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The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk's Life

by Frank Everett Stevens

THE BLACK HAWK WAR INCLUDIFRANK EVERETT STEVENS
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“Palmer, James (Capt.), 169 Palmer, Zalmon C. (Capt.), 111, 120, 299 Pa-ma-ke-tah, 98 Pan-se-na-nee, 98 Parish, Thomas J., 143 Parish’s Fort, 143 Parker, Leonard B. (Q.M.), 191 Parkinson, Daniel M., 143, 183, 209, 218 Parkinson, Peter, Jr., 183 Parrish, Dr. J.J., 191 Parmenter, Isaac, 191 Pa-she-ko-mack, 64 Pa-she-pa-ho, 27, 30, 31, 33, 40, 68, 69, 70, 79, 98, 264, 265, 266, 267 Pash-qua-mee, 107 Patterson, Gershom (Capt.) ––, 194, 204 Patterson, J.B., 19, 66, 240 Patrick, Samuel, 183 Paul, R., 64 Paul, T., 61 Pa-we-sheek, 98 Paw Paw Grove and Village, 130, 285 Payne, Rev. Adam, 166, 167, 168, etc. Payne, Aaron, 168, 224 Payne, Morgan L. (Capt.), 169, 188, 189, 191, 193 Pearce, Hosea (Col.), 191 Pearson, Ed. L., 117 Pecatonica, 286 Pecatonica, The, 170, 181, 209 Pecatonica, The Battle of, 182 Pekin, 130 Pem-e-see, 98 Peoria, 55, 113, 116, 129, 176, 192, 288 Peoria County, 125, 159 Pekin, 159, 288 Perkins, Isaac, 135 Perkins, L’t. ––, 47 Perkins, Joseph, 64 Penrose, James W. (L’t.), 246 “Perry, Oliver H., The”, 73 Perry County, 194 Peru, 77, 140, 288 Peru Road, 140 “Petit Boeuff”, 76 Petition to Gov. Reynolds, 82, 83 Petty, Elisha, 125 Petersburg, 194 Pettigrew, William, 147 Penn, William, The, 242 Pe-wau-te-not, 236 Philip of Pokonoket, 20 Philleo, Addison, 143, 217 Phillips Ferry, 119 Phillips, Elijah, 192, 197 Phrenological Comments, 18, 19 Pickett, John (L’t.), 253 Pierce, Earl (Capt.), 160 Pierce, Samuel C., 93 Pike, Benjamin F., 82, 83, 84, 98 Pike County, 119, 125, 194 Pike, Zebulon M. (L’t.), 31, 32, 37 Pillsbury, Samuel, 126 Pinckney, Ninian (Capt.), 37, 38 Plainfield, 167, 169 Platoff, 48 Platteville, 143 Plum River, 170, 202, 205, 208 Po-ca-ma, 61 Poe-go-nah, 236 Poin-a-ke-ta, 64 Polo, 142, 176 Pontiac, 20, 80 Poore, Ben Perley, 279, 284 Pope County, 190 Poquette, Pierre, 215, 216 Portage des Sioux, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63 Portage des Sioux, Treaty of, 60 Portage, The, Wis., 229, 236 Posey, Alexander (Gen.), 190, 192, 193, 197, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 220, 222, 223, 225, 228, 287 Posey, John F., 124 Pottowatomies, 32, 35, 68, 82, 90, 97, 130, 132, 133, 143, 146, 147, 205, 238, 239 Pottowatomie Council at Rock Creek, 166; Village, 285 Powell, Alanson, 195 Powell, Daniel (Capt.), 191 Powell, William (L’t.), 235, 236 Prairie la Crosse, 230 Prairie du Chien, 41, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 58, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 89, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 112, 219, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 231, 237, 240, 249 Pratt Seth (Capt.), 125, 145 Prentiss, James (L’t.), James H., 253 Preuitt, Solomon, 94, 122 Price, Daniel, 125 Price, Thomas, 183 Prickett, David, 122 Prince, William, 30 Proclamation Opening Lands Ceded by 1804 Treaty, 79 Prophet’s Village, 35, 114, 126, 127, 128, 163, 284 Prosper, Samuel M., 123 Pryor, Nathaniel (L’t.), 38 Pugh, Isaac C. (Capt.), 125, 145 Putnam County, 159 Py-e-sa, 17, 22, 23 Pype-gee, 148, 166”

From a cookbook of 1861

A cook of roughly the same moment, setting down the same dish.

1861  ·  Beeton
PLUM JAM

1580. INGREDIENTS.--To every lb. of plums, weighed before being stoned, allow 3/4 lb. of loaf sugar. _Mode_.--In making plum jam, the quantity of sugar for each lb. of fruit must be regulated by the quality and size of the fruit, some plums requiring much more sugar than others. Divide the plums, take out the stones, and put them on to large dishes, with roughly-pounded sugar sprinkled over them in the above proportion, and let them remain for one day; then put them into a preserving-pan, stand them by the side of the fire to simmer gently for about 1/2 hour, and then boil them rapidly for another 15 minutes. The scum must be carefully removed as it rises, and the jam must be well stirred all the time, or it will burn at the bottom of the pan, and so spoil the colour and flavour of the preserve.

Sources: The passage is from Frank Everett Stevens, The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk's Life, free to read in full at Project Gutenberg. The recipe is from Beeton, The Book of Household Management of 1861, also free in full. Both are in the public domain in the United States. The binding above is ours — navy cloth, amphora stamp.

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