297, 303, 345, 357
Fort Belknap: 88, _footnote_
Fort Caleb: 295
Fort Cobb: 82, footnote, 84, _footnote_, 96, 97, 98 and _footnote_, 189,
_footnote_, 296, 332, 356
Fort Coffee Academy: 40, _footnote_
Fort Davis: 349
Fort Gibson: abandoned as military post, 53;
Major Emory and, 104;
distance from Fort Smith, 108;
Pike returns to, 137, _footnote_;
Armstrong to meet emigrating Creeks at, 193, _footnote_;
Cooper draws off in direction of, 256;
money at, 325
Fort Leavenworth: 88, _footnote_, 103, 208, _footnote_, 251, 259, 266,
267, 270
Fort Lincoln: 229, _footnote_, 230, 243
Fort McCulloch: 139, _footnote_, 284
Fort Randall: 227, _footnote_
Fort Roe: 259 and _footnote_, 275, _footnote_, 277, _footnote_
Fort Scott: 249, _footnote_, 266
Fort Smith: headquarters of southern superintendency, 64;
evacuated, 76;
W. G. Coffin fails to reach, 81, _footnote_;
Emory reaches, 97;
Emory tarries at, 99;
hot-bed of sectionalism, 103;
distance from Fort Gibson, 108;
J. J. Gaines reaches, 113;
Pike proceeds to, 138, _footnote_;
McCulloch at, 150;
talk of confiscating Rector's property at, 182, _footnote_;
distance from Scullyville, 211;
fire at, 298
Fort Smith Council: 192, _footnote_, 226-227, 241
_Fort Smith Papers_: cited, 41, _footnote_, 43, _footnote_, 50,
_footnote_, 104, _footnote_, 197, _footnote_, 198, _footnote_,
285-328
_Fort Smith Times_: cited, 47, _footnote_
Fort Sumter: 118
Fort Towson: 40, _footnote_
Fort Washita: 77, 91, 96, 189, _footnote_, 297, 303
Fort Wise: 210, _footnote_
Forty-niners: covet land in Indian country, 28
Frauds: William Walker, head chief of Wyandots, takes part in Kansas
election, 22, _footnote_
Frazier, Jackson: 41, footnote
Free negroes: status among Creeks and Seminoles, 23, _footnote_;
among Choctaws, 24, _footnote_;
Leased District rendezvous for, 56-57
Free-soilers: 45, 46, 113
Free-state expansion: charge that Calhoun intended to prevent, 30
Free-state men: intrenched among Delawares north of Kansas River, 35
Fremont, John C: 214, _footnote_, 215, _footnote_, 231, 232, 233,
_footnote_, 248, 312
Frontier: action along Missouri-Arkansas in Civil War, 17;
character of men of, 114;
Indians exploited for sake of men of, 170;
trouble on, to be expected, 183, _footnote_
Frozen Rock: 53
Fugitive Slave Law: operative within Indian country, 22, 166, 178
Gaines, J. J: 113, 115, _footnote_, 116
Gamble, James: 41, _footnote_, 54, _footnote_, 197, 312
Garland, Samuel: 74, 76
Garrett, William H: 58, _footnote_, 82, and _footnote_, 183, 184 192,
194, 212, _footnote_, 324
Georgia: Creeks and Cherokees from, 20, 193, _footnote_;
D. E. Twiggs from, 87
Grayton: exodus from, 95
Green, J. J: 105, _footnote_
Greenwood, A. B: 36, _footnote_, 45, _footnote_, 46, 48, 113, 192, 209,
_footnote_, 291, 292, 294
"Grier letter": 29, _footnote_
Griffith, Samuel: 119, 182, _footnote_, 183-184
Grimes, Marshal: 56, _footnote_, 57, _footnote_, 98, _footnote_, 336, 337
Hagerstown (Md.): Quantrill, native of, 48
Half-breeds: status of, 23, _footnote_;
generally slaveholders, 46;
influence sought in holding Indian country for South, 67;
planter class in Indian Territory, 67, 75;
white men and Choctaw, hold secession meeting, 77;
missionaries fear, 78;
hated by "loyal" Cherokees, 139, _footnote_;
attempt to force full-bloods into alliance with Confederacy, 216
Halleck, Henry W: 215, _footnote_, 275
