Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)

INDEX

Abert, John James, on Audubon's plans, ii, 3; his career and the rattlesnake episode, ii, 3, 77; "Abert's squirrel," ii, 4, 64, 155.
Abolitionists (Les Amis des Noirs), activity in France, i, 43; their opposition to white planters and fomenting of rebellion in Santo Domingo, i, 49.
Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia), introduction of Audubon to, i, 328; foundation and work of, i, 333; notice of meeting of, i, 333; Waterton on rejection of Audubon by, ii, 87.
Accipiter cooperi, i, 330.
Adams, Rev. Charles Coffin, history of his manuscript on the Life of Audubon; his career and writings, i, 18; ii, 300.
Adams, John Quincy, i, 396.
Adelaide, Queen of England, patronage of, i, 391.
Allston, Washington, i, 336.
American Ornithologists' Union, number of species of American birds recognized by (in 1910), ii, 215; doubtful species in "Check-List" of, ii, 215.
American Ornithology, story of the author, production and publication of, i, 202-219; original drawings for, i, 213; the engraver and publisher of, i, 213, 217; the Prospectus and character of, i, 217; the issue and patronage of, i, 217; death of the author of, i, 219; publication of the last volume of, i, 223; second American edition of, i, 223; diary of the author of, i, 224; Audubon's charge against the author of, i, 226; counter charge of Ord in defense of the author of, i, 227.
American Philosophical Society, Audubon to Sully on his rejection by, i, 362; his later membership in, i, 363; Harlan on rejection of Abert by, ii, 3-4; 27.
Anthus spraguei, Sprague's Titlark, ii, 253.
Antonio de Sedella, Father, portrait of, i, 319, 321; Governor Claiborne on, i, 319.
"Ark." See Flatboats.
Arthur, Stanley Clisby, i, 314; on the bird-life of the St. Francisville region, i, 315; ii, 318; on Audubon and West Feliciana, i, 322-323; 338.
"Articles of Association" of Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier, description and reproduction of original of, i, 146-148; ii, 344-349.
Ashburton, Lord, Baron (Alexander) Baring, ii, 242.
"Astur (Falco) Stanleii," i, 354, 417. See "Stanley Hawk."
Athenæum (London), on Audubon, ii, 84-85, 140, 199-200; advertisement of The Birds of America, ii, 201.
Aubinais, M., i, 55.
Audibon (or Audubon?), Pierre, in the American Revolution, i, 24.
Audubon, Anne, suit by, i, 28, 263.
Audubon, Catherine Françoise. See Mme. Jean Louis Lissabé.
Audubon, Claude, and his family, i, 27.
Audubon, Dominica, suit by, i, 28, 263.
Audubon, Jean, his command at Yorktown and checkered career, i, 24; his parentage and father's family, i, 26-28; birth and baptism, i, 27; beginning of life at sea and capture at Louisburg, i, 28; a prisoner in England, i, 28; enters French Merchant marine and begins his voyages to New Foundland, i, 29; enlists in French navy and appears at Nantes, i, 30; reënters merchant marine and begins voyages to Santo Domingo, i, 30; his ships and commands, i, 31; his marriage, i, 32; fight in Le Comte d'Artois and capture by the English, i, 32; prisoner in New York, and release, i, 32; joins the American Revolution and commands a ship at the siege of Yorktown, i, 34; later commands in the United States and fight with a British privateer, i, 34; residence in the West Indies, i, 36; travels in the United States and purchase of "Mill Grove," i, 36; joins the National Guard at Les Cayes, i, 37; epitome of Santo Domingo career, i, 37; engagement with Coirond Brothers with interests at Les Cayes and St. Louis, i, 38; rapid rise to wealth as planter, sugar refiner, and slave dealer, i, 39; light cast by his dealings in slaves, i, 39; ii, 330-335; his West Indian fortune and final settlement of estate, i, 40-41, 268; treatment of slaves and dependents, i, 41, 54; Santo Domingo experience compared with that of a contemporary planter at Jaquemel, i, 44-48; birth of his son at Les Cayes, i, 52; discovery of bill of his physician, i, 53; see also i, 54, and ii, 314-327; his son, Fougère, and daughter, Muguet, taken to France, i, 57; his reference to Audubon's mother, i, 59; designation of his children in his wills, i, 63, ii, 360-362; dual personality expressed by his son, i, 63; joins National Guard at Nantes, i, 74; possible refuge of his family during Revolution in France, i, 76; activities immediately before and during French Revolution, i, 77-82; Revolutionary offices, i, 78; report as Civil Commissioner, i, 78; mission to Pornic and Paimbœuf, i, 79; signature during Revolution, i, 79; mission to Les Sables d'Olonne, and letters to the Administration, i, 80; his reimbursement for services to the Republic, i, 81; operations as ensign commander, and encounter with the Brilliant, i, 82; his later commands and elevation to rank of lieutenant de vaisseau, i, 82; his financial losses in Santo Domingo, i, 82; indemnity from the French Government, i, 83; respective rank and service in the French merchant marine and navy, i, 83; his certificate of service, i, 83; retirement and pension, i, 83, 85; settlement and occupations at "La Gerbetière," i, 85; Santo Domingo interests described in power of attorney, i, 85; residences at Nantes, i, 86; see also i, 57, 58; his death, i, 87; his son's tribute, i, 87, 88; financial vicissitudes, i, 88; see also i, 85; habits, abilities and physical characteristics, i, 88; letter soliciting aid for his son, i, 100; interest in "Mill Grove" and the Prevost mortgage, i, 105; lease and inventory of the property, i, 105; portrait at age of forty-five (?), i, 106; mining project with Dacosta, i, 113; sale to Dacosta of a one-half interest in "Mill Grove," and its lead mine, i, 114; expectations for his son, i, 115; financial aid from Claude François Rozier, i, 115; correspondence with Dacosta, i, 116-123; instructions regarding his son's proposed marriage, i, 117; appeal in answer to Dacosta's complaints concerning his son, i, 118; instructions for settlement of claims against the Ross and Formon estates, i, 121-123; his uncanceled mortgage, i, 122; instructions concerning the farmhouse at "Mill Grove," i, 122; as grantor of powers of attorney, i, 131, 132-133, 153; see also i, 85-87; marriage of his daughter, i, 131; arranges a business partnership for his son, i, 132; his former country villa as it appears to-day, i, 135-145; division of the "Mill Grove" property and sale of his remaining interests, i, 149-150, 152-153; letters of his son, i, 159-161, 163; portrait at Couëron, i, 100; troubles with Dacosta and contest over his final accounts, i, 168; bequest of his property in usufruct to his wife, and testamentary designation of his children, i, 262; contest of relatives over wills, i, 263; unfounded statements of biographers of his son, i, 264; his claims against the Ross-Formon estates as a basis of fiction, i, 265; final settlement of his financial affairs, i, 268; his descendants in France and last of his name in America, i, 269, ii, 294.
Audubon, Mme. Jean (Anne Moynet), her marriage and property at Paimbœuf, i, 32, 40, 57, 80; adoption of children by, i, 59; baptism of adopted son, i, 60-61; characterization of her son in wills, i, 62, 262-264; as grantor of powers of attorney, i, 131, 132-133, 153; legal troubles and impoverishment, i, 263; removal from "La Gerbetière," i, 263, 268; her death at "Les Tourterelles," i, 263; disposition of her estate, i, 266, 269; break in relations of her adopted son with his family in France, i, 266-269; attack upon her husband's estate and its final settlement, i, 263, 268; her testaments, ii, 363-368.
Audubon, Jean Jacques Fougère (John James Audubon, see also Fougère and Jean Rabin), his masterpiece, i, 1; his greatest working period, i, 2; experience in Paris in 1828, i, 2; Cuvier's eulogy and patronage of the French Government, i, 3; rarity and cost of his publications, i, 4; personality and talents, i, 5; attacks upon his character, i, 6; his historical background and hitherto unwritten history, i, 7; his Americanism, i, 8; characteristics of his writings, i, 8-10; his Ornithological Biography, i, 9; drawings of birds and mammals, i, 10; influence on American ornithology, i, 10; honesty of purpose, i, 11; memories of him in London, i, 11; public monuments and other honors in America, i, 13; Societies and Clubs dedicated to his memory, i, 14; his bibliography, i, 15; attempt at autobiography, i, 16; first formal Life of, i, 17; true history of Buchanan's Life, i, 18-22; Mrs. Audubon's revision of Buchanan's Life, i, 22; Miss Maria R. Audubon's Life and Journals, i, 22; accepted account of his birth and early life in light of new discoveries, i, 22; parentage and early names; a creole of Santo Domingo, i, 52; his baptismal name, i, 53; discovery of the bill rendered by the physician who assisted at his birth, i, 53; feeble health and death of his mother, i, 56; birth of his sister, creole of Santo Domingo, i, 56; taken with his sister to France, i, 57; his foster mother and home at Nantes and Couëron, i, 57; his adoption and text of act, i, 59; suppression of his mother's name, i, 60; his baptism and text of act, i, 60; assumed name of "La Forest," i, 61; his signatures, i, 61, 63; his names appearing in wills, i, 62; his dual personality in a power of attorney, i, 64; first date given in his autobiography, i, 65; record in his Ohio River journal, i, 66; his later autobiographic sketch, i, 66-68; traditional date of birth, i, 68; myth concerning birth in Louisiana, i, 68-72; account given by the Rev. Gordon Bakewell, i, 69; influence of environment on character, i, 90; his limited schooling, i, 91-93; the spur his ambition needed, i, 91; experience in the French navy, i, 92; early passion for nature and for drawing, i, 93; as truant, i, 94; his father intervenes and takes him to Rochefort, i, 94; return to Couëron, i, 96; baptized in the Catholic Church, i, 96; first return to the United States, i, 98; illness at Morristown, i, 99; befriended by his father's American agent, i, 99; his father's letter and intentions in sending him to America, i, 100; his settlement at "Mill Grove" farm, and period of stay there, i, 101-103; begins his studies of American bird-life, i, 106; makes first "banding" experiment on young of a wild bird, i, 107; visit to "Fatland Ford," and choice of a wife, i, 110; his gayety and extravagance, i, 110; abstemious habits in youth as regards food and drink, i, 111; his account of himself, i, 111; his accomplishments described by a future brother-in-law, i, 111; opposition to his marriage, i, 116; Dacosta's grievances, i, 116-119; quarrels with Dacosta and returns to France, i, 123-125; voyage on the Hope, i, 126; life at Couëron and friendship with D'Orbigny, i, 127; receives with Ferdinand Rozier a power of attorney from his parents, i, 131; attends the marriage of his sister and signs the record, i, 131; his relations with his brother-in-law, i, 132; his partnership with Rozier and second letter of attorney, i, 132; returns, with Rozier, to the United States, i, 134; voyage of the Polly, and receipt of Captain Sammis, i, 134; experience with British privateers, i, 134; boyhood home at Couëron, i, 136-145; his description of "La Gerbetière," i, 136; his abortive attempt, with Rozier, to administer the "Mill Grove" mine and farm, i, 146-148; their "Articles of Association," i, 146-148; ii, 344-349; sale of remaining rights in "Mill Grove" to Dacosta and Company, i, 148-149; receives, with Rozier, new power of attorney, i, 153; enters business office of Benjamin Bakewell in New York, i, 153; his associates and correspondence with the elder Rozier, i, 153-166; letters to his father, i, 159-161, 163-164; his use of English and French, i, 155; ii, 372-374; plans a retail business with Rozier, i, 157-158, 160-162, 165; dispatch of live birds, and other objects of natural history to France, i, 158-159, 160, 162, 165-166; conflicting references to "Mill Grove" explained, i, 158-160, 162, 165-168; his drawings and preoccupation in New York, i, 170-172; works for Dr. Mitchell's collections in natural history, i, 171; term of service in the Bakewell office, i, 154-155, 171-172; his account of himself, i, 172; his early drawings, ideals and perseverance, i, 173-174, 178-183; study under David in Paris, i, 174-175, 176-178; cause of certain defects in his published work, i, 174; date of his Paris experience, i, 174-175, 177; encouragement from his father, i, 174; David's supposed influence on his style, i, 178; patronage of Edward Harris and history of the Harris-Jeanes collection of his early drawings, i, 179-183; his drawing methods, i, 183-185; his ambition, difficulties and defects, i, 184; purchases goods in New York, and with Rozier starts west, i, 186; Rozier's diary of their journey, i, 187-192; settles at Louisville, i, 192; venture in indigo and effect of the Embargo Act, i, 193; his marriage to Lucy Green Bakewell, and return to Louisville, i, 194; a later journey on the Ohio River, i, 195; occupations at Louisville, i, 196, 197-198; business with assignees of the Bakewell firm, i, 196; birth of his elder son, i, 198; his drawings of birds and plants, i, 198; his wife receives a portion of her father's estate, i, 198; meeting with Alexander Wilson, and the troubles which ensued, i, 207; stories of Audubon and of his rival compared, i, 220-225; charges and counter charges, i, 226; his merits and demerits, i, 227-232; his difficulties and pleasures as western trader, i, 232-236; moves with Rozier to Henderson, i, 236; again they move to Ste. Geneviève, i, 237-241; held up at Cash Creek, i, 238-240; experience at the Great Bend, i, 240; dissolution of his partnership with Rozier and return to Henderson, i, 241; after-relations with Rozier, i, 243; in troubled times, i, 246; befriended by Dr. Rankin, i, 248; birth of their younger son, i, 248; enters the commission business with a brother-in-law, i, 249; his visit to Ste. Geneviève, i, 249; reënters trade at Henderson and buys land, i, 250; town records of his purchases, i, 250, 252; his store and house of logs, i, 252; his popularity, i, 252; Henderson gossip and anecdotes, i, 253; his second partnership with Thomas W. Bakewell, i, 254; they lease land and build a steam grist-, and lumber-mill, i, 254; partnership of Thomas W. Pears, i, 254; the Henderson mill at a later day, i, 254; their mechanical difficulties, i, 254; lease of timber land and plunder of workmen, i, 255; bill of lumber rendered by J. J. Audubon & Co., i, 256; financial depression and failure of the mill, i, 257; quarrel over steamboat and encounter with Bowen, i, 257-259; legal history of the suit, i, 258; the opinion expressed to him by the judge, i, 259; goes to Louisville jail for debt, i, 260; declares himself a bankrupt and is released, i, 260; his walk to Louisville, i, 260; later account given to Bachman, i, 260; reflections on passing his old mill in 1820, i, 261; light on his enigma, i, 262-272; his designations in wills, i, 262-264; probable history of a fictitious "bequest," i, 264-266; his brother-in-law's letters, i, 266-269; attempt of relatives to break his father's will in France, and impoverishment of his step-mother, i, 263; his step-mother's death, i, 263; the last of his family in France, i, 269; his elder son's visit to Couëron, i, 269; his reference to "Audubon of La Rochelle," i, 270; his "Episodes" and methods of composition, i, 273-284; discrepancies and inaccuracies of some of his narratives, i, 273-274, 279-291; his account of meeting Nolte and Nolte's account of meeting him, i, 274-279; on horseback from Henderson to Philadelphia, i, 275; description of the famous earthquakes and the hurricane, i, 279-291; criticism of his account of Daniel Boone, i, 291; "Episode" of "The Prairie," i, 274, 282-284; answer to a criticism of, i, 284; his sketch of "The Eccentric Naturalist" and comment, i, 285-300; practical jokes, and cost to Zoölogy, i, 291; the "Scarlet-headed Swallow" and "Devil-Jack Diamond Fish," i, 291-293; his later relations with Rafinesque, i, 294; his Æneid, 1819-1824, i, 301-326; debt to his wife, i, 301; begins to work at portraiture at Shippingport, i, 303; removal to Cincinnati, i, 303; history of his engagement as taxidermist at the Western Museum, and friendship with Dr. Drake, i, 303-306; starts a drawing school and plans a journey through the West and South, i, 306; starts with Captain Cummings and Joseph R. Mason for New Orleans, i, 307; his Ohio and Mississippi Rivers journal, i, 307; experience at Natchez; boots and portraits, i, 308; loss and recovery of a portfolio, i, 309; stranded at New Orleans, i, 309; resorts to portraiture again, i, 311; his drawings of birds, i, 311; interview with Vanderlyn, i, 312; leaves New Orleans with Mason, i, 313; meeting with Mrs. Pirrie and engagement at "Oakley," i, 312; enchantments of the West Feliciana country and introduction to St. Francisville, i, 313-315; experience as tutor to "my lovely Miss Pirrie of Oakley," i, 315, 317-318; leaves abruptly and returns with Mason to New Orleans, i, 318; his industry and fruits, i, 318; joined by his family in