South, The: indifference towards West, 43; love of home state, great bulwark of, 187-188; Choctaws reported as wavering in allegiance to, 220; Indian Territory as separate military entity comes too late into reckonings, 250
Southern Confederacy: decisive results of battle of Pea Ridge, 13; expected by Missouri to force situation for her, 18; relation of Indian Territory determined by treaties of alliance, 21; Pike's great purpose to save Indian Territory for, 22-23; Weer suggests that Cherokee Nation dissolve its alliance with, 134; management of Indian affairs of, 149-150, 171; view of obligations towards Indians, 174, footnote; policy with respect to guerrillas, 205, footnote; Wyandots refuse to throw in lot with, 206; Kansas politicians want to punish Indians for going over to, 224; Cherokees repudiate alliance with, 232; Indians losing faith in, 273-274; charged with bad faith by Cherokees, 279-281; Indian devotion to, re-asserted, 317; Indians pledge anew loyalty to, 323
Southern Expedition: 73 and footnote
Southern Indian Regiments: 24-25
Southern Superintendency (Confederate): establishment delayed by prolongation of Pike's mission, 175; bill for establishment of, 176
Southern Superintendency (Federal): 117, footnote
Southwestern District of Missouri: 26-27
Southwestern Division of District of Missouri: 127
Spavinaw Creek (Okla.): 130, 138
Spavinaw Hills (Okla.): 127
Spears, John: 279
Speer, John: 43, footnote
Speight, J.W: brigade of, 246, footnote, 267, footnote
Spring, Leverett: work cited in footnotes on pages 15, 52, 97
Spring River: 119, 126; Shirley's Ford on, 197
Staked Plains: 153
Stand Watie: 159, footnote; colonel of Second Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles, 25; men in poor trim and undisciplined, 28; men take position as corps of observation, 32; makes way to Camp Stephens, 35; scouting, 112, 127; engagements, 112, 113, 119 and footnote; encampment on Cowskin Prairie, 119; home of, 127; successful skirmishing commented upon, 152; elected Principal Chief, 193; Phillips compels, to re-cross Arkansas, 218; in command of First Cherokee Regiment, 262, footnote; Steele's great reliance upon, 270; cavalry raids, 272, 312; forced to retire from Cabin Creek, 285; commanded First and Second Cherokee at Honey Springs, 288; complaints to Kirby Smith, 297, footnote; related to Boudinot, 300; makes reports and appeals, 301; proposed advancement, 309; authorizes formation of Cherokee Brigade, 309; Steele's appraisement of, 310; skirmish at Barren Fork, 312; has command of First Indian Brigade, 327; all Cherokee military units summoned to camp on Limestone Prairie, 328; name becomes source of terror, 331; last great raid of, 332
Stanton, Edwin M: 75, footnote, 76; refuses to countenance use of Indians as soldiers, 76 and footnote; efficient administration of, 96; deprecates interference in military affairs in Kansas, 98 and footnote
Stanton, Frederick P: 59, 72, footnote
State Department (Confederate): 171, 172, footnote
State Rights: 18
Statutes at Large of Provisional Government: work cited, 174, footnote
Stearns, Frank Preston: work cited, in footnotes on pages 42, 87
Steele, Frederick: in command of Department of Arkansas, 322; argues over military status of Fort Smith, 321-322
Steele, James: special agent, 100; infers Halleck unfavorable to Indian expedition, 101; presents credentials at arsenal at Fort Leavenworth, 101; Sac and Fox chiefs willing to abide by decision, 235, footnote
