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