New Orleans, i, 319; crisis in financial affairs and losses of drawings, i, 320; as teacher at Natchez and Washington, i, 321; parts with his pupil assistant, i, 321; his first lessons in the use of oil colors, i, 321; engagements of his wife at New Orleans, Natchez and St. Francisville, i, 322; his wife's "Beechwoods" school, i, 322; resolution to pursue his ornithological studies, i, 323; misadventure with Stein, i, 324; ill and adrift, i, 324; decides to visit Philadelphia to find a publisher for his drawings, i, 325; settles, with his elder son, at Shippingport, i, 325; experience in Philadelphia in 1824, i, 327-335; his exhibition at the Academy of Natural Sciences, i, 328; meeting with Bonaparte and Ord, i, 328; opposition encountered, i, 328-330; criticisms of Ord and Lawson, i, 329; his work for Bonaparte, i, 330; appreciation of Fairman and Harris, i, 331; assistance of Edward Harris and beginning of their friendship, i, 331, 333; early letter to Harris, i, 332; Thomas Sully, as friend and teacher, i, 334; visit to "Mill Grove," i, 335; reception in New York and assistance of Samuel Latham Mitchell, i, 336; election to membership in the Lyceum of Natural History, i, 338; acts as model for Vanderlyn's portrait of Andrew Jackson, i, 338; to Thomas Sully, i, 339; visit to Albany and Niagara Falls, i, 339; misadventure at Presque Isle, i, 340; the Meadville "Episode," i, 341-343; residence at Pittsburgh, i, 343; journey to Lakes Ontario and Champlain, where plans of his publication are matured, i, 343; stranded at Cincinnati, i, 344; returns to St. Francisville, and resorts to teaching, i, 346; sails with his drawings from New Orleans, i, 347; journal of the voyage of the Delos, i, 348-350; lands in Liverpool, i, 350; his credentials, i, 351; introduction to Lafayette, i, 351; customs duties, i, 350; Nolte's letter to the Rathbones, i, 352; aid of the "Queen Bee" of "Greenbank," i, 353; his "observatory nerves," i, 353; ornithological dedications, i, 354; exhibition of his drawings at the Royal Institution, i, 354; appearance and habits, i, 354; paintings as gifts, and the Turkey Cock seal, i, 355; painting methods, i, 355; opens a subscription book of The Birds of America at Manchester, i, 356; plan of the work, i, 356; his life of contrasts, i, 357; journey to Edinburgh, i, 357; invitation to merge his work, i, 357; meeting with Lizars, who agrees to engrave his first number, i, 358; first proof of the Turkey Cock received, i, 358; publication of the first ten plates in Edinburgh, i, 358; success of his Edinburgh exhibition, i, 359; impressions of Philarète-Chasles, i, 359; Cap's hint taken, i, 360; cast of his head made and his portrait painted, i, 361; response at banquet of the Royal Institution, i, 361; society's tax on his strength, i, 361; contributions to journals, i, 362; blackballed by an American Society, i, 362; proposed gift to the Royal Institution, i, 363; visit to "Dalmahoy," i, 363; friendship of Basil Hall, i, 364; characterization of Francis Jeffrey, i, 365; first meeting with Scott, and his record of the interview, i, 365; exhibits his drawings at Sir Walter's home, i, 366; Scott, on Audubon, i, 367; papers on the Wild Pigeon and the Rattlesnake, i, 368; his painting of "Pheasants attacked by a fox," i, 369; Sidney Smith, i, 369; to his wife, i, 369-373; first meeting with Kidd, i, 373; issues his Prospectus, i, 373; visit to Selby at "Twizel House," i, 374; with Thomas Bewick at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, i, 375; success in canvassing, i, 376; in London, i, 377-410, 413-418; his credentials for the metropolis, i, 376-380; abandonment of his work by Lizars and discovery of Robert Havell, Junior, i, 380-384; his Birds of America fly to London, i, 384; painting his way to liberty, i, 388; canvassing experiences, i, 388; efforts to secure the patronage of the King, i, 390, 392; the Queen becomes his patroness, i, 392; visit to Glasgow, i, 393; difficulties with his publishers, i, 393; timely aid from Sir Thomas Lawrence, i, 393-396; exhibition and sale of his paintings, i, 394; resolutions on snuff, i, 396; dislike of London, i, 397; his work and Selby's compared, i, 397; revision of his drawings, i, 398; calls by appointment upon an earl, i, 398; visits the great Universities, i, 399; solicitations of publishers and contributions to magazines, i, 399; friendship with Swainson, and original letters of their correspondence, i, 400-403; Swainson's review of his work, i, 403; visit at Tyttenhanger, i, 404; to Swainson, i, 405-407; request for further contributions to magazines refused, i, 407; visit to Paris with the Swainsons and Parker, i, 408-413; his picture of Cuvier at fifty-nine, i, 411; patronage of the Duke of Orleans, i, 411; exchange of works with Redouté, i, 412; with Cuvier at the Royal Academy, i, 412; Cuvier's report on his work, i, 413; correspondence with Swainson, i, 413-415; Bonaparte to, i, 416-419; first journey from England to America, i, 420-436; to his wife, i, 420; exhibition of drawings in New York, i, 421; painting at Camden and Great Egg Harbor, i, 421; Swainson to, i, 422; sojourn in the Great Pine Forest, i, 423, 425-426; to Victor Audubon, i, 424; "Episodes" and record of work, i, 425; visits his sons and joins his wife at "Beechgrove" (St. Francisville) in Louisiana, i, 427; to Harlan, i, 427-430; Swainson to, i, 430; occupations at "Beechgrove," i, 432; preparations to return, with Mrs. Audubon, to England, i, 432; to Havell, i, 433; proposition for a successor to the position held by his wife, i, 434; reception at Washington, and accessions of subscribers, i, 435; aid of Edward Everett, i, 435; his letterpress and its rivals, i, 437-451; membership in the Royal Society, i, 437; settlement in Edinburgh and publication of the Ornithological Biography, i, 437; engages William MacGillivray to assist him, i, 438; rival publications, i, 439, 442-445; issue of his first volume of letterpress, i, 439; Sir William Jardine to, i, 441; MacGillivray as his reviewer, i, 445; undertakes a Natural History Gallery of paintings with Kidd, i, 446; notices and final abandonment of the enterprise, i, 446; to London and Paris, i, 447; Edward Everett to, i, 448-451; financial difficulties overcome, i, 451; explorations in Florida and the South Atlantic, ii, 1-25; returns to America with his wife, and a taxidermist as assistant, ii, 1; to Kidd, ii, 1; his obituary in the London Literary Gazette, ii, 2; Abert and Featherstonhaugh announce his plans, ii, 3; promise of governmental aid at Washington, ii, 4; visits Charleston and meets John Bachman, ii, 5; sails from Charleston for Florida with two assistants, ii, 5; Bachman on, ii, 5; dedication to Bachman of a copy of his Birds, ii, 7; his Birds of America as gifts to others, ii, 7; his journey described in Featherstonhaugh's Journal, ii, 8-14; account of meeting with Bachman, ii, 9; hospitality of the Charlestonians, ii, 10; impressions of St. Augustine, ii, 12; methods of work, ii, 12; Harlan to his wife, ii, 14; misadventures at Bulowville, ii, 15-20; shooting birds at Live Oak Landing, ii, 16; narrow escape from the marshes, ii, 17-19; as a prophet on the future of eastern Florida, ii, 20; the ibis of Orange Grove Island, ii, 21; his plans delayed, ii, 22-24; journey from St. Augustine to Key West, ii, 24; return to Savannah and Charleston, ii, 25; eastern visit and explorations in the North Atlantic, ii, 26-66; settles again in Camden, ii, 26; an experiment in lithography, ii, 26; correspondence of Harlan, ii, 28; his welcome at Boston, ii, 29; to Edward Harris, ii, 29; journey to Maine coast and New Brunswick, ii, 30; winter and illness in Boston, ii, 31, 34-35; sends his son to England to take charge of his publications, and plans an expedition to Labrador, ii, 31; Bachman to, ii, 32; to Victor Audubon, ii, 33; drawing of the Golden Eagle, ii, 34; to his son, ii, 35-40; financial affairs, ii, 37-38, 65; on his portrait by Inman, ii, 39; his American subscribers, ii, 39-41; letters to Harris, ii, 40; organization of his proposed expedition, ii, 42-44; George Parkman to, ii, 43; sails in the Ripley for Labrador, ii, 44; journal of his experiences, ii, 44-50; at Bird Rock, ii, 45; discovers a new finch, ii, 45; scenes of work at Wapitagun, ii, 46-48; his efforts and accomplishments, ii, 48; return to Eastport and Boston, ii, 49; editorial comment, ii, 50; letter from Havell, ii, 51; Thomas L. McKenney on, ii, 52; arrested in Philadelphia, ii, 52; Washington Irving's aid in Washington, ii, 53; itinerary from Richmond, ii, 53; winter at Bachman's, ii, 54; letter to his son, ii, 55-62; on Ord and Waterton, ii, 55, 61; on his buzzard experiments, ii, 55; on Syme's portrait, ii, 57; his family alliance, ii, 58; on his American subscribers, ii, 59, 62; on Robert Havell, ii, 59; on growing old, ii, 60; on self-improvement, ii, 61; on Kidd, ii, 57, 62; Bachman, on his working habits, ii, 62; to Harris, ii, 64; echo of his early business troubles, ii, 64; his statement of the case, ii, 65; return to England, ii, 65; gratitude to Edward Harris, ii, 66; as target of critics and detractors, ii, 67-92; questionable essays, ii, 68; his reply to Sully, ii, 68-71; the rattlesnake controversy, ii, 71-80; charges of an editor, ii, 72; his original drawing and account of the rattlesnake, ii, 74-76; his errors and vindication, ii, 76-80; letter of Thomas Cooper, ii, 78; on the bend of the rattlesnake's fang, ii, 79; rediscovery of his discredited lily, ii, 80; on the buzzard's sense of smell, and present state of the controversy, ii, 81-84; his champions of the scientific and literary press, ii, 84; on his snake stories, ii, 85; his most persistent heckler, ii, 86-92; Waterton and Swainson, on the authorship of his Ornithological Biography, ii, 87; on the rivalries of contemporaries, ii, 93-124; to Swainson, ii, 95-97, 99-100, 101-103, 112; Swainson to, ii, 97-99, 103-108; his appeal to Swainson for assistance on his letterpress, ii, 94, 98, 102-103, 104-107; check in friendship and engagement of MacGillivray, ii, 108; resulting controversy over the authorship of the Ornithological Biography, ii, 87-88, 109; on the craze for describing new species, ii, 110; "Ornithophilus" on, ii, 111; Swainson as biographer of, ii, 113-115; his reference to Bonaparte resented, ii, 118; his letter to Bonaparte and their subsequent relations, ii, 119-121; comment on Gould, ii, 121-124; return to England in 1834, ii, 125; to Edward Harris, ii, 125; on his relations to William MacGillivray, ii, 125-128; MacGillivray to, ii, 126-128, 130-132, 134; his ornithological collection, ii, 129; completion of the second volume of his letterpress, ii, 132; to Harris, on the alligator and the American edition of his Ornithological Biography, ii, 132, 134; MacGillivray's contract with, ii, 134; MacGillivray's assistance and friendship, ii, 134-137; his acknowledgments and dedication to MacGillivray, ii, 137; to John Wilson, ii, 139; on the effects of overwork, ii, 140; letters to Harris, ii, 141-144; on Alexander Wilson, ii, 143; issue of his third volume of the Ornithological Biography, ii, 144; on his journey, ii, 144; third American tour, ii, 146; landing in New York, ii, 146; efforts to secure the Nuttall-Townsend collection of western birds, ii, 147-149, 153-154; thwarted in Philadelphia, ii, 149; in Boston and Salem, ii, 149-151; meets Brewer and Nuttall, ii, 150; friendship and recommendation of Daniel Webster, ii, 151; success of canvassing in New York, ii, 153; efforts to obtain the collections in Philadelphia renewed, ii, 153; rivalry of priority seekers, ii, 155; plans an expedition to Florida, and visits Washington for governmental aid, ii, 155; entertained at the White House, ii, 156; on Andrew Jackson, ii, 156; winter spent with Bachman, ii, 156; overland with Edward Harris and his younger son to New Orleans, ii, 157; experiences in the Gulf of Mexico and Texas, ii, 157-165; adventures with the Crusader, ii, 158-163; at Galveston Bay, ii, 163; visit to Houston, ii, 164; his party disbands at Charleston, ii, 165; his son's marriage, and return to England, ii, 166; to Thomas Brewer, ii, 168; extension of his Birds and revolt of British patrons, ii, 170, 174; to Harris on Townsend's second collection of western birds, ii, 170-173; eagerness to render his work as complete as possible, ii, 173; on extra plates and partial subscribers, ii, 174; to William Swainson, ii, 176; his day of greatest triumph, ii, 177; return to Edinburgh and completion of his letterpress, ii, 178-186; to his son, ii, 178-181; at work with MacGillivray, ii, 178-181; publication of the fourth volume of the Ornithological Biography, ii, 181; impairment of the health of his wife, ii, 181, 183, 186; their tour in the Scottish Highlands, ii, 182; to Edward Harris, ii, 184-186; completion of his labors in England, ii, 186; number of American species of birds recognized in 1839, ii, 186; valedictory to the "gentle reader," ii, 187; prepares to return with his family to America; directions to Havell, ii, 188-191; intimate history of the work of his engraver, with manual for collectors, ii, 191-199; the Athenæum on, ii, 199; Peabody on, ii, 200; on the original and existing numbers of copies of his Birds, ii, 201-203; on his own and Havell's copy of The Birds of America, ii, 203; original and present prices of his works, ii, 204; singular attest of J. P. Hall regarding, ii, 205; Audubon's account of the Rothschild incident, ii, 206-208; settles in New York, and immediately undertakes two new works, ii, 208; Bachman to, on a revised edition of The Birds of America, and the Quadrupeds, ii, 208; to Brewer on the Quadrupeds of North America, ii, 209; marriage of his elder son, ii, 210; Bachman, on his coöperation in the Quadrupeds, ii, 210; prospectus of the octavo edition of the Birds, ii, 211-212, 214; its composition and number of American species of birds recognized, ii, 214-215; to his family while canvassing in Baltimore, ii, 215-217; original account book of, ii, 217; extraordinary success of his Birds in "miniature", ii, 217; bereavements of his family, ii, 218; his friendship with a rising young naturalist, ii, 218; opening correspondence with Spencer Fullerton Baird, ii, 219-223; William Yarrell to, ii, 223-225; new birds from Baird, ii, 219, 225; their correspondence continued, ii, 226; letter to George Parkman, and the "Parkman Wren,", ii, 227-229; to W. O. Ayres on collecting quadrupeds, ii, 229; on the expenses of his publication, ii, 230; Baird on his first visit to his friend, ii, 230-232; consolation and advice to his pupil, ii, 232; purchase of land and house-building, ii, 234; "Minnie's Land" on the Hudson, ii, 235; his activities, ii, 235; Parke Godwin on Audubon and "Minnie's Land," in 1842, ii, 236-238; in 1845, ii, 238; his expedition to the Upper Missouri, ii, 239-258; correspondence with Baird, ii, 239-241; credentials from the Government, ii, 242; Daniel Webster's letter, ii, 242; his letter from President Tyler, ii, 243; Bachman on the Quadrupeds, ii, 243; canvassing tour to Canada, ii, 244; description of Canadian visit in letter to Benjamin Phillips, ii, 244-246; William Yarrell to, ii, 246; overtures to Baird to join his western expedition fail, ii, 248-250, 252; Edward Harris to, ii, 251; his party, ii, 252; rendezvous at Philadelphia and beginning of journey, ii, 252; ascent of the Missouri in the Magnet, ii, 252; his journal of their experiences, ii, 253; discovery of new birds, ii, 253; on George Catlin, ii, 254; at Fort Union, ii, 254-256; first experience with buffalo, ii, 254; forecast of its fate, ii, 255; in a wilderness that howls, ii, 256; his return, ii, 256; on a canal boat homeward bound, ii, 257; mistaken for a Dunker, ii, 258; portrait by his son, ii, 258; to Baird, ii, 258; completion of his Birds in octavo, and dedication to Baird, ii, 259; his final work on the Quadrupeds, ii, 261; on Pennant's marten, ii, 263; to Bachman on mischief makers, and letterpress of the Quadrupeds, ii, 264-267; his copper-plates of The Birds of America pass through fire in New York, ii, 267; as a spectator at the ruins, ii, 267; reply to Baird on the results of the fire, ii, 268; Bachman's visit in 1845, ii, 268; Bachman's complaints and ultimatum through Harris, ii, 269; Bachman on his Missouri River Journal, ii, 271; correspondence with Baird, ii, 272-273, 275-278, 279; recommendation of Baird, ii, 279; his son visits England to paint for the Quadrupeds, ii, 280; manuscript of the Quadrupeds of North America, ii, 283; illustrations and completion of plates of the Quadrupeds, ii, 285; Brewer on a visit to "Minnie's Land" in 1846, ii, 286-288; letter to Harris in 1847, ii, 287; Baird's note of last visit in 1847, ii, 288; Bachman on his visit of 1848, ii, 288; last days and death at "Minnie's Land", ii, 290; work of his sons, and his family in America, ii, 291-312; appropriation by the Government to procure copies of Audubon's works for presentation to foreign countries, ii, 293; manuscript notes and legends on original drawings of the Birds, ii, 305.
