American Civil War: [See Civil War] American Historical Association: _Report_, 20, _footnote_ American Revolution: effect upon Cherokee emigration to Texas, 20, _footnote_; work of Committees of Correspondence in connection with, 83 Amnesty: provided for, 176 Annuities: negro and Indian half-breeds share Indian, 23, _footnote_; Choctaw, distinct from Chickasaw, 34, _footnote_; Indian, declared forfeited by Lincoln government, 145; John Ross considers Indian, safe, 147; payment of Indian, assumed by Confederacy, 163; Indian, diverted from regular channels, 170; to use, of hostile Indians, 274; Crawford makes requisition for Cherokee, 307 Antelope Hills: 55, 136, _footnote_ Apucks-hu-nubbe: district of, 34, _footnote_ Arbuckle, General: 193, _footnote_ Arkansas: Choctaws and Cherokees tarry in, 19, _footnote_; Indian Territory annexed to, for judicial purposes, 23, _footnote_; and Indian patronage, 59; and Indian participation in Civil War, 63; interest in Indian Territory, 67; Knights of Golden Circle active in, 68; interest in Indian alliance, 83; affairs reach crisis, 97; Hubbard, commissioner to, 108; sends commission to Indian country, 119; sends Albert Pike as delegate, 132-133 _Arkansas Baptist_: 47, _footnote_ Arkansas Convention: _Journal_, 119, _footnotes_, 120, _footnotes_ Arkansas Historical Association: _Publications_, 106, _footnote_ Arkansas Legislature: _House Journal_, 103, _footnote_, 110, _footnote_, 111, _footnote_ Arkansas River: 67, 76, 97, 135, _footnote_, 162, 175 Arms: description of, needed for Indians, 190, _footnote_; Choctaw-Chickasaw regiment not furnished with, 211; scarcity of, 211, _footnote_; Cherokees in, at Tahlequah mass-meeting, 217; Ross able to bear, 137, _footnote_; Creeks under, threaten hostilities, 138, _footnote_; fear, for Indians will be taken by secessionists, 228, _footnote_; Confederate difficulty in securing, 253 and _footnote_ Armstrong Academy: 40, _footnote_ Armstrong, William: 193, _footnote_ Asbury Mission: Indian amity compact concluded at, 69, _footnote_ Assinneboin: suggested Territory of, 32, _footnote_ Atchison, David R: letter to, mentioned, 33, _footnote_ _Austin State Gazette_: 80, _footnote_ Averell, William W: 101, _footnote_ Baker, George E: work cited, 58, _footnote_ Balentine, H: 79 Ball-playing: connected with secret organization of "Pins," 86, _footnote_ Bancroft, Frederic: work cited, 58, _footnote_ Barnes, James K: 260, _footnote_ Barnesville: 245, 246 Beams's Negroes: 23, _footnote_ Beaver Creek: 55 Beening, S. T: 102, _footnote_ Benjamin, Judah P: 140, _footnote_, 200, _footnote_, 215, _footnote_, 252, _footnote_ Benton, Thomas H: plan for a national highway, 28; request, 33, _footnote_ Big Chief: merit chief of Great Osages, 238