of, 106, _footnote_; dilatory in movements, 114, _footnote_;
disagreement with Kile, 115, _footnote_; slow in putting in
appearance at Humboldt, 115; commands Second Regiment Indian Home
Guards, 115; conducts prisoners to Fort Leavenworth, 144; allows
men to run amuck at Shirley's Ford, 197; dismissal from service
recommended, 197; Phillip's ranking officer, 325
Roane, J.S: Arkansas left in care of, 128, 149; asks forces of Pike,
149; conduct in Mexican War criticised by Pike, 149, _footnote_;
fights duel with Pike, 149, _footnote_; character, 199; arrests
Pike, 200
Roberts, S.A: 308, _footnote_, 320, _footnote_
Robertson, W.S: 225 and _footnote_
Robinson, Charles: work cited in _footnotes_ on pages 15, 70,
97, 98, 226; appointment of Mitchell, 46, _footnote_; opposed
to Lane's plans for revenge, 55; approves of principle underlying
Frémont's proclamation, 56-57; opposed to enlistment of Indians, 57;
seeks aid of Prince, 58; responsible for Stanton's contesting of
Lane's seat, 59, _footnote_; Lane has no intention of obliging,
71, _footnote_; commissions for First Indian Expedition pouring
in, 123, _footnote_; calls for volunteers against guerrillas,
205, _footnote_; relations with Stevens, 226, _footnote_
Robinson, William: 62, _footnote_
Rocky Creek (Clear Creek): 184, _footnote_
Rolla (Mo.): 13, 26
Roman, Alfred: work cited, 14, _footnote_, 34, _footnote_
Roman Catholic Mission: 87, _footnote_, 121, 241, _footnote_
Rosengarten, Joseph George: work cited, 118, _footnote_
Ross, John: attitude of faction of, towards proposed Confederate
military occupation of Indian Territory, 15; communicates with Pike
on movements of Cherokee troops, 28, _footnote_; opposed to
secession, 63, _footnote_; reported to have host ready to
do service for U.S., 66, _footnote_; loyal to U.S., 74,
_footnote_; communication from Weer, 134 and _footnote_,
135; reply to Weer, 135-136; submits documents justifying his own
and tribal actions, 136; receives peremptory order from Cooper, 137;
arrested by Greeno, 137; suspected of collusion with captor, 137-138,
192; addresses himself to Hindman against Pike, 160; on mission to
Washington, 192 and _footnote_; formally deposed by convention
called by secessionist Cherokees, 193; receives monetary assistance,
214 and _footnote_; makes personal appeal to Lincoln to enable
refugees to be returned to homes, 215-216; and associates ready to
negotiate for retrocession of Neutral Lands, 231; Gillpatrick medium
of diplomatic intercourse between, and First Indian Expedition, 271
Ross, Mrs. W.P: work cited, 111, _footnote_
Ross, W.W: 234, _footnote_
Round Grove (Okla.): 126
Russell, O.F: 152-153
Sac and Fox Agency (Kans.): 54, _footnote_, 114, _footnote_;
suggested removal of refugees to, 212; tribes included within, 212;
Osages repair to, to confer with Dole, 238 and _footnote_
Sacs and Foxes of Mississippi: encounter refugees from Indian
Territory, 80; offer home to refugees, 86; reservation, 87; receive
Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaws, 213; scheme of building houses for,
226 and _footnote_; Dole makes treaty with, 235; claim against
Creek refugees, 235, _footnote_; some Sacs confer with Carruth,
274, _footnote_; invited to inter-tribal council, 274-275.
