Ponette, 506 see Pawnett.
Pontchartrain Hotel, site Detroit, 99.
Pontiac, Ottawa chief, 13, 27, 28, 336, 658;
beseiged Detroit, 91, 325, 335, 336, 457;
conspiracy, 622, 656; diary of, found, 45;
foiled by Angelique Cuillierer Beaubien,
335; planned massacre at Mackinaw, 85.
Pontiac, city, branch U. of M. established,

529; chosen for midwinter meeting, 37.
Pontiac & Detroit R. R., granted first
charter, 596.

Pony, Indian, endurance and load, 666;
penalty for killing, 667.

Poor, H. V., planned route G. R. & I. R. R.,
31.

Pope, Pearl, gave card receiver to museum,
9.

Pope Clement XII, 511.

Pope Gregory XVI, 511.
Pope Pius VII, 510.
Pope Pius X, 519.

Popple, Mary, (Mrs. William Lee Kenfield)
646.

Population, Chicago 1853, 605; counties

comparison of, 572; Detroit 1800, 342;
Hollanders in Michigan, 211; increase
Howell, 177; Grand Rapids 1854, 64;
Michigan, 451, 456, 459, 544; negro in
Detroit, 557; North Lansing 1847, 737;
sections of Howell township, 195; south-
ern counties Michigan, 573, 574.
Pork, Indian name eucush, 437; price, 293.
Port Huron, organization of, 566.
Port Lawrence, now Toledo, 493, 499;
township extent, 568.

Port Sheldon, abandoned village, 61, 102.
Porter, George B., gov., 43, 176.
Porter, Edgar S., 680.

Porter, Joseph, pioneer Howell, 188, 189.
Portraits, see Illustrations.

Portraits, presented society, W. A. Burt,

112, 114; Hon. Isaac E. Crary, 718; Mr.
and Mrs. Elder, 9; A. D. Gardner, 4;
Gettysburg battle, 24; Hon. Arthur Hill,
17, 535, 536; F. H. Rankin, 24; Mrs. L.
H. Stone, 176; C. J. Walker, 24; Aunt
Emily Ward, 581; Hon. Peter White, 1.
Post, Rev., Baptist, 182.

Post, Edwin, Dr., postmaster Kalamazoo,

sota Indians, 719; in civil war, 719;
member Loyal Legion Detroit, 721;
overland trip to California, 719; work for
G. A. R., 720.

Potter, Theodore E., Mrs., (Diantha De
Graff) 721.

Pottier, Fernand, (Chanoine) president
French Archeological society, 106.
Poursargues de, Claude, 111.
Poursargues de, Claude, Mrs., (Jeanne
Marie de Calvert) 111.

Poursargues de, Francois-Hercule, Mrs.,
(Marie Therese Cadillac) 111.

Poverty, financial, Michigan history needed
on, 151.

Powell, E. R., publisher Howell, 180.

Powers, E. B., Mrs., (Miss Godfroy) 64, 65.
Powers, William T., early manufacturer
Grand Rapids, 70..

Pownall, George, sec. and acting gov. Pro-
vince of Quebec, 631.

Prairie, 319 see Mush co desh.

Pratt, Dr., postmaster Kalamazoo, 33.
Pratt, Abner, judge supreme court, 261,

278.

Pratt & Crary, commenced suit, 254, 260.
Pray, George W., pupil U. of M., (1841)
530.

Preachers, pioneer, 297, 298.

Predmore, William, leader Three Rivers
band, 429.

Prehistoric Forts Macomb County, paper
by G. H. Cameron, 73-76.
Premonstratensian,

Canons) 516.

(Norbertines,

White

President, society C. M. Burton's address,
4, 18, 20, 21.

Presque Isle county, origin of name, 469.
Presque Isle County News, published by
Henry Whiteley, 735.

Preston, Joseph, pioneer Howell, 191.
Prices, after civil war, 293; board, 528;
doctor's attendance, 675, 703; fares and
freights, 495; ferry transportation, 419;
Indian pony, 39; knitting machine, 438;
land, 16, 103, 423, 432, 436, 451, 525,
544; Michigan maps, 636; paid for Cross-
white slave, 252; paid for furs 1780, 659;
postage, 40, 162, 178, 646; rent for
wagon, 154; salt, 644; socks, 438; tea in
1819, 553; thread, 676; tuition schools,
40; wheat, 3, 423, 644.

