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Chambersburg, John Brown meets Frederick Douglass at, 262, Charlestown, the paradox of Fate over the gallows at, 285, 286; troops forwarded from to suppress insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 311. Chase, Salmon P., his recommendation of John Brown, 249; 344. Chassin, Ch. L., joins Victor Hugo and

associates in letter to widow of John Brown, 278.

Chatham, Canada, John Brown, his followers and colored men hold constitutional convention at, 253; nature of constitution adopted at, 253.

Cherry Valley, John Brown's last visit to,

262.

Chicago, John Brown passes through, 257.
Chilton, Samuel, attorney for defense at
trial of John Brown, 326.
Christmas Day, religious services con-

ducted by Christopher Gist on, 61. Churchill, Armistead, clerk of Northwestern Territorial legislature of 1795, 16, 19.

Circleville, 62.

Clark, Jay, 94.

Clark's Blacksmithshop, 94, 110.
Clarke, James Freeman, 187.

Cleveland, John Brown in, 250; meeting at to condemn the execution of John Brown, 279.

Cleveland Leader, quoted in defense of rescuers of slave girl at Salem, 385386.

Cobra, worship of by inhabitants of India, 82; "spectacles" on back of hood of, 82; bite of fatal to Hindus, 82.

Coffin of Edwin Coppoc, presented to Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society by Mrs. Gertrude Whinnery Richards, 456; account of, 452

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Connelley, William E., biography of John Brown by, 192-193; defends John Brown in An Appeal to the Record, 193; quoted on John Brown's foray into Missouri, 255. Contributors and contributions, Morris, James R., "Assassination of Abraham Lincoln," 1-5; Duncan, Carl G., Narrative of service of three Ohio soldiers in the Battle of Picardy, 7-12; Prince, B. F., “Early Journeys to Ohio," 5470; Wright, G. Frederick, "Introduction to 'The Naga and Lingam of India and the Serpent Mounds of Ohio,'" 77-89; Wilson, Alexander S., "The Naga and the Lingam of India and the Serpent Mounds of Ohio," 80-89; Mills William C., "Flint Ridge," 91-161; Galbreath, C. B., "John Brown,' 184-289; "AntiSlavery Movement in Columbiana County," 355-395; "Edwin Coppoc," 397-451; "Barclay Coppoc," 459-481; Halstead, Murat, "The Execution of John Brown," 290-299; Donovan, S. K., "John Brown at Harper's Ferry and Charlestown," 300-336; Mendenhall, Thomas C., "The Coffin of Edwin Coppoc," 452-457.

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Conway, Moncure D., 187; on result of the execution of John Brown, 285. Cook, Anna P., 450.

Cook, John E., enlists with John Brown,

257; precedes other of John Brown's men to Harper's Ferry, 263; 264; at Springdale, 406; at Kennedy farm, 411; his part in Harper's Ferry battle, 415; visited in jail by young ladies from Harper's Ferry, 416; effort to escape with his fellow prisoner, Edwin Coppoc, from Charlestown jail almost succeeds, 431-436; high sense of honor and consideration for reputation of his sister and her husband, Governor Ashbel P. Willard, 434; his account of his effort with Edwin Coppoc to escape from Charlestown jail, 435-436; execution of, 436-437, 439; joins Charles Plummer Tidd, Owen Brown, Barclay Coppoc and Francis J. Merriam, 461; escapes from Harper's Ferry with associates to the mountains, 461-462; his indiscretion leads to trouble with Tidd and capture, 463; taken to jail in Charlestown, 463,

Cook, Mrs. Wayne, at unveiling of tablet at Campus Martius, 493. Cool Spring Church, anti-slavery meeting at, 377-379.

Copeland, John A., 210; at Harper's Ferry, 264.

Coppoc, sons of Samuel Coppock omit final k in spelling family name, 400. Coppoc, Anne, mother of Edwin and Barclay Coppoc, marries man named Raley and moves to Springdale, Iowa, 402; character of, 403.

