importance of, as grain distributing cen-
ter, 78, 79, 102, 109, 110, 118, 119,
126-130
"New Orleans in 1836, A Glimpse of”.
476
New York (New York), trip to, 3; im-
portance of, as grain distributing center,
78, 79, 82, 100, 101, 104, 105, 112,
118, 123, 126-130; distances to, 83,
112, 113, 114; charges at, 101, 103,
104, 107, 109, 110, 111, 114; Montreal
as competitor of, 111-115; steamship
lines to, 131
New York, cereal production in, 77; pub-
lications of, 134
New York, A History of Banks and Bank-
ing and of Banks and Banking in the
City of, 281
New York Central Railroad, distance on,
95; grain shipments on, 105, 106, 115
New York Produce Exchange, reports of,
101, 109, 112, 118
New York State Historical Association,
The Quarterly Journal of the, contents
of, 152, 304
New York to Iowa, From, 144
Newberry, B. W., articles by, 582
Newcastle, change of names of, 298
Newcomb, H. B., 590
Newspaper Law, 457
Newspapers, constitutional questions dis-
cussed in, 272, 273; articles relative to
Black Hills in, 320-347; communication
to, 396
Newton, Joseph Fort, articles by, 142, 458
Newton, description of, 382; camp near,
382, 383; welcome at, 382, 383
Nichols, Claude E., 311
Nichols, Hugh L., article by, 474
Nichols, Jeannette Paddock, article by,
305
Nichols, William, article by, 466
Nicollet, Joseph N., expedition of, 306
Niebaum, John H., article by, 588
Nimmo, Joseph, report by, concerning in-
ternal commerce, 72
90th Division, A History of the, 282
Niobrara River, camp at, 327, 328; fort
on, 442
Niobrara Valley (Nebraska), plan for rail-
road through, 344
Nishnabotna River, mill on, 392; camp at,
393, 394
Nisqually Journal, The, 154, 305, 587
Nixon, H. C., 309
Noble, A. B., publications by, 135, 142
Nollen, G. S., 479
Norfolk (Virginia), distance to, 83; flour
and grain trade at, 116, 117
North America, The Scenery of, 279
"North American" (steamer), mention of,
24
North Carolina Historical Commission,
Publications of the, volume in, 303
North Central States, grain produced by,
74, 76, 77; consumption of wheat in,
76, 77
North Dakota, early political jurisdiction
over, 226, 227; character of land in,
324, 422
North Dakota, The Quarterly Journal of
the University of, contents of, 579
North Platte River, camp near, 184; de
scription of valley of, 187
North River, settlement near, 353, 355
Northern Vindicator (Estherville), articles
relative to Black Hills published in, 323,
332, 346
Northey, Harry G., 309
Northport, platting of, 515
Northrup, Clarence Lewis, article by, 157
Northup, F. E., 311
Northwest Border, troops on, 364-443
Northwest Territory, government of, 349
Nossaman, Wellington, election of, as cor-
oner, 512
Nossaman, Mrs. Wellington, article by, 584
Notaries public, appointment of, 487
Notes and Comment, 159, 313, 480, 591
Notes and Documents, contents of, 155,
304
Notson, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. P., sketch of
lives of, 467
Nowlin, Hardin, services of, on committee,
241, 242, 243
Nun, A. P., resignation of, 537
Nun, Norman, election of, as county judge,
537; lack of education of, 537, 528
Nutting, Charles C., paper by, 284, 292
Nye, Benjamin, appointment of, to select
county seat, 503
Nyemaster, Ray, 311
Oakes, J. W., article by, 584
Oaks, J. M., election of, as county com-
missioner, 497
Oats, production of, 74, 75; importance of,
as food, 74, 77; transportation of, 80,
81, 89, 90, 91, 94, 97, 100; receipts of, at
various centers, 98, 124, 127-130
O'Brien, Stephen P., pay of, as assessor,
O'Brien County, joining of, to Wahkaw
County, 535; establishment of, 535, 575;
organization of, 568, 569; graft in, 568,
569, 570; bonds of, 569; data concern-
ing, 575
Observatory (Cincinnati, Ohio), 18, 19
O'Connell, M. D., sketch of life of, 585
O'Connor, Charles, 478
O'Connor, Patrick, story of, 224, 225, 226
O'Connor Rose A., article by, 458
O'Flynn, Anna C., article by, 449
Ogdensburg, (N. Y.), market at, 97, 99
"Oh, Aint I Glad to Get Out of the Wilder-
ness", singing of, 401
Ohio, description of, 7, 10, 11, 22; grain
production in, 10, 67, 74, 77, 122
Ohio, Quarterly Publication of the Histor-