_footnote_
St. Francis River: 20
St. Joe (St. Joseph): 74, _footnote_, 116, 230
St Louis _Republican_: 75, _footnote_
Salomon, Frederick: colonel of Ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry,
118; in command at Fort Scott, 118; left in command at Baxter Springs
by Weer, 121; in charge of First Brigade, First Indian Expedition,
125; instructions to, with respect to Indian policy of U.S.
government, 134; deplorable equipment of troops, 138; arrests Weer,
139; gives reasons arrest, 140-142; retrograde movement of, 142, 143,
147, 203; establishes himself at Camp Quapaw, 146; ordered by Blunt to
send troops to support of Indian Brigade, 192-193
Salt Plains: 152, 153
Sam Checote: 62, _footnote_
Santa Fé Trail: to intercept trains on, 129, _footnote_, 267,
_footnote_; Creek regiment to advance toward, 152
Scales, J.A: 268, _footnote_, 277, _footnote_
Schaumburg, W.C: 305, _footnote_
Schoenmaker, John: 241, _footnote_
Schofield, John M: 106, _footnote_, 119, _footnote_, 196,
248, 249 and _footnote_, 260, 261, 293, 304 and _footnote_
Schurz, Carl: 41 and _footnote_, 42, _footnote_
Scott, S.S: acting commissioner of Indian affairs, 172,
_footnote_; remarks of, 177, _footnote_; to investigate
conditions in Indian Territory, 181; hurries to Leased District,
184; asks Governor Colbert to harbor fugitive Tonkawas, 184,
_footnote_; sets out upon tour of inspection, 299; made full
commissioner, 299, _footnote_; reports to Holmes concerning
neglect of Indian Territory, 300; reports to Seddon prospects for
three Indian brigades, 329
Scott, T.M: 316, _footnote_
Scott, W.H: 287, _footnote_
Scott, Winfield S: 48, 56, 69, _footnote_
Scott County (Ark.): 20
Scullyville (Okla.): 155, 325, and _footnote_
Second Brigade, First Indian Expedition: put under Judson, 125
Second Choctaw Regiment: 312, _footnote_
Second Indian Brigade: 327
Second Indian Expedition: Carruth and Martin act in anticipation of,
133, _footnote_; Blunt making plans for, 196 and _footnote_,
208, _footnote_; Blunt discovers that Indians stipulate care of
families during absence, 215
Second Indiana Battery: 118, 125
Second Ohio Cavalry: 118, 119, _footnote_, 125-126
Second Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles: commanded by Stand Watie, 25;
joins Pike at Cincinnati, 28; takes position to observe enemy, 32;
guiltless of atrocities committed at Pea Ridge, 32; makes way to Camp
Stephens, 35; detail sent with ammunition to main army, 35; scouting
along northern line of Cherokee country, 112; desertions from, 145
Second Regiment Indian Home Guards: miscellaneous in composition, 114
and _footnote_; men not yet mustered in, 121; fills up after
defeat of Confederates at Locust Grove, 132; Corwin takes
command of, 144; engagement at Shirley's Ford, 197; component part of
Phillips's Indian Brigade, 249; Cherokee in composition, 252; fought
dismounted at Honey Springs, 288; stationed at Mackey's Salt Works,
325
Sedalia (Mo.): 13
Seddon, James A: 270, _footnote_, 299, _footnote_, 317,
_footnote_; instructs Scott to attend meeting of council at
Armstrong Academy, 320; Scott reports prospects of forming three
Indian brigades, 329
Seminole Battalion: 152, 312, _footnote_
Seminole Nation: 130
Seminoles (Confederate): Murrow, agent, 162, _footnote_; Pike
negotiates treaty with, 173, _footnote_; agree to furnish five
companies of mounted volunteers, 173, _footnote_; Creeks and,
want separate military department made of Indian Territory, 278-279;
disperse, 323
Seminoles (Federal or Unionist): Carruth teacher among, 59;
destitution of refugee, 83, _footnote_; in First Regiment Indian
