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H
hail, weather
like hail / like a hailstorm
hail, greeting
Hail Columbia
Hail Columbia, happy land, see
Hail Columbia
hair, see also bangs, hair-cloth, horsehair
comb
curling
debate: golden hair prettier than brown
hairbrush and comb set
hairpin
hair receiver / hair-receiver
hair ribbons
Laura cuts bangs
mouse cuts Pa's hair to make a nest
stood up along back / on head
switch
half-breed
Half-pint / little half-pint
half-pint of sweet cider / half-pint of sweet cider half drunk up
halter
halter rope / halter-rope
ham
boiled
curing / hickory-cured
fried
ham-gravy
smoked
hames
handcar
handkerchief
hang
"hang the expense"
hanging the paymaster
hanging's too good for him
hanging's too good for horse-thieves
Hanson, Mr.
Happy Hunting Ground
hardscrabble
boys
hill
settlement
hardtack
hardware store
Couse Hardware
Hard Winter / long winter
The Long Winter
hardwood
harness
Schaub's harness shop, see Schaub, Frank
shoulder harness
silver-mounted
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison family
Charles
Martha
harrow
Harthorn family
Edelbert
Frank, married Mabel Burd
Frank Hawthorn [sic]
Harthorn's grocery / store
Harthorne's store
harvest
apple
harvester
harvest time / harvest-time
moon
wheat-harvest
hassock
Haste to the Wedding
hasty pudding
hatchet, see also ax, tomahawk
haunch
haw
hawk
nighthawk
"wilder than hawks"
Hawthorn, Frank, see Harthorn, Frank
hay
baling hay / hay-baling, see also railroad press
curing
hauling
"haul hay while the sun shines"
hay-bay
haycock
hay field / hay-field / hayfield
haying / making hay / haying-time / cutting hay
hay-mattress
haymow
hay-press
hay-rack
hay-sled
haystack / stacking
hay-wagon
"hunting for a needle in a haystack"
"Make hay while the sun shines"
slough
sticks
twisting
upland
Hayes, Rutherford B.
hazel
hazelnut
head-cheese / headcheese
hearth
fire on the hearth
heat rash
heathen
heat-wave
air wavered with heat / waves of heat
heaven
Heavens
Declare the Glory, The
heft
heifer
hem
hemlock
"gosh all hemlock!"
"Henry Ford's Own Story"
herb
medicinal
herd, see also china shepherdess, Good Shepherd
buffalo
herd boy, see also Johnson, Johnny
Here first my willful, wandering heart, see
My Sabbath
Home
Here’s to the Maiden
Here’s to the maiden of bashful sixteen, see
Here’s to
the Maiden
heron
blue
herring
smoked
Hessians
"Her voice was ever gentle, low, and soft, an excellent thing in woman"
hew
Hi (Laura's uncle), see Forbes family
hickory
bows
chips
cured
nut
rocking chair
smoke
Hide the Thimble
Highland
Fling, The
Highland
Mary
High Prairie
highroad
Hinz, Henry
hippopotamus
Hiram (Laura's "Uncle Hi"), see Forbes family
history
American
history book
hitch
hitching post / hitching-post
hitch up
unhitch
hoarfrost
hoe
grubbing
sprouting
hoe-cake
hog
Berkshire
Chester White
hog-bristle
hog-pens
killing
hogshead
hoity-toity
Holbrook, Charlotte (Laura's Aunt Lotty)
hold, musical
Home! Home! Sweet, sweet home, see
There’s No
Place Like Home
Home Missionary Society
Home of the
Soul
homesick
Home, Sweet Home
homespun
homestead
claim
homesteader
homestead laws
Pa finds the homestead
honey
honey-brown
honey-colored
honeycomb / honeycombed
"land flowing with milk and honey"
thick as honey
hood
fur-edged
knit
rabbit-skin
swan's-down
hoops
hoop skirts / hoopskirts
Hopp, Jacob
hop-scotch
horehound
candy
hornet
madder than a hornet
hornpipe
horse
Barnum
Belgian horse, see Belgian
Bess / Beauty
breath freezing over noses of
Bunny
Christmas horses
driving-horse
Governor of Orleans
half-breed / mule, see mule
horseback
horse-barn
horse blanket / horse-blanket
horse-bucket
horseman
A good horseman always takes care of his horses before he eats or rests
Horse Marines, see Captain Jinks
Iron Horse
"it'll never be noticed on a trotting horse!"
Lady's colt
little French horse, see French horse
mare
Morgan horse, see Morgan
Pa trades tired horses for Pet and Patty
Pet / Patty
Prince / Lady
Sam / David
Tom and Jerry
"a short horse is soon curried"
Starlight
trotting-horse
work-horses
yearling
"you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink"
horse-buyer
horsehair
Horse Marines, see Captain Jinks
horsepower
horseshoe
horse thief / horse-thief
"hanging's too good for horse-thieves"
"where there are deer there will be wolves, and where there are horses..."
hotel
Beardsley
Brookings
Hotelkeeper
Mead's
Tracy
Malone
Manchester
house, little log
house that Jack built
"How!"
How sweetly bloomed the gay, green birk, see
Highland
Mary
Hoyt, Robert (called "the doctor" in By the Shores of Silver Lake)
Hubbard squash
huckleberry
pie
hug
bear's
Huleatt family
Thomas & Maria
Clarence
Eva
hulled corn
hullo
humdinger
Hunt family, fictional Hunter family
Hunter, Mr., see Hunt family
Mr. Hunter's father
Huron, Dakota Territory
Hurray! Hurray! We’ll sing the jubilee! see
Marching
Through Georgia
husk
husking corn / cornhusk
husking-peg
husk-tomato
hustle
get a hustle on
hustle and bustle
hyena
hymn
hymn book
hypocrite
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