La Baye, 205 Laborers, 92 Lac du Flambeau, 118 Lac du Traverse, 16 Lac qui Parle, 110, 116, 144, 154, 155 Laidlaw, William, 138 Lake Calhoun, 82, 96, 118, 133, 148, 153, 154; mission on, 83 Lake Harriet, 82, 96, 127, 154, 198; Indian boarding-school at, 156 Lake Huron, 13, 14, 19, 21 Lake Itasca, 167 Lake Julia, 163 Lake Michigan, 17, 19, 21 Lake Mini-Waken, 40 Lake of the Isles, 82, 96 Lake of the Woods, 16, 140, 209 Lake Pepin, 23, 24, 29, 93, 142, 171, 172, 212 Lake Pokegama, 232 Lake St. Croix, 128 Lake Superior, trading posts on, 6; reference to, 9, 47, 160, 162, 172 Lake Traverse, 103, 116 Lake Winnebago, 21 Lake Winnipeg, 4, 162, 189, 205 Lakes, hunting in region of, 82, 83 Landing at Fort Snelling, description of, 73 Lands, questions concerning, 111 Land's End, 138 Land-seekers, effect of coming of, 117, 118; land cessions urged by, 176 Latrobe, Charles Joseph, 223 "Laughing Water," 82 Laundresses, quarters of, 75 Lead mines, 178 Leavenworth, Henry, 21, 29, 63, 190, 211; message of, to Indian chief, 21, 22; journey of, to mouth of Minnesota River, 22-24; arrival of, at mouth of Minnesota River, 24; return of, to Prairie du Chien, 24; camp moved by, 27; successor to, 27; sketch of life of, 55, 56 Lee, Francis, 49 Leech Lake, Pike at, 6; trading post on, 6; reference to, 130, 179 Legend concerning Falls of St. Anthony, 81, 82 _Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The_, 14 Lewis, Meriwether, expedition under, 4, 5; reference to, 72 Library, purchase of books for, 87; reference to, 99 Licenses, granting of, to traders, 16, 137, 138 Linn County (Iowa), 41 Liquor, 86; effect of, on Indians, 129, 141; suppression of traffic in, 129; power of, among Indians, 139, 140; prices charged for, 141, 142; destruction of, 143, 144 Liquor traffic, regulation of, 139-145 Little Crow, 68, 116, 117, 132, 155 Little Falls (Minnesota), 6, 81 Little Thunder, 118 Lockwood, Judge, 170 Log cabins, erection of, 25 Log village for Indians, 149 Long, Stephen H., site for fort approved by, 19; reference to, 95; expedition of, to upper Mississippi, 160-163 Longfellow, Henry W., 62 Lookout platform, 74 Loomis, Gustavus, 36, 156, 166; punishment inflicted by, 90 Loras, Mathias, 127, 231; activities of, at Mendota, 158 Lords of the North, 54-72 Louisiana, transfer of, 7 Louisiana Purchase, effect of, 4 Louisville (Kentucky), 169 Lover's rock, 172 Lower Red Cedar Lake, trading post on, 6 "Loyal Hanna" (steamboat), 169 Lumber, making of, 27, 28, 82