The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock / Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates

Index

• Adair County (Ky.): 86, 141
• Adairville: 103
• Alberts, J. Bernhard: 36;
• pictures by, 3, 21, 259
• Allen, John (of Ky.): 135
• Allen, W. B., Kentucky: 336
• Allison, Young E.: 7;
• library of, 345
• Alston, Peter: 272
• Alston, Philip (counterfeiter): 271–274, 322
• Alton Courier, “Virginia Rose:” 327, 328
• “Alvarado,” in Oldfield: 322
• Alvis, Mr.: owner Diamond Island, 172
• American Pioneer, S. P. Hildreth: Marietta to New Orleans, 40–43;
• Van Cleve’s Journal, 167, 168, 339
• Anthony, Abraham: at Langford burial, 75
• Anthony, Mrs. William: letter to Draper, 169–171, 252
• Ares River: 221, 225
• Arkansas Post: 220, 224
• Ashe, Thomas, Travels: 24, 25, 48, 173, 325, 336;
• condemned, 325
• Atkinson’s Casket: 326, 336, 337
• Audubon, John James, Journals: 177, 252–254, 336
• Aycoff, Mr. (of Knoxville): 64
• Back Home, Cobb: 322
• Bacon, M. E., “Bold River Pirates:” 336
• Baily, Francis, Journal: 24, 336
• Baker, Joshua: robbed by Mason, 183–188, 190, 196, 216, 223, 224, 226, 229–234
• Baker, William: robbed by Mason, 184
• Baker’s Creek (or Twelve Mile Creek): 183, 184, 188
• Baldwin, Old Man (outlaw): 122
• Ballard, William: killed by Harpes, 95, 96
• Ballenger, Capt. Joseph: pursues Harpes, 69, 85, 91;
• affidavit, 73
• Banks, Nancy Houston: ’Round Anvil Rock, 272, 273, 322;
• Oldfield, 322
• Barren River: 86, 89, 90
• Barret (associate of Mason): 227, 228
• Barrow (associate of Mason): 164
• Bass, Mr.: contact with Setton, 221, 222
• Bassett (associate of Mason): 223, 229–231
• Bates: killed by Harpes, 66, 67
• Battery Rock: 27, 44, 45
• Bay, J. C.: library of, 345
• Bayou Pierre: 184, 234, 235, 251
• Bear Creek: 198
• Beaver Creek: 63
• Beck, L. C.: Gazetteer, 336
• Belan, Ignace (merchant): 209
• Bellegrove Church: 264
• Bellin’s map of Louisiana: 18
• Belt, Logan, Jackson: 311, 312, 340
• Bennett, Emerson: Mike Fink, A Legend of the Ohio: 327
• Biegler, John (Danville jailer): 77–80
• Big Rockcastle River: 68, 69
• Big Sink, near Cave: 30
• Bigsby Cave, near Cave: 30
• Billeth, Pierre: testimony Mason’s trial, 238, 239
• Black Oak Ridge (Tenn.): 95
• Blackburn, W. B. (attorney): 133
• Blain, Maj. James (attorney general): 73, 86
• Blain, John: pursues Harpes, 73
• Blowe, Daniel: View of the United States, 175, 336
• Bodmer, Charles (artist): 35, 36, 336
• Bowman, John: identifies Little Harpe, 255
• Bradbury: killed by Harpes, 95
• Bradbury’s Ridge (Tenn.): 95
• Bradley, Captain (associate of Mason): 238
• Brassel, James: killed by Harpes, 95–99
• Brassel, Robert: pursues Harpes, 96–98, 100
• Brassel’s Knob (Tenn.): 95
• Breazeale, Mr. (attorney): 258
• Breazeale, J. W. M.: Life as it Is, 78, 103, 105, 112, 125, 126, 128, 146, 150, 151 [65, 66, 95, 111, 113, 127] 336
• Briscoe, Mrs. Phillip (daughter of Samuel Mason): 234
• Brokus (quadroon Indian): 185
• Brought to Bay, E. R. Roe: 327
• Brown (associate of Mason): 227
• Brown, C. B. (novelist): 330
• Brown, Jonathan: near Cave, 44, 312
• Brown, Samuel R., Western Gazetteer: 336
• Brown, Judge Thomas C.: 318
• Bruin, Judge Peter B. (of Miss.) 257
• Burnett, Col. Daniel: letter to, 196
• Burr, Aaron: 257
• Burton (associate of Mason): 222
• Bush Creek: 73
• Butler, Col. Andrew: helps Harpe woman, 154, 155
• Cache River: 40
• Cade, J. W. (circuit clerk): 317
• Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri: 154, 341
• Caldwell County (Ky.): 122
• Campbell, Mr.: robbed by Mason, 223, 225
• Canoe Creek: 107, 109, 170
• Canot, Felipo: New Madrid militia, 211
• Cape Girardeau: 218
• Carolina Gazette: 101, 124, 126, 337
• Carpenter’s Station (Ky.): 69
• Carpentier, Joseph (interpreter): 209, 210, 212, 216
• Caruthersville (Mo.): see Little Prairie
• Caseyville: 273, 274, 278
• Casket Magazine: 164, 189–190, 245, 257, 326, 336, 337
• Cave Dwellers: 27
• Cave Spring; near Cave, 26
• Cave-in-Rock: location, 17, 18;
• scenery near, 17, 19;
• discovery by white men, 18;
• maps showing, 18, 193;
• high water, 20, 30;
• geology, 29, 30;
• described, 19, 20, 23–25, 27, 31, 32;
• Indians and Mound Builders at, 25–29;
• Harpes at, 90–94;
• Mason at, 174–176;
• counterfeiters at, 268–281;
• Jim Wilson at, 47–51;
• James Wilson, of Chronicles, at, 47, 291–293, 329;
• Dr. Charles H. Webb at, 286–291;
• Ford’s Ferry Band at, 298, 299;
• in fiction, 321–332.
