The Cross Timbers
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Briley, Mattie: 32
Briley, Oscar: 32, 74, 93–96
Briley, Walter: 32, 74, 93–96
Briley family, the: 96, 111, 143
Broken Links and Southern Soldiers: 48
Brown, Minnie: visit of, 76, 77, 147, 164
Brown, Mrs.: 76
Bruce, Robert: 140
Bruin (cat): 50
Brushy Mound: 11
Brutus (Julius Caesar): 140
Bryant, William Cullen: 140
Byron, Lord: 140
Buffalo Bill: 108, 160
“Buffalo Girls”: 150
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: 57
California: 50, 74, 159
California Gold Rush: 3, 72, 160
Cassius (Julius Caesar): 140
Chandler, Mr.: 70, 71, 111, 112
Chaney, Leona McCarty: 31
Chaney, Will: 31
checkers: 91
Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation: 168
children (in 1880’s): manners of, 18, 35–36, 45, 46, 155; chores of, 63, 64, 105; leisure activities of, 80–81, 82–83, 113, 147, 165; clothing of, 155–156
“Choice of Trades”: 152–153
Christian Endeavor: 145
“Cinderella”: 74
“ciphering match”: 138, 139
Civil War: stories of, 56, 144–145; mentioned, 3, 100, 143, 159
Clark, Ben: 26, 30, 93
Clark, Bill: 26, 30, 93
Clark, Effie: 147
Clark, “Fat”: 28
Clark, John: opinions of, 41–42, 62; fishing of, 121–122; mentioned, 26, 30
Clark, Mrs. (“Mariar”): property of, 27, 28; trip of, 28, 30, 31; mentioned, 26, 172
Clark, “Uncle” Jack: personality of, 26–27, 28, 166; as neighbor, 170, 171; mentioned, 150
Clark family, the: 12, 31, 92, 103, 175
clothing (in 1880’s): 36–37, 155–156
Cody, William (Buffalo Bill): 160
“Coffee Grows on White Oak Trees”: 150
Comanch (horse): 67
Comanche Indians: reservation of, 53, 58, 109; language of, 58, 60
Cooke, John Esten: 56
Cooper, James Fenimore: 57
Copperfield, David: 140
corn: growing of, 54, 67–74 passim
“corn-cob-battle”: 90
cotton: growing of, 21, 54, 67–74
passim, 77, 79
Crockett, Davie: 175
crops: SEE farming
Cross Timbers: farms in, 4, 12, 20, 89, 167, 168; fauna and flora of, 5, 6, 100, 109, 114–115; vernacular of, 22, 70, 112, 129, 132, 136, 157–158; Dales leave, 147, 159, 163, 166, 175–176. SEE ALSO children; clothing; education; food; housing; Lower Cross Timbers; religion; social customs; Upper Cross Timbers
“Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight”: 152
Curtis, Miss Jennie: 127
Curtis, Sir Henry (King Solomon’s Mines): 98
Dale, Alice. SEE Roach, Alice Dale
Dale, Ava Brown: as housekeeper, 75–76, 164; mentioned, 77, 162
Dale, Baby Ora: 168, 170, 173
Dale, Fannie. SEE Hutchinson, Fannie Dale
Dale, Father: philosophy of, 7, 62, 80–81, 98–99, 165–166; religion of, 31, 59, 72, 143, 144; farming of, 44, 69, 167; pioneering spirit of, 53–54, 159, 163; in Navajoe, 55, 162, 168–169; and hunting and fishing, 100–101, 116, 122
Dale, Frank: 4, 12
Dale, George: relationship of, with Ed, 3, 10, 60, 76, 140–141; and death of Mother, 15, 16, 17, 18; friends of, 20, 148–149; and Navajoe, 24, 55, 58, 135, 159, 163; work of, 44, 62, 69, 72, 80, 135, 164; education of, 47, 49, 126–127, 129, 130, 133–134; play of, 50–51, 77, 78–79, 93–96; hunting and fishing of, 100–101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 112, 116, 117, 121–122; mentioned, 4, 7, 8, 22, 27
Dale, Henry: in Nebraska, 4, 12, 14; store of, 53, 54, 60, 120, 161; claim of, 162, 168–169, 173; mentioned, 3, 48, 58
Dale, Isaac: 4, 160–161, 163
Dale, Jay: youth of, 12–13, 15; in Navajoe, 53–54, 55, 162, 168
Dale, John: youth of, 13, 15; in Navajoe, 55, 75, 122, 162; visit of, in Cross Timbers, 76, 77, 164; mentioned, 48
Dale, Louisa Colley: 3
Dale, Lucy McCarty: marriage of, 12; housekeeping help of, 16, 17, 72–73; home of, 46, 149, 157, 162; Dales stay with, 59, 60, 67, 112, 148; mentioned, 31, 42, 52
Dale, Mattie. SEE Acers, Mattie Dale
