Brown, Robert W., Rev., gave History of Diocese Grand Rapids, 9, 509-521; mem- ber society, 52.
Brown, S. R., 552. Brown, S. S., 431.
Brown, William, 654.
Brown, William H., 238, 717. Brown, W. L., gift to society, 23.
Brown county, organized and named, 447- 449.
Brown directory Three Rivers, cited, 435. Browne,, Dr., Howell, 180. Brownell & Dexter, 432.
Brownston, population, 563. Brummelkamp, A., Rev., 206, 207. Brundage, Perry, pioneer Howell, 191. Brush, Elijah, sketch, 342.
Brush, Elijah, Mrs., (Adelaide Askin) 341. Buchanan, Baldoon settler, 79. Buchanan, lad died at sea, 780. Buchanan, Claude R., gave memoir Mrs. T. D. Gilbert, 49, 693-698. Buchanan, John, brother buried at sea, 80. Buchanan, Sophie Bingham, Mrs. biography of Mrs. Campau, 64-69; death reported, 22; member society, 7; re- marks on, by Mrs. Ferrey, 19; visited the soo, 694.
Bucher, Mrs., Three Rivers, 419. Buck, D. W., built opera house Lansing, 738.
Buck, George, sr., built mill, 424, 431, 432; first landlord Three Rivers, 427, 428; first settler 2d ward Three Rivers, 417, 418; postmaster Three Rivers, 427. Buck, George W., jr., veteran civil war, 428; story, 419, 420.
Buck, M. J., built opera house Lansing, 738.
Buck Hotel, (Tavern) (Half Way House) Three Rivers, 420, 428.
Bucks, 427 see Three Rivers.
Buckle, Ezekiel, pioneer Howell, 192. Buckley, (Bukly) Gershom Taintor sketch, 94.
Bucknell, Thomas, pioneer Howell, 192. Buffalo, (Bison) none at Detroit, 329. Buffalo House, Three Rivers, 428. Buildings, Detroit 1796, 340; in Three Rivers described, 430, 431. Bukly, 94 see Buckley.
Bulger, A. H., Capt. letter from McDouall regarding Fort George, 87. Bulkley, Delia, Mrs., 530.
Bull, Albert E., shot Indian horse, 667; sketch, 660.
Bull, Albert E., (nephew) married Mrs. A. E. Bull, 660.
Bull, Albert E., Mrs., Lydia A. Shaw, and Mrs. Albert E. Bull, second, 600. Bull, Lydia A., Mrs., (Shaw) married Albert E. Bull, nephew, 660.
Bull Run, battle effect on trade, 31-32. Bullet mould, presented society, 23.
Bullock, Richard, Capt., Commandant Fort Mackinac, 86, 87.
Bumphrey, M. H., paper History of Three Rivers, 50, 417-436.
Bunce, Zephaniah W., judge pioneer St. Clair county, 574; member legislative council, 635.
Bunch of Grapes, Boston tavern, 140. Bunker, Slocum H., first settler Hastings, 646, 648, 652.
Bunker, Slocum H., Mrs., only white woman in Hastings, 646.
Bunker, Thomas, first county clerk Barry, 646.
Bunn, John, pioneer Howell, 191. Bunn, Ralph, pioneer Howell, 191. Miss, 68.
Burch, William, pioneer Howell, 193. Burd, -, Dr., second in Three Rivers, 436. Burdick, judge, 644.
Burdick, J., president Detroit & St. Joseph railroad, 101.
Burgoyne, John, British general, 656. Burial place, Cadillac, 109.
Burling, Elizabeth Horner, Mrs., gave life of father Gov. Horner, 43, 49, 624-627; reception to, 47.
Burnet, David G., president Senate Texas Republic, 243.
Burnett, James, in charge St. Joseph mis- sion, 639.
Burnett, Matt, sr., storekeeper, 292; left farm, 317.
Burnett, Matt, jr., 292. Burnett, Sam, 292.
Burnett, William, started St. Joseph trad- ing post, 639.
Burnette, Judge, Ohio, 507. Burns, Mr., gift to museum, 54. Burr, Miss, gifts to museum, 9.