ical and Philosophical Society of, The,
contents of, 303, 470
Ohio, The Political Campaign of 1875 in,
474
Ohio and Erie Canal, facts concerning,
61, 64
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quar
terly, contents of, 152, 153, 474
Ohio, Historical and Philosophical Society
of, annual report of, 303
Ohio River, trip on, 3-32; tributaries of,
4; transportation of grain on, 121, 122;
early navigation on, 583
Ohio State University in the World War,
The, 474
Ohio Valley, George Croghan and the
Struggle for the, 1748-1758, 155
Ojibway Myths and Tales, 579
O'Keaf, George, murder of, 224
Oklahoma, The Romance of, 282
Oklahoma Author's Club, volume by, 282
Okoboji, camp at, 435
Old Capitol, historical sketch of, 151; con-
stitutional convention held in, 270
Old Capitol, The Story of, 136
Old Capitol Campus, 291
Old Santa Fe Trail, Dr. Josiah Gregg,
Historian of the, 156
Old Trails and New Borders, 294
Oliva, Frank R., article by, 292
Olney, Judge, county organization author-
ized by, 520
Onawa, camp near, 401; description of,
One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Infantry,
war record of, 300
"O'Neil Colony", wagons placarded as, 327
Oneota River, ferry across, 466
Orders, difficulty over giving, 422, 425
Ordinance of 1787, clause of, 269; pass-
ing of, 349
Oregon Facts Pertaining to Ex-Slaves in,
and Documentary Record of the Case of
Robin Holmes vs. Nathaniel Ford, 587
Oregon, Jonathan Carver's Source for the
Name, 471
Oregon, The Origin of the Prehistoric
Mounds of, 587
Oregon Boundary, The Last Phase of the,
153
Oregon Historical Society, The Quarterly
of the, contents of, 153, 303, 471, 472,
587
Oregon Laws of 1845, The, 154
Oregon Mission Press, The History of the.
471, 587
Organic Act (Iowa), features of, 233; pro-
visions in, for judiciary, 251, 258
Organization of Counties in Iowa, History
of the, by JACOB A. SWISHER, 483-576
Osage Tribe, The, 279
Osceola County, establishment of, 530,
575; joining of, to Wahkaw County,
535; organization of, 571, 572, 574;
data concerning, 576
Osceola Courier, first issue of, 302
Osgood, S. J., 311
Oskaloosa, reunion at, 313; naming of,
466; county seat at, 510
Oswego (New York), grain market at,
78, 97, 99; transfer charges at, 101
Ottumwa, log cabin in, 301; license for
grocery in, 511; naming of, 511
Ottumwa Courier, early days of, 299
Overseers of the poor, election of, 494
Owl, incident concerning, 378, 379
Oxen, number of, in freighting company,
164
Oxenford, William, election of, as sheriff,
552
Pacific Coast History, Publications of the
Academy of, contents of, 303
Pacific Coast Indians, stories of, 444
Pacific Springs, location of, 189; trip to,
189, 190
Paddock, Gaius, articles by, 155
Padelford, John, election of, as recorder,
507
Page County, early settlers of, 149;
establishment of, 522, 526, 548; organi-
zation of, 526, 527; destruction of
records of, 527; data concerning, 576
Paine, Albert Bigelow, biography by, 133,
134; sketch of life of, 581
Paine, Mrs. Clarence S., office of, 477
Paine, N. B., election of, as prosecuting
attorney, 551
Painter Wood Creek, mention of, 430
Paiute Indians, location of tribe of, 217;
plot of, 217, 218; attitude of, toward
train, 218; character of, 221, 222
Palmer, Aaron, address by, 157
Palmer, Herriot C., article by, 156
Palmer, John, election of, as county judge,
547
Palo Alto County, establishment of, 530,
576; joining of, to Webster County,
551; organization of, 564, 565; data
concerning, 576
Palo Alto County, Iowa, Soil Survey of,
136, 143, 144
Panora, selection of, as county seat, 531
Parent-Teachers Association and the Health
Crusade, The, 295
Parish, John C., articles by, 142, 284, 292,
458, position of, 477
Parish, William R., murder of, 196, 208
Park, Orville A., article by, 586
Park, dedication of, 348, 362; use of,
355, 357, 358, 359, 360; management
of, 358, 359; securing of, 390, 391
Park College and Its Illinois Founder,
Parker, Benjamin S., article by, 588
Parker, C. C., address by, 306
Parker Elisha, appointment of, as crgan-
izing sheriff, 525
Parker, George F., addresses by, 309, 465.