• Other names;
• Big Cave, 23, 24;
• Cave-in-the-Rock, 25, 175, 272;
• Cave-Inn-Rock, 32, 37, 175;
• Caverne dans le Roc, 18;
• Counterfeiters Cave, 268;
• Great Cave, 23;
• House of Nature, 18, 19, 32, 279;
• Murrell’s Cave, 318;
• Rocking Cave, 26;
• Rock-in-Cave, 27;
• Rock-Inn-Cave, 29, 175
• Cave-in-Rock, Upper Cave of: 19, 21, 24, 25, 51, 325, 328, 329
• Cave-in-Rock (village of): 13, 18
• Cave-in-Rock Bluff: 26, 28, 35, 299
• Cave-in-Rock Island: 26, 35, 36
• Cedar House (in Ky.): 272
• Cedar Point: near Cave, 93, 301, 308
• Charlevoix, New France: 18, 337
• Chicago: Historical Society, 345;
• University of, 345;
• John Crerar Library, 345;
• Bay’s private library, 345;
• Times, 311, 312
• Chickasaw Bluffs: see Memphis
• Chickasaw Agency: 180, 201
• Choctaw Nation: 181;
• crossing, 221, 225, 229
• Christian, Matthew: pursues Harpes, 114–125, 130, 131, 141;
• deposition of, 131, 132;
• reward to, 139;
• life, 140
• Christian County (Ky.): 113, 155
• Chronicles of a Kentucky Settlement, Watts: 47, 285–293, 329, 344
• Cincinnati: Public Library, 345;
• Young Men’s Mercantile Library, 345;
• Ohio Historical and Philosophical Society, 345;
• see American Pioneer;
• Literary Gazette;
• Western Monthly Magazine;
• Western Review
• Claiborne, J. F. H.: Mississippi, 201, 265, 337 [189, 191, 202, 256];
• Wiley quoted, 188, 189;
• MS. on Mason’s trial, 207
• Claiborne, Gov. William C. C.: 199, 200–202, 246, 253, 254, 264;
• letters by, 192–198;
• Official Letter Books, Rowland [195, 196, 264] 337, 343
• Claiborne County (Miss.): 196
• Clinch River: 65
• Clinton County (Ky.): 97, 98
• Cobb, Irvin S., Back Home: 322
• Coffey, Chesley (son of): killed by Harpes, 95, 96, 99
• Coiners at Cave: see Counterfeiters
• Colbert’s Ferry: 180
• Cole’s Creek: 248, 249, 257
• Colin, Charles: friend of Mason, 223
• Collins, Lewis, Kentucky: [111] 337
• Collins, Richard H., Kentucky: 55, 125, 128, 150, 273, 274 [71, 89, 110, 135, 137] 337
• Collot, Victor H., Journey: 23, 30, 337
• Colonial Men and Times, L. D. Harper: including Autobiography of Trabue;
• see Daniel Trabue
• Concer, Felic (merchant): 236
• Concordia Lake: 251
• Counterfeiters at Cave: 32;
• die used, 268–271;
• Alston, 271–274;
• Duff, 272–278;
• Sturdevant, 272, 278–281
• Crab Orchard (Ky.): 66, 67, 69, 70
• Cramer, Zadok, Navigator: 24, 39, 40, 41, 44, 173, 203, 337
• Crittenden Co., (Ky.): 274, 285;
• Marion, 111;
• Piney Fork Camp Ground, 111
• Crittenden Press: story of Jim Wilson, 48–52, 337
• Crooked Creek: 294
• Crow’s Nest: see Stack Island
• Cumberland Gap: 65, 66, 74
• Cumberland River: 66, 238, 287, 291
• Cuming, Fortesque, Tour: 25, 26, 172, 173, 337
• Cumings, Samuel, Western Navigator: 285, 337
• Cusach, Gaspar: library of, 345
• Cutler, Jervis, Topographical Description: 337
• Dale, Mr. and Mrs.: pursue Harpes, 96, 97
• Daniels, Wilson, “Steamboating:” 337
• Danville (Ky.): log court house, 77;
• Harpes escapes jail, 78, 255;
• three Harpe children born, 79, 80, 137;
• Harpe women tried and liberated, 79–83;
• arrest of two Harpe men ordered, 84;
• court record of Harpes, 79–82, 335;
• district court records, 70–84, 335
• Danville District Court Records, Lincoln Co.: 70–84, 335
• Dapron, Pierre: declaration of, 209
• Darby, John F., Personal Recollections: 337
• Darby, William, Casket Magazine: 164, 189–190, 245, 257, 326, 336, 337
• Davidson, John: father-in-law of Big Harpe, 145
• Davidson, Maria: wife of Big Harpe, 145
• Davidson, Robert, Excursion: [143] 337
• Deer Creek: 109, 125
• Derousser, Francois: testimony Mason’s trial, 237, 238
• Diamond Island: 90–92, 167, 171;
• described, 172–174
• Dixon (Ky): 110, 127;
• streets named, Leiper and Stegall, 144
• Doherty, Col. George: of militia, 255
• Dooley, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 89
• Douglas, Mrs. Marguerite: see Mrs. John Mason.
• Dow, Lorenzo, Cosmopolite: 338
• Downs, James (sheriff): 238, 239
• Downs, William (justice): 224, 226, 231, 233, 257
• Drake, Samuel G., Book of Indians: 338
• Draper, Lyman C.: Draper MSS., Harpes and Masons [60, 64–66, 70, 84, 89, 90, 95, 102, 105, 113–115, 126–128, 134, 141–143, 150, 152, 155, 156, 158, 160, 161, 163–165, 169, 188, 201, 220–222, 255] 335, 336;
• “Sketch of the Harpes,” 60, 79, 108, 115–125, 130, 140, 338;
• Harpes, 60, 128, 134, 154;
• Mason, 160, 265;
• Setton, 220, 221, 255;
• King’s Mountain [115] 338
• Drumgool Station (Ky.): 103
• Duff (brother-in-law of Mason): 169
• Duff (counterfeiter): 272–278
• Duff, John (guide): 273
• Duff brothers (of Ill.): 233
• Duff’s Cave: 274
• Duff’s Fort: 272–274, 277
• Dunbar, Seymour, History of Travel: 338
• Dunlap, Hugh: pursues Harpes, 95
• Dunn, Capt. John (constable): 168–171
• Durbin, Thomas: killed by Thomas Mason, 170
• Early Western Travels, Thwaites, editor:
• Cuming, Tour;
• Evans, Tour;
• Flagg, Far West;
• James, Expedition;
• Maximilian, Voyage;
• Nuttall, Travels; 343, 344
• Elicott, Andrew, Journal: 23, 338
• Ellis, John: pursues Harpes, 100
• Emery River: 95
• Equality (Ill.): 30, 313
• Evans, Estwick, Tour: 338
• Evansville: city of, 18;
• Courier Company, History of Union County, 273–278, 338
• Everybody’s Magazine: “Natchez Trace,” by Swain, 338
• Executive Journal (Ky.): 85, 92, 335
• Farris, Jane: 72;
• on death of Langford, 75, 76