Hamilton, Charles A: appointed commissioner, 88;
report, 91
Harris, C. A: 193, _footnote_
Harris, Cyrus: 41, _footnote_, 69, _footnote_, 80, _footnote_;
visited by commissioners from Texas, 91
Harris, Thomas A: 130
Harrison, James E: appointed commissioner, 88;
report, 91;
referred to by Governor Clark, 131, _footnote_
Helena (Ark.): 104
Hemphill, John: 100, _footnote_
Hester, G. B: 230, _footnote_
Hicks, Charles: 237, _footnote_
Hindman, Thomas C: 48, _footnote_, 105, _footnote_, 357
Hobbs, Reverend Doctor S. L: 79
Hotchkin, Ebenezer: 42, 76
Houston, Sam: 31, _footnote_, 90, 93
Howard, O. O: work cited, 220, _footnote_
Hubbard, David: 108;
letter to Governor Moore, 109-110;
nominated as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 128;
Pike hopes for cooperation, 141;
receives instructions from Walker, 142-143;
ill-health, 143, _footnote_;
writes to John Ross, 144-145;
reply of John Ross to, 146-147;
instructed not to offer statehood, 161;
advice to Crawford, 308;
advises economy, 315
Hudson, George: 77, 80, _footnote_;
declares Choctaw Nation "free and independent," 156;
dealings with Pike, 196;
proclamation, 196, 210
Humboldt: 243, _footnote_, 247
Humphreys, John J: 185, 218, _footnote_
Hunter, David: 248, 249, and _footnote_, 250, 251, 260, 266, 270, 275,
276, 312
Hyams, S. M: 155
Illinois: tribes from, 19
Indian adoption: 169
Indian camp: Lane plans establishment to prevent foraging into Kansas,
230;
to be located in Cherokee Neutral Lands, 233;
Cooper reaches, 254
Indian country: west of Arkansas and Missouri, 19;
tribes within, indigenous and emigrant, 19 and _footnote_;
population, 20-21;
cut in two by Missouri Compromise line, 20;
reservation system established, 21;
listed with District of Columbia as strictly federal soil, 22;
Fugitive Slave Law declared operative within, 22;
presence of free negroes sometimes source of grave danger, 23,
_footnote_;
constantly beset by difficulties, 24, 27;
likely to be greatly reduced in area by Manypenny treaties, 35;
intruders attracted by supposed mines of precious metals, 35,
_footnote_;
rivalry among churches, 37;
intruders to be removed by Agent Cowart, 46;
practically no U. S. troops within, 52-53;
northern tribes of less importance politically than southern, 62,
_footnote_;
slaveholding politicians work through halfbreeds to hold for South, 67;
strategic importance of, appreciated by Arkansas, 108;
military necessity of securing, 131;
Pike describes sojourn in, 134 _et seq._, _footnote_;
McCulloch to give military protection to, 148;
McCulloch lays plans for taking possession of, 149;
establishment of Confederate States courts promised by treaty with
great tribes, 177;
postal system to be maintained throughout, 180;
U. S. War Department resolves upon expedition to, 270
Indian Home Guards: Pike in favor of Indians as, 132;
no evidence that Indians wanted exclusively as, 148;
individual Cherokees as, 149-151;
disposition to keep Indians as, 212;
Ross's plan defeated by McCulloch, 226-227;
authorized by Cherokee Executive National Council, 226;
Drew's regiment tendered to McCulloch, 227;
Drew's regiment escorts Pike to Park Hill, 240
Indian Intercourse Law: difficulty in enforcing, 24, _footnote_;
Greenwood's exposition of, 290;
Leeper asks for copy, 315;
Leeper reports troops necessary to enforce law within Leased District,
346
