McCain, H. P., acknowledgments to, ix M'Gillis, Hugh, 6 McGregor, John R., 196 McKenny, T. L., 17 McKenzie, Kenneth, trading house bought by, 79; reference to, 138 McLean, Nathaniel, 71, 220 McMahon, Doctor, 121 McNeil, Colonel, 117 Mackinac, capture of, by British, 9, 10; reference to, 11, 12, 18, 118, 146, 201, 209; transfer of, to Americans, 18 Madison, James, 12 Magazine, 74; contents of, 76, 77 Ma-ghe-ga-bo, 182, 183 Magruder, William T., 63, 186 Mahoney, Sergeant, purchases made by, 89 Mail, carrying of, to Fort Snelling, 97-99, 101 Maize, raising of, 95 "Malta" (steamboat), 169 Man-of-the-sky, 133 Mandan (North Dakota), 5 Mandan Indians, Lewis and Clark among, 5; reference to, 206 Maple sugar, 120 March, preparations for, 93-95 Marengo (Iowa), difficulties with Indians near, 42, 43 Marion (Iowa), 42 Marquette, Jacques, 3, 146 Marryat, Frederick, visit of, to Fort Snelling, 168, 229 Marsh, John, letter from, 33; service of, as tutor, 100, 101 Marston, Major, 22 Massacre of 1862, 118 Massy, Louis, 192 Mather, William Williams, visit of, to Fort Snelling, 165 Mdewakanton Sioux Indians, treaty with, 247 Meals, character of, 85-87 Medals, giving up of, by Indians, 6; giving of, by English, 112; giving of, by United States, 113, 114; slur against, 145 Mendota, treaty of, 49, 247; settlement at, 80, 81; headquarters of fur trade at, 135, 136; factor at, 139; reference to, 142, 212, 223, 245; religious activities at, 157, 158; traders at, 188 Menominee Indians, unwillingness of, to make treaty, 13; reference to, 177 Mess-rooms, 75 Mexican War, services of Taylor in, 59; services of Scott in, 61; reference to, 63; service of Canby in, 64 Mexico, City of, 64, 197 Michigan, Territory of, 32 Military frontier, forward movement of, 17, 18 Military posts, establishment of, 2; permission for establishment of, 7 Military reservation, 192; removal of settlers from, 192-195 Military road, survey of route for, 28, 29 Military rules, severity of, 91 Mille Lac, 180 Miller, John, 19 Mills, 82, 149; guarding of, 96 Minneapolis, real estate speculation at, 50 Minnehaha Creek, 27 Minnehaha Falls, 62, 96, 127, 198 Minnesota, Indians in, 103; diocese of Dubuque extended over, 158; reference to, 177 Minnesota, Territory of, 32, 216; organization of, 196 Minnesota River, Carver on, 1; reference to, 2, 21, 30, 31, 47, 55, 74, 106, 110, 111, 118, 121, 138, 140, 146, 154, 155, 185, 187, 207; cession of land at mouth of, secured by Pike, 7, 8; promise of trading house at mouth of, 17; selection of site for fort at mouth of, 19; arrival of troops at mouth of, 24, 212; fort located at junction of Mississippi River and, 27; concentration of Sioux Indians along, 49; scenery at mouth of, 79, 80; Indian villages on, 83;