Priests, different orders, 515, 516; number,
511, 512, 515.

Procter, Henry, col., British, 632; at battle
Frenchtown, 505.

Prouty, A. T., bought school library, 524.
Prouty, Jannette E., (Mrs. W. A. Gibbs)
first white child Allegan, 158.
Prouty, Leander S., 157, 158.

Prouty, Leander S. Mrs., scared by wolves,
157.

Prussian system education, 227, 233.
Prutzman,

437.

merchant, (Prairie Ronde)

Prutzman, J. E. & J. P., Three Rivers, 433,
434.

Puans, name for Winnebago Indians, 440.
Puans Bay, changed to Green Bay, 441.
Pulcher, James C., Rev. Father, at Grand
Rapids, 514, 515, 519.

Pumpelly, Raphael, geologist, 723.
Pupils, U. of M. 1841 list, 530.

Putnam, Daniel, Prof., supt. Kalamazoo
schools, 231, 525, 532.

Putnam, Rufus, gen. pioneer emigrant, 140.
Putnam, William, Rev., 1, 17, 42; gave
biography T. Potter, 43, 719-721.

Quab ah quash a, Indian name for Flat
river, 60.

Quakers, anti slavery work of, 281; settled
in Lenawee county, 481.
Quebec Act, Michigan under, 132.
Quebec Province, extent, 131, 132; reason
for queer shape, 134.

Queen Charlotte, boat captured by Com.
Perry, 505.
Quenstedt,

story of, 724.

Quinn, John, Rev., Father, built school
house Kalamazoo, 527.

Quoshgun, Indian name potatoes, 437.

Races, on river early sport, 330, 337.
Rafter, Thomas, Rev., at St. James, Bay
City, 514, 515, 519.
Ragueneau, Pere, quoted, 440.
Railroads, Central, first train to Albion,
215; Central formerly Detroit & St.
Joseph, 100; control of, 602; cost to state,
601; description early, 492, 494-496,
500; earnings, 607, 608; fare price, 495;
first charter granted in Mich., 596; first
in U. S., 145; freight price, 495; Grand
Rapids, 70; influence on progress, 605-
607; municipal ownership of, 100, 147,
151, 501; number in Mich., 101, 596;
opening ball, managers of, 101; pioneer
time table, 495; policy Michigan, 100;
progress of, 596, 597; routes, 599, 600.
Railroads, Southern Michigan by Frost, 17,
498-501; cost, 601; owned and sold by
state, 101, 147.
Railroad street, Adrian name changed,
494, 498.

Ramsey, Albert B., 427 see Ranney.
Rankin, F. H., displayed pictures Flint

meeting, 12; member society, 7; portrait
of, presented society, 24.

Ranney, Adeline, Mrs., (Miss Grosvenor)
702.

Ranney, (Ramsey) Albert B., postmaster,
427.

Ransom, Alexander, postmaster Kalama-
Zoo, 33.

Ransom, Epaphroditus, judge, first gover-
nor at Lansing, 528; opinion Scott v.
Detroit Young Men's Society, 128, 129.
Ransom, Ezekiel, Revolutionary soldier,
528.

Ransom, Lige, sr., 302; returned east, 305.

Ransom, Lige, jr., marriage of, 305, 306;
sawmill, 308, 315.

Ransom, Lige, jr., Mrs., 306.

Ransom, Samuel H., agent Kalamazoo
College, 528, 530.

Ray, George, postmaster Glen Arbor, 287.
Ray, Richard, pioneer Howell, 193.
Raymor, George, pioneer Howell, 194.
Rapid, 456 see Kalamazoo.

Rathburn, Nathan, Tecumseh pioneer, 478.
Raudin, map Lake Michigan, 442.
Rawson, August P., 281.
Reade, J. L., 281.
Reagan,

-

Eaton Rapids, 675.

Reagan, Susan, died from medical treat-
ment, 675.

