NAME INDEX

315-328

Abner Gile: steamboat, use 185

Acme Packet Co. 181

Active: steamboat, slow 185, 192

Ada B: steamboat, for sale, 64; bought by author, 67

Adams, Thomas 176

Admiral: steamboat 221

A.J. Whitney: steamboat 221

Albany (Ill.): tornado 212, 229

Alex Mitchell: steamboat 259

Alhambra: steamboat 212

Alice Wils: steamboat 24, 185

Alma (Wis.): 47; trade between and Wabasha, 51; wood flats; 77

Alton (Ill.): Lovejoy memorial,167

Alvira: steamboat 185, 221

Amboy (Ill.): railroad branch from, to Chicago, 25

American Lumberman: 21

Annie: steamboat, 77

Annie Girdon: steamboat, 186

Anthony, E.C.: 182

Arkansas: steamboat, 77

Arnold, John: pilot, 23

Arrow Transportation Co: 180

Artemus Lamb: steamboat chartered, 76; 78; sold, 178; 216

A.T. Jenks: steamboat, 230

Atlee, Sam: 209

Atlee, S. and J.C.; part owners of

Le Claire Belle, 55; mill, 56; 177, 204, 209

Bad Axe (Wis.): 68

Badger State Lumber Company: 33

Bagley, Johnny: 56

Bard, Adelle: 135

Bard, Elizabeth: 132; married author, 135

Barnes, Capt. J.D: monument to Buffalo Bill, 160; 199

Barth, William: discovers coal, 149

Beaver: towboat, 160

Beebe, Capt. E. H.: 23

Beedle, Hiram, Jr.: pilot, 23; 154

Beef Slough: 21, 47-54: men employed, 48; output of logs, 53; 68; low water, 99; log rafts, 103; closed, 112; 130, 139, 237

Beef Slough Boom Company: 33; organized, 47

B.E. Linehan: steamboat, sold, 182

Belle Mac: steamboat, total loss, 182

Belle of Bellevue: steamboat,24

Belle of La Cross: steamboat, 77,159

Belle of Pepin: steamboat, 77

Bellevue (Ia.): 23, 68; wharf-boat, 105; 239

Ben Franklin: steamboat, 175

Betsy Slough: 69, 131

B.F. Weaver: steamboat, dismantled, 189

B. Hershey: steamboat, 78; uses bowboat, 172; sunk, 181; 234, 237

Bill, Capt. Fred A.: 20; tells of twin boats, 210

Bill Henderson: mailboat, 210

Mr. Black______: 187

Black Hawk: chief, 162

Black Hawk: steamboat, built, 188

Black River: 21: first rafting, 35 ; high, 131; decline of logging, 171; 179

Blair, Capt. W.A.: birth, 23; on Silver Wave, 43; first year rafting, 55-76; master Last Chance, 74; on Silver Wave, 82; Browns Corner,95; last year teaching, 105; pilot's license,121; mason,135; marriage,135 last trip on Ten Broeck, 143; decides to at quit rafting,186, 316

Blow, Joe: author's favorite pilot: 27; 36

Blue Lodge: towboat, 81

Boat stores: described, 70: 105

Borup and Oakes: 37

Bradley, Capt. Cyrus: 172; successful in running raft with steamboat, 192, 222

Brady, "Judge": clerk, 156

Brasser, Capt. George : 143,145, 146

Bright, Tom: wood flats, 68

Bro. Jonathan: steamboat, dismantled, 181, 215, 229

Browns Corner: author teaches school at, 95, 105

Brownsville (Minn.): wood yard, 67,77

Buckeye: steamboat, 186, 221, 222

"Bucking" an oar: 28

Buckman, John R.: post, G.A.R.161

Buisson, Antoine: 234

Buisson, Capt. Cyprian: 78; biographical sketch, 234-238; naturalist, 237; aids author prepare list of pilots, 267

Buisson, Capt. Henry: on steamer Hartford, 48, 78, 234

Buisson, Capt. Joseph: 78, 186; biographical sketch, 230-233; 234,237: aids author prepare a list of pilots, 267

Buisson, Joseph: French-Canadian trader, 234

Bun Herzy: steamboat, 143

Burlington (Ia.): destination of rafts, 39; 77, 112; packet service, 179, 182, 188

Burlington Post: 20

Burrow, Vetal: pilot, 130, 131

Cable Lumber Company: 223

Cairo (Ill.): Illinois Central Railroad, 25; mentioned, 172, 175, 185

Caldwell, Hannah: Chapter D.A.R., 161

Camanche (Ia.): 118, 187; tornado, 212

Campbell. Lt. John: defeated by Black Hawk, 162

Campbells Island: battle of, marker, 162

Carlton, Harry: cabin boy, 56, 86

Carnival City Packet Co: 177, 178; organized by author, 188

Carr, David: 160, 199

Carson and Rand: 55

Cassville Slough: 110

Cat Tail Slough: 175, 211

Champion: steamboat, 186

Chancy Lamb: steamboat, 104; 239 wrecked, 178; dismantled, 189 new steamboat, 189

Charles Rebstock: steamboat, 77

Charles Rogers: steamboat, 24, 239

Charlotte Boeckeler: steamboat sold, 172; engines, 189; 244, 246

Chicago (Ill.): 25

Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad,178

Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul railway; erects monument, 163-164