Audubon, Mrs. John James, as editor of a Life of her husband, i, 18, 22; her girlhood home, i, 108; Audubon's account of their meeting and his debt to, i, 109; her father and uncle as protégés of Audubon, i, 125; Audubon on, i, 160; her marriage and journey West, i, 194; her children, i, 198, 247, 248; her realization in her father's estate, i, 198-200; her father and family, i, 199, 253-254; as spur and balance wheel, i, 301; at Cincinnati, i, 303, 306, 307, 320; the Western Museum incident, i, 304; at New Orleans, i, 320, 322; engagements at Natchez and St. Francisville, i, 322; her "Beechwoods" school, i, 322; Audubon to, i, 370-372, 420-421, 424, 428; at "Beechwoods," i, 431-435; accompanies her husband to England, i, 435-436; ii, 1; John Bachman to, ii, 5; Richard Harlan to, ii, 14; her activities and school at "Minnie's Land," ii, 299; breaking up of her home and the Life of her husband, ii, 300; to a relative on her family's affairs, ii, 301; to William R. Dorlan on her husband's autograph, ii, 302; her last years and death, ii, 302; a eulogy, ii, 303; disposal of the original drawings of The Birds of America, ii, 304; ascription of drawing to, ii, 306.
Audubon, John Woodhouse, his birth, ii, 248, 323, 371; his father to, i, 373, 390; ii, 43, 44, 54, 56-57, 156; marriage to Bachman's daughter, ii, 166; journey to Texas, ii, 272; goes to England to paint for the Quadrupeds, ii, 273, 280; dedication to John Edward Gray, ii, 280; J. E. Gray to, ii, 281; part in painting the originals of the folio plates of the Quadrupeds of North America, ii, 285; his unfortunate California venture, ii, 289; his marriage to Caroline Hall, ii, 294; children and descendants, ii, 294; his house at "Minnie's Land," ii, 295, 311-312; his illness and death, ii, 295-296, 297; his project for reproducing the original folio of The Birds of America in America, checked by the War, ii, 296, 389-391; residual stock of the incomplete work, ii, 296; as his father's aid, ii, 297, 299; activities and characteristics as boy and man, ii, 297-299, 309-310; his Western Journal, ii, 299; death of his second wife, ii, 303.
Audubon, Mrs. John Woodhouse (Maria Rebecca Bachman), her marriage, ii, 166; her death, ii, 218; her children, ii, 294.
Audubon, Mrs. John Woodhouse (Caroline Hall), her marriage, children and descendants, ii, 294; her death, ii, 294.
Audubon, Lucy, death of, i, 247.
Audubon, Maria Rebecca, publication of Audubon's Autobiography by, i, 16; Audubon and his Journals by, i, 22, 28, 63, 106, 153, 270, 369.
Audubon, Marie Rosa (Mme. de Vaugeon), i, 27; suit by, i, 28, 263.
Audubon, Pierre, service in the French merchant marine, i, 26; his son, Jean, and his family, i, 27; at siege of Louisburg, i, 28.
Audubon, Rosa (Mme. Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau, see Muguet), her birth, i, 56; taken to France, i, 57; act of adoption, i, 59; as godmother, i, 128; marriage contract and marriage of, i, 131; her home, children and death, i, 269.
Audubon, Rosa, i, 247.
Audubon, Victor Gifford, his birth, i, 198, 269, 325, 371, 396, 427; takes charge of his father's publications in England, ii, 31; his father to, ii, 33-40, 43-44, 55-62; in his father's defense, ii, 55, 88, 65, 81, 119, 178, 189; on the number of sets of The Birds of America issued, ii, 202; married to Mary Eliza Bachman, ii, 210; on "Minnie's Land," ii, 235; John Bachman to, ii, 261-263, 281-283; to Spencer F. Baird, ii, 278; Baird to, ii, 278; as amanuensis to Bachman, ii, 283, 291; to Bachman, ii, 289; success in canvassing, ii, 292; Bachman's recommendation, ii, 292; his issues of the Quadrupeds and Birds, ii, 293, 295; his second marriage and children, ii, 294; his house at "Minnie's Land," ii, 295, 311; his illness and death, ii, 395; death of his wife, ii, 303.
Audubon, Mrs. Victor Gifford (Mary Eliza Bachman), her marriage, ii, 210; her death, ii, 218.
Audubon Mrs. Victor Gifford, (Georgianna Richards Mallory), ii, 258; her marriage and children, ii, 294; her death, ii, 294.
"Audubon of La Rochelle," i, 27, 270, 271.
Audubon (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), i, 102.
Audubon and his Journals, i, 22.
Audubon Association and Societies, history and aims of, i, 14.
Audubonian Epoch and Period in American ornithology, i, 10.
Aukland, Sir J. D., i, 377.
Ayres, W. O., Audubon, on collecting quadrupeds, to, ii, 229-230, 277.
Bachman, Rev. John, i, 291, 293; meeting and friendship with Audubon, ii, 5, 9; to Mrs. Audubon, ii, 5; Audubon's gift of his Birds of America to, ii, 7; as canvasser for Audubon, ii, 27; Audubon to, ii, 27; to Audubon, ii, 32-33, 51; buzzard experiments, ii, 55-56, 57, 59, 61; publication of his paper on the Turkey Buzzard, ii, 56; on Audubon's working habits, ii, 63-65; account of experiments on the sense of sight and smell in vultures, ii, 81-83; Audubon to, on the effects of overwork, ii, 140-141, 146; on conditions in the South, ii, 148; Audubon's winter with, ii, 156; marriage of daughter of, ii, 166; in London, ii, 178, 179, 184; to Audubon on his "Small Edition of Birds" and Quadrupeds, ii, 208-209; marriage of the daughter of, ii, 210; on his coöperation with Audubon in the Quadrupeds, ii, 210-211, 216, 220; to Audubon on the Quadrupeds, ii, 243-244, 258-259; on the Quadrupeds of North America, ii, 261-263, 269-272, 281-283; calls for help, ii, 262; Audubon to, on mischief-making of a "mutual friend," and the letterpress of the Quadrupeds, ii, 264-267; on Audubon in 1845, ii, 268; his ultimatum to Edward Harris as mediator, ii, 268-270; on Audubon's Missouri River Journal, ii, 271; difficulties of coöperation, ii, 273; domestic bereavement, ii, 274; his second marriage, ii, 281; working methods, ii, 281; facsimile letter, ii, 282; manuscript on the Quadrupeds, ii, 283; early life and career, ii, 284; on Alexander von Humboldt, ii, 284; on Audubon in 1848, ii, 288; completion of the text of the Quadrupeds, ii, 291; recommendation of Victor Audubon and statement of his part and interest in the work, ii, 292-293, 311.
Bachman, Mrs. John (Harriet Martin), death of, ii, 274.
Bachman, Mrs. John (Maria Martin), marriage of, ii, 281.
Bachman, Maria Rebecca. See Mrs. John Woodhouse Audubon.
Bachman, Mary Eliza. See Mrs. Victor Gifford Audubon.
Baco, mayor of Nantes, proclamation of, i, 74.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, his friendship with Audubon, ii, 218-220; Audubon to, ii, 219-222, 232-233; discovers new birds, ii, 219, 221, 225; visits Audubon in New York, ii, 230; to Audubon, ii, 231-232, 235; correspondence with Audubon on the Missouri expedition, ii, 239-241, 248-250, 252, 259; dedication of Audubon to, ii, 259-260; Coues on, ii, 260; correspondence with Audubon on quadrupeds, ii, 263, 264, 272-273, 274-278; on Pennant's marten, ii, 263; first visit to Audubon, ii, 264; on fate of Audubon's copper-plates, ii, 267; his marriage and appointment in Dickinson College, ii, 276; on Victor Audubon's gift, ii, 278; on the curatorship of the Smithsonian Institution, ii, 279; his recommendations by Audubon, ii, 279; last letter and visit to Audubon, ii, 288.
Bakewell, Benjamin, as protégé of young Audubon, i, 125; Audubon's engagement with, i, 153, 154-155, 171-172; his establishment, correspondents and clerks, i, 153-154; his residence and previous business career, i, 154; his New York business and correspondents, i, 155; dealings with Claude François Rozier, as told in Audubon's letters, i, 156-158, 161-163, 164-166; ruin of his trade by the Embargo Act, i, 172; his business dealings with Audubon and Rozier, i, 186, 193; emigration to America and establishment in New Haven, i, 201; Wilson at his glass works in Pittsburgh, i, 204.
Bakewell, Eliza. See Mrs. Nicholas Augustus Berthoud.
Bakewell, Rev. Gordon, on Audubon's birth, i, 69; Audubon's portrait of, i, 69.
Bakewell, G. W., on William Bakewell, i, 99.
Bakewell, John, i, 200.
Bakewell, Joseph, i, 200.
Bakewell, Lucy Green. See Mrs. John James Audubon.
Bakewell, Robert, i, 200, 377.
Bakewell, Thomas Woodhouse (of Crith, Derbyshire), i, 200.
Bakewell, Thomas Woodhouse, i, 153; statement of accounts of Audubon & Rozier with his uncle's estate, i, 193; see also ii, 354-355; letter to Audubon & Rozier, i, 196; failure of his commission business with Audubon at New Orleans, i, 248; second partnership with Audubon, and history of their mill enterprise at Henderson, i, 254-255, 259; lease of land, i, 254; investment in mill, i, 255; withdrawal from business partnership, i, 256; subsequent successful career at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, i, 259; his financial reverses, fortitude and death, i, 259.
Bakewell, William, his purchase of "Fatland Ford" and settlement upon this estate, i, 99, 108; his daughter, Lucy Green, i, 108-110; his private accounts and aid to Audubon and Rozier, i, 125; sale of a portion of his farm in the interests of his daughter, i, 198; to Audubon and Rozier regarding the sale, i, 199; his family and history, i, 200; emigration to the United States and business at New Haven, i, 201; death of his first wife, i, 201; his second marriage, i, 201; his death, i, 201; death of his second wife, i, 201; financial assistance to son by, i, 255.
Bakewell, William Gifford, record of a visit to "Mill Grove," i, 111-112, 427; ii, 252.
Bakewell, Mrs. William Gifford, ii, 302.
Banks, Sir Joseph, ii, 117.
Barraband, Pierre Paul (1767-1809), his method of drawing birds, i, 184, 404.
Bartram, Anne, i, 215.
Bartram, John, and his Botanic Gardens, i, 215.
Bartram, William, as mentor to Alexander Wilson, i, 212; Wilson, in letter to, i, 213; his hospitality, i, 214, 216; his niece, and the Botanic Gardens of his father, i, 215; on numbers of American birds, ii, 214.
Bascanion. See Black snake.
Bayou Sara, introduction of Audubon to, i, 309; life of Audubon at, i, 314-318; village and origin of name of, i, 314.
Bazin, Eugène, translations by, i, 360.
Beates, Frederick, purchase and sale of "Mill Grove" by, i, 169.
Beer, William, i, 143, 155.
