The Cross Timbers (22 page)

Navajoe Mountains:
60

Nebraska: Dales in,
12
,
14
; food of,
36
; Hutchinsons in,
82
; Father Dale in,
100
,
159
,
160

Nebraska, University of:
4

Nelson family, the:
70

Net (horse):
67

New York, N.Y.:
47

Nimrod:
108

Nip (cat):
50

North Carolina:
150

North Dakota:
15

Northern Home Guard:
100

Ohio River:
3

Oklahoma:
96
,
168

Old Curiosity Shop
:
57

“Old Dan Tucker”:
150
,
151

Old Nell (horse):
67

Old Pompey (horse):
102

Old Puss (cat):
50

Old School Baptist Church: Father Dale attends,
31
,
143
; and Sunday School,
81
,
145
; mentioned,
47
,
156

Old Turk (dog):
50
,
175
,
176

Onslow, Dick:
50

Otter Creek: hunting near,
109–110

Pagan (
Pilgrim's Progress
):
48

Panama:
3

Parker, Chief Quanah:
60

Parker County, Texas:
68
,
111

“Paul Revere's Ride”:
140–141

Pearl (doll):
77

Pennybacker, Mrs.:
175

Peter, the Apostle:
124

“Peter Potter's Pilgrimage or the Lively Vice Consul to Korea”:
52

“Peter Potter the Page”:
52

photography (in 1880's):
14

Pickwick Papers
:
57

picnics: activities at,
153–154

Pikes Peak:
159

Pilgrim's Progress
:
47–48

“pinning the tail on the donkey”:
151–152

pitching horseshoes:
97

play (in 1880's):
81
. S
EE ALSO
games, toys

Poe, Edgar Allan:
140

Poems
(Longfellow):
48

Poems
(Scott):
48

Pompey (horse):
65

Ponder, Lela:
136–137

Ponder family:
31

Pope (
Pilgrim's Progress
):
48

prairie blackland: description of,
4
,
9

Prairie West: Brileys move to,
32
,
96
; trip to,
60
,
67
; enchantment of,
159
,
161
,
167–168
; Dales move to,
159
,
163
,
166
,
175–176

Preston, Mr.:
157
,
158

Primitive Baptist Church: Father Dale attends,
31
,
59
,
72
; Sunday School and,
143

Pulliam, Adar:
60
,
71

Pulliam, Idar:
60
,
71

Pulliam, Mr.:
60
,
67
,
71–72

Puritans:
7

“pussy wants a corner”:
149

Pygmies:
74
,
77

Quanah, Texas:
161

“ranching”:
91

Ray County, Missouri:
3

reading: variety of,
47
,
51
; in books and magazines,
47–48
,
49
,
134–135
; memorization of,
48
,
140
; as reflected in games,
51–52
,
73–74
,
83
,
98–99
; benefits of,
61

Reaping the Whirlwind:
57

Red River: North Fork of,
53
,
58
; South Fork of,
53
,
59
; mentioned,
4

religion: in the home,
35–36
,
47
; in the church,
143
,
144
,
145

Republic
(St. Louis):
51
,
73

Revere, Paul:
140

Richmond, Missouri:
3

Richter harmonica:
82

Ring (dog):
50

Roach, Alice Dale: job of, in Dallas,
12
,
58
; as housekeeper,
17
,
18
,
36
,
63–65
,
102
,
135
; relationship of, with brothers,
24
,
49
,
51
,
52
,
102
,
106
,
108
,
126
,
130
; trip of, to Navajoe,
54
,
55
,
109
,
134
,
148
,
162
; marriage of,
58–59
; death of,
162
; mentioned,
53
,
107

Roach, Henry: marries Alice Dale,
58–59

Roanoke, Texas: location of,
13–14
; Brileys move to,
67
,
96
; blacksmith at,
100
,
101
,
174

Roberts, Ike:
11

Robin Hood:
83

Robinson family:
42

Rock Creek, Nebraska:
4

“Rokeby”:
48

Roosevelt, Theodore:
15

Rugby:
135–136

St. Louis, Missouri:
100

St. Paul, Minnesota:
74

schooling. S
EE
education

Scott, Benton:
33

Scott, Sir Walter: work of,
48
,
57
,
140

sewing circles:
145–146

Shakespeare, William:
140

“sheepy-sheepy-go”:
88

Sherman, Texas:
5

Shylock (
Merchant of Venice
):
140

Signs of the Times, The:
47
,
49

“Sinbad the Sailor”:
74

“Skip to My Lou”:
150

Slough of Despond (
Pilgrim's Progress
):
48

Smith, Deaf:
175

snakes: bites of,
171–172

social relations: neighborliness in,
16–17
,
70–71
,
73
; visiting and,
32
,
83
,
143
,
144
; personal relations in,
33
,
155
; group gatherings and,
146
,
147
,
153–154
; general nature of,
154–155
,
158
; civil disputes in,
165–166
. S
EE ALSO
manners