• Farris, John (inn keeper): 67, 72;
• on death of Langford, 74, 75
• Fayette (Miss.): 200, 264
• Fayette Co. (Penn.): 158
• Filson Club: 5, 345;
• Robertson’s Petitions, 166, 342;
• Speed’s Wilderness Road, 70, 343
• Fink, Mike: see Mike Fink, 327, 341
• Finley, Alex. C., Russellville and Logan County: 165, 271–274, 338
• Flagg, Edmund, Far West: 29, 32, 173, 330, 338
• Flatboating, Golden Age of: 38
• Flint, Timothy: History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley, 338;
• Recollections, 338
• Fluger, Colonel, or Colonel Plug (boat-wrecker): 43, 344
• Folk-Lore, Journal of American: [57] 338
• Ford, Cassandra (daughter of James Ford): 285, 291, 292, 303;
• Mrs. Charles H. Webb, 285, 303
• Ford, Francis (infant son of Philip): 304
• Ford, James: 14;
• youth, 284;
• appearance, 292;
• marriage, 303, 318;
• as James Wilson in Chronicles, 47, 291–293, 329;
• Ford’s Ferry Road, 293–297;
• Ford versus Simpson, 302, 303;
• death, burial, grave, and will, 306, 309–313;
• facsimile of signature, 313;
• see Ford’s Ferry Mystery
• Ford, James, Jr. (infant son of James Ford): 303
• Ford, Philip (son of James Ford): will and grave of, 304
• Ford, William M. (son of James Ford): 303;
• will and grave of, 304, 305
• Ford’s Boat Landing: 285
• Ford’s Ferry: location of, 18
• Ford’s Ferry Mystery: 283–306;
• James Ford, 283–285;
• Webb brothers at Cave, 286–292;
• Ford’s Ferry Road, 293;
• Potts tragedy, 294–301;
• Ford versus Simpson, 302, 303;
• death and wills of Philip and William Ford, 304, 306
• Forman, Samuel S., Journey: 338
• Fort de Chartres: 23
• Fort Gibson: 196, 251
• Fort Henry (Wheeling, W. Va.): 160, 164
• Fort Massac: 159, 167, 274, 292
• Fowler, Judge Wiley P. (attorney): 314–317
• Frazier, Mrs. Elizabeth: marries James Ford, 303
• Free Henry Ford: 126
• Fulson (associate of Mason): 220, 229, 232
• Gallatin Co. (Ill.): 313, 319
• Gallows Field: near Old Greenville, 261;
• picture of, 259
• Garrard, Gov. James: urges capture of Harpes, 85, 92, 100;
• issues proclamation, 88, 89
• Gatewood, Mr. (attorney): 314
• Geyon, Major: militia, 220
• Gibson (associate of Mason): 220, 221, 223, 228, 229
• Gibson, Smith (alias Druck Smith): 232
• Gilmore, or Gillmore: killed by Harpes, 113
• Given, Judge Dixon (attorney): 291
• Glass, Anthony (associate of Mason): 191, 223, 225, 226, 231;
• Mrs. Glass, 231
• Golconda (Ill.): 18, 276, 293, 314, 318, 319
• Gower, John (jailer at Stanford): 76, 77
• Gratz, Simon, Rodney Letters: [258] 338
• Grave Creek Fort: 160
• Graves, John (and son): killed by Harpes, 102
• Green, Willis (court clerk): 72
• Green Co. (Ky.): 99
• Green River: 84, 90, 92, 98, 103, 108, 116, 165, 235
• Green Tree Grove (Ky.): 122
• Greenville, Old [Hunston], (Miss.): 25, 151, 249, 250, 254–266;
• Little Harpe and James May executed at, 255–266;
• court records, 257–261, 335;
• picture of Gallows Field, 259
• Grindstone Ford: 185, 198
• Grissom, William (or Gresham): pursues Harpes, 114–125, 131;
• reward to, 139
• Grundy, Judge Felix: 135
• Guardian of Freedom: 102, 151, 262, 339
• Guild, Josephus C., Old Times in Tennessee: 179–183, 201, 244 [262] 339
• Gum Springs, Old (Miss.): 181
• Hall, Frederick, Letters: 268, 339
• Hall, James: 15, 330;
• “Story of the Harpes,” Port Folio, 57, 58 [90]
• Letters from the West, 67–69, 78, 105, 125, 176 [111];
• Harpe’s Head, or Kentucky A Tale, 148, 150, 322–326;
• Legends of the West, 326;
• Romance of Western History [176] Western Souvenir, 341;
• Western Monthly Magazine, 330;
• description of Harpes, 149–154;
• Sturdevant in Sketches, 279–281
• Hall, William (counterfeiter); 49
• Hammack, Mrs.: visits Duff’s cave, 275, 276
• Hand, Gen. Edward: 160, 161
• Hanna, Charles A., Wilderness Trail: 339
• Hardin, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 99
• Hardin, Co. (Ill.): 18;
• when formed, 313;
• Cave a “corner” of county line, 313
• Harpe, Betsey (alleged wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes
• Harpe, Big: see The Harpes
• Harpe, Joe Roberts (alleged son of Big Harpe): 154
• Harpe, John (brother of Wm. Harpe): 145
• Harpe, Joshua (or Little Harpe): 145;
• see The Harpes
• Harpe, Little: see The Harpes
• Harpe, Lovey (daughter of Big Harpe): 154, 155
• Harpe, Micajah (or Big Harpe): see The Harpes
• Harpe, Sally (wife of Little Harpe): see The Harpes
• Harpe, Sally Rice (daughter): 156
• Harpe, Susan (wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes
• Harpe, Wiley (or Little Harpe): see The Harpes
• Harpe, William (brother of John Harpe): 145
• Harpe, William (or Big Harpe): 145;
• see The Harpes
• Harpes, The:
• (1) Big Harpe (alias Micajah Harpe, alias Micajah Roberts);
• (2) Little Harpe (alias Wiley Harpe, alias Wiley Roberts, alias John Setton, alias John Taylor, alias Wells, see also Setton, Taylor, Wells);
• (3) Susan Harpe, (wife of Big Harpe, alias Susan Roberts);
• (4) Betsey Harpe, (supplementary wife of Big Harpe, alias Betsey Walker, alias Betsey Roberts);
• (5) Sally Harpe (wife of Little Harpe, alias Sally Rice, alias Sally Roberts)....
• Parentage, kinship, marriage, 60–63, 144–147, 154;
• personal appearance, 61, 88, 89, 99, 148–154, 243, 244, 255, 262;
• children, 79, 80, 105, 106, 137, 154–156, 326;
• character, 14, 52, 55–58, 152–156;
• motives, 60, 61, 157....
