coming of, 199 (see Settlers) Pittsburgh, 160 Plattsburg, 57 Pleasures of soldiers, 96, 97 Plympton, J., 65, 125, 126, 192, 193 Poage, Sarah, 154 Poinsett, J. R., 194 Police guard, 85 Pond, Gideon, coming of, to Fort Snelling, 151; work of, among Indians, 152-156 Pond, S. W., 72, 103; coming of, to Fort Snelling, 151; work of, among Indians, 152-156 Pontiac's conspiracy, 3 Pope, John, 215 Pork, 86; ration of, 109; giving of, to Indians, 110 Portage des Sioux, 17 Post fund, 87 Post school, 75; fund for maintenance of, 87; organization of, 101 Potatoes, raising of, 95 Potosi (Wisconsin), 170, 173 Pottawattamie Indians, 42, 177; treaty with, 208 Poupon, Isadore, 230 Powder, stock of, 77 Poweshiek (Chief), 44 Prairie du Chien, 11, 16, 20, 21, 26, 32, 33, 34, 41, 58, 66, 92, 122, 140, 142, 149, 161, 164, 170, 172, 173, 181, 187, 195, 243, 246; establishment of Fort Shelby at, 11, 12; capture of, by British, 12; round-about route to, 13; Fort Crawford at, 18; arrival of troops at, 22; return of Leavenworth to, 24; carrying of mail between Fort Snelling and, 97-99, 101; treaty made at, in 1825, 130, 177, 178 Preemption, 192 Prescott, Philander, 212 Presents, giving of, to Indians, 13, 23, 107, 111 President of United States, 16 Prevost, George, 8 Prices, fixing of, 87 Prison, number of soldiers in, 91 Prisoners, guarding of, 85 Provencalle, Louis, 143 Provisions, distribution of, to Indians, 110; character of, 213 Pump, 74 Punishments, character of, 90, 91 Puthuff, William H., 209 Quaife, Milo M., acknowledgments to, ix Quarrels in garrison, 102 Quarrying, employment of soldiers at, 96 Quartermaster, trouble between physician and, 65, 66; office of, 75 Quebec, 118, 208 Radisson, Pierre Esprit, exploration by, 3; reference to, 119 Railroad, survey of route for, 46, 47 Rainville, Mr., 229 Raisins, purchase of, 88 Ramsey, Alexander, 36, 182; treaty made by, 45; council called by, 131, 132 Rations, character of, 85-87, 109; reference to, 95; issuance of, to Indians, 181, 182 Real estate speculation, 50 Reconnoitering, 85 Red Bird, hostility of Indians under, 33, 34 Red Bird War, 214 "Red Head," 108, 228 Red River carts, caravans of, 235, 236 Red River of the North, trading posts on, 4, 206; reference to, 16, 49, 50, 103, 138, 151, 188, 205, 236; difficulties with half-breeds from, 37-40; expeditions to, 38-40, 162; Lord Selkirk's colony on, 188 Red River Trail, 46 Red Wing (Chief), 92; village of, 171, 172; payment of annuities to Indians under, 185 _Regulations for the Army, General_, 84, 86