Steele, William: 247; to report to Holmes for duty, 245, footnote; preferred to Cooper, 246; sends most of troops in direction of Red River, 248; takes large view of responsibilities to Indian Territory, 253; difficulties and embarrassments, 261-269; appeal for loyalty to Confederate cause, 267-268, footnote; ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs, 275-276; regards Indian Territory as buffer, 276; influences to undermine, 278; makes stand in Creek country, 291; opposition to, 310; command in bad condition, 292; crosses from Creek into Choctaw country, 295; journeys to Bonham to consult with McCulloch, 302-303; command detached from that of Arkansas, 303; size of force, 305, footnote; work discredited and disparaged by Cooper, 306; policy and practice in matter of feeding indigents and refugees, 307 and footnote; relieved of command of Indian Territory, 311; Kirby Smith commends work, 318
Stettaner Bros: 211, footnote
Stevens, Robert S: 211, footnote, 212, 226 and footnote
Stevens, Thaddeus: 57, 60, footnote
Stidham, George W: 62, footnote, 173, footnote
Stockton's Hall: 58 and footnote
Sturgis, S.D: Lane ordered to coöperate with, 56; placed in command of District of Kansas, 98; policy with respect to First Indian Expedition, 103-104; opposed to idea of Indian expedition, 104; military despotism, 104; forbids enlistment of Indians, 105; refusal to reinstate Weer, 117, footnote
Sugar Creek (Ark.): 30, footnote
Sumner, E.V: 260, footnote
Susquehanna River: 232
Tahlequah (Okla.): 132, 136; Rains makes headquarters, 130, footnote; Hindman places white cavalry at, 192; Blunt's expeditionary force seizes archives and treasury of Cherokee Nation, 193; Hindman appears in, 193; steamer, 263, footnote
Talliaferro (Taliaferro?), T.D: 267, footnote
Tandy Walker: supporter of Cooper, 265; recruits among Choctaws, 265; appointment, 265, footnote; asks for establishment of Indian Territory as separate military department, 279; commanded Regiment of Choctaws and Chickasaws at Honey Springs, 288; indulging in petty graft, 306, footnote; service of Choctaws under, in Camden campaign, 326; has command of Second Indian Brigade, 327
Tawa Kuwus: 274, footnote
Taylor, N.G: 207, footnote
Taylor, R: 297, footnote
Taylor, Samuel M: 279
Tecumseh: 73, footnote
Te-Nah: 65, footnote
Tenth Kansas Infantry: 117, 118
Texans: assist Indians at Leetown
engagement, 31; away fighting "the cold weather people," 65, footnote; circulate malicious stories about Pike, 160, footnote; disposition towards self-sacrifice, 268; not possible to deal with Indians arbitrarily, 326
Texas: 179; requisition upon, for troops, 25; Pike to call for troops from, 36; way to, likely to be blocked by Southern Indians, 61; Pike wants to be near, 151; anti-Pike reports spreading through, 169; road from Missouri to, 173, footnote; Oldham, senator from, 176, footnote; rumors current that Pike is conspiring with unionists, in, 199; detached from Trans-Mississippi Department, 245-246; cotton speculation alluring men with ready money, 248, footnote; public feeling towards deserters, 266, footnote; great commissary depot west of Mississippi, 268, footnote; Bankhead becomes alarmed for safety of, 287, 292; virtual chaos in, 303; Steele contracts for clothing in northern, 308
Thayer, John M: 324 and footnote
Thayer, William Roscoe: work cited in footnotes on pages 41, 45, 96
Third Choctaw Regiment: 321
Thomas, L: 74-75, footnote, 100, 109, footnote
Throckmorton, James W: 335, footnote
Thurston's House: 54, footnote
Timiny Barnet: 62, footnote
Tishomingo (Okla.): 200
Toe-Lad-Ke: talk, 67, footnote; signature, 69, footnote
Tonkawas: negotiations with Pike, 182; about one-half of, butchered, 184; surviving, flee to Fort Arbuckle, 184 and footnote
Toombs, Robert: 171, footnote, 173, footnote
Totten, James: 197
Trans-Mississippi Department: 128, footnote, 149, 168, 186, 187, 192, 245-246, 269, 270 and footnote, 315, 318-319
Trans-Mississippi District of Department no. 2: 14, 19, 20, 25, 127, footnote, 128, footnote, 190, 191
Treaties of Alliance: 21, 23 and footnote, 173 and footnote
Trench, E.B: 215, footnote
