Able, Bohemian settlers in, 144

Abstracts of votes for territorial officers in 1859, 260-265, 271; to whom delivered, 321

Adoption, law of among Omaha Indians, 67

Akers, Capt. W. R., pioneer irrigationist, 103

Alcoholism, mescal plant used by Indians as cure of, 163

Alexander, William, member of Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 18 note

Alexis, Joseph, paper by, 78

Algonquian Indian names, 136, 137

Alkali post, 8 note

Allis, Samuel, on Rev. Samuel Curtis, missionary to Omaha Indians, 72 note

Allison, P. H., postmaster at Indianola, 41

Allison & Wood, storekeepers In Indianola, 44

Anderson, David, nonresident voter at Nebraska Center, 264, 325

Anderson, Mrs. E., paper by, 72

Annual meeting of State Historical Society, Thirty-ninth (Jan. 11, 1917), 331; report of secretary, and of treasurer, 331; financial statement, 331-333; obituary report, 333; election of officers, 333; addresses, 334; meetings of board of directors 1917, 334; new members elected, 334, 335

Anti-Nebraska party, 198

Arapaho Indians, 109, 132

Arapahoe, town of founded, 8 note; early settlers in, 31 note; proprietors of town site, 54-55

Archer, Robert T., 128 note

23

Archer, town in Richardson county, 128

Arikara, 136 note

Arikaree River, 136

Armstrong, Judge George, 258; takes testimony of sundry witnesses In Daily-Estabrook contest, 210-257, 272-276

Arthur, President Chester A., abol-ishes theocratic appointment of Indian agents, 124

Aspengren, N. A., Swedish pioneer quoted, 80

Aughey, John, voter in Wauhoo settlement, Calhoun county, in 1859, 254

Aurora, Swedish settlements in and near, 82

Austrians In Nebraska, 141, 142 note

Ayres, "Curley". member Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 18 note

Baird, Colonel Charles W., commander at Fort Scott in Civil War, 175 note

Baker, Dr. C. R., pioneer postmaster and physician in Red Willow county, 41, 44, 45

Baker, Mrs., captured at Plum Creek massacre, 4 note

Balch, Emily Greene, 156

Banks, Nathaniel P., elected speaker of House of Representatives, 198

Baptism, first in Nebraska River, 72

Baptist Board of Missions, work in Nebraska, 72

Baptist Swedes in Nebraska, 81, 82

Baptists, in charge of Indian Agencies, 122

Bernard, Richard C., received votes in Buffalo county, 1859, for member of territorial House of Representatives, 263, 264, 205

Barnes, John, at Joe Eubanks' ranch Indian outbreak 1864, 19

Bartley, first ownership of townsite, 47, 50, 54

Bassett, Samuel C., 325, 334

Battle of the Little Blue, The, 16

Beatrice, designated county seat of Gage county, 319; militia company In Indian outbreak of 1864, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, 23

Beckman, Andrew, induced Swedes to settle in Nebraska, 82

Beecher, Francis, named for a witness in Daily-Estabrook contest, 258; county clerk of Platte county in 1859, 268

Beginning of Red Willow County, The, 29

Belden, David D., pioneer resident of Omaha, 177

Bellevue, earliest events at, and starting of the town, 171-174

Bellevue in the Thirties, At, 72

Bennet, Dr., first postmaster at Canby, Red Willow county, 41

Bennet's Ford, ferry at Otoe City established by Gideon Bennet, 187

Bennet, Hiram P., Introduced in the Council the bill to incorporate Nebraska City, 190 note; candidate for delegate to Congress, 197

Berger, George L., 53, 335; account by of Pawnee-Sioux battle, 61-63

Berger, Joseph E., 42, 61; first treasurer Red Willow county, 44

Berger, William H., 38, 51, 61; killed by lightning, 42; county commissioner Red Willow county, 44; letter, 52

Bible class at Red Willow, 43

Bidwell, Andrew, 258

Big Elk, Omaha chief, 65, 71; his daughter. wife of Lucien Fontenelle, 74 note

Bigelk, John, 65

Big Sandy Creek, Indian hostilities near, 6

Birdwood Creek, 135 and note

Bishop, G. S., pioneer postmaster and druggist at Indianola, 41, 44

Black, John F., 32, 33, 42; director of the Buck Red Willow colony, 30; first sheriff of Red Willow county, 38-40; pioneer cheese maker, 41

Black, Governor Samuel W., in Daily- Estabrook contest, 208, 211, 241-251, 258, 269, 270, 276, 294, 298; with expedition against Pawnee, 242, 257; in election of 1860, 318

Black Bird Creek, origin of name, 135

Black Horse Cavalry, 13

Blackbird, illegitimate title to chieftaincy, 70; story of burial on horseback false, 70

Blair, James, voter in Calhoun county in 1859, 254

Bohemian, population in Nebraska, 142; community names in Nebraska, 144; place names in Nebraska, 144. Slavonian Protective Association, 147; Reading Society, 149; Orchestra at Crete, 150; newspapers, 150, 152-155; libraries, 156

Bohemians, first in America, 140, first in Nebraska, 143; in Nebraska cities, 143; in Spanish-American war, 145; reasons for emigration, 145; religious life of in Nebraska, 145, 146; exiled, 146; benevolent orders, 147; organized life of in Nebraska, 147-150; folk songs, 149; in politics, 150; in war- coerced into at home, 150; in Spanish-Ameri-

can war, 145; in American Civil War, 145, 151; in world war, 152; in journalism, 152; literature of, 155; in education, 157

Bohemians in Nebraska, 140

Bonhomme City, 232; situation, 233, 327; when incorporated, 327; ferry across Missouri River, 327

Bonhomme Island, situation of set. tlement, 274, 327

Bouchal, John, 150

Bouchal, Louis J., 158

Boulware, John, ferryman and postmaster at Table Creek, 190 note

Bouton, George, pioneer irrigator, 103

Bowen, Judge Leavitt L., 171

Bowen, Lieutenant [Glenn], 4 note

Bowie, William, killed in Indian raid at Oak Grove, 14 note

Boyd, James E., votes in Buffalo county in 1859, 263; appointed register and commissioner of Buffalo county, 269, 270; proprietor of Nebraska Center ranch, 325; governor of Nebraska, 327

Boyd county. Swedes settled in, 83

Boyer, A. S., pioneer in Red Willow county, 38, 39

Bradbury. B. F., pioneer sheep raiser and storekeeper on Beaver Creek, 42, 44, 45; one of first three Commissioners of Red Willow county, 44

Brainard, Bohemian settlers at, 144

Brandeis. Arthur D., death of, 333

Bratt, John. 315

"Breakfast drive", 3

Breckenridge, settlement in L'Eau Qui court county, 232. 233, 274, 325 note 22

Briggs, Judge Clinton, 177

Brigham, William. 225

Britt, John W., voter at Nebraska Center, 1859, 263, 325

Broady, Judge Jefferson H., 102

Brothwell, D. E., first clerk of Red Willow county. 38, 39

Brown, Aaron Venable, fictitious voter in L'Eau Qui Court county, 1859, 225, 309, 324