Indian Property Rights: put in jeopardy by pioneer advance, 28;
in trans-Missouri region, 29;
rendered secure by treaty promises, chap. iii
Indian Removal: policy, 19, _footnote_;
law for, 19, _footnote_;
indemnification for, 164-166
Indian States in Union: suggested by southern politicians, 31;
suggested by Texas newspapers, 31, _footnote_;
Confederacy promises to Choctaws, 78;
no assurance of, to be given by Hubbard, 143;
promised in treaties made by Confederacy, 160 and _footnote_, 161;
Davis calls attention to clauses in Indian treaties providing for, 203;
Provisional Congress modifies treaty guarantee for, 204
Indian Territory: small tribes find their way to, 19, _footnote_;
annexed for judicial purposes to Western District of Arkansas, 23,
_footnote_;
in danger of being abolitionized,41-42;
only home for Indians from Kansas, 36;
drouth in, 58;
political status of tribes in, 62, _footnote_;
position with respect to Texas and Arkansas, 63;
topographical description of, 63;
early interest of Texas and Arkansas in, 67;
halfbreeds of, a planter class, 67, 75;
Knights of Golden Circle active in, 68;
Indians to be driven out of, 76;
cut off from communication with U. S. Indian Office, 81, _footnote_;
agents within, all southern men, 82;
Commissioner Dole urges reoccupation of, 241;
strategical importance of, 242;
included within Trans-Mississippi District of Department No. 2, 280
Indian trade: licenses for, 59-60;
regulations respecting, 169-171
Indiana: tribes from, 19;
W. G. Coffin from, 80
Indians: lands granted in perpetuity, 18;
participation in American Civil War inevitable, 18;
as emigrants, 19;
number of colonized, 20-21;
proportion of southern to northern, 21;
slaves enticed away by abolitionists, 23;
seized as fugitives by southern men, 23;
interests militated indirectly against by Dred Scott decision, 29;
territorial form of government for, 30, _footnote_, 31, _footnote_;
treaty rights likely to be seriously affected by repeal of Missouri
Compromise, 34;
plan for colonizing Texas, 52, 55;
Knights of Golden Circle active among, 68;
condition of, reported by Texas commissioners, 94;
Choctaw and Chickasaw friendly to Confederate States, 100, _footnote_;
enlistment, 132, 147-149, 155, 181, _footnote_, 207, 210, 211-212,
227, _footnote_, 248, 250, 252, _footnote_, 270, 275, 279;
treaties with Confederate States, 157-158, 202-206;
judicial rights under treaties with Confederate States, 172-174;
military support secured early by Confederacy, 207;
use of, by U. S. as soldiers uncertain, 227 _et seq._;
not subject to conscription, 228, _footnote_;
reported arming themselves on southern border of Kansas, 228,
_footnote_;
conference with Lane at Fort Lincoln, 230;
totally abandoned by U. S. government, 262, _footnote_;
see also under names of individual nations and tribes
Interior Department: 53, 80, 218, _footnote_, 242, 265, 273
Interlopers: encourage slavery within Indian country, 22;
see also _Intruders_
Inter-tribal Conference: documents relating to, called by the
Chickasaws, 68, _footnote_;
assembling of, at Creek Agency, 70;
attendance, 71;
action, 71-72;
action not officially reported to U. S. government, 82;
Motey Kennard and Echo Harjo in Washington at time, was planned, 192;
Indians solicit, 209, _footnote_;
Lane arranges for, to meet at Fort Lincoln, 243, 246;
Coffin desires, at Humboldt, 247;
