land ceded by, 47, 48;
home of, 103;
war parties against, 106;
hostility of, 114;
feuds between Sioux and, 119-134;
killing of, by Sioux, 121, 125;
murderers killed by, 122-124;
murder of Sioux warrior by, 127;
battle between Sioux and, 127, 128, 232;
boundary line between Sioux and, 130, 131, 178;
trustworthiness of, 134;
language of, 172, 173, 174;
summoning of, to council, 179
Chippewa River, 131, 172;
murder of Sioux on, 232
Choctaw Indians, removal of, 63, 64
Chouteau, Auguste, activities of, as commissioner, 12, 13
Christianity, influence of, 146;
method of preaching, 150, 151
Church, organization of, at Fort Snelling, 157;
attendance at, 194, 195
Churns, 76
Civil War,
use of Fort Snelling during, 52;
service of Eastman in, 62;
reference to, 63, 201;
service of Canby in, 64
Clark, Charlotte Ouisconsin, 23, 212
Clark, Dan E., acknowledgments to, x
Clark, Nathan, 21
Clark, Mrs. Nathan, 23
Clark, William, expedition under, 4, 5;
Fort Shelby established by, 11;
activities of, as commissioner, 12, 13;
reference to, 69, 70, 114, 178, 221, 228
Clarke, Colonel, 44
Clerks, 136
Cloud Man,
resolution of, to become farmer, 148;
reference to, 153
Cloves, purchase of, 88
Coe, Alvan, coming of, to Fort Snelling, 149
Coffee, 86
Colhoun, James E., 161, 162
Colors, guarding of, 85
Columbia, Department of, 65
Columbia Fur Company, 138
Columbia River, 5
Commanders of Fort Snelling,
influence of, 54;
sketches of lives of, 54-65
Commanding officer, quarters of, 75
Commerce, extent of, 205
Commissary, office of, 75
Commissary department, storehouse of, 75
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
report of, 37;
reference to, 67, 177
Confederation, forming of, among Indians, 13
Congress, right of,
to regulate Indian affairs, 176;
memorials to, 246
Connecticut, 1
Contreras, Battle of, 64
Coon, story about Scott and, 60, 61
Cooper, S., 238
Cooeperation in fur trade, 135
Copper, mining of, 25; block of, 175
Corn, feeding of, to cattle, 82;
raising of, by Indians, 105;
giving of, to Indians, 110
Council, holding of, with Indians, 35, 36, 43, 106-109, 129, 179-183
Council Bluff (Nebraska),
fort at, 20;
route of road to Fort Snelling from, 28, 29;
naming of fort at, 30;
reference to, 160;