Renville, Daniel, 156 Renville, Joseph, 138, 191; service of, as interpreter, 161 Renville, Rosalie, 156 Republicans, charges of graft made by, 51 _Reveille_, 84 Revival, success of, 156 Reynolds, Lieutenant, 86 Riggs, S. R., 144 Road to Fort Snelling, 73, 81 Robertson, Mr., work of, 155, 156 Robertson, Gustavus A., 156 Rock Island, building of fort on, 18; garrison for fort on, 22; reference to, 117 Rock River, hostility of Indians on, 12, 13 Rocky Mountains, 16 Roll call, 84, 85; punishment for absence from, 90 Round Tower, Old, 72; description of, 74 Routine duties, description of, 84, 85 Rum, 86; evil effect of, 139 Rum River, 27, 101, 130; battle on, 128 Runners, sending of, to Indian camps, 130 Rupel, J. B. F., 143 Ryerson, Private, purchases by, 88 Sabbath, respect of Indians for, 237 Sac Indians, hostility of, 13; pursuit of, 35; reference to, 205; treaty with, 208 Sac and Fox Indians, 35, 42, 177; return of, to Iowa, 42 St. Anthony (Minnesota), real estate speculation at, 50 St. Croix River, trading posts on, 6; cession of land at mouth of, 8; reference to, 126, 172, 174, 175, 180, 207 St. Joseph's, 10 St. Lawrence River, 205 St. Louis, 4, 5, 11, 22, 48, 56, 58, 69, 72, 120, 159, 162, 169, 170, 172, 213, 228; troops from, 34; bringing of supplies from, 86 St. Paul, 36, 46, 71, 216, 236; real estate speculation at, 50; founding of, 195, 196; relations between fort and, 196-198 St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Company, 235 St. Peter's, 170, 172, 173, 175, 206 St. Peter's agency, service of Taliaferro at, 68-71 St. Peter's River (see Minnesota River) St. Vincent (Minnesota), 206 Salt, 86 Sandy Lake, trading post on, 6; reference to, 114, 120, 180 Sanford, John F. A., Dred Scott bought by, 66 Santa Fe Trail, dangers on, 56 Sauk River, 133 Sault Ste. Marie, 119, 163 Saw mill, erection of, 27; reference to, 82, 172 Saxton, Lieutenant, 46 Say, Thomas, 161, 162 Scalp dance, 123, 128, 131, 132 Scalps, taking of, 128 Scenery, description of, around Fort Snelling, 79, 80 School, organization of, 101 Schoolcraft, Henry R., statement by, 14; reference to, 119, 130 Schools, success of, among Indians, 156 Scientific expeditions, 109 Scotland, 92; immigrants from, 189 Scott, Dred, fugitive slave case of, 66 Scott, Martin, sketch of life of, 59-62 Scott, Winfield, naming of Fort Snelling suggested by, 29, 30; reference to, 55 _Scott vs. Sanford_, 66 Scrub brush, purchase of, 88 Scurvy, ravages of, 26, 213 Second United States Infantry, 63 Secretary of War, 19, 103, 130, 149 Selkirk, Lord, colony of, 188, 189 Settlement, opening up country to, 184, 185