in, 55, 118;
guardian of, 30;
work of missionaries in, 146-158;
coming of first steamboat to, 159, 160;
missionary bishop of, 169, 242;
part of Fort Snelling in development of, 199, 200;
meaning of term, 205

Oak Grove, mission at, 155
Oats, raising of, 95
O'Fallon, Benjamin, 16
Officer of the day, 85
Officers' Mess, 88
Officers' quarters, description of, 75;
fire in, 101
Officers' Training Camp, 53
"O. H. Perry" (keelboat), 33, 34
Ojibway Indians, home of, 103
Old Northwest, settlement of, 14;
reference to, 205
Oliphant, Laurence, 222
Oliver, Lieutenant, experiences of, 26
Orderly-room, 75
Ordnance, alleged lack of, 76;
stock of, 76, 77
Ordnance sergeant, quarters of, 75
Ordway, John, 206
Oregon treaty, 46
Orphan asylum, 118
Orphans, fund for relief of, 87
Osage Indians, treaty with, 208
Ottawa Indians, 177
Otter furs, exchange of, for liquor, 142
Otter Tail Lake, 37, 131
Otto, Helen, acknowledgments to, x

Pacific Coast, emigration to, 45;
necessity of railroad to, 46;
survey of route for railroad to, 46, 47
Pacific Northwest, 205
Page, Captain, 36
Painted rock, 175
Painters, 92
"Palmyra" (steamboat), 168
Paper, purchase of, 88
Papermakers, 92
Parade ground, 73;
sweeping of, 85
Parkman, Francis, 146
Parties, holding of, 100, 101
Pattern farms, 103
Patterson, Robert, visit of, to Fort Snelling, 164
Pawnee Indians, campaign against, 56
Paymaster, office of, 75
Peace conferences between Indians, 131
Peace pipe, 107;
smoking of, 126
Pelzer, Louis, vii
Pembina, hunting party from, 38;
expedition to, 39, 40, 45;
reference to, 140, 163
Pemmican, making of, 37
Peoria (Illinois), 99
Pepper, purchase of, 88
Perrot, Nicholas, 3
Perry, Abraham, 192
Perry, Mrs. Abraham, 193
Pe-she-ke, speech by, 183
Pettijohn, Eli, purchase made by, 88
Phelan, Edward, 190
Philadelphia, 161, 164
Physician at Fort Snelling, sketch of life of, 65, 66;
service of, to settlers, 190, 191
Piankashaw Indians, treaty with, 208
Picnic grounds, 82
Picnics, 96
Pike, Zebulon M., expedition under, 4;
activities of English traders investigated by, 5-8;
cession of land secured by, 7, 8;
reference to, 11, 22, 139, 146, 179, 192, 193;
promise made by, 17
Pike's Island, 187
Pillager band of Chippewas, treaty with, 45;
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