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, 84; congressional delegate seated, 76; divided, 76, 84, 85; enters second degree, 75; first sale of public land in, 75; judges, 62; laws, 83, 84; magistrates, 61; mention, 58; taxation, 83. O Ogee’s (Dixon’s) ferry, 152. Oglesby, _Rev._ Joshua, rep., 113. Ohio, emigration to, 76, 190; population, 91, 181; public land sale, 144. Ohio Company, 71. Ohio river, boundary of Illinois, 10; settlers, 88; settlers northwest of, 18, 19. Ordinance of 1784, 46.