Burr, C. B., (F.) Dr., offered birthday con- gratulations to T. W. Palmer, 12; gift to museum, 53.
Burr, David H., made map Michigan, 633. Burrell, Jack, justice peace, 301.
Burrell, Jack, Mrs., (Álmira) 301. Burritt, Elihu, 171.
Burrough, William, stage driver death re- corded, 651, 654.
Burrows, Julius Caesar, U. S. Senator, 417, 427.
Burt, Alvin, used solar compass, 114, 116, 117.
Burt, Austin, paper on Solar Compass, 114- 116.
Burt, E. F., 180, 181, 184.
Burt, Horace E., paper on invention Burt's compass, 117-118.
Burt, John, gave history of solar compass, 114, 117. Burt, Wells, 114.
Burt, William, (son W. A.) sketch of solar compass, 112-118.
Burt, William Austin, judge, 685; awarded medal, 117; completed Dr. Houghton's
work, 113; discovery iron ore, 113, 347; invented equatorial sextant, 114; in- vented solar compass, 684; marked boundary line, 167; no reward from Con- gress for Compass, 118; patented com- pass, 117; portrait and compass given museum, 112, 114; question over pay for compass, 116; sketch cited, 112; state's debt to, 114.
Burt, William Austin, Mrs., presented relics to society, 23.
Burt heirs gave W. A. Burt's portrait to society, 114.
Burt's Solar Compass, 684; description by Austin Burt, 114-116.
Burton, -, Mr., farm now M. A. C. grounds, 3.
Burton, Clarence M., historigrapher Detroit,
president M. P. & His. Soc., 1, 4, 18, 36, 41, 43, 48, 587; address, at annual meet- ings, 1, 17, 20, 21, 42, 43; at Flint, 12; at Kalamazoo, 30; appointed nominating committee, 18; bought manuscripts, 45; commended Emily Ward, 5; early essay "Horrors of War," 647; edited collec- tions, 50; manuscripts cited, 513; papers amusements in Detroit in colonial days, 5, 324-342; boundaries U. S. under 1782 treaty, 130-139; Cadillac's home, 105- 111; photographed manuscripts, 46; pos- sesses Risdon map, 636; remarks cited, 37; work for society commended, 14, 15, 45, 51, 152, 647. Burton, Clarence M., Mrs., (Anna) visited Cadillac's home, 105.
Burton, "Aunt Hattie," Ionia settler aided by Campau, 65.
Burton, M. Agnes, compiled biography
Judge Patterson, 43, 717, 718; edited collections, 50; pay for editing, 25, 55. Burton, Thomas, opposed sale public lands, 242.
Bush, Edward P., sketch, 187.
Bush, Elbert, 180.
Bush, John N., remarks by, 48.
Bush, Rufus T., 181.
Bush & Patterson, 525.
Bushnell, Horace, Dr., 233.
Bushnell, Harvey, pioneer Howell, 193. Butler, William G., pioneer Saugatuck, 157.
Butterworth and Lowe, 71.
Byrd, W. P. Q., Rev., colored, 736. Byrne, James, Rev., Midland, 515. Byrne, Thomas, lumberman, 682.
Cabell, Joseph C., Virginia senator estab- lished U. of Virginia, 236, 237. Cabin, Uncle Tom's, brought out by Fugi- tive slave law, 268; factor in Rebellion, 276.
Cadillac, Antoine, (Laumet) de la Mothe, founder of Detroit, 275, 324, 455, 656, 715; accompanied by French, 327; ap- pointed governor New Orleans, 332; brought three horses into Detroit, 330,
331; built second fort Mackinac, 90; burial place, 109; characteristics, 331; death recorded, 110; disputed trade with Canada company, 332; family genealogy of, 110; heirs naturalized, 111; inventory at Detroit, 329; land grants annulled, 333; name on house, 105, 108, 110; paper by Mr. Burton on visit to his home, 105- 111; religion of, 106; signed name La Mothe Launay, 105; trouble with Jesuits, 325.
Cadillac, Antoine, jr., sketch, 110.
