Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Snakes, Birds, and Insect Stories *********************************************************** Submitted by: Desmond Walls Allen Date: 25 May 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Following is the index to Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Snakes, Birds, and Insect Stories. It is available from Arkansas Research, PO Box 303, Conway, AR 72033, for $15.00 plus shipping. ** A Alder field 62 Anderson, Abe 39 Anderson, Alex 53 Anderson, Arch 39 Arkansas River 9, 43 Arnold, Doctor 47 Arthur, Mary 1 ** B Baire, Jeff 64, 65 Bald Mountain 38 Baptist 79 Barnett, Levi 75 Barren Fork 12, 15, 63 Barry Co. MO 33 Batesville AR 37 Baughman, Peter 16, 70 Bear Creek 9, 10, 11, 12, 39, 43 Bear feeding young 2 Bear Hollow 38 Bear smoked out of a cave 26 Bear's death cry 2 Beaver Creek 23, 24, 32, 50, 58 Becca Brown Hollow 11 Beck, William 37, 38 Bee Creek 10, 24, 26, 39, 43, 67 Bee hunting 5, 7, 27 Bee trees 9, 19 Bellefonte AR 70 Bennett's Bayou 30, 31 Berry, Campbell 28 Beth's Creek 29 Bias, Gid 39 Bias, Hiram 39, 66 Bias, John 39, 47, 66 Big Beaver 61 Big Beech Hollow 51, 53, 69, 72, 73 Big Buck Creek 48, 62, 65, 70 Big Creek 1, 6, 8, 13, 14, 18, 29, 33, 47, 53, 74, 75 Big North Fork 75 Bigamy charge 69 Billingsley, John 18, 19 Black River 30 Blanket Bottom 29, 39 Blevins, George 59 Bohanon Graveyard 37 Bohanon School House 37 Bone, Josiah 38 Boone Co. AR 1, 9, 10, 16, 28, 62, 64 Boyd, Tilman 5, 6 Bradley's Ferry 49, 51, 69, 73 Bradleyville MO 32, 61 Bratton's Spring Creek 17, 38, 51, 76 Breshy Creek 13 Brown's Ferry 69 Brown, A. 43 Brown, A. Aus 39 Brown, Andrew 44 Brown, Austin 46, 47 Brown, Baxter 69 Brown, Daniel 44 Brown, Girard Leiper 43 Brown, Martin 44 Brown, William 51 Brown, William M. 39, 44 Buck Bottom 64, 65 Buck Shoals Ford 69 Buffalo Fork 51 Buffalo MO 63 Buffalo River 22, 71 Bull Bottom 8, 57, 73 Burlington AR 64 Bushwhackers 33 Buzzards 17 ** C Caldwell, W. S. 12 Camden County MO 41 Cane Hollow 74 Caney Creek 32 Canoe construction 69 Carnett's Store 17 Carpenter, Catherine Forest 22 Carpenter, Levi 22 Carpenter, Sam 22, 24, 26 Carroll Co. AR 6, 37, 64 Carrollton AR 4, 37, 64 Carrollton Hollow 11 Carter, Isaac 16 Carter, James 33 Carter, John 33 Carter, Mary 33 Carter, Mose S. 33, 34 Carter, Sarah 33, 35 Casebolt, Jake 58 Casey, Jasper 51 Casey, Jesse 51 Catamount attacks man 24 Cave exploration 51 Cedar Creek 28 Cedar Creek MO 10, 17 Centipedes 47 Choska IT 71 Christian Co. MO 29, 40 Clark, Almus 57 Clark, Bill 1, 2, 3, 7, 18, 26, 27, 28, 29, 70 Clark, Billy 1, 7, 28 Clark, Calvin 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 28, 53, 54 Clark, Celia Tabor 29 Clark, Ed 54 Clark, Elizabeth 38, 73, 74 Clark, John 1, 3 Clark, Lige 1 Clark, Mary Arthur 1 Clark, surveyor 43 Clark, William 1 Clarkstone, Lewis 75 Clay, Grandma 36 Clay, John 36, 37 Clear Creek 49, 51 Coachwhip snake 54 Coiner, Dave 14, 47 Coker, Joe 10 Coker, Len 9, 10, 11, 12, 43, 44, 45 Coker, Leonard 43 Coker, Sebe 10 Cole, Abe 70 Cole, Abraham 12, 13, 14, 75 Cole, John 