Brown, Charles H., prosecuting attorney in Tator trial, 1 note

Brown, J. D., 54

Brown, Margaret, 54

Brown, Mather F., in election of 1859, Calhoun county, 219

Brown, Richard, 95

Brown, William D., 169

Brownville, baby exchange prank in 1858, 99; election frauds in 1859, 207

Broz, Rev. Father J. S., 156

Bruce, Lars Peter. 80

Brulé Indians, 109, 111, 112, 112; Upper and Lower, 109, 111, 112

Bruno, Bohemian settlers at, 144

Buchanan precinct (Platte county), votes in, 261

Buck, Amos Reed, 57

Buck, Royal, 36, 47, 49; historian of Red Willow county, editor, and receiver of land office at Nebraska City, 29; president of Republican Valley Land Company, 30; his centennial history of Red Willow county, 30-46; first Post- master of Red Willow, 30 note, 40; family data, 56, 57, 58; leads expedition, 58, 60; settles in Red Willow county, 59

Buffalo county, in election of 1859, 206, 239, 240, 263-265, 271, 276-283, 294, 301-305, 313; method of or- ganization, 241, 247. 268, 298, 302- 304 326

Buffalo hunting, 51, 61

Buffaloes in Red Willow county, 46, 49

B. & M. railroad, terminus at Sutton in 1871, 30; grade to Fort Kearny, 31

B. & M. Railroad Company, in Re- publican valley, 50

Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska, 59, 60

Burt, Governor, death of, 186 note

Burt county, Swedish settlements in, 82; Swedish population, 85; first election, repeating system, 195 note; in election of 1859, 318; and the Omaha reservation, 320-321

Butler, Governor David, impeachment proceedings against, 159; opposition to nomination in Republican convention of 1870, 160

Butler, M. C., killed by Indians at Oak Grove Ranch, 14 note, 21

Butler county, Bohemians in, 143, 144; election returns 1859, 236, and 1860, 317; trading posts on Platte River, 255; abstract of votes, 1859, 261

Byers, William N., 169, 176 note

Byfield, John, first storekeeper at Red Willow, 43

Byfield, William, director Republican Valley Land Company, 30 and note; one of first homesteaders in Red Willow county, 33

Caddoan Indian stock, 131

Cadman, John, delegate to constitutional convention of 1860, 317; Justice of the peace in original Clay county, 318

Calamus River, derivation of name, 135

Calhoun county, in election of 1859, 206, 213, 218, 219, 235, 236, 268, 283-286, 294, 299, 301, 305-307, 313; election precincts, 214, 254; Pawnee villages, 213, 255, first settlements, 213, 219, 264, 299; number of voters, 219, 220; description and boundaries, 284, 294; formation of, 316; name changed to Saunders, 317; election of 1860, 317; assigned to representative district, 323; pop-

ulation In 1860, 323; new territory attached, 327

Calhoun Precinct in 1859, location, 219; election and election officers in, 219

Callahan, see Hullihen, T. G.

Campaign contributions, by federal officers, 275

Campbell, Mr., report of committee on elections on contest by, 300

Canada, Bill, killed by Indians, 18

Canby Post office, 40

Capek, Thomas, 151, 155

Capital of the Territory of Nebraska, strife over location, 192, 197

Cardwell, James, 317, 318

Carlson, Charles, 84

Carpetbaggers, in Nebraska, 199

Carson, John L., 99

Carson, Kit, 73

Cass county, in election of 1859, 207, 210, 299, 318; members of House of Representatives 1857 and 1858, 315; boundaries changed, 316; part attached to Saunders county, 317

Cather, Willa Sibert, writes about Bohemians, 156

Catholics, Indian agencies in charge of, 122

Cayuga, Indian place name, 136

Cedar county, Swedish population in, 85; in election of 1859, 209, 234, 299, 318; Wacapana settlement, 234 and note; part of taken from Izard county, 320

Centennial Congregational church at Red Willow, 43

Centralia precinct, election in 1859, 206, 237, 239, 264, 325

Centre precinct, abstract of votes from, 261

Chambers, Colonel A. B., secretary of the council with Indians, near Fort Laramie in 1851, 69

Chapman, Bird B., candidate for territorial delegate to Congress, 186, 198, 199

Chapman, James G., candidate for district attorney in 1859, 260, 263, 264, 265, 272

Chase county, shape of, 49

Chautauqua, misapplied place name, 136

Cheyenne Indians, 111; number at Red Cloud agency on Platte River, 109

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, 58, 59 note

Christian denomination in Red Willow county, 43

Clackamas county, guessing locality of, 282

Clan Organization of the Winnebago, 86

Clark, Dr. M. H., his house voting place for Fontanelle precinct, 322

Clarke, Henry T., 171

Clarke, R. M., 259

Clarkson, Bohemians in, 143

Clay county--original--, question of legal organization, 210, 315; divided between Gage and Lancaster, 317; elections in 1857, 1859, 1860, 1862, 317-318; county officers, 1860, 318; military quota, 319; taxation, 319

Clyne, Joseph, sheriff of Gage county and member of expedition from Beatrice to Little Blue, 18 note, 21, 23, 24

Coad, Mark M., his ranch house near Scotts Bluff, 104, 106

Cobb, Amasa, 55

Cobb, Howell, fictitious name of voter at Niobrarah, 225 and note, 209, 324

Cobb, 0. H., pioneer postmaster and storekeeper at Indianola, 41, 44

Cott, James B., 211, 228, 258, 259, 289; testimony in Daily-Estabrook contest, 221-227

Colfax county, Bohemians in, 143, 144-152

Collin, Nlklas, 79

Collins' Grove, settlement of, 274

Colorado, territorial government of, 177 and note

Colter, F. M., 18 note

Colvin, George W., pioneer justice of the peace at Arapahoe, 39, 40, 60

Colyer, Vincent, and denominational Indian agents, 124

Comanche Indians, 132

Comly, Charles H., witness in Daily- Estabrook contest, 202, 203-205, 279, 283

Commissioners, Capital, resolution to investigate acts of passed by legislature, 162

Comstock, Lieutenant [Francis J.), 4 note

Comstock, James, and Indian raid on Little Blue, 21, 26

Comstock's ranch, 18, 21; see Oak Grove Ranch

Concord, Swede settlement, 82

Congregational churches, pioneer in Red Willow county, 43

Congress, election of delegates to from Nebraska, 199, see Daily-Estabrook contest; beginning and expiration of each, 314; designates time for election of members, 200, 314

Conkling, Alfred, counsel for Samuel G. Daily, 211, 258, 259, 273 and note, 297, 320; Roscoe Conkling's father, 319

Constable, George, master of wagon train burned by Indians, 11, 13, 16, 22; in battle on Elk Creek., 23, 24, 25

Constitution, of 1871 model for 1875, 185

Contested Elections of Delegates to Congress from Nebraska, 197

Converse, Dr. J. N., 30

Cook, William, witness in DailyEstabrook contest, 211, 251- 254

Cordeal, John F., furnishes histori-

cal data of Red Willow county, 46, 64, 58

Cottonwood Springs, 2, 3, 4

Counties, with Indian names, 136, 137; first eight established by governor of territory, 193 note; formed of uninhabited territory, 217, 218 and note; commissioners succeed to administrative powers of probate judges, 241, 245, 246, 247; unorganized, how treated for election and other purposes, 302, 328

County clerks, duties in elections, 321

Covington Precinct, irregular voting In 1859, 275

Cowles, Charles H., namer and a founder of Nebraska City, 189 note

Cox, Jacob D., 124

Creeks with Indian names, 132, 135

Crete, Bohemians in, 143

Crete orchestra, 150

Criswell, Major R. H., 44

Crook, Isaac, 128, 129 note

Crook, Jesse, Pioneer settler in Richardson county, 126, 127, 128

Croy's Grove, early settlement In L'Eau Qui Court county, 274

Culbertson, 54

Cuming, Thomas B., acting governor of the Territory of Nebraska, 186, 190, 193 note, 195, 316, 322

