Choctaw General Council: act, 20, _footnote_; resolution, 72-74; under authority of Chief Hudson declares Choctaw Nation "free and independent," 156, 196; plan treaty of alliance and amity with Confederacy, 156; communication from Pike, 187, _footnote_, 196, _footnote_ Choctaw Light Horse: 24, _footnote_ Choctaws: tarried in Arkansas, 19, _footnote_; Catawbas wish to unite with, 20, _footnote_; intimacy with negroes, 20, _footnote_; in Mississippi fight with South, 20, _footnote_; prepared to assent to territorial bill, 31, _footnote_; domestic troubles, 34; political connection with Chickasaws ended, 34, _footnote_; religious denominations among, 39-40; schools among, 40, _footnote_; desirable to have slaveholders settle among them, 42; ask relief, 57, _footnote_; country, 63; antebellum relations with people of Arkansas and Texas, 64; not represented at inter-tribal conference, 71; delegation, 74; affairs, 75-79; treaty with Confederate States, 78, 204; convention of Chickasaws and, 91; prevented from attending council at North Fork, 94; resolutions of Chickasaws and, 130; negotiations of Pike with, 136, _footnote_, 196-197; reported as anxious to join Confederacy, 155; enlist in army, 210; Carruth in communication with loyal portion, 246-247 Chuahla: 39, _footnote_ Chustenahlah: battle of, 258 Citizenship: U. S. recommended for Indians, 31 and _footnote_; Ottawas express preference for U. S., 36, _footnote_; Indians to determine own tribal, 169; Jim Ned's right of, forfeited within Leased District, 306 Civil War (American): no adequate history of American, 17; Indian allies of South in, 20, _footnote_; in Choctaw-Chickasaw country threatened, 34 and _footnote_; delays Indian removal from Kansas, 37; corrupt practices of Democratic Party just prior to American, 45, _footnote_; Stand Watie on Southern side in, 49, _footnote_; responsibility of Texas and Arkansas for participation of Indians in, 63; early interest of Texas and Arkansas in Indian country, 67; see also _Enlistment of Indians_ Civilization Fund: 37 Clark, George W: 211, _footnote_, 240, _footnote_ Clover, Seth: 209, _footnote_ Cobb, Howell: 45, _footnote_ Cockrell, S. R: 119 Coe, Chas. H: work cited, 20, _footnote_ Coffin, William G: 80 and _footnotes_, 184, 245, 247, 259, 274 Colbert, D: 41, _footnote_ Colbert, Holmes: 261, _footnote_ Colbert, Winchester: 197, 201, _footnote_ Colbert Institute: 40, _footnote_ Coleman, Isaac: 186, _footnote_, 259, _footnote_ Collamore, George W: 261, _footnote_ Colley, S. G: 350 Collin (Texas): exodus of non-secessionists from, 95 Colorado: indigenous tribe, in, 19, _footnote_; attempts to secure Indian coöperation, 83 Comanche Treaty: 157, _footnote_, 158; amnesty, 176