75 Cole, Martha 75 Confederate soldier 4 Cooley, Mary 57 Cooley, Noah 57 Coon Creek 7 Copperhead snake 53 Copperhead snakes 45 Cowan, Bill 24 Cowan, William 70 Crabtree, George 67 Crawford, Dan 39 Crockett Township 52, 73 Crooked Creek 18, 20, 22, 41, 55, 70 Crows attack eagle 69 Crows give alarm 61 Current River 68 Cursing 19 ** D Dallas Co. MO 63 Dalton, Nancy 18 Dardanelle AR 22 Davis, Goodman 1 Davis, Ira J. 30 Davis, Jane Scribnor 29 Davis, Joe 29, 40 Day, Barker 17 Decatur Co. TN 4 Deer and wolf hung together 35 Deer attacks hunter 14 Deer hide price 28 Deer kill snake 10 Deer of large size 28 Deer of unusual color 10 Deer with horns locked 10, 23 Deer with huge horns 7 Deer with lots of fat 7 Denton, English 60 Denton, Thomas 60 Denver AR 59 Devil's Branch 7 Dodd City AR 19, 46 Dogs, Spring 33 Dogs, Storm 33 Dotson, Elisha 55 Douglas Co. MO 58, 61, 63 Dry Creek 37 Dry Hollow 6 Dug Hill KY 1 Dugginsville MO 7, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 47, 51, 66 Dunlap, John 17 ** E Eagle attacks deer 65, 66 Eagle drops pig 63 Eagle kills crow 69 Eagle kills deer 64, 67 Eagle Rock 33 Eagle scaring turkeys 34 Earls, Dock 62 East Sugar Loaf Creek 20, 46, 47, 76 Edmonson, Jack 70 Edmonson, Luther 70 Edmonson, Sam 70 Elbow Creek 23, 27, 38, 65 Elbow Shoals 1 Elk Creek 56 Elm Branch Hollow 17 Erwin, Tom 37 Eureka Springs AR 33 ** F Fields, Mary 33, 35 Fire hunting 8 Fisher, Tom 41, 79 Flippin AR 60 Flippin Barrens 67 Flippin, Bertha 60 Flippin, Jim 60 Flippin, W. B. 60 Forest, Bob 66 Forest, Catherine 22 Forsyth MO 22, 48, 67 Franklin Co. MO 29 Franklin Township 16, 31, 59, 79 Free Will Baptist Church 79 Friend, Jim 57 Friend, Peter 57 Fritts, George 75 Fritts, John 66, 75 Fulton Co. AR 30, 39 ** G Gainesville MO 42, 47, 50, 63, 75 George's Creek 52 George, James 75 George, John 75 Glendenning, Marion 17 Goodman, Tom 62 Gooley's Spring Creek 67 Gourd, Eaph 54 Green, George 75 Green, Jess 75 Griffin, C. W. Wilse 49 Griffin, Jim 56, 60 Griffin, Sam 60 Griffin, Sam Houston 56 Griffin, Wilse 67 ** H Hager, Ben 36, 54 Hall, Henderson 45 Hall, Joe 45 Hamilton Co. TX 22 Harrison AR 59 Haskins, Preston 75 Haskins, Rufe 63, 75, 76 Haslet's Store 59 Haslet, Ed 59 Hatfield, Wesley 35 Havens, Frank 18 Havens, H. E. 18 Henderson Co. TN 4 Henderson, Chris 30 Henderson, Edward 30 Henderson, J. W. Wes 30 Henderson, Wes 31, 32 Herrean, Mart 74 Hester farm 62 Hester School House 65 Hetherly, Bly 30 Hewed Log Hollow 58 Hog Creek 60 Hogan, Alex 67 Holman's Creek 36, 37 Holman, George 36 Hoodenpile, Mat 53 Horseshoe Bend 9, 10, 24 Howard, Andrew 16 Howell Co. MO 35 Hub, Elizabeth 4 Hudson, John B. 52 Hughes, Sam 56 Hulsey, Sid 5 Hunters playing tricks 8 Huntsville AR 37, 54 Hutchison, Jerry 38 ** I Igo MO 71 Indians 9, 22 Isabella MO 51 ** J Jackson Switch IT 69 James Fork 4 James River 22, 48 Jenkins, Jerry 58 Jenkins, Joseph 58 Jesse, Jimmie 61 Jimmie's Creek 22, 49 Johnson, Martin 4, 66, 69 Johnson, Sam 4 Johnson, settler 47 Jones, Dave 15 Jones, Fate 52, 53, 69 Jones, Jimmie 15, 67 Jones, John 4, 48, 52, 69 Jones, R. M. 