Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry, 147, 149–50, 152–3, 156, 159, 162 n37, 338
Ninth Cavalry, 20, 25, 27–8, 184 n6; Apache campaigns, 359–65; Ghost Dance troubles, 403, 405, 408, 409; in Ute War, 335 passim
Ninth Infantry, 171, 181, 183 n6, 186 n32, 338; in Sioux War of 1876, 253 passim, 268 passim
Niobrara River (Neb.), 291
No Neck (Sioux), 237, 273, 284
No Water (Sioux), 408
Noglee (Apache), 358, 369
North, Frank, 53, 156–7
North, Luther, 53
North Canadian River (Tex.-Okla.), 147, 207, 213, 230. See also Canadian River
North Fork Red River (Tex.-Okla.), 153–4, 212. See also Red River
North Platte, Neb., 132, 143
North Platte River (Wyo.-Neb.), 95, 121, 242
North-West Mounted Police, 56, 285, 287, 314
Northern Arapaho Indians, 123, 143, 160 n10, 236, 239. See also Arapaho Indians
Northern Cheyenne Indians, 3, 122, 143, 157, 160 nl0, 228 230, 239; in Bozeman Trail warfare, 98–107, 123–5; escape to North, 283–4; moved to I.T., 281, 283; in Sioux warfare (1876), 249 passim, 275 passim. See also Cheyenne Indians; Southern Cheyenne Indians
Northern Pacific Railroad, 242–3, 246, 248, 252, 291
Northern Paiute Indians, 199; war of 1866–68, 177–81; war of 1878, 322–9. See also Paiute Indians; and specific Paiute bands
Norwood, Capt. Randolph, 320 n12
Nueces Plain (Tex.), 164
Nueces River (Tex.), 164, 345
Oaks, Col. James, 41 n89
Odeneal, Supt. Ind. Affairs Thomas B., 199–200, 206
Oglala Sioux Indians, 95, 97, 123, 135, 143, 148, 160 n10, 236–7, 249; in Ghost Dance, 403 passim; and Hancock campaign (1867), 115 passim; in Sioux Warfare (1876–77), 254 passim, 270 passim; in warfare (1866), 99 passim. See also Sioux Indians; Teton Sioux Indians
Ohamatai (Comanche), 226
Ojo Caliente Reservation (N.M.), 358–9, 360 369
Old Bear (Cheyenne), 249
Old Weawea (Paiute), 180
Ollokot (Nez Percé), 305, 313
Omaha, Neb., 3, 94, 114, 132, 134, 156, 248, 278, 403, 406
One hundred twenty-fifth U.S. Colored Troops, 170
Ord, Gen. Edward O.C., 14, 41 n89, 46, 73, 173, 175, 241, 244, 411 n7; characterized, 34, 350; forcibly retired, 356, 366 n26; Texas commander, 350–6, 362
Ordnance Department, 12, 15, 30, 70, 72, 75
Oregon (State), 3, 4, 14, 54, 95, 163, 175, 196, 400; Modoc War in, 199 passim; Nez Percé War in, 279–9, 315; Paiute wars in, 177–81, 199, 32–9
Oregon-California Trail, 2, 95. See also Platte Road
Oregon Volunteers, 177, 178, 201–2
Osage Indians, 50
Otis, Lt. Col. Elwell S., 269, 273, 293 n21
Otis, Lt. H.G., 306
Ouray (Ute), 333, 337–42
Owens River Valley (Calif.), 177
Owyhee River (Ida.), 178, 323–4
Oxen, for supply, 48
Oytes (Paiute), 323–5, 328
Pacific Northwest, 4, 5, 163, 296 passim
Pagosa Springs, Colo., 338, 341
Paiute Indians, 4, 5, 14, 332, 400; war of 1866–68, 177–81, 193, 196, 198; war of 1878, 322–9, 397. See also Northern Paiute Indians
Palo Duro Canyon (Tex.), 226, 227. See also Battles
Palomas River (N.M.), 362
Panic of 1873, 22, 243
Papago Indians, 184 n12, 192
Parker, Ely S., 113, 126 n10, n12, 190
Parker, H.K., 362
Parker, Gen. James, xiii
Parker, Quanah (Comanche). See Quanah Parker
Parnell, Lt. William R., 301
Pauline (Paiute), 178, 180
