INDEX.
- A
- Abraham Lincoln, Fort, 386, 387
- Arrival of Far West at, 390
- Agency system, 362
- Agents, Indian, situation of, 360
- Alder Gulch, discovery of, 271
- Amanda, the, impressed by Peace Com. of 1866, 405
- American Fur Company, questionable methods of, 25, 43, 59, 64, 135, 159, 183, 215, 290, 320, 329, 343, 344, 360
- sells its business on the river, 239, 260
- sends steamboat to Fort Benton, 218
- Annuities, delivery of, in 1863, 301
- Annuity system, abuses of, 177, 359, 360
- Anthony, Col. R. D., 254
- Appropriations for improving the Mo. r., 421–3
- Aricara Indians, Ashley’s fight with, 5
- Army, the, in Indian affairs, 365 et seq.
- Arrival of steamboat at trading post, 132
- Ash Hollow, battle of, 367
- Ashley, Gen. W. H., 5, 8
- transports furs by bullboat, 101
- Assiniboine, the, ascends Mo. r. to Poplar r., 139, 218
- Assiniboine Indians, 352
- break peace with Blackfeet, 228
- Astor, John Jacob, 134, 138
- Astorian expedition, 107
- Atkinson, Gen. Henry, takes expedition to Yellowstone in 1825, 376, 383
- Aubrey, Felix X., ride of, 114
- Audubon the naturalist and the black squirrel, 150
- on board the Omega, 141 et seq.
- unpopularity of, 150
- B
- Bad Axe, battle of, 24
- Bad lands, first military expedition through, 375
- Bailey, pilot of the Spread Eagle, 1863, 290, 291
- Bannock City, 269
- Barry, William, kills Captain Spear, 412
- released from arrest, 414
- tried and acquitted, 415
- Bell of the Saluda, 125
- Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, 442
- Beneetse, discoverer of gold in Montana, 266
- Ben Johnson, the, transports Peace Com. of 1863, 397
- Benteen, Captain, in Custer campaign, 381
- Benton, Fort, christening of, 235
- growth of, 237
- head of navigation, 220, 222
- historical sketch of, 222 et seq.
- ruined by the railroads, 419
- Benton, Thos. H., bequeaths name to Fort Benton, 235
- defends Am. F. Co., 27, 159, 235, 348
- faith of, in the West, 348
- Benton Transportation Company, 420
- Bercier accompanies La Barge on war party, 46
- death of, 46
- Berger, Jacob, attacks Malcolm Clark, 232
- goes on mission to the Blackfeet, 223
- Bible lost on the Naomi, 79
- Big Mound, battle of, 372
- Bishop, the, lost in whirlpool, 122
- Bismarck, first railroad at, 419
- Black Dave, adventure of, 149
- Blackfeet Indians, annuities for, 315 et seq.
- enemies of Crows, 223, 228
- sketch of, 226, 352
- trade relations with, 223
- treaty with Assiniboines, 225
- treaty with whites, 237, 359
- Black Squirrel, Audubon and the, 150
- Blair, Frank, and La Barge, 257
- Bloody Island, 185
- Boats, kinds of, on the Mo. r., 91 et seq.