Cuming county, in election of 1869, 213, 216, 217, 256, 287, 288, 318; Population in 1859, 214; boundary changed In 1866, 320

Cunningham, Ebenezer E., relates political incidents of Nebraska, 159

Curran, Sterrett M., 265; witness in Daily-Estabrook contest, 258

Curtis, Rev. Samuel, missionary to Omaha Indians, 72

Curtis, General Samuel R., 7

Custer county, Swedish population in, 85

Custer massacre, 113

Czechs, derivation of name, 140, see Bohemians

Daily, Samuel G., 180, 317; delegate to Congress, 197; contests election of J. Sterling Morton, 199, majority over John F. Kinney, 198; contest against Estabrook, 200-328; abstracts of votes for, 260, 261, 262; vote for in 1862, 317

Daily-Estabrook contest, 198, 200; excerpts from official record of, 201-313; Daily's memorial to Congress, 201; grounds of contest, 205-208; Estabrook's answer, 208-210; Daily's witnesses and testimony of, 210-257; and notice to examine witnesses, 258; alleged theft of Niobrarah poll books, 259; abstracts of votes and poll lists of the counties of Hall, Platte, Green, Butler, Calhoun, Izard and Buffalo, 260-268, 271; charge of theft of poll books of Calhoun county, 268; irregular organization of Buffalo county. 268-270; Estabrook's witnesses and testimony of, 272-276; his argument, 276-296; his memorial asking for time to take testimony, 296-300; report of the committee on elections, 300-313; editorial notes, 314-328

Dakota county, in the election of 1859, 234, 318; and the Omaha reservation, 320

Dakota Indian place names, 133, 134, 135, 136

Dakota Indians, hostile to the Omaha, 65; election of a chief by, 69

Danbury, first two postmasters. 41

Davenport, B. M., treasurer Republican Valley Land Company, 30

Davis, Daniel F., death noted, 333

Davis, J. M., member Republican Valley Land Company, 30, 33

Davis, Oscar F., 260, 262

Davis, R. C., member of expedition from Beatrice to Little Blue, 18

Dawson county, Swedish population in, 85

Deer Creek, 32

De Puy, Henry W., witness in Daily- Estabrook contest, 258; votes for, 260, 262

Descent, patrilineal among Winnebago Indians, 90

Deserted Ranch, 3

Devin, Captain J. D., commandantat Red Willow, 49

DeWitt, settlement at, 216 and note, 256

District attorney first judicial district, votes for In 1859, 260, 263, 264, 265, 272

Dixon, Ira, member of Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 18

Dixon county, Swedish population in, 85; in election of 1859, 234, 318; part taken from first Izard county, 320

Doane, George W., 181

Dobbs, Hugh J., 17, 20

Dobytown, see Kearny City

Dodge, Mrs. Sallie, 126

Dodge county, Swedish population in, 85; in election of 1859, 209, 318; first voting place In, 322; part attached to Washington county, 322; change of county seat, 322

Dodson, D. B., in election of 1859, 223-227; witness in Daily-Estabrook contest, 258

Donato, A. Z., 156

Dorrington, David, pioneer settler at Falls City, 129

Dorrington, William E., 129

Dorsey. J. Owen, 69

Dougherty, Major John, agent for Nebraska Indians, 75, 76, 171 note

Dougherty, Robert, interpreter to Indians, 72

Douglas, James, owner of Kiowa station, 18, 21, 27

Douglas county, Swedish population in, 85; Bohemians in, 143, 152; Sarpy county taken from, 172; election of 1859 in, 235, 299, 318

Douglas House, Omaha, early incidents at, 192-195

Downs, Major Hiram P., pioneer resident of Nebraska City, 188

Drips and Fontenelle, at Bellevue, 171

Dudley, General Nathan A. M., at Fort McPherson, 37

Dunbar, Rev. John, missionary to Pawnee, 7 2

Dundy, Judge Elmer S., active in impeachment of Governor Butler, 159-162

Dundy county, shape of, 49

"Dutch Smith", ranch raided by Indians in 1864, 5

Dye, J. R., leader of pioneer Brownville band, 99

Earliest Settlers in Richardson County, 126

Eaton, John G., treasurer and justice of peace, Red Willow county, 38, 40

Edholm, 1

Edwards, Thomas B., pioneer in Brownville, 95

Edwards, Mrs. Thomas B., pioneer philanthropist in Brownville, 95

Egbert, Andrew, 81

Elections, territorial, frauds and irregularities, 195; see Daily-Estabrook contest

Elk Creek, battle with Indians on, 7 note, 17, 23

Elkhorn River, 212, 214, 287; course through Izard county, 322

Ellis, Lathrop, surveyor of Buck expedition to Red Willow, 30 Emery, Bob, 23

Emigrants, fraudulent voting by,

204; Missouri River crossings used by, 231

Episcopalians, in charge of Indian agencies, 122

Estabrook, Experience, chairman of committee on education, school funds and lands in constitutional convention 1871, 185; first territorial attorney, 199; election contested by Samuel G. Daily, 198, 200-328; his certificate of election, 208; abstracts of votes for, 260-265, 271; see Daily-Estabrook contest

Eubanks family, members of killed by Indians, 13, 14, 19, 20, 22 note; burial of, 14 and note, 16, 21, 22 note, 26, 27; spelling of name, 19 note

Eubanks, Father, residence of, 20

Eubanks, Fred, killed by Indians, 19, 20

Eubanks, Joe, situation of his ranch, 19; killed by Indians, 20, 21

Eubanks, Mrs. Joe, 19

Eubanks, Theodore, killed by Indians, 19

Eubanks, William, place of residence, 20; killed by Indians, 20, 21

Eubanks, Mrs. William, captured by Indians, 13, 15 note, 21

Eubanks ranch, 13, 14, 20

Excelsior, settlement in Calhoun county, 286, 327 note 47

Falls City, early settlers of, 126, 127, 128, 129

Farming in Red Willow county, 1872- 75, 35-38

Ferguson, Penner, delegate to Congress, 198, 199, 317

Field, Marshall, 109

Filips, Frederick, 141

First Settlement of the Scotts Bluff Country, 103

Fitch, W. S., 38, 44

Fitzgerald, N., 225

Fitzgerald, W. H., 259

Flanagan, Lieutenant Thomas,- 4

Fletcher, William, killed in Plum Creek massacre, 5

Follmer, George D., 26

Fontanelle, why so named, 137, 322; settlement at, 216, 322

Fontenelle, Logan, question of his chieftaincy, 64-71, 137; interpreter at the making of the Omaha Indian treaty of 1854, 64, 65, 66; signs treaty, 65; boyhood in Bellevue, 73

Fontenelle, Lucien, 67, 71, 73, 74 note, 137; his Indian wife and children, 73; death of, 74; sells trading house at Bellevue for Indian agency, 171

Fontenelle, Tecumseh, 73

Fontenelle Hotel, 64; not an Indian name, 137

Fort Kearny, new, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 188, 189, 204, 236, 294; garrison at in 1859, 238

Fort Kearny, old, established at Table Creek, 189

Fort Laramie; early, 108; Mexican settlement near, 103; Sioux Indians at, 108

Fort McPherson, 2, 40

Fort Robinson, 109

Francis, Page T., first county surveyor of Red Willow county, 38, 44; reminiscences of, 46

