_footnote_
Okanagan: suggested territory of, 32, _footnote_
Ok-ta-ha-hassee Harjo [Sands]: 194, 244, and _footnote_
Old Choctaw Agency: 211, _footnote_
Oldham, W. S: 100, _footnote_
_Old Scottish Gentleman_: 107 and _footnote_
Old Settlers Party: 49
Omaha Mission School: youths from, enlist in army, 227, _footnote_
Omahas: 227, _footnote_
Opoeth-le-yo-ho-la: 138, _footnote_, 193 and _footnote_, 194, 195,
_footnote_, 198, _footnote_, 236, _footnote_, 243, 253,
_footnote_, 254 _et seq._, 268, 278
Oregon: occupied, 28
Osage Manual Labor School: 38, _footnote_
Osage Mission: 182, _footnote_
Osage River Agency: 208, _footnote_
Osage Treaty: 157 and _footnote_;
lands, in Kansas guaranteed by, 162;
model on subject of rendition of slaves, 167;
navigable waters, 175;
negotiated, 237
Osages: indigenous to Kansas, 19;
Great and Little, 20, _footnote_;
reservation invaded, 35, 295;
determined to resist removal, 36;
Roman Catholicism among, 38 members of Neosho River Agency, 51;
negotiations with Pike, 137, _footnote_;
described as "lazy," 208, _footnote_;
letter to, from John Ross, 235, 236, _footnote_;
bands of, 237
Otis, Elmer: 210, _footnote_
Otoes: 209, _footnote_
Ottawas: from Michigan, 19;
regard removal as useless, 36, _footnote_;
Baptists among, 38
Ozark Mountains: 19, _footnote_
Pacific Railroad Surveys: cited, 54, _footnote_
Pa-hiu-ska: 238, _footnote_
Panola: county of, 68, _footnote_
Pape, Henry: 182, _footnote_
Park Hill: Cherokee school at, 39, _footnote_;
residence of John Ross, 135, _footnote_, 188, footnote;
John Ross at, 150;
W. S. Robertson retires to, 218, _footnote_;
Pike invited to, 234;
treaties negotiated at, 237
Parker, Eli S: 228, _footnote_
Parker, Thomas Valentine: work cited, 49, _footnote_
Parks, Robert W: 355
Pas-co-fa: 198 and _footnote_, 319
Pawnees: purchase from, 33, _footnote_;
offer to enlist in U. S. army declined, 227, _footnote_
Pea Ridge: battle of, 138, _footnote_, 284
Pearce, N. Bart: 120, 131
Pegg, Major: 256, 257
Peoria, Baptiste: 235, _footnote_
Peorias: from Illinois, 19
Petition: of Representative John J. McRae, 20, _footnote_
Phelps, J. S: 81, _footnote_; 211, _footnote_, 240, _footnote_
Phillips, U. B: work cited, 134, _footnote_, 191, _footnote_
Piankeshaws: from Illinois, 19
Pickens: county of, 68, _footnote_
Pierce, Franklin: 41, _footnote_, 56, _footnote_
Pike, Albert: dislike of Van Dorn, 55, _footnote_;
concerned with Choctaw Corn Contract, 57, _footnote_;
and Choctaw commissioners, 78;
writes to Seminole chief, 84, _footnote_;
telegram, 105, _footnote_;
poem in honor of Elias Rector, 106;
correspondence with Robert Toombs, 129, 131, 134 and _footnote_, 152
and _footnote_;
appointed by President Davis special commissioner to Indians west of
Arkansas, 130;
correspondence with R. W. Johnson, 131, 132;
writings, 132, _footnote_, 133 and _footnote_;
unjust to John Ross, 134, _footnote_;
commissioner from Arkansas, 190-191;
views on use of Indians as soldiers, 149;
continues intercourse with Ridge Party, 156 and _footnote_;
moderate in promises to strong tribes, 163;
assumes financial obligations in name of Confederacy, 163-164;
opens communication with Indian field service, 180-181;
offers post to Leeper, 180, _footnote_;
negotiates with Creeks, 192-195;
negotiates with Choctaws and Chickasaws, 196-197;
negotiates with Seminoles, 197-199;
negotiates with western Indians, 200-202, 200, _footnote_;