- Boller, Henry A., cited, 300, 307, 313, 361
- Bonneville, Captain, ships furs by bullboat, 101
- Boone, Daniel, burial of, 57
- Boonville, battle of, 255
- Bozeman, J. M., 268
- Bradley, James H., historical researches of, 238
- Brasseaux Houses, 374, 375, 385
- Bridger, Fort, La Barge at, 335
- Brulé, Fort, origin of name, 232
- Bruyère tries to break up La Barge’s expedition, 61
- Buffalo, adventure with, 163
- Bullboat, description of, 96
- Indian type of, 101
- noted voyages of, 100
- Burgwin, Captain, inspects the Omega, 144
- Burials along the Missouri r., 36
- Burleigh, Dr. W. A., 341
- C
- Cabanné, John P., affair of, with Leclerc, 24–7
- California, conquest of, 172
- discovery of gold in, 173
- Calvary cemetery, St. Louis, 442
- Campbell, Robert, criticises La Barge, 395
- Canoe, description of, 91
- Cargo of steamboats, 126
- Cass, Fort, 228
- Catholic sisters on La Barge’s boat, 434
- Catlin, George, on board the Yellowstone, 137
- Championship among steamboat employees, 128
- Channel of the Missouri, changes in, 76
- Chantier, description of, 96
- Chappelle, Phil. A., assistance acknowledged, vi
- Chardon, F. A., and Blackfoot massacre, 231
- relieves Alexander Culbertson, 231
- Chardon, Fort, 232, 237
- Chase, Salmon P., La Barge’s experience with, 343
- Chatillon, Henry, hunter for steamboats, 126
- Cheyenne Indians, 352
- Chicago and N. W. R. R. reaches Council Bluffs, 418
- Chippewa, the, reaches head of navigation, 218, 219
- Cholera on the St. Ange, 189
- on the Yellowstone, 31
- Chouteau Bluffs, origin of name, 137
- Chouteau, C. P., 201, 219
- encounter with Col. Dimon, 261
- Chouteau, Edward Liguest, La Barge’s companion, 19, 345
- Chouteau, Pierre, Jr., colloquy with La Barge, 292
- offers stand of colors to La Barge, 240
- quoted, 35, 134
- Civil War, the, effect of, on Indians, 368
- relation of, to Mo. r. commerce, 249 et seq.
- termination of, 368
- Clark, Fort, 139
- Clark, Malcolm, attacks Alexander Harvey, 233
- kills Owen McKenzie, 233
- Clergymen as Indian agents, 143, 362
- Cook, Camp, 410, 413
- Cordelle, the, description of, 103
- Cottonwood bark as forage, 49
- Coues, Dr. Elliott, quoted, 313
- Council Bluffs, first railroad at, 418
- Crazy Wolf, Yanktonais Indian, 402
- Crook, General, in campaign of 1876, 378, 379
- Crooks, Ramsay, quoted, 138
- Crow Indians, 352
- enemies of Blackfeet, 223, 228
- experience with Peace Com. of 1866, 404
- Crow Indian prisoner killed by Pawnee, 31
- Culbertson, Alexander, career at Fort Benton, 227 et seq.
- Cummings, Alfred, makes treaty with Blackfeet, 236, 359
- Curtis, General, mem. Peace Com. 1866, 397 et seq.
- Custer, General, campaign of 1876, 380
- command of, annihilated, 380
- tries to arrest La Barge, 431
- Custer massacre, first news of, 388
- D
- Dauphin, Louis, hunter for steamboats, 126
- subaqueous adventure of, 303
- Dawson, Andrew, receives property of La Barge, Harkness & Co., 327
- Dead Buffalo Lake, battle of, 372
- Deadman, meaning of term in steamboating, 122
- Deer Lodge, the, boats met by, in 1866, 273
- Deer Lodge Valley, discovery of gold in, 266, 267
- De Lacey, W. W., 237, 295
- Departure from port, 127
- De Smet, Father P. J., at Fort Laramie, arrived in 1851, 358
- goes from Fort Union to Fort Laramie, 193
- on the St. Ange in 1851, 189
- stories of, 194
- Diamond R Company, 329
- Dimon, Col. Charles A. R., 260 et seq.