Dale, Mattie Counts Colley: girlhood of, 7–8; death of, 15–18; mentioned, 3
Dale, Tom: home of, 12, 46, 149, 157, 162; Dales work for, 58, 67, 68, 71, 110–111, 135; Dales stay with, 59, 60, 113, 148; mentioned 17, 52, 106
Dale, Virginia White: marriage of, 162; visit of, 168, 169, 173; as housekeeper, 170, 171
Dallas, Texas: Alice in, 12, 58; Browns in, 75, 76, 77; mentioned, 5
dancing: attitudes toward, 149
“dare-base”: 88
Daugherty, Mr.: 69, 70
David Copperfield: 57
Davidson, Anna: 57
Denton, Elizabeth: 116
Denton, Henrietta: 116
Denton, Texas: 19, 116
Denton Creek: 116
Denton Creek Church: 101, 102, 144
Denton County, Texas: 143
Diana: 108
Dickens, Charles: 57, 140
Dick Onslow among the Indians: 49–50, 74
Disinherited Knight, the: 140
Doan’s Crossing: 59
Dodge City, Kansas: 53
dominoes: 92
Doré, Paul Gustave: 48
Doubting Castle (Pilgrim’s Progress): 48
“draw-base”: 85, 86
“drop the handkerchief”: 152
education (in 1880’s): in Navajoe, 57, 134–135; attendance and, 121, 126, 129, 133, 134, 138; schoolhouse for, 126–129; subjects in, 127–130; competitions in, 129, 131–132, 133, 138, 139, 152; military drill in, 130–131, 134; lunches and, 132; interference with, by farming, 134, 135, 141; discipline in, 136–138; value of, 142; literary societies in, 152, 153
Eliot, George: 57
Elston family: 22
England: 74
Epworth League: 145
Ernest (Swiss Family Robinson): 50
Everett, Edward: 140
Eye That Never Sleeps, The: 48
“Face on the Bar Room Floor, The”: 152
Falstaff (Henry IV): 140
Farm and Fireside, The: 49, 50–51, 92
farming: clearing of land for, 8–9, 11–12, 63–64, 72, 163; animals used in, 11, 65, 67; variety of crops in, 36–37, 73–74; harvesting in, 54, 64, 67–71 passim; tools for, 63–64, 65, 67; expenses of, 71, 75, 168, 169, 170, 173; work of, 73–74, 77, 164; value of crops in, 74–75, 169–170; interference of, with education, 134, 135, 141; in Prairie West, 161. SEE ALSO specific crops
Fedora (cat): 50
fishing: method of, 117–121 passim, 124; when done, 117, 118–119; superstitions about, 118, 124; type of, 119–120, 122; benefits of, 124–125; mentioned, 71
F. M. Lupton Company: 56
food: preservation of, 10, 37–38, 39, 42–43, 44, 165; source of, 13, 36, 37, 39, 44, 71; types of, 30, 38–39, 41–44 passim; for various meals, 35, 44–45, 71, 125, 132, 153–154; for various seasons, 39, 41, 45; cooking of, 39–40, 64, 72; mentioned, 109
Fort Griffin, Texas: Dales in, 12–13, 14–15
Fort Worth, Texas: nature of, 14, 163; trip to, 52, 54; mentioned, 96, 100
Fort Worth and Denver Railway: 54, 59
Fourth of July picnic: 153–154
France: 30
Francis (Swiss Family Robinson): 50
French harp: 82
Fritz (Swiss Family Robinson): 50
fruit: growing of, 11, 64, 74–75, 76, 170
“fruit basket”: 149
games: stories and, 73–74; toys for, 81–83, 97, 99, 136; playmates in, 92; at school, 135–136; play-party, 149–150, 151. SEE ALSO play; toys; specific games
Georgia: 143
G
ermany: 82
Giant Despair (Pilgrim’s Progress): 48
Gold Rush: 3, 72, 160
Goldsmith, Oliver: 140
Good News: 52
Gray, Grandma: 156
Gray, Thomas: 140
Grayson County, Texas: 26, 30
Greer County, Texas: Dales visit, 54, 67, 134, 162, 163; nature of, 109–110, 175; Dales move to, 166–167; mentioned, 53, 58, 77
guns: Civil War musket, 100–101, 107–108, 112–113, 173; ammunition for, 101, 113; shotgun, 108–109, 111; Kentucky squirrel rifle, 111–112, 174; “Zulu,” 174
Haggard, H. Rider: 51
Hal, Prince: 140
Hanley, England: 46
Hardshell Baptist Church: 31, 143
“Harold the Dauntless”: 48
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: 57
Hay, Mary Cecil: 56
Henrietta, Texas: 58–59, 162
Henrietta Creek: fishing in, 116, 117, 119–122 passim, 125
Hiawatha: 140
“hide-and-seek”: 73, 88–90, 97
History of Texas: 175
History of the United States: 48
“Hog Drovers”: 150
Hohner harmonica: 82
