Ordinance of 1787, 40; amendments to, 115, 116; anti-slavery article, 176 _et seq._; college township reserved by, 101; effect on Illinois country, 54, 55; violation of, 87. Ottawa Indians, 135. Ouia, town, 30. Ouia (Wea) Indians, 29. Ouisconsin (Wisconsin) Territory, Galena claimed by, 150. P Paget, M., mill built by, 193. Palestine, sale of public lands at, 137. Parker, Joseph, of Kaskaskia, 53, 54. Peck, _Rev._ John M., Baptist minister, 124, 125, 192. Peltry, debts paid in, 21, 43, 60. Peoria, Indian agent at, 134; mention, 79. Peoria Indians, 12. Philips, Joseph, territorial secretary, 113. Piankashaw Indians, 81. Pierre, Eugenio, 38. Pike county, separated from Madison, 188. Pioneer clergy, 191 _et seq._ Pirogues, 93, 94, 160. Plums, at Smith’s Prairie, 129. Pollock, Oliver, 40. Polypotamia, mention, 46. Pope, Nathaniel, and the northern boundary, 115, 116; delegate in Congress, 113. Population, 1788, 70; 1785-1799, 82; 1801, 88; 1790-1810, 91; 1818, 116; 1812, 113; 1820-1840, 187, 188; French, 1766-1777, 12. Post routes. _See_ Mail routes. Post Vincennes, court regulations for, 59, 135. _See also_ Vincennes. Potatoes, price, 97, 164. Potawatomie Indians, 134. Prairie du Chien, inhabitants, 1801, 88. Prairie du Rocher, bounty lands, 57; inhabitants, 1766-1777, 12; 1801, 88. Prairies, 83, 86, 97, 109, 131, 156; fertility of, 165 _et seq._; settlement, 130, 131. Preëmption rights, 72, 75, 77, 78, 100, 102, 111, 113, 139, 144, 152; in various states, 102 _et seq._ Presbyterians, at Galena, 175; Cumberland Presbyterians, 143. Prices of commodities, 49, 59, 97, 130, 131, 164; of land, _see under_ Land. Priests, French, emigrate from Illinois, 68. Pro-slavery agitation. _See under_ Slavery. Provisions, scarcity of, 21-23, 25, 28. Public lands, donated for schools and internal improvements, 142; price of in various states, 103, 104, 105; proceeds of sales applied to roads and schools, 116; receipts from sale of, 143; sales in Illinois, 77, 81, 105, 106, 137, 143; sales in other states, 103, 104, 144; tax regulations of, up to 1818, 130. Public morals, 28, 29. Publications. _See_ Books, Newspapers. Q Quebec, Bishop of, pastoral letter, 1767, 12. R Randolphs, The, mention, 209. Randolph county, formed, 75 n., 83; slaves in, 180. Rangers, volunteer for guard service, 108, 109. Regulators of the Valley, 147. Religious denominations, 172 _et seq._ Reynolds, _Gov._ John, 145, 196. Richland Creek, settlement, 78. River craft, 93, 94, 126, 129. Rivière du Chemin, fight at, 37. Roads, 86, 116, 153 _et seq._; Illinois settlements to Galena, 151; repairs, 158; Shawneetown to Birkbeck’s settlement, 157; to Kaskaskia, Cahokia and St. Louis, 101, 102, 157; Vandalia to Springfield, 157. _See also under_ Illinois; _also_ Toll roads. Rock river, 152. Rock Spring Seminary (Shurtleff College) founded by Baptists in 1827, 174.