John, 605 
Kinney, L. B., 198 
Kinney, W. S., 692, 693 
Kirk, A. D., 203, 445 
Kirkow, Gus, 603 
Kirkpatrick, S. M., 201, 205 
Kirtley, T. J., 603 
Knapp, Dr. W. M., 633 
Kneeval's land claims, 606 
Knight, J. L. H., 614 
Knox county see County 
Koch, Rev. C. F., 790 
Koehler, Rev. W., 752 
Koenig, H. A., 310 
Kosters, A., 256 
Kosters, Magdalena, 256 
Koulmen, Rev. P., 726 
Kountze, Augustus, 371, 349, 473 
Kountze, Herman, 676, 719 
Kuecele, Rev. F., 774 
Kuegele, Rev. F., 774 
Kueppenbender, Rev. B., 727 
Kuhl, John, 648 
Kuhlman. Rev. J. F., 762, 763, 786, 788, 791 
Kuhn, Rev. O., 752 
Kuhns, Rev. H. W., 761, 785, 787 
Kuhns, Rev. L. M., 763 
Knotty, J. B., 178 
Kuony, Regina, 178 


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LA BARGE, CAPTAIN JOSEPH, 86
Labor, 607, 611, 612, 613, 627
Ladd's artillery, 88
La Flesche, Joseph, 400
La Flesche, Mary, 400
Laird, James, 593, 597, 604, 609, 610
Lake, G. B., 329, 349, 428, 588, 590, 695, 696
Lake, O. F., 174
Lake Bemidji, 107
Lake of Woods, 107
Lamb, E. I., 746
Lambert, W. C., 51
Lambertson, G. M., 592. 641, 708
Lampe, Rev. J. J.. 746
Land, 190, 191, 253, 255, 257, 273, 302, 329, 331, 341, 428, 429, 580, 590,
   594, 603, 606, 608, 616
Land offices, 232, 367, 541
Lane, G. B., 611
Lane, Jim, 414
Langdon, C. S.. 443, 444
Langer, Rev. C. F., 781
Laramie, 83
Laramie river, 75
Laramie Peak, 74
Larimer, A. V., 473
Larne, Tip, 605
Latimer, William, Sr., 203
Latta, J. A., 88
Latta, J. F. , 645
Latta, W. S., 734
Latter Day Saints, see Mormons
Laursen, Rev. L. A., 759
Lawrence Republican, 284
Laws, 171, 186, 205, 331, 349, 589, 594
Laws, G. L., 618
L'eau-qui-court, 88
Leavenworth, Colonel, 87
Leavenworth, General Henry, 395
Leavenworth, Lieutenant-Colonel, 395
Leavenworth Herald, 282
Leavenworth road, 90
Leavitt, J. A., 708
Lee Daniel, 76
Lee, Jason, 76
Lee, William, 605
Leese, William, 616, 627, 632, 633
Leimer, Rev. M., 773
Leist, J. G., 782
Legislature, 88, 104, 106, 114, 116, 120, 121, 124, 145, 171, 173, 175,
   177, 194, 201, 203, 217, 220, 223, 227, 235, 239, 253, 254, 257, 259,
   262, 293, 297, 306, 320, 329, 339, 340, 347, 359, 363, 364, 376, 391,
   447, 533, 552, 581, 587, 589, 594, 598, 600, 605, 610, 620, 628, 638,
   641, 644, 645, 648, 650, 693
Lenker, Rev. J. N., 791
Lemon, T. B., 797, 800, 801
Leroy, 65
Letton, C. B., 694
Leuthaeuser, Rev. A., 765
Lewis, Meriwether, 41
Lewis and Clark, 35, 40, 41, 43, 110
Ley, Lewis, 594
Liberty and St. Joseph railroad, 89 
Lincoln, 95, 125, 475, 531, 539, 818 
Lincoln, Abraham, 84, 344, 443, 473, 605, 609 
Lincoln and Northwestern railroad, 679 
Lincoln Car, 487 
Lincoln Daily Call, 622 
Lincoln Daily Star, 641 
Lincoln Diocese, 703, 722, 723 
Lincoln Globe, 591 
Lincoln Medical College, 734 
Lindley, David, 131, 149, 155 
Linn, J., 784 
Liquor question, 187, 262, 539, 613, 614, 645, 648, 650, 697; see also
   Prohibition
Lisa Manuel de, 46, 52, 53, 56, 59 
Little, Rev. C., 814 
Little, W. A., 339, 696 
Little Bad Lands, 3 
Little Bighorn battle, 687 
Little Bighorn river, 37 
Little Blue, 64, 65, 67, 75 
Little Creek, 67 
Little Globe, 445 
Little Lutheran, 759 
Little Nemaha, 90 
Little Sioux, 86 
Litton, C. B., 689 
Live stock, 655, 656, 658 
Livingston, Colonel, 94, 99, 101, 414 
Loan's brigade, 411 
Lobinger, C. S., 698 
Lockwood, W. F., 694 
Lodge Pole creek, 67 
Logan, R., 746 
Lone Tree and Plum creek, 415 
Lonergan, Rev. J., 726 
Long, Major S. H., 49, 63, 65, 421, 422 
Loomis, G. L., 645 
Louisiana, 44, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 106, 114, 120. 135, 137 
Louisiana Purchase, 35, 99, 100, 103, 106, 107, 114, 121, 136, 137 
Loup county, see County 
Loup ford, 140 
Loup Fork, 88, 92, 93 
Loup river, 63 
Lowe, Enos, 193, 411 
Lowe, Jesse, 157, 159, 240 
Lowe, W. W., 411 
Lowrie, Rev. M. B., 745, 746 
Loyalist, 707 
Lucas, J. B. C., 110
Ludden, L. P., 623, 791 
Lumber supply, 424 
Luther college, 512 
Lutheran Church, 703, 761 
   Educational work, 263 
   First building, 762, 765 
   Immigrant Missionary Society, 765 
   Organized, 762 
   Orphan Home, 764 
   Seminary, 764 
   Synods, 763, 764, 765 
Lyanna, L. E., 443 
Lyman, Amasa, 140 


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MACCOLL, JOHN H., 589, 610, 618, 635, 638                                
McAllister, Wm., 597
McBride, J. C., 444
McCabe, J. W., 579
McCague, Rev. F., 753
McCann, D. J., 369, 438
M'Carthy, Rev. P. F., 711, 727
McClay, J. H., 692, 693