Chippewa Falls: steamboat, 221

Chippewa Lumber and Boom Co., 34, 220

Chippewa River : 21; operations of M.R.L. Co., 33, 47, 77, 93; high,131

Cincinnati (Ohio): 175, 229

City Belle: steamboat, 216, 219

City of Quincy: steamboat, 177

City of Winona: steamboat: 117,171; in packet trade, 181, 221

Civil War: mentioned, 161, 195, 223, 234

C.J. Caffrey: raft-boat, 81; dismantled, 189

Clark, Arthur H; 20

Clark, Gen. George Rogers: statue, 166-167

Clark, Matt Transportation Co: 126

Clark, William: 167

Clayton (Ia.): wood landing, 68

Cleeland, Tom: 43; encounter with author, 44

Clinton: steamboat, 77

Clinton (Ia.): 54; packet service, 77; 81; no rocks in river, 90; 104, 181, 187; first raft ran successfully to, 192; 222

Clinton Lumber Co: 129, 139, 140, 176

Clinton Nigger: invention and use, 207

Clyde: steamboat, first Iron raftboat,180; 186, 220, 223, 237, 243

Coal: mines opened, 67; price, 64; discovered in Happy Hollow, 149; Wanlockhead mine, 240

Coal Bluff: steamboat, 240

Cody, Col. William F: monument, 160

Coleman, Andrew: rapids pilot, 159

Coleman, C.L: in lumbering business, 35

Columbia: steamboat, built, 178

Comfort: excursion barge, destroyed, 177

Condor: steamboat, 178

Control: steamboat, 179

Cook House dispatches: 108

Cooks: known by nicknames; 30

Coon Slough: 70, 219

Cothell, Robert: 179

Craft, David: 237

Crib: description,34

Crooked Slough, 131

Cumberland River: 182

Curtis, George M: congressman, 161

C.W. Cowlea: steamboat, rebuilt, 181; 221, 233, 237

Cyclone: steamboat, burned: 179

Daisy: steamboat, sold: 180, 229

Dalles (The): 27

D.A. McDonald: steamboat, 237

Dan Hine: steamboat, dismantled, 189

Dan Thayer: rafter 171, 221

Daniel Shaw Lumber Company: 33, 233

Daniels, J.C: 172

Davenport: steamboat, 159

Davenport (Ia.): 28, 36: packet service, 77: 81, 181, 182, 188

Davenport, James: engineer, 59

Davenport, Will: author's partner, 55: 56

Davidson, P.S: 35 boat store, 70

Davidson Line: see White Collar

Davis, Capt. Wm: 178

Deere family: houseboat, 181

Defenbaugh, James E: 21

Dells Lumber Company: 34, 220

Des Moines rapids: rapids pilots, 277-278

Des Moines river: 166

Desota Bay: raft storage, 129

Diamond Bluff (Wis.): 69

Diamond Jo: steamboat, 77

Diamond Jo Line: boat stores, 70: steamers, 77: addition to fleet: 78: 155, 210, 215

Dimock, Gould and Co: 54, 143

Disney and son: 129

Dispatch: steamboat, 229

Dixon (Ill.): 240

Dr. Franklin II: steamboat, 212

Dodds, Capt. Robert: 82: biographical sketch, 245-246

Dodge, Gov. Henry: Treaty with Indians, 35

Dorrance, D.F: rapid pilot, 73: 74, 129

Double-tripping: explained, 17-18

Doughty, Thomas: 195

Douglas, Hugh: 180

Douglas, E: 48

Douglas Boardman: steamboat, 81: 136, 154: rivalry, 154-156: dismantled, 176, described, 210, 240

Drenning, Thomas: pilot,23

Dubuque: steamboat, riot: 39-40: 159

Dubuque (Ia.): 25: early sawmills, 36: 39, 60, 68; boat stores, 70, 100; first iron raft-boat built, 180, 224

Dubuque, Julian: 163

Duck creek: 74

Duley, Joseph: liveryman, 267

Duncan, Capt. A.E: 129; retired, 268

Durant, Capt. E.W: 19, 21, 215: biographical sketch, 229-230: further sketch, 266-267