- Dodge, Grenville M., assistance acknowledged, vi
- relations with Lincoln, 243, 244
- Dog, a, causes steamboat wreck, 116
- chloroformed by Gen. Harney, 202
- Durack, John, lassoes a buffalo, 163
- E
- Edgar, Henry, discoverer of Alder Gulch, 271
- Edmunds, Newton, mem. Peace Com. of 1866, 397
- Edna, the, explosion of, 124
- Effie Deans, the, burned, 394
- length of voyage in one season, 336
- purchase of, 332
- voyage of, in 1864, 319
- El Paso, the, reaches Milk r., 218
- Embalming, new method, 413
- Emilie, the, 240, 241
- voyage of, in 1862, 288
- Evans, Dr., on the St. Ange in 1851, 190
- Exploration of the West, 174
- Express, the, description of, 41
- F
- Fairweather, William, discoverer of Alder Gulch, 271
- Far West, the, part played by, in campaign of 1876, 387, 388
- Fire canoe of the Indians, 111
- Fisk James L., leader of Northern Overland Expedition, 270
- Flood of 1844, 154
- Floods of Missouri and Mississippi, 83, 155
- Fremont, General John, as an explorer, 348
- inaccessibility of, 347
- La Barge’s acquaintance with, 347
- Freight rates on the Missouri, 276
- Fuel for steamboats, 117
- Fur trade, relation of, to the Indians, 353
- use of steamboats in, 3
- G
- Galpin, Charles E., 341
- Galpin, Fort, 293
- Galvanized Yankees, 260
- Gardner, Johnson, transports furs by bullboat, 101
- Garreau, Pierre, 197
- Gibbon, General, in Custer campaign, 378
- Gilbert, Colonel, incident concerning, 427
- Gold, discovery of, in California, 173
- discovery of, in Montana, 237, 265 et seq., 368
- Gold dust, first sale of, in Montana, 267
- great quantity shipped by the Octavia, 413
- transportation of, 275, 333
- Good, Frederick, lost from the Trover, 286
- Government work on the Missouri r., 421 et seq.
- Grant, General, La Barge’s acquaintance with, 347
- La Barge’s resemblance to, 443
- Grattan massacre, 366, 367
- Great Falls of the Missouri, 75
- first white woman to see, 294
- Great Falls City, Mont., 420
- Great fire of St. Louis, 185
- Great Northern R. R. reaches Helena, 417, 418
- Greer, Capt. W. B., witnesses transactions at Fort Union, 316, 320, 321
- Grismore, Nathan, La Barge’s mate, 181
- Guerette, Louis, killed on the Saluda, 24, 124
- Guerette, Pelagie wife of Capt. La Barge, 71
- Guerrillas in Missouri, 250
- H
- Half breeds, British, among the Indians, 369
- Hannibal and St. Joseph R. R. reaches the Mo. r., 241, 417, 418
- Hard, C. D., arrests La Barge, 432
- Harkness, James, connection of, with firm of La Barge, Harkness & Co., 286, 293, 324, 329
- journal of, 290
- Harney, General, campaign of 1855, 367, 383
- chloroforms a dog, 202
- experience with Captain La Barge’s father, 6
- friend of the Indians, 201
- quoted, 356
- Harvey, Alexander, attacked by Malcolm Clark, 234
- desperate character of, 229 et seq.
- Harvey, Primeau & Co., 234
- Hat, Louis Dauphin’s, 303
- Hawley, Hubbell & Co., buy out Am. F. Co., 239, 260
- Hayden, Dr. F. N., on La Barge’s boat, 209
- Helena, Mont., rise of, 272
- Hill, Father W. H., preaches La Barge’s funeral sermon, 440
- Hodgkiss, Wm., agent at Fort Union, 316, 320
- Hoecken, Father, death of, 191
- Hooper, Mormon acquaintance of La Barge’s, 334
- Hopkins, Mormon acquaintance of La Barge’s, 334
- Horrigan, Lieutenant, with troops on Octavia, 410
- Hortiz, Eulalie, mother of Capt. La Barge, 11
- Hortiz, Joseph Alvarez, 11
- Hubbell, J. B. assistance acknowledged, vi
- cited, 284
- mackinaw voyage of, in 1866, 283
- Hunters for steamboats, 125
- Hyde, Orson, Mormon preacher, 375
- I
- Ice break up of 1856, 204
- Ice gorges, 81
- Illinois Central R. R. reaches Sioux City, 418
- Improvement work on the Mo. r., 241 et seq.