• In Knoxville and Tenn., 61–66;
• along Wilderness Road, 67–76;
• imprisonment and trial at Stanford, 71–76;
• in Danville jail, men escape, women released, 77–82;
• governor’s proclamation of reward, 83–89, 100, 150;
• reward paid, 139, 140;
• on Diamond Island, 172, 173;
• at Cave-in-Rock, 90–94;
• return to Tenn., 94–97;
• return to Ky., 97–106;
• in Henderson Co., and lower Green River Country, 107–114;
• capture and death of Big Harpe, escape of Little Harpe, 114–125, 136–138;
• ultimate fate of Big Harpe’s captors, 141–154;
• Big Harpe’s head on Harpe’s Head Road, 125–128....
• Murders committed by:
• Johnson, 65, 66;
• Payton, 66;
• Paca and Bates, 66, 67;
• Langford, 67–77;
• Trabue, 86, 87;
• Dooley, 89, 90;
• on Potts plantation, 90;
• Bradbury, 95;
• Coffey, 95, 96;
• Ballard, 95;
• Brassel, 96;
• Tully, 98, 99;
• Hardin, 99;
• Graves and son, 102;
• negro boy, 103;
• small girl, 103;
• Trisword brothers, 103, 104;
• a child of Harpe, 105, 106, 137;
• Trowbridge, 108,109;
• Hudgens and Gilmore, 113;
• Love, 111–114;
• Mrs. Moses Stegall and son, 111–114;
• Samuel Mason, 250–254....
• Harpe women arrested, tried and released, 125–138;
• ultimate fate of Harpe women, 154–156....
• Little Harpe, as John Setton, Taylor, and Wells, in South and in Mason’s band, 196–203, 203–266;
• Draper’s notes on life of John Setton, 221, 222;
• Harpe, as Setton, tells life of self, 220, 221;
• facsimile of his signature as John Setton, 209;
• testimony as Setton at Mason trial, 219–228;
• sent in chains to New Orleans, 241–246;
• joins May and helps kill Mason, 250–254;
• captured and executed with May, 256–266
• “Harpes, Sketch of the:” see Draper
• “Harpes, Story of the:” see James Hall
• Harpe’s Head, Hall: see James Hall
• Harpe’s Head, and Harpe’s Head Road: 125–128, 143, 172
• Harpe’s Hill: 126
• Harpe’s “House”: 126
• Harper, L. D.: Colonial Men and Times, including Trabue’s Autobiography, 339;
• see Daniel Trabue
• Harper, W. L. (orator): 192, 253
• Harriman Junction: 95
• Harris, Thaddeus M., Tour: 24, 29, 339
• Harrison, Benjamin and William (of Penn.): kinsman of Mason, 158, 218
• Haussman, John D. (clerk): 133
• Havard, Henry: “a bad man,” 170, 171
• Hawkins Co. (Tenn.): 221
• Haynes, Lucinda, in Chronicles: 329
• Heatherly Gang: 154
• “Hell on the Ohio,” Logan Belt, by Jackson: 311, 312
• Henderson (Red Banks): 90, 92, 100, 107, 127, 129–133, 137, 143, 167–172, 177, 184, 235–238
• Henderson and Madisonville Pike: 127
• Henderson Columbian: 58
• Henderson Co. (Ky.): 93, 107, 140, 141, 167–172, 176, 177, 249, 256;
• county court records, 129–133, 335;
• see Starling’s Henderson County, 343
• Henry, Parson: 143
• “Hercules Short,” or Hank Short in Harpe’s Head: 326
• Herndon, George; on Harpes: 134, 155
• Hewitt (accomplice of Mason): 171
• Highland Creek: 107–109, 169, 172
• Highland Lick: 107
• Hildreth, S. P., American Pioneer: 40–43, 167, 168, 339
• Hindes Co. (Miss.): 183, 188
• Hiram (a slave): 302
• Hite, Colonel: Mason steals horse from, 164
• Hitesville (Ky.): 172
• Hoffman, Charles Fenno, Winter in the West: 330, 339
• Holstein River: 65, 99
• Hopkins, Gen. Samuel: urges capture of Harpes, 100, 108, 129, 133;
• sketch, 130
• Houck, Louis, Missouri: 339
• Hough, Emerson, Story of the Outlaw: 339
• Howard, H. R.: History of Virgil A. Stewart, life of John A. Murrell, 317, 318, 340
• Howard, Joshua (sheriff): 318
• Howard Memorial Library: 345
• Howe, Henry, Historical Collections: 175, 245, 340
• Hudgens (Hutchins): killed by Harpes, 113
• Hufstetter, John: marries Betsey Roberts, 154
• Hughes, Roudy Groggery: 65
• Hulbert, A. B., Ohio River: 340
• Hull, Nathaniel (Ill. pioneer): 23
• Hull’s Landing (or Robbins Ferry): 23
• Hunston: see Old Greenville (Miss.)
