Big Drift Wood Lake, 252 Big Face, 74 Big Island Grove, 122; relief expedition at, 182, 183; evidence of Indians at, 183 Big Sioux River, 63, 65, 72, 73, 215, 218, 220, 223, 226, 229, 233; difficulty in crossing, 221; killing of Mrs. Thatcher while crossing, 221, 222 Bissell, George R., 169, 188 Black Buffalo, 135 Black Eagle, 64 (see Wamdisapa) Black Hawk, defeat of, 6 Blaine (Washington), 273 Blizzard, 197, 198; experiences of members of burial detail during, 199-202; experiences of members of relief expedition during, 208-211, 310 Blood revenge, practice of, among Sioux, 75-77 “Bloody Run”, 34, 35 Blue Earth River, 41, 65, 66 Blue River, 277 Bonebright, 165 Boone, 32 Boone River, 31, 309; Lott’s trading house on, 31, 32 Boonesboro, 33 Border Plains, news of massacre carried to, 163; reference to, 166 Boyer River, 18; depredations along, 68, 69 Bradshaw, John, 57, 58, 134, 140, 142, 149, 187, 189 Brainard, James, 165 Brewer family, 164 Brizee, George W., 167, 206; mock court-martial of, 179 Brown, James A., visit of Indians at cabin of, 86, 87 Brown, Sam, 256, 257 Brulé Sioux Indians, campaign against, 277, 278 Buena Vista County, alarm in, 22; settlement in, 40; Inkpaduta’s band in, 87; reference to, 88; Indian depredations in, 282 Buffalo, disappearance of, 10; reference to, 235 Bull Run, battle of, 298 Burdens, size of, carried by captives, 216, 217 Burial detail, activities of, 192-205 Burkholder, William E., 167, 192, 197, 200, 214, 266; death of, by freezing, 204, 205; burial of body of, 309 Burtch, Asa, 60, 61, 96, 180, 196, 289, 305 Byron (Minnesota), 272, 301 Cabin, erection of, by Gardner, 51 California, 35 California trail, 21 Call, Ambrose A., 38, 49 Call, Asa C, 38, 49 Callagan, Thomas, 166 Calumets, making of, 219 Camp fires, 171 Campbell, Joseph, 252, 256, 257 Canada, 70, 256, 290; flight of Inkpaduta to, 255 Cannon River, 66 Captives, treatment of, by Indians, 119-121; experiences of among Indians, 215-224; difficulty of, in crossing stream, 219, 220; plans for rescue of, 226, 245; sale of, 234 Carpenter, Cyrus C, 180, 184, 264, 265, 266, 267, 309; statement by, 182, 210, 211 Carse, Henry, 167, 192, 198; sufferings of, 201, 202, 203 Carter, Richard, 167 Carter, R. F., 167 Carter family, 285 Carver, David N., 58, 134, 140, 148, 149; wounding of, 141 Cassady, Sherman, 165 Catlin, George, 311 Cattle, shelter for, 51; killing of, 85, 87, 101, 183 Cavanagh, Michael, 167 Cedar Falls, 39, 60, 89 Cedar River, 18 Center Grove Township, 46 Centerville, 33 Chatterton, Mr., 167