Bell, John, ii, 252; dedication of Audubon to, ii, 253.
Benedict, Jennett, Audubon's itinerant portrait of, i, 342.
Benedict, Jesse, ii, 311.
Berthoud, Mme., death of, i, 326.
Berthoud, Nicholas Augustus, i, 197, 256, 303, 309; engagement of Victor G. Audubon with, i, 325; mother and family name of, i, 326, 427; ii, 27, 28, 33, 36, 37, 38, 130.
Berthoud, Mrs. Nicholas Augustus, i, 326; ii, 303.
Besant, Sir Walter, on London in 1837, i, 355, 395.
Best, Robert, and the Western Museum, i, 303, 306.
Bewick, Thomas, Audubon's visit to, i, 375; ii, 142.
Bibliography, i, 15; ii, 401-456.
Bien, J., and Company, ii, 396.
"Bird of Washington" ("Aquila washingtonii"), Audubon's supposed discovery of, i, 241, 400, 406; ii, 185.
Birds of America (folio), cost and rarity of, i, 4; defects in drawings of, i, 174, 184-185; destruction of drawings designed for, i, 179, 320-321; in embryo, i, 180-183; presentation copies of, i, 356; plans of publication, i, 343; first subscriber to, i, 353; first engraved plate of, i, 359; Lizars' part in engraving of, i, 359; issue of first number of, i, 362; first prospectus of, i, 373, see also ii, 386-388; title of, i, 381; the Havells in relation to, i, 380-385; rebirth of, in London, i, 384; the singular history of plate No. iii, i, 384; difficulties with colorists, i, 389; the Queen as patroness, i, 392; revision of drawings, i, 398; Swainson's review, i, 403; progress of, i, 405; Cuvier's report, i, 413; Bachman as canvasser for, ii, 27; Thomas H. Perkins' copy, ii, 29; Audubon's directions for dispatch of parts of, ii, 37; his financial accounts with, ii, 37; American subscribers, ii, 36-41; insurance of drawings for, ii, 40; editorial comment, ii, 41; revolt of patrons at extension of plan, ii, 170, 174; Audubon on extra plates and partial subscribers to, ii, 174; completion of, ii, 177; Audubon on residual stock of plates, ii, 188-190; uncolored plates of, ii, 190; on insurance of copper-plates of, ii, 191; intimate history of the engravers and plates, with manual for collectors, ii, 191-199; story told in artists' and engravers' captions or legends, ii, 196-198; dates, errors and editions in plates, ii, 196-198; original and present known numbers of complete sets, ii, 201; Audubon's and Havell's copies of, ii, 204; original and present prices, ii, 204; curious attest of J. P. Hall, ii, 205; original drawings for plates, ii, 304; manuscript records and legends on original drawings, ii, 305; story of fate of original copper-plates of, ii, 295, 306-309; final lists of subscribers, ii, 380-385; prospectus of 1828, ii, 386-388.
Birds of America (in octavo), prospectus, ii, 208-212, 214; agents' original and present prices of, ii, 211; titles on original parts, ii, 213; beginning of publication, ii, 214; number of birds and doubtful species, ii, 214; Audubon as canvasser for, ii, 215-217; remarkable success of, ii, 217; account-book of Audubon in business of, ii, 217; William Yarrell on, ii, 223; "Parkman's Wren" in, ii, 228; expense of publication of, ii, 230.
Birds of America (partial American issue in folio), ii, 296; residual stock of plates of, ii, 297; original prospectus of, ii, 389-391.
Birds of Europe, ii, 122; anecdote of, ii, 123.
Blackbird, Red-winged (Angelaius phœniceus), Ord's charge concerning Audubon's drawing of, i, 228.
Black Cocks (Tetrao tetrix), original painting of, i, 363, 366.
Black snake, "blue racer" (Bascanion constrictor), confused with rattlesnake, ii, 76.
Blackwood's Magazine, John Wilson on Audubon and Kidd, i, 447; John Wilson on Audubon, ii, 139.
Blanchard, Jean François, as attorney of Jean Audubon at Les Cayes, i, 85.
Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata), painting of, i, 397.
Bohn, Henry G., on Audubon's drawings, i, 357.
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, introduces Audubon at Philadelphia, i, 328; his career and work as an ornithologist, i, 329-331; his artist and engravers, i, 330; Audubon's contribution to his American Ornithology, i, 330; his account of the Wild Turkey, i, 331; characterization by a contemporary, i, 334; his subscription to The Birds of America, i, 380, 385; to Audubon, i, 416-419, 423; ii, 40, 49-50, 96, 98, 106, 107, 108, 110, 112, 118; Audubon to, ii, 119; his list of American birds, ii, 120; his comment on Audubon's work, ii, 120, 169; on publication of new species by, ii, 173, 176, 184, 214, 224.
Bonnabel, Antonio, acquisition of lands from, by Bernard Marigny, i, 70.
Boone, Daniel, Audubon's characterization of, criticized, i, 281.
Bossals and Creoles in Santo Domingo, i, 42, 47.
Boston Patriot, ii, 50.
Bouffard, Catharine, designation of, in legal documents, i, 56; mother of Muguet (Rosa Audubon), i, 56; her appearance in France, i, 56; mother of Louise, i, 56.
Bouffard, Louise, inquiry concerning, i, 56; her birth, i, 67, 130.
Boulart (General), letter to Citizen Audubon, i, 80.
Bowen, Samuel Adams, his steamboat at Henderson, i, 236; Audubon's encounter with, i, 257-259; suit against Audubon by, i, 258; conclusion of bench in action brought by, i, 259.
Bradford, Mrs. J. L., i, 13.
Bradford, Samuel F., as publisher of Wilson's American Ornithology, i, 217, 219.
Bragdon, Sam L., i, 348.
Braud, William, Audubon as teacher in family of, i, 318; Mrs. Audubon's engagement with family of, i, 322.
Brewer, Thomas Mayo, ii, 8; Audubon on the rattlesnake, ii, 79, 150; Audubon to, ii, 152-153, 165-166, 168-169, 175, 209; on Audubon in 1846, ii, 286-288.
Brewster, Sir David, i, 362; ii, 84.
Brilliant, Jean Audubon's encounter with, i, 82.
Broadnax, Henry P., judge in case of Samuel Adams Bowen and others vs. Audubon, i, 258; his decision in a case of assault, i, 259.
Brown, Capt. Thomas, curious history of Illustrations of the American Ornithology by, i, 443-445; limited circulation, rarity and piratical character of the work, i, 443-445; his Illustrations of the Genera of Birds, i, 444; contemporary and later notices of his atlas, i, 444.
Buchanan, Robert Williams, true story of his Life of Audubon, i, 18-22; his struggles, talents, idiosyncrasies and death, i, 19, 21, 22.
Buckland, William, D.D., i, 377.
Buffalo (New York), Audubon's visit to, in 1824, i, 340.
Buffalo hunting on the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone in 1843, ii, 254-256.
Bullen, George E., i, 400, 403.
Bulow, John, welcome of Audubon and their adventures at his plantation, ii, 15-20.
Bunting, Henslow's (Passerhebulus henslowi), i, 354.
Burchell, William John, ii, 97, 105.
Bureau, Louis, i, 143, 149; manuscript letters of, i, 154.
Burns, Robert, relations of Alexander Wilson with, i, 208.
Butler, Benjamin F., ii, 153.
Butterflies, as food of birds, i, 358.
Cabinet Cyclopædia, Swainson in, ii, 113.
Caire, Louis P., to Lafayette, i, 352.
Caledonian Mercury, Notice of Jameson's edition of Wilson and Bonaparte's Ornithology in, i, 442; notice of Jardine's edition in, i, 442-443, 446; Audubon to Kidd in, ii, 2; on the Wilson-Audubon obituary, ii, 3.
Call, Richard Ellsworth, i, 287, 299.
Camden (New Jersey), work of Audubon at, i, 421, 426; ii, 26-27, 30.
Campbell, Sir Archibald, ii, 30.
Cap, P. A., i, 360.
Caporal, Le petit, date of original drawing of, i, 180.
Carolina Paroquet (Conuropsis carolinensis), early drawing of, i, 180.
Carrier, Jean Baptiste, mission and infamy of, i, 75; denounced by Julien, i, 76; reign of terror at Nantes under, i, 75; recall of, i, 76.
Cass, Lewis, ii, 52.
Catlin, George, ii, 254.
Cayes (Les Cayes), delivery of slaves at, i, 31; Jean Audubon's business interests in, i, 39; its pre-revolutionary importance, i, 38; corruption of its name, i, 38; slave trade at, i, 39-41; first touched by the Revolution, i, 50; birth of Fougère (John James Audubon), and Muguet (Rosa Audubon), at, i, 52-53, 56; Jean Audubon's fortune and financial losses at, i, 82; final settlement of Jean Audubon's estate at, i, 268.
Cedar-bird (Bombycilla cedrorum), habits of, i, 423.
Central Committee (at Nantes), extract from register of, i, 134.
Century of Birds, ii, 121.
Cerberus, Jean Audubon's command of, and encounter in, i, 82.
Chapelain, Doctor, as witness, i, 153.
Charette, siege of Nantes under, i, 74; execution of, i, 76.
Charles X, patronage of, i, 3-4, 27.
Charleston, meeting of Audubon and Bachman at, ii, 5, 9; Audubon's tribute to hospitality of people at, ii, 10; bird-hunting at, ii, 10; return of Audubon's party, ii, 25; Bachman's services at, ii, 284.
Chat, Yellow-breasted (Icteria virens), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 425.
Chevalier, J. B., ii, 211, 216, 222, 226, 234.
Children, John George, i, 377; his career and friendship with Audubon, i, 379-380, 420, 437; ii, 34, 56, 59, 199.
Chouanerie, i, 27.
Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 182.
Cincinnati (Ohio), in 1810, i, 205; record of earthquakes at, i, 280; settlement of Audubon at, i, 303; Dr. Drake and the Western Museum, i, 303-306; early "Notice concerning," and activities of Dr. Drake, i, 304-306; organization of a college and medical school, i, 305; Audubon stranded at, i, 344.
Cincinnati College, relations of Dr. Daniel Drake to, i, 304; foundation and first president of, i, 305.
Clapp, Wellington, ii, 310.
Clay, Henry, i, 307, 372, 378, 396.
Clifford, John O., i, 290.
Clinton, De Witt, i, 2, 218, 339.
Cochereau, Matthew, painting of David's studio by, i, 177.
Coirond Brothers, i, 33, 38.
Coirond (Coyron), Mme., i, 86.
Coit, Rev. Dr. Henry Augustus, ii, 43.
Coit, Rev. Dr. Joseph, ii, 43.
Coleman, William A., Audubon to, ii, 174.
Colles, George W., on Audubon's account of the rattlesnake, ii, 76.
Collett, Tobias, i, 103.
Colnaghi and Company, i, 383.
Colson, Augustus, i, 342.
Columbus, incident on voyage of, i, 312.
Combe, Andrew, i, 361.
Cook, Capt. James, i, 377.
Coolidge, Joseph, ii, 43, 50.
Cooper, Thomas, and the climbing habits of the rattlesnake, ii, 53-54, 77-78; to Audubon, ii, 78.
Coot, Audubon's early drawing of, i, 178.
Couëron, discovery of documents at, i, 53; settlement of Jean Audubon at, i, 57, 83; condition in 1793, i, 80, 137; the D'Orbignys at, i, 127-128, 130; history and characteristics of, i, 136-140; present industry and population of, i, 137; record of visit to, in 1913, i, 138-140; grand calvaire at, i, 139; history of Audubon's boyhood home at, i, 140-145.
Coues, Elliott, on Audubon, i, 110; on Alexander Wilson, i, 213; ii, 129.
Count of Artois (Le Comte d'Artois), encounter of Jean Audubon, and his capture in, i, 32; armament and fate of, i, 33; bill of sale of, i, 33; unsettled claims concerning, i, 121, 265.
Couper, William, bust of Audubon, by, i, 13.
Cowles, Charles A., story of his rescue of a remnant of Audubon's copper-plates, ii, 307.
Crane, Whooping (Grus americana), i, 227.
Crosby, Fortunatus (Judge), court record under, i, 260.
Crusader, Audubon's adventures in, ii, 157-163.
Culbertson, Alexander, ii, 271.
Cummings, Capt. James, i, 307; ii, 69, 258.
Cushing, Caleb, ii, 241.
Cuvier, Baron Georges, his eulogy on Audubon's Birds, i, 1; his patronage, i, 2; his death, i, 4; report at the Royal Academy of Sciences, i, 174, 412-413; Audubon's description of, i, 410-411; ii, 101, 142, 448.
Cyclopædia, New American, Wilson's editorial work on, i, 216-217, 219.
Dacosta, Francis, and the Prevost mortgage, i, 106; first appearance at "Mill Grove," and his interest in its mine, i, 113; early exploitation, i, 114; as Lieutenant Audubon's attorney and guardian of his son, i, 114; his purchase of a one-half interest, i, 114; his salary and grievances, i, 115; difficulties with young Audubon and with the mine, i, 115; correspondence of Lieutenant Audubon, i, 116-123; Lieutenant Audubon's appeal in answer to complaints, i, 118; instructions for settlement of claims, i, 121-123; rebellion of young Audubon, i, 123; his praise of Audubon's drawings, i, 124; succeeded by Audubon and Rozier, i, 132; called to account, i, 146; acquisition of the remaining Audubon and Rozier interests, i, 148-150; his "rôle of chicaner," i, 151, 158; his failure and disputed claim, i, 168; award of arbitrators in case, i, 168; reproduction of his contested accounts, ii, 355-358.
"Dalmahoy," Audubon's visit to, i, 363.
Darwin, Charles, i, 354, 399.
Darwin, Erasmus, i, 200.
David, Jacques Louis, i, 3, 174, 175, 176; his revolutionary ardor, patriotism and popularity, i, 174, 176; his exile and death, i, 174; his portrait of the mayor of Nantes, i, 174-176; his reception at Nantes, i, 175; his address to the Municipal Assembly, i, 175; his studios and pupils at the Louvre, i, 177; his works and influence, i, 177; influence on Audubon's style, i, 178.
Davis, Isaac P., ii, 151; on Webster's copy of The Birds of America, ii, 152.
Davy, Sir Humphry, i, 356, 377, 379.
Deane, Ruthven, i, 246, 444, 448; ii, 14, 188; on copies of The Birds of America in America, ii, 203, 204, 211, 263, 293; on the copper-plates of The Birds of America, ii, 307-309.
Debtors, terrors of, in England, i, 395.
Declaration of Rights, voted by the National Assembly of France, and its effect upon Santo Domingo, i, 37, 49.
De Genlis, Stephanie-Felicité, i, 163.
De Kervegan, Daniel, popularity and portrait of, as mayor of Nantes, i, 175.
De La Luzerne, his recommendation of Jean Audubon, i, 32, 34.
Delos, Audubon's voyage on, i, 347-350; subsequent fate of, i, 348.
De Marigny, Ecuyer Sieur, and his family, i, 69; true story of his family, and of "Fontainebleau," which has been erroneously attributed to him, i, 69; his summer house at Mandeville, i, 71.
