Part 75

Maltese Cross, the, 15, 91, 148; outfit of, 92; first year of, 255; callers at, 264, 265; to-day, 474.

Mandan Pioneer, the, 65, 154, 158.

Marlow, Pete, 84, 85.

Matthews, 84-86.

Maunders, Archie, 53, 54.

Maunders, Jake, 7, 9, 12, 49, 54-57; disliked Roosevelt, 58; and the Marquis de Mores, 62-65; cleans out Johnny Nelson, 80, 81; clings to the Marquis, 126; and horse and cattle thieves, 142; marked for hanging, 198; his discreetness, 199; visits Sewall in the dugout, 199-201; threatens to shoot Roosevelt, 207, 208; a bona-fide "bad man," 320; in Dickinson, 457; greets Roosevelt, 466.

McFay, 345.

McGee, Chris, 110, 165.

McGeeney, Pete, 52.

McGeeney, Mrs. Pete, 7, 52, 55, 56.

McShane, Jimmie, 347.

Medicine buttes, 202, 203.

Medora, 8, 48; founded by Marquis de Mores, 61; blossoms forth, 77; life of, dominated by the Marquis, 116-18; gay life of, 127; notorious for its iniquity, 128-30; attempts at reform in, 131-35; in need of a jail, 135; mass meeting at, 136, 137; police force and fire department of, 137, 138; growth of, 170, 318-20; possessed deputy marshal, 221; the coming of law in, 323, 328; religion at, 325; first election at, 389-91; its glory departed, 451, 452, 454; visited by Roosevelt as nominee for vice-presidency, 466; Roosevelt's last visit to, 469; to-day, 474.

Merrifield, A. W., 12; his career, 14-16; becomes partner of Roosevelt, 42-44; tries to establish law in Little Missouri, 56; signs contract with Roosevelt, 69, 70, 479, 480; and the Marquis's cattle, 84-86; tries out Roosevelt on the Sully Trail, 103, 104; on hunting trip, 175-88; confident of success in cattle raising, 255; carries news of Mrs. Ferris's adherence to cowboys, 361, 362; marries, 447; delegate to Progressive Convention, 473.

Mexico, flurry over, 413, 414.

Miles City, 392-95.

Mingusville, 151-54, 242-47.

Montana Live Stock Association, 219.

Montana Stockgrowers' Association, 392-95, 444-46.

Mores, Marquis de, 25; arrival at Little Missouri, 58-60; his views, 60, 61; and the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car Co., 61, 79; founds Medora, 61; tries to win supporters, 62; and Maunders, 62-65; and Riley Luffsey, 63, 64, 119; in business, 67-69; extends his business, 70-72; and The Bad Lands Cowboy, 76; and the Deadwood stage, 77, 78, 120-24, 170, 209-14; loss of his sheep, 78; his cabbage project, 79, 80; removes his cattle from the Roosevelt bottom-land, 84-86; description of, 116; dominates life of Medora, 117; his grudge against Gregor Lang, 118; lacked judgment, 119; and Roosevelt, 124; on the side of violence, 125, 130; tries to join Stuart's vigilantes, 147; claims Roosevelt's range, 165, 191; member of stockmen's association, 234; his idea of the Western climate, 236; and his abattoir, 331-34: and kaoline, 334; without friends in Medora, 334; liked the Bad Lands, 335; his genealogy, 335, 336; relations with Roosevelt, 336-42, 345-49; indicted for murder, 342, 343; in jail, 344; his trial, 345, 346; goes to France, 359; new schemes of, 447-50; leaves for India, 450; article in Sioux Falls Press on, 450; later career and death of, 460-63.

Mores, Marquise de, 462, 463.

Morrill, Joe, 143; deputy marshal in Medora, 221, 222; stock inspector, 324; sheriff, 390; vs. George Myers, 442-44; dismissed from inspectorship, 444, 445; later encounters with Roosevelt, 457.

Mountain sheep, hunting, 228-32.

Mugwumps, the, 88, 172, 208.

Myers, George, cowpuncher, 93; his cookery, 106, 107, 232; invests in cattle, 255; accused of cattle stealing, 442-44; in later years, 467, 473.

Nelson, Johnny, 7, 80, 81.

Nesters, 194-96.

Newburyport Herald, quoted, 384.