Settlements, protection for, 18 Settlers, annoyance of, by Indians, 42, 43; desire of, for land cession, 178; service of Fort Snelling to, 187-201; disputes between Indians and, 191, 192; memorial of, 192; efforts to exclude from reservation, 192-195; ejection of, 195, 246 Seymour, Samuel, 161 Shakopee (Minnesota), 83 Shakpay, 83 Shambaugh, Benj. F., introduction by, v; acknowledgments to, vii, ix Shapaydan, 83 Shaw, Mr., 22 Sherman, W. T., military career of, 63 Sheyenne River, 103, 138 Shields, James, 197 Shining Mountains, 3 Shipler, Jacob, 196 Shoemakers, 92 Shoes, purchase of, 88 Shot, stock of, 77 Sibley, General, 64 Sibley, Henry H., description by, 26, 27; house of, 80; hunting by, 96, 97; reference to, 110, 145, 180, 213, 231, 239; relations between officers of fort and, 139 Sibley House, 223 Sick, taking of, to hospital, 85 Sickness, prevalence of, among troops, 26, 213; losses because of, 93; help to Indians in case of, 111, 112 Sinclair, Mr., 245 Sioux Indians, early traders among, 3; land at mouth of Minnesota ceded by, 7, 8; visits of, to Drummond Island, 13, 14; goods sent to, 22; treaty between Chippewas and, 28; unfriendliness of, 33; part of, in Black Hawk War, 35; hostility between half-breeds and, 37; reference to, 48, 98, 101, 151, 158, 171, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 198, 205, 229, 231, 242; concentration of, 49: massacre by, 52, 83; visit of, to Washington, 68;