Frankfort, settlement in L'Eau Qui Court county, 226, 233, 234, 274, 324

Fraternal organizations among Bohemians, 147

Free Mission churches among Bohemians, 81, 82

Freeman, Daniel, member of Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 18

Freighting, Omaha to Pike's Peak, 1

Fremont, 285; Swedish colony in,

82; made county seat, 322 note 21

Fremont Island, 285

Friends, Society of, Indian agents chosen from, 121, 122, 123, 124

Frightening Bear, chief of the Sioux nation, 69

Fulton, S. B.. 160, 161

Furnas, Robert W., candidate for governor in 1870, 159

Furnas county, angling for early settlers, 34; extra length explained, 49

Gaeckler, Oscar E., death noted, 333

Gage, William D., 319

Gage county, election in 1857, 315, 317; and 1859, 210, 315, 318; and 1860, 317, 318; and 1862, 317; organization of 1857 legalized by legislature, 299, 319; north half of Clay county attached to, 317; early tax levies, 319; commission to locate county seat, 319

Galey, [S. B.], 162

Garber, Governor Silas, issues centennial proclamation, 29

Garfield, President James A., 124

Garfield, Solomon, voter in Calhoun county in 1859, 254

Gaslin, Judge William, presides at first session of district court in Red Willow county, 41

Genoa precinct, in Monroe county, 207; and Pawnee reservation, 207, 251, 252, 253, 292; election of 1859 in, 212, 251, 252, 292, 295, 301, 308, 313

Gentry, Ben, pioneer irrigator, 103

Gering, platted, 107

Germans, number of in Nebraska, 142 note

Gerrard, Leander, 258

Ghost, Allen M., 65

Ghost dance, 163

Gibbs, Isaac L., 319

Giddings, Napoleon B., first dele-

gate to Congress from Nebraska, 186, 199

Giger, Lieutenant Benjamin F., in Indian war of 1864 on Little Blue, 8

Gilbert, George N., pioneer settler and officeholder in Red Willow county, 41, 44, 45

Gilbert, John, account of attack by Indians on Little Blue settlements, 15, 17-28

Gillingham, T. T., 121

Gilman's ranch, 2, 6

Gillis, James L., Pawnee Indian agent, 252, 326

Gilmore, Melvin Randolph, papers by, 64, 130, 163

Glover, William P., in election of 1859, Calhoun county, 219

Goldsberry, Frank L., first clerk of Richardson county, 128

Grand Island precinct, in election of 1859, 210, 260

Graff, Dr. George B., in Daily- Estabrook contest, 272, 273-276, 290, 291, 295; receiver of public moneys, 273; register of land office, 291

Grange, organized at Indianola, 53

Grant, President U. S., 114; originated plan of nominating Indian agents by religious sects, 123, 124; recommends uniting telegraph and postal business, 153

Grasshoppers, damage crops in Red Willow county, 35, 36, 37, 48

Grattan massacre, 69

Graves, Louis, in Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 18

Green, James, paper by. 1

Green, S. S., 1

Green county, election of 1859 in, 236, 261; boundary of, 316; election in 1860, 317

Gregory, Major, Ponca Indian agent, 223, 225, 228, 230

Grenell, Edwin N., death of noted, 333

Grist mill on Red Willow Creek, 42

Grout, Virgil, first irrigator in Scotts Bluff region, 103

Gwyer, William Augustus, reminiscences of, 168

Hackney's Ranch, 16

Hagaman, Robert M., L'Eau Qui Court county clerk and postmaster, 222; in Daily-Estabrook contest, 222, 227, 258, 259

Hagge, William A., 259, 260

Half-breed tract, 128 note, 208 note, 315

Hall, Augustus, chief justice territorial supreme court, 318

Hall, Charles M., death of noted, 333

Hall, Dr. P. L., treasurer of State Historical Society, 331-333, 334

Hall county, election of 1859, 210-236, 259, 260, 292, 295

Halland, Swedish settlement in Iowa, 83

Hardy, William E., elected director of State Historical Society, 334

Harlan county, notes of early history, 31, 34, 39

Hart, Rev., pioneer preacher in Richardson county, 126

Harvey, Robert, second vice president of State Historical Society, 334

Harvey, William E., elected territorial commissioner of common schools, 260- 265, 271

Hawley, Ralph, in election of 1859, Calhoun county, 219

Hayes, John H., 259

Hayes, President Rutherford B., 124

Hedde, Frederick, 258, 259, 260

Helm, A. J., 54

Helm, John F., a founder of Red Willow, 49, 54, 59, 60

Hendrick precinct, Otoe county, election of 1859, 210

Henry, Dr. Charles A., active in

election of 1859 in Buffalo county, 204, 248, 250, 258, 265, 268, 303

Henry, Enoch, in Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 10

Hepner, Major George, Oto Indian agent 190

Herman, Augustine, alleged first Bohemian in America, 140

Herman, John, important Bohemian settler, 144

Hessel, Theodore, pioneer Swedish Baptist preacher, 81

Hicksite Friends, in charge of Indian agencies, 122, 123

Hill, Edgar S., 34, 38, 39, 44, 47; first probate judge Red Willow county, 54; a founder of Indianola, 55, 60, 61; recollections of, 58-61

Hill, Dr. S. M., and Luther College, 81

Hinman, W. M., 38, 39; sawmill at Red Willow, 34, 41

Historical Society, see Annual Meeting of State Historical Society

Hitchcock, Phineas W., elected delegate to Congress, 198; candidate for district attorney, 260

Hitchcock county, shape of explained, 49

Holdrege, G. W., member of Lincoln Land Company, 56

Holdrege, Swedish population in, 84

Holladay, Benjamin, damage to his stage line by Indians, 8, 12

Holt, Franklin, settler in first Izard county, 262

Homestead act, attracted Bohemian settlers, 144; and others, 170

Hordville, settled by Swedes, 82

Horsky, Joseph, pioneer Bohemian settler, 144

Howard, Robert A., district attorney in 1860, 318

Howe, Albert C., in Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 17, 18

Hrbek, Prof. Jeffrey D., 156, 158

Hrbkova, Sarka B., paper by, 140

Hudson, [Henry J.], postmaster at Genoa, 1859, 252

Hullihen, T. G., sheriff of L'Eau Qui Court county, 324 note 29

Hungarians, number in Nebraska, 142 note

Hunt, George A., at Oak Grove Ranch during Indian raid of 1864, 14, 20, 26

Hunter. George A., pioneer settler and first sheriff Red Willow county, 34, 38, 44. 47, 58, 60

Iatan, chief of Oto and Missouri Indians, 75- 77; tragical death, 76

Iliff, Charles, killed in Plum Creek massacre, 5

Incident in the Impeachment of Governor Butter, An, 159

Indian agencies, list of religious denominations in charge of, 122

Indian agents, chosen from religious denominations, 121-124

Indian burial place, 51

Indian chiefs, how chosen, 66-70

Indian commissioners, board of, procured by President U. S. Grant, 123, 124

Indian outbreak of 1864, Incidents of the, I

Indian Place Names in Nebraska, 130

Indian trading store at Niobrarah, 222

Indianola, town site, 38, 54-56, 58, 60; county seat of Red Willow county, 40; first post office, 40; postmasters, 41; first school district, 43; first courthouse, 56, 61

