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]