OF THE NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOL. 1. Edited by ROBERT W. FURNAS. I LINCOLN, NEB.: 1885. TABLE OF CONTENTS. (6 1.-ORGANIZATION AND PROCEEDINGS. Origin of the Nebraska State Historical Society..... Meeting of January 23, 1879..... 20, 1880. 17, 1883. Treasurer's report County histories, list of .. II.-PIONEER REMINISCENCES. Historical recollections in and about Otoe county- Paper of James Fitche Letter of S. F. Nuckolls... Otoe county in early days, by E. H. Cowles........ Historical letters of Father DeSmet First white child born in Nebraska ..... Father William Hamilton on traditional origin of Omahas and other 27-31 32-37 37-42 42-44 44–47 tribes ....... Robert W. Furnas on the same ......... Some historical data about Washington county... Relics in possession of the Society....... First female suffragist movement in Nebraska ...... Autobiography of Rev. William Hamilton Father Hamilton on derivation of Indian names .......... Henry Fontenelle on derivation of Indian names ......... History of Omaha Indians, by Henry Fontenelle........ Anecdotes relating to “White Cow" or "White Buffalo," by R. W. Furnas 47-48 48–49 49-56 56-58 58-60 60-73 73–75 76 76-83 83-85 III.-BIOGRAPHICAL. Amelia Fontenelle Lockett ........... 89 Notes relating to Fontenelle Family, by Mrs. A. L. Thompson........ 90–93 Death of Gov. Francis Burt.......... 93-95 Mrs. Mary T. Mason..... 96-100 Dr. Gilbert C. Monell ..100-102 Hon. Phineas W. Hitchcock .102-103 Joel T. Griffen .... ..104-106 Bishop Robert H. Clarkson 106-111 Dr. Enos ....... ...111-114 Mrs. Caroline Joy Morton... ,115-127 Moses Stocking .128-137 |