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Birch Coulee, 1862, 202, 206
Massacre of miners on gold-laden mac-
kinaw, 1863, 292

Big Mound, Buffalo and Stony Lake, 290
Bad Lands or Little Missouri, 308
Killdeer Mountain, 296, 300, 301

White Stone Hills, 294

Red Butte (Fisk expedition), 304
Apple Creek, 299

Massacre, Fort Phil Kearney (Colonel Fet-
terman's command), 1866, 306, 311
Custer's last fight, Little Big Horn, 312
Big Meadow, 1876 (Oscar Ward's story),
518

Wounded Knee, 1890, 255

Death of Sitting Bull, 1890, 254
Battleship North Dakota and silver, 436
Beadle, William H. H., surveyor, educator,
school land protector, 228, 628, 629
Beardsley, George G., surveyor, 228, 334, 365
Beever, Lt. Fred J. H., death at battle Apple
Creek, 291, 293, 299, 300

Belcourt, Rev. George Anthony, 152
Belknap, Maj. Gen. W. W., Secretary of
War, 314

Bennett, Granville G., biographic notes, 383
Benton, Miss Jessie, 210

Benton, Thomas H., U. S. Senator, 210
Berthold, Bartholomew, 188

Berthold, Fort, 188

Berthold Indian agency, 314

Bigfire, Peter, Indian preacher, 243, 246
Big Meadow, battle of, 518, 519

Big Foot, ghost-dance exponent, 252, 253,
255

Big Sioux County (now Minnehaha, S. D.)
organized, 215

Big Sioux Indian settlement, 246
Bijou Hills, 221

Bird Woman (Sa-ka-ka-wea), 70, 71, 74, 75
Bismarck, first Legislature, 372

Bismarck, the Capital, vIII, 63, 150, 167, 228,
293, 299, 312, 316, 324, 333, 335, 370, 371,
373, 374, 375, 378, 388, 404, 418, 507, 540,
615

Bismarck, Ladies Historical Society, 541
Bismarck Land Office, 227

Bismarck post-office (Mrs. Slaughter), 505,
508

Bismarck Townsite (formerly Edwinton),
332, 335, 336, 337

Bismarck Tribune, vIII, 313, 316, 317, 325,
483

Blue Sky Law, 436

Black Hills, gold discovery, given to Asso-
ciated press, 313, 314

Blanding, J. W., surveyor, 228
Blakely, Captain Russell (Red River mail
and transportation), 149, 351, 354, 355
Boller, Henry, trader and author, 188
Bonds issued under Gov. White, contest on,
429

Bootlegging declared a crime, 473

Boswell, Mrs. W. C., first church organiza-
tion, viii, 236

Bottineau, Charles, voyageur,
voyageur, interpreter,
farmer, 149, 232, 234, 235, 236
Bottineau, Jean B., lawyer, 236, 322, 326
Bottineau, Marie (now Mrs. Baldwin) law-
yer, 236

Bottineau, Pierre, 235, 236

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Bramble, Downer T., Yankton postmaster,
trader, 223, 226, 279, 285

Bridger, James, frontiersman, 235, 308
Briggs, F. A., Gov., administration and
death, 429

British flag, origin and history, 23, 47, 78,
80, 89, III, 123, 126, 127

British traders, 62, 71, 78, 80, 88, 89, 143,
151, 152, 160, 165, 229

Brookings, Wilmot W., founding Sioux
Falls, 215, 222, 275, 280

Brown, Maj. Joseph R., trader, soldier, 37,
202, 203, 265

Brown, Samuel J., Indian captive, agent,
interpreter, 37, 192

Brownson, Harry, knew Sa-ka-ka-wea, 74
Bruce, E. A. Justice, sketch of, 464
Budge's "Tavern," 501

Budge, William, pioneer, 315, 356, 361, 501,
518, 519

Buell, C. J., single taxer, unsupported, 412
Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody), 34, 254, 521
"Buffalo Republic" and buffalo hunting, 20,
32, 37, 172, 230, 238, 513, 515

Buffalo herds crossing, blockade Missouri
river, 37

Buffalo, the last great hunt, 38

Burke, A. H., administration as governor
(died at Roswell, N. M., Nov. 17, 1918),
425
Burke, John, Governor (U. S. Treasurer),
administration, 432