Home Guards, 114 and _footnote_; attempt tribal reörganization,
228
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (Confederate): Johnson's bill, 176;
members, 176, _footnote_
Senecas: 48, 204 and _footnote_
Seneca-Shawnees: refugees, 116, 204; object to Wyandot treaty, 237,
_footnote_
Shawnee Agency (Kans.): 236, _footnote_
Shawnee Reserve (Kans.): 205 and _footnote_
Shawnees: 48; loyal to U.S., 66, _footnote_; in First Indian
Expedition, 113, _footnote_; from Cherokee country made refugees,
116; implicated in tragedy at Wichita Agency, 183; Neosho Agency
Indians seek refuge among, 204; are depredated upon, 204, 205,
_footnote_; Dole makes treaty with, 235
Shelby, Jo: 45, 194, 200
Sheridan, Philip H: work cited, 296, _footnote_
Sherman (Tex.): 190
Sherman, William T: 44
Shians (Cheyennes): 274, _footnote_
Shirley's Ford (Mo.): 197
Shoal Creek (Mo.): 118, 120, _footnote_
Shoe-Nock-Me-Koe: 68, _footnote_
Shreveport (La.): 303, _footnote_
Sigel, Franz: 29
Simms, W.E: 176, _footnote_
Sixth Kansas Cavalry: 249
Slavery: 298, _footnote_
Smith, James M.C: 173, _footnote_
Smith, Caleb P: 60, _footnote_, 61, 99; authorizes expenditure of
funds for relief of refugees, 83
Smith, John: 62, _footnote_
Smith, E. Kirby: 317; seeks to reëmploy Pike for service among
Indians, 201, 335 and _footnote_; assigned to command, 269;
approves Steele's adoption of Fabian policy, 297; reply to Stand
Watie, 297-298, _footnote_; detaches command of Indian Territory
from that of Arkansas, 303; subscribes to idea of forming two Indian
brigades, 310; is stanchest of Steele's friends, 311; opposed to three
brigade plan and to promotion of Cooper implicit in it, 318; commends
work of Steele, 318; address emended by Maxey, 330; friend of
Maxey, 334; holds in abeyance orders for retirement of Maxey, 334,
_footnote_; enters into convention with Canby, 335
Smith's Mill: 28
Snead, Thomas L: work cited, 15, _footnote_, 296, _footnote_
Snow, George C: 80, _footnote_, 83, _footnote_
Soda Springs (Okla.): 291, _footnote_
South, The: indifference towards West, 43; love of home state, great
bulwark of, 187-188; Choctaws reported as wavering in allegiance to,
220; Indian Territory as separate military entity comes too late into
reckonings, 250
Southern Confederacy: decisive results of battle of Pea Ridge, 13;
expected by Missouri to force situation for her, 18; relation of
Indian Territory determined by treaties of alliance, 21; Pike's great
purpose to save Indian Territory for, 22-23; Weer suggests that
Cherokee Nation dissolve its alliance with, 134; management of Indian
affairs of, 149-150, 171; view of obligations towards Indians,
174, _footnote_; policy with respect to guerrillas, 205,
_footnote_; Wyandots refuse to throw in lot with, 206; Kansas
politicians want to punish Indians for going over to, 224; Cherokees
repudiate alliance with, 232; Indians losing faith in, 273-274;
charged with bad faith by Cherokees, 279-281; Indian devotion to,
re-asserted, 317; Indians pledge anew loyalty to, 323
Southern Expedition: 73 and _footnote_
Southern Indian Regiments: 24-25
Southern Superintendency (Confederate): establishment delayed by
prolongation of Pike's mission, 175; bill for establishment of, 176
Southern Superintendency (Federal): 117, _footnote_
Southwest, The: 46, 70
Southwestern District of Missouri: 26-27
Southwestern Division of District of Missouri: 127
Spavinaw Creek (Okla.): 130, 138
Spavinaw Hills (Okla.): 127
Spears, John: 279
Speer, John: 43, _footnote_
Speight, J.W: brigade of, 246, _footnote_, 267, _footnote_
Springfield (Mo.): 26, 51
