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