McCleery, Mrs. J. S., 733
McClure, E. A., 440
McConihe, General John, 413
McConnell, J. L., 592
McConnell, Robert, 491
McCormick, C. H., 458, 743
McCraig, R. N., 803
McCready, Rev. R. T., 733
McCreeley, Joseph, 593
McCullough, Thomas, 438
McDonald, Charles, 216
McFadden, Captain Joseph, 412
McIntosh, H. F., 444
McKay, Alexander, 47
McKeighan, W. A., 619, 620, 628
McKenna, W. S., 614
McKenzie, J. M., 518, 670
McLaughlin, Mrs. A. P., 806
McLellan, Robert, 46
McLennan, William, 233, 236
McLoughlin, Rev. M. O., 728
McMahan, Father, 717
McManigal, John, 608
McMeans, J. A., 594
McMurphy, J. A., 446
McNeely, H. G., 203
McNeely, Hugh, 446
McPherson, Dr. John, 303, 443
McPherson, Smith, 639
McShane, J. A., 442, 612, 614, 636, 720, 827 
Madeley, C. H., 603
Magoon, C. E., 618
Maha village, 42
Mahoney, T. J., 625, 634
Mail rates, 94
Mail service, 194
Majors, Alexander, 80, 81, 89, 90
Majors, T. J., 518, 585, 592, 597, 618, 620, 627, 630, 635, 637
Malcolm, Dr. A. B., 169
Mallaieu, J. T., 607
Mallet Brothers, expedition of, 40
Manderson, General C. F., 579, 583, 588, 603, 604, 614
Mann, J. H., 444
Manners, C. A., 428
Manufactures, 665
Manypenny, G. W., 157
Mapes, W. S., 691
Marcos de Niza, 37
Marpiya Luta, 36
Marple, C. H., 624
Marquette, D., 793, 799, 803
Marquett, T. M., 235, 261, 282, 339, 369, 445, 449, 526, 530, 535, 537, 592
Marriage act, 210 
Marshall, A. B., D.D., 504, 746
Martin, Euclid, 625, 634, 636
Martin, E. L., 445
Martin, Frank, 610
Martin, Franklin, 578
Martin, G. G., 698
Mai tin, G. W., 623, 801
Martin, Colonel H. L., 255
Marvin, G. P., 608, 636
Marvin, J. J., 445
Mason, O. P., 260, 271, 347, 415, 429, 551, 553, 571, 611, 693, 696
Massachusetts, 98, 105, 106
Massock, Rev. S. C., 766
Mastin, C. A., 801
Mather, C. L., 445, 579
Maurepas lake, 106, 107
Maxfield, Rev. J. D., 797, 803
Maxwell, Samuel, 611, 612, 634, 635, 638, 695, 697
May, Rev. D. H., 795
May, George, 347
May, Rev. J., 781
Mayares, Spanish lieutenant, 46
Mayberry, C. M., 616
Mead, F. J., 583, 593
Medary, Governor, 285, 286
Medill, Commissioner, 119
Megeath, J. G., 347, 593
Meiklejohn, G. D., 610, 611, 613
Mengarini, Father, 723
Mentzer, J. M., 441
Mercer, D. H., 641
Mercer, S. D., 618, 627
Meridian, guide, 189
Merrick, A. W., 446
Merrill, Rev. J. W., 707
Merrill, Rev. Moses, 55, 57, 60
Merrill, Rev. O. W., 815
Merrill, Rev. S. P., 55
Merritt, E. L., 442
Methodist educational affairs, 499
Methodist Episcopal Church, 793
   Educational work, 803, 904
   First church building, 800
   First conference, 797
   German branch, 780, 781
   Hospital, 805
   North Conference, 902
   Orphanage, 806
   Swedish branch, 781
Mexico, 38, 106, 110, 115
Meyer, Rev. J., 774 
Meyer, Louis, 623 
Meyers, S., 778 
Mickey, J. H., 642 
Midland, 753 
Midland College, 791 
Midland Pacific railroad, 683 
Miege, J. B., 723, 724 
Mile creek, 84 
Miles, Colonel, 89 
Miles, S. B., 583 
Milford Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, see Soldiers' and Sailors' Home 
Military affairs, 297 
Military bonds, 349 
MMilitary expeditions, 396 
Military history, territorial, 394 
Military organization, first, 210 
Military post, second, 407 
Military roads, 262 
Militia, see Nebraska Militia 
Millard, Alfred, 442 
Millard, Ezra, 95 
Millard, J. H., 604, 605, 641, 644 
Miller, A. C., 703 
Miller, Dr. G. L., 191, 196, 203, 217, 416, 425, 447, 535, 582, 590, 593 
Miller, J., 694 
Miller, J. G., 608 
Miller, Colonel Lorin, 284 
Miller, Matt, 612, 636 
Miller, Richard, 579 
Miller, W. H., 438, 443 
Miller's Hollow, 142 
Mills, W., 705, 707 
Milwaukee and Mississippi railroad, 145 
Minard, J. R., 795 
Miner, I. W., 441 
Minnesota, 98, 118, 392 
Missionaries, 725, 727, 729, 736, 738, 753, 827 
Missions, 727, 729, 730, 736, 751, 757, 763, 765, 766, 769, 781, 791, 794,
   799, 815, 827
Mississippi, 103, 112, 120 
Mississippi river, 102, 107 
Mississippi valley, 1 
Missouri, 98, 110, 114, 118, 120 
Missouri Compromise, 112, 115,120, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 131, 133, 145 
Missouri Fur Company, 47, 48, 54, 55, 57 
Missouri Pacific railroad, 683 
Missouri posts, 64 
Missouri river, 64, 76, 85, 94, 96, 111, 123, 136 
Missouri River and Platte Valley railroad, 194 
Missouri river steamboats, 58 
Missouri Valley, 698 
Mitchell, Rev. C. A., 746 
Mitchell, D. D., 398 
Mitchell, J. C., 167, 180, 181, 441 
Mitchell's pass, 73 
Mob violence, 447, 600 
Modesitt, C., 841 
Moffatt, D. H., 561, 563 