report submitted by President Davis to Provisional Congress, 202;
invited to be present at consideration of Indian treaties, 205;
desires to raise an Indian battalion from Kansas, 208;
informed of Cherokee willingness to treat, 234;
assigned to command of Indian Territory, 253-254, 322;
Van Dorn's plans for, 280, 283;
retires to Fort McCulloch, 284;
continues Charles B. Johnson as contractor, 301-303;
receives Leeper's apology, 356
Pike, W. L: 194
Pine Ridge: 43, _footnote_
Pins: 86, _footnote_, 135, _footnote_, 137, _footnote_, 138, _footnote_,
216
Pioneers: 18, _footnote_
Pitchlynn, P. P: 74, 77
Pitchlynn, W. B: 197
Policy: of U. S. government with respect to Indians, 18;
of Confederate States government, 147
Politicians: as influencing Indian policy of government, 18, _footnote_;
motives of, 21;
demands of, for Indians, 31;
reason for urging secession among Indians, 98, _footnote_;
unjust charges against Ross, 150
Polk, James K: work cited, 49, _footnote_, 166, _footnote_
Pomeroy, Samuel C: 231, _footnote_
Pontotoc: county of, 68, _footnote_
Pope, John: 105, _footnote_
Population: of Indian country, 20-21;
of southern superintendency, 211, _footnote_;
of Creek Nation as estimated by Agent Garrett in report to Hubbard,
252-253, _footnote_
Postal system: to be maintained by Confederate States throughout Indian
country, 180
Potawatomies: from Indiana, 19;
Roman Catholicism among, 38;
Southern Baptists among, 38
Poteau River: 108
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions: 37, _footnote_, 40, _footnote_,
41, 79
Presbyterians (Old School): 38, _footnote_, 39, 40, _footnote_, 41
Price, Sterling: 138, _footnote_, 225, 257, _footnote_, 280, 283, 312,
326, 334
Prince, J. E: 98, _footnote_, 231, _footnote_
Proclamation: of Ross pledging Cherokee neutrality, 153-154;
of Hudson announcing Choctaw independence, 196, 210
Pro-slavery men: intrenched among Shawnees south of Kansas River, 35;
settled upon Cherokee Neutral Lands, 35, _footnote_
Protectorate: over Indian tribes suggested, 130, 142, 158, 190
Provisional Congress of Confederate States: act of, May 21, 1861, 130,
158 and _footnote_;
considers treaties with Indian tribes, 202-206
Pulliam, Richard P: 183, _footnote_, 184, 294, 295, 297, 311, 324
Pushmataha: George Folsom, chief of district of, 23, _footnote_;
District of, 34, _footnote_
Quakers: 39
Quantrill, Wm. Clarke: 48, 214, _footnote_
Quapaw Treaty: 157 and _footnote_
Quapaws: 51, 64, 67;
in council with Creeks, Cherokees, Seminoles, and Sacs, 94;
negotiations with Pike, 136, _footnote_, 235, _footnote_, 237
Quesenbury, William: 183, _footnote_, 184, 190, _footnote_, 194, 303, 323
Ray, P. Orman: work cited, 22, _footnote_, 34, _footnote_, 38, _footnote_
Reagan, J. H: 230, _footnote_
Rector, Elias: superintends removal of Seminoles, 20, _footnote_, 182,
_footnote_;
demands for Indians, 31, _footnote_;
Cooper writes to, 42;
urges that Frozen Rock be converted into military post, 53;
enters into sort of private contract with Johnson and Grimes, 56 and
_footnote_;
Grimes and, 57, _footnote_, 285-289;
relieved, 80, _footnote_;
seconds efforts of cousin, 106;
suggestion to Cooper, 106-107, _footnote_, 187;
gives letter of introduction to Gaines, 113;
gives information concerning Choctaws and Chickasaws, 120;
attempt of U. S. government to find successor to, 182;
