_Uncle Tom's Cabin_, 62 United States, establishment of military posts by, 2; agreement of, to make peace with Indians, 12; northern boundary of, 16; expansion of, 45, 46; hostility of Indians to, 114; relations of, with Indians, 176-178; agreement of, with Chippewas, 184; land ceded to, by Sioux in 1805, 207 Upper country, extent of, 2 Utah, 64 Vaccination of Indians, 112 Vail, J., 143 Valentine Ball, 197 "Valley Forge" (steamboat), 169 Van Antwerp, Ver Planck, 180 Van Cleve, Horatio P., 212 Van Cleve, Mrs., 231 Vancouver (Washington), 47 Vevay (Indiana), 190 Vinegar, 86 Vineyard, Miles, 179 Virginia, 70 "Virginia" (steamboat), trip of, up Mississippi River, 159, 160 Volga River, 41 Voyageurs, 136, 157, 188 Wabasha (Chief), 33, 117; land sold by, 35; meeting of couriers at village of, 98; missionary at village of, 154; village of, 171; payment of annuities to Indians under, 185 Wabasha's Prairie, 35 Wahpakoota Sioux Indians, treaty with, 247 Wahpeton Sioux Indians, treaty with, 247 Wall around Fort Snelling, description of, 73, 74, 76 Wakh-pa-koo-tay, 243 Wakinyantanka, 83 Wamditanka, 83 Wapsipinicon River, 42 War Department, 19, 22, 39, 44, 160; naming of Fort Snelling by, 29, 30; attitude of, toward Fort Snelling, 31; Indian affairs placed under control of, 67 War of 1812, English supported by Indians during, 8-12; reference to, 18, 209; service of Snelling during, 57; service of Taliaferro in, 70 War parties, 106 Warfare, history of, between Sioux and Chippewas, 119-134 "Warrior" (steamboat), 151, 164 Warriors, desire of, to take part in council, 181 Washington, George, 168 Washington (Connecticut), 151 Washington, D. C., 46, 58, 62, 64, 98, 192; visit of Indians to, 68, 115, 116, 179; treaty with Sioux at, 184 Washington Monument Association, 197 Washington Territory, 46 Washington's birthday, celebration of, 100 Water power, 178 Weapons, stock of, 76, 77 Webb, James, journey of, to Fort Armstrong, 117 Webster, Daniel, statement by, 59 Weddings, 191 West, prediction of Carver concerning, 1, 2; foreign jurisdictions in, 2, 3; English supported by Indians in, 8-12; rapid development of, 14; cause of trouble in, 15; influence of Fort Snelling in, 52; service of Canby in, 65; work of missionaries in, 146 West Point Military Academy, 62, 63, 100 Westward movement, 14, 15 Wheat, spoiling of, 86; raising of, 95 Wheeling (West Virginia), 161 Wheelwrights, 92 Whiskey, 86; drinking of, by soldiers, 89; efforts to suppress traffic in, 139-145; smuggling of, 142, 143; destruction of, 143, 144, 243; traffic in, 194, 236 Whistler, Captain, 21, 211 White Head, 118 Whitney, Asa, 217