• Hunter, Judge James G. (of Ky.): 80, 135
• Hurricane Island: 44, 45, 50, 52, 176, 285, 301;
• Camp Ground, 309
• Huston, Judge Nathan: at Harpe trial, 72
• Illinois, Historic; Parrish: 13, 341
• Illinois, Pioneer History of, Reynolds: 23, 342
• Illinois Gazette: 58, 90
• Illinois State Historical Society: 340, 345;
• see John Jennings, also James A. Rose
• Impartial Observer: 101
• Indiana State Historical Society: 340
• Indians: 25, 27–29
• Ingle’s (Inglish’s) Ferry: 74
• Irby, David: account of trip with Langford, 73–75
• Irene (a slave): 304
• Island Ripple: 273, 274
• Jackson, Shadrach L., Logan Belt: 311, 312, 340
• Jackson (Miss.): 183, 185
• James, Edwin, Expedition to Rocky Mountains: 32, 340
• James’ Traveler’s Companion, Massey: 341
• Jefferson Co. (Miss.): 248, 251, 257
• Jefferson Co. (Tenn.): 65
• Jennings, John, Journal: 23, 340
• Johnson, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 65, 66
• Jones, Charles H., The Outlaw; and Other Poems: 330–332
• Jones, Rees: on Cumberland River, 238
• Kaskaskia Tribe: 29
• Kellogg, Louise Phelps: Frontier Retreat [158, 163];
• Thwaites and Kellogg: Frontier Defence [163];
• Revolution on the Upper Ohio [160] 340, 344
• Kentucky, History of: see Allen;
• see Collins;
• see Marshall
• Kentucky, Petitions to Early Inhabitants of, Robertson [166] 342
• Kentucky Acts: 98, 139, 140, 340
• Kentucky Gazette: 69, 84, 90, 99, 101, 126, 184, 248, 251, 262, 263, 340
• Kentucky Herald: 101
• Kentucky Settlement, Chronicles of a: see Watts
• Kentucky State Historical Society: 345
• Kentucky State Library: 345
• Ker, Judge David (of Miss.): 257
• Kitty (a slave): 304
• Knob Lick: 107, 170
• Knox, Judge Hugh (of Ky.): 169
• Knox Co. (Ky.): 66
• Knox Co. (Tenn.): 111
• Knoxville: described by Weir, 62, 63;
• Harpes at, 62–66, 95, 146, 155, 255, 256
• Knoxville Gazette: 101
• Koiret, Mr.: secret service, 219, 223
• Kuykendall [Corkendale], (son-in-law of Mason): 167, 168, 172
• Lafitte, Jean (pirate): 272, 322
• Lafond, Charles (merchant): 235, 238
• LaForge, Pierre Antoine: New Madrid militia, 209, 210
• Lambuth, Rev. William: unmolested by Harpes, 60
• Landers, Judge Abraham (of Henderson): 129
• Langford, Thomas (also Lankford and Stephen Langford): killed by Harpes, 67–69;
• Hall’s account, 67–69;
• court investigation, 72–77;
• pursuit of murderers, 84;
• Mrs. Love, a relative, 142
• Langlos, Francois (of New Madrid): 211
• Lecompte, Mr. (of St. Louis): 233
• Legends of the West, Hall; see James Hall
• Leiper (Lieper) John: pursues Harpes, 114–125, 130–132;
• deposition of, 132;
• reward to, 139;
• life of, 140–142;
• Leiper street in Dixon, Ky., 144
• Lesieur, Mr. (of Little Prairie): 210, 211
• Lesueur, Charles Alexander: drawing of Cave, 35;
• Life in America, by Loir, 35, 340
• Letters from the West, Hall: see James Hall
• Lewis, Lucy Jefferson, in Chronicles: 329;
• two sons of, 329
• Lexington Public Library: 345
• Library of Congress: 345
• Life as It Is: see J. W. M. Breazeale
• Lincoln Co. (Ky.): 66, 69, 70, 84, 165;
• Danville district court records, 70–76, 79–82, 335
• Lindsey, Neville: pursues Harpes, 114–125, 130, 131;
• deposition of, 132;
• reward to, 139;
• life, 140
• Literary Gazette: 57, 58, 337
• Little Prairie (now Caruthersville, Mo.): 205, 207–212, 230, 239;
• Mason captured in, 207–215
• Little Prairie of the St. Francis River: 220
• Livingston Co. (Ky.): 272, 285, 316–319;
• court records, 302–305, 312, 313, 335
• Logan, Judge Hugh: at Harpe trial, 72
• Logan Co. (Ky.): 103, 104, 165
• Logan District Court Records, Russellville, Ky.: 129–133, 135, 335
• Logan’s Fort (or St. Asaph’s): 70, 71;
• now Stanford, Ky., 70, 71
• Loir, Adrien, Lesueur in America: 35, 340
• Long, C. W., Louisville Post: 340
• Long, Stephen H., Expedition to Rocky Mountains: by James, 32, 340
• Louisiana (a row galley): 220
• Louisiana: Historical Society, 345;
• State Museum, 345
• Louisville: Courier-Journal, 316, 336, 341;
• Post, 340;
• Western Literary and Historical Magazine, 111–125, 344
• Louisville Free Public Library: 345
• Love, Arthur, in Chronicles: 291
• Love, William: killed by Harpes, 111–114, 129, 131, 142;
• wife Esther, 111, 112
• Lowery, Robert, Mississippi: [192, 200,] 253, 340
• Lumley, Jonathan (boatman): 286, 287
• McBee, Squire Silas: 110–115;
• story of Harpes told Draper, 115–125, 130, 131;
• reward to, 139;
• life of, 115, 140
• McClung, John A., Western Adventure: 108
• McCoy, Capt. Robert: captures Mason, 210–212;
• testimony at trial, 216, 217;
• takes Mason to New Orleans, 239–246;
• death of, 247
• McDowell, Judge Samuel (of Ky.): 80, 135
• McFarland (M’Farling) Alexander, John, and Daniel: pursue Harpes, 92;
• reward to, 140
• Madison, James (Secretary of State): 200
• Madisonville and Henderson Pike: 128
• Manuel, Father: 234, 239
• Marked Tree (Ark.): 318
• Marrowbone Creek: 102
• Marshall, Humphrey, Kentucky: [78] 340
• Mason, Isaac (brother of Samuel Mason): 158, 164
• Mason, John (son of Samuel): in Natchez jail, 188–190;
• at New Madrid trial, 212–226, 228, 230, 233;
• testimony of, 231, 232;
• signature of, 209;
• see Samuel Mason
• Mason, Mrs. John (Marguerite Douglas): 198, 227, 236;
• testimony of, 234
• Mason, Joseph (brother of Samuel Mason): 158
• Mason, Magnus (son of Samuel): New Madrid trial, 212;
• testimony of, 234, 235;
• becomes worthy citizen, 265
• Mason, Samuel: 14, 25, 29, 37, 46–48, 52;
• ancestry of, 157, 158, 217, 218;
• personal appearance of, 244, 245;
• Revolutionary soldier, 158–163, 165, 226;...
• In Va. and Tenn., 163–165;
• in Ky., near Russellville, 165, 166;
• near and in Henderson, 167–172;
• marriage of a daughter, 167, 168, 227;
• on Diamond Island, 172–174;
• at Cave-in-Rock, 174–176;
• on Natchez Trace
• and the Mississippi, 176–232;
• robs Kentucky boatmen, 181–183;
• robs Joshua Baker, 183–188, 190, 196, 216, 223–234;
• robs Owsley, 219, 223, 225, 228, 233;
• John Mason in Natchez jail, 188–190, 230, 232;
• American and Spanish authorities look for Mason and Harpe, reward offered, 191–205, 210, 233, 247, 252, 255....
• Mason family captured at Little Prairie, 207–215;
• trial at New Madrid, 215–240;
• record of criminal procedure, 207–240, 335;
• passport, 212–215, 236;
• testimony at trial, 217–219, 228–231;
• sent in chains with Little Harpe to New Orleans, 241–246;
• escape, 247–251;
• double-crossed and beheaded by Little Harpe and James May, 251–254, 272;
• identification and execution of his murderers, 255, 266;
• facsimile signatures of Samuel, John, and Thomas Mason, 208–209
• Mason, Mrs. Samuel: 222, 234, 236
• Mason, Samuel, Jr.: New Madrid trial, 212;
• testimony of, 234;
• becomes worthy citizen, 265
• Mason, Thomas (brother of Samuel Mason): 158 [165?]