Cadillac, Antoine, Mrs., (Marie Therese
Guyon) 105; arrival Detroit, 1702, 328. Cadillac, Francois, married Angelique Fur- gole, 111.
Cadillac, Francois, Mrs., (Angelique Fur- gole Salvignac) 111.
Cadillac, Jacques, came to Detroit 1702, 110.
Cadillac, Jean Antoine, death recorded, 111. Cadillac, Joseph Lamothe, son of Cadillac, 111; sketch, 111.
Cadillac, Joseph, Mrs., (Marguerite de Gregoire) 110.
Cadillac, Judith, brought up by Ursuline Nuns, 110.
Cadillac, Magdelene, 110. Cadillac, Marguerite Anne La Mothe, daughter of Joseph Lamothe Cadillac, 111.
Cadillac, Marie Agatha, 111. Cadillac, Marie Anne, death recorded, 111. Cadillac, Marie Therese, (Mrs. Francois-
Hercule de Poursargues) daughter of Cadillac, 111.
Cadillac, La Mothe Marie Therese, (Mrs. Bartholomy de Gregoire) daughter of Joseph Lamothe Cadillac, 111.
Cadillac, Pierre Denis, death recorded, 111. Cadillac, Rene Louis, death recorded, 111. Cadillac, name for Lake Michigan, 442. Cadillac, papers cited, 30.
Cahill, Edward, judge, committee work by, 2, 3, 5, 27-29, 48, 681; paper Historical lights from Judicial decisions, 118; resolutions offered by, 2, 48, 49.
Calash bonnet, loaned by Mrs. Ferrey, 9. Caldwell, Edward, Rev., consultor to Right
Reverend Bishop, 519.
Caldwell, J. M., 283.
Caldwell, James T., 281.
Caldwell, John, 281.
Caldwell, W. G., manufacturer, 424, 432.
Caldwell & Co., 432.
Caldwell, Twichell & Co., 423.
Calhoun, John C., vice president U. S., county named for, 455.
Calhoun county, organized and named, 455; part played in history, 220-279; population, 219.
California, bought Bancroft manuscripts,
Calkins, E. A., presented book to society, 9. Calkins, Edmund Piper, member society, 7. Calkins, Sylvester, Rev., 182.
Campau, Louis, sr., Mrs., (Therese Moran) 65.
Campau, Louis, "Uncle," Indian trader, at Grand Rapids, 65, 66, 98, 452, 638, 659; aid to Ionia settlers, 65; dressed like Indian, 666; founder of Grand Rapids, 64, 95; married Ann Knaggs, second wife Sophie de Marsac, 65; president People's Bank, 102; sketch, 65.
Campau, Louis, Mrs., (Ann Knaggs) first wife, second Sophie de Marsac "Aunt Sally" biography, 64-69; death recorded, 69; described, 66; one of first women Grand Rapids, 64; portrait facing, 64. Campau, (Phebe Lewis) see Mrs. Edward Campau.
Campau, Sophie de Marsac, Mrs., see Mrs. Louis Campau.
Campau, Touissaint, nephew of Louis, 65. Campau, Touissaint, Mrs., (Emily Marsac) 65.
Campbell, Dr., Battle Creek, 280. Campbell, Caroline P. Mrs., 49 see Mrs. James H. Campbell.
Campbell, Donald, Capt., gave ball at Detroit, 1761, 334.
Campbell, Eri, pioneer Howell township, 194.
Campbell, James H., Mrs., (Caroline P.) introduced twin daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution at meeting, 48; offered resolution regarding Gov. Mason flag, 37; paper on Michigan seal cited, 49. Campbell, James V., LL. D., supreme justice Mich., 28, 451, 549, 552, 574, 600; opinion Michigan Statehood, 129. Campmeeting, described, 308, 309. Canada, boundaries, 135, 136; new govern- ment planned for, 134; pony cart, 552; trail route, 668, 672.
Canal, Caledonian Scotland, 143; Erie aid to emigration, 143-145, 454, 457, 547, 555, 559; opening of, 143;
Canal, Miami, much used, 147; object of, 146.
Canal, Ohio started, object of, 146. Candy heart, bought 1862, presented museum, 9.