477; recollections of, 354, 363; articles
by, 458, 586, 597; sketch of life of,
465; reference to, 480
PARKER, GEORGE F., A Typical Iowa Pio-
neer Community, 348-363
Parker, Jonathan W., services of, on com-
mittee, 241
Parker, Lockie, publications by, 292
Parker, R. Wayne, article by, 153
Parker, Samuel K., election of, as county
commissioner, 515
Parker, Thomas W., land purchased by,
352; farms owned by, 352, 353; busi-
ness ability of, 353
Parker House, dance at, 440
Parkhurst, Henry Clinton, article by, 292;
Civil War relics presented to Historical
Society by, 478
Parkinson, John B., article by, 155
Parks, Benjamin F., sketch of life of, 302
Parmelee, John D., pioneer work of, 349,
350
Parrish, Randall, books by, 292, 458
Parrott, F. W., article by, 142
Parsons, Budd, meeting with, 46
Parsons, Edward Alexander, article by, 307
Parsons, Elsie Clews, publications by, 280,
Parsons, John, book by, 448, 449
Party Affiliation Tests, 578
Parvin, Newton R., article by, 449
Parvin, T. S., case reported by, 251, 252
service of, as prosecuting attorney of
district court, 252; career of, 297
Pash A Ba Ho, 283, 284
Passengers, transportation of, 164, 342,
fare of, 343
Patents, Commissioner of, appointment of
Charles Mason as, 245
Patrick, G. T. W., article by, 142
Patriotism and History, 448
Pattee, John, incidents in military career
of, 375, 384, 385, 387, 394, 395, 396.
397, 398, 403, 408, 409, 418, 419, 424,
429, 430, 433
Patten, Charles G., article by, 149
Patterson, Edwin W., article by, 135
Patterson, Henry L., article by, 155
Patterson, T. Elliott, article by, 587
Patterson, T. L., article by, 459
Patzig, Monroe L., article by, 143
Paul, John, service of, as supervisor, 489
Paupers, county expenses for, 489
Paxson, Frederic L., book by, 132
Payne, William P., tribute to, 135, 147
Pearl, Raymond, article by, 577
Pearson, Raymond Allen, article by, 459
Peas, receipts of, at seaports, 127
Pease, Luther L., county organization an-
thorized by, 467, 565
Pebbles and History, 284, 296
Peck, John H., 311
Peck, Millard, 309
Pell, Captain, dissatisfaction of, 422
Pella, anniversary of, 462, 465, 591, 592
Pembina band of Ojibways, train of, 441
Penny, John P, article by, 588
Penoach, county seat at, 517
Penrose, Stedman, election of, as county
Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Western,
contents of, 155, 304, 471, 588
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and
Biography, The, contents of, 153, 154,
Perkins, A. H., election of, as county com-
missioner, 519
Perkins, Dexter, article by, 280
Perkins, Ebenezer, county seat selected by,
510
Perkins, Frank B., article by, 292
Perkins, George W., service of, as county
commissioner, 516
Perkins, Rollin M., article by, 135, 143
Perkins, V., election of, as clerk, 535
Persons, Warren M., article by, 447
Peters, Henry, election of, as sheriff, 537
Petersen, Mrs. Clara M., 478
Peterson Agnes C., article by, 587
Peterson, Henry J., 590
Peterson, Ole, 311
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), distances to,