Monell, Dr. G. C., 438, 440, 473 
Monetary theory, 586 
Monterey, 731 
Monroe, A. A., 635 
Monroe, President, 99, 100, 102, 114, 115, 119 
Montana, 96, 98, 122, 392 
Montgomery, C. S., 634 
Montgomery, General Milton M., 583, 610 
Monument marking, 274, 275 
Moore, Eugene, 639 
Moore, R. E., 641 
Moore, Dr. S. V., 603, 604 
Morehead, J. H., 649, 650 
Morer, Captain S. H., 94 
Morgan, B. T. C., 491 
Morgan, E. D., 382 
Morgan, T. J., 708 
Mormons, 67, 93, 138, 139, 140, 142, 279, 724 
Morrill, C. H., 614 
Morris, Bishop, 797 
Morris, Gouverneur, 105 
Morris, W. H., 585, 624 
Morrissey, A. M., 694, 695 
Morrissey, Frank, 442 
Morrissey, Jelin, 587 
Morrison, Rev. M., 753 
Morse, J. W., 485 
Morton, J. Sterling, 62, 95, 163, 166, 203, 215, 217, 263, 265, 297, 299,
   302, 313, 315, 317, 318, 428, 535, 590, 593, 603, 605, 608, 614, 624,
   627, 628, 630, 672
Morton, O. C., 91 
Morton, O. P., 590, 592 
Morton, Thomas, 163, 437 
Mosher, C. W., 623, 631, 632, 635 
Mosquito creek, 198 
Mothers' Jewels' Home, 806 
Mouer, J. R., 748 
Mud Springs, 67 
Muir, R. V., 443 
Mulford, H. B., 691 
Mullis, J., 729 
Munger, W. H., 604, 608 
Munhall, T. M., 796 
Municipal charters, 193 
Munson, Rev. P., 785 
Murphy, Rev. C. G., 829 
Murphy, Frank, 371 
Murphy, Michael, 155 
Murray, C. A., 63 
Murray, Patrick, 414 


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NANCE, ALBINUS, 592, 600, 606
Napoleon Bonaparte, 98, 99, 102, 103, 106
Nash, Captain E. R., 412
Nason, W. N., 623
Nast, Rev. W., 780
National cemetery, Fort McPherson, 416
National Potash Co., 842
Nebraska, admission, 126, 145, 376, 381, 393
Nebraska Advertiser, 447
Nebraska boundaries, 112, 116, 135, 392, 393
Nebraska Central College, 512, 803
Nebraska Christian Missionary Convention, 731
Nebraska Christian Missionary Society, 731
Nebraska City, 75, 81, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 705, 730
Nebraska City National Bank 605
Nebraska City News, 22, 88, 96, 167, 257, 433, 438, 439
Nebraska City Press, 94, 433, 438, 444, 446, 689
Nebraska Classis, 749
Nebraska College, 767, 771
Nebraska Conference, 747
Nebraska Enquirer, 446
Nebraska Farmer, 444
Nebraska government, 109, 119, 127
Nebraska Industrial Home, 611
Nebraska Medical Society, 193
Nebraska militia, 156, 319, 411, 618, 627, 640, 693, 708, 709
Nebraska Palladium, 147, 149, 160, 163, 195, 433, 434, 439
Nebraska Pioneer, 446
Nebraska Plan, 707
Nebraska Potash Works, 842
Nebraska Register, 445
Nebraska Republican, 440
Nebraska resources, 651, 657, 665
Nebraska Sanitarium, College View, 509, 779
Nebraska State Board of Pharmacy, 611
Nebraska State Journal, 446, 591, 604, 622, 640, 689
Nebraska Statesman, 361
Nebraska, strategic location, 666
Nebraska territory, 116, 122, 127, 135, 392, 694 
Nebraska University, at Fontenelle, 193, 820 
Nebraska Visitor, 706 
Nebraska Wesleyan University, 801, 805, 808 
Negro question, 344, 354, 359, 376, 394, 539; see also Slavery 
Nemaha City, 90, 444 
Nemaha University, 211 
Nemaha valley, 423 
Nemaha Valley Journal, 44 
Nettleton, D. M., 616 
Neville, K., 694 
Neville, William, 609 
Newcomb, W. T., 733 
Newberry freight law, 635 
Newell, J. D., 709 
New Eldorado, 38 
New England, 104, 106, 113, 117 
New Galicia, 38 
New Mexico, 64, 114, 116, 118, 136 
Newspapers, see individual names 
New York, 85, 88, 98 
New York Herald, 129 
New York Times, 218 
Nichols, Joseph, 491 
Nickerson, O. G., 439 
Nielsen, H. S., 759 
Niobrara river, 5 
Norris, G. W., 644, 647 
North, Captain F. J., 412, 418 
North, J. E., 593, 603, 608, 610 
North Fork river, 88 
North Loup river, 7 
North Platte, 88, 92, 95, 159 
Northern Pacific railroad, 85 
Northwest Territory, 110, 120, 136 
Norton, D. S., 382 
Norval, T. L., 614, 695, 697 
Nuckolls, Houston, 449 
Nuckolls, S. F., 215, 282 
Nye, Caroline M., 266 
Nye, Frederick, 441 
Nye, Ray, 607 
Nye, Theron, 266, 588 


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O'BRIEN, REV. P. N., 727
O'Connor, Rev. J., 713, 715, 719, 721, 727
Occupation Tax, 646
O'Day, Thomas, 609, 611, 612
Odd Fellows Order, 211
Ode to Nebraska, 845
O'Fallon, Benjamin, 395
O'Fallon's Bluff, 84
Offut, Charles, 625, 626
Ogden, Charles, 625
O'Gorman, Rev. J. M., 713, 715, 725, 727
Ohio State Journal, 147, 441
Oklahoma, 31, 98
Oldham, W. D., 636
Olive, I. P., 605
Ollis, J. A., 650
Omaha, 73, 75, 83, 88, 96, 130, 147, 151, 191, 611, 613. 693, 696, 810,
   830-833
Omaha Arrow, 89, 435