Cannon, George H., death reported, 8; gave Burt's solar compass to society, 114; life of Burt cited, 112; memoir, 17, 73, 684- 686; portrait facing, 64; paper Michigan Land Boundary, 163-168, 686; paper Prehistoric Forts in Macomb county, 73-76, 686.
Cannon, George H., Mrs., (Lucy M. Cole) 685.
Canoes, (dug-outs) described, 669; means of transportation, 465.
Capitol at Lansing economically
structed, 706; located at Lansing, 737. Cap-squa-itt, Indian name for Hooker, 62. Captain of Milwaukee boat murdered, 161. Card receiver, for museum from Pearl Pope, 9.
Cardell, Benjamin W., 184.
Carder, Lizzie, teacher, 527. Carey, Calvin, 169; wounded in civil war, 170.
Carey, C. L., missionary among Indians, 168; death recorded, 169.
Carey, David L., death recorded, 169. Carey, Etta Maria, 169. Carey, George W., 168. Carey, Henry C., 603. Carey, John F., 168. Carey, Joseph Thomas, 169. Carey, M., atlas of, 633.
Carey, Nancy, Mrs., (C. L.) autobiography, 168-171; captured by Lee's guerillas, 170; death recorded, 8, 170; discharged as nurse, 170; father member of Masonic lodge, 171; given umbrella by Lincoln and this given to museum, 24, 170; sons in civil war, 169, 170.
Carey, Rachel Jane, 169.
Carey & Lea, map makers, described, 633. Carey Mission, location, 478, 639. Carl,, Col., died from wounds civil war, 170.
Carl, John, pioneer Howell, 190.
Carleton, Frank Tracy, Dr., Hillsdale Col- lege paper, 201-204.
Carleton, Guy Sir, (Lord Dorchester) gov. gen. Canada, 444.
Carleton, (Carlton) Luther, landlord Three Rivers House, 428.
Carleton, Smith H., planted first shade trees Kalamazoo, 41.
Carleton, Will, Michigan poet, address cited, 4, 19; expenses, 55. Carlton, Luther, miller, 432.
Candle stick and snuffers, presented society, 10.
Carpenter, Sidney, pioneer Howell town- ship, 193.
Carpet, peacock belonging to Campaus, 67.
Carr, A. G., gift to museum, 9.
Carr, Miles, 666.
Carrier, Edwin, 422.
Carroll, John, Rev. D. D., first bishop Baltimore, 510.
Cars, first passenger, described, 495, 500. Carte, Pisano, oldest map of Michigan, 628. Carter, Mr., American representative London, 131.
Carton, A. C., elected trustee, 48.
Carton, John, Hon., remarks at Flint meet- ing, 15.
Carver, Jonathan, American traveller, 475. Casart, J., Rev., circuit rider, 182.
Case, Daniel, pioneer Howell, 183, 188, 190; sketch, 187.
Case, F., Three Rivers, 428. Case, Fred H., editor, 426, 428. Case, F. M. & Co., 424, 433.
Case, James A., death reported, 8.
Case, Job, pioneer Howell, 188; death re- corded, 186.
Case, R. E., editor, 426.
Casey, William, runaway slave, 283. Cass, Lewis, gov. Mich., gen. U. S. Sec. War, 116, 447, 453, 456, 460, 478, 571, 574, 693, 732; aided Michigan progress, 451, 452, 471, 545; appointed U. S. Secre- tary War, 467; attitude toward slavery, 275; commended, 455; defeated for president U. S., 256, 264, 269, 272; edu- cated Indian, 662; founded Detroit His- torical Society, 30, 556; gave Pontiac manuscript to Parkman, 45; made treaty with Indians, 197, 450, 639; named eleven Michigan counties, 477; nativity, 573; ordered investigation horses stolen from Indians, 156; organized new coun- ties, 452; political measures, 244, 268; preserved traditions, 453; presidential candidate, 255, 261, 262, 263; proclama- tion cited, 449, 478; re-established Wayne Co., 445, 446; statue at Washington, 5, 27, 29.
Cass county organized and named, 455; pioneers, 637-645.
Cassoway,, kept trading post Three Rivers, 419.