Derby, Earl of, ii, 146.
De Vaugeon, Mme. Lejeune, i, 28; suit by, i, 262.
De Vaugeon, Pierre, i, 27.
De Wimpffen, Baron. See Francis Alexander Stanilaus.
Dickinson College, Baird's appointment and position at, ii, 268, 276.
Dodge, William E., ii, 307.
D'Orbigny, Alcide Charles Victor, i, 128.
D'Orbigny, Dr. Charles Marie, as friend of young Audubon, i, 120, 127-128; his family, i, 128; Audubon as godfather to son of, i, 128; financial troubles of, i, 128-130; Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau to, i, 129; as debtor to Lieutenant Audubon's estate, i, 129; inquiries concerning, i, 130; as witness, i, 153; Audubon's correspondence with, i, 160, 163, 171.
D'Orbigny, Charles (the younger), i, 128.
D'Orbigny, Gaston Edouard, birth and baptism of, i, 128.
Dorlan, William R., ii, 302.
Drake, Dr. Daniel, and Alexander Wilson, i, 305; record of earthquakes at Cincinnati by, i, 280; his engagement of Audubon as taxidermist, i, 303; his foundation of the Western Museum and Audubon's connection with it, i, 304-306; his varied activities, i, 304; his early "Notice concerning Cincinnati," i, 304; his organization of the Cincinnati College and medical school, i, 305; his troubles with rivals, i, 306; his appointment at the Transylvania University, i, 306.
Duck, Labrador (Camptorhynchus labradorius), at Bradore Bay, ii, 48; extinction of, ii, 48, 152.
Duck, "Velvet," White-winged Scoter (Oidemia deglandi), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 182; description of, i, 182.
Duncan, William, i, 208; ii, 284.
Dunkin, Judge, i, 260; ii, 64.
Dupré (Tête-Carée), raid of Nantes by, i, 77.
Du Puigaudeau, Gabriel Loyen, Audubon's power of attorney to, i, 64; to D'Orbigny, i, 128-130; to J. Cornet, i, 130; his marriage, i, 131; his family, occupation and residence, i, 132; to Audubon, i, 266-269.
Du Puigaudeau, Mme. Gabriel Loyen. See Rosa Audubon.
Du Puigaudeau, Gabriel Loyen (the Second), death of at "Les Tourterelles," i, 269.
Eagle, "Brown." See "Bird of Washington."
Eagle, Golden (Aquila chrysaëtos), Audubon's drawing of, ii, 35.
Eagle, "Washington's." See "Bird of Washington."
Eagle, White-headed (Haliæetus leucocephalus), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 310.
Eagle and Lamb, original painting of, i, 394-396, 405, 406.
Earthquakes in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, 1811-1813; casual and exact records of, i, 279.
Eckley, David, dedication of copy of The Birds of America to, ii, 7; history of copy formerly owned by, ii, 7; ii, 150.
Ecton Consolidated Mining Company, i, 169.
Edinburgh, first visit and success of Audubon at, i, 357-373; beginning of The Birds of America at, i, 358; exhibition of Audubon's drawings at, i, 359; meeting with Sir Walter Scott at, i, 365; issue of Audubon's Prospectus at, i, 373.
Edinburgh Literary Journal, notice of Brown's Illustrations of the American Ornithology in, i, 443.
Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, ii, 111.
Edward (Ezekiel Edwards?), unsettled claim of Jean Audubon against, i, 121.
Edwards, Bryan, on the products and wealth of French Santo Domingo, i, 30; on the Santo Domingo blacks, i, 43.
Edwards, Ezekiel, i, 121.
Eggleston, Thomas, i, 13.
Elaps. See Coral snake.
Embargo Act, of President Jefferson, effect of, on Audubon and Rozier, i, 193.
"Episodes." See Ornithological Biography.
Evans, Roland, acquisition of "Mill Grove" by, i, 105.
Everett, Edward, patronage and aid of, i, 435; letters of, i, 436, 448-451; his efforts for the removal of import duties on The Birds of America, i, 448; his nomination of Audubon to fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, i, 450; ii, 5, 23, 64;
Falco Cooperii (Accipiter cooperi), i, 330, 417. See "Stanley Hawk."
"Fatland Ford," William Bakewell's acquisition of, i, 98, 108, 201; mansion house and farm of, i, 108; Audubon's introduction to, i, 108; Generals Washington and Howe at, i, 108; marriage of Lucy Bakewell at, i, 194; realization of Mrs. Audubon in, i, 198.
Faxon, Walter, i, 144.
Featherstonhaugh, G. W., Rafinesque's reply to, i, 294; on Audubon's plans, ii, 4; Audubon's Florida letters to, ii, 8-14, 15-22; suspension of Journal of, ii, 23, 28, 84.
Feliciana, West, characteristics of, i, 314-315; former prosperity of, i, 323.
Finch, MacGillivray's, MacGillivray's Seaside Sparrow (Passerhebulus maritimus macgillivraii), i, 354.
Fisher, Miers, as Jean Audubon's attorney and protégé of his son, i, 99; Jean Audubon to, i, 100; residence in Philadelphia, i, 106; and the Prevost mortgage, i, 106, 122; succeeded by Dacosta, i, 113-114, 120-122; as counselor of Audubon and Rozier, i, 148, 149, 160, 167; resumption of duties as agent and attorney by, i, 168.
Fitzpatrick, T. J., i, 287, 292, 299.
Flatboats, on the Ohio River in 1810, i, 234; convenience of, i, 234; cost of, at Pittsburgh, i, 235; time of passage of, from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, i, 235; floating trade of, i, 234.
Flicker (Colaptes auratus), original painting of, i, 363.
Florida, Audubon's explorations in, ii, 12-25; Audubon, on the future of the east coast of, ii, 20.
Floyd, John, ii, 5.
Flycatcher, Least (Empidonax minimus), discovery by the Baird brothers, in 1843, ii, 225.
Flycatcher, "Selby's," i, 354.
Flycatcher, "Small Green-crested," i, 425.
Flycatcher, "Small-headed," curious history of, i, 218, 226-227; reference to, by Thomas Nuttall, i, 227; identifications of, by Cowes and Baird, i, 227; ii, 215.
Flycatcher, Traill's (Empidonax trailli), i, 354.
"Fontainebleau," myth and true story of, i, 69, 71.
Formon de Boisclair, Jean Audubon's dealings with, and claims against, i, 33-34, 121, 265, 338. See Lacroix, Formon & Jacques.
Fort Union, Audubon's experiences at, ii, 254-256.
Fougère, i, 53, 57, 59, 61; ii, 328, 329. See Jean Jacques Fougère Audubon.
Francis, C. S., and Company, ii, 203.
Francis, David G., ii, 204.
Franklin Journal, Audubon's article, and Jones' "Romance of the Rattlesnake" in, ii, 72.
Fulton, Robert, first steamer on the Ohio River, built by, i, 236.
Gallatin, Albert, i, 377; Audubon's interview with, i, 390.
Galt, W. C., i, 197.
Gannet Rock, Audubon's account of approach to, i, 9.
Gannets (Sula bassana), i, 10.
Gaston, William, aid rendered Audubon by, at Savannah, ii, 25, 59.
General Assembly (Santo Domingo), new Constitution of, i, 49.
Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire, i, 411.
George IV, Gallatin on, i, 390.
George Street (Edinburgh), Audubon's apartments in, i, 437.
Gill, Theodore, i, 444; ii, 113.
Girard, Stephen, his reputed interest in Dacosta's mining enterprises at "Mill Grove," i, 149.
Godwin, Parke, on Audubon's drawing of quadrupeds, ii, 236; on a visit to Audubon at "Minnie's Land," ii, 236-238; on Audubon in 1845, ii, 238.
Goodspeed, Charles E., i, 384, ii, 26, 190.
Gordon, Mrs. Alexander, ii, 302.
Gould, John, Bonaparte on, ii, 121; Audubon on, ii, 121; works of, ii, 121; charges against, ii, 122; anecdote of, ii, 123; financial success of publications of, ii, 124; 224-225.
Gould, Mrs. John, Audubon on, ii, 121.
Grackle, Boat-tailed (Megaquiscalus major), Audubon's drawing in Bonaparte's Ornithology, i, 330.
Gray, Asa, ii, 81.
Gray, John Edward, i, 354, 380, 444; dedication to, ii, 280; to J. W. Audubon, ii, 281.
Gray's Ferry (now Philadelphia), settlement of Alexander Wilson as teacher at, i, 210, 211, 212, 216.
Great Bend (of the Mississippi), Audubon's and Rozier's experience at, in 1810, i, 240.
Great Egg Harbor, work of Audubon at, i, 421, 424; visit of Wilson and Ord, i, 422; drawings of Audubon, i, 425.
Great Pine Forest (Mauch Chunk), sojourn and work of Audubon at, i, 423, 425-426.
Great Russell Street (London), old print dealer of, i, 11-12, 377.
Great Western, ii, 190.
Grinnell, George Bird, ii, 283, 299, 309.
Groundhog, Audubon's early drawing of, i, 181.
Guépin, M. A., i, 73, 77.
Günther, Albert, on Rafinesque's letters and character, i, 297; on Swainson and his correspondence, i, 400-403.
Hackberry, in the Ohio River basin, i, 188.
Haines, Reuben, visit of Audubon to "Mill Grove" with, i, 335, 339.
Haiti, i, 38, 52.
Hall, Capt. Basil, on the Leander, i, 364; as Audubon's friend, i, 365, 367; to John Murray, i, 378; return to England from the United States, i, 407.
Hall, Harrison, publication of, i, 329; ii, 98.
Hall, James, notorious review of, i, 329; ii, 98.
Hall, J. Prescott, memorandum regarding The Birds of America, ii, 204.
Hardin, John, ii, 295.
Harlan, Richard, i, 328; on Ord, i, 328-329, 333, 334, 407, 439; ii, 9; on Abert, ii, 3; Audubon to, ii, 14; to Mrs. Audubon, ii, 14; to Audubon, ii, 28-29, 58.
Harris, Edward, meeting with Audubon, i, 331; his friendships and career, i, 331, 333; early letters to Audubon, i, 332, 344; Audubon to, i, 448; ii, 26-27, 30, 31, 40-41, 64-66, 125, 132, 134, 141-144, 147-148, 149, 151, 155, 157, 165, 170-173, 175, 182, 184-186, 234, 287; memento to, ii, 49; to Audubon, ii, 251; dedication to, ii, 253; Bachman's ultimatum to, ii, 268-270; in rôle of mediator, ii, 270; Bachman to, ii, 291.
Harrison, William Henry, i, 307.
Harvard University, drawings and manuscripts at, i, 180, 307-308.
Haskell, Rev. John, ii, 271, 283.
Hatch, Capt. Joseph E., i, 347.
Havell, Daniel, i, 382.
Havell, George, i, 382.
Havell Henry Augustus, i, 382; ii, 189, 190, 191-192.
Havell, Robert, Senior, his family, i, 381-383; his shop in Newman Street, i, 382; partnership with his son, i, 383; their enterprise in undertaking The Birds of America, i, 384; his death, i, 384; their relationship as read in the legends of Audubon's plates, ii, 195-198.
Havell, Robert, Junior, i, 12; Audubon's discovery of, i, 382; a family of artists, i, 382; partnership with his father and rebirth of The Birds of America in London, i, 384; his "Zoölogical Gallery," i, 384; advertisement of his business, i, 386; story of the Prothonotary Warbler, i, 383-384, 405; Swainson on, i, 414; Audubon to, i, 433; ii, 33, 34, 35, 38; to Audubon, ii, 51, 57, 58, 62, 174, 180, 186; Audubon on closing up his business, ii, 188-191; settlement in the United States, ii, 191-192; his work, characteristics and death, ii, 192; Audubon's memento to, ii, 192; his genius and mastery of aquatint, ii, 193-195; as Audubon's engraver, ii, 195; history of his engravings of Audubon's Birds, ii, 196-198; his copy of the work, ii, 203.
Havell, Robert, & Son, i, 12.
Havell, William, i, 383.
Haverhill (New Hampshire), experience of Alexander Wilson at, i, 219.
Hawk, Cooper's. See Falco Cooperii.
Hawk, Great-footed, Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum), original drawing of, i, 311.
Hawk, Harlan's (Buteo borealis harlani), i, 311.
Hay, Robert William, i, 377, 379.
Henderson (Kentucky), removal of Audubon and Rozier to, i, 236; settlement, early name and population of, i, 236; game and character of the country at, in 1810, i, 236; first Kentucky steamer built at, i, 236; Audubon's activities in 1810, i, 237; return of Audubon to, in 1811, i, 242; houses of Dr. Adam Rankin, i, 248; original plot of town, i, 250, 252; his purchase of land at, i, 250, 252; his log house and store, i, 252; town records, i, 252; record of earthquakes, i, 280; Rafinesque's visit, i, 285-287.
Hendersonville. See Henderson.
Henry, Joseph, ii, 279.
Henshaw, Samuel, i, 308; ii, 197.
Henslow, John Stevens, i, 354, 399.
Heppenstall, John, i, 394.
Herschel, Sir William, i, 377.
"Highfield Hall," residence of William Swainson near Tyttenhanger Green, i, 403.
Hirundo serripennis (Stelgidopteryx serripennis), ii, 186.
Historical Society (New York), unpublished drawing in collections of, i, 228; original drawings of The Birds of America at, ii, 304-306.
History of British Birds (MacGillivray), ii, 113, 114, 130, 135; (Yarrell), ii, 223; on his completion of, ii, 225.
Holden, Edward, to George Ramsden, i, 351.
Holland, Dr. Henry, i, 377.
Hollander, Edward, i, 276.
Hope, Audubon's voyage in, i, 125.
Hopkins, Rev. John Henry, Audubon's acquaintance with, at Pittsburgh, i, 343.
Hopkins, Samuel, i, 252; Audubon's purchase of land, i, 252.
Hopkinson, John, i, 400.
Houston, Sam, Audubon's visit to, ii, 163; his characterization of, ii, 164.
Howe, General William, visit at "Fatland Ford," i, 108.
Humboldt, Baron Alexander von, i, 356; and Bachman, ii, 284; Bachman's account of dinner to, ii, 284.
Huntington, Archer M., ii, 310.
Huron, Laurence, engagement of Ferdinand Rozier, with, i, 153; his business relations with the Bakewell firm and with Rozier, the elder, i, 156-157, 159-161, 165; his award in the settlement of the contested accounts of Francis Dacosta, i, 168; dealings of Audubon & Rozier, i, 186.
Ingalls, William, Parkman's recommendation of, ii, 42.
Indigo, history of Audubon's investment in, i, 193.
Indians (Shawnee), feather hunting of, i, 238; incident at camp of, i, 239; (Osage), Audubon's experience with, i, 240.
Irish, Jedediah, i, 425.
Irving, Washington, ii, 53, 153.
Jackson, Andrew, Audubon as model for portrait of, i, 338, 378, ii, 155; Audubon on, ii, 156.