Iowa Indians, 74; location of, 131, 132

Irrigation, beginning of, in Scotts Bluff region, 103

Irving, Washington, on place names, 130

Izard, Mrak W., 320

Izard county, in election of 1859, 206, 235, 262, 283, 295, 299, 301, 307, 313; unsettled, 212, 215, 250, 257, 299; location of, 212, 213, 221, 283, 286-289, 295, 320; dividied among other counties, 320; name transferred to other territory, 320; and Stanton substituted for, 320; course of Elkhorn river through, 322

"Jack's Ranche", 204

James, William H., acting governor, 33, 324; in Daily-Estabrook contest, 211, 222, 227-233, 258, 259, 289, 291; secretary of state, 323

Jefferson, Territory of, 177

Jenkins' Ranch, 21

Jindra, Joseph, 149, 151

Johnson, Hadley D., 186

Johnson, J. H., in election of 1859 at Centralia, 264

Johnson, Joel W., 264

Johnson, Joseph E., election of 1859 in his house, 239; biographical sketch, 326 note

Johnson county, included in representative district in 1858, 315; in election of 1862, 317; and of 1859, 318

Johnston, David M., paper by, 186; in 1854 selected claim for a home in Richardson county, 191; member of first Territorial Assembly, 191; death of 196 note

Jones, Samuel, in Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 17, 21, 23

Jones, W. W. W., in Buck Red Willow colony, 30, 32, 33, 34

Jones, William R., in Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 17, 21

Jung, Vaclav A., 155

Kansa Indians, location of 131

Kansas militia, at battle on Elk Creek, 24, 25

Kearny, see Fort Kearny

Kearny, General Stephen W., establishes first Fort Kearny, 189

Kearny City, situation and description, 237, 294; county seat of Kearny county, 271; other places so-called, 281; number of votes at in 1859, 282

Kearny City precinct, election of 1859, 206, 237, 239, 240, 277-282, 299, 304, 305; number of votes in, 206; poll list, 265-268

Kearney county, Swedish population in, 85; act for organizing, 270

Kelley, W. R., killed at Oak Grove Ranch, 14, 21

Kelly, Frank J., death noted, 333

Kelly, Michael, wagons destroyed at Plum Creek massacre, 5

Kennedy, Benjamin E. B., death noted, 333

Kettle, Robert, see Kittle

Keya Paha, Indian meaning of, 133

Kilgore, J. B., pioneer settler Red Willow county, 61, 63

King, John S., reputed first settler in Red Willow county, 32

Kinney, Judge John F., candidate for delegate to Congress, 198, 317; counsel for Experience Estabrook, 211, 273, 297, 327

Kiowa station, 14, 18, 25

Kittle, Robert, 211-125, 258, 284-288, 294

Klein, Rev. A., 156

Kneeland, David, in Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 17, 18

Knox county, Swedish Population in, 85; Bohemians in, 144; formation of, 320, 323 note 27; name changed from L'Eau Qui Court, 323; population in 1860, 323

Know Nothing party, in election of speaker of thirty-fourth Congress, 198

Komensky, John Amos, 157

Komensky clubs, 148, 155, 157

Konop, Thomas, 150

Kountze Brothers, pioneer bankers, 178 note

Kuhl, Captain Henry, In Indian outbreak of 1864, 13, 14. 15, 27

La Flesche, Joseph, 65

Lake, George B., attorney in Tator- Neff trial, I

Lamere, Oliver, paper by, 86

Lancaster county, Swedish population in, 85; organization and elections, 1859 and 1860, 210, 316-318; military quota 1862, 319

Lane, General Jim, in Richardson county in 1857, 127

Langer, J. J., 150

Larimer, General William, Jr., career of 174-176

Larson, Rev. S. G., promotes Swedish immigration, 80

Latham ranch, 18

Lawson, E. G., pioneer mail carrier, 232

Lawsuit, reputed first in Nebraska, 193

Leachman, B. F., 126

L'Eau Qui Court county, election of 1859 in, 207, 222-230; 273, 275, 289, 291, 295, 318; settlements and population, 229-234, 273-324; number of votes in 1858, 290, 327; report of committee on elections, 301, 308, 313; name changed to Knox, 323

Lebanon, Post office established, 40; Postmasters, 41

Letter, Levi Z., owner of P. F. ranch, 109

Leshara, Pawnee meaning of, 133

Lett, Henry C., 99

Lewis and Clark expedition, 69, 70; created Indian chiefs, 69

Liberal Thinkers, Bohemian sect, 146

Liberty Farm stage station, 22, 23

Lightner, Isaiah, Santee Indian agent, 124

Lincoln county, Swedish population In, 85

Lincoln Land Company, in the Republican valley, 50, 53-56, 60

Lindley, Daniel, builder of Douglas House, Omaha, 193

Linwood, Bohemian settlers in, 144

Little, William A., attorney in Tator-Neff trial, 1

Little Blue Ranch, pillage of, see Little Blue station, 22

Little Blue station, 16, 17, 22; situation of, 12

Little Chief, signed Omaha Indian treaty of 1854, 65, 66

Little Rabbit, Oto chief, 77

Loafers, band of seceders from Cheyenne and Sioux, Ill

Loan, William, pioneer resident of Archer, 128

Locusts, see grasshoppers

Loder, L. J., clerk Lancaster county in 1860, 318

Lodge Pole Creek. derivation of name, 135

Log houses, of pioneers, described, 96, 97

Long, John D., murder of, 42, 43

Long Pine Creek, derivation of name, 135

Longnecker, John, in Buck's Red Willow colony, 30, 33, 38, 39

Looking Glass Valley, Swedish settlement in, 83

Loup River, derivation of name, 136

Love, Don L., elected first vice president of State Historical Society, 234

Lowe, Jesse, 169

Lowrie, Walter, plat of Bellevue made by, 171

Lowry, Dr. Hamilton B., 333

Luther College, 81

Lutheran (Swedish) churches, 79-84; doctrinal divisions, 80

Lutherans, in charge of Indian agency. 122

Lyon, Edward, first county superintendent of public instruction, Red Willow county, 38, 44

McComas, Ex-Governor, 271

McComas, Mrs., 100

McConihe, John, Governor Black's private secretary, 214; in Daily-Estabrook contest, 211, 235, 250, 258, 284, 292

McCook, when made county seat of Red Willow county, 40

McCreery, William H., 99

McGrew, Mrs. Samuel W., paper by, 95; describes a pioneer family home, 96

McKinney, William, 30

McMullen, E. G., first sheriff of Richardson county, 128

McWilliams precinct, Otoe county, in election of 1859, 210

Mable, Mr., killed in Plum Creek massacre, 5

Macfarland, J. D., Incorporator of Lincoln Land Company, 56

Madison, J. H., director Republican Valley Land Company, 30; one of first settlers of Red Willow county, 34