Durant and Hanford: 249

Durant, Wheeler and Company: raft-boat fleet: 64: successful career, 229

Dutchman's creek: 35

Eads, Capt.(James B.): jetty plan, 89

Eagle Point (Ia.) : Diamond Jo boatways, 76: 95

Eau Claire (Wis.): packet service, 77

Eau Claire Lumber Company: 33: charters Le Claire Belle, 60: 113

Eclipse: steamboat, sold, 186: 223

Ed Durant, Jr: steamboat, 230

Edwards, R.A: 129

Effie Afton: steamboat, 161

Ella: steamboat, 77

Empire Lumber Co: 220

E.M. Norton: towboat, 160

Enber Lillian: wife of Cyprian Buisson, 238

Engineers: list of, 279-285

Erie (Pa.): birthplace of Capt. Hawthorne, 246

E. Rutledge: rafter, 172: rebuilt, 173: 189

Espy, Jean: chapter D.A.R. ,monument, 164

Evansville: steamboat, 126, 186: dis-mantled, 189

Everett: bow-boat, 172, 224

Favorite: steamboat, 154

F.C.A. Denkmann: rafter, 172: name

changed, 175: largest log raft, 203: described, 210

Ferryville (Wis.): packet service, 77

Fetter, Capt. (A.E.): 178

Fetter and Crosby and Contractors,178

Fevre river: 23, 24

Finley's wood landing: 68

Finn, Huckleberry: statue, 167

Firebox reports: 108

Fisher, Wm.: pilot, 23

Flagler, H.M: 177

Fleming Brothers: 233, 237

Flying eagle: excursion steamer, wrecked, 176

Fort Armstrong: replixa of old block house, 161, 166

Fort Crawford: ruins, 164: 166

Fort Edwards: abandoned, 166

Fort Madison (Ia.): last lumber raft, 33: 55, 56, 70: raft delivered, 76: logs

for, 117: monument, 164-165

Fort Shelby: 162

Fountain City (Wis.): wood yards 68: 68: packet service, 77: 117

Frank: steamboat, 221

Franklin county (Kans.): 165

Franzeni, Jo: 68

Fraternal orders: 230, 249

Frenchtown (Ia.): wood landing,68

Fritz: steamboat, 172

Frontenac: steamboat, 180: last large rafter built, 188

Fugina, F.J: 180

Fulton (Ill.): packet service,77: 139

F. Weyerhaeuser: steamboat, sold, 175: 189

Galena: steamboat, 212

Galena (Ill.): mines and steamboats, 23: early sawmills, 36, 81: home of Capt. Kerz, 239

Galena and Minnesota Packet Co: Capt. Hanks in employ, 212: ownership and management of boats, changed 215: 216, 246

Gallenor, Joe: cook, 81: practical joker, 82: 96, 111

Gardie Eastman: steamboat, 129: sold, 178: 233

Gardiner, Batchelder, and Wells: 129, 233

Gaunitz brothers: boat store, 70

G.B. Knapp: steamboat, 77

Gem City: packet, 154

George S: bow-boat, 172

G.H. Wilson: steamboat, dismantled, 189: 221

Gilchrist, H.M.: in coal mine, 149

Gilchrist, John: in coal mine, 149

Gile, Abner: 35

Gipsey: bow-boat, 172

Girdon, Capt. G.W: 23

Glenmont: rafter, rebuilt, 171: 189

Glenmont (Ill.): 69

Godfrey, M.J. and Son: 178

Golden Gate: steamboat, 189, 230

Goldsmith, Harvey: 28

Graham,Lt. Duncan: 234

Grand Pacific: steamboat, 77

Green Bay (Wis.): 164

Green Tree Hotel: 149-170

Grey Eagle: steamboat, 23-24: 154: wrecked, 161: Capt. Dodds in charge of, 245

Griffith, George: engineer, 23

Grignon, Pierre: sawmill 35

Grupe and Murray: 130

Guttenberg (Ia.): 58

Hammond Chute: wood yard, 68: 89

Hanford, Jack: killed, 229

Hanks, Mary: mother of Lincoln, 211

Hanks, Capt. Stephan B: 19-20: pilot: 23, 33: biographical sketch, 211- 216: 229: aids author with list of pilots, 267

Hanley, Dan: fireman, 96

Hanley, A.J.: lawyer, 82, 96

Hannibal (Mo.): destination of rafts, 39, 112; Mark Twain statue, 167: 180, 191, 192, 220; objective of first raft by steamboat, 221, 222, 249

Hanson and Linehan: boat store, 70

Harriet: rafter, 171, 172

Harrington's wood landing: 68

Harris, Capt. D.S: 58

Harris, Jack: 23

Harris, James Henry: engineer, 82: eulogy of Captain Dodds, 245-146

Harris, Keeler, 23

Harris, Meeker, 23

Harris, Scribe, 23

Harris, Capt. Smith: 23, 154

Harris Slough: 23, 24

Harry, John: wood flats, 68

Hartford: steamboat, 48, 186, 215

Hastings (Minn.): 182

Hawthorne, Capt. J.M: 19: bio-graphical sketch 246-249

Hay, John: Jim Bludso and the 'Prairie Bell', 16

Hayden,_____: cook, 150,153

H.C. Brockman: bow-boat, 172: largest log raft, 203

Held, Barbara: 240

Helen Blair: steamboat, 24, 237, 238

Helen Mar: steamboat, 64: dismantled, 182

Helena (Ark.): 175

Helene Shulenburg: steamboat, 82: dis-mantled, 172: Capt. McCaffrey in mantled, 172: Capt. McCaffrey interested in, 244, 246

Henderson (Ky.): 175

Hennepin Canal: 244

Henrietta: steamboat, 143: sold, 179

Hershey Lumber Co: 54, 78: lets contract to run logs, 130, 237

Hiawatha: excursion boat, 179

Hight, Capt. W.P: 156

Hill, Capt. (T.B.): 45

Hitchcock, Capt. Samuel: 82: biographical sketch, 238-239

Hixon, G.C: 35

Holley, John M: 21

Hollingshead, Capt. A.F: 220

Holway, N.B: 35

Hotchkiss, G.W.: publisher, 21

Hudson: steamboat, 186

Hugunin, James: 19: pilot, 56, 60

Hunt, Campbell: pilot, 154

Hunt, James: engineer, 23

Hunter, W.L: pilot, 33: runs last raft, 204

Hutchinson, Capt. Abe: 154

Ida Fulton: steamboat, dismantled, 189, 215

Ida Heerman: 77

I.E. Staples: raft-boat, 64

Illinois: 23: coal mines, 67: coal discovered, 149: erects statue of Clark, 166, 167: Lovejoy memorial, 168, 211, 240: sawmills, 258