Burbank station (now Moorhead), 232
Burleigh County, pioneers, VIII, 541

Burleigh, Walter A., M. C., 170, 288, 382
Burlington (Red River) Townsite, 352
Burnham, Captain J. W., story of Sully's
campaign, 1864, 297, 299

Cam

338

Greene, "at or near Bismarck," 335,

Camp Hancock (Bismarck), 552

Canfield, Thomas H., N. P. R. R. and town-
site promoter, 331, 332, 333, 335
Capital Commission created, 370, 371
Capital Dakota Territory located, 281
Capitol reconstruction, 431
Carland, Major John, 240
Carland, John E., judge, 240

Carnahan, John M., telegrapher, 316, 325
Car-tour with Dakota products, 375

Casey and Carrington, extensive farming,
339, 340

Casey, Lyman R., U. S. Senator, 441

Cash and land offered for capital location,

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Chippewa Indians, 21, 152, 231
Christianson, A. M., Justice, sketch of, 464
Church organization for prohibition, 471,
472

Clarkson, Bishop, Robert, 411, 412

Cochrane, John M., Justice, sketch of, 462
Codes of states compared, 448

Codification of North Dakota laws, authors
of, 449, 452

Cody, Kelly, Elder, buffalo hunters, 521,
523

Cody, William F. (Buffalo Bill), 34, 254,
523

Cold storage experiment at Medora, 539
Columbia Fur Company, 146, 147, 163, 167,
170, 366

Commission of 14 to adjust state property
and debts, 409, 410

Colter, John, a race for life, 168

Compilation of laws, history of, 449, 452
Congress, control over territories, 369
Congress delays action on two states, 372
"Conquest of the Missouri," J. M. Hanson's
book, 37

Constitutional convention for North Dakota,
387-395

Constitutional convention, officers and action,
392, 395

Constitution, North Dakota, authorship of,
398

Constitution of U. S., an essential condition,
388

Constitution, ratified; proclaimed a state by
Pres. Harrison, Nov. 2, 1889, 415
Contest for Division before Congress, 16
years, 370

Corliss, G. C. H., first Supreme Court Jus-
tice, 400

Corliss, Justice, sketch of, 460
Corporations, under new state, 403

Cost of institutions, resisted by South Da-
kota, 373

Counsel defending Yankton's suit, 371
County names, their origin, 496, 500
County list, with 455 post offices in 1889, 384,
386

Court, first term in Dakota Territory, 212
Court, supreme, regulations for, 454, 456
Creed of the Americans (Roosevelt), 631
Creswell, Rev. R. L., story of missionary
work, 248

Curtis, William E., writer and buffalo-hunter,
39

Custer, Gen. George A., VIII, 313, last fight,
317-324

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post offices, 1889, by counties, 384
first land surveys, 227

first homestead entries, 228, 229
judicial districts, 277

Indian agents and traders, 1872, 284
Dalrymple, Oliver, farms, 333, 527

Daniels, Jared W., Indian agent and church
organizer, 246, 327

Davit, Patrick, Fargo pioneer, 334
Debts, bonded, of N. and S. Dakota, 422
Defeat of Spencer's lottery scheme from
Louisiana, by Governor Miller, 424, 425
Deming, Capt. Edward W., noted artist, 260
Delegates to Congress from Dakota Terri-
tory, 384

Delegates to Constitutional Convention, 387-
393

Devine, J. M. Lt. Gov., succeeds Briggs, 429
Dixon, Dr. Joseph E., expedition to the
American Indians, 260

De Smet, Father Peter J., missionary, 250-
257

Dickey, Samuel A., trader, first postmaster
Bismarck, 312-

Devils Lake, 20, 21, 36, 106, 152, 154, 231
Dickinson, 296, 300, 301
Dickson, Robert, 79

Distillery, Fort Union, 179

Division and admission, 369, 370, 373, 387
Division of state assets, by commission, 408,
4II