Castelsarrassin, France, Cadillac's home, 107-109.
Casterton, John, pioneer Howell, 194. Castle, Baldoon, described, 82. Catholepistemiad, original name U. of M., 237, 556.
Catholics Roman, church at Howell, 184; established High School Grand Rapids, 517; first church in Kalamazoo, 526; first priest in Michigan, 509; report of churches and work, 520, 521.
Cavalry, Third N. Y., service in civil war, 691.
Cemetery, pioneer Three Rivers, 420, 421;
started Grand Traverse, 310.
Census, Michigan 1810, 549; for 1830, 456. Central House, Hotel, Three Rivers, 428.
Certificates, marriage, presented society, 23.
Chacorne, Francois Augustus, Baron de Joannes Chevalier, Cap., sketch cited, 331.
Chab-we-gan, 463 see Cheboygan. Chadwick, Theron H., anti-slavery ad- vocate, 280.
Chaffee, Michael, pioneer Howell, 194. Chairs, Governor and Judges in museum,
described, 323; given society from Masons by E. J. Wright, 1, 2, 322-324. Champlain, Samuel de explorer, 455, 458, 463; named lake Huron, 465.
Champlin, Sally Ann, (Mrs. Ebenezer O. Grosvenor) 703.
Chandler, Zachariah, U. S. Senator, 54, 256, 277; anti-slavery advocate, 255, 265, 275; candidate for governor, 271; dele- gate national convention Philadelphia, 273; letter from Gen. Custer, 489, 490; statue of at Washington voted by legis- lature, 27, 29.
Chapin, Dr., connected with Willard Hospital, 728.
Chapin, A. C., presented portrait Judge Long to museum, 9. Chapin, Samuel A., 130. Chaplin, E. P., 700.
Chaplin, Elisha Powell and wife, 700. Chapman, Alcott C., nativity, 573. Chapoton, Alexander, Commr. building Michigan Capitol, 706. Charboneau,
French pioneer Barry
county, 660; found apple trees at Scale's Prairie, 663.
Charlevoix, Pierre Francois, Xavier de, county named for, 462; quoted, 468; sketch, 462, 463.
Charlevoix county formerly Keshkauko origin of name, 462.
Charlevoix, map cited, 473.
Chase, Miss, death recorded, 533. Chase, Levi, Hastings landlord, 646. Chase, Lew Allen, M. A., paper transporta- tion east and west, 46, 589-609. Chase, N. G., Rev., 183.
Chatfield, Smith, Mrs., gave Crowell bible to society, 9, 212.
Cheboygan county, origin of name, 463, 464.
Chenago, Indian chief, 61, 63. Cheney, W. L., 9.
Cheonoquet, (Big Cloud) Chippewa chief,
meaning of name, 467.
Cheonoquet county, changed to Mont- morency, 467.
Cherronesus, proposed name for Michigan, meaning, 440.
Cheveux Releves, 458 see Ottawas. Chicago, population, 605; railroad im- provements, 607.
Chicago Road or turnpike, 483, 484, 499; appropriation for, 594; site marked at Clinton, 484.
Chicago treaty with Indians, 454, 488. Chiefs, signed treaty, (totem) 83. Child, David, made beet sugar 1840, 129. Child, Jesse, pioneer Howell, 192. Children, cared for by Aunt Emily Ward, 588.
China, collection payment to Mrs. Babbitt for, 11; presented society by Mrs. Hahn, 10.
Chipman, Joseph N., sketch cited, 100. Chippewa, Indian chief, described, 670. Chippewa (Michilimackinac) county, ex- tent, named changed from Michilimacki- nac, 454; organized and named, 447, 448, 454.
Chippewa (Cheppeway) Indians, name for Saginaw, 452; treatment of enemies, 454; treaty with, 197; war with Ottawas, 318. Chippewa, lake boat, 639.
Chittenden, Henry, pioneer Howell, 191. Choate, S. P., Dr., pioneer Three Rivers, 436.
Cholera, at Detroit, 513; ravages of, 287;
stopped Michigan emigration, 545, 547. Chopping knife, presented society by Mrs. and Miss Becker, 10.