Sodom:
14

South, the: food of,
36
; language of,
67

Southey, Robert:
140

South Pole:
78

“Spartacus to the Gladiators”:
152

“speaking pieces”:
138–139
,
152

speech. S
EE
language

spelling matches:
138
,
139

Standish, Miles:
140

“stink-base”:
86–88

Stuart, J. E. B.:
56

superstitions: general,
24–26
; in fishing,
118
,
124

Surry of Eagle's Nest
:
55

Sunday School: attendance at,
81
,
143–145
passim

Swiss Family Robinson, The
: enjoyment of,
49
,
50
,
51
,
74

Tamaulipas, Mexico:
15

Tarrant County, Texas:
4

Taylor, Alex:
31

Taylor, Dow: friendship of,
96
,
101
,
175
; on hunting,
105
; mentioned,
31
,
52
,
172

Taylor, “Jeems Henry”:
31

Taylor, Paul: friendship of,
96
,
101
,
175
; mentioned,
31
,
52

Taylor, Sally:
31
,
52

Taylor family, the:
31
,
37
,
74
,
103

Tell, William:
83

Tennessee: settlers from,
26
,
27
,
32
; culture of,
36
,
145
,
150
; mentioned,
28
,
143

Tennyson, Alfred:
140

Texas: settlers in,
4
,
14
,
32
,
100
,
159
,
160
; culture of,
36
,
89
,
121
,
126
,
175
; boundary dispute of,
53
; mentioned,
3

Texas Panhandle, the:
96

Texas Republic, The:
11

Thrown on the World
:
57

tobacco: use of,
96
,
156–157

“tobe”: chewing of,
157

Toilers of the Sea
:
57

tools: for farming,
63–64
,
65
,
67

“town ball”:
41
,
83–85
,
86
,
93

toys: types of,
81–83
,
97
,
99
,
136
. S
EE ALSO
games; play

Trader Spy, The
:
48
,
74

Trail Elk Creek:
168

Train to Mauro, The
:
153

tramps: visit Dales,
33–34

transportation: by farm wagon,
14
,
64
; by train,
30
,
52
,
54
,
77
; by covered wagon,
59
,
174–175
; by wagon and team,
77–78
,
160–161

Trappers of Arkansas, The
:
56

Travis, William B.:
175

trees: in Cross Timbers,
5
,
6

Trinity River:
116

Turk (dog):
50
,
175
,
176

Upper Cross Timbers:
4
,
59
,
68

Van Winkle, Rip:
140

Verne, Jules:
79

Vernon, Texas: train to,
54
,
77
,
111
,
173
; as home of Brown family,
76
; Ike Dale at,
160–161
; mentioned,
14
,
53
,
59

verse, quoting of:
18–20

Vick, Betty:
157

Vick, Nathan:
37

Village Blacksmith, the:
140

Virginia:
3

Virginia Piedmont:
165

“vittles”:
35

Walnut Creek, Texas: camp on,
68–69
,
70
,
71
,
111
,
135

Walton, Izaak:
124

Warren, Texas:
163

water: supply of,
13
,
170

Webster's Blueback Speller:
130

“We're Marching Down to New Orleans”:
150

West, Evie:
24

West, Jake:
24
,
173

West, “Pet”:
24
,
96

Western Trail, the:
53

“What's My Line?”:
91

“what's-your-trade”:
91

wheat: growing of,
64
,
74

Whittier, John Greenleaf:
140

Wichita Falls, Texas:
14

“Widder Spriggins' Daughter, The”:
152

Williams, Fletcher:
24
,
118

Winter, John Strange:
57

Wise County, Texas:
20

women: money-source of,
27–28
; social activities of,
145–146

work: on farm,
62–63
,
67
,
170
; labor for, costs of,
69
,
71
; stories told during,
73–74
,
76–77
,
79
,
102

“work-up”:
85
,
86

Youth's Companion
:
55
,
56