Coppoc, Barclay, enlists at Springdale

under leadership of John Brown, 252, 407; at Harper's Ferry, 264; birth and early life of, 400, 459; visits relatives near Salem, 409; departs from Springdale to join John Brown, 410; arrives at Harper's Ferry, 410; visits Kansas, 459; influenced by presence of John Brown at Springdale, 459, 460; joins John Brown at Harper's Ferry and serves as private, 160; on guard at Kennedy farm during attack on Harper's Ferry, 460-461; flees to mountains when his brother and associates are captured at Harper's Ferry, 461; with Owen Brown, Tidd, Merriam and Cook continues flight from Harper's Ferry, 462; after capture of Cook and parting of Merriam continues journey, 463-466; first learns of the capture of his brother Edwin at Harper's Ferry, 464; takes stage and proceeds to Salem, 466-467; his movements after escaping to Ohio, 468-469; reaches Springdale, Iowa, 469; his friends alert in preventing his ar rest or capture, 469-474; returns to Ohio to aid in organizing branches of the League of Freedom, 474-477; at the home of Daniel Bonsall, 475-476; in Salem at panorama of Harper's Ferry raid, 476-477; goes again to Kansas to aid in liberating slaves from across the border in Missouri, 477, 497-498; in Springdale, 478; enlists in Union army and commissioned lieutenant, 478-479; is killed on train wrecked by Confederate guerrillas at Platte River bridge, Missouri, 479-480; his funeral, 480-481; sketch of life of, 459-481. Coppoc, Edwin; 196; born in Ohio, 210;

enlists with John Brown, 252; at Harper's Ferry, 264; quotation from his prophetic letter written two days

ans

before his execution, 283-284, 478; birth of, 400, 401; death of his father, 401; is placed with John Butler, 401; early influences, 402; goes with his mother to Springdale, Iowa, 402; testimonial of Thomas Winn as to his character, 402; enlists at Springdale under leadership of John Brown, 407; visits relatives near Salem, 409; departs from Springdale to join John Brown, 410; arrives at Harper's Ferry, 410; commissioned lieutenant in John Brown's liberating army at Harper's Ferry, 411-412; part of in fight at Harper's Ferry with John Brown and his men, 412-414; spares the life of Robert E. Lee at Harper's Ferry, 418; S. K. Donovan describes appearance of, 413; his answer to Governor Henry A. Wise, 414; his statement to Virginiafter his capture at Harper's Ferry, 414; his letter to Dr. H. C. Gill, describing battle at Harper's Ferry as he saw it, 414-416; visited in jail by young ladies from Harper's Ferry, 416; remarks in court at Charlestown, before receiving sentence, 416; letter to his father and mother, 417; his desire to die at home, 417; happy that no one fell by his hand, 417; desire to see some one from his home, 418; resents attacks on his reputation in anonymous letter from Salem, 418; his letter to Virginia Free Press, defending his reputation against false charges in anonymous letter from Salem, 419420; strenuous efforts to save his life, 420-425; Senator Isbell, in Virginia legislature opposes commutation of his death sentence, 425-426; "irrepressible conflict" between North and South prevents commutation of his death sentence, 426; his letter to wife of John Brown before the execution of her husband, its authorship and effect, 426-429; dispute over authorship of letter bearing his signature to wife of John Brown, 428; his poignant and prophetic letter to his uncle Joshua Coppock, 429-431; effort to escape with his fellow prisoner, John E. Cook, from Charlestown jail, almost succeeds, 431-436; plan of Charlestown jail in which he was imprisoned, 433; refuses to abandon his fellow prisoner, John E. Cook, in jail at Charlestown,

Coppoc, Edwin Concluded.

434; signs John E. Cook's account of their joint effort to escape from Charlestown jail, 436; writes his last letter to Thomas Winn, 436-437; execution of, 436-437, 439; address at his funeral by Rachel Whinnery, 439-440; his mother and his grandmother attend his funeral, 440; his first funeral from the home of Joshua Coppock, 439-440, 442; armed men in Quaker church guard his grave, 442; his second funeral from Town Hall, Salem, 442-448; printed circular announcing his second funeral, 443-444, 454; estimates of character of, 402-403, 420, 447-448; is not forgotten, 448-449; monument to in Hope Cemetery, Salem, 449; note on his letter to his uncle, Joshua Coppock, 451; his co..n, 452456.

Coppoc, Joseph L., 414; brief sketch of,

481.

Coppoc, Levi, 400, 450; student at An

tioch College, 498.

Coppoc, Lydia, 459.

Coppoc, Maria, 450.

Coppock family, 400; varied spelling of

name, 400.

Coppock, Aaron, 400,
Coppock, James, 498.

Coppock, John, Ohio pioneer settled at

Mount Pleasant, 400.

Coppock, Joshua, Edwin and Barclay Coppoc visit, 409; extract from his letter to Governor Henry A. Wise, appealing for the life of his nephew, Edwin Coppoc, 424; funeral of Edwin Coppoc from home of, 439-440. Coppock, Samuel, father of Edwin and Barclay Coppoc, 400; death of, 401. Coppock, Mrs. Samuel, acknowledgment to, 451.

