tate speculation, 50
Reconnoitering, 85
Red Bird, hostility of Indians under, 33, 34
Red Bird War, 214
"Red Head," 108, 228
Red River carts, caravans of, 235, 236
Red River of the North, trading posts on, 4, 206;
reference to, 16, 49, 50, 103, 138, 151, 188, 205, 236;
difficulties with half-breeds from, 37-40;
expeditions to, 38-40, 162;
Lord Selkirk's colony on, 188
Red River Trail, 46
Red Wing (Chief), 92;
village of, 171, 172;
payment of annuities to Indians under, 185
_Regulations for the Army, General_, 84, 86

Renville, Daniel, 156
Renville, Joseph, 138, 191;
service of, as interpreter, 161
Renville, Rosalie, 156
Republicans, charges of graft made by, 51
_Reveille_, 84
Revival, success of, 156
Reynolds, Lieutenant, 86
Riggs, S. R., 144
Road to Fort Snelling, 73, 81
Robertson, Mr., work of, 155, 156
Robertson, Gustavus A., 156
Rock Island, building of fort on, 18;
garrison for fort on, 22;
reference to, 117
Rock River, hostility of Indians on, 12, 13
Rocky Mountains, 16
Roll call, 84, 85;
punishment for absence from, 90
Round Tower, Old, 72;
description of, 74
Routine duties, description of, 84, 85
Rum, 86;
evil effect of, 139
Rum River, 27, 101, 130;
battle on, 128
Runners, sending of, to Indian camps, 130
Rupel, J. B. F., 143
Ryerson, Private, purchases by, 88

Sabbath, respect of Indians for, 237
Sac Indians, hostility of, 13;
pursuit of, 35;
reference to, 205;
treaty with, 208
Sac and Fox Indians, 35, 42, 177;
return of, to Iowa, 42
St. Anthony (Minnesota), real estate speculation at, 50
St. Croix River, trading posts on, 6;
cession of land at mouth of, 8;
reference to, 126, 172, 174, 175, 180, 207
St. Joseph's, 10
St. Lawrence River, 205
St. Louis, 4, 5, 11, 22, 48, 56, 58, 69, 72, 120, 159, 162, 169, 170,
172, 213, 228;
troops from, 34;
bringing of supplies from, 86
St. Paul, 36, 46, 71, 216, 236;
real estate speculation at, 50;
founding of, 195, 196;
relations between fort and, 196-198
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Company, 235
St. Peter's, 170, 172, 173, 175, 206
St. Peter's agency, service of Taliaferro at, 68-71
St. Peter's River (see Minnesota River)
St. Vincent (Minnesota), 206
Salt, 86
Sandy Lake, trading post on, 6;
reference to, 114, 120, 180
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