sickness at, 213 Council Hall, description of, 106, 107 Council House, erection of, 28; description of, 77; burning of, 77, 78; rebuilding of, 78 _Coureurs des bois_, activities of, 3 Court-martial, 102 Crane, The, 129, 228 Crawford, Captain, 159 Crawford County (Wisconsin) volunteers from, 35 Credit, fur trade carried on by means of, 136 Creek Indians, removal of, 63, 64 Croghan, George, visit of, to Fort Snelling, 100 Cross Timbers (Indian Territory), 56 Crow Wing, 236 Crow Wing River, 47 Currants, purchase of, 88 _Dahcotah: or, Life and Legends of the Sioux around Fort Snelling_, 62 Dana, Captain, 49 Dance of the braves, 164 Dances, holding of, by Indians, 164 Dakota, Department of, 52 Dakota Indians (see Sioux Indians) Dearborn, Major, 110 Deaths, number of, at Fort Snelling, 93 Debts, payment of, to traders, 183, 184 De Courcy, Adolphine, 100 Deer, hunting of, 105 Delaware County (New York), 55 Delhi (New York), 56 Democrats, charges of graft against, 51 Denny, St. Clair, 161 Des Moines River, 18, 44 Deserters, dangers faced by, 92 Desertions, causes of, 91; prevalence of, 91, 92 Details, duties of, 85 Detroit, 11, 19; departure of troops from, 21; surrender of, 57 Devil's Lake, 40 Dickson, Robert, activities of, in behalf of English, 11; reference to, 13, 16, 134; instructions to, 208 Diet, description of, 85 Dinner, 85 Dixon, Private, desertion of, 92 Dodge, Henry, visit of, to Fort Snelling, 168; council of, with Indians, 180-183 Dog dance, 164 Dominoes, playing of, 99 Doty, James D., 212 Douglas, Thomas, settlement of, 188, 189 Draft riots, 64 Dragoons, expedition of, 38, 39, 45, 216; activities of, in Iowa, 44, 45; service of, on survey, 46, 47; reference to, 48, 56, 63, 186, 217; frontier service of, 49; arrival of, 215 Dress parade, 85 Drummond Island, visits of Indians to, 13, 14 Drunkenness, prevalence of, in garrison, 89, 90, 194; punishment for, 90 Dubuque, 43, 158, 216 Dubuque, Diocese of, 158 Ducks, 96, 97 Dueling, 102 Duluth, Daniel Greyloson, 3 Dunning, William A., 215 Eagle dance, 164 Eastman, Mary Henderson, writings of, 62 Eastman, Seth, 35, 99, 145; sketch of life of, 62 Eastman, Mrs. Seth, description by, 94 Eaton, John H., 149 Eatonville (Minnesota), colony at, 118, 149; success of colony at, 150; Pond brothers in charge of, 152 Education, work of, among Indians, 156 "Education Families", 103 Education of children, 100, 101 Edwards, Ninian, activities of, as commissioner, 12, 13 Eighth United States Infantry, 18