- Independence, the, first steamboat on the Missouri, 90, 219
- Indian, the, and the fur trade, 353
- and the steamboat, 364
- Indian agents, character of, 362
- Indian question, 355
- Indians attack the Martha, 179
- attack the Omega, 148
- danger to boats from, 123
- Indians of the Missouri Valley, 351
- Insurance rates, 276
- Irrigation, Congressional Act of, 448
- relation of, to Mo. r., 447
- Irving, Washington, quoted, 109
- Island City, the, wreck of, 385
- J
- Jesuits honor La Barge’s memory, 440
- Johnston, General A. S., 346
- Joseph, Nez Percé chief, 392
- captured, 393
- K
- Kansas City, first railroad at 417
- Kansas Indians, 351
- Keelboat, advent of, on the Missouri, 90
- description of, 102
- Kernel of corn, the, 152
- Kidder, Judge, tries murderer of Capt. Spear, 414
- Killdeer Mountain, battle of, 374
- Kimball, Heber, Mormon preacher, 335
- Kipp, James, accompanies La Barge, 70
- builds Fort Piegan, 225
- L
- La Barge, A. G., assistance acknowledged, vi
- La Barge Avenue, St. Louis, 198
- La Barge, Charles S., killed in steamboat explosion, 13, 124
- La Barge city, 295
- La Barge, Fort, established, 293
- turned over to Am. F. Co., 327
- La Barge, Harkness & Co., 270, 287
- collapse of firm, 329
- operations of, in 1862, 293
- sued, 326
- La Barge, John B., brother of Capt. La Barge, 13
- member of firm L. H. & Co., 287
- takes first steamboat to head of navigation, 219
- La Barge, Joseph, Mo. r. pilot accompanies Pawnee war party, 45
- acquaintance with the Mormons, 56
- acquaintance with prominent men, 346, 350
- adventure with Sioux war party, 38
- among the Pawnees, 27 et seq.
- ancestry of, 2 et seq.
- an authority on Mo. r. history, 439
- as an expert witness, 165
- at Ford’s theater, 344
- before Senate Committee, 344
- birth of, 12, 13
- captured by Pawnees, 160
- carries express to Pierre, 44
- changes during his lifetime, 441
- childhood of, 13
- claim against government, 323
- contemplates retirement, 198, 426
- death of, iv, 440
- dictates memoirs, iii
- education of, 17
- enters service Am. F. Co., 23, 56, 67, 200
- enters service H. & St. Joe R. R., 241, 418
- experience with Englishmen, 344
- experience with rattlesnakes, 46
- falls into an air hole, 50
- funeral of, 440
- grave of, 442
- helps prepare list of steamboat wrecks, 438
- in Cabanné-Leclerc affair, 24 et seq.
- in Custer campaign, 389
- in meteoric shower, 40
- in Montana, 331 et seq.
- in “opposition,” 59 et seq., 287
- in Salt Lake City, 333
- in Washington, 340 et seq.
- intimate knowledge of the river, 116
- leaves service Am. F. Co., 56, 184, 199, 210, 214, 215
- marriage of, 71
- meets Dave McCann, 430
- on the Yellowstone in cholera scourge, 32
- opposes Am. F. Co., 59, et seq., 287
- personal characteristics, 443
- politics of, 444
- purchases the Sonora, 190
- religion of, 444
- remains with the Union, 253
- rescues boat from ice gorge, 207
- retires from the river, 447
- serves apprenticeship in steamboating, 55
- serves as interpreter, 22
- skill as a swimmer, 53
- works for city of St. Louis, 438
- La Barge, Joseph Marie, at Council Bluffs, 42
- sketch of, 3
- stories concerning, 6 et seq.
- Laberge, Dr. Philemon, 12
- La Fayette, visits of, to St. Louis, 15
- La Framboise, Fort, 293
- Langford, N. P., assistance acknowledged, vi
- Laramie Fort, treaty of, 358
- Larpenteur, Charles, cited, 307
- estimate of, 313
- quoted, 398
- Last Chance Gulch, 272
- Latta, S. M., Indian agent, 300
- at the Tobacco Garden, 306
- cited, 207
- quoted, 317
- Leavenworth, Colonel, in Aricara campaign, 383
- Leclerc, Narcisse, affair of, with Cabanné, 24 et seq.
- disloyal to La Barge, 60, 65
- Lee, General R. E., acquaintance of La Barge with, 346
- examines Mo. r., 422
- surrender of, 336
- Lemon, R. H., transfers Fort La Barge, 327
- Lewis and Clark, expedition of, 375
- Lewis, Fort, 233 et seq.