Reasoner, James M., state reporter supreme
court, 18.

Reccanamazoo, 455 see Kalamazoo.
Reception, tendered Pres. Angell, 18; to
Mrs. Horner Burling and Pres. Hutchins,
47.

Red Bird, name of stage coach, 179.
Red Clay river, 468 see Manistique.
Red dog money, 426 see Wild Cat.
Redpath, Colon, pioneer Howell, 192.
Red River, settlement cited, 83.
Reed, Clara, (Mrs. Crossette) 421.
Reed, Maude Willetts, Mrs., member so-
ciety, 7.

Reed, Oliver, pioneer Howell, 188, 189.
Reed, Seth, Rev., member society, 7, 12.
Reform School, 679 see Industrial School
for Boys.

Reforms, Michigan history needed on, 151.
Regnault, Charles, 332 see Dubuisson.
Reiley, Fred, Mrs., presented vases to
museum, 9.

Reis, Joseph, Rev., Father, at Saginaw,
515.

Relics of Revolution, owned by Grosvenor
family, 702.

Remarks, by Mrs. Babbitt, 16; W. R. Bates,
15; C. M. Burton, pres., 37; J. N. Bush,
49; E. W. Crane, 41; Hon. John Carton,
15; Wesley Emery, 49; Mrs. Anna Gales
Fellows, 39; Mrs. Ferrey, 19; William
Foster, 3, 49; Mrs. Mary M. Hoyt, 38;
Alfred Little, 40; Rev. Seth Reed, 16;
S. L. Smith, 43; Major Soule, 38, William
Strong, 40; Prof. Waldo, 40; Dr. J. S.
Willson, 16.

Reminiscences, John R. Benson, 12; David
Richards, cited, 15; Grand Traverse
Region, 2, 285-318; William Foster, 3.
Report, financial of G. R. & I. R. R., 32.
Report, M. P. & His. Soc., annual meetings,

1-11, 17-29, 42-55; committee society,
3, 4, 18, 26-29, 48; death of members, 8,
22, 53; gifts and loans, 9, 10, 23, 24, 53,
54; midwinter meetings, 12-16, 29-41;
new members, 7, 43, 52; secretary's 6-11,
17, 21-24, 43, 50-54; treasurer, 11, 25, 43,
55.

Report, Michigan statue at Washington, D.
C., 27-29.

Representative Legislature, Ball's majority,
99.

Republican party, birth and organization,
272, 275, 277, 705, 718.
Rése, Frederic, D. D., Bishop Detroit, 61,
557; death recorded, 511, 513.
Resolutions, about Gov. Mason flag, 37;
adopted by Legislature, 260, 261; Con-
gress regarding fugitive slaves, 248, 249,
251; Free Soil party, 264; legislature on
last member, 1845 and 1852, 653; legis-
lature regarding boundaries, 167; on
George Greene's gift of chairs, 2, 323; on
notices to county societies, 18; passed
at midwinter meeting, 37, 41; regarding
books and society, 48.
Revolutionary Soldiers Oakland County,
paper cited, 48.

Rhode, J. Rev., Father, 513.
Ricanan, 473 see Keweenaw county.
Richard, Benjamin, 280.

Richard, Gabriel, Rev., Father, vicar-
general, 66; salary at Detroit University,
532; secured land for church, 506; Father
visits Arbe Croche, 510, 512, 513; work
in cholera epidemic, 557.
Richards, Chandler, instructor, 532.
Richards, David, Reminiscences cited, 15.
Richards, P. S., paper cited, 4.

Richardson, gave burying grounds to
Kalamazoo, 523.

Richardson's Beyond the Mississippi, cited,
464.

Richardson, William, married Jean Came-
ron Grant, 340.

Richardson, William, Mrs., (Jean Cameron
Grant) 340.

Richmond, built first mill at Comstock,

40.

Riddle, Andrew, 178, 183.

Riddle & Hinman, 179.

Rievers, H., Rev., Father, 513.

Ringwalt, J. L., 603-605.

Ringuette, W. F., Mrs., 64.
Ripon, Wis., how named, 626.