Discussions on new systems, 402, 412
Douglas, H. F., first church organization,

VIII

Douglas, Thomas, Earl of Selkirk, 93, 94,
95, 96, 105

Draft of Constitution revised, printed, 414
Draper, Mrs. Charles E. V., VIII

Dubuque, settlers at Sioux Falls, 216
Duties of legislature, 424

Durant, Blakely, original "Old Shady," 500,
512

Eagle Help, first Indian to read and write
Sioux language, 242

Eagle, James Holding, inspects Sa-Ka-Ka
Wea statue, 75

Earliest settled location, 369

Eastman John, native preacher and artist,
249

Edge, William, first Red River valley school-
teacher, 549

Eddy, E. B., pioneer banker, 548

Edgerton, Judge A. J., decides Commission
illegal, 371

Edgerton's decision reversed, 372

Edmunds, Newton, pioneer Dakotan and
Governor, 275, 287

Edwards, Major Alanson W., editor, super-

intendent Census (picture), 398

Edwinton (now Bismarck), 332, 335

Election, U. S. Senators, 422, 423

Elevators and sites, compulsory, 609

Elk Point, settlement of, 220

Ellsworth. Col., witnesses to his murder,
1861, 508

Elm River, N. K. Hubbard's sure tip, 365
Elmer, Rev. Oscar H., pioneer preacher, 618
Emmons, Capt. James A., pioneer merchant,
294, 314, 522

Emmons, Mrs. Nina, first Bismarck bride,
522, 541, 542

Enabling act for new state, 387
Engerud, Edward, Justice, sketch of, 463
Executive department, how exercised, 422

Fargo, N. P. R. R. crossing, Red River
founded, VIII, 228, 233, 312, 327, 332, 339,
371

Fargo named, 334

Farmers' Non-partisan League, 603

"Far West" steamer, carries wounded of
Custer's command, VIII, 316, 320, 324, 325,
326

Field, D. D., Jurist, P. C. Shannon's eulogy,
447

Finch, Mickie, a frontier incident, 169
First farming in Dakota, 41

suggestion of North Dakota for name of
state, 41

child, born to slave parent, 42

child born to white parents, 42

family names in Turtle Mountains, 47
U. S. volunteer infantry (Confederate
prisoners of war), 188

public school-house, 219
cabin home, at Yankton, 225
Dakota post offices, 222
surveys of public land, 227

land office and land entries, 228
white settlement (Pembina), 229
flour mill (Walhalla), 233
settlement near Fargo, 233
farms in Red River valley, 234
stage, Red River valley, 352
newspaper established, 483, 485
Regiment North Dakota Infantry, 577, 600
protestant church organized, 615
Fisher, John W., church organization, VIII,
615

Fisk, C. J., Justice, sketch of, 462

Fisk, Capt. James L., Idaho expedition, 304,
306

Flandrau, Judge, Charles E., et al., organized
Dakota Land Co., 215, 265

Flag of U. S. hoisted at Fort Mandan, 64
Flood calamity, along Missouri river, 376
Fontenelle, Lucien, fur trader, 163 to 174
Forbes, Wm. H., Indian agent, 284
Fort Abercrombie, established, battle of, 201,
218, 219, 258, 338, 352

Abraham Lincoln, 237, 312, 325, 337
Atkinson (later Berthold), 188

Berthold, located, battle of, 84, 88, 189,
235, 248

Buford, 172, 178, 303, 312, 314, 321, 325,
329

Clark, early trading post, 74, 162, 168, 174,
178, 183, 186, 187, 235, 236, 238
Daer (Selkirk's at Pembina), 96
Douglas (Selkirk settlement), 95, 96, 97,
145

Garry (Winnipeg), 149, 151, 211, 229, 292,
352, 353, 354

Mandan (Lewis and Clark's), 6.1, 70, 71
Mortimer (Buford), 179

Orleans (Grand River), occupants massa-
cred, 156

Panbian (Pembina), 31

Pembina, 31, 40, 42 to 46, 49, 50, 51, 107,
329, 366

Pierre, 155, 167, 168, 171, 173, 209, 213, 214,

220, 223, 237

Ransom, 543

Rice, 223, 295, 304, 305, 312, 313, 314, 329,
337

Seward (Jamestown), 528
Stevenson, 188, 189, 303, 312
Sully, 213, 248, 295

Totten, 238, 239, 240, 313, 366

Union (now Mondak), 167, 171 to 174,
177 to 180, 180 to 187, 292
Wadsworth, in the buffalo country, 36, 246,
247, 304, 306

