ejection of settlers by, 246
Soup, character of, 86, 87
South Dakota, Indians in, 103
Southwest Company, 188
Spain, exploration of domain of, 1
Spanish, rule of, in West, 2, 3;
Indian trade won from, by English, 4
Speculators, desire of, for land cession, 178
Speeches, making of, by Indians, 181, 182
Split Upper Lip, 123
Spring, eagerness for coming of, 102;
activities of Indians in, 104, 105
Squad-rooms, 75
Squatters, huts of, 79
(see Settlers)
Starch, purchase of, 88
Stairway, 73
Stanton, Edwin M., 64
Steamboating, beginning of, on upper Mississippi, 159, 160
Steamboats, use of, to bring supplies, 86;
mail carried by, 97;
reference to, 159, 199;
advertisements of, 169;
attitude of Indians toward, 239, 240
Steele, Franklin, Fort Snelling reservation sold to, 51, 52;
adjustment with, 52;
home of, 79;
account books of, 87
Steen, Mr., 43, 44
Stevens, Isaac I., survey of route for railroad by, 46;
reference to, 217
Stevens, Jedediah I., coming of, to Fort Snelling, 149;
work of, among Indians, 154;
preaching by, 157
Stillwater (Minnesota), 197
Stockade, erection of, 25;
reference to, 73, 136
Store, purchase of goods at, 87-89
Storehouse, 75
Storer, William, 131
Stoves, use of, for heating, 99
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 62
Straits of Mackinac, 21
Street, Joseph M., 149, 231
Strong Earth, complaint of, 121;
career of, 180
Strong Ground, career of, 180
Sugar, 86;
purchase of, 88
Sugar bush, 105
Summer, activities of Indians during, 105
Sumner, Edwin V., expedition under, 38
Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 67, 71
Supplies, character of, 26;
bringing of, to Fort Snelling, 86;
amount of, furnished to Indians, 182
Supreme Court of United States, 66
Surveyors, destruction of landmarks of, 42
Suspenders, purchase of, 88
Sutler, home of, 79;
purchase of goods from, 87-89;
service of Brown as, 190
Swan, 96
Swan River, 179
Switzerland, immigrants from, 172, 189

Taliaferro, Lawrence, 28, 35, 66, 72, 77, 78, 84, 89, 91, 98, 102, 103,
114, 116, 139, 140, 160, 167, 178, 179, 180, 184, 193, 221;
threat against, 33;
service of, as Indian agent, 68-71;
letters and papers of, 69, 70;

speech by, 108;
suffering of Indians relieved by, 109, 110;
visit of Indians to, 111;
aid given to sick Indians