- Lincoln, Abraham, assistance of, 261, 336
- at Council Bluffs, 241
- commutes sentence of Indians, 371
- election of, 247
- interest in Indian question, 342
- on La Barge’s boat, 246
- on Missouri r., 241 et seq.
- presented with fur robe, 340
- Little Crow, Sioux Chief, incites massacre, 370
- Liquor, importation of, prohibited, 25, 141
- Lisa, Manuel, voyage of, in 1811, 106, 107
- Loan, Brig. Gen., quoted, 251
- Log book kept by Captain Sire, 139
- quoted, 146, 159
- Lyon, General, goes to Illinois r. for pilots, 249
- La Barge’s experience with, 257, 258
- M
- Mackinaw boat, description of, 94 et seq.
- party are massacred, 277, 278
- voyages of, 275, 284
- Majors, Alexander, saves La Barge, 254
- Mandan Indians, 252
- Marine Insurance Companies, frauds upon, 420
- Marmaduke, General, impresses the Emilie, 255
- Marquette and Joliet discover Mo. r., 87
- Marsh, Captain Grant, important services of, 387
- master of the Far West, 388
- Massacre, Custer, 380
- Massacre on the Marias r., 279
- Matlock, Indian Agent, 178
- Maximilian, Prince of Wied, at Fort McKenzie, 228
- voyage of, in 1833, 139
- Maybrick, Mrs., case of, compared with that of Capt. Spear, 415
- Meteoric shower, 40
- Mexico, war with, 171
- Miles, General, in Nez Percé campaign, 392
- Miller, mate on the Robert Campbell, 396
- Miller, Dr. Geo. L., quoted, 203
- Miller, Joseph, Indian agent at Bellevue, 156
- Miner, the, caught in a whirlpool, 122
- Minnesota massacre, 370
- Minnetarees, or Gros ventres of the Missouri, 352
- Missouri Indians, 351
- Missouri Pacific R. R. reaches Kansas City, 416
- Missouri River, The
- burials along shore, 36
- commercial importance of, iv, 73
- destiny of, 445
- discovery of, 87
- early exploration of, 89
- first navigation of, 87
- first steamboat to enter, 90
- head of navigation on, 220
- highest point reached by steam, 220
- improvement of, by the government, 422 et seq.
- Indian tribes along, 351
- kinds of boats used on, 91 et seq.
- modern view concerning, 445
- navigation of, 115
- origin of name, 88
- physical characteristics of, 74 et seq.
- relation of, to gold regions of Montana, 273
- scenery of, 83
- sediment carried, 78
- source of, 74
- Missouri River Commission, abolition of, 424, 448
- creation of, 422
- Mitchell, D. D., attends Council at Fort Laramie, 358
- builds Fort McKenzie, 226
- Montana, first railroads in, 419
- gold fields of, 265
- Montana Historical Society, 239
- Mormons, the, in Missouri, 65
- La Barge’s acquaintance with, 175, 333
- migration of, to Great Salt Lake, 171
- relation of, to commerce of Mo. r., 171
- sketch of, 167
- McCann, Dave, meets La Barge, 430
- McCune, John S., relations with La Barge, 337, 396, 435
- McKenzie, Fort, 137
- burned, 232
- founding of, 227
- sketch of, 228
- McKenzie, Kenneth, 134
- opens trade with the Blackfeet, 223
- McKenzie, Owen, killed by Malcolm Clark, 233
- McPherson, W. W., government contractor, 409
- N
- Naomi, the, discovery of a Bible belonging to, 79
- Negro boys lost, 285
- New Mexico, conquest of, 172
- Nez Percé campaign, steamboat in, 392
- Nicollet, J. J., 347
- Nimrod, the, injured by hailstorm, 164
- inspection of, at Bellevue, 156
- voyage of, in 1844, 154
- Northern Overland Expedition, 270
- Northern Pacific R. R. reaches Bismarck, 419
- reaches Montana, 419
- Northwestern Fur Company, 239, 260
- Northwestern Treaty Commission—See “Peace Commission of 1866”
- Nutt, H. C., quoted, 369
- O
- Octavia, the, built, 396
- great profit on voyage of, 416
- voyage of, 1867, 408
- Omaha, first railroad at, 418
- Omaha Indians, 351
- Omega, the, voyage of 1843, 141 et seq.