uncertainty as to when entering Confederate service, 182, _footnote_;
interview with Pike, 190, _footnote_;
in company of Pike, 197, 198, _footnote_;
writes to Leeper, 199, _footnote_;
expense account of, 304;
complaint against Pike, 328
Rector, Henry M: 102, 112
Red Fork of Canadian: 67, 255
Red River: 55, 63, 77, 91, 95, 100 and _footnote_, 108, 139, _footnote_,
175, 347, 349
Refugees: Opoethleyohola, leader of, 195;
Coffin prepares to meet, 259;
take up station between Verdigris and Arkansas Rivers, 259;
approximate number of, 260 and _footnote_;
sufferings of, 260-261 and _footnotes_, 265, _footnote_, 272;
absolute destitution of, 273, _footnote_;
Dole furnishes supplies to, 274;
joint resolution for relief of, 274;
annuities of hostile Indians to be diverted to relief of, 274 and
_footnote_
Regiment: Colonel Cooper's filled with Texans, 78;
Choctaw-Chickasaw and Creek, 210-211;
Creek, to elect its own officers, 213;
Drew's, organized, 226-227;
work and character of Drew's, 240 and _footnote_;
of Choctaw-Chickasaw Mounted Rifles, of Creeks, and of Cherokee
Mounted Rifles, 252, _footnote_, 262, _footnote_;
Drew's deserts Cooper, 256;
only one white, in whole Indian Department, 280;
Leeper asks for at least one, to keep order on Reserve, 349
Reid, Alexander: 76, 78
Removal: of Indiana more or less compulsory, 19 and _footnote_;
slavery advanced as objection to Indian, 21-22;
makes no difference in matter of slavery among Indians, 22;
difficulties within Indian country incident to, 27;
Calhoun's plan for, 27;
U. S. government slow to adopt policy of, 27-28;
settlers demand, of Indians from Kansas, 36;
certain tribes contemplating, 36, _footnote_;
of Indians from Kansas delayed on account of Civil War, 37;
_Missionary Herald_ useful for history of, 40, _footnote_;
reasons for, 48;
project for, of Cherokees causes dissensions within tribes, 49;
of Texas Indians, 52;
Wichitas ask for immediate, 56;
guarantee of territorial integrity in treaties arranging for, 160-161;
indemnification for, 164-166;
Choctaw claims under treaty of, 196
Reservation: system, introduced into trans-Missouri region, 21;
Creeks disgusted with idea of individual, 58
Reserve Indians: see _Indians of Leased District_, _Wichitas_,
_Tonkawas_, _Euchees_, etc.
Resolutions: of Choctaws, February 7, 1861, 72-74, 75;
of Chickasaw Legislature, May 25, 1861, 122-124 and _footnote_;
offered by Chilton of Alabama, 127;
offered by Toombs for appointment of special agent to Indian tribes,
129;
of Choctaws and Chickasaws showing friendly disposition towards South,
130 and _footnote_;
passed at Cherokee mass-meeting at Tahlequah, August, 1861, 218,
_footnote_, 223-225;
joint, for relief of Indian refugees in Kansas, 274
Rhodes, J. F: work cited, 45, _footnote_, 129, _footnote_, 146,
_footnote_
Richardson, James D: work cited, 129, _footnote_, 158, _footnote_, 202,
_footnote_
Ridge, John: 47, _footnote_
Ridge, or Treaty Party: in favor of Cherokee removal, 49;
connives with Ben McCulloch to circumvent wishes of Chief Ross, 151;
minority party, 153;
Pike's intercourse with, continues, 156;
attempts to develop public sentiment in favor of Confederacy, 215;
collision with Ross faction, 240
Robertson, W. S: 101, _footnote_, 192, _footnote_, 218, _footnote_
Robinson, Charles: 228, 234
Rock-a-to-wa: 231, _footnote_
Rogers, H. L: 332, 333, 336, 337
