196.

Madison county, population 1820, 1824, 1825, 132, 188.

Magistrates, 59 _et seq._, 67.

Mail routes 1825-1830, 158, 159.

Malaria, 91, 95.

Manufactures, 128, 129.

Maple sugar, 129.

Marietta, O., 71.

Marriage, mixed, 51;
without priest, 12.

Mary of the Incarnation, _Mother_, 11.

Maryland, settlers from, 91.

Mason and Dixon's line, 179.

Massachusetts, emigration to Illinois, 189.

Mechanics' lien, 149.

Menard, Pierre, leg. coun., 113, 208;
Lt.-Gov., 145.

Menominee Indians, 134.

Methodist Episcopal Church, 174;
mention, 191.

Meurin, _Father_, mention, 12.

Michigan, legislature meets in summer, 152.

Michilimackinac, British at, 32, 39, 46, 47, 69.

Miliet, _Mr._, elected magistrate, 61.

Military bounty lands, 57.

Military organization, etc. _See under_ Illinois.

Military Tract, land in, sold for taxes, 140.

Mills, 83, 167.

Miro, Estevan, _Governor of Louisiana and Florida_, proclamation of, 63,
71.

Mississippi river, navigation of, 21;
settlement on hindered, 88.

Missouri, population, 82, 181;
slavery in, 179, 180.

Missouri Compromise, 178.

Mitchigamia Indians, 12, 52.

Money, scarcity, 21, 22.

Monroe, _President_ James, letter to Jefferson, 97;
mention, 209.

Montgomery, _Lieut.-Col._ John, 15 _et seq._

Morals. _See_ Public morals.

Morgan, ----, member of trading company, 10.

Morgan, George, agent of Indiana Company, 56;
land frauds, 56, 57.

Morgan county, anti-slavery society, 183;
freehold rights to housekeepers, 147;
separated from Madison, 188.

Morrison, William, landholdings of, 74, 100, 101.

Mount Carmel, Bank of, 199;
donation of land for church and schools, 142;
founding of, 196, 198;
incorporation, 200.

Murray, Edward, 23.

Murray, William, mention, 10.

N

Negroes, 12, 64;
punishment of, 179.
_See also_ Slavery.

New Design, founded. 91, 92, 95;
mention, 83.

New England, immigrants from, 146.

New Jersey Land Company, 11.

New Madrid (L'Anse a la Graisse), 63 _et seq._

New Orleans, flour market, 193;
mention, 26.

New Orleans boats, 93, 94.

Newspapers:--
_Illinois Herald_, 132;
_Illinois Intelligencer_, 132, 140;
_Kentucky Gazette_, 189;
_Louisiana Gazette_, 162;
_Shawnee Chief_, 132;
_Western Intelligencer_, 132.

Non-resident landholders, 140, 145.

North Carolina, route from, to Indiana, 156.

Northwest Territory, bounties in,