Madison county, part taken from first Izard county, 320; when organized, 322

Majors & Russell, route of freight transportation, 282, 286

Mallat, J. K., 148

Marquett, Turner M., 317; incorporator of Lincoln Land Company, 56

Marshall, Edward H., death noted, 233

Martin, Mrs. Ada Buck, account of the Royal Buck family by, 56

Mason, Oliver P., 181 note

Massacre at Oak Grove Ranch, The, 6

Massacre, cañon, battle of, 50

Maxwell, Samuel, 160, 317

Medicine Creek, 32

Melrose, 39; historical sketch of, 31

Merrill, Rev. Moses, 72, 73 note, 75, 76

Merrill, Rev. S. P., 75 note

Mescal Society Among the Omaha Indians, The, 163

Mesplais, Louis, 128

Methodist church, first in Richardson county, 127; Bohemian, 146

Methodist Episcopal church, first at Indianola, 43

Methodist Protestant church, school for on the site of the city of Lincoln, 101

Methodists, Swedish, 81-84; Indian agencies in charge of, 122

Miles, General Nelson A., address to State Historical Society, 334

Militia, organized in Red Willow county, 48

Millard, Joseph H., 177

Miller, George, clerk Buffalo county, 263-272, 278

Miller, Dr. George L., 169, 198

Miller, Judge John C., 128

Miller, Lorin, 262

Mills, Albert W., 107

Minatare, earliest settlers near, 107

Minden, Swedish settlers in vicinity of, 84

Minichaduza Creek, meaning of name, 134

Miniconjou Indians, 112

Mission churches in Swedish settlements, 81, 82

Mission Friends, Swedish religious sect, 81, 82

Missions, American Board of Commissioners of Foreign, 1.12

Missions, Presbyterian Board of Foreign, 122; at Bellevue, 171, 172

Missouri River, derivation of name, 136

Mitchell, Colonel D. D., superintendent Indian affairs, 69

Mitchell, General Robert B., in Indian war 1864, 7

Mitchell, when platted, 107

Moffat, David Halliday, 176

Monell, Gilbert C., 177

Monroe county, in election of 1859, 207, 254, 301, 308, 313, 318

Mooney, James, 164

Moore, Jim, rider for Pony Ex. press, 103

Moravians, in Nebraska, 142

Morgan, Eliza C., 101

Morrill, when platted, 107

Morris, Wilburne, 38

Morrow, Jack, ranch at Kearny City, 204, 205; road ranch near forks of Platte, 314 note; death of, 315 note 10

Morton, E. F., killed and wagon train destroyed at Plum creek massacre, 3, 5 note

Morton, Frank, see E. F. Morton

Morton, Mrs. E. F., 4; captured at Plum Creek massacre, 5

Morton, J. Sterling, 169, 193, 250, 318; vice president of Republican Valley Land Company, 30; election contested by Samuel G. Daily, 198; in Daily-Estabrook contest, 259, 261-272

Muddy Creek, 31, 32 note

Murphy, Captain Edward B., autobiographic history of expedition against Indians on Little Blue River, 6-16; further incidents of the expedition, 22-25, 27; biographical sketch of, 7 note

Myers, J. R., Pioneer merchant at Indianola, 44

Nagel, Theodore F., 260

Narrows, The, 20; burial at, 16

Neapolis, settlement in Calhoun county, 213, 255, 285, 321 note

Nebraska, Indian meaning of name, 134; panic of 1857, 178

Nebraska Center, in election of 1859, 206, 237, 263, 325; description of, 238, 239, 325; part taken in organizing Buffalo county, 268-270

Nebraska City, beginning of, 189; in first election for delegate to Congress, 197

Nebraska in the Fifties, 186

Nebraska-Wyoming line, map, 110

Neff, Isaac H., 1

Neligh, John D., 256, 226; in Daily-Estabrook contest, 211, 256, 286, 295; led in founding towns of Neligh and West Point, 326

Nemaha county, struggles to procure railroad, 159; in election of 1859, 207, 299, 318

Nettleton, G. B., 44, 46

Neville, Governor Keith, 334

Niobrara, 325 note 32; meaning of name, 134

Niobrarah, in election of 1859, 221,228; description of precinct, 225, 226, 234, 274

Noise, Omaha chief, signed treaty of 1854, 65, 66

Noxon, George, 317

Nuckolls, Stephen F., 189

Oak, John, Oakland named for, 82

Oak Grove Ranch, massacre at, 6-16, 18, 20, 21, 22 note, 26

Oakland, Swedish settlers and churches at, 82

Oberstrander, Nelson, 20; mortally wounded at Oak Grove Ranch, 14

Obituary committee, report of, 333

Ogallala, Indian place name, 136

Oglala, band of Dakota Indians, 109. 111; number in 1916, 113

Omadi, historical sketch, 326 note 43

Omaha, city, 134, 143; in 1856, 169

Omaha Indian reservation, parts sold, 120, 124; parts included in Burt, Cuming and Thurston counties, 320, 321

Omaha Indians, cession of lands, 64, 65, 124, 137; organization of tribe, 66; practice of adoption among, 67, 68; how chieftainship was acquired, 67, 69-70; divided into parties, 114; as farmers, 115annuities, 116, 125; bad effect of buffalo hunting, 116; character of 118; evil influence of chiefs, 119; effect of mescal society among, 163

Omaha Indians Forty Years Ago, The, 114

Omaha-Posten, 78

Ord, General E. 0. C., 34

Orleans, 31, 54

Orthodox Friends, Indian agencies in charge of, 122

Osceola, when founded, 82; derivation of name, 136

Oto Indians, 20, 51, 75, 163, 189 note

Oto and Missouri Indians, western boundary and cession of domain; 316

Otoe county, fraudulent voting in 1859, 207, 210; when named, 315; boundaries changed, 316

Overland stage, 103

Overland Stage Company, 26

Owen, Joseph, 325

Paddock, Algernon S., 179; witness in Daily-Estabrook contest, 258; counsel for Samuel G. Daily, 211, 273, 327 note 45

Paddock, Joseph W., 169

Paine, Clarence S., death noted, 333

Panic of 1857, 178

Patch, J. V. D., treasurer Republican Valley Land Company. 30

Pawnee county, in election of 1859, 210, 318; western bondary, 319

Pawnee Indians, 20; massacred by Sioux, 35, 50, 61; hunt buffalo in Republican valley, 34, 51, 53; missionaries to, 72; location and language, 131; mythology, 134;

place names, 134, 136, 137; villages in Calhoun county, 213, 265; military expedition against in 1859, 214, 216, 218, 287, 322 note 19, 327 note 48; first agency for, 262, 326 note 39; reservation of, 252, 253, 292, 327 note 50; moved to reservation, 253

Pawnee Ranch, 12, 16; described, 9; Indian assault on, 22, 23

Pease & Paddock, counsel for Samuel G. Daily, 211, 273

Peet, W. W., incorporator of Lincoln Land Company, 56

Peterson, Lars, Danish settler, 81

Pethoud, James, Iin Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 18

Pethoud, Thomas, in Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 19

Peyote, or mescal plant, 164

P. F. Ranch, Lower, 104, 108; map showing location, 110

Phelps county, when established, 49; Swedish settlers in, 84

Phillips, R. 0., incorporator of Lincoln Land Company, 56

Pierce, H. J., clerk Clay county in 1859, 317

Pierce county, first, form and name changed. 315; one of original eight counties, 316

Pierce county, present, when formed, 320

Pike's Peak, rush of emigrants from Nebraska to, 176

Pine Ridge agency, 108; name sub. stituted for Red Cloud, 113

Pita Leshara, 134

Platte county, Swedish population, 85; population in 1859 and 1860, 214, 322 note 17; in election of 1859, 235, 261, 318; in representative district in 1859, 323

Plum Creek massacre, 1, 3, 4

Plum Creek station, situation, 3

Pohocco, Indian derivative, 134; see Powhoco

Pokrok Zapadu, first Bohemian newspaper, 153, 154

Polk, Cary S., death noted, 333

Polk county, Swedish population in, 85

Polygamy, among Indiana, 77

Ponca, place name, 136

Ponca Indian agency, first separate, 326

Ponca Indians, location, 131, 132

Pony Express stations, 103, 104

Poppleton, Andrew J., 169; attorney in Tator-Neff trial, 1

Porter, Lieutenant Charles F., on Plum Creek massacre, 5 note; on Little Blue massacre, 22