Illinois Central Railroad: longest railroad, 1857, 25: monument erected, 162

Illinois Fish Commission: 178

Imperial: steamboat, 77

Indiana: 167

Indians: 35, 162

Ingram, O, H: 219

Ingram, Kennedy and Company: 34, 180

International Harvester Co: 240

Inverness: steamboat, sold 182

Iowa: wood landings, 68: 113: Civil War troops, 162: penitentiary, 164: pioneers entered, 165, 187, sawmills, 257-259, 261-264

Iowa, steamboat,129: sold, 176: not rebuilt, 186

Iowa City: steamboat, 185

Irene D: steamboat, built, 74: 129: sold, 176: 189

Irvine, Thomas: 48: secretary M.R.L. Co., 54

Isaac Staples: raft-boat, 64: 172: burned, 179

Jack Frost: tow-boat, 160

James, Jesse: 63

Jas. Fisk, Jr: steamboat, 186: dismantled, 189

Jas. Means: steamboat, dismantled, 189: 216, 216, 221, 243

J.C. Atlee: steamboat, 177

Jefferson: steamboat, 181

Jenks, Capt. A.T.: 215, 229

Jennie Gilchrist: steamboat, 68: towing coal, 74: accident, 104-105: at Green Tree, 149-150

Jennie Hays: steamboat, 186

Jessie B: steamboat, 182

Jessie Bill: steamboat, 48

J.G. Chapman: steamboat, burned, 181: freak, 209: 231

J.H. Freind: steamboat, 172

J.K. Graveds: steamboat, capsized, 175

J.M: steamboat, 204

John H. Douglas: rafter, 171, 231, 240

Johnny Schmoker: steamboat, 185, 240

Joliet (Louis): 164

Jo Long: steamboat, built,74: sold, 176: 244

Joppa (Ill.): 178

Josephine: steamboat, 77

Josie: steamboat, 77

Joy Lumber Co: 178

Joyce, David: 54, 139, 176

Joyce's slough: 104

J.S. Keator: steamboat, 105, 175

Julia: steamboat, 240

Julia B: steamboat, 240

Julia Hadley: steamboat, 186, 229

Juniata: steamboat, 180: name changed, 181: 188

J.W. Mills: steamboat, author in charge, 67: 81, 126, 135: traded, 177: 178, 240

J.W. Van Sant I: 117, 172: burned, 179: described, 199-201: 221, 222

Kalitan: steamboat, 181

Kansas: harvesters from, 100

Kattenbracker and Weither: 74

Keithsburg (Ill.): 182

Kellogg Sanitarium(Mich.): 244

Kelly, Will: pilot, 23

Kentucky II: steamboat, in use prior to 1860, 191

Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Terminal Co: 179

Keokuk, Chief: monument, 165

Keokuk: steamboat, 78: packet service, 179, 210

Keokuk (Ia.): 165: packet service, 179

Keokuk Canal, 60

Keokuk Northern Line: steamers, 77: competitor, 78

Kerz, Adam: 240

Kerz, Barbara: 240

Kerz, Capt. Paul: 23, 81: biograhical sketch, 239-243

Kerz, Paul: attorney, 240

Kerz, Phillip: 240

Key City: steamboat, 156: mail packet, 215

Kileen, Capt. John F: supt. Diamond Jo Line, 78

King, John: pilot, 23

Kirns, Capt. Peter: 60, 267

Kirschner, A.O: 175

Kit: pilot contractors, of what composed, 26

Kit Carson: rafter, 172

Klein, Capt. John F: 175

Knapp, Stout and Company: 34, 221

Koehler, Jacob: 239

Kraus, Conrad: engineer, 81

La Crosse: steamboat, in packet service, 180

La Crosse (Wis.): 35: boat stores, 70: packet service, 77, 180, 240

La Crosse Lumber Company: organized, 35

La Crosse Mississippi River Towing Co: 172

Lady Grace: steamboat, sold, 178

Lafayette Lamb: steamboat, 104: used as bow-boat, 172: sold, 237

Lafayette Lumber Co: 33

La France, Mr._____: 219

Laird, Norton and Co: 54, 188

Lake Superior: steamboat, 77, 156

Lakes: Saint Croix, lumber run from, 33

Lamb, Artemus: vice-president M.R.L. Co., 54

Lamb, Chancy: inventor of Clinton Nigger, 207

Lamb, C. and Sons: 54, 78, 178: Capt. Hanks in employ, 215: 237

Lambertson, Ben: 239

Lancaster, Capt.E.J.: biographical sketch, 223-225

Lancaster, George O: engineer, 122, 130

Lancaster, Harry: 224

Lancaster, S.E: pilot, 267

Lancaster, Thomas,: 223

Lansing (Ia.): supplies, 70: packet service, 77: 139, 144

Lansing Lumber Co: 126, 139, 176

Larkins, Martin: fireman, 56

Last Chance: bow-boat,73: author buys interest, 121: described, 122: 126: help rafts over rapids, 130: 239, 244, 250

Latshaw, Jim: 68

Laycock, John H: 135

Lead mines: 23

Le Claire: steamboat, first boat built to tow rafts, 195

Le Claire (Ia.): 28, 73, 95, 144: Famous Green Tree, 150-161: 187: first tow-boat built, 195

Le Claire, Antoine: Founder of Davenport 113, 149

Le Claire Belle: steamboat, 55: describe 56-59: 86, 95: cylinders, 118 dismantled, 189: 209, 243, 250