Risdon, Orange, claimed first map Michi-
gan, 634-636; illustration, 635.
Rivard, Anthony, sketch, 65.

Rivard, Anthony, Mrs., (Julia Gouin Mar-
sac) 65.

Rivard, Michael, married Agnes Saucier,
65.

Rivers, early in Michigan, 629; money for
improvement for, 101; sebee Indian for,

453.

Rix, Joseph, composed song, 19.
Roads, authorized in 1826 in Mich., 454;
built by Sibley, 97; Detroit-Chicago aided

settlements, 569, 570; Detroit to Grand
Rapids, 98; early, 418, 559, 560, 594, 672,
673; lack of retard settlement, 545;
number, 594; opened up in Michigan,
547, 548.

Roberson, David, pioneer Howell, 191.
Roberson, James, pioneer Howell, 191.
Roberson, John, pioneer Howell, 191.
Roberson, William, pioneer Howell, 192.
Roberts, Agnes, (Mrs. Joseph Bissonette)
504, see also Eunice.

Roberts, Antoine, married Therese Drouil-
lard, 504.

Roberts, Charles, capt. British officer, cap-
tured Fort Mackinac, 86.

Roberts, Cyrus, 424, 434; death reported,
433.

Roberts, Eunice or Agnes, (Mrs. Joseph
Bissonette) 504.

Roberts, Francis, 504.

Roberts, James B., Three Rivers, 420.
Roberts, Polly, (Pelagie) (Mrs. James
Knaggs) 505.

Roberts, Robert E., sketches of Detroit

cited, 555, 597, 603, 605.

Roberts, Car & Wheel Co., (Cyrus Roberts)
432-434.

Roberts & Cox, (Cyrus Roberts, John Cox)
434.

Roberts & Lord, (Cyrus Roberts) bankers,
Three Rivers, 427.

Roberts & Throp, (Cyrus Roberts & John
A. Throp) 422, 423, 433, 434.
Robertson, Charles F., Right Rev., bishop,
Missouri, 699.

Robinson, capt. of Rossiter (one armed)

162.

Robinson, Cephus B., supt. Boys Industrial
School, 680.

Robinson, Edward, brother of Rix, sketch,
98.

Robinson, John, (Lowell) 62.

Robinson, Rix, trader, 638, 659; lock from
house presented society, 23; monument
to at Ada, 672; sketch cited, 98.
Roche, C. J., Rev., Father, vicar-general,
514, 515, 519; drowned, 516.

Rochester, N. Y., only one house 1811, 144.
Rocket, engine made by Stevenson, 545.
Rogers, -
Mrs., first white child born in
Eaton county, 676.

Rogers, Henry, pioneer Howell, 194.
Rogers, I. B., letter to L. H. Conger, 35.
Rogers, Robert, major, English took pos-
session Detroit, 334.

Rogers, Walter G., col. in charge reception,
18.

Rohr, -, robbed, 316, 317.
Romance, pioneer, 307, 310.
Romeo, (Hoxie settlement) 153, 154; called
Indian village, 156, 571; first church in,
155.

Romeyn, Theodore, attorney, 255, 261.
Rominger, Carl Ludwig, Dr., state
geologist, 723; characteristics, 722; finan-
cial methods, 725; grant given by Ger-

man government for scientific work, 722;
memoir by Dr. Lane, 721-726; practiced
medicine, 725.

Rominger, Carl Ludwig, Mrs., (Frederica
Mayer) 722.

Rominger, Louis, Dr.,

722; compiled

articles written by father, 725, 726.
Rominger, Louise, 722.

Rominger, Ludwig, Mr. and Mrs., 721.
Rominger, Marie, 722.

Ronan, Lillie B., Mrs., gift to museum, 53.
Room, needed for M. P. & His. Soc., 580.
Roosevelt, Nicholas, sketch, 144.

Roosevelt, Theodore, president U. S., 709;
prize given to, 44.
Root, George P., 180.

Root, Henry, Rev., 183, 184.
Rosa, William, illiterate, 301.
Rosco, J. H., Rev., 183.

Roscommon, formerly Mikenauk county,
origin of name, 469.
Rosebud, 588 see Dr. Owen.

