[72] The Montana Post is authority for the statement that this voyage of the Octavia was the quickest ever made from St. Louis to Fort Benton.
[73] See [footnote] at end of chapter xxxviii.
[74] On the 13th of June, 1902, Congress passed an Act abolishing the Missouri River Commission, and virtually abandoning the river as a commercial highway.
On the 17th of the same month it passed an act inaugurating a government policy of reclamation of the arid lands. This policy will eventually result in an extensive use of the waters of the Missouri in irrigation.
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]
Transcriber’s Notes
Old English lettering on the pages preceding the Table of Contents is represented here in boldface.
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.