INDEX 



577 



Robinson, Peter, of Windham, 

 Conn., weaver, 3. 



Robinson, Sal in da (Ladd), 

 mother of Solon Robinson, 4. 



Robinson, Sarah J. (Evans), 

 33. 



Robinson, Solon, ancestry and 

 parentage, 3-4; boyhood, 4-6; 

 advocates temperance, 5, 9, 

 21, 55, 246, 254, 293, 414; re- 

 moves to Cincinnati, 6; loses 

 wallet, 6, 45; marriage, to 

 Mariah Evans, 6-7; to Mary 

 Johnson, 39; removes to 

 southern Indiana, 7; post- 

 master at Rock Creek Ford, 

 7, 9; at Crown Point, 17-18, 

 65, 156, 214, 376, 389; special 

 agent, Post Office Depart- 

 ment, 390; projects town of 

 Solon, 7-9, 46; land pur- 

 chases, 7, 8-9, 12n, 13, 15-16 

 commissioner, Madison-Indi 

 anapolis state road, 7, 45 

 auction rooms, Madison, 9-10 

 48-50; circulating library, 9 

 50; theft of shirts, 51; ill 

 health, 10, 21, 32, 38, 50, 54, 

 290, 296, 393, 511, 548; re- 

 moves to northwestern In- 

 diana, 10, 52-53, 150-51, 189- 

 90; appearance, personality, 

 10-11, 21-22, 41, 224; pro- 

 motes Squatters' Union, 11- 

 12, 68; "King of the Squat- 

 ters," 12, 69n, 258, 259; con- 

 troversy with land specula- 

 tors, 12-15n, 80-84; signs 

 Fansher petition, 67, 68; 

 friendship with Shobonier, 

 13-14, 169-70, 192-93, 198; In- 

 dian name, 14, 55, 193; repre- 

 sentative of W. G. and G. W. 

 Ewing, 15; holds local offices, 

 Lake County, 16-17, 69, 76, 

 84, 337; account to Lake 



County, rentals, 388; donates 

 lot to county seat, 17 ; politics, 

 18-19, 40, 131-37, 392, 522, 

 524; publishes newssheet, 19, 

 136n; storekeeper, Crown 

 Point, 19-20, 65; fur trader, 

 20, 65-66; religious views, 

 philosophy, 20-21, 499-500; 

 values social intercourse, 22, 

 221, 233, 293, 323, 362-63, 

 371-72, 454-55; appreciates 

 female influence, 22, 202-3, 

 224, 225-26, 246, 280-81, 452; 

 education, views on, 22, 88, 



91, 92-94, 97-100, 148-49, 206, 

 218, 228-29, 236, 330, 529; 

 donates lot for school, 22; 

 children, 22, 33; will, early, 

 22, 124-27; writer, 22-25, 27- 

 29, 33-36, 38-39, 76 ff ; of songs 

 and verses, 4-5, 18, 19, 22, 39, 

 135-37; emigrant guide cred- 

 ited to, 23, 140n; historian, 

 Lake County, 23; as practical 

 farmer, 23-24, 36; designs 

 farmhouses, 24, 112-15, 553- 

 57; inventor, 24-25; crusades 

 for agricultural organiza- 

 tions, 25-26, 26-27, 87-90, 90- 



92, 93-94, 152-56, 164-66, 166- 

 68, 207-12, 239-40, 281, 528- 

 29; chairman, meeting for 

 formation of National So- 

 ciety of Agriculture, 265-70; 

 lecturer, 26, 36, 215-36, 525- 

 29; compiles Almanac, 26; 

 advocates agricultural 

 schools, 27, 88, 93, 209, 212; 

 and agricultural textbooks, 

 manuals, 27, 97-98, 99; views 

 on postal service, 28, 389-93n, 

 504; views on penitentiary 

 system, 28, 313-15; 

 agricultural tours: 28-29, 36- 



37, 39-40; (1841) itinerary, 

 213-14; Indiana, 240-41; 