plans for, at Leroy, 248;
Hunter instructed to hold, 250;
difference between, as planned by Lane and by Hunter, 250, _footnote_;
John T. Cox gives account of, 262, _footnote_
Interview: of Pike and McCulloch with Cherokee Confederate sympathizers,
135, _footnote_, 152;
of Lane with representatives of various tribes at Fort Lincoln
proposed, 243, 246;
of Coffin with Carruth, 243, _footnote_;
of Carruth with Creek delegation, 245
Intrigue: and diplomacy to effect Seminole removal from Florida, 20,
_footnote_;
Pike expected to succeed in, with Southern Indians, 86, _footnote_
Intruders: to be removed by Agent Cowart, 46;
interfere with slavery, 47;
Confederate military authority to supplement tribal in expulsion of,
169;
Agent Butler's reports, 285;
Greenwood discusses matter with Rector, 290-291;
Cowart reports progress in removal of, 295, 296, 297;
Cowart gives notice to John B. Jones to leave Cherokee Nation, 296;
see also _Interlopers_
Iowas: 189, _footnote_
Irish, O. H: 227, _footnote_
Iyanubbi: Choctaw school at, 39, _footnote_
Jackson, Andrew: 19;
inducements offered to Indians, 58;
procedure of, 72;
opposed to political tenets of John C. Calhoun, 133
Jayhawking: of Lane's brigade, 233, 234, 277
Jennison, C. R: 275, _footnote_
Jesup, Thomas S: 164, _footnote_, 165
Jim Ned: 306, 330, 341
Jim Pockmark: 306, 338
John Chupco: 198, _footnote_, 199
John Jumper: and Seminole removal, 20, _footnote_;
favors boarding schools for youth of tribe, 40, _footnote_;
approached by Albert Pike, 85, _footnote_, 197, _footnote_, 198,
_footnote_;
signs complaint against General Jesup, 164, _footnote_;
signs treaty with Confederate States, 198;
signature attached to Comanche treaties, 200, _footnote_;
doing duty faithfully, 319;
letter to, 337
Johnson, Charles, B: 56, _footnote_, 98, _footnote_, 105, footnote, 190,
_footnote_, 199, 287, 289, 301, 314, 323, 332, 352
Johnson, F: 231, footnote, 232, 248, and _footnote_, 329, _footnote_
Johnson, James B: 105, _footnote_
Johnson, Richard H: 47, _footnote_, 105, _footnote_
Johnson, Robert W: 31, _footnote_, 47, _footnote_, 105, _footnote_, 127;
correspondence with Albert Pike, 131, 132;
motion, 204;
Crawford serves by request, 308;
elected senator, 334
Johnson, Thomas: slavery-propagation work among Indians, 22, _footnote_,
39
Johnson, W. Warren: 303
Johnson: exodus from, 95
Jones, Evan: 47, 93, 135, _footnote_, 217, 218, _footnote_, 236, 240,
_footnote_, 292, 293
Jones, H. P: 199, 348, 350
Jones, John: 309
Jones, John B: 47, 269, _footnote_, 296
Jones, R. M: 75, 77, 79, 197, 344-345
Journeycake, Charles: 231, _footnote_, 268, _footnote_
Jumper, John: see _John Jumper_
Ka-hi-ke-tung-ka: 238, _footnote_
Kannady, J. R: 125
Kansa: indigenous to Kansas, 19;
suffering of, 209, _footnote_
Kansas: Indian tribes in, 19;
agitation for the opening up of, 28;
compared with Choctaw country, 31, _footnote_;
suggested organization causes excitement among Indians, 33-34;
citizens encroach upon Cherokee Neutral Lands, 46;
drouth in, 58;
political status of tribes in, 62, _footnote_;
and Cherokee Outlet, 64;
Elder, citizen of, 186;
Pike desires to raise Indian battalion, 207;
Indians wish to fight, 227, _footnote_
Kansas Historical Society: _Collections_, 19, _footnote_, 34, _footnote_
Kansas-Nebraska Bill: effect upon Indian interests, 29, 35;
settlers demand Indians to vacate territory covered by, 36;
