Cheese, purchase of, 88 Cherokee Indians, removal of, 63, 64 Cherubusco, Battle of, 64 Chess, playing of, 99 Chicago, 161 Chiefs, giving of certificates to, 113, 114; visit of, to Washington, 115, 116; council with, 181 Children, education of, at fort, 100, 101 Chippewa, Battle of, 55 Chippewa Indians, early traders among, 3; reference to, 7, 48, 104, 108, 139, 142, 144, 163, 177, 178, 228, 231, 242; unwillingness of, to make treaty, 13; treaty between Sioux and, 28; treaty with, 45, 176-186; land ceded by, 47, 48; home of, 103; war parties against, 106; hostility of, 114; feuds between Sioux and, 119-134; killing of, by Sioux, 121, 125; murderers killed by, 122-124; murder of Sioux warrior by, 127; battle between Sioux and, 127, 128, 232; boundary line between Sioux and, 130, 131, 178; trustworthiness of, 134; language of, 172, 173, 174; summoning of, to council, 179 Chippewa River, 131, 172; murder of Sioux on, 232 Choctaw Indians, removal of, 63, 64 Chouteau, Auguste, activities of, as commissioner, 12, 13 Christianity, influence of, 146; method of preaching, 150, 151 Church, organization of, at Fort Snelling, 157; attendance at, 194, 195 Churns, 76 Civil War, use of Fort Snelling during, 52; service of Eastman in, 62; reference to, 63, 201; service of Canby in, 64 Clark, Charlotte Ouisconsin, 23, 212 Clark, Dan E., acknowledgments to, x Clark, Nathan, 21 Clark, Mrs. Nathan, 23 Clark, William, expedition under, 4, 5; Fort Shelby established by, 11; activities of, as commissioner, 12, 13; reference to, 69, 70, 114, 178, 221, 228 Clarke, Colonel, 44 Clerks, 136 Cloud Man, resolution of, to become farmer, 148; reference to, 153 Cloves, purchase of, 88 Coe, Alvan, coming of, to Fort Snelling, 149 Coffee, 86 Colhoun, James E., 161, 162 Colors, guarding of, 85 Columbia, Department of, 65 Columbia Fur Company, 138 Columbia River, 5 Commanders of Fort Snelling, influence of, 54; sketches of lives of, 54-65 Commanding officer, quarters of, 75 Commerce, extent of, 205 Commissary, office of, 75 Commissary department, storehouse of, 75 Commissioner of Indian Affairs, report of, 37; reference to, 67, 177 Confederation, forming of, among Indians, 13 Congress, right of, to regulate Indian affairs, 176; memorials to, 246 Connecticut, 1 Contreras, Battle of, 64 Coon, story about Scott and, 60, 61 Cooper, S., 238 Cooeperation in fur trade, 135 Copper, mining of, 25; block of, 175 Corn, feeding of, to cattle, 82; raising of, by Indians, 105; giving of, to Indians, 110 Council, holding of, with Indians, 35, 36, 43, 106-109, 129, 179-183 Council Bluff (Nebraska), fort at, 20; route of road to Fort Snelling from, 28, 29; naming of fort at, 30; reference to, 160;