Jackson, Daydon, i, 400.
Jameson, Robert, i, 357; edition of Wilson's and Bonaparte's Ornithology, i, 439, 442; ii, 84.
Jaquemel (Santo Domingo), planter's experience at, i, 44-48.
Jardine, Sir William, to Audubon, i, 440; edition of Wilson and Bonaparte's Ornithology, i, 442; ii, 102.
Jay, Harriet, on Robert Buchanan, i, 21.
Jeanes, Joseph Y., his collection of original Audubon drawings and manuscripts, i, 180, 181; ii, 50, 375-379.
Jefferson, Thomas, Embargo Act of, i, 193; on the numbers of species of American birds, ii, 214.
Jenner, Edward, announcement of discovery of vaccination, i, 55; account of behavior of young cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) discredited by Waterton, ii, 90.
Johnson, John, ii, 203.
Johnson, Samuel, on biography, i, 7.
Johnson, William Garrett, Audubon at home of, i, 427, 432; engagement of Mrs. Audubon by, i, 431; authorization to fill position at home of, i, 434.
Jordan, David Starr, i, 287, 291.
Joue, i, 54.
Julien (of Paris), heroic conduct of, i, 76.
Juniata River, i, 274, 277.
Keel boats, on the Ohio and Mississippi, i, 234; Audubon's journey by, in 1810, i, 238-241.
Kidd, Dr. John, i, 399.
Kidd, Joseph Bartholomew, i, 363, 373, 443; and the "Ornithological Gallery," i, 446; Audubon to, ii, 1; 35, 57, 61, 62.
Kinder, Robert & Company, dealings of Audubon and Rozier with, i, 186, 197-199; ii, 355.
King, Thomas Butler, ii, 11-12, 14.
Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 180.
Kirtland, Dr. Jared P., i, 291; "Note Book" of, i, 292.
Kite, Mississippi (Ictinia mississippiensis), Ord's charge concerning, i, 228; similarity in one of Wilson's and Audubon's figures of, i, 228; misnaming of sex in, i, 229; Audubon's legends on original drawing of, i, 229; Wilson's and Audubon's first experience with, i, 229-230; 316.
Knox, Dr. John, i, 358.
Koster, Henry, ii, 117.
Krudener, Baron, i, 436; ii, 38.
Labrador, Audubon's experiences in, ii, 45-49; expense and results of expedition to, ii, 50.
La Caille, i, 29.
Lacroix, Formon de Boisclair & Jacques, Jean Audubon's claims against, i, 33; bills of slaves of, ii, 331-333; 338.
La Dauphine, i, 31.
Lafayette, Marquis de, Louis P. Caire to, i, 351.
"La Gerbetière," i, 85, 96, 120, 126; as boyhood home of Audubon, i, 136-137, 144-145; Audubon's last visit to, i, 137; situation of, i, 136-138; in 1913, i, 138-143; Jean Audubon's restoration of, i, 143; description in old deed of, i, 144; changes of a century, i, 144.
Lake Champlain, tour of Audubon to, in 1824, i, 343.
Lake Ontario, tour of Audubon to, in 1824, i, 343.
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine de Monet, i, 13.
La Marianne, Jean Audubon as cabin boy in, i, 28; at Louisburg, i, 28; Jean Audubon as lieutenant of, i, 29.
Landsdowne, Marquis of, i, 398.
Landseer, Sir Edwin, criticism of painting by, i, 366.
Lanman, Charles, proposal of, i, 17.
L'Annette, Jean Audubon's command of and interest in, i, 34; concerning sale and settlement of claims in, i, 121, 265.
La Rochelle, as port of Jean Audubon's ships, i, 29, 277. See "Audubon of."
Laval, John, award in the settlement of Dacosta's disputed accounts, i, 168.
Lavigne, L., i, 34, 46, 57, 83, 87, 116, 128, 144, 269.
Lavigne, Mme. L., i, 269.
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, i, 356, 377, 380, 393-394.
Lawson, Alexander, Wilson to, i, 212; Wilson's debt to, as the engraver of his Ornithology, i, 213; the daughter of, i, 219; his statement regarding the mysterious flycatcher, i, 227; as Bonaparte's engraver, i, 330; report of his interview with Audubon, i, 330.
Lawson, Malvinia, on Wilson's publisher, i, 219.
Lea, Isaac, on Rafinesque, i, 297; ii, 4, 56, 95, 98, 422.
Leach, William Elford, i, 353.
Le Comte d'Artois. See Count of Artois.
Le Conte, Joseph, i, 171.
Lehman, George, ii, 2, 9, 12, 25.
Le Marquis de Lévy, Jean Audubon's command of, i, 31.
Le Printemps, i, 29.
Le Propre, i, 30.
Les Sables d'Olonne, Pierre Audubon's family at, i, 26; its hostility to the Revolution, i, 27; as home port of Jean Audubon's ships, i, 28; mission of Jean Audubon to, i, 80-81; 83.
Leslie, Charles Robert, comment on the American Ornithology, i, 217.
"Les Tourterelles," death of Mme. Audubon at, i, 263; death of Rosa Audubon at, i, 269.
Le Sueur, Charles Alexandre, i, 294, 328; appearance of, i, 333; ii, 157.
Letters in facsimile, "Audubon & Bakewell" to Rozier, i, 251; Audubon to Edward Harris, i, 332; Samuel Latham Mitchell to Dr. Barnes, i, 337; William Swainson to Audubon, i, 402; Charles Lucien Bonaparte to Audubon, i, 417; George Parkman to Audubon, ii, 43; Robert Havell to Audubon, ii, 51; William MacGillivray to Audubon, ii, 132; Edward Harris to Audubon, ii, 251; John Bachman to George Oates, ii, 282; Audubon to Edward Harris, ii, 287.
L'Eveillé, Jean Audubon's command of, i, 82.
Lincoln, Thomas, ii, 43; "Lincoln's Finch," ii, 45, 50.
Linnæan Society, Audubon's election to, i, 397; manuscripts in possession of, i, 400.
L'Instituteur, Jean Audubon's command of, i, 82.
Lissabé, Mme. Jean Louis, suit by, i, 28, 263.
Literary Gazette (London), on Brown's Illustrations, i, 444; announcement of publication of the Ornithological Biography, i, 444; Audubon's premature obituary in, ii, 2.
Little and Brown, Messrs., ii, 230.
Liverpool, arrival of Audubon at, in 1826, i, 350; his reception and friends at, i, 352-355; exhibition of Audubon's drawings at, i, 354.
Livingston, Robert M., first steamer on the Ohio River, built by, i, 236.
Lizars, Daniel, Audubon to, i, 385.
Lizars, William Home, as Audubon's engraver, i, 358-359, 361, 375, 384, 442-443; his plates of The Birds of America, i, 195-199.
Lockhart, John Gibson, i, 445.
London Colney, residence of William Swainson at, i, 403; death of Mrs. Swainson at, i, 403.
London, recollections of Audubon in, i, 11; site of Havell's engraving establishment in, i, 12; Audubon in, i, 377-419; his first impressions of, i, 377; rebirth of The Birds of America in, i, 384; his dislike of, i, 397; completion of his Birds in, ii, 177.
Loon (Gavia immer), "Great Northern Diver," original drawing of, ii, 47.
Loudon, John C., editorial enterprise of, i, 399.
Louisburg, Jean Audubon made prisoner at, i, 28.
Louisville (Kentucky), diary of a journey from Philadelphia to, in 1807, i, 187-192; establishment of Audubon & Rozier at, i, 192; prospects and hospitality of the people, i, 196-198; birth of Victor Gifford Audubon at, i, 198; arrival of Alexander Wilson at, i, 205; a meeting of rivals at, i, 220-226; in 1810, i, 233; Audubon's legal troubles at, i, 260.
Lubbock, Sir John, baron Avebury, characteristics in youth of, i, 93.
Lyceum of Natural History (New York), activities of in 1817, i, 171; introduction of Audubon to, i, 336.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, on Addison, i, 6.
MacGillivray, John, ii, 298.
MacGillivray, William, i, 12; ii, 108, 113-114; his assistance to Audubon, ii, 125-138; to Audubon, ii, 126-128, 130-132, 134; his methods of work, ii, 127-129; his History of British Birds, ii, 130, 135-136; his contract with Audubon, ii, 134; character and scholarship, ii, 134-136; his writings, ii, 135; Audubon's acknowledgments to, ii, 137; his copy of the Ornithological Biography, ii, 138; Audubon at work with, ii, 178-180, 181; Audubon's tour with, ii, 182; Audubon's memorandum of account with, ii, 188.
MacLeay, William Sharp, ii, 94.
Magpie (Pica rustica), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 178.
Mallory, E., on Mrs. John James Audubon, ii, 303.
Mallory, Eliza, ii, 283.
Mallory, Georgianna Richards. See Mrs. Victor Gifford Audubon.
Manchester, visit of Audubon at, in 1826, i, 356; Audubon's success in canvassing at, i, 376.
Marigny, Bernard, his birth, i, 70; acquisition of "Fontainebleau," i, 70; his service in France and return to the United States, i, 71; act of the Government to establish his disputed claim to land, i, 71; origin of "Fontainebleau," and description of his property, i, 71; foundation of Mandeville, i, 71; friendship with Audubon, i, 72; his death, i, 72.
Marigny myth, i, 68-71.
Mark, Edward L., i, 308.
Marten, Pennant's, Fisher (Mustela pennanti), Baird and Audubon on, ii, 263.
Martin, Catharine, i, 27.
Martin, Maria, ii, 6, 32, 61; Audubon to, ii, 65, 156; marriage of, ii, 281; dedication to, ii, 281, 283. See Mrs. John Bachman.
Martin, Marie Anne, i, 26.
Martin, Pierre, Jean Audubon as sailor under, i, 30.
Mason, Joseph R., as Audubon's assistant in 1820-1822, i, 307, 312, 313-316; his return to Philadelphia, i, 321; ii, 69.
Mauch Chunk. See Great Pine Forest.
McKenney, Thomas L., on Audubon, ii, 52.
McLane, Louis, ii, 5; Levi Woodbury to, ii, 23.
Meadville (Pennsylvania), "Episode" of Audubon at, in 1824, i, 341-343; and itinerant portrait at, i, 342.
Mease, Dr. William, i, 327.
Merchant-traders, means of travel and hardships of, i, 234-236; their journeys by flatboat and horse to and from the West, i, 234-236.
Mill of Audubon, Bakewell and Pears, at Henderson (Kentucky), history of the building, operation and failure of, i, 254-257; lease of land for, i, 254; description of relic of, in 1879 and 1883, i, 254; difficulties with operation of, i, 255; cost, conversion and destruction of, i, 255; reorganization for working of, i, 256; bill rendered for products of, i, 256; final failure and closure of, i, 257; Audubon's financial and legal troubles following failure of, i, 257-261.
"Mill Grove," Jean Audubon's purchase, i, 37, 105; Audubon's arrival at, i, 99-101; tenant and rent of, i, 101; acquisition and preservation by the Wetherills, i, 102; situation and characteristics, i, 102; old conveyances and designation, i, 103; first miller and builder, i, 104; mills and farm house at, i, 104; the Prevost mortgage, i, 105, 122; Jean Audubon's lease and inventory, i, 105; stay of Audubon at, i, 106; Jean Audubon's portrait at, i, 106; bird studies at, i, 106; discovery of lead and arrival of Dacosta, i, 113; Dacosta's one-half interest and exploitation of mine, i, 114; analysis of his lead ore, i, 114; Claude François Rozier's interest, i, 115; the Audubon, Dacosta, Rozier partnership and its difficulties, i, 115; instructions concerning farmhouse at, i, 118; Audubon and Rozier as agents for conduct and sale of, i, 132; Audubon's and Rozier's duties at, i, 146; status of house in their "Articles," i, 147; story of later mining enterprises at, i, 148-150, 152-153, 167-170; consideration for sale of remaining Audubon and Rozier interests to Dacosta and Company, i, 149; division of the property, and sale of the Audubon and Rozier rights, i, 150, 152-153; Audubon's conflicting references to sale of, i, 158, 159-160, 162, 165-168; difficulties over conditional sale of, i, 168; unraveling the tangle, i, 169; Dacosta's contested accounts, and award in their settlement, i, 168; sequel to story of mine at, i, 169; products of mine at, i, 199.
Milestown (Pennsylvania), Alexander Wilson, as teacher at, i, 212.
Miller, Sarah, Wilson to, i, 206.
"Minnie's Land," purchase of estate of, ii, 234; building of house at, ii, 234; Audubon at, ii, 236-238; Audubon's account of, ii, 245-246; houses of Audubon's sons at, ii, 294-295, 311-312; the "Cave" at, ii, 295, 312; departure of Mrs. John James Audubon from, ii, 300; building activities and changes at, ii, 309; present condition of original houses at, ii, 309-311; early representations of Audubon's house at, ii, 311.
Miquelon Island, voyage of Jean Audubon to, i, 29.
Mississippi River, Audubon's cruise on in 1820, i, 307.
Missouri River, Audubon's experiences and discoveries on, in 1843, ii, 252-256.
Mitchell, Doctor Samuel Latham, his friendship with Audubon, i, 171; his repute and activities, i, 171; as friend of Rafinesque, i, 290; his introduction of Audubon and letter to Dr. Barnes, i, 336.
Mocquard, Françoise, i, 55, 86.
Morris, George Spencer, i, 331.
Morris, Samuel C., purchase of "Mill Grove" by, i, 105.
Morristown (New Jersey), stay of Audubon at, i, 99.
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, as Audubon's guest, ii, 311.
Morton, Countess of, as patron and pupil of Audubon, i, 365.
Morton, Earl of, record of a visit to the home of, i, 363.
Morton, Samuel George, ii, 154, 171, 172.
Moynet (Moynette, Moinet), Anne. See Mme. Jean Audubon.
Muguet, i, 56, 57, 59, 61. See Mme. Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau.
Mulattoes, numbers and plight of, in Santo Domingo, i, 43; as slave holders, i, 44; revolt under Ogé, i, 50; first clash with whites at Les Cayes, i, 50; union with the blacks and beginning of general revolt, i, 51.
Murray, John, i, 377; Basil Hall to, i, 378.
Nantes, Jean Audubon at, i, 30-32; his places of residence, i, 36, 57-58, 86-87; in the Revolution, i, 59, 73-74; Committee of Public Safety and National Guard of, i, 74; attack and siege of, i, 74; acceptance of republican constitution by, i, 75; reign of terror under Carrier at, i, 75; fate of Vendeans at, i, 75; savior of, i, 76; victims of Carrier and the plague at, i, 75; execution of Charette at, i, 76; raided by "Tête-Carée," i, 77; restoration of peace at, i, 77; revolutionary records of, i, 78; Jean Audubon's activities, i, 78-82; his death at, i, 87; his appreciation by, i, 83.
Natchez (Mississippi), visit of Audubon, i, 308; loss of his portfolio at, i, 309; as teacher at, i, 321; his first lessons in oils, i, 321; engagement of Mrs. Audubon, i, 322; illness of Audubon, i, 324.
