Laumet de, Jean, father of Cadillac, mar- ried Jeanne de Pecnagut (Jeanne de Malenfant) 105, 106, 110.
Laumet de, Jean, Mrs., (Jeanne de Pecna- gut) 110.
Laumet de, Jeanne, (Mrs. Jean Laires) 110. Laumet de, Paul, 110.
Laumet de, Paul, (Mrs. Martial de Faussat) 110.
Launay, 105 see La Mothe and Cadillac. Laurens, 135.
Lautrette, Mrs., 37.
Laval, de Montmorency, François, Xavier, first bishop of France at Quebec, 467, 510.
Laverdiere, editor Champlain's works, 458.
Lawrence, Wolcott, member legislative council, 634, 635.
Lawrence, Jeremiah, nativity, 573. Laws, made for Detroit government, 336; maritime on Great Lakes decision cited, 130.
Lawyers, early Grand Rapids, 70; first ad- mitted in N. W. Terr'y., 574; pioneer Howell, 180.
Leader, Mrs., 677.
Lee, Frederick J., Howell pioneer, 188; death recorded, 179.
Lee, George W., col., 184, 188; sketch cited, 179.
Lee, George W., Mrs., 184.
Lee, John S., searching runaway slaves, 245.
Lee, Laurilla, 181.
Lee, Mark, early teacher, 41.
Lee, Richard Henry, quoted, 611.
Lee, Robert Edward, confederate general, 170, 171, 624.
Lee, Guerillas, captured Mrs. Carey, 170. Lee & Brother, 179.
Leelanau county, German settlement, 317, 318; meaning of name, 466. Leelinau, Ojibway story, cited, 466.
Le Fevre, (Lefevre) Peter Paul, Bishop, 511, 512, 513; death reported, 513. Lefevre Institute, started at Kalamazoo, 527.
Legend, Indian, 285, 286.
Legislature, changed county names, 461; election 1799, 342; named 48 counties, 477; selected statue at Washington, 29. Legler, Henry E., quoted, 477. Legree, Simon, 252, 258. Leith,
probably of the firm Leith and Sheperd, Amherstburg merchants, 339. Le Jeune, relations of Jesuits quoted, 440, 465.
Leland, John M., 430.
Leland, Waldo G., paper cited, 26.
Le Mer Douce, name for Lake Huron, 440, 441.
Lenawee (Leno, Lenawai) county, de- scribed in 1819, 484, 485; early impres-
sions, 93, 94; first teacher in, 480; Fourth July celebration 1828, 483; landmarks, Mrs. Dodge paper, 19, 478-491; organized and named, 452, 478. Lenawee, name of fourth railroad engine, 495.
Leno, 452 see Lenawee.
Leonard,, Mr., on Thornapple river, 95. Letter of Joseph Bradish 1819, 484, 485; aided Michigan settlements, 576; omitted in Indian alphabet, 64; relics in family of Mrs. Kinney, 84. Levake, H. S., manager railroad ball, 101. Lewis, Calvin, first settler Yankee Springs, 652.
Lewis, J. O., engraved Judd map, 634, 635. Lewis, Phebe, (Mrs. Edward Campau) 666. Lewis, Seth, editor Marshall Statesman, 270.
Lewis, William, captain, Howell company,
Lewis, "Yankee Bill," landlord, elected representative, 652, 666; tavern com- mended, 95.
Lewis, William, Mrs., landlady Yankee Springs, 95.
L'Halle de, Nicolas Bernardin Constantine,
recollect priest, helped start Detroit, 325. Library, given Kalamazoo by Dr. Van
Deusen, 729; school number in state, 6. Library, Congress, exchange, 54.
Library, state, first amount appropriation for, 101.
Light-house, location Bois Blanc, 586. Lignery, Constant le Marchant, de Sieur, sent to fortify Fort Mackinac, 85. Liguori, St. Alphonsus, 511. Lincoln, Abraham, president U. S., 54, 169,
213, 214, 256, 259, 275, 277, 280; gift of umbrella to Mrs. Carey, 24, 170; pro- clamation, 736.