Rolla: W. S. Robertson fleeing from Indian country, reaches, 218,
_footnote_
Roman Catholics: 38, _footnote_
Ross, John: correspondence, 69, _footnote_, uncle of Wm. P. Ross, 71;
instructions of, 71, _footnote_;
influence, 72;
character, 72, _footnote_;
letter of Dole to, 80, _footnote_;
no one firmer friend to Union than, 86, _footnote_;
correspondence with John B. Ogden, 89, _footnote_, 115, _footnote_;
called upon by commissioners from Texas, 93;
letter from Governor Rector, 112;
letter to Rector, 117;
letter from citizens of Boonsboro, 111, _footnote_, 124;
J. R. Kannady communicates with, 125;
issues proclamation of neutrality, 125, 153-154;
Albert Pike unjust to, 134, _footnote_;
letter of Hubbard to, 144-145;
reply to Hubbard, 146-147;
correspondence with Ben McCulloch, 149-151;
sincerity possibly doubted, 168;
declared shrewd, 189, _footnote_;
Ridge Party attempts to undermine popularity, 215;
attends meeting of Cherokee Executive Council, 217;
address, 220, 223;
suspected of not acting in good faith, 226;
notifies Pike of Cherokee willingness to treat, 234;
communicates with Creeks and Osages, 235;
called upon to rally Cherokees, 256
Ross, Lewis: 138, _footnote_
Ross, Mrs. John: 220, _footnote_
Ross, Mrs. William P: work cited, 71, _footnote_
Ross, William P: 71, 89, _footnote_, 116, _footnote_, 137, _footnote_,
139, _footnote_, 217, 223
Ross, W. W: 210, _footnote_
Ross Party: opposed to removal, 49;
majority party, 153
Round Mountain: 255
Route: of Opoethleyohola's retreat, 261-262 and _footnote_
Rust, Albert: 105, _footnote_
Rutherford, A. H: 30, _footnote_, 190, _footnote_
Rutherford, Samuel M: 86, _footnote_, 183, 199 and _footnote_, 319
Sackett, Major: 98, _footnote_
Sacs and Foxes: of Missouri, 36, _footnote_
San Antonio: 52, _footnote_
Sands: see _Ok-ta-ha-hassee Harjo_
Schoenmaker, John: 182, _footnote_
Scott, S. S: 198, _footnote_, 201, _footnote_, 314, 321
Scott, Winfield: 88, _footnote_, 97, 249
_Scottish Songs_: work cited, 108, _footnote_
_Screw Fly_: work cited, 56, _footnote_
Scullyville: Choctaw constitution of, 51;
Creek regiment forming at, 211
Sebastian, William K: 106, _footnote_, 287
Secession: meeting held by white men and Choctaw half-bloods, 77;
Presbyterian ordained missionaries favor, 79;
Indian country threatened by advocates for, 80;
Indian agents active for, 82-83 and _footnote_;
mercenary motives in urging, 98, _footnote_;
sentiment in Arkansas, 103 _et seq._;
Pike offers arguments for, 133;
secret organization of "Pins," 135, _footnote_;
Stand Watie's party afraid to raise flag of, 140, _footnote_;
large element within Cherokee Nation favors, 153;
Griffith appointed commissioner to interview Indians in interests of,
184;
Indian opponents absent from Pike's meeting at North Fork Village, 192;
Jones most prominent of Choctaw advocates, 197;
traces of influence of, 208;
August mass-meeting of Cherokees ending in, 217
Second Seminole War: 20, _footnote_, 23, _footnote_, 164, _footnote_,
164-166
Secret Society: purpose of organization, 32, _footnote_;
in Missouri, 35, _footnote_;
among full-blooded Cherokees, 48;
"the Pins," 86, _footnote_, 135, _footnote_, 216;
among Cherokees for abolition purposes, 291, 293;
Greenwood orders its dissolution, 292;
Cowart's views upon schemes of, 294
Sells, Elijah: 186, _footnote_
Seminole Treaty: 157 and _footnote_;
declares allegiance to C. S. A., 159, _footnote_;