Seward's speech on, 58-59
Kansas Territory: first districting illegally included Indian lands, 35;
free-state settlers charge Buchanan government with bad faith, 37
Kappler, C. J: work cited, 20, _footnote_, 34, _footnote_, 49,
_footnote_, 50, _footnote_, 52, _footnote_
Kaskaskias: from Illinois, 19
Keitt, Lawrence M: 127, 129
Kennedy, John C: 211, _footnote_
Kickapoos: from Indiana, 19;
tarry in Missouri, 19, _footnote_;
denominationalism among, 37, _footnote_;
refugees, 56, _footnote_;
Leeper to communicate with, in name of Albert Pike, 181, _footnote_;
Pike hopes to meet, 189, _footnote_
Kile, William: 261, _footnote_, 274
Kingsbury, Rev. Cyrus: 40, and _footnote_, 43, _footnote_, 76
Kingsbury Jr., Cyrus: 79
Kiowas: 52;
Texans reported tampering with, 210, _footnote_;
messengers from, 309;
talk for, 320;
treaty with, to be effected, 323, 331;
delegation of, 324;
Big-head, chief of, 342;
Lone Wolf, chief of, 350;
E-sa-sem-mus, chief of, 350;
annual festival of, 351;
treaty with, 354
Knights of Golden Circle: probable influence with Arkansas Legislature,
68, _footnote_;
evidence of activity among Indians, 68;
halfbreeds belong to, 86, _footnote_
Koonsha Female Seminary: 40, _footnote_
Lands: plot to dispossess Indian of, 18;
pledged by U. S. government as Indian possession in perpetuity, 18, 28;
of Cherokees extended north of thirty-seventh parallel, 21;
of Indians coveted by Forty-niners, 28;
of Indians in Kansas excluded from local governmental control, 35;
allotment in severalty proposed to Creeks, Choctaws and Chickasaws, 58;
violation of treaties to cost Indians their, 86, _footnote_;
property rights of Indians guaranteed by Confederacy, 161 _et seq._;
Indians to have right to dispose of by will, 172;
Cherokee halfbreeds fear designs upon Indian, 216
Lane, James H: 125, 229, 231, _footnote_, 233, 242, 251 and _footnote_,
265, 270, 276, 278
Lane, W. P: 357
Laughinghouse, G. W: 120
Leased District: 52 and _footnote_, 54, 56, 57, _footnote_, 63, 67, 96,
179, 199, 297, 340, 349
Lee, Robert E: 88, _footnote_, 98, _footnote_, 99
Lee, S. Orlando: letter, 75-79, 197, _footnote_
Leeper, Matthew: 57 and _footnote_, 82 and _footnote_, 96, 98 and
_footnote_, 99, 180, _footnote_, 199, _footnote_, 303, 304-307,
311, 315-319;
removal of, asked for by Rector, 323;
death of, 329, _footnote_;
charges against, 333
_Leeper Papers_: cited, 57, _footnote_, 99, _footnote_, 102, _footnote_,
181, _footnote_, 186, _footnote_, 199, _footnote_, 200,
_footnote_, 201, _footnote_, 329-357
Lee's Creek: Cherokee school at, 39, _footnote_
Lefontaine, Louis: 208, _footnote_
Leroy: 248, 266
Lincoln, Abraham: 68, 76, 80, 86, _footnote_, 93, 95, 118, 122,
_footnote_, 182, 185, 234 and _footnote_, 250, 265, _footnote_,
266, 274, 276, 278
Little Captain: 277, _footnote_
Little Rock: 103, 108, 190, _footnote_
London, John T: 104, _footnote_
Long John: 198, _footnote_
Love, Overton: 23, _footnote_
Lower Creeks: 50, 80, _footnote_, 192, 244
Lowrie, Walter: 75
"Loyal Creeks": 192, _footnote_, 193, 194, _footnote_, 195, 199,
243-246, 250, 254, 259;
sufferings, 260;
measures for relief of, 260 _et seq._, 272;
annuities of "hostiles" to be applied to relief of, 274
Luce, John B: 125, 282, _footnote_
McCarron, Thomas: 311
McClellan, George B: 265, _footnote_, 275, 276
McCulloch, Ben: 85, _footnote_, 120, 135, _footnote_, 141, 143-144;