- Ophir City, 279
- “Opposition,” meaning of term, 59
- Orleans, Fort, 88
- Osage Indians, 351
- Otrante, Comte de, 155
- P
- Passenger fares on Mo. r., 276
- lists on Mo. r. steamboats, 120
- Pawnee Indians, 27, 351
- capture La Barge, 160
- La Barge’s residence among, 27
- Peace Commission of 1866, 396 et seq.
- quoted, 360
- Peindry, Comte de, 155
- Piegan, Fort, founding of, 225
- Pierre, Fort, 137
- transfer of, to United States, 201, 367, 383
- Pike’s Peak Gulch, 269
- Pilcher, Joshua, in charge of Cabanné’s post, 37
- interest in young La Barge, 39, 44, 48
- Pilot, Missouri r., experiences of, 131
- important duty of, 115
- wages of, 276
- Pilot shields, 250
- Poles, use of, on keelboats, 104
- Pope, General, plans Indian campaign, 371
- quoted, 357
- Price, General Sterling, 255
- Profits in steamboat business, 276
- Prou, Mr., botanist to Audubon, 152
- Provost, Etienne, praises La Barge, 39
- outwits a botanist, 152
- settles championship, 128
- wooding the Martha, 179
- R
- Racing steamboats on the Mo. r., 123
- Railroads, the enemy of the steamboat, 417
- relation of, to Mo. r., 445
- Randall, Fort, 367, 383
- Rattlesnakes, 46
- Ray, Captain, faithful conduct of, 337
- Reed, H. W., Indian Agent, 300
- advises La Barge to store annuities, 316
- cited, 207
- mem. Peace Com. 1866, 397
- quoted, 314
- Reeve, Colonel, makes Crows walk, 405
- Rencontre, Zephyr, aids La Barge, 67
- interprets for Peace Com. of 1866, 400, 402
- Reno, Major, in Custer campaign, 381, 391
- Rice, Fort, 260, 374
- Robert Campbell, the, voyage of, in 1863, 298 et seq.
- Roe, John J., organizes Diamond R. Co., 328
- relations with La Barge, 325
- Rolette, agt. Am. F. Co. at Fort Union, 320
- S
- Sail, use of, on keelboats, 106
- Sailors, lost from the Nimrod, 160
- Saint Ange, launching of, 184
- voyage of, in 1851, 189
- Saint Joseph, first railroad at, 417
- Saint Louis, great fire of, 185
- Salaries on steamboats, 271
- Saluda, the, explosion of, 124
- Sam Gaty, the, attack on, 251
- Sanders, W. F., assistance acknowledged, vi
- counsel against La Barge, Harkness & Co., 328
- Sarpy, Peter A., arrests Leclerc, 26
- in charge of Cabanné’s post, 49
- Scenery of the Missouri r., 83
- Sediment carried by the Mo. r., 78
- Sheridan, General, plans campaign of 1876, 378
- Sherman, General, Commissioner to treat with Indians, 377
- gives La Barge a contract, 410
- Shreveport, the, impressed by General Sully, 385
- voyage of, in 1863, 302
- Sibley, General, in charge of operations against Sioux Indians in 1863, 370
- Sioux City, first railroad at, 418
- important river port, 419
- Sioux City and Pacific R. R. reaches Sioux City, 418
- Sioux Indians, 351
- capture Grosventre herd, 304
- non-treaty, 377
- power of, broken, 377
- Sire, Joseph A., 140
- master of the Omega, 141
- master of the Nimrod, 154
- outwits inspectors, 144, 157
- Sire log book, the, 139
- Slope of Missouri river, 83
- Smallpox among the Blackfeet, 229
- Smith, Green Clay, Governor of Montana Territory, 409
- Smith, Joseph, death of, 57, 169
- Snags in Missouri river, 80, 119, 421
- Snagboats, early, 422
- Sounding the channel, 120
- Sparring over sand bars, 121
- Spear, Capt. W. D., killed by a sentinel, 412
- takes passage on the Octavia, 411
- Spread Eagle, the, rams the Emilie, 289
- Stanley, General, arrests Custer, 431
- Statistics of steamboat traffic, 217, 275
- Steamboat, the, and the Indians, 364
- architectural beauty of, 111
- description of, 109 et seq.