National Assembly of Paris, Declaration of Rights, of, i, 49; vacillating policies of, i, 51.
National Gazette, on Audubon, ii, 41-42, 50-51.
Natural History of Deeside and Braemar, ii, 136.
Neuwied, Maximillian, ii, 255.
Newark (New Jersey), Alexander Wilson at, i, 210.
New Castle (Delaware), landing of Alexander Wilson at, i, 209.
New Haven (Connecticut), establishment of William and Benjamin Bakewell at, i, 201.
Newman Street, Havell's shop in, i, 12.
New Orleans (Louisiana), memorial to Audubon at, i, 13; Alexander Wilson at, i, 207; Audubon at, i, 306-310; his struggles to gain a footing at, i, 310-312; as teacher at, i, 318; settlement and financial difficulties at, i, 319; engagement of Mrs. Audubon at, i, 322; Audubon embarks for Liverpool at, i, 347; his observations at, i, 348.
Newton, Alfred, i, 444; ii, 223.
New York (New York), memorials to Audubon at, i, 13; Jean Audubon a prisoner at, i, 32; his release, i, 32, 34; disbanding of the British army at, i, 35; Audubon's introduction to, i, 99; pestilence at, i, 99, 135; Audubon's original drawings at, i, 228; Vanderlyn's portrait of Andrew Jackson in City Hall of, i, 338; Audubon's description of landing at, in 1836, ii, 146; his success in canvassing at, ii, 153; his old residence and estate, ii, 234-236, 310-312.
New York Herald, account of "Mill Grove" mine in, i, 114.
Niagara Falls (New York), Alexander Wilson at, i, 216; Audubon at, i, 340; ii, 167.
Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 180.
Nolte, Vincent, on Audubon in 1811, i, 277; his journey from Pittsburgh to Lexington, i, 276-279; 352.
Northumberland, Duke of, i, 377.
Nuttall, Thomas, collection of western birds of, ii, 147, 149, 153-154, 156; meeting with Audubon, ii, 150; career and writings, ii, 150.
Nymphæa. See Water-lily.
"Oakley," plantation and house of, i, 313-315; Audubon's pupil and his life as tutor at, i, 315-318; his drawings at, i, 316; ii, 74.
Oates, George, ii, 211, 218.
Ogé, James, rebellion and death of, i, 50; its effect upon the Santo Domingan whites, i, 50.
Ohio River, Audubon's description of journey on, i, 195; Wilson's journey in 1810, i, 205; traffic of the "ark" and keel boat, in 1810, i, 234-236; first steamer, and steam traffic on, i, 236; Audubon's experience at the mouth of, i, 238; breaking up of the ice in, i, 241; Rafinesque on fishes of, i, 292; Audubon's descent of, in 1820, i, 307.
Ord, George, on Alexander Wilson, i, 211; as Wilson's editor and biographer, i, 217, 223-225; his octavo edition of Wilson, i, 223; defense of Wilson and charge against Audubon, i, 226-228; 230; basis of his attack on Audubon, i, 227, 231-232; his opposition to Audubon, i, 328-329; 333, 339, 422; ii, 4, 27, 55, 61, 72, 80, 83; as Waterton's correspondent, ii, 87-88, 91; 98, 284.
Orleans, Duke of, as Audubon's patron, i, 3, 411-412.
Ornithological Biography, description of Bird Rock in, i, 9; story of the Pewee, i, 99, 106-107; on the Velvet Duck, i, 182; journey down the Ohio River, i, 195; Alexander Wilson's visit to Louisville, i, 220-223; Wilson on the Whooping Crane, i, 227; discrepancies in "Episodes" in, i, 273; "Louisville in Kentucky," i, 274; "The Prairie," i, 274, 282-284; "A Wild Horse," i, 274-276; "The Eccentric Naturalist," i, 274, 285-300; "The Earthquake," i, 279; "The Hurricane," i, 280; "The Regulators," i, 281; "Colonel Boone," i, 281; Natchez, i, 308; on The Birds of America, i, 343; publication of, i, 438; MacGillivray's assistance in, i, 438; rivals of, i, 438-439; 442-445; American copyright of, i, 439; publisher's announcement, i, 444-445, 448; the Athenæum on, ii, 84-85, 140, 142; W. B. O. Peabody on, ii, 85; Featherstonhaugh on, ii, 85; on the authorship of, ii, 87-89, 102-103, 103-109; on new species in, ii, 109-111; "Ornithophilus" on, ii, 111, 112; Swainson on, ii, 113; and MacGillivray, ii, 125-138; Audubon on American Edition of, ii, 134, 141; MacGillivray's copy of, ii, 138; John Wilson on, ii, 139; third volume of, ii, 144, 178-180; fourth volume of, ii, 181; completion of, ii, 186; valedictory to reader, ii, 187; memorandum of accounts with MacGillivray for assistance in, ii, 188; Audubon on residual stock of, ii, 189.
Ornithological Gallery, plan and abandonment of, by Audubon and Kidd, i, 446.
Orr, Charles, correspondence of Alexander Wilson, with, i, 210-212.
Osprey, Fish Hawk (Pandion haliaëtus), early drawing by Audubon, i, 182.
Otter, original painting and exhibition of, i, 394.
Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapillus), "Golden-crowned Thrush," Audubon's original drawing of, i, 425.
Owen, David Dale, i, 294.
Owen, Sir Richard, i, 354.
Owensboro (Kentucky), i, 236.
Oxford Street (London), i, 11.
Page, Benjamin, i, 256.
Paimbœuf, i, 32, 80, 137.
Palmer, Sarah White, i, 124.
Palmer, Theodore Sherman, ii, 293.
Pamar, R., i, 318, 348.
Paris, in 1828, i, 2; Audubon at, i, 74, 408-413, 448; his reception and patronage at, i, 410-413.
Parkman, Dr. George, ii, 29, 35, 36; to Audubon, ii, 42-43, 57, 59, 134, 141; Audubon to, ii, 227.
Patterson, W. D., i, 231; ii, 352.
Peabody, W. B. O., i, 231; ii, 200.
Peale, Rembrandt, i, 328.
Peale, Robert, i, 328.
Peale, Titian R., his drawings of birds, i, 330.
Pears, Thomas W., i, 124; as partner of Audubon and Bakewell, i, 254; his withdrawal, i, 255, 426.
Peel, Sir Robert, i, 377.
Penal laws, in England, i, 395.
Penn, John, i, 105.
Penn, William, land purchase by, i, 103.
Percy, Capt. Robert, Mrs. Audubon's school at plantation of, i, 322; Audubon at plantation of, i, 324.
Perkins, Thomas H., ii, 28, 29, 39, 150.
Perkioming Consolidated Mining Company, i, 169.
Perkioming Creek, i, 103-104, 106.
Perrytown (Sutton, New Hampshire), i, 284.
Pewee, Phœbe (Sayornis phœbe), Audubon on, i, 99; his first study of, i, 106; original drawing of, i, 180.
Pewee, Wood (Myiochanes virens), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 180, 425.
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), reception of Audubon at, i, 327-335; a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences at, i, 333; ii, 154.
Philarète-Chasles, impressions of Audubon's exhibition at Edinburgh, i, 359.
Phillips, Dr. Benjamin, ii, 144-145, 223-224; Audubon to, ii, 244-246.
Phœbe, Say's (Sayornis sayus), i, 330.
Picus auduboni, ii, 113.
Pigeon, Passenger (Ectopistes migratorius), Audubon's original painting of, i, 363; Audubon on, i, 368.
Pirrie, Eliza, as Audubon's pupil, and her romantic history, i, 315, 317-318.
Pirrie, James, i, 315; Audubon's drawings made at plantation of, i, 316.
Pirrie, Mrs. James, engagement of Audubon by, i, 313; her home and family, i, 313-318.
Pitois, M., i, 432.
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), record of journey from Philadelphia to, in 1807, i, 187-191; characterization, growth and population of, i, 191; Wilson's description of, in 1810, i, 204; 343, 344.
Plaisance, Samuel, i, 123, 265.
Planters (Santo Domingo), their prosperity and grievances, i, 42-44; their morality and vicissitudes, i, 44-46; their revolt, i, 49-51.
Polly, Audubon's and Rozier's voyage on, i, 134-135, 187.
Pope, John, i, 237.
Pornic, mission of Citizen Audubon to, i, 79.
Porter, Dr. Edmund, to Dr. Thomas Miner, i, 333.
Posey, Fayette, i, 258.
Presque Isle, i, 340.
Priestley, Joseph, i, 154, 200-201.
Prospectus, of American Ornithology (Wilson), i, 217; of The Birds of America, i, 373; of first octavo edition, ii, 211-214; reproduction of (for 1828) for original folio, ii, 386-388; reproduction of (by J. W. Audubon), for second (partial) American edition of original folio, ii, 389-391.
Provost, Henry Augustin, i, 105-106, 122.
Quadrupeds of North America, i, 17; Bachman to Audubon on, ii, 208; Audubon to Brewer on, ii, 209; on Bachman's coöperation in, ii, 210; Audubon to Baird on, ii, 219-221, 222, 226-227, 233; Audubon to Parkman, ii, 227; to W. O. Ayres, ii, 229; Parke Godwin on, ii, 236; editions of, ii, 261; Bachman on text of, ii, 261-263, 269-272, 281-283; Baird on materials for, ii, 263, 264, 274, 276-277, 278; Audubon on letterpress of, ii, 265; Harris as mediator in difficulties with letterpress of, ii, 269; coöperation of authors in, ii, 273; subscribers to, ii, 274; Louis Agassiz on, ii, 274; title of text of, ii, 275; English edition of first volume of text of, ii, 280; dedication copy of first volume of text of, ii, 280; J. E. Gray on, ii, 281; manuscript of text of, ii, 283; Illustrations of, ii, 285; in octavo, ii, 293.
Quebec, Audubon's visit and success in, ii, 244.
Queen, Jean Audubon's fight in, i, 35.
Queen Charlotte (La Reine Charlotte), Captain Jean Audubon's command of, at Yorktown, i, 34.
Quinarianism, curious tenets and advocacy of, ii, 94, 95, 104, 109, 114, 116, 117.
Quincy, Josiah, ii, 29, 150.
Rabin, Mlle., birth of son of, i, 52; as characterized by Jean Audubon, i, 52; record of physician of, i, 53; her feeble health and death, i, 56; suppression of her name, i, 60; early and assumed names of her son, i, 62; as characterized by her son, i, 63, 66; fictitious account of death of, i, 67.
Rabin, Jean, i, 53, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 263, 264; ii, 361, 362, 364. See Jean Jacques Fougère Audubon.
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel (Schmaltz), i, 171; his travels, writings and career, i, 285-300; Audubon on, i, 285; and the bats, i, 286; his early life and precocity, i, 287; his bibliography, i, 287; visit to America, i, 288; life in Sicily, i, 288; marriage and embitterment, i, 289; return to America and shipwreck, i, 290; visits Audubon, i, 290; his "scarlet-headed swallow" and fictitious fishes, i, 291; his Ichthyology of the Ohio River and "Devil-Jack Diamond-fish," i, 292; at Transylvania University, i, 294; originality and independence, i, 295; impractical projects and inventions, i, 295-296, 298; troubles at Lexington and return to Philadelphia, i, 296; his mania for new species, i, 296; his letters, i, 297; his multifarious writings, final struggles and death, i, 297-299; his ardor and fatal versatility, i, 299; contemporary notice of, i, 333.
"Rafinesquiana," i, 287.
Rambler, i, 7.
Ramsden, George, Edward Holden to, i, 351.
Rankin, Dr. Adam, i, 238, 242; his "Meadow Brook Farm," i, 248; birth of John Woodhouse Audubon at home of, i, 248.
Rankin, William, i, 248.
Rathbone, Richard, introduction of Audubon to, i, 352.
Rathbone, William, Sr., assistance rendered Audubon by, i, 352.
Rathbone, Mrs. William, Sr., at "Greenbank," i, 353; gift to Audubon by, i, 355.
Rathbone, William, Jr., i, 352.
Rattlesnake, Audubon's account of drawing of, i, 316; climbing habits of, ii, 53-54, 64; Audubon on, ii, 71-76; Dr. Jones' charge concerning, ii, 72; Audubon's error in description of, ii, 76-78; vindication of Audubon's drawing and account of the fangs of, ii, 79.
Rattlesnake, encounter of the Polly with, i, 134-135, 187.
Redbanks. See Henderson.
Redbird, Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra), Audubon's drawing of, i, 316.
Redouté, Pierre Joseph, works and friendship of, i, 411.
Red River (Arkansas), drawing of the Chuck-will's-widow on, i, 182.
Redstart, American (Setophaga ruticilla), Audubon's early drawings of, i, 181, 316.
Rees, Abraham, i, 216.
Rees, William J., ii, 62.
"Regulus cuvieri," "Cuvier's Wren," i, 180, 354; ii, 215, 219.
Rhoads, Samuel N., i, 291; ii, 202.
Richardson, John, ii, 98, 105, 106.
Ricordel, Mme. See Mme. Jean Audubon.
Rider, Alexander, i, 331.
Ridgely, D., ii, 38.
Ripley, the voyage of, ii, 43-50.
Robertson, John Argyle, ii, 183.
Robin, American (Planesticus migratorius), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 182.
Rochambeau, Comte de, i, 34.
Rochefort, i, 30, 83, 93, 94.
Roe Lockwood & Son, ii, 296.
Roget, Dr. Peter Mark, i, 377.
Roscoe, Edward, i, 352, 353, 354.
Roscoe, William, i, 218.
Ross, David (and Company), i, 57, 121-123, 265, 266.
Rothschild, Baron, Audubon's account of interview with, ii, 206.
Rowan, William, i, 400.
Roy, Constance (Rozier), i, 245.
Royal Society (London), Audubon's election to membership in, i, 437; William Swainson on his election, ii, 97.
Rozier, Charles A., i, 146.
Rozier, Claude François, i, 147; Ferdinand Rozier to, i, 149-152; his family, i, 152; his death, i, 152; and Benjamin Bakewell, i, 154; Audubon to, i, 154, 156-158, 161-163, 164-166.
Rozier, Felix, i, 246.
Rozier, Ferdinand, i, 146; his "Articles," i, 147; to his father, i, 149-152; at Philadelphia, i, 153; as attorney for Lieutenant Audubon and his wife, i, 153; his business plans, i, 156-158, 161-162, 165; his diary, i, 187-192; Thomas Bakewell to, i, 196; William Bakewell to, i, 199; removes from Louisville to Henderson, i, 236; removes with Audubon to Ste. Geneviève, i, 237-241; dissolves partnership with Audubon, i, 241; Audubon to, i, 243; career of, i, 244-246; his death, i, 246; "Audubon & Bakewell" to, i, 251; ii, 359.
Rozier, Firman A., i, 246.
Rozier, François Denis, i, 154.
Rozier (Colas), Renée Angelique, death of, i, 152.
Rozier, Tom J., i, 196.
Rozier, Welton A., manuscripts in possession of, i, 149, 168, 187.