Lincoln, Luther, sketch, 103; son killed by lightning, 103.
Link, Charles M., capt., built schooner Trio, 161.
Linkletter, Calvin, known as Old Man, 305; transportation business, 305; sketch, 303-305.
Linkletter, Clarence, pioneer Benzie county, 304, 305.
Linnell, Martha M., (Mrs. Byron D. Ball) 69.
Linsley, E. B., Hon., 434.
Liquor, Indian name for, 660.
Livermore, Mary A., Mrs., philanthropist, 702.
Livingston, Edward, sketch, 459.
Livingston Center, former name of Howell, 176, 177.
Livingston county, fair grounds, 177; or- ganized and named, 459.
Livingston Courier, pioneer newspaper Howell, 180.
Livingston Democrat, Howell newspaper, 180.
Livingston Hotel, Howell, 180.
Livingston Republican, Howell, 176, 180. Livingstone, Robert R., navigation rights, 125, 126.
Locke, John, quoted, 620. Lock, placed in river, 594.
Lockport, changed to Three Rivers, platted, 417, 427.
Logan, Jim, barber, runaway slave, 284. Logan, former name of Adrian, 482. Lomax, Joseph, first president G. R. & I. R. R., letter read at Kalamazoo, 31-33. Lombard, Mrs., gave solo, 36.
Long, Charles D., justice supreme court, portrait given museum, 9.
Longitude, first used by Ptolemy, 628; starting point of, 628, 629. Longstreet, James, confederate lieut. gen., 170, 171.
Longyear, John W., Mrs., (Harriet Munroe) one of four sisters at meeting, 43. Longyear, John W., Hon., 264; sketch cited, 213.
Loomis, Levi, pay how obtained, 160, 161. Loomis, Marion, first white child born in Ganges, 161.
Lord, E. D., manager railroad ball Dear born 1838, 101.
Lords of Trade, plan for government of Canada, 134.
Lost river, 468 see Manistee,
Lothrop, George Van Ness, Hon., 714. Louck, George, pioneer Howell, 191. Loud, George A., Michigan congressman, 678.
Louis XVII, French Dauphin, 626. Louis Uncle, 67 see Louis Campau. Loveland, Nora L., Mrs., member society,
Lowe, Peter, Tecumseh pioneer, 478. Lowell, Dwight N., memoir, 712, 713. Lowell, Dwight N., Mrs., (Nellie J. Horton) second wife (Marion Stone) 713. Lowell, Josiah, revolutionary soldier, 712. Lowell, Nelson, 712.
Lowell, Percival, 712.
Lowell, Mich., first merchant in, 62. Lucas, Robert, governor Ohio, 687.
Luce, Cyrus G., governor, county named for, 476, 477; sketch, 477.
Luce county, origin of name, 476, 477. Lucking, Alfred, attorney Detroit, 714. Lumber, condition, 216. Lumbering, early industry, 566. Lyon, A. C., 12.
Mac-a-de-pe-nassy, Indian chief, gave tra- dition, 318.
McArthur, Alexander, 646.
McArthur, Duncan, American general, 83. McArthur, Ellen, Mrs., taught first school Hastings, 648.
McBride, Homer J., gave address welcome Flint, 12.
McBride, Robert, Rev., death reported, 184.
McCabe, Charles R., Hon., Marquette,
member legislature solicited portrait Peter White, 1.
McCabe, (MacCabe) Julius Patrick Bolivar, made first directory Detroit, 65, 556. McCabe, (MacCabe) J. P. B., Mrs., (Therese Marsac) 65.
McCallum, Donald, Baldoon settler, 79. McCallum, Hugh, sketch, 84.
McCarthy, James J., Rev., Mt. Pleasant, 515.
McCarty, Dennis, Irish song, 306.
McClellan, A. E., (Mrs. Willard Hayes) 646, 652.
McClellan, Daniel, 652.
McClelland, (McClellen) Robert, governor Mich., 509.
McCloskey, James, defaulter Detroit, 645. McConnell, Henry, quoted, 648.