Omaha Bee, 441, 578, 589, 603, 604, 607, 615, 619. 621, 628, 630, 635,
   638, 644
Omaha bridge, 490
Omaha City Times, 92, 439
Omaha Daily Herald, 95, 442, 578, 662, 690
Omaha Daily Republican, 92, 417, 440, 607, 615, 617 
Omaha high school, 539, 687 
Omaha missionary station, 196 
Omaha Nebraskian, 89, 92, 94, 218, 417, 424, 433, 439 
Omaha Seminary, 503, 745 
Omaha World-Herald, 442, 622, 624, 637, 687 
Ong, Judge, 634 
Opdyke, George, 473 
Orchardist, 444, 445 
Ordinance of 1787, 109, 118, 120, 123, 136, 137 
Oregon, 78, 106, 115, 118, 392, 646 
Oregon trail, 48, 50, 64, 67, 73, 75, 78, 399, 724 
Orr, Rev. P. M., 751 
Osage Indians, 110, 111, 119, 127 
Osborn, J. W., 705 
Osborn, L. W., 611 
Oschger, W., 735 
Overland mail, 80, 416 
Overland stage, 62, 80, 95


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PACE, L. C., 592, 596, 603
Pacific Fur Company, 46, 47
Pacific telegraph, 416
Pacific wagon roads, 97
Packard, Rev. N. L., 829
Packing house products, 657
Padilla, John de, 711, 713
Paddock, A. S., 318, 339, 376, 411, 456, 374, 381, 439, 457, 571, 630
Paddock, J. W., 191, 203, 235, 446
Paine, Phelps, 579
Palladium, see Nebraska Palladium
Palmer, Rev. E. S., 817
Palmer, Joel, 65, 67
Palmer, L. B., 619
Palmerton, Benjamin, 593
Panhandle, 698
Papillion creek, 140
Parish, J. E., 446
Parker, G. W., 39
Parker, Samuel, 69, 76
Parkman, Francis, 62, 65, 78
Parriott,W. C., 698
Parrott, M. J., 285
Patrick, J. H., 276
Patrick, M. T., 411
Patterson, D. C., 597
Patterson, Rachel, 77
Patterson, Thomas, 210
Pattison, J. W., 218, 435, 436
Pawnees, See Indians
Peabody, J. A., 292
Peabody, Mrs. Jennie Yates, 292
Pearman, Major J. W., 408, 605
Peck, J. P., 246
Peckham, Mary, 256
Peckham, Perry M., 256
Peet, Rev. E. W., 766
Penalvert, L., 723
Pendleton, G. H., 308, 309, 311
Pendleton Messenger, 143
Penitentiary, 211, 546, 559, 576, 631, 633
Pentland, A. W., 309, 311
People's Press 433 437, 445
Perkins county, see County
Perry, D. B., 496, 821
Peru Times, the, 444
Pesson, Rev. H., 793
Phelps, Rev. S., 745
Philippines, 98, 105, 387, 640, 693
Philpott, J. E., 428
Phoenix Park, 72
Pierce, C. W., 155, 203
Pierce, President Franklin, 124, 143, 145, 694
Pierce, N. O., 445
Pierce, W. L., 620
Pierre, 85
Pigeon creek, 198
Pike, Lieutenant Z. M., 27, 44 46
Pike's Peak, 75, 81, 84, 90, 93, 94
Pike's Peak express, 81, 83
Pilcher, Major Joshua, 54, 59, 86, 395
Pile, J. M., 520
Pine Ridge, 3, 17, 36, 689
Pioneer railway, 465
Pirtle, C. H., 618, 624
Placerville, Cal., 81, 83
Platt, L. W., 458
Platt, Rev. M. F., 813
Platte river, 64, 75, 88, 94, 117, 377
Platte valley, 87, 130, 194
Platte Valley Herald, 445
Platte Valley Times, 445
Plattsmouth, 75, 88, 196, 729
Plattsmouth Jeffersonian, 445 
Point, Father, 724 
Points, J. J., 603 
Police commission, 613 
Political conditions, 201, 202, 213, 221, 223, 228, 232, 253, 259, 287,
   289, 293, 299, 301, 303, 309, 329, 332, 333, 337, 343, 347, 351, 354,
   369, 374, 381, 439, 447, 451, 556, 578, 583, 590, 598, 636, 642
Political journals, 219 
Political parties, 533, 551, 572, 599, 603, 647 
Politicians, 133, 357 
Pollard, E. M., 644, 645 
Pollard, Isaac, 10 
Pomeroy, General, S. C., 285 
Poncas, see Indians 
Pond, E. R., 827 
Pony express, 62, 82, 84, 94 
Pool, C. W., 646, 648 
Poor, H. V., 473 
Pope, C. J., 705 
Pope, Major-General John 52, 404, 411, 686 
Poppleton, A. J., 88, 159, 172, 203, 448, 473, 608, 614, 698 
Population, 585, 587 
Populist party, 540, 603, 615, 634, 697 
Porter, Captain C. F., 411, 414 
Porter, J. R., 371, 417 
Porter, N. S., 369 
Porter, W. F., 622 
Post, A. M., 624, 639, 696, 697 
Post, G. W., 607 
Postal telegraph and savings banks, 627 
Potash industry, 693, 702, 705, 839 
Pottawattomie, 128 
Potter, W. M., 441 
Poultry raising, 662 
Pound, Laura B., 373 
Pound, R., 698 
Pound, S. B., 372, 630, 633 
Powell, Major, 417 
Powers, Isaac, 607 
Powers, J. H., 615, 616, 619, 627, 630 
Poynter, W. A., 609, 624, 627, 635, 640,  
Prairie du Chien treaty, 273 
Pratt, Orson, 140 
Pratt, P. P., 141 
Preparatory institute, 211 
Presbyterian Church, 703, 736
   Christian Edeavor Society, 743
   College, 740
   Missionary Society, 742 
   Missions, 736, 738 
   Presbyteries, 739, 
   Synod organized, 737, 739 
   Theological Seminary, 741 
Presbyterian mission at Bellevue, 182, 703, 705 
Press, see Nebraska City Press 
Presson, Colonel, 88 
Pressor, Rev. H., 794 
Prey, J. W., 428 
Price, S. B., 438 
Pritchard, M., 796 
Pritchett, G. E., 593, 597, 610, 612 