Pawnee Fork (Kan.), 116–8, 130, 133
Pawnee Indian Scouts, 53, 122, 156–7, 275, 278
Pawnee Indians, 138
Pawnee Killer (Sioux), 148
Pay Department, 12, 32
Paymaster General, 36 n9
Payne, Capt. J. Scott, 335, 337–8
Peace Commission of 1867, 127 n18, 132–5, 185, 246; Chicago meeting of, 138–9, 145, 189; Navajo treaty, 169; report to President, 133–4
Peace Policy, 139, 188–93, 397—8; and Apaches, 192, 196, 198; and Modocs, 198, 202, 206; and Quakers, 206–7; and Red River War, 214
“Peaches” (Tzoe-Apache), 379
Pecos River (N.M.-Tex.), 169
Peloncillo Mountains (Ariz.-N.M.), 375
Penateka Comanche Indians, 144, 160 n13. See also Comanche Indians
Pendleton, Oreg., 326
Peno Creek (Wyo.), 104, 105
Penrose, Gen. William H., 39 n55, 149, 156
Perry, Capt. David, 179, 205, 300–1, 306
Phelps, Lt. Frederick E., 81
Phillips, John, 106
Phillips, Wendell, xiv
Piedras Negras, Mex., 347, 351
Piegan Indians, xiv, 191
Pierce, Capt. Francis E., 382
Pilot Rock (Oreg.), 326
Pima Indians, 54, 184 n12
Pinal Apache Indians, 169 passim, 184 n12, 192, 194, 357, 370. See also Apache Indians; Western Apache Indians
Piñaleno Mountains (Ariz.), 375
Pine Ridge Agency and Reservation (S.D.), 283–4, 290, 294 n36, 403 passim
Piney Creek (Wyo.), 100
Pinito Mountains (Mex.), 387
Pistols, 70–1, 77 n6
Platte River (Wyo.-Colo.-Neb.), 2, 3, 98, 115, 118–2, 131, 135, 156, 239, 283. See also North Platte River; South Platte River
Platte Road, 94–5, 97, 98
Point San José (Calif.), 186 n35
Poker Joe (Nez Percé), 313, 316
Pomeroy, Sen. Samuel C., 126 n10
Pontiac (Ottawa), 402
Popé (Tewa), 402
Pope, Gen. John, 13, 33, 34, 39 n61, 42 n99, 47, 94, 107 n4, 112, 126 n8, 192, 264, 277; and Arizona, 373, 382; on army and people, 65–6; characterized, 219–20; on fatigue labor, 84; Miles on, 231; and Red River War, 219–20; and supply problems, 231–2; on treaties, 98; and Ute War, 335, 338
Poplar River (Mont.), 287
Porter, Gen. Fitz John, 219, 233 n1
Portland, Oreg., 296
Portland Channel (Alaska), 182
Potter, Gen. Joseph H., 27, 411 n7
Powder River (Wyo.-Mont.), 95, 97, 114, 121, 122, 123, 135, 137, 143, 236 passim, 268 passim, 400; war of 1866 on, 99 passim
Powell, Capt. James, 103, 104–5, 124–5, 129 n42
Pratt, Lt. Richard H., 227, 229, 233, 134 n9
Prescott, Ariz., 169, 170, 185 n14, 198, 358
President (of U.S.), 12, 17, 21, 62, 94, 132, 133 138, 198, 233, 244, 247; as commander-in-chief, 28–9
Pretty Bear (Sioux), 273–4
Pribiloff Islands (Alaska), 182
Price, Capt. George F., xiii
Price, Com. Indian Affairs Hiram, 381
Price, Maj. William R., 32, 173–4; in Red River War, 220 passim
Proctor, Sec. War Redfield, 26
Prophet (Shawnee), 402
Pueblo Indians, 4, 184 n12, 402
Puget Sound (Wash.), 177
Pyramid Lake Reservation (Nev.), 322
Quakers, and Indian policy, 190–2, 207
Quanah Parker (Comanche), 211, 213, 229
Quapaw Indians, 206
Quartermaster General, 36 n9, 76
Quartermaster’s Department, 12, 15, 27, 32, 42 n100, 167, 189
Quitman Canyon (Tex.), 363
Railroads, concentration of, 47; military influence of, 3, 93–4, 400, 403, 410; and Sioux, 242–3. See also specific railroads
Rain in the Face (Sioux), 237
Rains, Lt. Sevier M., 302