contains guarantee of autonomy, 159, _footnote_;
contains promise of representation in Congress, 159, _footnote_;
negotiated, 197-199, 197, _footnote_;
considered by Provisional Congress, 206
Seminoles: from Florida, 20;
removal in late fifties, 20, _footnote_;
status of free negro among, 40;
Presbyterians among, 40;
manifest only slight interest in education, 40, _footnote_;
given home in Creek country, 50;
destitute, 57, _footnote_;
representatives at inter-tribal conference, 71;
letter to chief of, 80, _footnote_;
condition reported by Carruth, 84, _footnote_;
in council with Creeks, Cherokees, Quapaws, and Sacs, 94;
negotiations of Pike with, 136, _footnote_;
complaint against General Jesup, 164, _footnote_;
Rector's transactions with, 182, _footnote_
Seneca and Shawnee Treaty: 157 and _footnote_
Senecas: 51, 64, 67;
negotiations of Pike with, 136, _footnote_;
from Cattaraugus Reservation, 227, _footnote_
Senecas and Shawnees: 51, 64, 67;
negotiations of Pike with, 136, _footnote_, 237
Settlers: in Kansas demand that Indians vacate territory, 36
Seward, William H: reference to "higher law" speech, 42, _footnote_;
Chicago speech, 58, 75;
Senate speech, 58
Shawnee Manual Labor School, 38
Shawnee Mission: work of Rev. Thomas Johnson at, 22, _footnote_
Shawnees: from Ohio, 19;
tarry in Missouri, 19, _footnote_;
pro-slavery men among, 35;
reported by Agent Dorn as anxious to leave Kansas, 36, _footnote_;
Baptist school on reservation of, 38;
Southern Methodists among, 38;
as refugees, 57, _footnote_;
trouble over tribal elections, 209, _footnote_;
attack Wichita Agency, 329, _footnote_
Shon-tah-sob-ba [Black Dog]: 235, _footnote_, 238, _footnote_
Short Bird: 319
Shoshone: suggested territory of, 32, _footnote_
Siebert, W. H: work cited, 23, _footnote_, 49, _footnote_
Sigel, Franz: 215, _footnote_
Simon, Ben: 329, _footnote_
Sioux: uprising, 21, _footnote_;
warriors, 227, _footnote_
Slaughter, Thomas C: 208
Slavery: in Kansas, 22;
encouraged, 22;
among Southern Indians, 22, 292;
influence of churches upon, 37;
white men to prevent abolition among Indians, 42;
opposition among Choctaws and Chickasaws, 45;
is being interfered with by intruders, 47;
cause in jeopardy among Cherokees, 48;
North to exterminate among Indians, 145;
recognized as legal institution by treaties, 166 and _footnote_;
offers easy solution of labor problem, 219;
Cowart reports complaints of interference with, 293
Slaves: 22, 142, 143, 144-145, 165, 166, _footnote_, 167, _footnote_,
172, 216, 261
Smith, Andrew J: charges against, 41, _footnote_
Smith, Caleb B: 74, _footnote_, 183, 242, 271, 274, 275
Smith, E. Kirby: 100, _footnote_
Smith, John G: 192
Smith, William R: work cited, 108, _footnote_, 109, _footnote_
Snow, George C: 198, _footnote_, 199, _footnote_
Southern Baptist Convention: 39, _footnote_
Southern Baptists: 38, 39
South Carolina: 20, _footnote_
Southern Indians: 18, 21, 32, 34, 36
Southern Methodists: 38, 39, 40
Southern Superintendency: 30, _footnote_
Sparrow, Edward: 127
Spencer Academy: 40, _footnote_, 75, 76, 78
Springfield: 214, _footnote_, 217, 255, 283, 312, 334
Spy companies: reported equipped by Federals, 306
Stand Watie: 49, _footnote_, 137, _footnote_, 153, 156, _footnote_, 227,
240, 283, 324
Stanton, Edwin M: 276, 279
Stanwood, Edward: work cited, 106, _footnote_
Stark, O. P: 76
State Department (C. S. A.): Albert Pike, commissioner from, 134,
