578 INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



Robinson, Solon (Cont.) 



Kentucky, 246-53 ; Ohio, 

 253-57 ; Cincinnati to Wash- 

 ington and Baltimore, 272- 

 78; Delaware, 291-93; 

 Pennsylvania, 294-95; New 

 Jersey, 295-96, 301-4; New 

 York, 304-8; evaluation, 

 282-83; (1845) leaves In- 

 diana, 401-2; Illinois, 402- 

 28; Missouri, 428-45; Ken- 

 tucky, 445; Tennessee, 445- 

 48, 501-3; Mississippi, 448- 

 95; 

 represents agricultural peri- 

 odicals, 29, 321n-22n, 401; 

 editor, 29-31; satirist, 100-6; 

 removes to New York, 31-33; 

 nom de plume, 35; removes to 

 Westchester County, 36 ; 

 views on slavery, 37-38; re- 

 signs agricultural editorship 

 on New-York Tribune, 38; in- 

 fluence in West and South, 38; 

 last years, 38-40; visits Crown 

 Point, 39-40; death, 40; estate, 

 40-41; library, 40-41. 

 Robinson, Solon Oscar, 33. 

 Robinson, Vine, guardian of 



Solon Robinson, 5, 6. 

 Robinson's Prairie (Ind.), 16, 



51, 65. 

 Rock Creek Ford (Ind.), 7, 45, 



46, 48. 

 Rogers, R. Y., Robinson visits, 



469-70. 

 Ross, John, 486n. 

 Ruggles, Nourse and Mason, 



plow factory, 530-33. 

 Rust, 139-40, 144-46, 240, 322; 



origin, 139n. 

 Rutabagas, 346. 

 Rye, 374, 487, 545. 



St. Clair Flats, 541. 

 St. Louis (Mo.), Robinson visits 

 (1845), 428-29. 



Salsify, 206. 



Salt, price, 327; new process 

 for, 516. 



Sample, Samuel C, 127. 



Sands, Samuel, Robinson visits, 

 276. 



Sanford, Lewis, 307. 



Sangamon County (111.), Robin- 

 son tour through (1845), 416- 

 21. 



Sangamon River, power, 416. 



Sather, Peter, 214. 



Sauk trail, 51-52. 



Sawmills, Page's portable, 277. 



Saxton, C. M., 29, 30. 



Schoolbooks, proper printing, 

 206. 



School teachers, 148, 351. 



Schools, need for, western coun- 

 try, 148-49. 



Schramm, Jacob, 146n. 



Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 

 describes Robinson tavern, 

 Solon, 8, 20. 



Scott, Daniel, character in "The 

 Will," 172-202 passim. 



Scott, Robert W., Robinson 

 visits, 249-50. 



Scrapbooks, 329-30. 



Scrip, Indiana, 523-24, 525. 



Seeds, distribution, 274, 297; 

 emigrants advised to bring, 

 349-50; selection, 116. 



Sering, John, 213. 



Shabonee (Shaubena, Shaube- 

 nay), 12n. 



Sheds, see Farm buildings. 



Sheep, breeds and breeding: 

 Bakewell, 280, 487; Merino, 

 334; Saxony, 334, 549n; 

 Southdown, 279, 294, 334, 

 487; inbreeding, 252; need 

 for improved breeds, In- 

 diana, 143; 

 buying and driving, 326, 393- 

 96, 397-400, 408-9; Connecti- 