Turner, E.P: 292, footnote
Turner, John W: 83 and footnote
Tus-te-nu-ke-ema-ela: 108, footnote
Tus-te-nuk-ke: 108, footnote
Upper Creeks: 62, footnote
Usher, John P: 231, 239, footnote
Van Buren (Ark.): 162, footnote, 177
Van Dorn, Earl: 14, footnote, 20, 25, 26, 34, 35, 36; appointment, 19; failure to credit Indians in report, 31 and footnote, 148; orders Indians to harass enemy on border of own country, 35-36, 110; telegraphic request to Davis, 127, footnote, 186; diverts and appropriates Pike's supplies, 147-148 and footnote; hopes Price will be successor, 185
Vann's Ford: 144
Vaughan, Champion: 305, footnote
Vaughn, Richard C: 218, footnote
Verdigris River: 76, 79, 80, 85, 142, 144, 145, 210-211, footnote, 273, footnote; tributary of Arkansas, 22
Vernon County (Mo.): 304, footnote
Vicksburg (Miss.): 188, footnote, 259, 260, 283, 301, footnote
Villard, Henry: work cited, 45, footnote
Villard, Oswald Garrison: work cited, 226, footnote
Vore, Israel G: 302 and footnote
Wakoes (Wacoes): 66, footnote; sent out as runners, 274, footnote
Walker, L.P: 172, footnote
Walnut Creek (Kans.): 79, 85, 152, 205, footnote
Walnut Grove: 35
Walworth, E: 329, footnote
War Department (Confederate): 127, 172 and footnote, 186, 318
War Department (Federal): 60 and footnote, 73, footnote, 76, 99, 100
Warren (Tex.): 190
Warrensburg (Mo.): 58
Washington (George): 65, footnote
Washington Territory: 232
Wattles, Augustus: 46, footnote, 54, footnote, 57, 225-228
Wattles, Stephen H: 131, footnote, 333 and footnote
Weas: 77, footnote
Webber's Falls (Okla.): 216, 255, 260, 271, 276, 287, footnote
Weed, Thurlow: work cited, 60, footnote
Weer, William: 117 and footnote, 119, 120, 121, 130, 133; ideas on Indian relations with U.S. government, 133, footnote; communication with Ross, 134; proposes Cherokee Nation abolish slavery by vote, 134, footnote; sends out two detachments to reconnoitre, 136; joins Campbell at Fort Gibson, 136-137; faults and failures, 139, 140-142; arrested by Salomon, 139; Ritchie's men run amuck and attack their comrades in brigade of, 197
Welch, O.G: 29
Wells, J.W: 267, footnote
West, The: indifference towards, 43; character of war in, 44; character of leaders, 45; criticism of Confederate management of Indian affairs in, 149-150; establishment of Indian superintendency left unsettled by Provisional Government, 174-175; Price submits plan of operations for, 186, footnote; circumstances and conditions concerning migrations of eastern tribes, 227; project for concentrating tribes in Indian Territory, 230, footnote; keep too many men needlessly in, 259; desertions, 292 and footnote
Western Military District: 43, 47, footnote
West's Battery: 267, footnote
Whistler, W: 69, footnote
White, George E: 157, footnote
White Auxiliary (Confederate): urged by Pike, 24 and footnote; ordered to Little Rock, 129, 147; Kirby Smith thinks possible to separate from Indian troops, 310
White Auxiliary (Federal): Dole's recommendation regarding, 99; Stanton's instructions regarding, 100; not heard from, 102; orders for, 109 and footnote; Indians ask for evidence of existence, 118; composition, 118; comparison with Indians, 123 and footnote; brigaded with Indian Home Guards, 125; retrograde movement, 143, 203; Blunt orders Salomon to send to support of Indian Brigade, 192-193, 203
White Chief: 68, footnote
White Cloud: 77, footnote
White Hair: 207, footnote, 238, footnote; principal chief of Osages, 240, footnote
Whitney, H.C: 50, footnote, 52, footnote, 54, footnote
Wichita Agency: 64, footnote; tragedy, 183-184; Belmont, temporary, 274, footnote
Wichita Mountains: 153
Wigfall, Louis T: 264, footnote, 277, footnote
Wilder, A. Carter: 230, footnote, 322, footnote
Wilder, D.W: 58, footnote, 305, footnote
Willamette River: 232
Williams, the: 327