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A RAFT PILOT'S LOG 



Blow, Joe: author's favorite pilot, 

 27; 36 



Blue Lodge: towboat, 81 



Boat stores: described, 70; 105 



Borup and Oakes: 37 



Bradley, Capt. Cyrus: 172; success- 

 ful in running raft with steam- 

 boat, 192, 222 



Brady, "Judge": clerk, 156 



Brasser, Capt. George: 143, 145, 146 



Bright, Tom: wood flats, 68 



Bro. Jonathan: steamboat, disman- 

 tled, i8i ; 215, 229 



Browns Corners: author teaches 

 school at, 95, 105 



Brownsville (Minn.): wood yard, 

 68; 77 



Buckeye: steamboat, 186, 221, 222 



"Bucking" an oar: 28 



Buckman, John R: post, G.A.R., 161 



Buisson, Antoine: 234 



Buisson, Capt. Cyprian: 78; bi- 

 ographical sketch, 234-238; natur- 

 alist, 237; aids author prepare list 

 of pilots, 267 



Buisson, Capt. Henry: on steamer 

 Hartford, 48; 78, 234 



Buisson, Capt. Joseph: 78, 186; bi- 

 ographical sketch, 230-233; 234, 

 237; aids author prepare list of 

 pilots, 267 



Buisson, Joseph: French-Canadian 

 trader, 234 



Bun Hersey: steamboat, 143 



Burlington (la.) : destination of 

 rafts, 39; 77, 112; packet service, 

 179; 182, 188 



Burlington Post: 20 



Burrow, Vetal: pilot, 130, 131 



Cable Lumber Co: 223 



Cairo (III.) : Illinois Central rail- 

 road, 25; mentioned, 172, 175, 185 



Caldwell, Hannah: chapter D.A.R., 

 i6i 



Camanche (la.): 118, 187; tornado, 



212 



Campbell, Lt. John: defeated by 

 Black Hawk, 162 



Campbells Island: battle of, marker, 

 162 



Carlton, Harry: cabin boy, 56, 86 



Carnival City Packet Co: 177, 178; 

 organized by author, 188 



Carr, David: 160, 199 



Carson and Rand: 55 



Cassville Slough: no 



Cat Tail Slough: 175, 211 



Champion: steamboat, 186 



Chancy Lamb: steamboat, 104; 

 wrecked, 178; dismantled, 189; 

 new steamboat, 189 



Charles Rebstock: steamboat, 77 



Charles Rogers: steamboat, 24, 239 



Charlotte Boeckeler: steamboat, sold, 

 172; engines, 189; 244, 246 



Chicago (111.) : 25 



Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail- 

 road : 178 



Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul 

 railway: erects monument, 163-164 



Chippewa Falls: steamboat, 221 



Chippewa Lumber and Boom Com- 

 pany: 34, 220 



Chippewa river: 21; operations of 

 M. R. L. Co., 33, 47, 77, 93; high, 

 131 



Cincinnati (Ohio) : 175, 229 



City Belle: steamboat, 216, 219 



City of Quincy: steamboat, 177 



City of Winona: steamboat, 117, 171 ; 

 in packet trade, 181, 221 



Civil War: mentioned, 161, 195, 223, 

 234 



C. J. Caffrey: raft-boat, 81; dis- 

 mantled, 189 



Clark, Arthur H: 20 



Clark, Gen. George Rogers: statue, 

 166-167 



Clark, Matt Transportation Co: 126 



Clark, William: 167 



Clayton (la.) : wood landing, 68 



Cieeland, Tom: 43; encounter with 

 author, 44 



Clinton: steamboat, 77 



