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Perry School

April 28 – June 27, 1884

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Bibliography

LIW / RWL books & articles

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“A Shelter in the Time of Storm”

Ira Sankey hymn.

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“Down in Alabam'” / “The Old Gray Mare”

1858 J. Warner song.

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claim

The land to which one has a right.

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“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Our National Anthem; words by Francis Scott Key.

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Hiram Ingalls

Pa’s brother.

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Jack Frost

A popular personification of frost.

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…

From Robert Herrick poem.

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batten / lath

Thin, narrow board for fastening or joining.

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Home Missionary Society

Group organized to raise money to start churches and Sunday schools in the west where there were none.

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album

Blank booklet for collecting autographs or photos.

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“Darling Nellie Gray”

1856 Benjamin Hamby song.

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button

who’s got one?

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“Pop! Goes the Weasel”

Traditional American song.

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Western Reserve

Land in Ohio, given to Connecticut upon agreement to give up claim to lands in Pennsylvania.

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twisting hay

makes a hot, quick fire

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powder horn / powder-horn

Animal horn in which gunpowder is carried.

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On the Banks of Plum Creek – the fictional story

Farming struggles in Minnesota.

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“All the Blue Bonnets are Over the Border”

1829 Sir Walter Scott air.

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handkerchief

Face and hand wiping cloth.

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“Nobody Ask’d You”

“Where are you going, my pretty maid?”

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carved wooden bracket

Place for a china shepherdess.

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Governor of Orleans / The American Remount Association

Registered stallion leased to Almanzo Wilder 1923-1925.

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Kitty

the Ingallses’ cat in Dakota Territory

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fever ‘n’ ague / malaria

malaria

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birthday

As near as I can figure, E.J. was right.

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braid / plait

Entwined strands.

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twilight

Light when the sun is 0-18 degrees below the horizon.

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bandana

Large handkerchief with white pattern on red or blue background.

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“It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary”

1912 Judge & Williams song.

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“I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land”

1860 Daniel Decatur Emmett song.

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birds’-nest pudding

Dessert made of apples baked in syrup and served with cream.

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April Fool’s Day

Sticking with salt in the sugar bowl from now on.

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reindeer

Why didn’t they fly over the creek?

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cupola

Dome-like vault on a public building.

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zenith

The point of the heavens directly overhead.

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welcome!

who we are

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Perley Day Wilder

Almanzo’s youngest brother.

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slate

Stone used as tablet for writing upon.

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poor man’s fertilizer

Snow plowed into a field.

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milk pan / milk-pan / milkpan

Where cream rises.

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“Irish Washerwoman”

Traditional Scottish and Irish song/dance song.

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Visscher Barnes

Probate Judge, VP of Temperance Society, and first director of De Smet school board.

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quarter section / quarter-section

One-fourth of a square mile, consisting of 160 acres.

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Millbank

1871 novel by Mary Jane Holmes.

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clove apple / clove-apple

Spice-preserved fruit decoration.

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“Arkansas Traveler”

Traditional American folk song.

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consumption

A wasting disease, pulmonary tuberculosis.

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cottonwood tree

Wetland plains tree, Populus fremontii.

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post office / post-office

Where you send and receive mail.

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Protected: private post

Go away AI; you are not welcome here.

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“Bean Porridge Hot”

Bean porridge cold…

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Hill-Billy

1926 Rose Wilder Lane book.

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“Old Dan Tucker”

Mr. Edwards sings it!

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Dr. E. Gomer Davies

First doctor in De Smet.

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“Golden Years are Passing By”

1879 Will Thompson song.

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Carrie Ingalls

Younger sister of Laura Ingalls; she lived 1870-1946.

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Braille / New York Point

Used by Mary Ingalls.

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dictionary

The words of a language.

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cannon

Military engine used for throwing balls and other instruments of death by the force of gunpowder.

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“Bonny Doon”

1792 Robert Burns song.

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galumphing

To move in a clumsy, ponderous, or noisy manner.

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“Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-Ay”

1891 Henry J. Sayers song.

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“Wait for the Wagon”

Buckley and Knauff song.

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sewing machine

“Such beautiful stitching!”

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Godey’s Lady’s Book

Women’s magazine, 1830-1898.

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sundogs

Bright spots on either side of the sun.

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flag

the banner

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“The New Year’s Come”

1842 “Why chime the bells so merrily?”

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Silliman Gilbert family

Kingsbury County farmer.

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certificate

Written testimony of fact.

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cosy / cozy

snug and comfortable

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Mary Amelia Ingalls

First child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls, 1865-1928; she lost her sight at age 15.

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“The Big Sunflower”

Pa’s trouble song.

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spelling / speller

The order of letters in a word. / A book of exercises on the order of letters.

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Peytona & Fashion

Currier & Ives print at Rocky Ridge Farm.

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“I Wish I Was Single Again”

1871 J.C. Beckel song.

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garnet

Deep orange-red gemstone.

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black bird / blackbird

Name given to various American birds.

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Eleck Nelson family

Neighbors of the Ingalls family when living on their preemption claim north of Walnut Grove.

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“Hail Columbia”

1789 Philip Phile march.

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spider

Legged cooking vessel.

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D

daisy – dye

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“Haste to the Wedding”

Traditional Irish fiddle tune.

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John Anderson

Walnut Grove store clerk & more

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what-not / whatnot

An étagère for books & ornaments.

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icicle

Conical mass of ice, formed by water freezing as it flows downward.

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“Buy a Broom”

O Du Leiber Augustin.

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“The Rock of Ages”

Painting at Rev. Brown’s.

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These Happy Golden Years – the fictional story

Laura teaches and falls in love.

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Sale of School Lands on the Osage Diminished Reserve

LHOP cabin was on Section 36

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xanthophyll

I bet you can spell this word.

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parsnip

Pastinaca edulis, a white, spindle-shaped root vegetable.

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starch

cloth stiffener

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“Paul Revere’s Ride”

Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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Mary & Samuel Ray / Ellen & Amos Leonard

Sisters feuding over a lovely homeplace…and a man.

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Jesse French

Butchered oxen during the Hard Winter.

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whiskey

Spirits distilled from grain.

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Dr. William H. York

Bender victim

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Timothy Johnson family

De Smet Wagon Shop.

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Hide the Thimble

You’re getting warmer…

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Q

quaker meeting – quinine

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“Yankee Doodle”

Early song brought to America from Britain.

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The Long Winter – historical perspective

The Hard Winter of 1880-1881.

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Charles Lamson

Almanzo’s cousin.

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New Ulm, Minnesota

Town in Brown Co., MN.

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Pa’s red & white checked mittens

Fair Isle pattern.

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cottage cheese

Curdled skim milk.

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copyright / permissions

Please do not plagiarize.

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Charlotte Holbrook

Laura’s “Aunt Lotty”

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Charles & Martha Harrison / Patterson

Charles and Elizabeth May Rundle.

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Laura & Lansford Ingalls

Grandpa & Grandma Ingalls

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Z

zebra – Zion City

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poultice

Applied to sores to help them heal.

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candy hearts

Mary’s had a candy poem on it!

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milking-stool

Three legs (the cow has the udder).

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leap frog / leap-frog

Run and jump game.

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twine

A strong twisted thread.

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P A T

one seven seven ought

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claim jumper / Mr. Hunter / Jack Hunt

One who ousts another from their land.

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Little House in the Big Woods – historical perspective

Pepin Twp., Pepin Co. Wisconsin

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The Long Winter – the fictional story

Winter for seven months!

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Supposed Speech of Regulus

From Independent Fifth Reader.

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“De Boatmen’s Dance”

Away Down the RIver on the O-hi-o.

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pieplant

Rhubarb.

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thunder-pumps

American bittern, a member of the heron family.

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Great American Desert

Varying area of North America, believed at times to be uninhabitable by civilized man.

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axle grease

Lubricant for wagon wheels and other machinery.

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Docia Ingalls / Hiram Forbes

Sister of Charles Ingalls married to railroad contractor.

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watermelon-rind preserves

sugary jelly

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Manchester, Dakota Territory

Railroad town west of De Smet

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velocipede

Carriage propelled by pedals or feet.

