The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War

by Annie Heloise Abel

To
My former colleagues and students at Goucher
College and in the College Courses for
Teachers, Johns Hopkins University
this book is affectionately dedicated

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CONTENTS

I	THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, OR ELKHORN AND ITS MORE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS	[13]
II	LANE'S BRIGADE AND THE INCEPTION OF THE INDIAN	[37]
III	THE INDIAN REFUGEES IN SOUTHERN KANSAS	[79]
IV	THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST INDIAN EXPEDITION	[91]
V	THE MARCH TO TAHLEQUAH AND THE RETROGRADE MOVEMENT OF THE "WHITE AUXILIARY"	[125]
VI	GENERAL PIKE IN CONTROVERSY WITH GENERAL HINDMAN	[147]
VII	ORGANIZATION OF THE ARKANSAS AND RED RIVER SUPERINTENDENCY	[171]
VIII	THE RETIREMENT OF GENERAL PIKE	[185]
IX	THE REMOVAL OF THE REFUGEES TO THE SAC AND FOX AGENCY	[203]
X	NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNION INDIANS	[221]
XI	INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1863, JANUARY TO JUNE INCLUSIVE	[243]
XII	INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1863, JULY TO DECEMBER INCLUSIVE	[283]
XIII	ASPECTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, 1864-1865	[313]
	APPENDIX	[337]
	SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	[353]
	INDEX	[369]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

FACSIMILE OF NEGRO BILL OF SALE	[4]
SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE MAIN THEATRE OF BORDER WARFARE AND THE LOCATION OF TRIBES WITHIN THE INDIAN COUNTRY	[39]
PORTRAIT OF COLONEL W.A. PHILLIPS	[93]
FACSIMILE OF MONTHLY INSPECTION REPORT OF THE SECOND CREEK REGIMENT OF MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS	[245]
FACSIMILE OF MONTHLY INSPECTION REPORT OF THE FIRST CREEK REGIMENT OF MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS	[315]

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I. THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, OR ELKHORN, AND ITS MORE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS