Jones, _Rev._ William, rep., 113. Judges, election of, 17, 58, 111. Judy, Samuel, leg. coun., 113. Jurors paid, 58. Jury, trial by, 60. Justices of the peace, not paid, 23. K Kane, Elias K., 145. Kaskaskia, bounty lands, 57; court, 17, 19; judicial district of, 44; land office at, 103, 136, 137, 138, 143. Kaskaskia Indians, 12. Keel-boats, 125, 129; rates, 161. Kenton, Simon, 179. Kentucky, emigration to Illinois, 189; journey from, to Illinois, 1819, 155; mention, 21, 24, 32, 33, 189; population, 1790, 1800, 1810, 91, 93; 1820, 181. Kentucky boats, 93, 94. _Kentucky Gazette_, 189. Kickapoo Indians, 110. Kidnapping of negroes, 186. King’s proclamation, 1763, 10. Knox county, 75 n., 86. Kohos (Cahokia), mention, 27. L La Balme, _Col._ Augustin Mottin de, career of, 33 _et seq._ Labor questions, 96, 97, 99, 130, 169. Lafayette, _Marquis_ de, entertained by John Edgar, 193; mention, 209. Lake Michigan, advantages to Illinois of port on, 115, 116. Land, Act of 1791, 72; canal, 141, 142; cessions by Indian tribes, 72, 104, 110, 136; cession by Virginia to U. S., 45, 46; church and school, 141, 142; classified for taxation, 84; cultivation of, 166; fertility of, 14, 165; form of holdings, 13, 38; French deeds to, 13; government entry of, 130; Kickapoo cession of, 1819, 134; military, 100; owned by Federal Government, 158; prices, 57, 80, 88, 92, 103-5, 136-8, 143; rental of, 166; Spanish donate to French, 55; tavern sites, 75; taxes on, 130; unoccupied in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, 98. _See also_ Public lands. Land-claims, 10; in Illinois, 140. Land-companies, 10, 11. Land-frauds, referred to Congress, 99, 100. Land-grants, investigated, 57. Land-holders, non-resident, mention, 140, 145. Land-offices 80; in Illinois, 44 _et seq._, 103. Land-titles, insecure, 51, 71; King’s proclamation, 1763, 10. Laws: “Black Laws,” 176, 186; “Blue Laws,” 200; territorial, 111-14. La Valiniere, Pierre Huet de, mention, 68. Lead, output of, 1823-1827, 151. Lead region, rush to, 1826, 172. Le Dru, removes to St. Louis, 68; signs petition, 66. Le Grand, signature on land grant, 45. Legras, _Col._ P., at Vincennes, 18. Limestone beds at Alton, 204. Lincoln, Abraham, in Black Hawk War, 207. Linctot, 38 n., 39 n. Live-stock, 27, 83, 169. _See also_ Cattle. Log canoes, 93. Log houses, cost of, 168. Long Prairie, 74. Louis XVIII. of France, mention, 209. Louisiana, emigration to, 86; province of, 91. _Louisiana Gazette_, report of steamboat speed, 162. Luzerne, _Chevalier_, 30, 36. Lyon, Matthew, on price of lands, 88. M McCarty, Richard, 19, 20, 26, 27; killed, 29. McDowell, William, 196. McIlvaine, _Miss_ Caroline M., 5. McKendree College, opened by Methodists in 1828, 174. McLean, John, 145. McMaster, John Bach, 5. Madison, _Governor of Kentucky_, 197. Madison, James, mention, 209. Madison, John, 196.