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“Marching Through Georgia”

Union song from American Civil War.

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Becky Newhall / Rebecca Stewart

Classmate of Laura Ingalls in De Smet.

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cream of tartar / baking powder

Byproduct of wine-making process, used in baking as leavening agent.

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swan

Cygnus Americanus

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Lost, between sunrise and sunset…

Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872.

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The Youth’s Companion

Weekly instructional magazine for children, first published in 1827.

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Frogs at School

“Twenty froggies went to school…”

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hair receiver / hair-receiver

Container to save strands of hair in.

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shoe pegs

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening.

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starry papers

Hand-made shelf edging.

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Chicago Inter-Ocean / Inter-Ocean

Republican political newspaper.

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Santa Claus / Santa Clause

Ho. Ho. Ho.

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crocheted rag rug

Crocheted floor covering made of strips of cloth.

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Burke / Malone during the Little House years

Almanzo Wilder birthplace.

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justice / Justice of the Peace

Limited jurisdiction magistrate.

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South Troy / Zumbro Falls during the Little House years

Ingallses lived here with Uncle Peter.

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Turkey red

Durable red color, dyed with madder upon calico or woolen cloth.

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“The Silver Moon”

Sail on, silver moon…

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“The Heavens Declare the Glory”

From The Conqueror, page 144.

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depot / station

Railway station.

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tiger lily

Native spotted flower of tallgrass prairie.

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butter

Edible fatty substance made by churning cream.

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“Pull for the Shore”

Sunshine for Sunday Schools hymn.

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mud hen / mudhen

American coot.

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Alfred Thomas

He was MARRIED, people!!

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crow

Large black bird of genus Corvus.

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“Gaily Now Our Boat is Sailing”

Singing school exercise

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awl

pokes holes

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“Oh Boys, Carry Me Along”

Stephen Foster song.

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Christopher Columbus

A native of Genoa, in Italy.

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Frank M. Cooley family

On the Way home travelers.

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snowplow

Clears the tracks.

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George A. Williams

Superintendent of Schools, 1883.

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writ of attachment

Legal document requiring action.

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jewel box / jewel-box

Nice place to keep a breast-pin.

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links

Helps you find what you’re looking for.

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blizzard

In 1880-1881, a long, severe, blinding, and bitterly cold snowstorm.

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Walter Ogden

Surveyors’ House housemate 1879-80

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snow-fort

“Holler ’nuff!”

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basque

Jacket-like part of a lady’s dress.

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tiger

Noah’s ark toy piece.

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Malone Hotels

Where the horse-buyer spent the night.

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Belgian horse

They’d pull a barn, if hitched to it.

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World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition

Destination of the Wilder brothers in the fall of 1884.

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tattoo

Sounds like beating drums!

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“Paddle Your Own Canoe”

1850s Harry Clifton song.

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bobolink

On Mary Power’s name card.

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candle / tallow

Used to furnish light.

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Y

“Yankee Doodle” – Youth’s Companion

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A

aboveboard – axle

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Little Town on the Prairie – the fictional story

Homesteading and town life.

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“When I Can Read My Title Clear”

1700s Isaac Watts hymn.

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sulky / sulky plow

One-seated conveyance.

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Adam / adam’s apple

The first man, the progenitor of the human race.

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Burr Oak during the Little House years

Town in Winneshiek County, Iowa.

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Joseph Bouchie family

Fictional Brewster family in THGY.

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Wilder feed store

Shhh. There’s wheat in the wall!

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“Sweet By and By”

Pa’s favorite hymn.

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wristlets

Knitted bands worn around the wrists for warmth.

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“The May Queen”

Poem in three parts by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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“My Sabbath Home”

Hymn #7, Pure Gold for the Sunday School.

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Brownsville, Texas 1906

Did Eliza Jane sell fruit to these soldiers?

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The Square in Malone

Where the band played.

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“The High Tide”

Jean Ingelow poem.

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Reverend Edward Brown

Minister of the First Congregational Church of De Smet, 1880-1884.

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Royal Wilder

Almanzo’s older brother.

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Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography

Laura’s handwritten manuscript.

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