Ross, Robert, writer, 101, 273, 348.
Ross & Cutler, 348.

Rossiter, first steamer Kalamazoo river,
162.

Rossiter v Chester, 130.
Rossman,

captain Oswegatchie, 287.

Roucoux, Jean Baptiste, Detroit, music

teacher, 334.

Rounds, Asahel, 182.

Rounds, Polly, 182.

Rounds, Sylvester, 182.

Routes, roads, 592; water, 592; western,
592, 596.

Rowe, Joseph, 178.

Rowland, Dunbar, report, 26.

Rowley, H. N., presented commission to
society, 9.

Ruby, boat on St. Joseph, 431.

Rucker,, Mrs., (Miss Macomb) calash
bonnet loaned society, 9.

Rucker, John, relics from loaned society by
Mrs. Ferrey, 9.

Ruggles, Z. B., 425, 434.

Rulo, (Ruleaux) John B., location, 643, 644.
Rumsey, Henry J., Dr., 179.

Rumsey, Maryette, (Mrs. L. C. Crittenden)
181.

Rumsey, William C., deacon, 183.

Rundell, Annie, Dr., address on work of D.
A. R.'s., 14.

Runlet, presented museum by Miss Burr, 9.
Rush, Richard, U. S. boundary commis-
sioner, 625.

Russell, Mrs., (Miss Frank) 48.
Russell, Huntley, land commissioner, gave
vocal solo, 2.

Russell, John, pioneer Howell, 188, 189.
Russell, R., Mrs., Twin Daughter of the
Revolution, 48.

Russell House site, Detroit, 99.
Rutherford, Rev., D. D., Grand Rapids,

68.

-

Ryder, M. C., editor, 426.
Ryerson, Martin, (Martyn) sketch, 98.

Sacket, Mr., Monroe pioneer, 507.
Sacs, (Sak) Indian tribe, meaning name,
453.

Sage, George L., editor, first white child
born in Howell, 176.

Sage, George T., deacon, pioneer Livingston
Center, now Howell, 176, 177, 183.
Sage, George T., Mrs., (Miss Austin, Mrs.
Jenks) 176.

Sage, James, pioneer settler Howell, 177,
183.

Sage, James R., carried mail Howell to
Grand Rapids, 178.

Sage, Mary, 182.

Sag e maw, good chief, burial described,
418.

Saginaw, 400 see Sauganash.

Saginaw, (Sakenong) bay, names for, 452,

453.

Saginaw, (Saguinam) city, Cass treaty with
Indians made at, 450.

Saginaw, (Sakenong) county, organized and
named, 452, 453.

Sagino, 400 see Sauganash.

Saguinam, French name for Saginaw, 453.
St. Anne's church, (Detroit) 504; burned,
(1703) 326; organization, 325; received
land from Bissonette, 506; records, 40,
60, 61, 65, 66, 111, 326.

St. Clair, confused with Sinclair, 451.
St. Clair, Arthur, gen., first governor North-
west territory, 443, 444, 657; county
named for, 450; disastrous expedition,
444.

St. Clair, city, population, 565.

St. Clair, county, extent, 573; organized
and named, 450.

St. Clair county Pioneer Society, George
Howe, sec.,

5.

St. Clair lake, names for, 450, 451.

St. Clair village, settlement of, 565.
Saint (Santa) Clara, (Clare) gave name to
lake and river, 450.

St. Ignace Fort, established by LaSalle, 85.
St. Ignace, Huron fort at, 90; mission es-
tablished by Marquette, 90; ruins of
fort at, 92.

St. Johns, Josephine, (Mrs. Arthur C. Bird)
681.

St. Joseph county, erected boulder to sol-
diers and sailors, 430; French history of,
386-438; organized and named, 456;
population 1830, 456; mission location,
456.

St. Joseph Enterprise, newspaper moved to
Kalamazoo, 34.

St. Joseph river, gave name to county, 456;
size, 593, 594.

St. Joseph trading post, called Thomas
Mission, 639.

St. Joseph village, now Three Rivers,
platted, 417.

Ste Magdelaine, (Hog, au Cochons, Belle)
Island, 331.