, 177
Mess-rooms, 75
Mexican War, services of Taylor in, 59;
services of Scott in, 61;
reference to, 63;
service of Canby in, 64
Mexico, City of, 64, 197
Michigan, Territory of, 32
Military frontier, forward movement of, 17, 18
Military posts, establishment of, 2;
permission for establishment of, 7
Military reservation, 192;
removal of settlers from, 192-195
Military road, survey of route for, 28, 29
Military rules, severity of, 91
Mille Lac, 180
Miller, John, 19
Mills, 82, 149;
guarding of, 96
Minneapolis, real estate speculation at, 50
Minnehaha Creek, 27
Minnehaha Falls, 62, 96, 127, 198
Minnesota, Indians in, 103;
diocese of Dubuque extended over, 158;
reference to, 177
Minnesota, Territory of, 32, 216;
organization of, 196
Minnesota River, Carver on, 1;
reference to, 2, 21, 30, 31, 47, 55, 74, 106, 110, 111, 118, 121, 138,
140, 146, 154, 155, 185, 187, 207;
cession of land at mouth of, secured by Pike, 7, 8;
promise of trading house at mouth of, 17;
selection of site for fort at mouth of, 19;
arrival of troops at mouth of, 24, 212;
fort located at junction of Mississippi River and, 27;
concentration of Sioux Indians along, 49;
scenery at mouth of, 79, 80;
Indian villages on, 83;
clearing of timber from banks of, 99;
expedition up, 162;
name of, 206
Minnesota Valley, settlement of, 39;
geological survey in, 165
Mission, 83
Missionaries, 3, 118, 146-158;
methods of, suggested by Taliaferro, 150, 151;
service of, 199
Missionary societies, 145
Missions, activities at, 155
Mississippi River, Carver on, 1;
reference to, 2, 13, 15, 21, 30, 48, 55, 58, 74, 103, 107, 120, 126,
129, 131, 135, 143, 158, 167, 179, 187, 205, 207;

foreign jurisdictions over country west of, 2, 3;
expedition of Pike up, 4;
activities of British traders on, 5-8;
cession of land on, secured by Pike, 7, 8;
treaties with Indians on, 12, 13;
proposed trading posts on, 17;
forts on, 18, 19;
fort located at junction of Minnesota River and, 27;
exploration of, by Cass, 28;
scenery along, 79, 80;
road along, 81;
Indian villages on, 83;
low water in, 86;
seizure of liquor on, 144;
first steamboat on upper, 159, 160;
attempt to find source of, 163;
discovery of source of, 167;
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