McConnell, Willard M., Auburn pioneer, 348.
McCormick, John M., (H.) Rt. Rev., gave memoir Dr. Van Deusen, 36, 699, 728- 731.
McCoskey, Samuel, Episcopal Bishop, Michigan, 699.
McCoy, originally McKay, 2.
McCoy, Daniel, biography by Judge Mont- gomery cited, 2; gave replica statue of gov. Mason to society, 9.
McCoy, Isaac, Rev., started mission, 639, 648.
McCullom, William, 280.
McCulloch v Maryland cited, 122; decision regarding, 123-125.
McCutcheon, original name of Cutcheon family, 2.
McDonald, 87 see McDouall.
McDonald, Albert, Baldoon settler, 79. McDonald, Angus, Baldoon settler, 79. McDonald, Angus, printer settled at Al- gonac, 84.
McDonald, Catherine, (Mrs. J. K. Smith) 84.
McDonald, Daniel, Baldoon settler, 79, 81. McDonald, John, Baldoon settler, 79, 81; trouble with Baldoon mysteries, 81. McDonald, Neil, author Belledoon mysteries, 81.
McDonald, Peter, Baldoon settler, 79. Macdonell, Miles, capt., letter book cited, 83.
McDouall, (Donald) R., reinforced Ft. Mackinac, 87.
McDougall, Allen, Baldoon settler, 79. McDougall, George, prisoner among In- dians, 335, 336; escape, 336. McDougall, John, Baldoon settler, 79. McDougall, Laughlin, erected windmill, 82, 83.
McFall, Asa, pioneer Howell, 191. McGee, L. B., Mrs., death reported, 8. McGowan, Miss, in charge Catholic school Kalamazoo, 526. Macijewski, Julian, Rev., Father, 513. McInterfer, Jacob, first settler 3d ward Three Rivers, 417; first school in cabin, 424; built first mill Three Rivers, 431; death recorded, 419, 425; laid out St. Joseph village, 417.
McInterfer, Jacob, Mrs., death recorded, 419; early cooking, 418; named Three Rivers, 419.
McInterfer, Sophia, (Mrs. Lewis Salsig) 417, 438.
Mack, Jenny, (colored) fed Mrs. Carey, 170. Mack, Stephen, col., member legislative council, 635.
McKay, original name for McCoy, 2.
McKay, Mary Nell, U. of M. alumnus, 18. McKee, Alex., D. S. G. D. I. G. I. A., 83. McKee, Thomas, Mrs., (Therese Askin) 341.
McKenny, Thomas L., book quoted, 197; describes Detroit, 555, 576. McKernan, Michael, 181.
McKibbin, Frank, Mrs., U. of M. alumnus, 18.
McKinley, William, president U. S., 24, 170, 476.
Mackinac, (Mackinaw, Michilimackinac)
Fort controlled by United States, 92; dangers met, 89; first built by LaSalle, 90; importance of, 85, 88-92; Indian massacre at, 91; last place occupied by British, 92; reported by Tracy, 86; re- stored to U. S., 87; site changed, 85; size of garrison, 86; under three flags, 89. Mackinac (Michilimackinac,
City, ruins of fort at, 92. Mackinac Island, abandoned by U. S., 85; captured by British, 85; described, 86; surrendered to English, 85. Mackinac Park Commission, 85, 89. Macksawbee, (Sobby) Chippewa chief, 665. McLean, Allen, Baldoon settler, 79.
McLean, John, first circuit court judge in Michigan, 261, 262.
McLean, Robert, pioneer Howell, 191. McLaughlin, Andrew, prof. and author,
227, 231, 233, 545, 550, 556, 561, 573. McManus, P. J., Rev., at St. Andrews, Grand Rapids, 514, 515.
McMillan, James, U. S. Senator, biography by Moore cited, 6, 28.
McMillan, William B., pioneer Howell, 193. McNab, John, Dr., succeeded Earl Selkirk, 83; married Indian, 83.
McNab, John, Mrs., Indian, 83. Macomb, Alexander, U. S. gen., 9, 338; county named for, sketch, 417; statue to in Detroit, 716.
