Sioux reservations: granted in treaties of 1851, 96; annulled by Senate, 1852, 98; ratified by Indians, 1853, 98; nevertheless occupied, 167; permitted by Congress to be held, 167; reduction, 169, 192; forfeited, 232. Sioux treaties: abortive treaty of 1849, 92; treaties of 1851, 93; of 1858, 169, 192; abrogation of, 232. Sissetons, 94; country of, 96. Sixth Minnesota Infantry, decimated in Arkansas, by disease, 246; at Wood Lake, 219; gallantry at Fort Blakely, 246. Smith, Donald A., an associate for purchase of St. Paul and Pacific, 308. Smith, Robert, gets lease at falls of St Anthony, 129. Snelling, Col. Joseph, takes command, 56; builds Fort St. Anthony, 56. Soldiers’ Home, 335. Source of rivers, the true, 70. Spain retrocedes Louisiana to France, 43. Special legislation forbidden, constitutional amendment, 346. Special state railroad bonds, authorized, 155; intended employment of, 164; discredit of, 164; amount of issue, 165; legislative reports on, 172; tribunal for, 330; redeemed (1881), 331. Springer, William, mentioned, 317. Spring wheat, adapted to Minnesota, 273. State agricultural college, located at Glencoe, 261; merged with university, 261. State Agricultural Society, mentioned, 356. State Art Society, 363. State Board of Charities and Corrections, 334; Board of Health, 334; Board of Control, 344; Board of Visitors, 345. State capital, efforts to remove, 132, 265. State capitol, burned (1881), 325; rebuilt, 343; new, built, 343. State Forestry Board, mentioned, 358. State highway commission; constitutional amendment, 348. State Public School for neglected and dependent children, 335. State Reformatory, 335. Steele, Franklin, gives site for university preparatory school, 144; defeated by Shields for U. S. senator, 151. Stephen, George, takes an interest in St. Paul and Pacific purchase, 310. Stevens, Rev. J. D., missionary, opens school at Lake Harriet, 66; pastor of Snelling church, 67. Stevens, J. H., gets lease at falls of St. Anthony, 130. Stillwater, laid out (1843), 81; convention, 86. Stone, George C., explores for iron ore, 358. Stuart, Robert, mentioned, 64. Sully, Gen. Alfred, commands expedition, 1863, 236. Supreme Court of Minnesota holds “five million loan” amendment of 1860 unconstitutional, 331. Supreme Court of United States, validates Sioux half-breed scrip, 120; in obiter dictum holds Minnesota responsible for railroad bonds, 329. Swift, Henry A., becomes governor for six months, 249. Taliaferro, Lawrence, first Sioux agent, 61; opposes issue of individual patents to Sioux half-breeds, 117. Talon, intendant of New France, 13; orders post at the Sault, 14; plans expedition to the west, 15; chooses Joliet to lead, 16. Taxation, system, changed by constitutional amendment, 347. Tenth Minnesota Infantry, at Nashville, 244.