2;
missionary at, 154;
abandonment of mission at, 155;
school at, 156;
battle near, 232
Kearny, Stephen Watts, survey of route for military road by, 29
Keating, William H., 161, 162
Keelboats, 86
Kemper, Jackson, letters describing visit of, to Fort Snelling, 169-175;
reference to, 238, 242
Kentucky, settlement of, 14;
reference to, 15, 63
Kickapoo Indians, treaty with, 208
Kinzie, John, 117
Kitchens, 75
Kittson, Norman W., 140, 235, 245
Knives, 136

La Baye, 205
Laborers, 92
Lac du Flambeau, 118
Lac du Traverse, 16
Lac qui Parle, 110, 116, 144, 154, 155
Laidlaw, William, 138

Lake Calhoun, 82, 96, 118, 133, 148, 153, 154;
mission on, 83
Lake Harriet, 82, 96, 127, 154, 198;
Indian boarding-school at, 156
Lake Huron, 13, 14, 19, 21
Lake Itasca, 167
Lake Julia, 163
Lake Michigan, 17, 19, 21
Lake Mini-Waken, 40
Lake of the Isles, 82, 96
Lake of the Woods, 16, 140, 209
Lake Pepin, 23, 24, 29, 93, 142, 171, 172, 212
Lake Pokegama, 232
Lake St. Croix, 128
Lake Superior, trading posts on, 6;
reference to, 9, 47, 160, 162, 172
Lake Traverse, 103, 116
Lake Winnebago, 21
Lake Winnipeg, 4, 162, 189, 205
Lakes, hunting in region of, 82, 83
Landing at Fort Snelling, description of, 73
Lands, questions concerning, 111
Land's End, 138
Land-seekers, effect of coming of, 117, 118;
land cessions urged by, 176
Latrobe, Charles Joseph, 223
"Laughing Water," 82
Laundresses, quarters of, 75
Lead mines, 178
Leavenworth, Henry, 21, 29, 63, 190, 211;
message of, to Indian chief, 21, 22;
journey of, to mouth of Minnesota River, 22-24;
arrival of, at mouth of Minnesota River, 24;
return of, to Prairie du Chien, 24;
camp moved by, 27;
successor to, 27;
sketch of life of, 55, 56
Lee, Francis, 49
Leech Lake, Pike at, 6;
trading post on, 6;
reference to, 130, 179
Legend concerning Falls of St. Anthony, 81, 82
_Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The_, 14
Lewis, Meriwether, expedition under, 4, 5;
reference to, 72
Library, purchase of books for, 87;
reference to, 99
Licenses, granting of, to traders, 16, 137, 138
Linn County (Iowa), 41
Liquor, 86;
effect of, on Indians, 129, 141;
suppression of traffic in, 129;
power of, among Indians, 139, 140;
prices charged for, 141, 142;
destruction of, 143, 144
Liquor traffic,