Macomb, William, elected to legislative council, 338, 339.
Macomb estate, Grosse Isle, 342.
Macomb county, extent, 573; organized and named, 447; Prehistoric Forts in paper by G. H. Cannon, 73-76; settle- ment, 570, 571.
McCabe, 65 see MacCabe. McPherson, Baldoon settler, 79. McPherson, Bessie A. Rowe, Mrs., member society, 7.
McPherson, Elizabeth, Howell pioneer, 183. McPherson, William, jr., 177.
McPherson, William, sr., pioneer black- smith Howell, 178, 183, 188; death re- corded, 179; sketch, 187. McPherson & Riddle, 179.
McQueen, James, Eaton county pioneer, land entry, 672; stole goods, 674. McQueen, James, Mrs., announced new settlers, 673.
Macsaubee, Joe, story of, 158.
Macsaubee, Louie, 158.
Madison, Dolly, Mrs., represented by Mrs. Dingley, 36.
Madison, James, U. S. sec. state, fourth president, 449, 503; suit against, 120. Maffit, (Mafit) C. W., editor, 426.
Magnan, J. Roche, Rev., Father, Dean,
death recorded, 519. Mahan, Artemas, 183. Mahan, Polly Ann, 183. Mahan, Sarah, 183.
Mail, early facilities, 33, 162, 298, 299, 482, 555, 556, 646.
Maine Historical Society, exchange, 53, 54. Malden Old Fort and Amherstburg, paper, 15, 370-386.
Malenfant, Jeanne de, married La Mothe Launy, father of Cadillac, 105, 110. Mallock, Ringuette, Mrs., 64.
Malloy, -, Howell tailor, 178.
Man, The, who sold Mackinac Island, paper by S. F. Cook cited, 3.
Manabooza, Indian good spirit, 285, 286. Manasee, surgeon civil war, 170. Manitou county, disappeared, 471, 472, 477; origin of name, 471, 472; proposed to call it Beaver, 472; tradition, 472.
Manitou au kick, (god kettle) 318, 319. Mann, Richard, land looker, 94. Mann, William, 92, 93; letter from John Ball on Michigan, 93-95. Mansfield, Levi, 292.
Mansfield, William Murray, Lord chief justice England, 128.
Manuals, Michigan, presented society, 23. Manufactories, Michigan history of needed,
152; in Calhoun county, 219; early Grand Rapids, 70; Three Rivers, 431-435. Manistee, (Vermillion, Lost, Island in the River) river, 468.
Manistee county, origin of name, 468. Manistique, same as Manistee, 468. Manistique, river confounded with Manistee, 468.
Manuscripts, British museum, 131; Margry papers, 11, 20, 21, 52, 55.
Maple river, decline of, 593; money for improvement of, 101.
Maple sugar, amount made, 313; pioneer commodity, 293, 294; price, 299. Maps of Michigan, paper by W. L. Jenks, 627-637.
Maps, illustrated, Michigan, Farmer's 636; Judd's, 634; Northwest U. S., 628; Ris- don's, 635. Maps, Michigan makers, 627-637; Arrow- smith, 631; Bellin, 443; Bowen, 475; Burr, 633; Carey & Lea, 633; Carte Pisano, 628; Catalan, 628; Coronelli, 442; cost, 636; D'Anville, 443, 629; Delisle, 442, 443; Du Creux, (Creuxius) 441, 443; eighteen hundred thirty-three, 634; English, 631; Farmer, 634; first, 628, 629; Franquelin, 441, 443; Gallinée, 1670; lost, 443; gave stage routes, 501; Hutchins, 630; Joliet, 441; Judd, 634, 635; Marquette, 441; Mitchell, 443, 634; Moll, 443; oldest, 628; Raudin, 442; Ris- don, 634; Sanson, 441; Scott, 632; Seutterie 1730, 442; Singapore, 159; Smith, 636, 637; Thevenot, (Marquette) 441; unknown, 441; Western Boundary, 165; Young, 634.