William (Buford), 178, 179, 180

Yates (Standing Rock Agency), 150, 254
Fox, Livingston and Co., traders, 168-179,
185, 186

Frazier, Governor Lynn J., sketch of life,
605

Freeman, Lieut., killed by Indians, 297
"Freighter" steamer transferred from Min-
nesota to Red river, 155

Frost, Todd & Company, 218, 225, 264
Fur trade, 15, 156, 167, 168, 170 to 178,
193, 264

Galpin, Major, Charles E., early trader, 213,
216, 218, 222, 237, 238, 289

Georgetown, Hudson Bay trading Post, Red
River, 232, 234, 352, 353, 365

Gerard, Frederick F., early trader, 236, 238,
292, 316, 318

Ghent, treaty of, 130

Gifford, Oscar S., biographic notes, 384, 565
Gold in the grass-roots, 313

Gold in murdered miner's mackinaw, 292
Goose river, where Charlo balked-buffalo
herds, 29, 154

Gore, Mahlon, editor, first Dakota homestead
entryman, 220, 228, 288

Governor compelled to audit accounts, 426
Grading and inspection of wheat, political
issue, 604

Grand Army pledge in public schools, 634
Grand Forks, VIII, 26, 29, 30, 33, 43, 44, 49,
155, 228, 238, 315, 340, 354, 365, 366
Grand Forks County, 524

Grand Forks University and school of
mines, 566

Grand Jury system abolished, 424
Grandin farms, 333

Grant, Orville, controlled Indian traderships,
507

Great Northern Railroad, history of, 340 to
355

Great Sioux reservation, 313, 327

Griffin, Ed., early settler, Red River valley,
233, 358, 359

Griggs, Captain Alex, founder of Grand
Forks, 155, 354, 355, 357, 360, 390
Gronna, A. J., Senator, sketch of, 443

Hackett, Edmond, townsite contestant, Bis-
marck, 336

Haggart, Hon. John E., Fargo pioneer, 334
Haight, Aug., tells of murder of Col. Ells-
worth, Alexandria, 508

Half-blood element, buffalo, etc., 513 to 515
Hall, Rev. C. L., missionary Berthold In-
dians, 248

Hall, J. B., pioneer publisher, 487
Hall, Thomas. secretary of state, 4-2
Hamilton, John G., Indian agent, lawyer,
compiler of codes and history, 248, 392,
393, 450, 452

Hannafin, Dennis, pioneer, 337, 483
Hanson, Major Joseph R., 263
Hanson, Joseph Mills, historic and poetic
writer, 37

Hanna, Gov. L. B., administration, 434-435
Hansbrough, H. C., Senator, sketch of, 442
Harrison, Ben., Senator, long fight for Da-
kota, 372

Harrison, President, helped Dakota Division
and concord, 374

Harney's expedition, 213, 214

Harvey, Premeau & Company, traders, 167,
172, 178

Helgesen, H. T., sketch of, 444

Hendrickson, murder case, sentence by
Judge Pollock, 477

Henry, Alexander, trader, 18 to 31, 40 to 52,
148, 154, 234

Henry, Andrew, trader (Ashley & Henry),
158, 163, 164

Hill, James J. (Great Northern Railroad
builder), 18, 40, 155, 229, 278, 240 to 355
Historical Society, ladies, 541

Holes, James, pioneer farmer, 334
Homestead Law and land entries, 228, 264
Hudson's Bay Company, 8, 17, 18, 30, 40, 44,

46, 49, 70, 81, 89, 93 to 98, 103, 145, 149,
152, 153, 155, 159, 173, 352, 354
Hunting and trapping, 26, 27, 28, 32 to 39,
147, 158, 174, 238

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of 1715, 12

A pathetic appeal, II

Cherokee war of 1761, 13

Seminole, first and second wars, 15
Conflicts due to fur trade, 15
Fort Mims massacre, 1813, 15

