Harte, Bret, verses by, 338. Hayt, E. A., Indian Commissioner, 350. Hazen, General W. B., 320-321. Helena, growth of city of, 169. Highland settlement, Colorado, 142. Holladay, Ben, 186-190, 284; losses from Indians by, 250. Hopkins, Mark, 220. Howard, General O. O., 365-366. Hungate family, murder of, by Indians, 253. Hunkpapa Indians, 264. Hunter, General, in charge of Department of Kansas during Civil War, 230-231. Huntington, Collis P., 220. Idaho, proposed name for Colorado, 151, 154; establishment of territory of, 166-167. Idaho Springs, settlement of, 145. Illinois, opening of, to whites, 21. Illinois Central Railroad, 210, 216-218. Independence, town of, 63; outfitting post of traders, 71; Mormons at, 89-90. Indian agents, position of, in regard to Indian affairs, 304-305; question regarding, as opposed to military control of Indians, 342-343. Indian Bureau, creation of, 31; transference from War Department to the Interior, 123; history of the, 341 ff. Indian Commissioners, Board of, created in 1869, 345. Indian Intercourse Act, 31. Indian Territory, position of Indians in, during the Civil War, 240-241; breaking up of, following allotment of lands to individual Indians, 357. Indians, numbers of, in United States, 14; governmental policy regarding, 16 ff.; Monroe's policy of removal of, to western lands, 18-19; treaties of 1825 with, 19-20; allotment of territory among, on western frontier, 20-30; troubles with, resulting from Oregon, California, and Mormon emigrations, 119-123; fresh treaties with at Upper Platte agency in 1851, 123-124; further cession of lands in Indian Country by, in 1854, 127; treatment of, by Arizona settlers, 162-163; danger to overland mail and express business from, 187-188, 250; Digger Indians, 203-204; the Sioux war in Minnesota, 234 ff.; effect of the Civil War on, 240-242; causes of restlessness of, during Civil War, 234 ff.; antagonism of, aroused by advance westward of whites, 244-252; conditions leading to Sioux war, 264 ff.; war with plains Sioux (1866), 273-283; the discussion as to proper treatment of, 284-288; appointment of Peace Commissioner of 1867 to end Cheyenne and Sioux troubles, 289-290; Medicine Lodge treaties concluded with, 292-293; report and recommendations of Peace Commission, 296-298; interval of peace with, 302-303; continued troubles with, and causes, 304 ff.; war begun by Arapahoes and Cheyenne in 1868, 313; war of 1868, 313-318; President Grant appoints board of civilian Indian commissioners, 323, 341 ff.; railway builders' troubles with, 328-329; question of civilian or military control of, 342-344; Board of Commissioners, appointed for (1869), 345; Congress decides to make no more treaties with, 348;