Spring, Leverett: work cited in _footnotes_ on pages 15, 52, 97
Spring River: 119, 126; Shirley's Ford on, 197
Staked Plains: 153
Stand Watie: 159, _footnote_; colonel of Second Regiment Cherokee
Mounted Rifles, 25; men in poor trim and undisciplined, 28; men take
position as corps of observation, 32; makes way to Camp Stephens, 35;
scouting, 112, 127; engagements, 112, 113, 119 and _footnote_;
encampment on Cowskin Prairie, 119; home of, 127; successful
skirmishing commented upon, 152; elected Principal Chief, 193;
Phillips compels, to re-cross Arkansas, 218; in command of First
Cherokee Regiment, 262, _footnote_; Steele's great reliance upon,
270; cavalry raids, 272, 312; forced to retire from Cabin Creek, 285;
commanded First and Second Cherokee at Honey Springs, 288; complaints
to Kirby Smith, 297, _footnote_; related to Boudinot, 300; makes
reports and appeals, 301; proposed advancement, 309; authorizes
formation of Cherokee Brigade, 309; Steele's appraisement of, 310;
skirmish at Barren Fork, 312; has command of First Indian Brigade,
327; all Cherokee military units summoned to camp on Limestone
Prairie, 328; name becomes source of terror, 331; last great raid of,
332
Stanton, Edwin M: 75, _footnote_, 76; refuses to countenance
use of Indians as soldiers, 76 and _footnote_; efficient
administration of, 96; deprecates interference in military affairs in
Kansas, 98 and _footnote_
Stanton, Frederick P: 59, 72, _footnote_
State Department (Confederate): 171, 172, _footnote_
State Rights: 18
Statutes at Large of Provisional Government: work cited, 174,
_footnote_
Stearns, Frank Preston: work cited, in _footnotes_ on pages 42,
87
Steele, Frederick: in command of Department of Arkansas, 322; argues
over military status of Fort Smith, 321-322
Steele, James: special agent, 100; infers Halleck unfavorable to
Indian expedition, 101; presents credentials at arsenal at Fort
Leavenworth, 101; Sac and Fox chiefs willing to abide by decision,
235, _footnote_
Steele, William: 247; to report to Holmes for duty, 245,
_footnote_; preferred to Cooper, 246; sends most of troops in
direction of Red River, 248; takes large view of responsibilities
to Indian Territory, 253; difficulties and embarrassments, 261-269;
appeal for loyalty to Confederate cause, 267-268, _footnote; ex
officio_ superintendent of Indian affairs, 275-276; regards Indian
Territory as buffer, 276; influences to undermine, 278; makes stand in
Creek country, 291; opposition to, 310; command in bad condition, 292;
crosses from Creek into Choctaw country, 295; journeys to Bonham
to consult with McCulloch, 302-303; command detached from that of
Arkansas, 303; size of force, 305, _footnote_; work discredited
and disparaged by Cooper, 306; policy and practice in matter of
feeding indigents and refugees, 307 and _footnote_; relieved of
command of Indian Territory, 311; Kirby Smith commends work, 318
Stettaner Bros: 211, _footnote_
Stevens, Robert S: 211, _footnote_, 212, 226 and _footnote_
Stevens, Thaddeus: 57, 60, _footnote_
Stidham, George W: 62, _footnote_, 173, _footnote_
Stockton's Hall: 58 and _footnote_
Sturgis, S.D: Lane ordered to coöperate with, 56; placed in command
of District of Kansas, 98; policy with respect to First Indian
Expedition, 103-104; opposed to idea of Indian expedition, 104;
military despotism, 104; forbids enlistment of Indians, 105; refusal
to reinstate Weer, 117, _footnote_
Sugar Creek (Ark.): 30, _footnote_
Sumner, E.V: 260, _footnote_
Susquehanna River: 232
Tahlequah (Okla.): 132, 136; Rains makes headquarters, 130,
_footnote_; Hindman places white cavalry at, 192; Blunt's