letter of Hubbard to, 144-145;
attempt to secure Cherokee help, 149-153;
communication with John Ross, 149;
reply of John Ross to, 150;
correspondence with Secretary Walker, 151, and _footnote_;
reports Choctaws and Chickasaws as anxious to join Confederacy, 155;
accompanies Albert Pike, 189, _footnote_;
gives authority for calling out six hundred rangers from Fort Cobb,
198, _footnote_;
objects to appointment of Garrett as colonel of Creek regiment, 212,
_footnote_;
acts under direct orders from Richmond, 225;
promises to protect Cherokee borders, 227;
orders Stand Watie to take up position in Cherokee Neutral Lands, 252,
_footnote_;
goes to Richmond, 257, _footnote_
McCulloch, Henry E: 99, _footnote_, 207
McCulloch, Thomas C: 210, _footnote_
McDaniel, James: 262, _footnote_, 268, and _footnote_
Machinations: secessionist sympathy of Indians not due to, of agents and
others, 219, _footnote_
McIntosh, Chilly: 92, 140, _footnote_, 193, and _footnote_, 200,
_footnote_
McIntosh, D. N: 92
McIntosh, James: 256 _et seq._
McIntosh, Rolly: 193, _footnote_
McIntosh, William: 191, _footnote_, 193, _footnote_;
attempts to bribe John Ross, 236, _footnote_
McRae, John J: presents petition for removal of Choctaws, 20, _footnote_
McWillie, M. H: 207, _footnote_
Mails: insecurity, 116;
none in Indian country, 190, _footnote_;
irregularity, 230, 252, _footnote_;
must be provided for in Leased District, 309;
Rector has no authority to establish, 332
Malfeasance: Rev. Thomas Johnson suspected of, 39, 41;
few Indian Office officials free from, 56, _footnote_;
Washburn implicated in, 85, _footnote_;
Indian agents guilty of, 262, _footnote_
Manassas Junction: battle of, 216
Mandan: suggested territory of, 32, _footnote_
Manypenny, George W: 30, _footnote_;
Indian treaties made by, 33, _footnote_, 35;
promises to look into expediency of Comanche removal, 51, _footnote_;
suggests giving Indians control of trade, 170
Marcy, William L: 165, _footnote_
Marshall, F. J: 207
Marysville: 207
Mass-meeting: of Cherokees at Tahlequah, 217 _et seq._, 226, 234
Mathews, John: 235, _footnote_, 239
Mayers, Abram G: 56, _footnote_, 197, _footnote_, 230, _footnote_, 287,
288, 289, 312
Mayes, Joel: 214, _footnote_
Medicines: Texans seize, 305, 308;
Leeper's requisition can not be honored, 330-331
Memphis (Tenn.): 97, 104, 134, _footnote_
Methodist Episcopal Church South: 37, _footnote_, 38, 40, _footnote_
Methodists: 38
Mexican War: effect upon Indian interests, 28;
service of Pike in, 132
Miamies: from Indiana, 19;
charges against Agent Clover, 209, _footnote_
Michigan: tribes from, 19
Mikko Hutke: 194, 244
Military Board of Arkansas: 190
Minnesota: territory of Decotah to be carved out of, 31, _footnote_
Mission: of Pike, 134 _et seq._;
of Hubbard, 143 _et seq._;
of Carruth, 242, 246-247
Missionaries: encourage slavery within Indian country, 22;
among Indians, 39 _et seq._;
suspected of attempting to abolitionize Indian country, 41;
charged with inciting to murder, 47;
search organization among Cherokees due to, 48
_Missionary Herald_: cited, 40, _footnote_, 41, footnote
Missions: 39 _et seq._, 143
Mississippi: Choctaws and Chickasaws from, 20;
Choctaws in, fight on side of South, 20, _footnote_;
Cooper, citizen of, 41
Mississippi River: 17, 63
Missouri: Kickapoos, Shawnees, and Delawares tarry in, 19, _footnote_;