Le Claire, Dave: pilot, 113

Le Claire Navigation Co: 74, 121-133: organized, 126: 176, 186, 250

Le Point, Frank: pilot, 82, 139, 145

Lewis, Merriwether: 167

Libby Conger: steamboat, 77

Lily Turner: rafter, rebuilt, 171

Lincoln, Abraham: 211

Lindley, J.T.R. (Kentucky): pilot, 246, 249

Lindsay and Phelps: 223, 224

Lion: steam packet, 48, 77

Liquor: on steamboats, 39

Little Bull Falls: 27

Little Hoddie: tow-boat, 48, 52

Lizzie Gardener: steamboat, burned, 182

Lodwick, Capt.____: 216

Lone Star: steamboat, 185, 221, 222

Long, Capt. J.N.: rapids pilot, 73, 130, 132, 154: rivalry, 154-156: arrested, 156

Long, William: cook, 122, 130

Loeney, Morrell: pilot, in Alaska, 267

Lorraine, Matt: 24

Louisville: steamboat, dismantled, 182, 229

Louisville (Ky.): 166, 179

Lovejoy, Elijah P: memorial, 167-168

Luella: steamboat, burned, 181

Lumber and lumbering: handled by

Galena yards, 251,: output of, 33, 34, 35, 37, 256, 263, 289-292: earliest, 35 men engaged, 36: increase, 37: output from Beef Slough, 53: pine supply, exhausted, 54: decline of logging, 171: 'last log' 291

Lumberman: rafter, 172

Lumberman National Bank: 229

L.W. Barden: steamboat 186, 233

L.W. Workhouse: steamboat, 186

Lydia Van Sant: rafter: 171: 172-177

Lynxville (Wis.): 68: largest log raft from, 203

Lyons (Ia.): 54, 139, 171, 178, 233

McCaffrey, Capt. John: boats owned, 73: 121, 122: biographiacal sketch, 243- 244: purchase of steamboat interests, 246: planter, 267

McCaffrey and Dodds: Ten Broeck purchased from, 126

McCall, R,B. : mate, 56

McClellan, Camp: 154, 162

McCraney, William: 182

McDonald brothers: 35: boat store, 70: fleet of raft- boats, 85: 129

McGaughy, Owen, 24

McGillivray, Duncan, 48

McGinley, Capt. O.E. : handles largest log raft: 203

McGlynn, Harry: 104

McGregor (Ia.) : 68

McKenzie, D.H. : 48

McKenzie, Capt. Hugh, 165

Mckenzie, Kinney: 48

McKinley, Capt. Wm: 170

McKusick, John: first mill owner in Stillwater, 212

McMann, Capt. O.P: 81, 130: (McMahan) retired, 268

McPhail, Sandy: raft pilot, 36, 211

McWilliams Dredging Co: 178

Maggie Beany: steamboat, 77, 186

Mahan, Dulany: 167

Mahan, Mr. and Mrs. George A: 167

Maine: 35

Malin, Capt. Lew: on steamer Jessie Bill, 48

Mamie Barrett: steamboat, 172

Manwaring, Joe: 74

Maquoketo Slough: 180

Marine Mills (Minn.): first lumber run from, 33

Markatana: houseboat of Deere family, 181

Marquette: towboat, 24

Marquette, Father James: 163-164

Mars: steamboat, 221

Mary Morton: steamboat, 244

Mascot: rafter, 171, 172: destroyed, 177

Mates: list of raft-boat, 287- 288

Matt, F. Allen: steamboat,182

Maxwell, Sam: engineer, 23

May Libby: steambaot, 221

Mayo, Dr. Charles: 175

Meese William A: Battle of Campbell's Island 162

Memphis (Tn.): 176, 185, slave auction, 219

Menominee: steamboat, 143: dismantled, 180

Menominee (Wis.): 77

Merrill, Henry: first raft, 35

Mexicao, Gulf of: 89

Michigan, 167

Mikesell, Add: 56

Milligan, W.B: engineer, 82

Milwaukee: steamboat, 159

Mines: in Galena, 23

Minneapolis: steamboat, 77, 159

Mineapolis (Minn.): first sawmill, 37: immigrants to, 37: 74

Minnesota: steamboat, 77, 159, 191

Minnesota: tow-boat, 64: 239

Minnesota: Van Sant governor, 20: 21: freight and passenger boat to Wabasha, 48: penitentiary, 63: 189: wheat fields, 100: 234: sawmills, 256, 257

Minnesota Historical Society: Collections, 21-22

Minnesota River, 186

Minnie Will: steamboat, 186, 192

Mississippi: excursion barge, 188

Mississippi river: 23: average current, 27-28 early rafting, 36: low water, 63, 89: 1878 a dry season, 64: then and now, 77, 93: wing dams, 89: improvement work, 90-91: last raft, 204-207: decline of rafting, 265

Mississippi River Logging Co: 21: operations on Chippewa river, 33: 47: 53: dissolved, 54