Rue de Crébillon, Jean Audubon's home in, i, 57.
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, i, 288.
Russell, W. Gurdon, ii, 204.
Saget (mayor of Nantes), i, 77.
St. Albans, i, 403.
St. Augustine, Audubon's description of, ii, 12; hunting birds at, ii, 12.
St. Francisville (Louisiana), engagement of Audubon at, i, 313; origin of name, i, 314; character of country and abundance of birds, i, 314; Audubon as tutor at, i, 315-318; Mrs. Audubon's school, i, 322; former wealth of country, i, 323, 345.
Sainte Geneviève (Missouri), Audubon's journey to, i, 237-241; dissolution of partnership with Rozier at, i, 241; Audubon's subsequent visits, i, 242; Ferdinand Rozier's career at, i, 244-247.
St. John, Mrs. Horace Roscoe Stebbing, i, 17.
St. Johns, ii, 244.
Saint Louis (Santo Domingo), i, 39, 41.
Sammis, Capt. S., i, 131, 156, 158, 159, 164, 187.
Sandpiper, Spotted (Actitis macularia), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 249.
Sanson, Dr., as Jean Audubon's physician, i, 53; his bill of services, resources and favorite remedies, i, 53; his inoculations for smallpox, i, 55; his treatment of Audubon's mother, i, 56; for complete text of bill, with translation, see ii, 314-327.
Santo Domingo, pre-revolutionary lure of, i, 36; Jean Audubon's career in, i, 36-38; effect of the Declaration of Rights on, i, 37; slave trade at, i, 39-41; cost of slaves at, i, 40; prosperity and praise of, i, 42; population of whites and blacks in 1790, i, 42; plight of mulattoes and history of slavery in, i, 43; Baron de Wimpffen's experience with society and plantation life, i, 44-48; unjust taxation, i, 44, 46; debasement of morals, i, 45; bossals, Creoles and mulattoes, i, 44-47; outbreak and progress of the Revolution, i, 49-51; the Revolution in relation to the history of Jean and Jean Jacques Fougère Audubon, i, 50; Les Cayes first touched by Revolution of, i, 50; first blood drawn in the North, i, 50; Ogé's futile rebellion, i, 50; later events in rising of blacks and mulattoes against whites, i, 50; physicians and their remedies in, i, 54.
Sautron, i, 139.
Savenay, i, 78.
Say, Thomas, i, 294, 330, 333-334.
Sayornis saya, i, 330.
Sayre, Robert H., ii, 7.
Scott, Sir Walter, on Audubon's exhibition, i, 359; Audubon on, i, 365; on Audubon, i, 366-368; 370.
Scott, Winfield, ii, 242.
Searles, Edward F., ii, 203.
Seaside Finch (Passerherbulus maritimus), original drawing of, i, 425.
Sedgwick, Adam, i, 399.
Selby, Prideaux John, Audubon's visit to, i, 374; Illustrations of British Ornithology by, i, 375; to Audubon, i, 375; ii, 102.
Serinettes, i, 163.
Shannonville (Pennsylvania), i, 102.
Sharp, William, i, 209.
Shattuck, Dr. George C., ii, 29, 35, 43, 150, 151, 228.
Shattuck, Dr. George Cheyne, as Audubon's assistant, ii, 43; as philanthropist, ii, 43; 228.
Shippingport (Kentucky), Audubon as peripatetic portrait painter at, i, 303; 326, 345.
Slack, Elijah, on Audubon's term of service at the Western Museum, i, 304; as president of Cincinnati College, i, 305.
Slaves (in Santo Domingo), numbers delivered at Les Cayes, i, 31; as a basis of wealth, i, 39; trade in, i, 39-41; numbers and mortality of, i, 42; management of, i, 43-47; diseases of, i, 46; cost and taxes of, i, 46; revolt of, i, 49-51.
Smallpox, i, 55.
Smith, Rebecca (Bakewell), i, 201.
Smith, Rev. Sidney, i, 369, 372.
Smythe, Henry A., ii, 310.
Sparrow, Baird's (Emberiza bairdii, Audubon, 1844; now Ammodramus bairdi), ii, 259.
Sparrow, Harris's (Zonotrichia querula), ii, 253.
Sparrow, Swamp (Melospiza georgiana), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 249.
Sparrow, Vesper (Poœcetes gramineus), "Bay-winged Bunting," original drawing of, i, 425.
Spencer, John C., ii, 242.
Sprague, Isaac, ii, 252.
Stanilaus, Francis Alexander (Baron de Wimpffen), i, 44; his experiences and observations as planter in Santo Domingo, i, 44-48.
Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith (fourteenth Earl of Derby), i, 354, 380, 437.
"Stanley Hawk" (Falco stanleyi, now Accipiter cooperi), Cooper's Hawk. See Falco.
Starling, Edmund L., i, 236, 250, 252, 256-257.
Sterling, Mrs. Frederick A., i, 342.
Stoddard, Rev. Charles Augustus, tribute to Mrs. John James Audubon, ii, 303.
Stone, Charles F., ii, 311.
Stone, Witmer, ii, 214.
Stuart, Gilbert, i, 336.
Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadow Lark, ii, 254.
Sully, Thomas, i, 2, 328; Audubon as pupil of, i, 334; to Audubon, i, 334; Audubon to, i, 339; ii, 68-71.
Sully, Mrs. Thomas, Audubon to, i, 389.
Swainson, William, on Rafinesque, i, 289, 377, 395; correspondence of, i, 400; Audubon to, i, 400-401, 405-407, 409-410; ii, 95-97, 99, 101-103, 112, 176-177, 353; to Audubon, i, 402, 413-414, 422-423, 430-431; ii, 97-101, 103-108; characteristics, i, 402; on Audubon, i, 403; Audubon at home of, i, 404; with Audubon in Paris, i, 408-412, 415; ii, 84; in controversy over the Ornithological Biography, ii, 88, 93-109; as leader in the Quinarian movement, ii, 93-95, 114, 116-117; Audubon's proposal for assistance of, ii, 102; his response and answer to a later letter, ii, 103-108; their subsequent relations, ii, 111-114; as biographer, ii, 113-116; Literary Gazette on, ii, 113; as the "British Cuvier," ii, 114; his career and adversities, ii, 117; his emigration and death, ii, 118, 173.
Sylvia (Helinaria) swainsonii, ii, 113.
Syme, John, i, 361.
Synopsis of Birds of North America, publication of, ii, 186; number of species recognized in, 186.
Tawapatee Bottom, i, 240.
Taylor, Richard C., ii, 77.
Thayer, John E., i, 307, 363; ii, 227, 229.
Tête-Carée. See Dupré.
Texas, Audubon's visit to Republic of, ii, 163-165.
Thackeray, George, ii, 146.
The Foresters, i, 216.
Thomas, William, i, 101, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 150, 151.
Thrush, Hermit (Hylocichla ustulata), i, 308.
Thrush, Wood (Hylocichla mustelina), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 180.
Title pages, in facsimile, The Birds of America, original folio, i, 381; prospectus of The Birds of America, i, 391; of covers of parts, of octavo (second) edition of the Birds, ii, 213; of English edition (Vol. I) of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, i, 275.
Titmouse, Mountain, Audubon's early drawing of, i, 181.
Torrey, John, i, 171.
Townsend, Dr. John Kirk, ii, 147, 149, 153-154, 156, 170-173, 179.
Traill, Dr. Thomas S., i, 353.
Transportation by steam, in the Atlantic, i, 2; on the Ohio River, i, 236.
Transylvania Company, i, 252.
Transylvania University, i, 294-296, 306.
Treat, Mary, ii, 81.
Trinity Cemetery, i, 13.
Trudeau, James, ii, 184, 185, 186.
Turkey, Wild (Meleagris gallopavo), i, 311, 355, 358, 363; ii, 198.
"Twizel House," i, 374.
Tyler, John, Audubon's credentials from, ii, 242.
Tyttenhanger (or Tittenhanger), Green, i, 403.
Valentine, Edward Virginius, i, 14.
Valley Forge (Pennsylvania), i, 102.
Van Buren, Martin, ii, 153, 166.
Vanderlyn, John, i, 312, 338.
Vaux, James, i, 108.
Vendée, La, i, 24-27.
Vendeans, characteristics and revolt of, i, 26; Nantes besieged by, i, 74; defeat and fate of, i, 75; execution of leader of, i, 76-77, 80.
Vigors, Nathaniel Augustus, i, 377; to Audubon, i, 407-408, 415; ii, 101, 107.
Vireo belli (V. bellii, of Audubon, 1844), Bell's Vireo, ii, 253.
Vireo, Warbling (Vireosylva gilva), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 425.
Vireo, Yellow-throated (Lanivireo flavifrons), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 316.
Vulture, Turkey (Cathartes aura), and Black, or "Carrion Crow" (Catharista urubu), controversy over the sense of smell in, ii, 81-84; experiments of Audubon and Bachman on, ii, 55-56, 61, 81-82; memorial of the faculty of the South Carolina Medical College on, ii, 83; present condition of the question, ii, 83.
Wade, Joseph M., i, 213, 254.
Wagtail, White (Motacilla alba), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 181.
Wainwright, Rev. Dr., Edward Everett to, i, 436.
Waller, Sir J. Walter, to Audubon, i, 392, 406.
Walton, Isaac, i, 206.
Warbler (Sylvia trochilus delicata, sylvia delicata), Audubon's unpublished drawing of, i, 228.
Warbler, Bay-breasted (Dendroica castanea), "Autumnal Warbler," Audubon's original drawing of, i, 426.
Warbler, Blackburnian (Dendroica fusca), "Hemlock Warbler," Audubon's original drawing of, i, 180, 426.
Warbler, Black-poll (Dendroica striata), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 425; ii, 50.
Warbler, Black-throated Blue (Dendroica cærulescens), "Pine Swamp Warbler," Audubon's original drawing of, i, 425.
Warbler, Canada (Wilsonia canadensis), "Canada Flycatcher," Audubon's original drawing of, i, 425.
Warbler, Carbonated (Dendroica carbonata), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 180.
Warbler, Chestnut-sided (Dendroica pennsylvanica), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 180.
Warbler, "Children's," Yellow Warbler (Dendroica æstiva), i, 354.
Warbler, Connecticut (Oporornis agilis), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 426.
Warbler, Magnolia (Dendroica magnolia), "Black and Yellow Warbler," Audubon's original drawing of, i, 425.
Warbler, Pine-creeping (Dendroica vigorsi), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 316.
Warbler, Prairie (Dendroica discolor), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 316.
Warbler, "Rathbone," i, 180, 354.
Warbler, Tennessee (Vermivora peregrina), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 316.
Warbler, Yellow-rumped, Myrtle Warbler (Dendroica coronata), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 180.
Ward, Henry, ii, 2, 4, 9, 12, 25, 32, 59.
Washington, General George, at Valley Forge, i, 102; Folk's portrait of, i, 106; at "Fatland Ford," i, 108.
Water-lily, yellow (Nymphæa lutea), ii, 80.
Waterton, Charles, i, 12, 224-232, 415; ii, 55, 61, 73; on Audubon's drawing of the rattlesnake, ii, 79; on the vulture's olfactory sense, ii, 82; to George Ord, ii, 83; his Wanderings, polemics and life at Walton Hall, ii, 86-92; on Alexander Wilson's diary, ii, 87; on the Ornithological Biography, ii, 87; on the young Cuckoo and Hummingbird's nest, ii, 90-91; 142.
Watty and Meg, i, 208.
Webster, Daniel, as Audubon's patron, ii, 151; his letter of recommendation and promise of ducks, ii, 152; Audubon's credentials from, ii, 242.
Wellington, ii, 189, 191.
Wernerian Society, i, 183; ii, 72.
Westermann, General, to Citizen Audubon, i, 80.
Western Journal, ii, 298.
Western Museum, Audubon as its taxidermist, and story of its foundation, i, 303-306.
Wetherill, Samuel, Junior, i, 102, 169; ii, 14.
Wetherill, Samuel Price, i, 102.
Wetherill, Dr. William, i, 201.
Wetherill, W. H., i, 99, 102, 149.
Wheelock, John, i, 218.
Whewell, William, i, 399.
Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus), Audubon's early drawings of, i, 180, 249.
Whitehall (New York), ii, 244.
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 249.
Wilkie, David, i, 377.
Williams, George Alfred, on the ancestry and achievements of Robert Havell, Junior, i, 382; ii, 193-195.
Wilson, Alexander, i, 107; his life and accomplishments, i, 202-220; his journey of 1810, i, 202; his rebuke to a judge, i, 203; description of Pittsburgh, i, 204; descends the Ohio, i, 205; impressions of Cincinnati and Louisville, i, 205; success in New Orleans, i, 207; his meeting with Audubon, i, 207; early life and struggles, i, 208; success as a dialect poet, i, 208; champions the oppressed weavers, is fined and sent to jail, i, 208; emigrates to America, i, 209; unfortunate love affairs, i, 209, 212, 215, 216; to Charles Orr, i, 210-212; George Ord on, i, 211; friendship with Bartram and Lawson, i, 212; his poverty and thrift, i, 214-216; his talents and genius, i, 214; The Foresters, i, 216; his American Ornithology begun, i, 216; his prospectus and first volume, i, 217; canvasses New England, i, 218; journey South and extension of his work, i, 218; second New England tour, and his arrest as a spy, i, 219; completion of his seventh volume and his premature death, i, 219; his character, i, 219; Audubon's account of their meeting in Louisville, i, 220-223; Ord's revival of the incident, i, 223; his diary in light of later events, i, 224-232; his evasive flycatcher, i, 226; the "twin" Mississippi Kites, i, 227-230; as a later "rival" of Audubon, i, 231-232, 234-235, 311, 422; mistaken obituary of, ii, 2; Audubon on, ii, 143; number of species of American birds recognized, ii, 214; and Bachman, ii, 284.
Wilson, James, i, 438.
Wilson, John, i, 362, 385, 447; ii, 84; Audubon to, ii, 139.
Winterfield, Charles, ii, 121, 256-258; on Audubon at the ruins of a fire, ii, 267.
Wollaston, Dr. William Hyde, i, 377.
Wood, Rev. J. G., on Waterton, ii, 89.
Woodbury, Levi, ii, 5; to Louis McLane, ii, 23.
Woodpecker, Green, Audubon's early drawing of, i, 178, 181.
Woodpecker, Red-cockaded (Dryobates borealis), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 316.
Wren, "Cuvier's." See "Regulus."
Wren, Bewick's (Thryomanes bewicki), Audubon's original drawing of, i, 180.
Wren, Marsh (Telmatodytes palustris), original drawing of, i, 425.
Wren, Parkman's (Troglodytes aëdon parkmani), original specimen, ii, 227.
Yarrell, William, ii, 58; to Audubon, ii, 223-225, 246-247.
Yellow-throat, "Roscoe's," Maryland Yellow-throat (Geothlypis trichas), i, 354.
Yorktown (Virginia), Jean Audubon's command at, i, 24.
Zoölogical Gallery, i, 12, 382, 394.
Zoölogical Society (London), i, 398, 444.

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