Massacre, Fort William Henry, 1757, 191
Wyoming massacre, 1778, 192

Henry's Red River brigade and Indian
contingent, 20

Chippewas terrorized by Sioux, 21

The vicious element of liquor, 26

An attempt at bribery, 27

Charlo takes in too much territory, 29

Smallpox scourge of 1780 and 1837, 30,
183

Riches of the Indians, 32

The last great hunt, 38

Henry's lament on the degeneracy of the
Indian (the stain on the record), 45

A night attack on Pembina, 50
Arikara villages, 60

Arikara Lodge, 61

Attitude of the Indians, 62
Mandan villages, 63

The Bird Woman, Sa-Ka-Ka-Wea, 72, 74
Return of the Mandan chief, 76

"When wild in woods the noble savage
ran," 77

Visit to Mandan villages, 80
Mandan circular huts, 82
Arikaras and Hidatsa, 84
Ideal Indian homes, 85
Social life among Indians, 86
Graft in Indian trade, 88

Wayne and the treaty of Greenville, 101
John Tanner, the white captive, 102
Pe-shau-ba's recollections and death, 104
The Shawnee prophet, 105

The Prophet's messengers at Pembina,
108

Harrison and Tecumseh, 109, III

Major Long feasted by the Wahpetons,
entertained by Wanaton, 146

Dog sledge and travois, 147, 148
Trappers ambushed, 158, 159
Punishing the Arikara, 159, 161
Treaties of 1825, 164

Indian debts to traders, 166
John Colter's race for life, 168

"Fire boat that walks on the water," the
"Yellowstone," 172

Battle of Fort McKenzie, 175

Liquor for the Yellowstone trade, 179,
180, 182

Gauche, the
the
prairies," 187

"wild Bonaparte of the

Bear Rib suffers the Indian penalty of
treason, 187

Hidatsas move to Berthold, 188

Minnesota massacre, 1862, 190, 208

In the Sioux country, 209, 223

Massacre of Lieutenant Grattan and 30
men, 1854, 211, 212

Harney's punitive expedition, 213, 214
Conquest of the Sioux (Christianizing),
241, 262

Joseph Renville translates Bible into Sioux
language, for Dr. Riggs, 242

Eagle Help, first Sioux to read and write
the language, 242

Spirit Lake massacre, 1857, 244

The Pilgrims of Santee, 246

Prophets and black gowns, Father De
Smet, 250

Religion of the Dakotas-the ghost dance,

252

Death of Sitting Bull, 254

Battle of Wounded Knee, 255

The Rodman Wanamaker expedition to
North American Indians, 259

Dakota Indian affairs, 283

Agents and agencies, 1872, 284, 285
Minnesota massacre, captives, 283

The Fetterman or Fort Phil Kearney
massacre, 1866, with list of casualties,
306, 311

The Custer massacre (1876) with list of
casualties, 312 to 326

Fanny Kelly's story of captivity, 305
Indian Treaties, 100, 101, 139, 161, 164,
192, 211, 217, 283, 326

Major McLaughlin's story of Sitting Bull
in the march of civilization, 418, 420
(For wars and battles, see Battles, and Out-
lines of American History)

Jackman, John J., Bismarck pioneer, 335,
337

Jamestown, early days at, 528

Jamestown, VIII, 3, 312, 340, 370, 377, 404,
406, 484, 486, 495, 528

Jamestown College (Presbyterian), 622
Jayne, Governor William, 275 to 289, 382
Jewell, Marshal H., Bismarck Tribune, 451,
485

Johnson, Edwin F., N. P. R. R. engineer,
330 to 333

Johnson, James, Ward county pioneer, 386
Johnson, Hon. Martin N., 390, 396, 403, 406,
413, 442

Joint Commission to settle accounts, 409, 410,
424

Judges of 12 district courts, names of, 465
Judicial organization and system, 401
Jurisdiction of Supreme court, 457, 458

Kelly, Arthur W., Jamestown pioneer, sketch,
353, 529

Kelly, Luther Sage, a scout and hunter, 521,
522

Keeney, Gordon, J., Fargo pioneer, 334
Kidder, Jefferson, P., Judge and M. C., 216,