Marameg, 455 see Kalamazoo. Marbury,
question over appointment
as justice of peace, 120; decision in suit, 121, 122.
Marbury v Madison, cited, 120.
Marest, Pere, Jesuit, gave name Lake Michi- gan or Illinois, 442.
Margaret, protege Aunt Emily Ward, 585, 586.
Margry, Pierre, archivist of Paris, manu- scripts to be published, 20, 21, 52; cost of copying, 11, 55.
Margurite river, 632 see Marquette river. Marietta, emigration from to Michigan, 574. Marine City Women's Club, presented picture Aunt Emily, 5, 9, 581.
Marker, J. J., Dr., gave vocal solos, 18, 19, 55.
Marking Termiņus Erie & Kalamazoo rail- road, 491-498.
Markmanship, value to settlers, 326. Maroumine, 440 see Menominee. Marquette, James, (Jacques) Pere, Jesuit missionary, 90, 196, 622; county named for, 470; established first mission St. Ignace, 90, 509; map made by Thevenot, 441; place of death, sketch, 470, 471; statue at Washington, D. C., 27. Marquette county, origin of name, 470. Marquette river, miscalled Margurite, 632. Marr, Cyrus, pioneer Howell, 190. Marr, Harlem, pioneer Howell, 190. Marr, Jesse, pioneer Howell, 190. Marr, John, death recorded, 186. Marriage, first in Kalamazoo, 34. Marsac, Charles, sketch, 65.
Marsac, Daniel, Indian trader, 95; bio- graphy Hooker, 60-61; married Jenute daughter of chief, 60; second wife Colette Beaufait, 61; sketch, 60, 65.
Marsac, Daniel, Mrs., (Scholastica) (Colette) Beaufait (Beufait) first wife Jenute, 61, 65.
Marsac, Emily, (Mrs. Touissaint Campau) 65.
Marsac, Eulalie Julia, (Mrs. Franklin M. Wing) 65.
Marsac, Geneveva, (Mrs. Henry Campau) 65.
Marsac, Henrietta, 65.
Marsac, Julia Gouin, (Mrs. Anthony Rivard) 65.
Marsac, Jenute, Mrs., (Daniel) Indian wife, 60, 61.
Marsac, Marie Edesse, 65.
Marsac, Marie, half breed, 60; death re- corded, 61.
Marsac, Rene de, maj. gen., genealogy of,
Marsac, Rene, married Eulalie Gouin, 60. Marsac, Rene de, Mrs., (Eulalie Gouin) 60, 65.
Marsac de, Sophie, (Mrs. Louis Campau) 64-69.
Marsac, Susanne, (Mrs. William H. God- froy) 65.
Marsac, Theresa, (Mrs. Julius Patrick Boli- var McCabe) 65.
Marsac, Sophie de, Grand Rapids chapter D. A. R's., 48.
Marsh, Frank, postmaster Kalamazoo, 33. Marsh, F. H., Dr., Howell pioneer, 179. Marsh, John P., Kalamazoo pioneer, 530. Marsh, Orin, first state librarian, sketch, 101.
Marsh, Nathaniel, teacher Kalamazoo, 529. Marshall, John, U. S. chief justice, 123, 125, 256; decision regarding powers of Con- gress, 123, 124; interpreted Constitution, 231; opinion Gibbons v Ogden, 126. Marshall, Mich., abolition mob at, 244-256;
excitement over runaway slave, 244- 247; station underground railroad, 257, Marshall College, formerly Michigan, 237. Marshall Men and Measures in State and
National History, paper by Judge Pat- terson, 27, 220-279.
Marston, Lester and Wesley, 34. Martin, C. W., 713.
Martin, E. H., testimony about invention compass, 117. Martin, Edith, 713.
Martin, Henry J., 35, 713; committee work for society, 1, 3, 18.
Martin, Henry J., Mrs., memoir, 713. Martin, J. J., 713.
Martin, Jennie, 713.
Martin, Luther, U. S. atty. gen., 123. Marvin, Si., desperado, 316, 317.
