Whooping cough, epidemic of, 191 Widows, fund for relief of, 87 Wilcox, Captain, 32 Williams, Lieutenant, 99 Williamson, Thomas S., 110; work of, among Indians, 154-157 Williamson, Mrs. Thomas S., 154 Wines, seizure of, 143; giving of, to Indians, 144 Winnebago Indians, unwillingness of, to make treaty, 13; attempt of, to delay troops, 21, 22; outbreak of, 32-34; removal of, to new reservation, 35-37, 48; reference to, 41, 42, 177, 211, 236; treaty with, 47; new reservation for, 48; disturbances among, 48, 49; language of, 174 Winnebago War, 214 Winnipeg, 188 Winona (Minnesota), 35 Winter, difficulty in securing mail during, 97-99; life at Fort Snelling during, 99-102; life among Indians during, 104, 109, 110 Wisconsin, Nicollet in, 3; Indian outbreak in, 32-34; desire of Winnebagoes to return to, 36; reference to, 168; desire for land cession in, 178; bishop of, 242 Wisconsin, Territory of, 32, 180; marshal of, 195 Wisconsin Historical Society, 242 Wisconsin River, 19, 20, 34; canal between Fox River and, 20 Women, social life of, at fort, 100-102 Wood, Doctor, aid given to sick Indians by, 111, 112 Wood, securing of, for fuel, 99 Woods, Samuel, expedition under, 38, 41-45; reference to, 40; fort established by, 44, 45 Wool, John E., 194 Wyandot Indians, treaty with, 208 Yankton Sioux Indians, half-breed killed by, 37; treaty with, 208 Yeast powder, purchase of, 88 Yellowstone Expedition, 20; failure of, 21 Yellowstone River, fort at mouth of, 19 Transcriber's Notes: Note: There are a number of inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation which are left as in the original, as they were copied directly from various sources, such as personal journals. Page 12, para, 3: Treaty of Ghent, 1914, changed to 1814. Page 13: 'Menominees' spelled as in original. Page 98: 'inteligence' spelled as in original. Page 101: 'great numbers of Dear--Our' spelled as in original. Page 113: 'afraid to die. the Murderer' as in original. Note: This writer/source doesn't capitalize normally. Page 128: Chippeways spelled as in original. Page 129: 'liveing' spelled as in original. Page 134: 'Chippeways' spelled as in original. Page 143: 'Societties' spelled as in original. Page 156: 'revival among the the soldiers, and' (Removed extra 'the'). Page 170: 'a-head' spelled as in original. Page 172: 'The Sioux have winter & summer houses. The latter are conical made....' apparently refers to winter, even though the phrase is 'winter & summer'. Page 177: 'Menomonies' spelled as in original. Page 191: Falstrom also spelled Faustram on same page. Footnote 8: 'tradeing' spelled as in original. Footnote 8: 'visit us. he' as in original. Footnote 8: 'Mandens' spelled as in original. Footnote 27: 'massacreing' spelled as in original. Footnote 183: Part of year missing from original. Changed from '18 ' to '18__'.