• Mason, Thomas (son of Samuel): 165, 170;
• New Madrid trial, 212–228, 232, 236, 237;
• testimony of, 233, 234;
• signature of, 209;
• see Samuel Mason
• Mason, Mrs. Thomas (daughter-in-law of Samuel): 201
• Mason Hills: 201
• Mason’s Creek: 172
• Massey, S. L., James’ Traveler’s Companion: 341
• Maximilian, Prince of Wied-Neuwied, Voyage in America: 32, 35, 341
• May, James (or Isaac or Samuel May): 171, 249, 262;
• joins Little Harpe and helps kill Mason, 250–254;
• captured and executed with Little Harpe, 256–266
• Meason, Samuel (same as Samuel Mason): 14, 160
• Mecklenberg Co. (Va.): 67
• Memphis (Chickasaw Bluffs): 222
• Mercer Co. (Ky.): 84, 91, 92
• Metcalf brothers: suspects, 65
• Metcalfe Co. (Ky.): 89
• Mike Fink, A Legend of the Ohio, Bennett: 327
• “Mike Fink, The last of the Boatmen:” Neville, 341
• Miles, Richard (kinsman of Ford): 306
• Miller, John (merchant): 64
• “Mississippi, Extinct Towns of,” Riley: 263, 342
• Mississippi, History of, Lowry and McCradle: [192, 200] 253, 340
• Mississippi, Valley of the, Monette: 176, 178, 191, 199, 202, 252, 341
• Mississippi, as a Province, Territory and State, see J. F. H. Claiborne
• Mississippi, Department of Archives and History, 207, 246, 335, 341, 345;
• MS. of Mason’s trial, 207
• Missouri, History of, Houck: 339
• Missouri Historical Society: 341, 345
• Moat’s Lick: 272
• Monette, John W., Valley of the Mississippi: 176, 178, 191, 199, 202, 252, 341
• Monongahela River: 218
• Monroe, James (steamboat): 31
• Montgomery, Thos. (notary): 72
• Montgomery, Judge William: at Harpe trial, 72
• Montgomery Co. (Va.): 74
• Morgan Co. (Tenn.): 95
• Mosique, Mr. (of Ill.): suspect, 233
• Mound Builders: 27, 28
• Mud River: 104
• Muhlenberg Co. (Ky): 122, 126;
• Rothert’s history of, 342
• Mulligan, James (associate of Shouse): 308, 313–315
• Murphy, Samuel: on Mason’s career, 164
• Murray, C. A., Travels: 268, 341
• Murrell, John A. (“land pirate,”): 317, 318, 341;
• see H. R. Howard’s Stewart
• Nashville: 179, 180
• Natchez: 23, 25, 179, 180, 181, 188, 191, 197, 204, 246–252, 263, 264, 272
• Natchez Galaxy: 185–188, 344
• Natchez Trace: 13, 43, 178, 223–225, 230, 254, 265, 266, 343;
• described, 179–181;
• Mason on, 179–205;
• Swaney on, 179–183, 201;
• see Mrs. Rowland, and John Swain
• Navigator, The Ohio and Mississippi, Cramer: 24, 39–41, 44, 173, 203, 337
• Navigator, Western, Cummings: 285, 337
• Neville, Morgan, “Mike Fink, The Last of the Boatmen:” 341
• New Harmony Workingmen’s Institute: 345;
• communal colony, 35
• New Madrid: 177, 180, 204, 205, 242;
• Mason’s trial at, 207–240
• New Orleans: Mason prison at, 183, 241–246
• Newberry Library: 345
• Nicholson, William (sheriff): 226
• Nogales: see Vicksburg
• Nonpareil (schooner): 41–43
• Nuttall, Thomas, Travels: 27, 31, 341
• Ogle, Capt. Joseph: Fort Henry, 161, 162
• Ohio, On the Storied, Thwaites 343
• Ohio County Militia (W. Va.): 160 163
• Ohio Historical and Philosophical Society: 345
• Oldfield, Banks: 322
• Ormsby, Judge Stephen (of Ky.): 80
• “Outlaw, The,” poem, Charles H. Jones, in The Outlaw: 330–332
• Owsley, Mr.: robbed by Mason, 219, 223, 225, 228, 233
• Paca killed by Harpes, 66, 67
• Paducah (Ky.): 18
• Palladium: 101, 102, 204, 248, 249;
• proclamation by Governor Garrard, 88, 89, 341
• Palmyra (Miss.): 201
• Parrish, Randall, Historic Illinois: 13, 341
• Parrott, Mr. (attorney): 258
• Parrow, E. C, in Folk-Lore Journal: [57] 338
• Pearl River: 185, 186
• Peltier, Eustache: testimony Mason’s trial, 238
• Pennsylvania Historical Society: [258], 341
• Perrin du Lac, Travels: 24, 341
• Peyroux, Henri (commandant, New Madrid): 209, 211–215
• Peyton: killed by Harpes, 66
• Phillips: in boat robbery, 219, 223, 225, 229, 232
• Pickering Hill: 293, 294, 296
• Pickett Co. (Tenn.): 97
• Piracy on rivers: 37–53, 175, 176, 178, 203
• Pittsylvania Co. (Va.): 73, 74
• Plug, Colonel, (or Colonel Fluger, boat-wrecker): 43, 344
• Poindexter, George (attorney general): 258
• Point Coupee: 246, 247
• Pompey (slave): 275–278
• Pond River: 116, 118, 121, 126, 132, 155
• Pool, A. H. T., “Smithland:” 341
• Pope Co. (Ill.): 313, 318, 319;
• court records, 313, 314, 335
• Port Folio: 341, the Harpes, by Hall, 57, 58, 67–69 [58, 90];
• D. Roe on Mason, 252;
• Ashe condemned by, 325
• Potts, Billy: 294, 298, 301;
• kills his son, 294–298
• Potts’ Hill, and Potts’ Spring: 293–297
• Potts’ Place: 143
• Potts’ Plantation: Harpes murder on, 90
• Priest, Josiah, American Antiquities: 342
• Prior, Mr., in Chronicles: 291
• Providence Lake: 201
• Purcell, Martha G.: Stories of Old Kentucky, 342;
• “Sister of Sage of Monticello,” 329, 342
• Pyles, John: pursues Harpes, 113, 114
• Rafinesque (scientist): 342
• Rankin, John, Letters: 342
• Red Banks: see Henderson (Ky.)