Prohibition, 187, 306, 604, 607, 622, 647, 650, 697. See also Liquor
   Question 
Promontory Point, 490 
Prouty, L. B., 445 
Pryor, Ensign Nathaniel, 46 
Public Lands and buildings, board of, 581 
Pulitzer, Joseph, 644 


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QUINCY, JOSIAH, 106
Quincy & Alton railroad, 677
Quinn, Rev. L. J., 727
Quivera, 711, 713


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RAGAN, J. F., 635
Railroads, 62, 145, 465, 491, 607, 629, 677, 680
   Assessments, 576
   Bonds, 470, 471
   Commission, see Railway commission
   Construction, 151, 677, 680, 681
   Government ownership of, 615, 616, 624
   Kings, 484, 548
   Legislation, 538, 548, 557, 569, 574, 589, 623, 652
   Names of, see individual names of railroads
   Passes 604, 606, 607. 616, 618, 639, 641
   Politics, 598 
   Rates, 589, 593, 603, 606, 611, 618, 622, 624, 627
   Stations and naming, 622
   Valuation, 643
Railway commission, 603, 613, 697, 650
Rainfall, 14, 661, 671
Ramey, W. N., 734
Randolph, John, 114
Rankin, B. P., 201, 221, 264, 450
Ransom, F. T., 638
Rassmussen, P. J., 760
Raymond, I. M., 613
Reavis, Isham, 370
Red River, 106
Redick, J. I., 363, 592, 604
Redick, W. A., 841
Reed, S. B., 491
Reese, M. B., 606, 607, 614, 618, 624, 634, 645, 695, 697
Reese, Rev. W. S., 748
Reeves, M. S., 283
Reformed Church in the United States, 703, 749
   Early Congregations, 752
   Horne Missions, 750, 752
   Nebraska Classis, 749
   Rural Churches, 752
   Synod of Northwest, 749
Reiley, Austin, 632
Reinbolt, H., 841
Relief commission, 623, 629
Remington, William, 350
Remington, Mrs. William, 350
Republican, see Weekly Republican
Republican party, 134, 261, 291, 302, 318, 344, 415, 603, 642
Republican river, 5
Resumption act, 593
Revenue law, 231, 269
Reynolds, D. B., 603                     Rounds, S. P., Sr., 441 
Reynolds, M. W., 274, 433, 439, 454
Rhodes, C. J., 731
Rhullier, Rev. E., 727
Richards, Lucius D., 612, 614, 618, 619, 625, 655
Richards, Willard, 140, 141
Richardson, A. T., 62
Richardson, Rev. C. H., 824 
Richardson, J. W., 447 
Richardson, Lyman, 190, 442 
Richardson, O. D., 181, 191, 205, 816 
Richardson, W. A., 117, 234, 307 
Rice, A. E., 824 
Rickley, John, 337 
Riden, M. W., 175 
Ridgled, F. H. 746 
Riggs, Rev. A. L., 826, 827 
Ring, Rufus, 113 
Ringland, W. F., 743 
Rio Roxo or Red river, 106 
Ritchie, Joseph, 585 
Rittenhouse, A. J., 608 
River navigation, 62, 85 
Roads, Military, 88 
   Old Fort Kearney, 406 
   Territorial, 263 
Roberts, Dr. G. H., 585, 611 
Roberts, Rev. J. J., 804 
Robertson, N. C., 737 
Robertson, Seth, 428 
Robertson, T. H., 371, 433 
Robertson, W. H., 596 
Robidoux, Joseph, 72, 404 
Robinson, J. S., 641 
Rock, Carboniferous, 4 
Rock, Cretaceous, 5 
Rock Bluffs City, 359, 446, 729 
Rock county, see County. 
Rock Island railroad, 677, 683 
Rockefeller gifts, 643 
Rocky mountains, 118, 136 
Roeder, Rev. A., 762 
Rogers, E. H., 337 
Rogers, Manley, 312 
Rogers, S. E., 191, 423 
Rogers, W. R., 149 
Roggen, E. P., 428 
Rolfe, D. P., 636 
Rolfe, R. M., 326 
Rooker, W. V., 442 
Roosevelt, Theodore, 650, 694 
Root, Allen, 446, 585, 596, 619, 696 
Root, J. L., 697 
Rose, A. M., 163 
Rose, W. B., 694, 696, 697 
Rose, Rev. W. W., 817 
Rosewater, Edward, 441, 566, 589, 590, 592, 603, 610, 618, 625, 635, 641,
   644, 676 
Rothacker, O. H., 441 
Rounds, S. P., Sr., 441 
Rouse, G. L., 639, 642 
Rouse, Rev. F. T., 817 
Royce, C. C., 27 
Rule, 445 
Russell, W. H., 83 
Ryan, T. J., 683 


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SACRED HEART, LADIES OF, 716
Safford, Jacob, 154
Sage, Rufus, 62 
St. Augustine, 107
St. Benedict's Church, 725
St. Deroin, 731
St. Domingo, 103
St. Francis, Order of, 716
St. James Hall, 767
St. John Nepomuco, 728
St. Joseph, 66, 75, 81, 83, 88, 93, 94
St. Joseph & Denver R. R. company, 606
St. Joseph & Des Moines railroad company, 679
St. Joseph to Albany railroad, 679
St. Louis, 65, 83, 85, 87, 93
St. Mary, 86
St. Mary's Gazette, 129
St. Patrick's Church, 718
St. Paul & Missouri River railroad, 682
Salt, 426, 427, 428, 430, 537, 539
Salt Creek valley, 427
Salt Lake, 80, 83, 94
Salt Lake City, 81, 84, 140
San Francisco, 81, 83, 84
Sandstone Bluffs, 74
Santa Fe trail, 48, 63, 64
Santee Mission, 827
Santee Normal Training School, 825, 827
Santo Domingo, 99, 100, 105
Sarpy, J. B., 56
Sarpy, P. A., 51, 56, 57, 86, 148
Sarpy County, see County
Sarpy's ferry, 139
Saulsbury, Wiillard, 382
