The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Outlaws Of Cave-in-Rock, by Otto A. Rothert.

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