Randall, Capt. George M., 197, 399
Rapid City, S.D., 405
Rattlesnake Springs (Tex.). See Battles
Rawlins, Sec. War John A., 30
Rawlins, Wyo., 335, 337–9
Reconstruction (of South), 10, 12, 1
4, 59–60, 65, 140 n14, 147, 184 n6, 296; in Texas, 166–7, 344
Reconstruction Acts, 142, 166–7
Red Cloud (Sioux), 46, 112, 120, 272, 282–3, 408, 412 n4; and Black Hills sale, 245–6; and Bozeman Trail, 99–107, 123–5; leads reservation Sioux, 236–40; and Treaty of 1868, 132, 134–6
Red Cloud Agency (Neb.), 239–40, 245, 268, 272, 278–9, 281–3
Red Leaf (Sioux), 272
Red River (Okla.-Tex.), 149, 163–7, 207, 221 passim. See also North Fork Red River
Red River War, 25, 42 n99, 51, 214, 219–33, 252, 349, 397
Red Rock River (Ida.), 308
Red Skirt (Sioux), 273
Redwater Creek (Mont.), 274
Reeve, Col. Isaac V.D., 40 n63
Regular Army. See U.S. Army
Remington, Frederic, xiii, 26
Remington revolver, 70–1
Remolino (Mex.). See Battles
Reno, Maj. Marcus A., 256, 258–61, 267, 269
Republican River (Kan.), 115, 119–20, 135, 143, 147–8, 156–7, 239 246
Reynolds, Charles, 50, 244, 259
Reynolds, Gen. Joseph J., 168, 249–51, 254, 262, 264 n36
Riddle, Toby (Modoc), 203
Rifles, 69–70
Rio Grande (Colo.-N.M.-Tex.), 16, 163–7, l69, 174, 207, 345, passim, 360–5, 383
Roach, Lt. Hamilton, 377
Robinson, Lt. Levi, 240
Rocky Mountains, 1, 2, 5, 76, 93, 132, 242, 300, 332–3
Rodenbough, Theo. F., xiii
Rodriguez, Col. Inocente, 352
Rogue River War (Oreg.), 177
Romeyn, Lt. Henry, 313
Roosevelt, Theodore, 391
Rosebud (steamer), 281
Rosebud Agency and Reservation (S.D.), 283, 291, 403 passim Rosebud Creek (Mont.), 73, 254 passim, 284
Ross, Sen. Edmund G., 120, 132
Rousseau, Gen. Lovell H., 175, 181
Royall, Lt. Col. William B., 161 n23, 253, 255
Royer, Agent Daniel F., 403
Rucker, Lt. John A., 358
Ruger, Gen. Thomas H., 25, 290, 294 n40, 400, 411 n7, 412 n13
Russell, Capt. Gerald, 80, 84
Russia, 175, 181
Saber, 71
Sabinas River (Mex.), 345
Sacramento Mountains (N.M.), 184 n12
Safford, Gov. Anson P.K., 193, 358
St. Augustine, Fla., 233
St. Louis, Mo., 1, 2, 4, 13, 14, 30, 94, 132
St. Paul, Alaska, 182
St. Paul, Minn., 94, 248, 278, 403
Saline River (Kan.), 138, 139, 143, 144, 157, 162 n37
Salmon River (Ida.), 329–32
Salmon River Mountains (Ida.), 329–32
Salt Creek Prairie (Tex.), 210, 213
Salt Lake City, Utah, 47, 135
Salt River (Ariz.), 170, 184 n12
Salt River Canyon (Ariz.), 197
San Andres Mountains (N.M.), 361
San Antonio, Tex., 164, 345, 346
San Antonio-El Paso Road, 164, 167, 169
San Bernardino River (Mex.), 379, 385
San Bernardino Springs (Ariz.), 379
San Carlos Reservation (Ariz.), 194, 198; and Apache hostilities, 369 passim; concentration of Apaches on 357–9 Passim, 370
San Diego River (Mex.), 354
San Francisco, Calif., 2, 13, 34, 171, 172, 186 n35, 192, 299, 366 n26, 382
San Francisco Peaks (Ariz.), 171
San Juan Mountains (Colo.), 333
San Juan River (Colo.), 338
San Luis Valley (Colo.), 332
San Mateo Mountains (N.M.), 365
San Pedro River (Ariz.), 170, 192
San Rodrigo River (Mex.), 347, 354
Sanborn, John B., 106, 108 n17, n18, 125 n2, 126 n12, 130 passim Sand Creek (Colo.). See Battles Sanford, Maj. George B., 173, 174, 306, 308, 310, 320 n12, 326–8