48, 49, 56 Jones, Sugar 15 ** K Keeling, Tom 52 Keesee Township 36, 64, 65 Keesee's Ferry 10 Keesee, Elias 65, 76 Keesee, Paton 76 Keesee, Peter 18 Keeton, Dula 78 Keeton, George 77, 78 Keeton, John 77, 78 Keeton, Tom 77 Kiln Mountain 23 King Hollow 74 King's River 33, 54, 55 King, Tom 74 Kirbyville MO 57 ** L Lantz, Mose 76 Lathrop, Mose 48 Laughlin, Harvey 50 Laurel Co. KY 1 Lead Hill AR 47, 51, 62 Ledbetter, Harve 54 Ledbetter, Hugh 54 Lee's Mountain 60 Lee, Alf 71 Lewellen, Henry 65 Lick Creek 47, 50, 75 Little Beaver Creek 58, 61 Little Creek 1, 38, 47, 75 Little North Fork 6, 7, 15, 29, 38, 39, 40, 51, 57, 62, 63, 64, 66, 75, 76 Locust Hollow 52, 76 Loftis, Jim 38 Long Bottom Creek 8 Long Bottom Hollow 16, 57 Long Creek 4, 5, 22, 37, 59, 64 Lower Caney Creek 23, 24 Lower Turkey Creek 39 Lutie MO 15, 54 ** M Madison Co. AR 36, 54 Magness Bottom 31 Magness, Elmira 80 Magness, Hugh 79 Magness, Joe 31 Magness, John 20 Magness, Mat 79 Magness, Sam 79, 80 Magness, William 62 Mahan Hollow 64 Mahan, Isaac 15, 38, 64 Mahan, John 64 Mahan, Noah 15 Majors Mill 67 Majors, Ben 67 Malaria on White River 44 Marion Co. AR 1, 9, 16, 18, 21, 22, 26, 31, 36, 41, 45, 49, 51, 52, 55, 59, 60, 64, 67, 69, 73, 77, 79 Martin Hollow 58 Martin, Bill 58 Masters, settler 72, 73 May, Tom 48 McCullough, Pleasant 75 McCullough, Tom 75 McVey Hollow 54 Mefford, Waul 17 Methodist 4, 15 Mill stones 1 Miller, Angeline 69 Miller, Harriet 69 Miller, Jim 69 Miller, Polly 69 Milum, Brice 50, 55, 56 Missouri Pacific Railway 59, 60 Missouri River 29 Missouri state line 43 Moccasin Gap 33 Morgan Co. IL 18 Morris, Elizabeth 29 Morris, James F. 68 Morris, John 8, 14 Morris, Robert 68, 69 Morris, Tommy 29 Morrow, Tom 24 Mountain Creek 41, 49 Mullen, Rila 35 Music Creek 1, 3, 8, 9, 29 Music, Bent 49 ** N Napier, hunter 16 Nelson, Alex 40, 41 Newberry, Elijah 1 Newton Co. AR 71 Niangua Creek 40 Nipps Hollow 74 Nipps, Henry 8 Nipps, John 8 Norris Graveyard 1 Norris, Tommy 1 ** O O'Neal, Nate 40, 41 Omaha AR 59 Oneta IT 60 Onstott, Henry 49, 50 Osage River 40 Owen, C. C. 12 Owen, Woodson 67 Ozark Co. MO 15, 17, 18, 26, 38, 39, 41, 44, 51, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 70, 76 ** P Painter, Bertha Flippin 60 Painter, James Houston 60, 61 Panther Bottom 44, 53, 61, 65 Patterson, Tom 76 Patton, William 49 Pease's Mill 63 Peel AR 16, 43, 46, 57 Pelham, Jim 54 Pelham, Sam 54 Perkins, Abe 1 Phelps, John 54, 55 Piland, John 1 Pond Fork 17, 70 Pond Hollow 62 Pontiac MO 58, 67 Powell AR 20, 41, 49, 55 Price, Rhoda 63 Price, Tom 63 Protem MO 4, 12, 18, 42, 48, 66 Pruitt AR 64 ** Q Quick, Aaron 54 ** R Railey's Creek 48 Rattledige, Daniel 61 Rattlesnake found by surveyors 44 Rattlesnake kills man 36 Religious services 56 Rhodes, Jesse 61 Rhodes, Jim 41 Richland Creek 37 Richland MO 63 Richmond, Nat 38 Riddle, Bill 4, 5 Riddle, Elizabeth Hub 4 Riddle, Martha Smith 4 Riddle, Nathan 4 Risley, Bud 18 Risley, Silas 51, 52 Roaring River 33 Roberts, John W. 64 Roland, James 64 Roselle, Jim 71 Row, John D. 64 Roy MO 61 Russell, Dave 54, 55 Ruth, Dr. 37 ** S Sallee, Chat 4, 15 Sallee, J. H. 15 Sallee, James H. 70, 71 Sanders, Henry 63 Sanders, Rhoda Price 63 Scott, Tom 24 Scribnor, Brinkley 29 Scribnor, Bucky 29 Scribnor, Curt 29 Scribnor, Jane 29 Scribnor, Red 29 Scribnor, Zach 29 Seven Elm Pond 65 Shannon Co. MO 68 Shell Knob 33 Shell Knob MO 33 Shell Knob Mountain 33 Shell, Henry 33 Shields, surveyor 43 Shoal Creek 1, 4, 7, 9, 28, 29, 30 Short Mountain 2 Sims, Jim 4 Sisney, Josephine 41 Sisney, Tempy 41 Sister Creek 45 Smiley, Cain 70 Smith, Gum 38 Smith, Hue 4 Smith, Martha 4 Snake stories 38 Snake, coachwhip 16 Snakes charming animals 9, 40, 41, 52 Snakes swallowing each other 38 Snakes, whip snake 17 Springfield MO 23, 58 Steelman, Tom 68 Stephens, John 65 Stone Co. MO 4, 48 Stone, Ned 17 Stone, Sammie 17 Stone, Sammy 39 Stone, William 17 Sugar Orchard Creek 16, 21, 70 Survey party 9, 43 Sutton, John 16 Swan Creek 40 Swartz, Sam 59 ** T Tabor, Arch 13, 14, 29 Tabor, Elizabeth Morris 29 Tabor, Isaac 29 Tabor, Jimmie 13 Tabor, John 13, 41, 57 Tabor, John H. 18, 20, 22 Tabor, Johnny 57 Tabor, Mary Cooley 57 Tabor, Smyth 20 Tabor, Tilda 29 Taney Co. MO 1, 4, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18, 26, 28, 29, 38, 45, 47, 48, 50, 53, 57, 58, 61, 65, 67, 70, 75 Tannihill, Alpherd 18 Tannihill, Jesse 18 Tannihill, Nancy Dalton 18 Tannihill, Newt 18 Tarklin Creek 20 Teaf, Henry 20 Terrapin 36 Terry, Elizabeth 74 Terry, John 73, 74 Terry, Richard 73, 74 Terry, Tom 57, 73, 74 Texas Co. MO 56, 60, 68 Theodosia MO 51, 66 Thompson, Sanders 1 Thornfield MO 1, 6, 7, 17, 39 Thurman, Bob 50 Thurman, G. W. 48, 50, 66 Thurman, Granville 50 Thurman, Jane 50 Thurman, Martha 50 Thurman, Tom 50 Thurman, Willie 50 Trimble's Creek 2, 59, 61 Trimble, Allin 59, 71, 72 Trimble, John Jack 59, 76 Trimble, William 59, 60 Tulsa IT 43 Turkey Creek 57 Turkey hunting 7, 17, 28, 32 Turkey Mountain 33 Turkeys caught by hand 6 Turley's Mill 51 Turley, Dine 51 Turnbo, Andrew J. 36 Turnbo, J. N. Newt 61 Turnbo, James 1, 27, 36, 38, 53, 69, 71 Turnbo, James D. 49 Turnbo, L. L. Bubby 62 Turnbo, S. C. 58 ** U Union soldier 33 Upper Turkey Creek 62 Upton, Ned 50, 51 ** V Vance, Bill 63 Vance, Calvin 62 Vance, Henry 63 Vanmetre, Joe 17 Vinegar from honey comb 73 ** W Wallace, Widow 70 War Eagle River 36, 54, 55 War time difficulties 32 War time murder 10 Washburn, James 42 Washburn, Matthew 42 Weakley Co. TN 76 West Plains MO 35 West Sugar Loaf Creek 10, 62 Wet prairie 35 Whiskey 79 White River 4, 9, 16, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33, 36, 39, 42, 43, 45, 50, 51, 53, 59, 61, 62, 65, 67, 69, 73, 79 White River Township 60 Whitney Co. KY 30 Wilkerson, Isaiah 7, 8 Winters, Dave Anderson 66 Wolf and deer hung together 35 Wolf Scalping lodge 22 Woman hunter 29 Wood, George 76 Wood, Jim 47 Wood, John B. 43 Woodruff Co. AR 9 Woodson, Mr. 71 ** Y Yellville AR 50, 52, 67 Yocum Creek 10 Yocum, Asa 57 Yocum, Bill 16, 57 Yocum, George 62 Yocum, Jake 62 Yocum, Jess 9 Yocum, John 16, 57 Yocum, Mike 62 Yocum, Thresher Bill 9, 10, 12, 43, 44, 46 Copyright (c) 1997 Desmond Walls Allen