Homestead Act: 4
Hood, Thomas: 140
horseshoes: 91
housing: furnishings for, 9, 10, 40, 41, 45–46, 73, 77; rooms in, 9, 10, 40, 48; types of, 22, 31, 55, 78; facilities in, 164–165
Houston, Sam: 175
Howard, “Brother”: 144
“How-many-miles-to-Miley Bright?”: 90–91
“How We Tried to Lick the Teacher”: 152
Hugo, Victor: 57
“hull gull”: 91–92
hunting: in Parker County, 71, 111; in Cross Timbers, 102–107, 114–115; in Greer County, 109–110; in Prairie West, 174; mentioned, 117
Hurst, Ted: 157–158
Hussey, Albert: 127
Hutchinson, Fannie Dale: in Nebraska, 4, 12, 82; visit of, 52, 53; mentioned, 161
Hutchinson, Mace: 52, 53, 161
Indians: in Navajoe, 58, 60, 102; in play, 50, 74; on reservations, 53, 58, 109, 168; language of, 58, 60; mentioned, 14
Irving, George Washington: 140
“I spy”: 88, 90
“Jack and the Beanstalk”: 74
Jackson, Stonewall: 56
James (Swiss Family Robinson): 50
Kansas: 160
Keller, Texas: location of, 13, 14, 20, 116, 147; train to, 33, 54, 111; churches of, 143, 144; mentioned, 16, 51, 107, 170, 172
Keller School: attendance at, 24, 130, 134, 135, 141; description of, 126–129, 131, 136; discipline at, 133; as social center, 152
Kemp, Bob: 24, 96
Kentucky: 3
Key, the (Pilgrim’s Progress): 48
King Solomon’s Mines: 51–52, 98–99
Kiowa-Comanche Indian Reservation: 53, 58, 109
labor. SEE work
“Lady of the Lake”: 48
language: in Cross Timbers vernacular, 22, 70, 112, 129, 132, 136, 157–158; of Comanches, 58, 60; of the South, 67
“last-one-on-wood-is-a-bear”: 88, 146
“Lay of the Last Minstrel”: 48
Leverett, Miss Julia: teaching of, 130–135 passim
Leverett, Professor: teaching of, 130–135 passim
Lincoln, Nebraska: 4
literary societies: 152–153
“Little Brass Wagon”: 150
Little Harriet Creek: 116
Little Nell: 140
“Little Red Ridinghood”: 72
Lochinvar: 140, 161
Lone Star Schoolhouse: 126
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth: 48, 140
Long X Ranch: 15
Lopp, Uncle Bill: 32–33, 72
Lord Lisle’s Daughter: 57
“Lord of the Isles”: 48
Lower Cross Timbers: description of, 4–6, 8–10. SEE ALSO Cross Timbers
McCain, Oscar: 133–134
McCarty family, the: 7, 31, 39
McCrory family, the: 68, 69
McGuffey, William: readers of, 48, 130, 138, 139–140
McKelvey, “Brother”: 143, 144–145
McMakin, “Brother”: 143, 144
Madame Arles (cat): 50
Mad Passion, a: 57
manners: of children, 18, 155; at mealtime, 35–36, 46
marbles: 73, 81, 97, 146
Mark Antony (Julius Caesar): 140
“Marmion”: 48
Marrying a Poetess: 153
Marshall Branch Creek: fishing in, 116–117, 119–120
Mast, Crowell, and Kirkpatrick: 49, 51
Mayes, Bill: 96, 133
Meakin dishes: 46
Methodist Church: 143, 149
Mexico: Jay Dale in, 15, 53
military drill: in school, 130–131, 134
“Miller Boy, The”: 150
Mill on the Floss: 57
Minneapolis, Minnesota: 14
Minor, Professor: teaching of, 135–138, 141
Missionary Baptists: 143
Missouri: Dales in, 3, 4, 100, 160; stories of, 7–8; food of, 36
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad: 5, 13
Missouri River: 3, 160
Mohun: 56
money: cash outlay of, 36–37; for labor, 71; saving of, 163–164
Moore, Professor: teaching of, 127, 128–129
Moore family, the: 75
mottoes: use of, in education, 138
Mount Gilead School: 152, 153
“Mr. Buster”: 150
Mulkey, Willie: discipline of, 136–138
mumble-peg: 97–98
Navajoe, Texas: Acers-Dale store in, 53, 54, 60, 120, 161; school in, 57, 134–135; Dale’s visit to, 58, 134–135, 148, 161, 162; John Dale in, 77–78; Henry Dale in, 110, 168; advantages of, 167–168
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. SEE 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. SEE 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. SEE 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. SEE 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