Regiment: Colonel Cooper's filled with Texans, 78; Choctaw-Chickasaw and Creek, 210-211; Creek, to elect its own officers, 213; Drew's, organized, 226-227; work and character of Drew's, 240 and _footnote_; of Choctaw-Chickasaw Mounted Rifles, of Creeks, and of Cherokee Mounted Rifles, 252, _footnote_, 262, _footnote_; Drew's deserts Cooper, 256; only one white, in whole Indian Department, 280; Leeper asks for at least one, to keep order on Reserve, 349 Reid, Alexander: 76, 78 Removal: of Indiana more or less compulsory, 19 and _footnote_; slavery advanced as objection to Indian, 21-22; makes no difference in matter of slavery among Indians, 22; difficulties within Indian country incident to, 27; Calhoun's plan for, 27; U. S. government slow to adopt policy of, 27-28; settlers demand, of Indians from Kansas, 36; certain tribes contemplating, 36, _footnote_; of Indians from Kansas delayed on account of Civil War, 37; _Missionary Herald_ useful for history of, 40, _footnote_; reasons for, 48; project for, of Cherokees causes dissensions within tribes, 49; of Texas Indians, 52; Wichitas ask for immediate, 56; guarantee of territorial integrity in treaties arranging for, 160-161; indemnification for, 164-166; Choctaw claims under treaty of, 196 Reservation: system, introduced into trans-Missouri region, 21; Creeks disgusted with idea of individual, 58 Reserve Indians: see _Indians of Leased District_, _Wichitas_, _Tonkawas_, _Euchees_, etc. Resolutions: of Choctaws, February 7, 1861, 72-74, 75; of Chickasaw Legislature, May 25, 1861, 122-124 and _footnote_; offered by Chilton of Alabama, 127; offered by Toombs for appointment of special agent to Indian tribes, 129; of Choctaws and Chickasaws showing friendly disposition towards South, 130 and _footnote_; passed at Cherokee mass-meeting at Tahlequah, August, 1861, 218, _footnote_, 223-225; joint, for relief of Indian refugees in Kansas, 274 Rhodes, J. F: work cited, 45, _footnote_, 129, _footnote_, 146, _footnote_ Richardson, James D: work cited, 129, _footnote_, 158, _footnote_, 202, _footnote_ Ridge, John: 47, _footnote_ Ridge, or Treaty Party: in favor of Cherokee removal, 49; connives with Ben McCulloch to circumvent wishes of Chief Ross, 151; minority party, 153; Pike's intercourse with, continues, 156; attempts to develop public sentiment in favor of Confederacy, 215; collision with Ross faction, 240 Robertson, W. S: 101, _footnote_, 192, _footnote_, 218, _footnote_ Robinson, Charles: 228, 234 Rock-a-to-wa: 231, _footnote_ Rogers, H. L: 332, 333, 336, 337 Rolla: W. S. Robertson fleeing from Indian country, reaches, 218, _footnote_ Roman Catholics: 38, _footnote_