Porter, James R., 317

Powell, Colonel Ludlow E., 189

Powhoco, pioneer settlement in Calhoun county, 220; corruption of Pahuk, 326, see Pohocco

Prairie fires, 128

Presbyterian, missionaries to Pawnee Indians, 72; churches among Bohemians, 146; see missions

Presbyterians, Indian agencies in charge of, 122

Price, Mr., voter in Wauboo settlement in 1859, 254

Pricket, James H., 38, 39

Prince, Captain W. E., built the first Fort Kearny, 189

Probate Judge, powers of in 1859, 242, 245, 246, 247

Public records, right of inspection, 181-183

Publications of State Historical Society, 335; sets may be donated to military camps, 335

Pumpkinseed Creek, misnomer, 135

Purgett, Mrs. 126

Purple, Hascall C., traveling election device of, 195 note

Randall, Dr. H. L., 41, 44

Rankin, Benjamin P., 258

Reavis, Isham, 128 note, 129

Reavis, Mrs. Annie Dorrington, 129

Red Cloud, characterized, 109

Red Cloud agency, 107; near North Platte River, 104; removal to White River, 111; subsequent removals, 112, 113

Red Willow county, 29; the Royal Buck expedition to, 30-32; selection of site for town of Red Willow, 32, 42, 54, 59, 60; first political and first religious meetings, 32; name proposed, 32; unusual shape and size of county, 32, 49; first settlements, 32, 34, 45, 68; first homesteaders, 33; colonists diverted to other counties. 33; military protection, 34, 48, 49; first sawmill, 34; Indians a menace, 34; first farming, 35; population and property. 37; county organization and incidental turbulence, 38-40; post offices and mail routes, 40; postmasters, 41; first district court, 41; manufacturing, including cheese making, 41; cattle and sheep raising, 42; public health, 42; first school districts, 43; religious organizations, 43; storekeeping, 43; professions, 44; first county officers, 44; county seat contest, 45, 47, 66, 60; buffaloes, 46, 48; reminiscences of Page T. Francis, 46; militia, 48; grasshoppers, damage by, 36, 49; battle of Massacre Canon, 50, 53, 62; Relief Society, 36; principal land companies, 53; Indianola established 56, 60, Buck family. 56; name of county misnomer, 135

Red Willow Creek, 32, 47, 49, 135

Red Willow Gazette, 33. 47

Red Willow, town, present status, 64, 66. 59

Redick, John I., 177; counsel for Experience Estabrook, 211, 273, 827 note 46

Reed, Amos, 57

Reid, Erle H., on situation of P. F. Ranch, 109

Reminiscences of William Augustus Gwyer, 168

Republican City, early ownership, 54

Republican River, derivation of name, 137

Republican valley, early settlements in, 30-33

Republican Valley Land Company, so

Republican Valley Land Association, 47, 49, 53, 55, 56, 60

Revenue bill, territorial, of 1858, 179

Richardson, Origen D., counsel for Experience Estabrook, 211, 273, 327 note 45

Richardson, Governor William A., 179, 198, 315

Richardson county, earliest settlers in, 126; first native white child, 126; first death, 126; first marriage, 126; half-breed Indian reservation, 127; outdoor religious services, 127; first meeting house, 127; first county officers, 128 and note; prairie fires, 128; struggle to procure a railroad, 159; in the election of 1859, 207, 210, 299, 318

Richardson & Kennedy, counsel for Experience Estabrook, 211

Roberts, Attorney-General, 60

Roberts, John, director Republican Valley Land Company, 30

Robertson, John B., 319

Robidou Pass, 104; signature of Francois Robidou, 105 note

Robinson, Seth, on minimum price of school lands, 185

Rogers, Eliphus H., in Daily- Estabrook contest, 211, 218-221, 268, 284, 285, 286, 291, 294

Rogers, Samuel E., on early Omaha, 179

Roper, Laura, captured by Indians, 13, 21

Rosebud agency, number of Indians at, 113

Rosewater, Edward, 144; established Bohemian weekly Republican newspaper, 150, 153; member House of Representatives in 1871, 151

Rosicky, John, 153, 154, 156

Ross, J., in election of 1859, Calhoun county, 219

Rulo precinct, in election of 1859, 208

Russell, Majors & Co., freighters, station at Kearny City, 282; route across Calhoun county, 286

Salem, precinct, in election of 1859, 208

Saline, settlement in Calhoun county, situation, 286, 327 note 47

Saline county, Bohemians in, 143, 144, 152; in election of 1859, 206, 207, 283, 284; election of 1860, 317

Saloons, in Omaha in 1855, 196

Samuels, Mrs., 126

Sanctuary, in Winnebago lodge, 89

Sandahl Brothers, 82

Sanssouci, Louis, Indian interpreter, 64

Santee agency, on former site of Breckenridge, 325 note 32

Saronville, settled by Swedes, 83

Sarpy, Peter A., 173

Sarpy county, creation of, 173; in election of 1859, 318

Saterlee, Dr. Benedict, tragic death of, 73

Saunders county, 315, 317; Swedish population, 85; Bohemians in, 143, 152; included in representative district, 315; name changed from Calhoun, 317

Scattering Bear, chosen chief of Sioux nation, 69

Schick, Mrs. Ella Taggert, 102

School lands, grants of, 183, 184;

minimum price fixed by law, 184, 185

Schools, subscription in Nemaha county, 98; common, territorial commissioner of, votes for 1859, 260-265, 271

Schribel, Mr., 42, 45

Schurz, Carl, criticised sectarian Indian bureau, 124

Schuessler, J. K., 148

Scott, Eldred, in election of 1859. Calhoun county, 219

Scotts Bluff county, first settlers, 103-107; beginning of irrigation, 103; stage and express stations, 103, 104; first postmaster, 105; towns platted, 107

Scotts Bluff, town platted, 107

Seward county, 315

Shaw, Dr. A. J., 36, 40, 44

Sheldon, Addison E., elected secretary of State Historical Society 334

Sheldon, Lawson, 317; his senate resolution to investigate alleged frauds by Governor Butler and other state officers, 162

Shinn's Ferry, 220, 254, 285; situation of, 1, 323 note 25

Shumway, Grant L., paper by, 103

Signals, Indian device, 12

Sioux Indians, in Republican valley, 34; not hostile to settlers, 51; battle against Pawnee at Massacre Cañon, 35, 50, 53, 61; manner of choosing a chief, 69; frequent removals, 108-113

Sitler, L. K., director Republican Valley Land Company, 30

Slesinger, Libor Alois, reputed first Bohemian in Nebraska, 143

Smith, D. N., and the town site of Indianola, 38, 47, 55, 66, 59, 60, 61; and the Republican Valley Land Association, 47, 49, 63

Smith, Dutch, in the Indian outbreak of 1864, 5

Smith, James L., in election of 1859, Calhoun precinct, 219

Smith, Fred, Indians attack his ranch, 4

Smith, Joe, 107

Snell, Novia Z., 833; elected member board of directors, 334

Sokol societies, Bohemian, 148

Some Indian Place Names in Nebraska, 130

South Omaha, 143

Sparks, John, pioneer settler in Scott's Bluff region, 104, 105; governor of Nevada, 105 note

Spotted Tall, as chief of Brulé band of Teton Dakota or Sioux, 109, ill

Spotted Tail agencies, 111, 112, 113

Spring Ranch, situation, 22

St. Stephen precinct, in election of 1859, 208

Stambaugh, Mr., voter in "Wauhoo" settlement in 1859, 264

Standing Hawk, signer of Omaha treaty, 65

Stanton county, composed of parts of first and second Izard counties, 320; why so named, 320

