f, 88
Ardourly, Jack, 100
Armorer's shop, 77, 78, 79
Articles of Confederation, 176
Assiniboine River, 5
Astor, John Jacob, 135, 209
Atkinson, Henry, fort named in honor of, 30;
reference to, 34
_Aunt Phyllis's Cabin_, 62

Badger, The, murder of, 127
Bailly, Alexis, 99, 188;
disagreement between Taliaferro and, 138, 139;
whiskey in store of, 142, 143
Baker, Benjamin, trading house of, 78, 79, 125, 192
Ball-plays, 101;
holding of, for Catlin, 164
Balls, music for, 197
Band, fund for maintenance of, 87;
music by, 197
Barracks,
building of, 25;
reference to, 73;
description of, 74, 75;
taking of sick soldiers from, 85
Bean, J. L., boundary line surveyed by, 130, 131
Bear, hunting of, 105
Bear dance, 164
Bedford (Pennsylvania), 71
Beef, 85;
ration of, 109
Beggars' dance, 164
Belen Gate of City of Mexico, 64
Beltrami, J. C.,
description of council by, 106, 107;
reference to, 133, 187;
visit of, to Fort Snelling, 160-163
Bennington (Vermont), 61
Benton, Thomas H., 107
Berries, gathering of, 105
Big Eagle, 83
Big Stone Lake, 103
Big Thunder, 83;
desire of, to raise corn, 152
Birthplace of soldiers, 92
Black Dog, village of, 83
Black Hawk War, position of Fort Snelling during, 35
Black Hole, confinement of offenders in, 91, 132
Black River, 36, 184
Blacksmith shop, 118
Blacksmiths, work of, 78, 155
Blankets, giving of, to Indians, 110;
reference to, 136
Bliss, John H., 68, 114, 151, 153;
punishment inflicted by, 90, 91;
statement by, 99, 100
Bliss, Mrs. John H., 153
Blockhouses, 74
Blue Earth River, Winnebago reservation on, 37;
reference to, 162

Boarding-school, success of, among Indians, 156
Boatmen, foreigners as, 138
_Bois brules_,
difficulties with, 37-40;
location of, around fort, 188, 189
Books, fund for purchase of, 87
Boonesborough (Kentucky), 201
Boston, 56, 145
Bougainville, Louis Antoine, report of, 205
Boundary line of 1825, 130, 131, 178, 184
Brandy, 86
Braves, desire of, to take part in council, 181
"Brazil" (steamboat), 168, 169
Bread, character of, 86
Bread tickets, 88
Breakfast, 85
Brewers, 92
Briggs, Ansel, 41
Brock, General, 8
Brooke, George M., site for fort chosen by, 48
Broom, purchase of, 88
Brown, Joseph R., 190, 191
Brown, Private, purchases by, 88
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