_footnote_, 152;
Bureau of Indian Affairs, part of, 188, _footnote_
Stephens, Alexander H: work cited, 118, _footnote_, 119, _footnote_
Stevens, R. S: 209, _footnote_
Stevens, Thaddeus: 210, _footnote_
Stidham, G. W: 194
Stocks: 61, 76, 203, _footnote_
Stockton, G. B: 107, _footnote_, 186, _footnote_
Strain, J. H: 285, 287
Sturm, J. J: 199, 201, _footnote_, 330, 331, 353, 357
Sumner, Charles: 45, _footnote_
Sur-cox-ie: 268, _footnote_
Surveyors: 53
Tahlequah: 39, _footnote_, 93, 188, _footnote_, 217, and _footnote_,
218, _footnote_, 226, 234, 237, 293
Tallise Fixico: 194
Tatum, Mark T: 50, _footnote_, 104, _footnote_, 296
Taylor, J. W: 193, _footnote_
Taylor, N. G: 30, _footnote_
Tennessee: Cherokees from, 20;
John J. Humphreys from, 185
Tenney, W. J: work cited, 90, _footnote_
Tents: furnished to refugees, 261
Territorial expansion: 28, 58
Territorial form of government: 30, 31, _footnote_, 33
Texas: indigenous tribes in, 19, _footnote_;
Indians expelled from, 19, _footnote_, 52, 340;
Cherokees in, 20, _footnote_;
annexed, 28;
troops from, 53;
Indian patronage, 59;
Indian participation in Civil War, 63;
interest in Indian Territory, 67;
interest in securing alliance of Indians, 83, 88, 90;
interest in amnesty provisions of Indian treaties, 175-176;
commissioners from, 183;
attitude of northern countries of, 200, _footnote_;
desires Reserve Indians placed under her jurisdiction, 297
Texas Historical Association _Quarterly_: work cited, 20, _footnote_
Texas Superintendency: 56, _footnote_
Thomason, Hugh F: 202, 335
Thompson, Jacob: 45, _footnote_, 46, 54, 56, _footnote_
Tishomingo: county of, 68, _footnote_
Tonkawas: 52 and _footnote_, 189, _footnote_, 200, 201, _footnote_, 340,
353
Toombs, Robert: 129, 131, 134 and _footnote_, 135, _footnote_, 152
Totten, James: 103, 104
Traders: 22, 27, 59-60, 169 _et seq._, 193, _footnote_, 238-239, 319
Trammel, Dennis: 288, 289
Treat, S. B: 43, _footnote_
Treaties: 34, _footnote_, 37, _footnote_, 53, 78, 84, _footnote_, 102,
117, 122, _footnote_;
made with Indians as with foreign powers, 17;
Ohio desires information as to Manypenny, 33, _footnote_;
relations to U. S. in, 70, _footnote_;
obligation to abide by, 71, _footnote_;
reduction of forts violation of guaranties in, 97, _footnote_;
resulting from council at Tahlequah, 237 _et seq._;
with the Cherokees in part the result of intimidation, 240, _footnote_;
with the Neosho Agency Indians, 241;
money due the Creeks under, 289;
Pike reports all ratified, 320;
amendments to, 323;
manuscript copies of, 329-330, _footnote_;
no Indian Department to be organized until ratification of, 331;
terms of the, with the wild Indians, 352;
Leeper makes a, with the Comanches, 354-355
TROOPS:
_Confederate_--in Cherokee country, 136, _footnote_;
no Arkansas, available, 253, _footnote_;
Van Dorn's erroneous surmise as to proportion of white, in Pike's
brigade, 280;
Van Dorn's plans as to disposition of, 283;
Leeper inquires when, may be expected, 310;
Pike's confidence in white, 320;
lack of, in Leased District, 343, 349;
non-arrival of, 345.
_Indian_--Confederacy secure before negotiation of treaties of
alliance, 207;
plans for distribution of, 207;
Cherokee, under McCulloch, 226-227;
Northern, offer to furnish U. S. with, 227, _footnotes_;
large and increasing number in Indian Territory, 252;
not possible to keep order, 346.
