Indian Soldiers (Federal): feasibility of, [50], [57]; Frémont and Robinson not in favor of, [57]; Hunter suggests making, out of Kansas tribes, [74]-75, footnote; Stanton refuses to employ, [76] and footnote; use justified, [79]; economy, [99]; to form larger part of First Indian Expedition, [100]; Halleck opposed to, [101], [102]; Dole instructs officers to report at Fort Leavenworth, [102], footnote; necessary equipment, [109]; final preparations, [121]; appearance, [123] and footnote; excellent for scouting, [125]; at Locust Grove, [131], footnote; accused of outrages committed by white men, [135], footnote; do scouting, [163]; tribute of praise for, [195], footnote; made part of Army of Frontier, [196]; diverted to service in Missouri, [196]; desertions, [203] and footnote; do well at Cane Hill and Prairie Grove, [218]-219; disposed to take leave of absence, [252]; to help secure Indian Territory, [294]; negro regiment compared with Indian, [295]
Indian Springs (Ga.): treaty, [255], footnote
Indian Territory: McCulloch expected to secure, [15]; included within Trans-Mississippi District, [20]; troops of, [25]; Pike to endeavour to maintain, [36]; attack, from, expected, [48]; Frémont calls for aid, [48]; situation delicate, [59]-60; left destitute of protection, [60]; Hunter's suggestion, [75], footnote; first refugees from, [79]; "home," 93; early return promised, [94]; expeditions to recover, projected, [95] and footnote; refugees want to recover, [99]; Stand Watie returns into, [113]; Carruth and Martin to take note of conditions in, [122] and footnote; Pike's force for defence of, exclusively, [129]; Indian Brigade holding its own there, [146]; Pike's Indian force ordered to northern
border, [148]; Pike attempts justification of retirement to southern part, [151]; Pike declares Indian officers peers of white, [158]-159; defence regarded by Pike as chief duty, [159]; strategic importance not unappreciated by Confederate government, [171]; attached for judicial purposes to western district of Arkansas, [177]; Confederate government fails to carry out promise, [177], footnote; Pike advises complete separation of, [179]; Scott to investigate conditions in, [181]; Pike returns to, [190]; included within District of Arkansas, [192]; guerrilla warfare in, suppressed, [194]; Federals in undisputed possession of, [198]; Holmes exploiting, [199]; Indian alliance valuable, [201]; Absentee Shawnees expelled from, [205], footnote; Blunt advises speedy return of refugees, [209]; Confederates plan recovery, [218]; Lane introduces resolution for adding, to Kansas, [223]; Dole objects to regular territorial form of government in, [223]; Kansas tribes willing to exchange lands for homes in, [227]; project for concentration of tribes in, [230], footnote; negotiations for removal of Kansas tribes to, [231]; depletion of resources, [245], [247]; organized as separate military command, [245] and footnote; troops to be all unmounted,## 247; advertised as lost to Confederate cause, [250]; conception of responsibility to, [253]; Phillips's plans for recovery not at present practicable, [257]; strategic importance unappreciated by Halleck and Curtis, [259]; Curtis to take consequences of giving up [259]; privilege of writ of habeas corpus suspended in, [269]; Hindman asks for assignment to, [270], footnote; is mere buffer, [276]; Cooper poses as friend of, [278], [300]; Creeks complaint to Davis, [279]; Confederate operations confined to attacks upon supply trains, [283]; removal of all Kansas Indians to, [294]; roads and highways in, [295]-296, footnote; necessary to Confederacy, [298], footnote; Scott enters, [300]; command devolved upon Cooper, [303]; made distinct from Arkansas, [303]; Magruder wants attached to District of Texas, [306], footnote; war measures applied to, [308]-309; Maxey in command of, [311]; Indian Home Guards only Federal forces in, [312]; granary of Trans-Mississippi Department, [315]; Boudinot's suggestions regarding, [317], footnote; council requests be made separate department, [318]; Davis objects, [318]-319; included within restored Department of Kansas, [321]; Phillips starts upon expedition through, [322]; Price asks for loan of troops from, 326; strategic importance of, [331]; scandalous performances in, [333]
Indian Trust Funds: [173]-174
Indians of Plains: regarding alliance with, [320], [335]; harass Kansas and Colorado, [320] and footnote, [335]
Interior Department: [73], footnote, [105] and footnote; profiteering among employees, [208]; Lane and Wilder make request, [230], footnote
Inter-tribal Council: at Leroy, [62]-69, footnotes; Lane's plans for at headquarters, [69]; Leroy selected as the place for, [69]; sessions of, [69]-70; Hunter's plans for, at Fort Leavenworth, [70], [74], footnote; Lane orders transfer to Fort Scott, [74], footnote; at Belmont, [237], footnote; at Armstrong Academy, [317], [320], [323]
Iola (Kans.): [88], footnote; Doubleday concentrates near, [120], footnote; Osages advance as far as, [207] footnote