Saunders, Alvin, 301, 318, 526, 571, 583, 588, 604, 605, 676, 730
Saunders. C. L., 839
Savage, E. P., 642
Savage, J. W., 579, 587, 588, 604, 607
Sawyer, A. J., 596, 612, 623, 625
Saxon, John, 596
Scanlan, Rev. T., 724
Scannell, Rev. R., 713, 716
Schell, R. A., 734
Schmalz, Rev. J., 752, 753
Schmeck, Rev. A., 749
Schneider, E. F., 440
Scholtz, B., 781
Schools, 779
School funds, 627, 632
School lands, see Land
School law, 209
Schuelke, A., 774
Scientific American, 96
Scofield, B., 582
Scott, T. A., 467
Scotts Bluff, 65, 72, 75
Scotts Bluff county, see Counties
Seaton, J. S., 344
Secession in 1860, 112
Sedgwick, S. H., 645, 694, 696, 700
Seesko, Rev. F., 774
Semi-Centennial, 706, 708, 843
Seminar, botanical, 16
Senate, see Legislature
Sergeants Bluff, 86
Session laws, 186
Settlements, first, 24
Seven Day Adventists, 703, 778
Seward, W. H., 440, 473
Sexton, T. L., 737
Seymour, Silas, 475, 476
Shallenberger, A. C., 641, 644, 645
Shallenberger, Governor, 646
Sharp, E. S., 203
Sharp, J. L., 128, 155, 169, 172, 180, 205
Sharp, W. E., 842
Shawnees, see Indians
Shedd, Lieutenant-Gov. H. H., 598, 609
Sheep, 654, 656
Sheldon, G. L., 642, 643
Sheldon, Lawson, 422
Shelley, Dr. B. Y., 167
Shenk, Rev. J. W., 804
Shepard, W. H., 746
Scherck, Rev. C. R.. 792
Sherfey, C. W., 445
Sheridan, J. A., 628
Sherman, C. W., 440
Sherman, J. H., 382, 433, 439
Sherman, General W. T., 404, 686
Sherrill, Rev. A. T., 814, 815, 817
Shervin, J. E., 618
Shinn, M. F., 196, 795, 803
Shinn's ferry, 93
Shoemaker, I., 191
Shoemaker, W. S., 636
Show, J. H., 841
Shrader, A. B., 790
Shumway, H. B., 624
Sickler, T. E., 491
Sierre Leone, 112
Silver dollars, coinage of, 592
Simeon, Rev. J., 727 
Simons, George, 92
Simons, Norton, 92
Simpson, Colonel J. H., 465. 477, 480
Simpson University (early Wesleyan, Omaha), 193, 211, 497, 803
Simpson, W., 793
Single Collection Agency, 707
Singleton, General, 270, 449
Sioux City, 92
Sioux county, see County
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 7
Sioux Indians, see Indians
Sisters of Charity, 728
Sisters of Good Shepard, 716
Sisters of Holy Child of Jesus, 728
Sisters of Loretto, 728
Sisters of Mercy, 716
Sisters of Notre Dame, 728
Sisters of Precious Blood, 728
Sisters of St. Benedict, 728
Sisters of St. Francis, 716 
Sites, Colonel George, 87 
Sivonson, Rev. O., 784 
Slaughter, B. D., 625, 635 
Slaughter, W. B., 98 
Slavery, 105, 106, 112, 115, 123, 126, 143, 280, 290, 301, 341, 449, 451,
   452, 454, 455, 458, 459; see also Negro question
Slicker, J. M., 611 
Slocumb law, 599, 648 
Smails, N. W., 593, 597 
Smith, Adam, 414 
Smith, A. J., 593 
Smith, C. B., 149, 155, 201 
Smith, E. P., 634, 636 
Smith, G. A., 140 
Smith, Hoke, 635 
Smith, Hyrum, 138 
Smith, Joseph, 138 
Smith, L. W., 795 
Smith, W. M., 795 
Smutney, Rev. F., 727 
Smythe, C. J., 634, 639 
Snake river, 75 
Snell, N. Z., 632 
Snider, S. M., 748 
Snort, daily, 444 
Snowden, Rechel, 16 
Snowden, W. P., 165 
Snyder, Webster, 491 
Social life and character, 394, 421 
Solitary tower, 67, 69 
Sorenson, John, 441 
South Carolina, 98, 143, 145 
South Pass route, 129 
South Platte Catholicism, 703, 722 
South, Platte river, 64, 65 
Spain, 101, 103, 106, 677, 690, 692 
Spanish, the, 37, 99, 103, 108, 110 
Speice, C. A., 312, 604 
Spurlock, B., 806, 807 
Spurlock, Mrs. I., 806, 807 
Staats Zeitung, 438 
Stansbury, Howard, 66, 72, 74, 79, 80, 431 
Staples, J. A., 707 
Stark, W. F., 638 
State banking board, 638 
State capitol, see Capitol 
State Historical Society, 605 
State institutions, 631 
State Normal Schools, 
   Chadron, 520 
   Kearney, 519 
   Peru, 518 
   Wayne, 520 
State officers, 359, 580 
State organization, 533, 534 
State Register, 442 
State University, see University of Nebraska 
Statehood question, 296, 297, 331, 349, 351, 359, 361, 363 
Statutes, 349, 700 
Stauffer, Rev. T. F., 751 
Steam wagon line, 96 
Steele City, 75 
Steinert, Rev. J. G., 752 
Steinhart, John 294 
Stephens, A. H., 220 
Steubi, Rev. E. C., 752 
Stevens, Thaddeus, 385 
Stevens, T. E., 841 
Stevenson, Rev. R. M., 740 
Stevenson, T. B., 411 
Stewart, John, 439 
Stewart, Rev. J. D., 815, 825
Stickel, J. H., 604, 605, 609 
Stock yards, 649, 652, 653, 655 
Stoddard, Captain Amos, 109 
Stone, G. A., 594 
Stone age material, 8 
Stotsenburg, J. M., 691, 693 
Stout, W. H. B., 594, 606, 607, 609, 632 
Stowell, Rev. A. D., 816 
Stowell, Martin, 444 
Streeter, J. E., 380 
Streeter, Rienzi, 380 
Stretch, W. S., 444 