222

Kildonan (Selkirk settlement in 1817), 95
"King of the Upper Missouri," 170, 172
Kingsbury, Geo. W., 282, 287
Kingsbury, William Wallace, 215
Kipp, James, trader, 168, 174

Kittson, Norman W., 40, 152, 153, 229, 341,

350, 351, 353, 354

Knappen, Nathan H., 313, 484

Knauf, John, Justice, sketch of, 461
Knight, Eben W., pioneer printer, 485

La Barge, Joseph, 181

Lafayette, Red River townsite, 233, 352
Lake Superior and Puget Sound Townsite
Company, 333, 334, 335, 336

Lamont, Daniel (later secretary of war), a
fur trader, 170, 173

Lamoure, Judson A., a Dakota pioneer, 220,
226, 232, 357, 361

Lamoure, Edward B., brother of Judson,
killed by Indians, 207, 220, 357
Land granted to State schools, 630
Land surveys and entries, 227, 228, 229
Larpenteur, Charles, trader, 34, 172, 174, 180,
182

Lauder, Wm. S., 390, 400, 402, 416

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44, 45, 46, 47

Location of territorial Capital at Yankton,
281

Long, Major Stephen H., Yellowstone ex-
pedition of 1819-20, 143

Long, Major, International boundary ex-
pedition, 145

Louisiana lottery, 424
Louisiana purchase, 53

Lounsberry, Colonel Clement A., founder
Bismarck Tribune, 39, 227, 302, 312, 314,
315, 316, 325, 358, 359, 360, 363, 364, 418,
474, 483, 497, 507, 508, 519, 528, 552, 615,
616

Lowell, Jacob, Jr., 334, 356, 361, 365

Making pemmican, 35, 36
Mandan, VIII

Mandan, experiment farm location, 436
Mandan, Fort, 64, 174

Mandan Indians, 61 to 65, 80 to 85, 164, 165,
177, 179, 188, 283

Mandan villages, 33, 41, 61, 63, 70 to 76, 80
to 85, 143, 165, 177, 235

Marble statue of Gen. Beadle at Pierre, 629
Marquis de Mores, cattle scheme at Medora,
539

Marshall, T. F., M. C., sketch, 443

Marseillaise hymn and Star-Spangled Ban-
ner, 129

Marsh, Captain Grant, XIII, 37, 316, 325
Massacre, Minnesota, VIII, 192 to 208

Mathews, Dr. Washington, 188

Martyrs of St. Joseph, 625

Maximilian, Prince of Wied, 173, 175 to

178, 183, 184, 235

McCabe, Bishop C. C. last visit, 564
McCauleyville, 155

McCook, Gen. E. S., killed by Wintermute,
547

McCumber, Senator, Porter J., 237, 442
McFetridge, James, 265, 280, 281, 282
McHench, Andrew, 334, 358, 363, 365

McHenry, James, 263

McKenzie, Alexander, pioneer sheriff, 371,
379, 381, 421, 497, 541

McKenzie, Fort, battle of, 175 to 177
McKenzie, Kenneth, "King of the Upper
Missouri," manager Fort Union, 167, 170
to 172, 175, 178, 179, 185, 186

Laws by non-partisan reform, list of, 609
Leasing and sale of school-lands, 424
Leavenworth's expedition, 159, 160, 161
Leighton, Alvin C., trader, 172, 307
Lewis and Clark expedition, 58 to 73
Little Crow in Minnesota Massacre, 1862, McVey, F. L., President University, 571

McLaughlin, Major James, 38, 239, 240, 254,
255, 260

190, 196, 198, 200, 203, 207, 231
Little Missouri, battle of, 303

Little Six and Medicine Bottle, 231, 246, 520
Lisa, Manuel, pioneer Missouri river fur-
trader, 71, 76, 91, 158

Liquor, beginning of the Pequot war of 1637,

191

King Philip's war of 1675, 5
Minnesota massacre, 1862, 197

McLean, John A., 314

Medicine Bottle and Little Six kidnapped,
520

Medora, name of Mrs. de Mores, 539
Medora, Roosevelt Ranch, 86, 538
Meeker, Ralph, 314

Members of Congress, biographies of, 441,
445

Memorial to Congress, 1889, by Lounsberry,
379

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