Starbuck, I. J., 60; first clerk Red Willow county, 38, 39, 44

State Relief Society, 36

Steamboats, carried supplies to early settlements, 98

Steele, Robert W., squatter governor of Territory of Jefferson, 177

Stephens, Alexander H., and Bird B. Chapman, 198

Stevenson, Tom B., 160, 161

Stewart, Dr. C. F., 100

Stockholm, Swedish settlers at, 83

Stoner, Captain W. H., 17, 18, 21

Strickland, General Silas A., 171

Stromsburg, settled by Swedes, 81

Summers, Colonel Samuel W., 4 note, 5 note, 7 note

Swaburg, Swedish settlement, 82

Swedehome, settled by Swedes, 82 Swedes in Nebraska, 78

Swedish, Immigration, 79, 84; Lutheran churches in Nebraska, 79, 80; homesteaders, 80; religious denominations, 81, 82; towns, 79- 84; population and distribution, 84, 85

Sweet, James, 260, 262

Swift Bear, 111

Swoboda, John, 149, 150

Syracuse precinct, Otoe county, in election of 1859, 210

Table Creek, 190; historical sketch of, 189 note

Taffe, John, in Daily-Estabrook contest, 211, 233-235, 258, 289, 290

Talbot, John, in election of 1859, 240, 265; first probate judge of Kearney county, 326 note 38

Tate, Sam, director Republican Valley Land Company, 30

Tator-Neff trial, 1

Taylor, William H., 181 note

Teton Dakota Indians, location in Nebraska, 131

Thayer, John M., in Daily-Estabrook contest, 211, 215-218, 258. 286-288, 295

The True Logan Fontenelle, 64

Thomas, T. P., 34, 42, 43

Thomas ranch, 4

Thompson, Richard Wigginton, counsel for Samuel G. Daily, 284, 286, 290, 291, 300

Thurston county, established, 321; part of Omaha reservation in, 321

Topaota, see Zepeota

"Topaota House", 324

Totten, Mr., voter in "Wauhoo" settlement In 1859, 254

Touzalin, Albert E., bought lots in Indianola, 55; incorporator of Lincoln Land Company, 56

Towle, Mrs. Kittle L. Dorrington, 129

Town site act of Congress, operation of, 170

Town sites, for speculative purposes, 195

Townsend, Oliver, in Beatrice militia company, 17. 19

Tufts. Judge James, in election of 1859, 224, 229, 230; sketch of, 324 note 29

Two Crows. 65, 66, 67

Two Grizzly Bears, Omaha chief, part in treaty of 1854, 65, 66

Tzschuck, Bruno, 29

Ubanks, see Eubanks

Ulich, 14 note, 19 note; see Ulig

Ulig, Hugo, 18 note, 19 note

Ulig, Otto, 19

Ulig, Theodore, killed by Indians in outbreak of 1864, 14, 18, 19, 20, 23

Union Pacific Railroad, 80, 81, 82

Unitarians, Indian agencies in charge of, 122

United Brethren, Pioneer organization in Red Willow county, 43

Usher, Frank, 58; member of the Royal Buck Red Willow expedition, 30

Utley, V. C., director Republican Valley Land Company, 30

Valentine, John G., settler in first Izard county, 262

Valley Grange, first two postmasters, 41

Valparaiso, town, origin and situation, 286, 327 note 47

Van Nostrand, James W., 177

Village Maker, signed Omaha Indian treaty of 1854, 65, 66

Vodicka. V. J., 15S

Vogltanc, F. J.. 158

Vora, Jacob, Quaker agent for Omaha Indians, paper by, 114

Vranek, Rev. John, 155

W. C. T. U., Pioneer work, 101

Wacapana, settlement in Cedar county. 234, 325 note 34

Waco, misapplied Indian place name, 136

Wagner, William A., death noted, 333

Wakeley, Judge Eleazer, in Daily- Estabrook contest, 241, 245, 276

WalIenburg, Magnus, in Daily-Estabrook contest, 211, 236. 259, 292

Walther, (Charles F.], 185

Ware, Eugene, 315

Warren, Lieutenant G. K., 69

Washington county, in election of 1859, 207, 209, 318

Watkins, Albert, historical articles by, 29, 197

Watson, John C., death noted, 333

Wattles, Stephen H., in Daily- Estabrook contest, 211, 236-240, 258, 278, 280, 281, 291, 295

Wauhoo settlement in Calhoun county, 254; voters in 1859, 254

Wausa, settled by Swedes, 82

Wayne county, part taken from first Izard county, 320; established, 321

Weatherby, Edmund P., death noted, 333

Webster, E. D., named for witness in Daily-Estabrook contest, 258

Webster, John L., President of State Historical Society, 231, 334

Wells, Charles W., writes account of Indian outbreak on Little Blue, 22, 27

Wells, Edward, see Charles W. Wells

Wells, landlord of Douglas House, Omaha, 192; brings reputed first lawsuit In Nebraska, 193

Welty, John F., 128

West, Frank M., in election of 1859, at Niobrarah, 223, 220, 227, 228, 229

West, N. S., pioneer settler on Beaver Creek, 41, 45; attacked by, buffaloes, 46

West Point, situation and first set-

tlement, 216, 256; made county seat, 323

Westamond, Mr., keeper of Indian trading store at Niobrarah, 222, 228

Western Bohemian Fraternal Order, 147, 156

Weston, Jefferson B., 9, 16

Weygint, William, 58, 59

Whetstone agency, situation, 111

Wickham, H. M., in Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 17, 18

Wickland, H. M., see H. M. Wickham

Wiggins, Horace S., 334

Wiggins-Babcock Company, 331- 333

Wilber, Bohemians in, 143

Wildman, W. D., part proprietor of Red Willow town site, 40, 42, 49

Wiles, William, 317

Wilhite, J. R., 128 note

Wilhite, Sarah E. Crook, paper by, 126; residence, 128 note

Willis, John S., clerk of first Izard county, 262

Willsie, Myron W., 55

Wilsie, M., see Myron W. Willsie

Wilson, Charles, voter at Nebraska Center, 263, 325; and Kearny City, 266

Wilson, Henry, voter at Nebraska Center, 263, 325

Wilson, Leander, member Beatrice expedition to Little Blue, 18

Winnebago Indians, clan organization, 86; original habitat, 86; upper and lower clans, 87; clan characteristics, 87-88; chiefs chosen from Thunder Clan, 88; lodge discipline, 89; respective functions of clans, 90; marriage customs, 90; derivation of Winnebago names, 91; general customs, 92; fasting encouraged, 93; mescal Society among, 163

Wise, Jonathan, named for witness in Daily-Estabrook contest, 259

Women of Territorial Nebraska, 95

Wood River Center, in election of 1859, 239, 260, 325

Woolworth, James M., 177

Wyman. L. J., 104, 106

Wyman, William W., candidate for territorial treasurer in 1859, 260- 265, 271

Wyoming, 217; situation, 323 note 23

Yates, Henry W., 179 note

Yellow Smoke, signed Omaha Indian treaty of 1854, 65, 66

Young, Rev. J. M., 100

Young, Mrs. J. M., 101

Young, Mr., among first settlers in Red Willow country, 34

Yutan, derivation of name, 75

Zepeota, pioneer settlement in L'Eau Qui Court county, 226, 227, 233, 234, 274, 324