Sans Arc Sioux Indians, 95, 100 passim, 122, 123, 135, 236–7, 254, 273 passim. See also Sioux Indians; Teton Sioux Indians Santa Cruz, Mex., 387
Santa Cruz River (Ariz.), 169, 184 n12, 185 n14, 383, 387
Sante Fe, N.M., 94, 373
Sante Fe Trail, 2, 94, 97, 147, 169. See also Arkansas Route
Santa Rosa, Mex., 345–6
Santee Sioux Indians, 136, 254. See also Sioux Indians
Sappa Creek (Kan.). See Battles
Satank (Kiowa), 140 n16, 209–11
Satanta (Kiowa), 115, 118, 127 n18, 209–12, 140 n16, 153–4, 224, 229
Schofield, Maj. George W., 71
Schofield, Gen. John M., 17, 20, 32, 34, 39 n58, 63 181, 200, 203, 204, 395 n34 399, 400, 407, 411 n7
Schonchin John (Modoc), 217 n42
School of Application for Infantry and Cavalry, 44, 73
Schreyvogel, Charles, xiii
Schurz, Sec. Int. Carl, 335, 338–9, 341–2, 370
Scott, Gen. Winfield, 29, 30
Second Artillery, 73, 181–3
Second Cavalry, 122, 186 n32; at Bear Paw Mountain, 311–3; on Bozeman Trail, 103 passim, 123; at Marias, 191; at Muddy Creek, 280; in Sioux expedition of 1879, 287–8; in Sioux War of 1876, 248 passim, 268 passim
Second Infantry, 321 n24, 325, 330–2, 403
Secretary of the Interior, 7, 189, 229, 244, 268, 298
Secretary of War, 12, 32, 47, 60, 94, 132, 140 n14, 205, 244, 403, 407; relations with commanding general, 28–30
Seminole Indians, 132
Seminole-Negro Scouts, 345, 347, 350, 352, 355
Senate. See U.S. Senate
Seventeenth Infantry, 252, 273
Seventh Cavalry, 17, 25, 37 n13, 70, 128 n32; Black Hills expedition of 1874, 243–4; in Ghost Dance troubles, 406—9; in Hancock campaign of 1867, 116 passim; in Nez Percé War, 310–13; in Plains campaign of 1868, 146 passim; in Sioux War (1876), 248 passim, 267–70, 280; in Stanley expedition (1873), 242–3
Seventh Infantry, 25, 50, 183 n6, 405; at Big Hole, 16, 306–7; in Sioux War of 1876, 242 passim, 267–70
Shacknasty Jim (Modoc), 205, 216 n30
Shafter, Gen. William R., 18, 211, 350–6, 360
Sharps carbine, 70
Sheep Ranch, Oreg., 324, 325
Sheepeater Indians, 322; war with, 329—32
Sheridan, Gen. Philip H., xiv, 38 n4o, 41 n89, 42 n93, 46, 47, 55, 60, 65, 67 n5, 142, 191, 205, 207, 209, 215 n22, 229, 244, 328, 362, 392; characterized, 33, 34; commands Div. of Mo., 33; and Crook’s Apache campaigns, 382, 384, 386; directs Plains campaign of 1868–69, 142–5, 145 passim, 292 n16; on extermination, 52; and Mexican operations, 346–9, 353–4, 355–6; and Nez Percé War, 310, 314, 317; on Ord, 353, 355–6; promoted to commanding general, 37 n19, 400; promoted to lt. gen., 155; Red River War strategy, 219, 230–2; and Sioux in Canada, 286–7; and Sioux War of 1876, 247, 248, 251, 253, 267–8, 270, 271, 276, 278, 280, 292 n10; Texas-policies, 166–7; and Ute War, 335, 338–9; winter campaign strategy, 144–5, 158–9
Sheridan, Wyo., 253
Sherman, Sen. John, 2, 220
