eference to, 179, 182
Pilot Knob, 80
Pine Bend, 86
Pine Coulie, 232
Pine timber, 172
Pinisha, 83
Pipestone quarry, trip to, 167
Pioneers, protection of, against Indians, 116;

coming of, 199
(see Settlers)
Pittsburgh, 160
Plattsburg, 57
Pleasures of soldiers, 96, 97
Plympton, J., 65, 125, 126, 192, 193
Poage, Sarah, 154
Poinsett, J. R., 194
Police guard, 85
Pond, Gideon, coming of, to Fort Snelling, 151;
work of, among Indians, 152-156
Pond, S. W., 72, 103;
coming of, to Fort Snelling, 151;
work of, among Indians, 152-156
Pontiac's conspiracy, 3
Pope, John, 215
Pork, 86;
ration of, 109;
giving of, to Indians, 110
Portage des Sioux, 17
Post fund, 87
Post school, 75;
fund for maintenance of, 87;
organization of, 101
Potatoes, raising of, 95
Potosi (Wisconsin), 170, 173
Pottawattamie Indians, 42, 177;
treaty with, 208
Poupon, Isadore, 230
Powder, stock of, 77
Poweshiek (Chief), 44
Prairie du Chien, 11, 16, 20, 21, 26, 32, 33, 34, 41, 58, 66, 92, 122,
140, 142, 149, 161, 164, 170, 172, 173, 181, 187, 195, 243,
246;
establishment of Fort Shelby at, 11, 12;
capture of, by British, 12;
round-about route to, 13;
Fort Crawford at, 18;
arrival of troops at, 22;
return of Leavenworth to, 24;
carrying of mail between Fort Snelling and, 97-99, 101;
treaty made at, in 1825, 130, 177, 178
Preemption, 192
Prescott, Philander, 212
Presents, giving of, to Indians, 13, 23, 107, 111
President of United States, 16
Prevost, George, 8
Prices, fixing of, 87
Prison, number of soldiers in, 91
Prisoners, guarding of, 85
Provencalle, Louis, 143
Provisions, distribution of, to Indians, 110;
character of, 213
Pump, 74
Punishments, character of, 90, 91
Puthuff, William H., 209

Quaife, Milo M., acknowledgments to, ix
Quarrels in garrison, 102
Quarrying, employment of soldiers at, 96
Quartermaster, trouble between physician and, 65, 66;
office of, 75
Quebec, 118, 208

Radisson, Pierre Esprit, exploration by, 3;
reference to, 119
Railroad, survey of route for, 46, 47
Rainville, Mr., 229
Raisins, purchase of, 88
Ramsey, Alexander, 36, 182;
treaty made by, 45;
council called by, 131, 132
Rations, character of, 85-87, 109;
reference to, 95;
issuance of, to Indians, 181, 182
Real es