interests herself in Indian alliance, 83
Missouri Compromise: line approximately boundary between northern and
southern Indian immigrants, 21;
encroachment upon northern rights under, 22;
as affected by Kansas-Nebraska bill, 30
Mitchell, Charles B: 97, 98, 334
Montgomery: 76, 87, _footnote_, 94, 109, 192, 196, 297
Moore, Andrew B: 108
Moore, Frank: work cited, 45, _footnote_, 125, _footnote_, 227,
_footnote_
Moore, Thomas O: 155, 192, _footnote_
Moo-sho-le-tubbee: district of, 34, _footnote_
Moravians: 38
Morton, Jackson: 127
Motey Kennard: 58, _footnote_, 80, _footnote_, 92, 94, 119, 191, and
_footnote_, 193, 199, 200, _footnote_, 218, _footnote_, 243, 337
Mound City: 230, _footnote_
Munsees: from Ohio, 19;
Moravians among, 38
Murphy, J: 119
Mus-co-kee: territory of suggested, 31, _footnote_
Navajoe: suggested territory of, 32, _footnote_
Ne-a-math-la: 193, _footnote_
Nebraska: indigenous tribes in, 19, _footnote_;
agitation for opening up of, 28;
drouth in, 57
Ne-con-he-con: 268, _footnote_
Negroes: Choctaws charged with mixing with, 20, _footnote_;
Creeks almost completely mixed with, 22, _footnote_;
Creeks possess no aversion to race mixture, 23, _footnote_;
no rights that white men are bound to respect, 29;
Quantrill plans to rescue, 48;
Indians agree to return fugitive, 166, _footnote_;
six hundred, seized by Kansans, 334
Neighbors, Robert S: 56, _footnote_
Neosho: suggested territory of, 31, _footnote_
Neosho River: 208, 277, _footnote_
Neosho River Agency: 30, _footnote_;
invaded, 35, _footnote_;
Elder put in charge of, 186;
Indians of, at Fort Smith Council, 241
Neutrality: McCulloch agrees to respect Cherokee, 136, _footnote_;
of Indians scarcely possible, 145;
Chief Ross gives reasons for preserving, 147, 150;
Chief Ross objects to violation of, 150;
majority of Cherokees favor, 153;
Chief Ross's Proclamation of, 153-154;
discussion in Cherokee meeting at Tahlequah, 220 _et seq._;
McCulloch orders Stand Watie's men not to interfere with Cherokee, 227
New Hope Academy: 40, _footnote_
_New Orleans Picayune_: 32, _footnote_
Newspapers: 47, 75, 80, _footnote_
New York Indians: from Wisconsin, 19;
reservation invaded, 35;
members of Neosha River Agency, 51;
Refugees camp upon lands of, 260
North Carolina: Cherokees fight on side of South, 20, _footnote_
North Fork Village: 92, 94, 95, 157, 188, 192
North Fork of Canadian: 67, 136, _footnote_, 189, _footnote_, 254
Northern Baptists: 38, 39
Northern Indians: colonized within limits of great American desert, 18;
relative position of, 21;
Pike hoped to exert influence over, 208;
reported organized into spy companies by Federals, 306
Oak Hills, or Wilson's Creek: battle of, 215, 216, 225, 257, _footnote_
Ochiltree, William B: 129
Office of Indian Affairs: plans for removal of Catawbas from Carolinas,
20, _footnote_;
takes measures for removal of Seminoles from Florida, 20, _footnote_;
refuses to remove Choctaws from Mississippi, 20, _footnote_;
unable to execute plan for removal of Texas Indians before 1859, 52;
reply of Creeks to proposals, 58;
patronage of, 59;
out of communication with Indian Territory, 81, _footnote_;
complaint filed at, 96;
in possession of documents incriminating D. H. Cooper, 186;
discontinues Indian allowances, 192;
supports War Department, 271
Ogden, John B: 89, _footnote_, 108, _footnote_, 115, _footnote_