Randall, Sarah Schooley, _My Trip West in 1861_, 211
Rawhide creek, 79
Raymond, Mrs. Mabel, 339
Raymond, Nebraska, 184
Reavis-Ashley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338
Reavis, Isham, 253
Reavis, Mahala Beck, 253
Red Cloud, Nebraska, 137, 339
Red Lion mill, 109
Redman, Joseph, 93
Reed, Alexander, 284
Reeder, Mrs. James G., _Pioneer Life_, 246
Rees, Henrietta M., 336
Republic county, Kansas, 142
_Republican_, Omaha, 95
Republican river, 60, 61, 105, 154, 222, 225, 242
Republican Valley, 58, 214, 222, 243, 327
Reverend Reuben Pickett chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution,
339
Reynolds, Nebraska, 140
Reynolds, B. W., 80
Reynolds, Wilson, 80
Rhoades, Orrin, 284
Rhustrat, Dr., 80
Richardson, Lyman, 92
Ringer, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford, 186
Ringer, Frank J., 186
Ringer, Jennie Bell, 185
Ringer, John Dean, 186
Riverton, Nebraska, 239
Rock Bluffs, Nebraska, 37, 94
Rock creek, 139, 144, 153, 161, 270
Rockport, Nebraska, 266, 286, 298
Rockwood, Martin T., 67
Roe, Thomas, 107
Rogers, Mrs. Samuel E., 92
Romigh, Mrs. Viola, 339
Root, Aaron, 92
Root, Mrs. Allen, 91
Roper, Ford, 122
Roper, Fred E., 268-271
Roper, Joe B., 270
Roper, Laura, 218, 270
Roper, Mann E., 269
Roscoe, B. S., 30, 31, 32
Roscoe, Mrs. Isabel, _A Pioneer Nebraska Teacher_, 30
Rose creek, 140, 144, 148, 153, 155, 156, 279
Rosewater, Edward, 189
Roy, George, 252, 253
Roy, Mrs. Thyrza Reavis, _Personal Reminiscences_, 252, 253
Royce, Loie, 203
Rulo, Nebraska, 252
Rushville, Nebraska, 24
Russell, Alice M., 281
Russell, Mrs. E. A., _Reminiscences_, 281
Russell, Rev. E. A., 281
Russell, H. C., 49
Russell, Mrs. Lucinda, 275
Russell, Majors and Waddell, 214, 240
St. Joe & Denver City R. R. Co., 144
St. Joe and Grand Island R. R., 75, 144
St. Joseph, Missouri, 155, 211, 241, 252, 270
St. Leger Cowley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 337
St. Marys, Iowa, 290
St. Nicholas hotel, 92
St. Paul, Nebraska, 204
Saline City, 177
Salt creek, 221
Saltillo, Nebraska, 97
Salt Lake City, 269
Sanborne, John P., 192
Sand Hills, 258
Santa Fe trail, 308, 316
Saratoga (Omaha), Nebraska, 93
Sarpy, Peter A., 290, 307-321
Sarpy's trading post, 311, 317
Saunders county, 80, 87
Sawyer, Mrs. A. J., 275
Saxon, Elizabeth, 276
Schmeling, Frank, 214
School creek, 18, 43
Schooley, Charles A., 211
Schwatka, Lieut. Frederick, 326, 327, 328, 331
Schwerin, Rev. W., 45
Scofield, T. D., 17
Scott, ----, 128
Scott, Miss Lizzie, 16
Scott, Mrs. Mathew T., 338
Scottsbluff country, 264
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, 339
Scully, Lord, 130
Second Nebraska Cavalry, 242, 292
Second U. S. Cavalry, 280
Selden, Mrs. O. B., 92
Selleck, Wellington W., 16
Seward, 254
Seward county, 254, 255, 262
Seward, Nebraska, 187, 248, 250, 334, 336, 337
Seymour, Elizabeth Porter, _Early Experiences in Nebraska_, 163-165
Shader, Mr. and Mrs. A. L., 140
Shader, Claiborn, 140
