INDEX 



325 



Rcbson, John: 126 



Rochester (Minn.) : 175 



Rock Island (III.): 54, 73; largest 



log raft to, 203 

 Rock Island Lumber and Mfg. Co: 54 

 Rock Island rapids: 28; length, 73; 



130; improvement, 195; rapids 



pilots, 275-276 

 Reck river: 244 

 Roxbury (Mass.) : birthplace of Capt. 



Durant, 229 

 Rum river: logging on, 37 

 Rumsey, L. H: 219 

 Rush Chute: 75 

 Rutherford, Capt. George: 19, 95, 



103, no; advice to author, 112 



Saddle-baccinc: explained, 18 



Saint Anthony's Falls: logging above, 

 20; 36 



Saint Croix: steamboat, 126, 186, 221 



Saint Croix, lake: use, 64; wood 

 yard, 69; 74; rafts through, 82; 

 speed of rafts, 119; 186; rafts 

 pushed through early, 191 



Saint Croix river: 20-21, 63; decline 

 of logging, 171 ; 186 



Saint Louis (Mo.) : 23; steamers to, 

 24; first logs, 33; 35, 54; boat 

 store, 70; pilot's license, 74; packet 

 service, 78; 154, i8o, 182, 185; 

 largest raft to, 203 ; 220 



Saint Louis IVaterways Journal: 245; 

 list of pilots, 265 



Saint Louis wood landing: 68 



Saint Maurice river: 51 



Saint Paul (Minn.): 21, 24; immi- 

 grants to, 37; 74; packet service, 

 77, 78 ; 81 ; wing dams, 89 ; 90, 154, 

 182; Capt. Winan's last raft, 221 



Sam Atlee: steamboat, sold, 179, 210, 

 221 



Satelite i: steamboat, 221 



Satelite 11: steamboat, 221 



Saturday Evening Post: 20 



Saturn i: rafter, 171, 172; destroyed, 

 177; 221, 240 



Saturn 11: steamboat sold, 179; 

 handle largest raft, 203; 221 



Savage, William: pilot, 136 



Savannah Bjy: 55 



Sawmills: and their owners, 255-264 



Sawyer, T<im: statue, 167 



Sawyer and Austin: 35 



Schworm, F. P: 161 



Scott, George : 48 



Shannon, James: mate, 130 



Shannon, John: fireman, 56 



Shannon, Robert: engineer, 122, 130 



Shaw, Daniel: 186 



Sheffield (Ala.): 180 



Sherman Lumber Co: 34 



Shipley, Ben: cook, 56 



Shiplor, Peter: wharf-boat, 105 



Short, Capt. Lome: encourages au- 

 thor, 103 



Short, Pete: 48 



Shulenburg and Boeckeler: 54, 82 



Sidney: steamboat, 78 



Silas Wright: steamboat, sunk, 189; 

 220, 221 



Silver Crescent: rafter, 46, 130, 146; 

 author buys, 186; unfortunate ex- 

 perience, 187; in packet service, 

 188 



Silver Wave: raft-boat, 43; author 

 transferred to, 60; 81, 95-119; hard 

 to steer, 96; 181; dismantled, 189; 



253 

 Simmons, Wm: 26 

 Skinner, Bill: raft pilot, 36 

 Skunk river: 112 

 Slocumb, Alfred: 2n 

 Siocumb, Henry: 188 

 Smallpox: epidemic, 106-107 

 Smith, John: 73; rapids pilot, 159 

 Smith, Capt. Orin: 23 

 Smith's wood yard : 69 

 South Stillwater Lumber Co: 229 

 Spaulding, Jacob: sawmill, 35 

 Spechts Ferry (la.): 100 

 Splitting on the pier: explained, 18 

 Stanchfield, Daniel: 20; cut first logs 



on Upper Mississippi, 36 

 Standard Lumber Co: 220 