83; grain trade at, 112, 115, 116, 117
118, 123, 127-130; steamship lines at
Philadelphia Method of Selecting and
Drawing Jurors, The, 588
Philbrick, Mr., business of, 59; home of,
59, 60; mention of, 62
Philbrick, Floyd, 479
Philips, Tom, business of, 344
Phillips, Chester A., article by, 293
Phillips, Fayette, election of, as assessor,
507
Phillips, Horace P., article by, 308
Phillips, Paul C., article by, 304
Phillips, Philip P., 478
Phillips, Thomas E., fortune of, 346
Phillips, Mrs. W. J., 311
Phillips, William, election of, as county
judge, 544; county organization anthor-
ized by, 551, 552
Philological Quarterly, 139, 283, 580
Phoenix, H. A., 311
Physicians who Located in Iowa in the
Period between 1850 and 1860, 283,
449, 580
Pickets, killing of, 371
Pickett, Charles E., 478
Pierce, Bessie L., articles by, 133, 293
Pierce, Frank G., office of, 159
Pierce, William, election of, as county
judge, 533
Pierre (South Dakota), mention of, 368;
trip to, 418
Pierson, A. V., article by, 472
Pigeon Creek, camp at, 396, 397, 398,
399
Pike, Benjamin F., election of, as county
commissioner, 497
Pilcher, Joseph Mitchell, article by, 307
Pilgrims in American History, The Place
of the, 134
Piney, Tom, letter from, 412
Pinney, Ed. L., incidents in military career
of, 389, 390, 399, 412; death of, 416,
417
Pioneer Community, A Typical Iowa, by
GEORGE F. PARKER, 348-363
Pioneer Days, A Farmers' Wives' Society
in, 283
Pioneer Days, Spirit of Education in, 284
Pioneer Family, The, 458
Pioneer Life in Southwest Missouri, 308
Pioneer Methods, 458
Pioneer Trek from Ohio to Wisconsin, A,
Pioneers, homes of, 149; living conditions
of, 298, 360, 361; tribute to, 348; policy
of, 348, 349; protection of, 349, 350;
loyalty of, 351; characteristics of, 356,
357, 361, 362, 363
Piper, Edwin Ford, poems by, 143, 284,
293
Pisgah, election at, 537
Pitch Range Audiometer, Using the, 453
Pitney, Dr., Hayes treated by, 53
Pittsburg Point, description of, 471
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), trip to, 3, 4;
fire at, 4, 5; description of, 4, 5; popu-
lation of, 5
"Pittsburgh, I have Called the Place", 577
Pittsburgh, Reminiscences of Early, 155
Pittsburgh's Industrial Contribution to the
World War, Some Aspects of, 15;
Plains, A Trip Across the, in 1857, by
WILLIAM CLARK, 163-223
Plains, Crossing the, 586
Plains Culture, The Vision in, 578
Platt, Asa, sketch of life of, 146
Platte, Dripping Fork Cave of the, 307
Platte Creek, march to, 436
Platte River, buffalo at, 176; camp near
176, 182; crossing of, 182, 183; de-
scription of valley of, 187
Plattenburg, Cyrus B., article by, 155
Pleasant, H. H., article by, 472
Pleasant Plain, schools at, 585
Pleasant Valley, soldiers from, 417
Pleats, George, capture of, 435
Plopper, Mrs. Estella E., 311
Plum, Harry Grant, book by, 293
Plum Creek, arrival at, 177; attack at,
185
Plymouth County, establishment of, 530-
576; joining of, to Wahkaw County,
535; organization of, 563; data con-
cerning, 576
Plymouth County Historical Society, organ.