expeditionary force seizes archives and treasury of Cherokee Nation,
193; Hindman appears in, 193; steamer, 263, _footnote_
Talliaferro (Taliaferro?), T.D: 267, _footnote_
Tandy Walker: supporter of Cooper, 265; recruits among Choctaws, 265;
appointment, 265, _footnote_; asks for establishment of Indian
Territory as separate military department, 279; commanded Regiment
of Choctaws and Chickasaws at Honey Springs, 288; indulging in petty
graft, 306, _footnote_; service of Choctaws under, in Camden
campaign, 326; has command of Second Indian Brigade, 327
Tawa Kuwus: 274, _footnote_
Taylor, N.G: 207, _footnote_
Taylor, R: 297, _footnote_
Taylor, Samuel M: 279
Tecumseh: 73, _footnote_
Te-Nah: 65, _footnote_
Tenth Kansas Infantry: 117, 118
Texans: assist Indians at Leetown
engagement, 31; away fighting "the cold weather people," 65,
_footnote_; circulate malicious stories about Pike, 160,
_footnote_; disposition towards self-sacrifice, 268; not possible
to deal with Indians arbitrarily, 326
Texas: 179; requisition upon, for troops, 25; Pike to call for troops
from, 36; way to, likely to be blocked by Southern Indians, 61; Pike
wants to be near, 151; anti-Pike reports spreading through, 169; road
from Missouri to, 173, _footnote_; Oldham, senator from,
176, _footnote_; rumors current that Pike is conspiring with
unionists, in, 199; detached from Trans-Mississippi Department,
245-246; cotton speculation alluring men with ready money,
248, _footnote_; public feeling towards deserters, 266,
_footnote_; great commissary depot west of Mississippi, 268,
_footnote_; Bankhead becomes alarmed for safety of, 287, 292;
virtual chaos in, 303; Steele contracts for clothing in northern, 308
Thayer, John M: 324 and _footnote_
Thayer, William Roscoe: work cited in _footnotes_ on pages 41,
45, 96
Third Choctaw Regiment: 321
Thomas, L: 74-75, _footnote_, 100, 109, _footnote_
Throckmorton, James W: 335, _footnote_
Thurston's House: 54, _footnote_
Timiny Barnet: 62, _footnote_
Tishomingo (Okla.): 200
Toe-Lad-Ke: talk, 67, _footnote_; signature, 69, _footnote_
Tonkawas: negotiations with Pike, 182; about one-half of, butchered,
184; surviving, flee to Fort Arbuckle, 184 and _footnote_
Toombs, Robert: 171, _footnote_, 173, _footnote_
Totten, James: 197
Trans-Mississippi Department: 128, _footnote_, 149, 168, 186,
187, 192, 245-246, 269, 270 and _footnote_, 315, 318-319
Trans-Mississippi District of Department no. 2: 14, 19, 20, 25, 127,
_footnote_, 128, _footnote_, 190, 191
Treaties of Alliance: 21, 23 and _footnote_, 173 and
_footnote_
Trench, E.B: 215, _footnote_
Turner, E.P: 292, _footnote_
Turner, John W: 83 and _footnote_
Tus-te-nu-ke-ema-ela: 108, _footnote_
Tus-te-nuk-ke: 108, _footnote_
Upper Creeks: 62, _footnote_
Usher, John P: 231, 239, _footnote_
Van Buren (Ark.): 162, _footnote_, 177
Van Dorn, Earl: 14, _footnote_, 20, 25, 26, 34, 35, 36;
appointment, 19; failure to credit Indians in report, 31 and
_footnote_, 148; orders Indians to harass enemy on border of
own country, 35-36, 110; telegraphic request to Davis, 127,
_footnote_, 186; diverts and appropriates Pike's supplies,
147-148 and _footnote_; hopes Price will be successor, 185
Vann's Ford: 144
Vaughan, Champion: 305, _footnote_
Vaughn, Richard C: 218, _footnote_
Verdigris River: 76, 79, 80, 85, 142, 144, 145, 210-211,
_footnote_, 273, _footnote_; tributary of Arkansas, 22
Verdigris Valley: 79, 85
Vernon County (Mo.): 304, _footnote_
Vicksburg (Miss.): 188, _footnote_, 259, 260, 283, 301,
_footnote_
Villard, Henry: work cited, 45, _footnote_
