Desert, tradition of a great American, 11-13; disappearance of tradition, 119; Kansas formed out of a portion of, 137; final conquest by railways of region known as, 384-386. Digger Indians, 203-204. Dillon, President, 336. Dodge, Henry, 35-36, 37-38, 44, 328-329. Dole, W. P., Indian Commissioner, 239. Donnelly, Ignatius, 237. Douglas, Stephen A., 128, 213-214. Downing, Major Jacob, 252, 260. Dubuque, lead mines at, 34; as a mining camp, 42. Dubuque County created, 42. Education of Indians, 351-352. Emigrant Aid Society, 130. Emory, Lieut.-Col., survey by, 208. Erie Canal, 10, 21, 24, 38, 325. Evans, Governor, war against Indians conducted by, 253 ff.; quoted, 269. Ewbank Station massacre, 250. Fairs, agricultural, for Indians, 352-353. Falls line, 5. Far West, Mormon headquarters at, 90. Fetterman, Captain W. J., 274, 277-278, 279; slaughter of, by Indians, 280-281. Fiske, Captain James L., 188. Fitzpatrick, Indian agent, 122-124. Fort Armstrong, purchase at, of Indian lands, 26. Fort Benton, 163, 164. Fort Bridger, 301. Fort C. F. Smith, 275-277. Fort Hall, 74. Fort Kearney, 78. Fort Laramie, 78, 121; treaties with Indians signed at, in 1851, 123-124; conference of Peace Commission with Indians held at (1867), 291. Fort Larned, conference with Indians at, 308. Fort Leavenworth, 24, 59. Fort Philip Kearney, Indian fight at (1866), 274-275; extermination of Fetterman's party at, 280-282. Fort Pierre, 267. Fort Ridgely, Sioux attack on, 235-236. Fort Snelling, 33-34, 48. Fort Sully conference, 271-272, 273. Fort Whipple, 162. Fort Winnebago, 35. Fort Wise, treaty with Indians signed at, 249. Forty-niners, 109-118. Fox Indians, 21, 25, 26, 127. Flandrau, Judge Charles E., 236-237. Franklin, town of, 63. Freighting on the plains, 174 ff. Frémont, John C., 58; explorations of, beyond the Rockies, 73-75, 195; senator from California, 117. Fur traders, pioneer western, 70-71. Galbraith, Thomas J., Indian agent, 238. Geary, John W., 135. Georgetown, Colorado, 145. Geronimo, Indian chief, 369. Gilpin, William, first governor of Colorado Territory, 155; quoted, 225; responsibility assumed by, during the Civil War, 228-229. Gold, discovery of, in California, 108-113; in Pike's Peak region, 141-142; in the Black Hills, 359-361. Grattan, Lieutenant, 265. Great American desert. _See_ Desert. Great Salt Lake. _See_ Salt Lake. Great Salt Lake Valley Carrying Company, 176. Greeley, Horace, western adventures of, 145, 179, 182. Gregg, Josiah, 61-62. Grosventre Indians, treaties of 1851 with, 123-124. Guerrilla conflicts during the Civil War, 230-233. Gunnison, Captain J. W., 204-205. Hancock, General W. S., 306-311. Hand-cart incident in Mormon emigration, 100-101. Harney, General, 266.