Coppock, Samuel, presents lock of hair of Edwin Coppoc to Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society,

451.

Corwin, Adolph, bugler at unveiling of tablet at Campus Martius, 483.

Coulston, Margaret, 400.

Crayon, Porte, his portraits of John Brown, 298.

Cresap, Thomas, 59.

Croghan, George, 57; his trading post on the Muskingum, 61; 62; addresses Indians at mouth of the Scioto, 63;66;

relationship of to Captain George Croghan, defender of Fort Stephenson, 69; 70. Cumberland, (Maryland), 59. Cummings, William, 419.

Dandridge, Dr., 290, 292.
Daughters of the American Revolution,
to unveil tablet on Campus Martius
house at Marietta, 353; present bronze
tablet and conduct ceremonies at-
tending the unveiling of same at Cam-
pus Martius, to designate this as the
most historic spot in Ohio, 483-493.
Davis, David, 343.

Davis, Henry Winter, 343.
Davis, Mrs. S. C., 249.

Davis, Mrs. Theodore, at unveiling of
tablet at Campus Martius, 492.
Day, Hulda Marie, 164.

Day, Mary Anne, became second wife of John Brown, 220.

Dean, Steven, 419. Dennison, William, governor of Ohio, refuses, on advice of attorney general, requisition of Virginia for arrest of Owen Brown and Francis J. Merriam, after their escape from Harper's Ferry, 474.

Des Moines, John Brown passes through, 257.

Detroit, John Brown passes through, 257. Dick, John, 337.

Dickinson, Edward, tribute to memory of George Frederick Wright, 172-175. Dinwiddie, Robert, 59. "Disunion abolitionists," 388. Donovan, S. K., his lecture on "John Brown at Harper's Ferry and Charlestown," 300-366; accompanies Baltimore militia to Harper's Ferry, 309; first to learn that the leader in the attack on Harper's Ferry was John Brown, 321; his interviews with John Brown in Charlestown jail, 327-330; tribute to John Brown, 334-336; sketch of his life, 346-347; meets Edwin Coppoc at Harper's Ferry, 413. Douglas, Rebecca J., 450, Douglass, Frederick, meets John Brown, 227; confers with John Brown at Chambersburg, 262.

Dow, Charles, killed in Kansas Territory, 199.

Dravidians, same origin as American In dians, 86.

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Foraker, Mrs. J. B., at unveiling of tablet at Campus Martius, 493. Forbes, Hugh, enlists with John Brown

but annoys his chief and divulges secret plans, 253-254. Fording, C., killed with Barclay Coppoc in Platte River bridge tragedy, 480. Fort Harris, 55.

"Fort" Saunders, captured by Free State forces, 241.

Fort Scott, Kansas, John Brown at, 254. "Fort" Titus, captured by Free State forces, 241.

Fossit (Fawcett), Amos, 419. Foster, Abby Kelley, addresses antislavery meeting at Cool Spring church, 378-379; adversely criticised in New Lisbon Palladium, 380. See also Abby Kelley. Fowke, Gerard, his exploration of Flint

Ridge, 111-112; his theory of primitive methods used in quarrying flint at Flint Ridge, 112-113.

Flint, original bed, 91; much found at

Flint Ridge useless to prehistoric man, 96; used by early white settlers for buhr-stones, 96; economic value of, 104; structure of, 101-108; chemical

analysis of, 105; origin of, 105-108; identification of, 108-110.

Flint Ridge, only small portion of flint from suitable for use by prehistoric man, 90; original flint bed at, 91; exploration of, 91-161; primitive industries at, 92, 93; workshops at, 92, 93; quaries at, 92, 93, 98, 99; Hopewell culture at, 93; location of, 94; field of investigation at, 94-99; buhr-stones made from flint of, 96; quarrying of flint at by primitive man, 99; description of Caleb Atwater, 99; geology of,. 99-108; geology of described by J. S. Newberry, 100-101; M. C. Reed, 101102; and Wilbur Stout, 102-108; identification of flint from, 108-110; quarrying flint at, 110-126; School, 111; flint stratum at, 111; structure flint, 111; exploration and report on by Gerard Fowke, 111-113; large number of pits examined at, 114-126; experiment of quarrying flint with fire at, 117; manufacture of artifacts on, 126-143; distribution of flnit and artifacts from, 143-144; flint of quarried by stone mauls and hammers and wedges, 144; flint removed from quarries of to workshops, 144-146; ownership of quarries at, 146; Hazlett Mound on, 146-161.