Shattuck, Etta, 203
Sheldon, Addison E., 188, 189, 258
Shell creek, 201
Shelton, Nebraska, 339
Sheridan (Auburn), Nebraska, 212
Sheridan, Gen. Phil, 327
Sherman, General, 192
Shields, Mrs. Herman, 306
Shields, Thomas, 255
Shipley, 286
Shirley, William, 44
Shorter county, 191-192
Showalter, Dr., 141
Shumway, Grant Lee, _Pioneering_, 263
Sidney, Nebraska, 25, 193, 264
Sidney trail, 25
Sixth U. S. Infantry, 307, 309
Slade, Jack, 324, 325
Slade, Lyman or Jack, 153
Slocumb, Charles, 145
Slocumb and Hambel, 144
Sluyter, Isaiah, 16
Smith, ----, 178, 291
Smith, Adam, 201
Smith Brothers, 123
Smith, C. B., 91, 92
Smith, Mrs. C. B., 91
Smith, Charles, 78
Smith, Dan, 77
Smith, Mrs. Dan, 77
Smith, De Etta Bell, 185
Smith, Edmund Burke, 185
Smith, Mrs. Eleanor Murphey, 339
Smith, Hazel Bell, 185
Smith, Mrs. J. Fred, 306
Smith, J. G., 78
Smith, John, 13
Smith, Major, 119
Smith, Samuel C., 246
Smith, Towner, 78
Smith, Col. Watson B., 326
Snake creek, 25
Snowden, Mrs. William P., 92
Solomon river, 218
Sommerlad, H. W., 260
Sons of the American Revolution, 187, 188
Soules, ----, 175
Southwell, ----, 33
Spade, Dan, 109
Spade, William, _Fillmore County in the 70's_, 109
Spanish American War, 334
Spillman, Jerome, 300
Stall, Irwin, 259
Stanley, C., 244, 245
Stanton county, 266, 267
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 275, 277
Staples, David, 168, 171-173
Starbuck, Rev. Charles, 206
Star hotel, Fairbury, 143
Stark, Isaac W., 16
Stark, John, 15
Stark, Margaret, 15
State Federation of Woman's Clubs, 254
Stebbins, Mrs. W. M., _The Erickson Family_, 76
Steele, Annie M., 275
Steele, Mrs. Annie Strickland, 334
Steele, Calvin F., 143, 166, 275
Steele, Mrs. C. F., _Personal Recollections_, 166-167; _Finding the
George Winslow Grave_, 168
Stephen, Bennett chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338
Stevens, Col. George, 284, 293
Stevens, Mary M. A., 334
Stevens, William, 250
Stiles, James, 32
Stilts, Judge, 287
Stockville, Nebraska, 263
Stone, Dr. ----, 248
Stone, Lucy, 275
Storer, William, 28
Stout, D. D., 290
Stout, E. P., 290
Stromsburg, Nebraska, 339
Stubbs, Mrs. J. J., 336
Stuckey, Capt. John S., 58
Stuckey, Joseph, 58
Stuckey, Samuel Clay, 58
Stuhl, Joseph, 16
Stutzman, Henry, 14
Sullivan, Potter C., 298
Sumner, Nebraska, 66
Superior chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338
Superior, Nebraska, 111, 338
Sutton, Nebraska, 18, 43, 44, 339
Swan Brothers, 26
Swan creek, 140, 148-149
Sweetser, ----, 174
Sweezy, William F., 92
Taggart, Rev. J. M., 296
Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Ben, 47
Talbot, Bishop, 241
Talbot, John, 223, 226
Talbot, Dr. Willis, 49
Tall Bull (Cheyenne Indian), 198
Tash, Ira E., _Historical Sketch of Box Butte County_, 25
Taylor, J. O., 46
Taylor, Tim, 152
Tecumseh, Nebraska, 161, 275
Tenth U. S. Infantry, 242
Thayer county, 140, 270, 277
Thayer County Woman's Suffrage Association, 277, 278
Thayer, Gen. John M., 92