• Red River: 165
• Rennick, Lieut. Seymour: letter to, 197, 198
• Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia, List of: 160, 344
• Reynold, John: My Own Times, 273, 274, 281, 342;
• Pioneer Illinois, 23, 342
• Rice, Rev. John (father-in law of Little Harpe): 63, 155, 156
• Rice, Sally (wife of Little Harpe) see The Harpes
• Richards, J. Addison, Romance of American Landscapes: 173, 342
• Richardson, Jacob, “Going West in 1820:” 342
• Riley, F. L., “Extinct Towns of Mississippi:” 263, 342
• Rivers, piracy and rough life on: 37–53, 175, 176, 178, 203
• Roane Co. (Tenn.): 95
• “Robber of the Wilderness:” Natchez Galaxy, also Wheeling Gazette, Draper MSS., 185–188, 344
• Roberts (brother-in-law of Harpe): 153, 154
• Roberts, Betsey (alleged wife of Big Harpe) see The Harpes
• Roberts, Joe (alleged son of Big Harpe): 154
• Roberts, Micajah (or Big Harpe): see The Harpes
• Roberts, Old Man (father-in-law of Big Harpe): 92, 99, 102, 103, 141, 153
• Roberts, Sally (wife of Little Harpe) see The Harpes
• Roberts, Susan (wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes
• Roberts, Wiley (or Little Harpe): see The Harpes
• Robertson, James R., Petition of Early Inhabitants of Kentucky: [166] 342
• Robertson’s Lick: 107, 108, 113, 114, 127, 130, 131;
• Robert Robertson, 141
• Robin’s Ferry (or Hull’s Landing): 23
• Rockcastle Co. (Ky.): 67
• Rockcastle River: 72
• Rocky Springs: 200, 201
• Rodney (Miss.): 251
• Rodney, Judge Thomas (of Miss.): 257;
• “Letters to Caesar A. Rodney,” [258] 342
• Roe, Daniel: letter, 252
• Roe, Edward Reynolds: Virginia Rose, 327, 328;
• Brought to Bay, 327
• Rogers, Mr. (of Natchez): robbed by Mason, 184
• Rogues Harbor: near Cave, 322
• Roosevelt, Theodore, Winning of the West: 342
• Rose, Edward (outlaw): 265
• Rose, James A., “Regulators and Flatheads:” 281, 342
• Rose, Virginia, in Virginia Rose, by E. R. Roe: 327, 328
• Rothert, Otto A.: Muhlenberg County [63, 127] 342;
• Unity Baptist Church [126] 342;
• Local History, 342
• ’Round Anvil Rock, Banks: 272, 273, 322
• Rowan, Andrew (sheriff): 133
• Rowland, Dunbar: Mississippi Department of Archives, 207;
• Gov. Claiborne’s Letter Books, 196–198 [195, 196, 264] 343;
• Encyclopedia of Mississippi History, 342;
• MS. record Mason trial, 207, 335
• Rowland, Mrs. Dunbar: “Natchez Trace:” [201] 343
• Ruddell, George: reports detection of Masons, 210, 211
• Ruddell, John (of Little Prairie): 210
• Russell Co. (Ky.): 92, 102, 141, 153
• Russellville (Ky.): 103, 104, 130, 154, 165;
• Harpe women at, 133–138
• Russellville and Logan County, Finley: 165, 271–274, 338
• Russellville and Morgantown Road: 104
• St. Genevieve (Mo.): 239
• St. Louis Republic: 343
• Salcedo, Manuel de: letter to, 192;
• letter from 246
• Salem (Ky.): 286, 291
• Saline River: 90, 273, 274, 277, 278
• Salt River, Rolling Fork of: 73, 85
• Scaggs, Henry: pursues Harpe, 85–87
• Schoolcraft, Henry R.: 334;
• Memoirs, 29, 330;
• Indian in His Wigwam, 330
• Schultz, Christian, Travels: 25, 343
• Sealsfield, Charles, Americans as They Are: 343
• Sebree (Ky.): 107
• Sellers, Isham: 130;
• deposition, 131
• Setton, John (name assumed by Little Harpe, after death of Big Harpe): 203, 212, 217, 219, 221, 228, 233, 234, 237, 241, 250, 252, 254, 256–262;
• own story of life, 220, 221;
• Draper on life of, 221, 222;
• see John Taylor;
• see The Harpes
• Sevier, G. W. (of Tenn.): 60, 126, 164
• Sevier, Gov. John: 60, 164, 165
• Seymour, Samuel (artist): 32
• Shankstown, Old (Miss.): 253, 265
• Sharpe, William: witness for Shouse, 315
• Shawneetown (Ill.): 18, 27, 32, 45, 90, 293, 327, 328
• Short, Hark, “Hercules Short,” (alleged son of Big Harpe): 326
• Shouse, Henry C: 301;
• kills Simpson, 307, 313, 314;
• trial of, 314–318;
• hanged, 319
• Simmons, Mr. (flatboatman): 311
• Simpson, Vincent B.: 301;
• Ford versus Simpson, 302, 303;
• killed by Shouse, 307–314
• Slover, John (Indian fighter): 108, 109
• Smith, Druck (alias Smith Gibson): 232
• Smith, George: wounded by Harpe, 118, 136, 137
• Smith, Rev. John: letter on Mason, 246, 247
• Smith, T. Marshall, Legends: 103, 105, 146 [61, 62, 67, 105, 138] 343
• Smith, Thomas (of Henderson): 170
• Smithland (Ky.): 94, 285, 291, 341
• Spaulding, Martin J., Early Catholic Missions in Kentucky: 343
• Spanish authority along the Mississippi: 178, 192, 195, 205, 242
• Spears, George: pursues Harpe, 86
• Speed, Thomas, Wilderness Road: [70] 343
• Stack Island (Crow’s Nest, or Island No. 94): 201–204
• Stafford, William H., Blennerhassett Papers: 343
• Stalnaker, Peter (associate of Mason): 163, 164
• Stanford (Ky.), (Logan’s Fort): 66, 69, 70:
• court records, 70, 76, 355
• Starling, Edmund L. Henderson County: 91, 92, 168, 326 [92, 93, 107, 130] 343
• Steamboat: Orleans, 31;
• Paragon, 32
• Steele, Eliza R., Journey: 343
• Stegall, John (infant): killed by Harpes, 111–114
• Stegall, Steigal, Moses: 110, 129–132;
• pursues Harpes, 114–125;
• reward to, 139;
• Stegall street in Dixon, 144;
• life of, 142–144
• Stegall, Mrs. Moses (Mrs. Mary Stegall): killed by Harpes, 111–114, 129, 132, 134
• Stephens, C. A., The Ark of 1803: 322
• Steuben’s Lick (Ky.): 109
• Stevenson, William H. J. (associate of Shouse): 308, 313–315