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Fisher, William, 419. Floyd, John B., Secretary of War, receives anonymous letter warning him of proposed raid at Harper's Ferry, but does not heed it, 263.

Franklin Mills, (now Kent) Ohio, John Brown at, 223, 224.

Frederick City, troops forwarded from to suppress insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 311. Frederick the Great, sword of presented to George Washington captured and worn by John Brown at Harper's Ferry, 273.

Free State Constitutional Convention, adoption of constitution for admission of Kansas by, 200.

Free State Legislature, election of for Kansas Territory, 200; dissolution of foreshadowed, 200; dissolved by U. S. troops, 240.

French, attitude of Indians toward, 55, 56, 57, 58.

Frost, of June, 1859, 261,

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Frost, John, establishes the Aurora in New Lisbon, 359; letter of Marius Robinson to describing his experience with mob at Berlin Center and Canfield, 364; sketch of, 392.

Galbreath, C. B., at funeral of George Frederick Wright, 165; his address in accepting for the Ohio State Archæ ological and Historical Society Campus Martius tablet presented by the Daughters of the American Revo

lution, 485-487. See also Contributors and Contributions.

Galbreath, David, 377.

Galbreath, David L., on publishing com

mittee of Anti-Slavery Bugle, 371. Galbreath, F. C., his letter describing

preparations of Iowa friends to prevent arrest or capture of Barclay Coppoc, 470.

Galbreath, Nathan, at convention of

Ohio Anti-Slavery Society, 363; 494. Galbreath, Ruth, her letter describing a visit of Benjamin Lundy, 494-496. Gallagher, W. W., in command of Charlestown cadets at execution of John Brown, 331.

Galt House, at Harper's Ferry, 305, 303.
Garretson, George, on publishing com-
mittee of Anti-Slavery Bugle, 371.
Garretson, Jesse, 365.

Garrigues, C. H., 444, 454.
Garrigues, R. H., 444, 454.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 187; mobbed in

Boston, 197; at Tremont Temple speaks of the "resurrection of John Brown," 279; 356; 369; non-resistant attitude of, 374; 388. Geary, John W., appointed Governor of

Kansas, 246; effort of to deal fairly with Free State and Pro-slavery parties in Kansas, 246-247, 250; tells MisMissourian invaders that they must leave Kansas, 247; resigns, 250; succeeded as Governor of Kansas by Robert J. Walker, 250.

Genius of Universal Emancipation, es tablished by Benjamin

Mount Pleasant, 357.

Lundy at

Geology of Flint Ridge, 99-104.
German soldiers, in Franco-Prussian War
sing "John Brown song," 298.
Gibbons, Edward, 444, 454.
Giddings, Joshua R., price offered for

head of, 198; letter of John Brown

to, 200-201; answer to letter from John Brown, 201; invites John Brown to speak at Jefferson, 259; accused of complicity in Harper's Ferry raid, 259; states his attitude on slavery, 200; describes John Brown's address at Jefferson, 260-261; views of compared with those of Clement L. Vallandig ham, 266; 337, 338.

Gifford, Burton, 419.

Gileadites, United States Order of, organized by John Brown, 231. Gilbert, Annie Boyle, daughter of Allen Boyle, presents copy of original call to Edwin Coppoc's funeral at Salem to Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society, 456.

Gill, George B., his tribute to Edwin Coppoc, 448; his opinion of Barclay Coppoc, 467.

Gill, H. C., 404; letter of Edwin Coppoc to, describing battle at Harper's Ferry, 414-416; 418, 419.

Gillford, 364.

Gilman, Charles, 369. Gist, Christopher, journal of, 58; exploration of the Ohio country by, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; instructions to, 60; conducts first Protestant religious services in Ohio country, 61; tells of the killing of a white woman who attempted to escape from Indians, 61; assured of friendship of Delaware Indians, 62; distributes gifts to Indians on the Muskingum, 62; holds conference with Indians at Pickawillany, 65; return journey of from Pickawillany, 66, 67; character and results of expedition of, 67; sketch of, 69-70.

Goldcamp, Frank J., heroic service and death of, 7-11.

Graham farm, flint workshops on, 141. Graham, Jesse W., tells how Edwin Cop

poc, at Harper's Ferry, spared the life of Robert E. Lee, afterward commander-in-chief of the Confederate army, 413.

Grant, Jesse, father of Ulysses S. Grant, works in tannery with John Brown, 217-218.

Grant, Ulysses S., relates in his Memoirs
that his father worked in tannery with
John Brown, 218; 339; 452.
Gray, Ebenezer, 419.

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