Thayer, Mrs. John M., 92
_The Conservative_, 238
_The Homesteader_, 248
Thomas, S. G., 175
Thomas & Champlin, 141, 142
Thompson, Barbara J., 278
Thirty-seventh Star chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338
Thirty-two Mile creek, 12
Three Groves, Nebraska, 95
Three Trails chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339
Thurston, Mrs. John M., 334
Tibbetts, Mrs. Addison S., 335
Timberville (Ames), Nebraska, 306
Tinklepaugh, Roy, 127
Tipton, James, 59
Tipton, Thomas W., 213
Tisdale, Thomas H., 260, 261
Tooth & Maul, 91
Towle, Albert, 151
Towle, Mrs. Eliza, 187
Towle, Mrs. Elizabeth, 334
Tree planting, 238, 297
Trefren and Hewitt, 46
Tremont house, 92
_Tribune_, The Fremont, 79
Troup, Mrs. Elsie De Cou, 189
Tucker, ----, 60
Tucker family, 57
Tucker, Tudor, 58
Tulley, Mrs. Capitola Skiles, 339
Turkey creek, 225
Turner, Eliza, 78
Turner, Mrs. George, 82
Turner, Mrs. Margaret, 78
Ulig, ----, 217
Union Pacific R. R., 16, 29, 54, 55, 57, 62, 66, 75, 76, 82, 84, 91, 95,
104, 106, 161, 192, 193, 198, 199, 200, 243, 245, 264, 327
United States Daughters of the War of 1812, 253
Upper 96 ranch, 77
Valentine, Nebraska, 22, 334
Vallery, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob, 41
Valley county, 204
Van Horn, James, 291
Van Vliet, Brig. Gen. Stewart L., 225
Vance, Mrs. Laura (Laura Roper), 270
Vanier brothers, 294
Vermillion, A. Martha, 278
Virginia, Nebraska, 127, 130
Wahoo, Nebraska, 78, 221
Walker brothers, 193
Walker, Major Lester, _Early History of Lincoln County_, 190
Wallace, Mrs. C. M., 339
Walnut creek, 258, 259, 260
Walton, Mrs. Ellen Saunders, _Early Days in Nance County_, 206
Ward, Joseph, 180
Ward, Mrs. Oreal S., 337, 338
Ware, Ellen Kinney, _Early Reminiscences of Nebraska City_, 240
Warfield's ranch, 221
Warrick, Amasa, 286
Warrington, T. L., 68
Warwick, Rev. J. W., 13
Warwick, Lila (or Eliza), 13, 14
Washington county, 286, 287, 290-298
Wasson, ----, 244
Waters, Stella Brown, 49
Waters, William H., 248
Waters, W. W., 49
Waterville, Kansas, 162
Waterville, Nebraska, 142
Watson, W. W., 145
Wayne, Nebraska, 339
Webster, John Lee, _The Last Romantic Buffalo Hunt on the Plains of
Nebraska_, 326
Weed, Thurlow, 44
Weed, William L., 44
Weeks, M. H., 142
Weeks, Mrs. M. H., _Early Days in Jefferson County_, 175
Weeks, Mary, 175
Weeping Water, Legend of, 39
Weeping Water, Nebraska, 36, 37, 38, 339
Weeping Water river, 220
Wehn, ----, 116
Weisel, George, 139
Wells Fargo Express Company, 25, 77
West, ----, 80
West, Mr. and Mrs., 79
West, Julia, 79
West Blue river, 43, 97, 107, 245, 258, 262
West Blue postoffice, 97
West Point, Nebraska, 36
Western Stage Company, 142
Westling, J. A., 133
Weston, John B., 43
Wharton, Rev. Fletcher L., 213
Wheeler, Judge, 213
Wheeler, Major, 123, 246
Whiskey Run, 169
Whitaker, ----, 103
Whitaker, Sabra Brumsey, 101
White, Rev. A. G., 291
White, Capt. Charles, 43
White Eagle (Pawnee Chief), 194
White, Luke, 100