Strickland, J. B., 439 
Strickland, S. A., 161, 191 
Strode, J. B., 638 
Stuart, David, 47 
Stuart, Robert, 47, 48 
Sturdevant, P. D., 603, 604, 607, 636 
Sturger, C. W., 359, 361 
Suffrage qualifications, 112, 457 
Sugar beets, 658 
Sugar bounty law, 613, 614, 622, 627, 637, 638 
Sullenberger, O. P., 594 
Sullivan, J. J., 639, 696 
Sullivan, P. C., 203, 446 
Sully, General Alfred, 404 
Summers, Dr. J., Sr., 277 
Sumner, Charles, 376, 382 
Supreme court, 579, 581, 613, 694 
Supreme court commission, 698, 700 
Sutherland, George, 505, 706, 712 
Sutherland, J. R., 616 
Sutherland, R. D., 638 
Sutton, 750 
Sutton, A. L., 650 
Sutton, H. T., 644 
Swan, Rev. O. J., 784 
Swanson, Rev. O., 784 
Swedish Settlers, 783 
Sweesy, W. F., 377 
Sweet, Franklin, 342 
Sweetwater, 75 
Swezey, G. D., 13 
Swihart, Rev. I., 729 
Swing, Rev. A. T., 819 
Swingli, U., 749 
Swiss, 752 
Sydenham, M. H., 84 
Symmer, F. W., 155 


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TABITHA HOME, 792
Taffe, John, 278, 369, 433, 440, 441, 539, 566, 591
Taft, William Howard, 650
Tafte, W. F., 645
Taggart, J. M., 244, 703, 705
Talbot, A. R., 640
Talbot Hall, 767
Talbot, Rev. J. C., 766
Talbot, R. C., 579
Talleyrand, 99, 101, 103
Taney, Chief Justice, 108
Tanner, J., 718
Tariff, 607, 609, 612, 616, 618, 624
Taxes, 198, 327, 335, 610, 613
Taylor, Bayard, 79
Taylor, E. B., 433, 440, 527, 537
Taylor, Rev. E. C., 813
Taylor, Elisha, 644
Taylor, F. C., 824
Taylor, Rev. G. E., 815
Taylor, John, 112, 141
Taylor, J. P., 684
Taylor, J. W., 703, 795
Taylor, W. H., 259, 283
Tekamah, 196
Telegraph company, Missouri & Western, 84, 93
Telegraph, government ownership of, 616, 624
Territorial agricultural and mechanical fair, see Fair, first territorial
Territorial assembly, officers of, 376, 729
Territorial court, 694
Territorial debt, 331
Territorial fair, see Fair, first territorial
Territorial legislature, 381
Territorial library, 423
Territorial organization, 147
Territorial school commissioner, 297
Thanksgiving day, 155, 198, 434
Thirty-two mile creek, 415
Thomas, A. O., 519, 650, 843
Thomas, C. B., 441
Thomas, E. D., 703
Thomas, E. W., 359
Thomas county, see County
Thompson, B. B., 180
Thompson, D. E., 640, 641, 693
Thompson, Edward, 499, 803
Thompson, J. D. N., 205, 255
Thompson, J. M., 615
Thompson, R. B., 632 
Thompson, S. R., 13, 585 
Thompson, W. H., 620, 627, 636, 639, 644 
Thorne, James, 439 
Thaw, Mrs. William, 503 
Thayer, General J. M., 88, 190. 210, 319, 403, 409, 419, 541, 571, 573,
   604, 613, 617, 618, 628, 619, 701 
Thummel, G. H., 624, 634 
Thurber, H. P., 210 
Thurston, J. M., 583, 593, 597, 607, 630, 637 
Thurston county, see County 
Tibbets, G. W., 646 
Tibbles, T. H., 402 
Tibbles, Yosette La Flesche, 402 
Tichenor, A. C., 428 
Tiegenbaum, H., 782 
Tilden, S. J., 583, 608 
Times, 445 
Tipton, T. W., 88, 339, 378, 537, 597, 604 
Toadstool park, 6 
Todd, Levi, 603 
Tolls, 606 
Tower, L. H., 606 
Towns, naming of, 196 
Townsend, A. H., 445 
Township organization, 605 
Tracy, E. H., 691 
Traders, early, 24, 723 
Trading post, old, 86 
Train, G. F., 88, 349, 359, 465, 472, 473 
Transcontinental railway, 85 
Trans-Mississippi exposition, 675 
Transportation, board of, 611 
Travel and transportation, early, 62 
Treaty of 1783, 394 
Trecy, Rev. J., 724 
Trees and tree planting, 16, 425, 672 
Trinity Theological Seminary, 758 
Trumbull, Lyman, 382 
Tucker, G. P., 225 
Tucker, Nancy J., 224 
Turk, J. C., 446 
Turman, Z. B., 796 
Turner, A. F., 745 
Turner, M. K., 603, 604 
Turtle Hill, 96 
Tuttle, Rev. J. E., 819 
Tuttle, S. J., 579 
Tyson, F. W., 709 
Tzschuck, Bruno, 321, 563, 578

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ULIELER, JOSEPH, 380
Underground railroad, 458
Union College, 506, 507, 779, 780
Union Pacific railroad, 62, 81, 82, 87, 88, 95, 129, 182, 198 349, 377,
   378, 465, 473, 480, 481, 485, 491, 527, 613, 684, 686
Union republican party, 337, 347, 361
United Brethren Church, 703, 746
   Educational Work, 748
   Organized, 747
   Nebraska Conference, 747
   Young Peoples Society, 748
United Danish Evangelical Church, 754, 756
   Organized, 757 
   Publishing house, 759 
   Theological Seminary, 758 
   Danish Lutheran, 759
United Presbyterian Church, 703, 753, 754
U. S. senators, popular election of, 618, 624, 627, 632 
U. S. surveys, 171, 188, 273 
University of Nebraska, 495, 521, 524, 538, 579, 581, 609, 611, 636, 650,
   664
University of Omaha, 514 