_United States_--few within Indian country, 52-53;
Secretary Floyd disposed to withdraw from Indian frontier, 53;
from Texas ordered to protect U. S. surveyors, 53;
number to be retained in Indian country queried, 72, _footnote_;
Carruth reports all gone from Indian Territory, 86, _footnote_;
ordered to leave, 87 and _footnote_;
disposition, reported upon by Texas commissioners, 95;
under Emory ordered to Indian Territory, 96 _et seq._;
flee from Indian Territory, 101;
dissatisfaction at reported change in disposition in Arkansas, 103,
105;
to counteract influence of secessionists, 216;
method of warfare under Lane, 233;
Dole urges to re-occupy Indian Territory, 241;
sudden withdrawal spreads alarm in Leased District, 299
_True Democrat_: work cited, 47, _footnote_, 48, _footnote_, 106,
_footnote_
Tuckabatche Micco: 51, _footnote_
Tuckabatchee Town: 193, _footnote_
Tulsey Town: 255
Turnbull, John P: 189, _footnote_
Turner, J. W: 260, 272, _footnote_
Tusaquach: 247
Tush-ca-horn-ma: district of, 179
Twiggs, D. E: 55, _footnote_, 87
Umatilla: suggested territory of, 32, _footnote_
Underground railroad: 40
Upper Arkansas Agency: 210, _footnote_
Upper Creeks: 50, 208, _footnote_, 191, _footnote_, 192, 193,
_footnote_, 236, _footnote_, 244, 319
Usher, John P: 56, _footnote_, 228, _footnote_
Van Buren (Ark.): 64, _footnote_
Van Dorn, Earl: 55, 138, _footnote_, 280, 283
Vann, Joseph: 217, 223
Verdigris River: 259, 272
Wah-pa-nuc-ka Institute: 40, _footnote_
Walker, David: 116, 298
Walker, Leroy P: 119, 127, 142, 147, 151, 161, 200, _footnote_, 207,
215, _footnote_
Walker, William: head chief of the Wyandots, 22, _footnote_
Walker, William: 105, _footnote_
Wall, David: 23, _footnote_
Walnut Creek: 259
War Department: C. S. A., 128, _footnote_, 139, _footnote_, 140,
_footnote_, 193, _footnote_, 257, _footnote_;
U. S. A., 52, 80, 87, 96, 228, _footnote_, 234, 241, 250, 264-265, 275
Washburn, J. W: 84, _footnote_, 164, _footnote_, 238, and _footnote_
Washita: Indians driven from country of, 19, _footnote_
Wattles, Augustus: 229, _footnote_
Waul, Thomas N: 127, 205
Weas: from Illinois, 19
Weber's Falls: 86, _footnote_
Welch, George W: 84, _footnote_
West Florida: seizure of, 28
West Point: 215, _footnote_
Wheelock: Choctaw school, 39, _footnote_
White, Joseph: 209, _footnote_
White, S. W: letter of, 33, _footnote_
White Cloud: 227, _footnote_
Whitney, Henry C: 208 and _footnote_
Whittenhall, Daniel S: 350
Wichita Agency: site for, 54, 56, _footnote_, 136, _footnote_;
attack upon, 329, _footnote_
Wichita Mountains: 51, 55
Wichita Treaty: 157, _footnote_, 158, 163, 176
Wichitas: 52;
colonization of, 55;
subsistence given to, 57, _footnote_;
Leased District of, 63;
colonized on land claimed as their own, 166;
Pike hopes to meet, 189, _footnote_;
Pike fears hostility of, 200;
refuse to be cajoled or intimidated, 201
Wilson, Henry: work cited, 32, _footnote_
Wilson, William: 23, _footnote_
Wilson's Creek: battle of, 225
Winneconne: 219, _footnote_
Wisconsin: tribes from, 19
Wolcott, Edward: 273, _footnote_
Worcester, Reverend S. A: 23, _footnote_;
opposed to slavery, 41