White, Sammy, 98, 100
Whiterock, Kansas, 131
Whitewater, Jim (Otoe half-breed), 116, 117, 144
Whiting, A. V., 155
Whitney family, 213
Whittaker, Mrs. Clifford, _A Good Indian_, 74
Wiggins, Horace S., 15
Wigton, A. L., 15, 17
Wigton, J. W., 17
Wilbur, Nebraska, 163
Wild Bill (James B. Hickok), 139, 153, 270
Wild Cat banks, 237
Wilds, M. B., 291
Wiley, Araminta, 96
Wiley, Gertrude Miranda, 93
Wiley, Hattie, 96
Wiley, Dr. William Washington, 93
Wilkinson, Emma, 305
Wilkinson, Ida, 305
Wilkinson, Nettie, 306
Wilkinson, Thomas, 305, 306
Wilkinson, Mrs. Thomas, 305, 306
Wilkinson, William W., 306
Williamson, John, 194, 195
Wilson, ----, 58
Wilson, Capt., 280
Wilson, Luther, 78
Wilson, Perley, 56
Wilson, W. R., 82
Wiltse, Chauncey Livingston, _The Pawnee Chief's Farewell_, 208-210
Winslow, Edward, 171
Winslow, Eleazer, 171
Winslow, George, 168-174
Winslow, Mrs. George, 170
Winslow, George E., 170
Winslow, George Edward, 171
Winslow, Henry O., 170, 171
Winslow, Mrs. Henry, 168
Winslow, James, 171
Winslow, Jesse, 170, 173
Winslow, Josiah, 171
Winslow, Kenelm, 170, 171
Winslow, Shadrach, 171
Wint, Brig. Gen. Theodore, 189
Woerner, Mike, 216
Wolf creek, 117
_Woman's Journal_, 277, 278
Woman's suffrage, 275-278
Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Kentucky, 91
Wood river, 27, 60, 66
Wood River Centre, 27, 28
Woodhurst, Mrs., 182
Woodhurst, Warden, 182
Woods, Jim, 139
Work, George F., _Historical Sketch of Adams County_, 11
Wright, Eben, 13
Wyncoop, Col. ----, 270
Wyoming Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 338
Wyoming Society Sons of the American Revolution, 338
Wyuka cemetery, Nebraska City, 297
Yankee Hill, 177
Yankton, South Dakota, 247
Young, Brigham, 65
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Transcriber's Notes:
Punctuation has been standardised.
Minor printer errors (e.g. omitted, superfluous or transposed
characters) have been fixed.
Kearny and Kearney are both used in this text.
Page 13, "Rhoderic" changed to "Roderick" (Roderick Lomas) [per internet
search]
Page 25, "Eldorado" changed to "El Dorado" (trip to the new El Dorado)
Page 96, "Asch" changed to "Asche" (A. Dove Wiley Asche) [per internet
search]
Page 125, "benumed" changed to "benummed" (being benummed myself) [per
Webster's 1828 Dictionary]
Page 170, "daguerrotype" changed to "daguerreotype" (daguerreotype of
Mr.) (daguerreotype of George)
Page 171, "1833" changed to "1633" (colony in 1633)
Page 219, "repellant" changed to "repellent" (seemed repellent, irksome)
Page 226, "repellant" changed to "repellent" (and repellent fear)
Page 226, "arborially" changed to "arboreally" (arboreally interred)
Page 227, "markmanship" changed to "marksmanship" (no deft marksmanship)
Page 281, "Nemeha" changed to "Nemaha" (grazing in the Nemaha)
Page 308, "Ottoes" changed to "Otoes" (the "Ottoes, Pawnees)
Page 315, the spelling of "delf" was retained (per Webster 1828
Dictionary)