Sherman, Gen. William T., 12, 16, 37 n19, 38 n40, 39 n58, n61, 41 n89, 42 n93, 46, 47, 74, 107 n4, 112–4, 120–1, 130, 140 n14, 142–3, 168–70, 188, 191, 193, 212–4, 220, 237, 240, 294 n39, n40, 357; on Apache Wars, 373–4, 377, 382; on Arizona, 172; on army and people, 65–6; on army in politics, 60; and army schools, 44–5; attitude toward Indians, 8; becomes commanding general, 14–5, 155; on Carrington, 106; characterized, 1–2, 14–5; commands Div. of Mo., 13–4; on congressional relations, 62 passim; on debt to Texas Democrats, 353–4; on expeditions to Canada and Mexico, 286–7; and extermination, 52; on feeding Indians, 362, 398; on Fetterman disaster, 111; on forts, 82; on Hancock campaign of 1867, 114–5; on Howard, 296; on Indian Bureau transfer, 189; and Indian concentration, 131; on infantry vs. cavalry, 50; and Jacksboro affair, 209–10; and line generals, 32–6; on Mackenzie’s Mexican raid, 286, 349; on Miles’ ambitions, 277–8, 286–7; on Modoc War, 200, 202–3, 205; on Negro soldiers, 26; and Nez Percé War, 299, 305–6, 309, 314–5, 317, 320 n12; on Ord, 33, 350, 353, 356, 366 n
26: and Peace Commission of 1867, 132–9; on Plains campaign of 1868–69, 144–5: on railroads, 3, 93–4, 410; on Red River War prisoners, War prisoners, 29; retires, 400; and Sec. War, 29–30; and Sioux treaty compliance, 246; and Sioux War (1876), 242, 253, 262, 269, 271; on staff, 28–30, 32, 42 n104; and Ute War, 335, 338; on Volunteers, 119–20; western tour, 2–4, 10, 93–4, 98
Shipp, Lt. William E., 384
Short Bull (Sioux), 402–4, 408
Shoshoni Agency (Ida.), 241
Shoshoni Indians, 50, 54, 180, 241, 253, 255, 268–9, 275, 322–3
Shoshoni River (Wyo.), 310
Sibley, Henry H., 139 n5
Sieber, Al, 50, 376, 382
Sierra Ancha (Ariz.), 173, 197
Sierra Blanca (N.M.), 184 n12
Sierra del Carmen (Mex.), 184 n12, 360
Sierra Diablo (Tex.), 363
Sierra Madre (Mex.), 76, 184 n12, 358–369, 375 Passim, 400
Sierra Nevada (Calif.), 3, 177
Signal Corps, 12, 28, 42 n102
Silver City, Ida., 324; N.M., 324, 360, 362
Silver Creek (Oreg.). See Battles Sioux City, la., 94
Sioux Indians, 3, 5, 35, 48, 49, 54, 71, 72, 95, 120–1, 122, 130, 138, 147, 156, 160 n10, 310, 312, 400; and agencies, 237–40; and Black Hills, 243–6; and Bozeman Trail warfare, 98–107, 123–5; n Canada, 284–8; and Fetterman disaster, 98–107, 112; Ghost Dance among, 402–9; at Little Bighorn, 258–61; and Northern Pacific R.R., 242–3; and Treaty of 1868, 132 passim; and War of 1876, 247–95. See also specific Sioux tribes
Sioux War of 1876, 24, 25, 48, 49, 51, 54, 247–95, 397
Sitka, Alaska, 181–3
Sitting Bull (Sioux), 122, 135, 247, 289–90; in Canada, 282, 284–8, 305, 311 313, 314, 328; characterized, 236–7, 239; death, 404; and Northern Pacific R.R., 242–3; in War of 1876, 254, 273–4, 276, 279
Sixth Cavalry, 25, 183 n6, 209, 358–9, 361, 405, 409; in Apache wars, 37 1–4, 375–71 379 passim; in Red River War, 220 passim
Sixth Infantry, 25, 49, 120, 252, 269 passim
Skeleton Canyon (Ariz.), 389–90, 391
Skull Cave (Ariz.). See Battles
Slim Buttes (S.D.). See Battles
Sloluck (Modoc), 217 n42
Smith, Gen. Andrew J., 37 n13, 116, 118, 128 n26
Smith, Com. Ind. Affairs Edward P., 246–7
Smith, Com. Ind. Affairs J.Q., 247
Smith, Col. John E., 123, 240, 323
Smith and Wesson revolver, 71
Smohalla (Sokulk), 298, 402
Smoky Hill River (Kan.), 2, 98, 118–9, 131, 143, 147, 157
Smoky Hill Road, 2, 94, 97, 115, 118
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