ization of, 476
Pocahontas County, establishment of, 530,
576; joining of, to Webster County, 551;
organization of, 566, 567; data con-
cerning, 576
Poe, Peggy (see Farrell, Mrs. Mabel)
Poland, Corporal, mail secured by, 432;
visit of, to fort, 433
Political and Social Science, The Annals
of the American Academy of, contents
of, 279, 446, 447
Political Science Quarterly, contents, of,
280, 577, 578
Political Science Review, The American,
contents of, 280, 447, 578
Polk County, soil survey of, 139, 142; es-
tablishment of, 512; organization of,
512, 513, 514; counties attached to,
513, 522, 544; data concerning, 576
Pollock, Samuel M., incidents in military
career of, 419, 425, 431, 436
Polls, whiskey at, 508
Pomeroy, Dwight A., 311
Pomroy, Mr., incident concerning money
of, 220-222; spring discovered by, 222
Pond, Alanson M., 590
Pony Express, establishment of, 164
Pope, Nathaniel, command of, 419
Port Washington (Wisconsin), grain mar-
ket at, 94, 97
Porter, Mrs. Cora N., 311
Porter, Jim, residence of, 25
Portland (Kentucky), giant at, 25
Portland (Maine), mention of, 23; rail-
road to, 65; shipment of grain to, 100
Portsmouth (Ohio), description of, 11;
canal to, 64
Poshupe (see Williams, Griff)
Poston, E. E., 478
Potatoes, purchase of, 191
Pottawattamie County, early history of,
149; organization of, 517, 518, 519,
526, 573; law concerning, 522, 532;
establishment of, 530, 576; Shelby
County attached to, 535; data concern-
ing, 576; meeting of pioneers of, 591
Potter, Mr., murder of, 208
Potter, T. H., 478
Pound master, election of, 494
Powell, Clifford, 479
Powell, Edward, v. The United States, 257
Powell, T. R., paper by, 577, 578
Power, Isaac B., election of, as surveyor,
Powers, William H., article by, 306
Poweshiek County, establishment of, 505;
organization of, 518, 519; data con-
cerning, 576
Poyneer, Fred J., 311
Prairie, description of, 47, 48, 53
Prairie City, history of, 584
Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin), coming of
Charles Wilson to, 248, 249
Prairie La Porte, meeting at, 499
Prairie Symphony, A, 141
Pratt, H. E., 311
Pratt, Jonathan R., election of, as county
judge, 542; oath of office of, 542
Prentice, Milo H., service of, on jury,
225
Prentiss, H. J., articles by, 459
Preparation, county seat at, 547
Presbyterian church, mention of, 8, 12;
attendance at, 28; sale of, 62
Presbyterian Historical Society, Journal of
the, contents of, 154, 471
Presbyterianism, preaching of, 57
Presbyterianism in Illinois, Some Pastors
and Pastorates During the Century of.
155
Presbyterians, attitude of, towards slavery,
12; dissensions among, 14, 15, 21
Presidential Campaign of 1832, The, 577
Preston, Howard H., publications by, 293.
477, 589
Price, Guy V., paper by, 133
Price, Richard, article by, 293
Prices, samples of, at Cincinnati, Ohio,
17, 18
Pride, H. E., article by, 293
Primary markets, movement of flour and
grain from, 73-131
Prince, N. A., mention of, 8
Prince, L. Bradford, article by, 281
Pringle, Ralph, 309
Probate courts, organization of, in Wis-
consin Territory, 227; provision fer, in
Iowa, 232, 240, 243; meeting place of,
524
Property, consecration of, 207; right of,
269; destruction of, 334, 423, 426
Prosecuting attorneys, election of, 539,
542, 545, 550, 551, 552, 556, 572
"Pro-Slavery Background of the Kansas
Struggle, The", 476
Pro-Slavery Propaganda in American Fie-
tion of the Fifties, 279, 446
Prospect Hill, tents pitched on, 327
Protestants, influence of, in St. Louis, 35
Protextor, J. G., sketch of life of, 300
Public administrator, election of, 507
Public houses, description of, 11, 12; stop
at, 26; licensing of, 493
Public lands, validity of statute on, 265
Publications, notes on recent, 132, 276,
444, 577
Pumphrey, Horace B., incidents in military
career of, 381, 382, 398; return of, 439
Puritan Influence, The Undertow of, 156
Putnam, Edward K., 590
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