Mary and John, ship in Winthrop fleet,
Maskego, Mashkigong, 473 see Muskegon river.
Mason, Cornelius, 654. Mason, Gardner, 183.
Mason, George, author Virginia Bill of Rights, 237.
Mason, Governor, 101 see Governor Mason. Mason, J. G., Mrs., (Mary Curtis) 181. Mason, Stevens T., boy gov. Mich., 27, 40, 43, 128, 129, 460, 687; advocated railroads, 597; county named for, 467; defended Michigan boundaries, 507; elec- tion methods, 99; message quoted, 612; renominated for governor, 98; replica of statue gift of Daniel McCoy, 9; resolu- tion regarding flag, 37; sketch, 467, 468; vetoed bad school bill, 522; visited Adrian, 483.
Mason county, formerly Notipekago, mean- ing of name, 467, 468.
Mason & Dixon's line, 244.
Masons, aided Mrs. Carey, 171; presented governors' chairs to society, 2, 322. Massachusetts colony, came to Monroe, 567; lost land of, 567.
Massacre, Indian at Mackinac, 91; Raisin River, 561.
Match eben ashe wish, 668 see Kalamazoo. Mather, Fidelea S., (Mrs. John W. Dewey) 690.
Mather, Joseph H., 432.
Mathews, John B., gift to museum, 53. Maticou, 473 see Muskegon.
Matkowski, Marianus, Rev., consultor to Right Reverend Bishop, 519.
Mauck, Joseph W., LL. D., president Hillsdale College, joined society, 7. Maumee, (Miami) river, 633. May,
Miss, (Mrs. Louis Moran) 98.
May, Dwight, gen., lieut. gov. Mich., 525. May, James, judge, candidate for legis- lature, 98, 342.
May, Richard, pioneer Howell, 193. Maybury, Thomas, 714.
Maybury, Thomas, Mrs., (Margaret Cotter) 714.
Maybury, William Cotter, Hon., memoir, 36, 714-716, made chevalier of Legion of Honor by French Republic, 715; statue proposed for, 716.
Mead, James E., 348.
Mead, Mary M., (Mrs. H. C. Parke) 348. Meade, Elisha E., Hon., 713.
Mears, Charles, sketch, 103.
Mecosta, Potawatomie chief, meaning of name, 467.
Mecosta county, meaning of name, 467. Meegisee, Chippewa chief, (eagle) 462. Meegisee, 462 see Antrim county. Meigs fort, 88.
Meldrum & Park, Detroit merchants, 451. Melodeon, presented by Mary L. Barnes, 9. Melvin, W. R., Howell pioneer, 178. Melvina, held "bees," 290. Memoirs, Henry Harrison Aplin, 677; James H. Baker, 679; Arthur C. Bird, 680; Delos A. Blodgett, 681; George H. Cannon, 684; Frederick M. Cowles, 737; Rev. R. H. Crawford, 686; John Wet- more Dewey, 689; Charles E. Foote, 691; Mrs. Thomas D. Gilbert, 693; Bishop George De N. Gillespie, 699; Mrs. Ebe- nezer O. Grosvenor, 700; Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, 702; Dr. J. W. Hagadorn, 708; Dr. William H. Haze, 709; Arthur Hill, 535-539; Dwight N. Lowell, 712; Mrs. Henry J. Martin, 713; Hon. William C. Maybury, 714; Hon. John C. Patterson, 717; Theodore E. Potter, 719; Dr. Carl Ludwig Rominger, 721-726; Palmer Hurd Taylor, 726, 727; Dr. Van Deusen by Bishop McCormick, 728-731; P. Dean Warner by Gov. Warner, 731-733; Mrs. Frank A. Weaver, 734; Henry Whiteley, 734-736; Mrs. Lucretia Williams, 736. Memorial, Detroit & St. Joseph railroad to legislature, 100.
Menominee county, formerly Bleeker, named and organized, 473, 474. Menominee Indians called Maroumine, 440; sketch, 474.
Menominee river, origin of name, 474. Merchant, first in Lowell, 62; pioneer Howell, 179.
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