• Stewart, William (sheriff): 104, 133–138, 150–156;
• Sketch of, 138
• Stewart, History of Virgil A. (life of John A. Murrell): 317, 318, 340;
• see H. R. Howard
• Stockton, Nathaniel: pursues Harpes, 98–100
• Strong, W. E.: pursues Harpes, 84
• Stump, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 89, 90
• Stump, Capt. Frederick: identifies Little Harpe, 255
• Stump, Capt. John: interviewed by Draper, 255
• Sturdevant (counterfeiter): 272, 278;
• Hall’s Sketches, 279–281;
• see Counterfeiters at Cave
• Sulphur Springs Cave (Ill.): 30
• Swain, John, “Natchez Trace”: 343
• Swaney, John L.: story of Mason, in Guild’s Old Times, 179–183, 201, 244 [262] 339
• Taylor, John (name assumed by Little Harpe after death of Big Harpe): 212, 217, 219–221, 224, 232, 256–262;
• see The Harpes
• Tennessee, Old Times in, Guild: 179–183, 201 [262] 244, 339
• Tennessee Gazette: 248, 343
• Tennessee River: 180, 191, 198
• Thompkins, James: pursues Harpes, 109, 114;
• reward to, 139;
• life, 140
• Thompson, Mrs. (daughter of Samuel Mason): 218
• Thompson, T. P.: library of; 345
• Thruston, R. C. Ballard, library of: 345
• Thwaites, Reuben Gold: On the Storied Ohio; editor Wither’s Chronicles; Thwaites and Kellogg: Frontier Defense; [163] Revolution on the Upper Ohio [160]; 343, 344;
• see Early Western Travels
• Tiel, Edward; pursues Harpes, 65
• Todd, Thomas (attorney): 76
• Tolu (Ky.): 285, 305
• Tower Rock: 44
• Trabue, Daniel: Autobiography in Colonial Men and Times, 78, 86, 87, 97–100, 102 [86, 95–99, 102] 141, 150, 339
• Trabue, John: killed by Harpes, 86, 87, 141
• Tradewater River: 143, 273, 274
• Triplett, Frank, Great American Crimes: 128, 344
• Triplett, Robert, Roland Trevor: 128, 344
• Trisword brothers: killed by Harpes, 103, 104
• Trowbridge, Mr.: killed by Harpes, 108, 109
• Tully, John: killed by Harpes, 98, 99;
• legislative act for Christiana, widow of, 98
• Union Co. (Ky.): 172
• Union County Kentucky, Evansville Courier Co.: 273, 278, 338
• Van Cleve, B., Journal of: 167, 168, 339
• Venable, W. H., Beginnings of Literary Culture in Ohio Valley: 344
• Vicksburg (Walnut Hills, or Nogales): 196–198, 201, 212, 220, 223–225, 232
• Vidal, N. M. V. (secretary of war, Spanish Louisiana): 246
• Virginia Rose, E. R. Roe: 327, 328
• Virginia State Library, List of Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia: 160, 344
• Wabash River: 23
• Wales, Doctor: attends Mrs. John Mason, 227
• Walker, Betsey (alleged wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes
• Walker, Elizabeth (alleged wife of Big Harpe): see The Harpes
• Walker’s Bar: 44
• Wallace, Mr. (lawyer): defends Mason, 188
• Waller, John: captures Jim Wilson, 51, 52
• Walnut Hills: see Vicksburg
• Warren Co. (Miss.): 253, 265
• Washington (Miss.): 196, 252, 257, 272
• Washington Co. (Tenn.): 164
• Waters, Dr. Richard Jones: 218;
• testimony Mason trial, 235–237
• Watts, Joseph, in Chronicles: 329
• Watts, William Courtney: Chronicles of a Kentucky Settlement 47, 285, 329, 344;
• Webb brothers, at Cave, 285–292;
• Ford as Wilson, 47, 291–293;
• Watts on Shouse case, 316
• Webb, Dr. Charles H. (son-in-law of James Ford): 46, 292, 303, 304, 329;
• at Cave, 285–291
• Webb, Mrs. Charles H.: see Cassandra Ford
• Webb, John: held at Cave, 286–291
• Webster Co. (Ky.): 128, 144
• Weir, James; describes Knoxville, 62
• Wells (name assumed by Little Harpe): 219, 221, 232, 256;
• see The Harpes
• Welsh, Joseph (sheriff): 76–77
• Welsh, Nicholas (associate of Mason): 171
• Welsh, Thomas: pursues Harpes, 73;
• on death of Langford, 76
• Weston (Ky.): 303
• Western Literary and Historical Magazine: Draper’s “Sketch of the Harpes,” 115–125, 344
• Western Monthly Magazine: Hall’s review of The Outlaw, 330, 339, 344
• Western Monthly Review: 344
• Western Souvenir, Hall: 341
• Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette: 101, 246, 248, 256, 344
• Wheeling, Siege of: see Fort Henry
• Wheeling Gazette: 185–188, 344
• White, Robert: pursues Harpe, 140
• White River: 203, 204, 220
• Wiguens (associate of Mason): 219, 220, 223, 228 229
• Wilderness Road: 66–68, 72, 75;
• Wilderness Road, Speed [70] 343
• Wiley, George: quoted in Claiborne’s Mississippi, 188, 189
• Williamson Co. (Tenn.): 221
• Wilson (associate of Mason on the Miss.): 221
• Wilson, James: name for James Ford in Chronicles, 47, 291–293, 329
• Wilson, Jim: career of, 47–52;
• Liquor Vault and House for Entertainment, 47, 49;
• Wilson’s Tavern, 49, 51;
• Wilson’s Gang, 50, 284
• Wilson —: name for Samuel Mason at Cave, 47, 175
• Winterington (son-in-law of Samuel Mason): 218
• Winters, Elisha: robbed by Mason, 251, 258
• Wisconsin State Historical Society, 335, 336, 344, 345;
• see Draper, Kellogg’s Frontier Retreat, Thwaites and Kellogg, Frontier Defence, Revolution on the Upper Ohio
• Withers, Alexander S.: Chronicles of Border Warfare [162] 344
• Wolf Island: 177
• Wood, John (father of Susan Harpe): 145
• Wood, William: pursues Harpe, 98–100
• Woods, Edgar, Albemarle County in Virginia: 344
• Worthen, A. H. (Ill. geologist): 344
• Wythe Co. (Va.): 74
• Yazou River: 196, 197
• Yeakey, Robert Lee: owner of Cave, 28
• Young, Captain: pursues outlaws in Ky., 91–93
• Young, Rev. Jacob, Autobiography: 102, 103, 153, 154, 345