Dallas County, 285 Dalley, Henry E., 165, 192, 202, 203, 307 Darke County (Ohio), 229 Dawson, J. W., 167 Debts, payment of, to traders, 14-16 Defense, preparations for, at Springfield, 132-137 De Fore, William, 167 De Foe, William A., 167, 184, 192 Delaware County, 54 Des Moines, 36, 265 Des Moines City, 56 Des Moines River, 17, 19, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37, 41, 56, 63, 68, 73, 122, 124, 129, 132, 139, 153, 161, 179 181, 183, 185, 193, 198, 202, 205; settlements along, 38, 39; march of relief expedition up, 172 Des Moines Valley, 35, 160, 179; settlements in, 39 Dickerson, James, trouble of, with Indians, 27 Dickerson, Mrs. James, 27 Dickinson County, early visitors in, 44; reference to, 229 Dog, eating of, by Indians, 217, 237, 238 Dragoon Trail, 180 Dry Wood, 290 Dubuque, 17, 30, 244 Duncombe, John F., 166, 171, 174, 176, 188, 190, 208, 264, 265; laudanum taken by, 176, 177 Dungan, Warren S., 268 Earth Lodges, 234 East Okoboji Lake, 46, 161 Eastman, Charles, 255 Edyington (Ohio), 48 Elk, hunting of, by Indians, 79 Elk Rapids, 33 Emmet, 41 Emmet County, 39, 122 Emmetsburg, beginning of, 38, 39, 181 End of the Snake, captives purchased by, 234 Erie, John 165 Estherville, 41 Europe, 4 Evans, Jeremiah, 177, 178 Exile, method of becoming, 291 Farney, John, 167 Fenton, Charles T., 164, 263 Fire, method of starting, 202, 203 Fire Cloud, 74; killing of, 253 Flandrau, Charles E., news of massacre carried to Fort Ridgely by, 128; account of expedition by, 130, 131; activities of, upon receipt of news of massacre, 225, 226; reference to, 229, 242, 243, 259, 267, 317; Indians paid by, for ransom of Mrs. Marble, 230, 231; efforts of, to secure release of captives, 232, 233; Mrs. Marble taken to St. Paul by, 239, 240; payment of Indians secured by, 245; payment of bond issued by, 245, 246; plans of, for punishment of Inkpaduta, 246; investigation and report by, 247, 248; expedition against Indians raised by, 256-259 Flandrau (South Dakota), 220, 224 Florida, 247 Flour, demand of Indians for, 102; confiscation of, 180 Food, journey east to secure, 59-61; giving of, to Indians, 97, 98, 116; lack of, among Indians, 217, 218 Ford, William N., 167, 192 Fort Clarke, establishment of, 17; change of name of, 281 Fort Dodge (military post), establishment of, 17, 280, 281; reference to, 18, 19; abandonment of, 18; naming of, 281