o, 112;
slur against, 145
Flat Mouth, 120;
career of, 179
Flatboats, 14, 86, 199
Flogging, 90
Florida War, service of Eastman in, 62;
service of Canby in, 63
Flour, 86
Food, character of, 26, 85-87
Folles-Avoine Indians, 205
Fond du Lac, Department of, 6
Foraging, 85, 96
Foreigners, permission to, to engage in fur trade, 138
Forests, 178
Forsyth, Thomas, journey of, up Mississippi, 22;
presents distributed by, 23;
arrival of, at mouth of Minnesota River, 24;
return trip of, 24;
reference to, 211, 228
Fort Abercrombie, facts concerning early history of, 49, 50
Fort Armstrong, construction of, 18;
reference to, 20;
garrison for, 22;
journey of Webb to, 117
Fort Atkinson (Iowa), dragoons from, 35;
expedition from, 38;
Major Woods at, 41

Fort Atkinson (Nebraska), naming of, 30;
sickness at, 93
Fort Benton, 46
Fort Bridger, 64
Fort Calhoun (Nebraska), 20
Fort Clarke, establishment of, 44, 45
Fort Crawford, establishment of, 18;
reference to, 20, 23, 59, 157, 161;
arrival of troops at, 22;
reenforcement of garrison of, 32, 34;
removal of troops from, 33
Fort Dearborn, massacre at, 10, 11, 208;
reference to, 18, 117;
re-occupation of, 18
Fort Defiance, 64
Fort Des Moines, 44
Fort Dodge, establishment of, 44, 45;
reference to, 49
Fort Erie, 57
Fort Gaines, 43, 48
Fort Garry, 40, 188
Fort Howard, erection of, 19;
reference to, 21, 211
Fort Leavenworth, establishment of, 56
Fort McKay, name of Fort Shelby changed to, 12;
re-occupation of site of, 18
Fort Pierre, purchase of, 21;
reference to, 167
Fort Ridgely, 49, 186
Fort Ripley, 48
Fort St. Anthony, 29
Fort Shelby, establishment of, 11, 12;
capture of, by English, 12
Fort Snelling, significance of establishment of, 2;
establishment and early history of, 18-30;
range of influence of, 21;
erection of, 27, 28;
garden at, 28;
route of road to, 28, 29;
naming of, 29, 30;
service of, in protection of frontier, 31-53;
attitude of War Department toward, 31;
Territorial jurisdictions over site of, 32;
activities of troops at, during Winnebago outbreak, 32-34;
character and duties of garrison of, 34, 35;
service of troops from, in removal of Winnebagoes, 35-37;
expeditions from, 39-45;
surveying party escorted by dragoons from