and, as it contained a little silver, he separated the silver from
the lead as best he could and made counterfeit coins. In this
connection the author of _A History of Union County, Kentucky_,
further comments:
“The traditions of Duff’s great wealth have acted upon many of the
citizens of Caseyville much as the tales of Captain Kidd’s plunder
affected the inhabitants of Long Island. Youthful imaginations have
been inflamed with thoughts of the fabulous wealth stored away in
some cavern along the Caseyville cliffs. Many a ramble has turned
into a search for the caves in that vicinity, but so far as the
public knows, none of them has ever eventuated in any discoveries.”
«36a» Sturdevant’s stockaded fort stood on the long bluff
immediately above what later became the town of Rosiclare,
Illinois, and commanded a good view of the Ohio. Dr. Daniel
Lawrence, of Golconda, saw the ruins of the Sturdevant house as
late as 1876. The place had then been in a dilapidated condition
for some time, but enough remained to show that in its day it was
a substantial log structure, a story and a half high, with three
rooms on the ground floor, including a log L on the north side.
Digging into some of the old logs, he discovered many small holes
made by bullets. A new stone quarry was in operation at the time of
his visit and he was present when a blast blew out of a crevice a
set of dies for making counterfeit half dollars. The foreman took
the plates home for souvenirs, but their whereabouts is now unknown.
«37» The _Chicago Times_ published an article July 17, 1879,
entitled “Hell on the Ohio,” which, in 1888, was republished in
_The Life of Logan Belt_, a book by Shadrack L. Jackson, who then
lived in the village of Cave-in-Rock. This distorted account of
Ford is here reprinted as an example of one of the many absurd and
almost groundless stories that have gained wide circulation:
“Not far from Cave-in-Rock is Ford’s Ferry, which gets its name
from a man who was one of the noted criminals of pioneer history.
He lived on the Kentucky side about two miles above Cave-in-Rock
and was ostensibly a farmer, owning a large tract of land. He also
kept a hotel. Ford was always surrounded by a gang of desperate
men, highwaymen and murderers, and, while nothing was ever proved
on him, he was looked upon as equal to his companions in guilt.
He was a robber of flatboats and of emigrants. Dead bodies were
found near his house, and isolated and freshly made graves were
discovered in that neighborhood. Men were known to start West with
a little money, to locate, and were never after heard of. Their
friends would inquire, follow them to Ford’s and there lose all
traces of them. It was one of his habits to cut down trees and
obstruct the road to rival ferries, until the owners would be
compelled to quit and leave, thinking retaliation only a means of
provoking death. But Ford brought on himself the penalty of his
lawlessness.
“An old feud existed between him and the father-in-law of a man
named Simpson, and Ford killed his enemy. Simpson gathered a crowd
of friends and went armed to Ford’s house for the purpose of
killing him. They found him on the Illinois side loading a boat. He
knew at once why they had come, begged for his life and appealed
for protection to one of their number, Jonathan Brown by name.
Brown was touched by the appeal and interceded for the terrified
man. The plea was so far successful that the crowd waited two or
three hours, but when darkness came, they took him out and shot him
dead when he was begging hardest to be spared. It is said that none
of the crowd proper did the shooting, but that Simpson compelled
his negro to do the deed.”
«38» It may be proper here to record that descendants of James
Ford, like the descendants of other crude but strong pioneer stock,
rose to deserved prominence in the business and social life of
several western cities. The family is scattered, but the respect
its members command and the success they have achieved bears
testimony to the strain of ability and energy inherent in the
blood. It leads also to deeper consideration of one of the theories
in the Ford’s Ferry mystery, that James Ford was perhaps a victim
of circumstances growing out of his peculiar personality in a
dangerous surrounding.
«39» The crime was committed in that part of Gallatin County which
in 1839 (when Hardin County was formed out of parts of Gallatin
and Pope counties) became the eastern portion of Hardin. Previous
to the organization of Hardin, Cave-in-Rock was a “corner” at the
southern extremity of the line separating the two original counties.
«40» The fact that the names Murrell and Mason sound somewhat alike
is sometimes the cause of confusion. For example, occasionally one
hears that Little Harpe cut off the head of Murrell, whereas Harpe
was hanged when Murrell was four or five years old.
On a map of the Ohio, compiled 1911–14 under the supervision of the
Ohio River Board of Engineers on Locks and Dams, Cave-in-Rock is
erroneously designated Merrell’s [sic] Cave.
One absurd tradition has it that James Ford’s first wife was a
sister of Murrell, and another is to the effect that both Ford and
his wife were related to Mason, Murrell, and the Harpes.
«41» An exhaustive search through the fiction printed during the
first part of last century probably would result in finding all the
Cave-in-Rock tales referred to by early writers.
Henry R. Schoolcraft visited the Cave in 1818 and in his _Personal
Memoirs_ commented that “as a scene of a tale of imaginative
robber-life it appeared to me to possess great attractions.”
Later in his book entitled _The Indian in His Wigwam_ he adds:
“The Cave’s associations of the early robber era ... have been
commemorated by the pen of fiction of Charles Brockden Brown.”
In 1834 Charles Fenno Hoffman writes that “its peculiar form has
suggested one of the most agreeable tales to an admired Western
writer.” Edmund Flagg, in _The Far West_, written in 1836, states
that murdering and boat robbing perpetrated at the Cave by Samuel
Mason and his band “has suggested a spirited tale from a popular
writer.”
Judge James Hall wrote for a number of magazines. Among his
articles may be one on the outlaws at Cave-in-Rock, or a story
in which he pictures the activities of the Harpes, the Masons,
and others during their stay there. My search for any of his Cave
sketches has been fruitless.
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