Villard, Oswald Garrison: work cited, 226, _footnote_
Vore, Israel G: 302 and _footnote_
Wakoes (Wacoes): 66, _footnote_; sent out as runners, 274,
_footnote_
Walker, L.P: 172, _footnote_
Walnut Creek (Kans.): 79, 85, 152, 205, _footnote_
Walnut Grove: 35
Walworth, E: 329, _footnote_
War Department (Confederate): 127, 172 and _footnote_, 186, 318
War Department (Federal): 60 and _footnote_, 73, _footnote_,
76, 99, 100
Warren (Tex.): 190
Warrensburg (Mo.): 58
Washington (George): 65, _footnote_
Washington Territory: 232
Wattles, Augustus: 46, _footnote_, 54, _footnote_, 57,
225-228
Wattles, Stephen H: 131, _footnote_, 333 and _footnote_
Weas: 77, _footnote_
Webber's Falls (Okla.): 216, 255, 260, 271, 276, 287, _footnote_
Weed, Thurlow: work cited, 60, _footnote_
Weer, William: 117 and _footnote_, 119, 120, 121, 130, 133;
ideas on Indian relations with U.S. government, 133, _footnote_;
communication with Ross, 134; proposes Cherokee Nation abolish
slavery by vote, 134, _footnote_; sends out two detachments to
reconnoitre, 136; joins Campbell at Fort Gibson, 136-137; faults and
failures, 139, 140-142; arrested by Salomon, 139; Ritchie's men run
amuck and attack their comrades in brigade of, 197
Welch, O.G: 29
Wells, J.W: 267, _footnote_
West, The: indifference towards, 43; character of war in, 44;
character of leaders, 45; criticism of Confederate management of
Indian affairs in, 149-150; establishment of Indian superintendency
left unsettled by Provisional Government, 174-175; Price submits plan
of operations for, 186, _footnote_; circumstances and
conditions concerning migrations of eastern tribes, 227; project for
concentrating tribes in Indian Territory, 230, _footnote_; keep
too many men needlessly in, 259; desertions, 292 and _footnote_
Western Military District: 43, 47, _footnote_
West's Battery: 267, _footnote_
Whistler, W: 69, _footnote_
White, George E: 157, _footnote_
White Auxiliary (Confederate): urged by Pike, 24 and _footnote_;
ordered to Little Rock, 129, 147; Kirby Smith thinks possible to
separate from Indian troops, 310
White Auxiliary (Federal): Dole's recommendation regarding, 99;
Stanton's instructions regarding, 100; not heard from, 102; orders
for, 109 and _footnote_; Indians ask for evidence of
existence, 118; composition, 118; comparison with Indians, 123 and
_footnote_; brigaded with Indian Home Guards, 125; retrograde
movement, 143, 203; Blunt orders Salomon to send to support of Indian
Brigade, 192-193, 203
White Chief: 68, _footnote_
White Cloud: 77, _footnote_
White Hair: 207, _footnote_, 238, _footnote_; principal
chief of Osages, 240, _footnote_
Whitney, H.C: 50, _footnote_, 52, _footnote_, 54,
_footnote_
Wichita Agency: 64, _footnote_; tragedy, 183-184; Belmont,
temporary, 274, _footnote_
Wichita Mountains: 153
Wigfall, Louis T: 264, _footnote_, 277, _footnote_
Wilder, A. Carter: 230, _footnote_, 322, _footnote_
Wilder, D.W: 58, _footnote_, 305, _footnote_
Willamette River: 232
Williams, James M: 284, 285
Williams, the: 327
Williamson, George: 327
Wilson, Hill P: work cited, 226, _footnote_
Wilson's Creek (Mo.): battle of, 34, _footnote_, 49
Wolcott, Edward: 83, _footnote_
Wolf Creek (Ark.): 135, 136, 145, 164
Wood, W.D: 218, _footnote_
Woodburn, James Albert: work cited, 57, _footnote_, 60,
_footnote_
Woodruff's Battery: 147, 150, 154
Wright, Marcus J: work cited, 19, _footnote_, 187,
_footnote_
Wyandot City (Kans.): 204, _footnote_
Wyandots: robbed by secessionist Indians, 206 and _footnote_;
escape into Kansas, 206; want to render military service, 206,
_footnote_; Dole's abortive treaty with, 236-237, _footnote_