Missouri: harvesters from, 100: erects statue of Twain, 167: sawmills, 264

Missouri river: 89, 179

Mitchell, Capt. Bob: at La Crosse bridge, 46: 130, 187

Mobile (Ala.): 180

Moline: rafter, 172: capsized, 175

Moline (Ill.): 54, 143, 181, 234

Mollie Mohler: steamboat, 186, 187

Monitor L.: steamboat, 185

Monroe, John: pilot, 136: aids author prepare list of pilots, 267

Montrose (Ia.): 28, 121

Monument and inscriptions: 160-168

Moonstone: steamboat, 185

Morgan, Capt. D: 176

Mormons: timber for buildings at Nauvoo, 35

Morning star: steamboat, 81, 204, 238

Morrell, Dave Wood landing, 68

Mountain Belle: steamboat, renamed, 182: 186, 221, 223

Mueller, Chr: 126, 139

Mueller Lumber Company: 176

Mullen, Moses: mate, 156

Muscatine: steamboat, 77, 159

Muscatine (Ia.): destination of rafts, 36: 54, 132

Musser: steamboat, remodeled, 179

Musser Lumber Co.: 54, 81, 103

M. Whitmore: steamboat, 246

Myers, Wm: engineer, 23

Myrick and Miller: 35

Nackenheim (Germany): birthplace of Capt. Kerz, 239

Natrona: steamboat, 186

Nauvoo (Ill.): Mormons, 35: 182

Neptune: steamboat, 231

Netta Durant: steamboat, 129, 140: rebuilt, 171: sold, 177: 229

Newcomb, Capt. M.H: 181

Newcomb, O.J: pilot, in Alaska, 267

New Orleans (La.): 179, 180, 181

New Ulm (Minn.): massacre, 154

Noles Station: 144

Northern Light: steambaot, 23

Northfield (Minn.): 63

North Star: rafter, 171: 172

Northwestern: steamboat, 77: 159

Northwestern Lumber Co.: 33, 220

Norton, Matthew G: 21

Noveltu: steamboat, 237

Nunns, Annie A: 21

Oars: describe, 29

Ohio: 167

Ohio River: 166, 178, 186

Oliver, Pearl: 68

Orinoco: steamboat: 68

O'Ryan, Conny: 24

Osborne, James: 155: stabbed, 156

Ott, Charley: 68

Ottawa River: 51

Ottumwa Belle: steamboat, 33, 177: ran last raft, 203, 204, 266

Paducah (Ky.): 179, 180, 181, 182

Park Bluff: rafter, rebuilt, 171

Parmalee brothers: 177

Pathfinder: bow-boat, 172: on last raft, 204: 221

Patton, Capt. L.E.: 176

Paul, John: 35

Pauline: steamboat, 182, 220, 229

Pearl: steamboat, 186, 221

Peavey, Capt. Hank L: 64

Peel, Capt. Thomas: 182

Penn Wright: steamboat, 64: burned, 189

Penquin: steamboat, 77

Pepin (Wis.): 77, 181

Pepin Lake: 68, 70, 83: speed of rafts, 119: author has break-up, 140: 191

Perrot, Jo, 185

Pete Kerns: steamboat, 113

Peters, Samuel: 188

Pettibone, A.W.: 35

Phil Schaeckel: steamboat, 77

Phil Sheridan: steamboat, 159

Philumalee, David: 26, 36

Pilot: bow-boat, 73: sold, 74: 176, 244

Pilot-contractor: position explained, 26

Pilots: duties, 17: engaged, 36: 37: income, 73: rivalry, 119: license authorizes, 121: list of raft, 1840-1913, 265- 273: see also Rapids' Pilots

Pittam (William): 24

Pittsburg: steamboat,78

Polleys, W.H: 35

Portage (Wis.): 35

Porter and Moon: see Northwestern Lumber Co. Prairie du Chien (Wis.): 163, 224

Prescott: bow-boat, 73:118: dismantled, 189

Prescott (Wis.): 64: packet service, 77: wing dams, 89: Capt. Winans last raft to, 221

Prices and values: 36, 69, 75, 129, 130: cut by Capt. Winans, 222

Princeton (Ia.): 26, 36: author teacher in, 55

Purchase: steamboat, 182

Queens Bluff: wood yard, 68: low water, 89

Quickstep: steamboat, sold, 182

Quincy (Ill.): destination of rafts, 36: Clark statue, 166: packet service, 179

Racing: 108, 113-114

Rafts: speed of floating, 28: described, 29-30, 34, 51: first taken to Saint Louis, 35: crews on, 38: size, 53: speed down stream, 69: earnings, 75-76: size of lumber and log, 118: usual speed 119: storage, 139: first boat built to tow, 195-201: largest, 203- 204: double-deckers, 203: last, 204-207: see also pilots, engineers, mates.

Raft boats: crew, 15: what became of, 171-189: first real raft-boat, 199-201: freak, 209-210: pilots, 265-273: Rapid pilots, 275-278: Engineers, 279-285: mates, 287-299: list of and their owners, 293-308

Rafting: 17: author's information, 19: record lost, 21: supplies, 70: last of, 204, 265: biographical sketches of prominent men, 211-254: see also Pilots, Raft Pilots, Engineers, Mates

Railroads: 25: none on Wisconsin side, 48: under water, 104: 178

Rambo, J.W: rapids pilot, 73: 130, 132

Rand, E.D.: 59

Randall, Lish: 68

Rapids Pilots: special, 73: fee, 74: list of, 275-278: see also Pilots

Ravenna: steamboat, raised, 180

R.D.Kendall: bow-boat, 172, 189

Read's Landing (Minn.): 34, 54: double- tripping, 70: packet service, 77: 112, 186: first steamboat to tow rafts, 191: 219, 221