Upjohn, Dr. L. N., 277 
Utah, 76, 90, 118, 122, 125, 392


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VALENTINE, E. K., 592, 597, 604, 607
Vallandigham, C. L., 308
Vallery, Jacob, Sr., 578
Van Camp, I., 731
Vanderburgh, Judge Henry, 109
Vandervoort, Paul, 630
Vandeventes, George, 369
Van Reuth, Floris, 337
Van Vliet, Captain Stuart, 401
Van Wyck, C. H., 578, 583, 598, 604, 610, 616, 619, 627
Vermillion, 67 
Vifquain, Victor, 298, 299, 418, 597, 692, 693 
Vigis, P. S., 759 
Vincennes, 109 
Virginia 98, 104, 112 
Vogg, Father, 725 
Volcano in Nebraska, 44 
Von Forell, E., 639 
Voorhees, D. W., 308, 309, 311, 314, 590 


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WADE, B. F., 382
Wait, Addison, 648
Wakeley, Eleazer, 262, 318, 429, 596, 612, 630, 694
Walford, W. W., 314
Walker, William, 124, 126
Wall, Aaron, 612
Wallace, Rev. J. V., 719
Wallace, General Lew, 409
Wallichs, John, 597
Wallingford, A. J., 418
Walther, Rev. C. F., 773
Wantossa, the steamer, 92
Warbonnet canyon, 3
Ware, F. W., 804
Warfield, Rev. F. A., 817
Warner, J. F., 604
Warren, Bishop, 804
Warren, E. F., 606
Warren, Marvin, 585
Washburn, William, 369
Washington College, 211
Washington County Sun, 446
Washington monument, 599
Waterman, Herman, 314
Waters, W. H. H., 337, 438
Watkins, Albert, 77, 625
Watson, Grove, 490
Watson, J. C., 613
Watterson, Henry, 389
Wattles, G. W., 676, 766, 843
Wattles, S. H., 410
Waugh, Samuel, 585
Weather bureau, 13 
Weaver, A. J., 604, 610
Weaver, J. D., 839
Webb, J. N., 704
Webster, Daniel, 114, 116, 124, 125
Webster, E. D., 433, 625
Webster, J. L., 578, 624, 625, 629, 643, 647, 844
Webster, T. C., 801
Webster, W. H., 593
Weekly Republican, Omaha, 93, 96, 374, 690                                
Weeping Water, 10
Weeping Water Academy, 824
Welch, Frank, 595
Welch, James, 300
Weller, Rev. G., 764
Wellington, 79
Wells Fargo & Co., 88
Wesleyan University, 497
West, G. W., 636
West Indies, 105
Western Bugle, 129
Western Baptist, 706
Western Potash Co., 842
Western Stage Company, 82, 94
Western Stockman, 444
Western Theological Seminary, 792
Westport, 64
Wharton, L. B., 703
Wharton, Captain W. H., 400
Wharton, Major, 396
Wheat area, 660
Whedon, C. O., 593, 641, 642
Wheel Plan, 707
Wheeler, D. H., 336 
Wheeler, J. H., 683 
Wheeler, R. L., 501 
Wheeler county, see County 
White, Captain A. C., 411 
White, Rev. A. G., 799, 800 
White, F. E., 620 
White, Major J. D., 189 
Whitefield, N. B., 326 
Whitehead, James, 628 
Whitman, Marcus, 76 
Whitmore, Frank, 653 
Whitmore, William, 653 
Whitted, R. B., 149, 190 
Whitworth, Lord, 101 
Wight, Rev. E. V., 741, 745 
Wilcox, J. C., 441 
Wilcox, W. H., 605 
Wild Cat mountain, 75 
Wilder, William, 414 
Wiles, Captain Isaac, 411 
Wilkinson, General James, 44, 109, 110 
Willard, Mrs. C., 733 
Williams, Rev. A. L., 772 
Williams, J. A., 645 
Williams, J. L., 193, 476 
Williams, J. M. S., 349 
Williams, R. S., 458 
Williamson, Rev. J., 753 
Williamson, Rev. J. P., 827 
Wilmot Proviso, 116, 123 
Wilson, A. G., 585, 746 
Wilson, J. S., 273 
Wilson, Woodrow, 650, 694, 843 
Wiltse, Senator, 646 
Wind river, 64 
Winegar, R., 446 
Winnebagos, see Indians 
Wirth, A., 725 
Wisconsin, 118, 120, 123, 137 
Wise, B. T., 411 
Wiseman, Henson, 407 
Wolbach, S. N., 627, 636 
Wolfe, J. V., 616, 627 
Wolff, Rev. J., 763 
Woman suffrage, 549, 574, 604, 627 
Woman's associate charities, 611 
Wood, J. M., 175 
Wood River Center, 94 
Woodruff, Wilford, 140 
Woodston, S. H., 80 
Woodward, J. H., 596 
Woodward, W. H., 632 
Woolworth, J. M., 87, 154, 192, 248, 252, 352, 389, 557, 607, 698 
Workingmen's Compensation Law, 700 
World-Herald, see Omaha World-Herald 
World War, 846-853 
Worthington, Bishop, 770, 771, 772 
Worthington Military Academy, 772 
Wright, John, 71, 77, 274 
Wright, W. F., 616 
Wright, William, 149 
Wyandotte, Otoe county, 126, 142 
Wyeth, Captain Nathaniel J., 50, 64 
Wyman, W. W., 226 
Wyoming, 98, 137, 392 
Wyoming Telescope, 437, 438


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YARGER, REV. H. L., 791
Yates, Richard, 473
Yellowstone, the steamer, 83
Yellowstone river, 76
York Business College, 748
York College, 511, 748
York Seminary, 499, 803
Yost, C. E., 340, 441 
Young, Brigham, 139, 141, 401, 473 
Young, Charles, 439 
Young, Harriet P. W., 140 
Young, L. D., 140 
Yutan, 750 


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ZAUGG, REV. F. S., 750
Zentmeyer, Miles, 582, 585, 608, 611