Christiancy, Isaac P., judge U. S. Senator,
509; given church land for services, 506. Chuic, William, Tuscarora chief, 169. Church, Thomas B., attorney, 278. Churches, branches of, 515, 516; at Albion,
215; at Arbe Croche, 510; described of Cadillac's home, 109; division in among Hollanders, 205; early Howell described, 183-185; early Three Rivers, 423, 425, 426; first built in Allegan county, 157; first meeting Eaton Rapids, 676; first in Romeo, 155; first in St. Joseph county, 421; records old and valuable, 326; re- port Catholic Grand Rapids Diocese, 509-621; services, 675. Chusco, Ottawa chief, 466. Cider, exported, 333.
Circuit riders, Methodists history of valu- able, 203.
Cisler, brother of Joseph, 667. Cisler, Huston, father of Joseph, 656. Cisler, Huston, Mrs., (Rachel Scott) 656. Cisler, Joseph, 654, 660, 662, 665, 668, 669; related incidents, 666; sketch, 656. Citizen, meaning of term, 609, 610. Citizenship and the Public School, by Prof. Sloan, 47, 609-618.
Civil War, soldiers from Howell, 185; Three Rivers, 429.
Clare, formerly Kaykakee county, origin name, 464.
Clark, Howell attorney, 180. Clark, Mr., leased Baldoon, 84. Clark, Mr., Three Rivers, 432. Clark, Charles, 183.
Clark, George Rogers, gen. captured Gov.
Hamilton, 337, 621.
Clark, Mary, 183. Clark, Matilda, 183.
Clark, Orlando B., Mrs., (Adeline Hyde) 346.
Clark, Walter, teacher Kalamazoo, 529. Clarke, Hovey K., attorney, 221, 261, 271, 272, 273, 276, 277; anti slavery advocate, 263, 264; candidate for attorney general, 270; chairman State Central committee, 270; member house representatives, 265; supreme court reporter, 278. Clarkson, Mary Mrs., 9.
Clay, Henry, defeated for president U. S., 264, 266; statesman, 248; advocate of fugitive slave law, 256, 276.
Clear, John, Mrs., presented society with books, 9.
Cleary, Francis, paper on Old Fort Malden, 15, 370-386.
Cleaveland, John Payne, Rev., president
Marshall College, 237, 238; member legis- lature, 278.
Clemens, Christian, founder Mt. Clemens, 342, 564.
Clement, J. D., Kalamazoo, 36; letter from Joseph Lomax, 31-33; letter from Gov. Osborn, 35.
Cleveland, Dr., Poughkeepsie hospital, 728. Cleveland, Grover, president U. S., 477. Clifton, hotel Battle Creek, 281.
Clinton, DeWitt, gov. New York, built
Ohio Canal, 143, 146, 457; commission from presented society, 9.
Clinton county, named from Gov. Clinton, 457; organized, 456.
Clinton river, formerly Huron, 449, 450, 457.
Clinton (Lenawee Co.) Womans' Club, marked Chicago road, 484. Clippert & Spaulding, 681. Cloth, cotton, price, 676.
Clubs Women's, Alba, White Pigeon, 9; Adrian, 483, 491-498; Isabella started by Mrs. Stone, 173, 174; Kalamazoo, hospitality, 34, 41; Marine City Women's, gift of, 5, 9, 581; Traverse Čity gift to museum, 53, 320.
Clute, H. E. J., editor Three Rivers, 426. Clute, Wilbur H., editor, 426, 427. Coaches, 500 see Cars.
Cob-moo-sa, Ottawa chief, 62. Cochran, Sylvester, Rev., 184. Cocker, William J., death recorded, 538. Coffin, Levi, Quaker organized under- ground railway, 279, 281-283.
Coins, foreign, presented museum by Major Haarer, 9.
Colbert, Jean Baptiste, minister of finance under Louis XIV, 470.
Colbert & Chamberlain, 603.
Colburns, pioneers Massachusetts, 287. Colby, Sheridan J., Hon., death reported, 8. Colden, map with History Five Nations,
Cole, E. & Co., bankers, 426.
Cole, Herman H., postmaster Three Rivers, 427.
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