Red Wing: steamboat, 77, 156: sold, 181

Reindeer: steamboat, sold, 178

Rexdale, Robert: When the mississippi was the Great Highway, 152, 168-170

Reynolds, Joseph: 215

Rice, Capt. Dan: 143, 144

Richmann, Capt.J.J: 175

Richman's wood yard: 68

Riots: see DuBucque River anecdotes: 30-31: 38-39, 45, 46, 86, 125, 145-148, 196

R.J. Wheeler: steamboat 179, 229

Robert Louis: trading post 212

Robert Dodds: excursion barge, 143: 145, 146, 172, 244, 246

Robert Harris: steamboat, 77

Robert Semple: steamboat, 229

Robson, John: 126

Rochester (Minn.): 175

Rock Island (Ill.): 54,73: largest log raft to, 10. 20, 203

Rock Island Lumber and Mfg. Co: 54

Rock Island Rapids: 28: length, 73: 130: improvement, 195: rapids pilots, 275-276

Reck River: 244

Roxbury (Mass.): birthplace of Capt. Durant, 229

Rum river: logging on, 37

Rumsey, L.H: 219

Rush Chute: 75

Rutherford, Capt. George: 19, 95, 103, 110: advise to author, 112

Saddle-bagging: explained, 18

Saint Anthony's Falls: logging above, 20, 36

Saint Croix: steamboat 126, 186, 221

Saint Croix Lake: use, 64: wood yard, 69: 74: rafts through, 82: speed of rafts, 119: 186: rafts pushed through early, 191

Saint Croix River: 20-21, 63, decline of logging 171: 186

Saint Louis (M0.): 23: steamers 24: first logs, 33: 35, 54: boat store, 70

pilot's license, 74: packetn service, 78: 154, 180, 182, 185: largest raft to, 203: 220

Saint Louis Waterways Journal: 245: list of pilots, 265

Saint Louis wood landing: 68

Saint Maurice River: 51

Saint Paul (Minn.): 21, 24: immigrants to, 37: 74: packet service, 77, 78: 81: wing dams, 89: 90, 154, 182: Capt. Winan's last raft, 221

Sam Atlee: steamboat, sold, 179, 210, 221

Satelite I: steamboat, 221

Satelite II : steamboat, 221

Saturday Evening Post: 20

Saturn I: rafter, 171, 172:destroyed, 177: 221, 240

Saturn II : steamboat, sold, 179: handle largest raft, 203: 221

Savage, William: pilot, 136

Savannah Bay: 55

Sawmills: and their owners, 255-264

Sawyer, Tom: statue, 167

Sawyer and Austin: 35

Schworm, F.P: 161

Scott, George: 48

Shannon, James: mate, 130

Shannon, John: fireman, 56

Shannon, Robert: engineer, 122, 130

Shaw, Daniel: 186

Sheffield (Ala.): 180

Sherman Lumber Co: 34

Shipley, Ben: cook, 56

Shiplor, Peter: wharf-boat, 105

Short, Capt. Lome: encourages author, 103

Short, Pete, 48

Shulenburg and Boeckler: 54, 82

Sidney: steamboat, 78

Silas Wright: steamboat, sunk, 189: 220-221

Silver Crescent: rafter, 46, 130, 146: author buys, 186: unfortunate experience, 187: in packet service, 188

Silver Wave: raft-boat, 43: author transferred to, 60: 81, 95-119: hard to steer, 96: 181: dismantled, 189: 253

Simmons, Wm: 26

Skinner, Bill, raft pilot, 36

Skunk River: 112

Slocumb, Alfred: 211

Slocumb, Henry, 188

Smallpox epidemic: 106-107

Smith, John: 73: rapids pilot, 159

Smith, Capt. Orin, 23

Smith's wood yard: 69

South Stillwater Lumber Co: 229

Spaulding, Jacob: sawmill, 35

Spechts Ferry (Ia.): 100

Splitting on the pier: explained, 18

Stanchfield, Daniel: 20: cut first logs on Upper Mississippi, 36

Standard Lumber Co: 220

Staples, Isaac: 64

Steamboat: terms used, 15: principal fuel, 60: use of coal, 67-68: size, 78: speed, 108: boilers, 109: rivalry, 154-156: all available used in rafting, 185: more use for sternwheelers, 186: use in rafting, 191- 192: whistle signals, 196: see racing, raft-boats, rafting, etc.

Stedman, James: engineer, 114

Steele, Franklin: first mill in Minneapolis, 37

Stephenson, Capt. Charles L: 23

Sterlin: steamboat, 24, 239, 240

Sterling (Ill.): 229

Stillwater: steamboat, dismantled 189, 223

Stillwater(Minn.) first logs from, 33, 56, 60: penitentiary, 63: 70, 74, 77, 82, 121, 143, 180, 185: largest raft taken from, 203: 237, 249

Stone, Elizabeth: wife of Cyprian Buisson, 238

Stone House (the): 68

Streckfus, Capt. John: 154: rivalry, 154-156

Stubb's Eddy: 74

Sucker State: steamboat, 156

Suiter, Jacob: 74

Suiter, W.A: 85

Taber Lumber Co: 177

Tagg, Thomas: discovered coal, 149

Talmadge, T. DeWitt: lecturer, 76

Tampa (Fla.): 254

Taylor, Maj. Zachary: 166, 234

Taylor's Falls (Wis.): 77

Ten Broeck: steamboat, author in charge, 67: wins race, 114: 126: rafting with, 135-148: described, 136: burned, 178: 244