- in the Indian wars, 382
- in the Nez Percé campaign, 392
- last at Fort Benton, 420
- navigation of the Mo. r., importance of, iv
- trade on Mo. r., rapid growth of, 174, 216, 274
- wrecks, causes of, 421
- voyages up the Mo. r., 127
- Stevens, I. I., makes treaty with Blackfeet, 236, 359
- Stinger, Andy, hero of the Tobacco Garden, 307, 311
- Stony Lake, battle of, 372
- Storm injures the Nimrod, 164
- Storms on the Missouri, 84
- Stuart, Fort, 293
- Stuart, James, English traveler, 4
- Stuart, James, Montana pioneer, 267, 268, 271
- Sublette & Campbell, 36
- Suit against La Barge, Harkness & Co., 328
- Sully, Fort, 373
- Sully, General, campaign of 1863, 371, 372
- campaign of 1864, 374
- impresses the Shreveport, 318
- opinion of Col. Dimon, 262
- quoted, 270, 361
- uses steamboats in his campaigns, 385
- Survey of the Missouri r., 436
- Suter, Capt, C. R., purchases the Octavia, 425
- T
- Tecumseh, Fort, 137
- Terry, General Alfred, in campaign of 1876, 378
- on La Barge’s boat, 390
- Terry, Lieutenant, English officer, investigates death of Capt. Spear, 414
- Terry, M. M., writes account of voyage of Far West, 388
- Thomas, Col., Quartermaster in St. Louis, 410
- Thompson, C. W., Indian agent, 385
- Thompson, Fort, 385
- Tobacco Garden, affair at, 305 et seq.
- Transportation by water and rail, 420
- Treaty of Fort Laramie, 358, 366
- with Blackfeet, 237, 259
- Treaty system, abuses of, 356
- Trover, the, wreck of, 285
- U
- Union, Fort, 139
- Union Pacific Bridge at Omaha opened, 418
- Union Pacific R. R., Lincoln’s interest in, 244
- reaches Ogden, 419
- Upson, Gad E., Indian agent, 322
- Utah Northern R. R. enters Montana, 419
- V
- Vallandingham, C. L., 244
- Virginia City, Mont., 272
- Volunteers, U. S., 259
- Voyage, last, to Fort Benton, 436, 437
- Voyageurs, 108
- W
- Wall, Nicholas, relations with Capt. La Barge, 258, 295, 325, 326
- War with Mexico, 171
- Warping over rapids, 121
- Warren, General, on the upper Missouri, 208
- Weather, influence of, on navigation of the river, 86
- Western Engineer, the, 91, 382
- Whirlpools on the Missouri, 122
- Whitestone Hill, battle of, 373
- Winnebago Indians, transported by steamboat, 384
- Wooding steamboat, 118
- Wooding at Crow creek in 1847, 179
- Wounded Knee, battle of, 366
- Wrecks of steamboats on Mo. r., causes of, 421
- list of, 438
- Wright, Geo. B., agent for the Blackfeet, 405
- Wyeth, Nathaniel J., transports furs by bullboat, 101
- Y
- Yankee Jack, adventure of, 129
- mentioned, 282
- Yanktonais, the, experience of, with Peace Com. of 1866, 399
- Yawl, importance of, to steamboat, 54, 91
- Yellowstone, the, first steamboat on the upper river, 22, 136
- cholera on, 32
- description of, 112
- public interested in voyage of, 138
- Yellowstone expedition of 1819, 382
- Yellowstone National Park, 75, 266
- Yellowstone river, 75
- falls of, 75
- La Barge ascends, 436
- Young, Brigham, 169, 175
- entertains La Barge, 334