Tennessee river: 179, 182

Thistle: steamboat, in packet trade, 182-185

Thompson, Miss_____: 86

Tibbals, W.R: pilot, 23

Tibbetts, Bill: 68

Tiber: steamboat, dismantled, 189

Tidal Wave: steamboat, 77

Towboat Minnesota: 82

Tracey George S: lawyer, 182

Transportation: mail, freight, and passenger service, 48: harvesters, 100: roads, trucks and busses effect river, 179: electric road effect river, 181"

Trenton (Wis.): 69

Tromley, George: 19: pilot, 23-26: claim on Packet Company: 45: 46: 56: encourage author, 67: 95: 136, 196, 243

Trow, G.B: 35

Turner, Capt. J. M: 20: biographical sketch, 216-221: button factory, 220

Turner and Hollinshed: 180

Twain, Mark: statue, 167

Union: steamboat, 185: first to tow rafts, 191, 192, 222: 221

Union Lumber Company: 33

Upper Rapids: see Rock Island Rapids

Valley Lumber Co: 34

Valley Navigation Co: 233: formed: 237

Van Sant, J.W: advice to author, 125: 199

Van Sant, Capt. Sam R: 19, 20: author's employer, 55: pardons Cole Younger, 63: charters Artemus Lamb,76: charming host, 81: 100: on racing, 114-117: 121, 122, 176, 199, 201: regarding Samuel Hitchcock, 238-239: Biological sketch, 250-254

Van Sant and Musser Transportation Co: 103, 130, 177, 186

Verne Swain: steamboat, rivalry, 154-156

Vernie Mac: 181

Victory (Wis.): 68

Vigor: steamboat, 77

Viola: steamboat, 186, 229, 249

Virginia: rafter, 171: taken to Florida, 177

Vivian: steamboat, sold, 186

Volunteer: steamboat, built, 129: destroyed, 177

Wabash: rowboat, 175

Wabash river: 175

Wabasha (Minn.): 48: trade between and Alma, 51: 77, 89, 180: birthplace of Capt. J. Buisson, 230: birthplace of Capt. Cyprian Buisson, 234

Wages: crews, 69

Walker, Jack: 237

Wapsie Slough: 144

Ward and Brady: boat store, 70

War Eagle: steamboat, 246

Warsaw (Ill.): 166

Washburn, Gov. C.C: 35

Water, power: 37

Webb, Capt. N. F: 23

West Newton (Minn.): annual out put, 33: wood yard, 68: 237

West Newton Slough: 21, 53: decline of logging, 171

West Rambo: steamboat, 74: rebuilt, 171, 177

Western Union railway: under water, 104

Weyerhaeuser, Fred: 48: president M.R.L. Co., 54: 210

Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann: 54, 81, 210

Wharf-boat: at Bellevue, 105-106

Wheeler, Capt. R.J: 143, 215, 229

White, J.G. and Co: 178

White, William: pilot, 23

White Collar Line: 155, 159

White Eagle: steamboat, 77

W.H. Clark: steambaot. 220

Whitmore, Henry: engineer, 23: mechanic, 96: 99: skilled mechanic, 100-103: 108, 139, 199

Wilcox, Capt.H.C: 51, 180

Wild Boy: bow-boat, 73: dismantled, 189

Wm. Hyde Clarke: steamboat, 185

Wm. White: steamboat, 186

Williams, Taylor: 67: opens coal mine, 149

Williams, White and Co: 99

Willis Wilson: steambaot, 24

Wilson, Mr. (Natty): author's land lord, 95

Winans, Capt. George: 171, 177: first to direct raft below Lake Pepin, 191: 192: handled largest raft, 203: biographical sketch, 221-223: 240

Wing dams: 63: described, 89

Winona: rafter, 171

Winona (Minn.): 54: wood yard, 66: 69: packet service, 77: wing dams, 89: 182

Winona Lumber Co: 54

Wisconsin: 47: wood yards, 68: 167: sawmills, 256,257

Wisconsin Historical Society: proceedings, 21

Wisconsin river: 21, 27: earliest lumbering on, 35: 36: wood landings, 68: 93, 164

Wisherd, Capt. D.W: 189

Withee, Levi: 35

Withee, Oran: 35

Withrow, Alf: pilot, 139

Witte, John: wood yard, 68

W.J. Young, Jr: raft-boat, built, 81: Queen of rafting fleet, 178: 240

Wolf river: 175

Wood, Billy: pilot, 156

Wooders, John H: pilot, 136

Woodward, Capt, Asa: 210

Wood yards: most noted, 68

Worden, Capt. Jones L: 159

Worth, Dave: wood landing, 68

Worth, Fred: wood landing, 68

Wright, Thomas: chief engineer, 56

Wyalusing Bay: raft storage, 139

Wyman, Fred: 223: testimonial, 224

Wyman X: Steamboat, 221

Youmans Brothers and Hodgins: 54

Young, Capt. A.R: 64: largest raft boats, 82: 239

Young, Mr. C.H: 178

Young, W.J: 178: encourages first trial raft-boat, 192: builds twin boats, 210: 222, 239,240

Young, W.J. and Co: 54: family boat, 81, 135, 139: run first raft-boat, 192: 210, 222

Younger, Cole: 63

Younker, Capt. Adam: 23, 239

Younker, Capt. Steven: 23, 239

Yukon Transportation and Trading Co., 240

Zalus Davis: steamboat, 221

Zebley, Jonathan: built first boat to tow rafts, 195

Zumbrota river, 230