Pipestone quarry, in Wisconsin, 145-47;

in Minnesota, 174.

Pittsburg Landing, battle, 433, 474, 476.
Place names, of Indian origin, 233–34.
Plainfield (Conn.), records, 292, 294,
296, 302.

Planet, Lake Superior steamboat, 474.
Plank roads, discussed, 199, 248; built,
200.

Platte Mounds, in western Wisconsin,
196.

Platteville, pioneers of, 34, 84, 238, 253;
growth of, 37, 85; in the Civil War,
86; history of, 489.

Platteville Academy, founded, 206.
Platteville Witness, articles in, 489.
Plattsburg (N. Y.), in War of 1812,
450.

Pleasant Prairie, settled, 193.

Pleasant Springs Township, settled, 323.
Plumb, R. G., edits Leonard letters,

52-53; sketch, 128.

Plymouth colony, records, 301.
Plymouth Township, settled, 323.
Pocahontas, descendants, 251.
Pokegama Creek, headwaters of, 145;
banks, 147.

Pokegama Narrows, Indians at, 44.
Poland, emigration from, 21.
Polk, James K., appointments, 399.
Pond, Peter, fur trader, 156.
Pont-a-Mousson (France), in European
War, 241.

Pope, Gen. John, in the Civil War, 68,
496; commander of the Northwest,
476.

Porlier, Jacques, at Fond du Lac, 328.
Port Royal (S. C.), captured, 61.
Port Washington, trail at, 190; settled,
192.

Portage, crossed, 139; road to, 189;
canal at, 197; camp, 230; fort, 34,
37, 187-88, 436; Red Bird surren-
ders at, 33-34, 187, 231; jail at, 437-
41; sheriff, 437, 442; resident, 496.
Portage County, foreigners in, 325.
Porter, Gen. Fitz John, in the Civil
War, 60, 62.

Porter, Col. Horace, at Galena, 85; in
Civil War, 86, 373-74.
Porter Township of Rock County, 420,
425.

Portland (Ore.), editor, 468-69.
Post offices, in the territory, 198.
Potawatomi Indians, in Black Hawk

War, 38; land cessions, 32, 36, 190;
in Dodge County, 306; present con-
ditions among, 380, 485.
Potomac, Army of, 496-97.

Potomac River, in the Civil War, 53, 64,
496.

Potter, John Fox, at Washington, 245;
characterized, 250.

Powers, Thomas L., Wisconsin post-
master, 366.

Prairie de Sioux, near Prairie du Chien,
452, 459.

Prairie Dubay, on the Wisconsin, 352.
Prairie du Chien, during French régime,

250; fort at, 32, 37, 186, 283, 352;
treaty at, 35-36, 346, 367-69, 384;
trail to, 139, 141, 189-90, 238; jour-
ney to, 238, 268, 270, 352, 480; In-
dian hostilities, 33-34, 187; church
at, 204; school, 362-63, 444-46;
mills, 354-58, 361-62, 445-52; land-
mark at, 118; diary at, 352-63, 443-
53, 459-60; resident, 479.
Prairie du Sac Township, settled, 322.
Prairie Farm, lumbering at, 470.
Prairieville. See Waukesha.
Presbyterians, in Wisconsin, 205-206.
Press, in territorial days, 403-405, 407,
411-12, 483; foreign language, 92,
321, 323, 483; additions to collec-
tion, 116-17, 264-66.

Pressey, Edward P., History of Mon-
tague, 298.

Preston, Dr. Abram W., in Sixth Wis-
consin, 72.

Preus, President, sermon, 256.
Prices, for lands, 15-16, 194; for lead,
36; for transport at portage, 185;
for wheat, 422; for farm products,
423, 465; during Civil War, 425-26.
Prim, Gen. Juan, visits Army of Poto-
mac, 67.

Primrose Township, settled, 322, 324;
anniversary of, 381.
Princeton, invention of, 249.
Proudfit, A. E., obituary, 377.
Proudfit, Gen. James K., letters, 267.
Pryor, Roger A., characterized, 251.
Public Documents, 128-33, 499-502.
Public lands. See Lands.
Puckaway Lake, crossed, 350.
Pullen, A. J., on investigating commit-
tee, 95, 111; new member, 113.
Push-e-ton-e-qua, Sauk chief, death,
491-92.

QUAIFE, Milo M., appointed editor, 378,
481; rejoinder to legislature, 99-
103; edits Black Hawk's Autobiog-
raphy, 40; Lapham article cited,
13; "An Experiment of the Fathers
in State Socialism," 277-90; review
of Buck's Illinois in 1818, 387-89.

Quakers, in Canada, 343.
Quebec, emigration agent at, 9; port of
entry, 24.

Queen, Joe, lumberman, 45, 49–50.
Question Box, 227-40, 361-74, 466-77.
Quewezance, Chippewa chief, 263.
Quickert, Carl, editor, 382.
Quincy (Ill.), founders, 270, 461.
Quinebaug River (Conn.), 295, 305.

RACINE, origin of name, 250; trail near,
190; settled, 192; stage line to, 200;
churches at, 205, 380; foreigners,
316.

Racine Advocate, and patent medicine
advertisements, 88-89; editor, 246.
Racine Aegis, published, 207.
Racine College, closed, 256.
Racine County, settled, 193; foreigners

in, 314-15, 317, 323; desires Illinois
annexation, 404-405; wheat raised
in, 200; Liberty party in, 207; in
World War, 490.

Rafting, on Black River, 456-57; on
Mississippi, 457-59.
Railroads, and emigration agencies, 3,

5, 6, 18-19, 22-24; policies, 25;
change line of settlement, 84; char-
tered, 197, 199; built, 200; in Ohio,
312.

Rainbow Division, in European War,
241, 504.

Raleigh (N. C.), editor, 246.

Ramsey, Alexander, governor of Minne-
sota, 264.
Rand, -

pioneer lumberman, 369.
Randall, Gov. Alexander, visits the
front, 61.

Randall, T. E., local historian, 368-69.
Random Lake Township, settled, 315.
Rappahannock River, in the Civil War,
68, 497.

Rappahannock Station (Va.), battle at,

conditions among, 337; as a boun-
dary, 409; Indian captive on, 448.
"Red Tape at Washington in the Good
Old Days," 446-48.

Reeve, John C., “A Physician in Pioneer
Wisconsin," 306-13; sketch, 385;
portrait, 306.

Regen (Germany), advertisements at,

22.

Reorganized Church of Latter Day
Saints. See Mormons.

Reserve, resident, 150.

Rexford, Eben E., biography, 259.
Reynolds, Gov. John, in Black Hawk

War, 38.

Reynolds, William S., killed, 438-42.
Ribeaucourt (France), letter from, 241-
44.

Rice Lake, Indians on, 44, 48.

Rice Lake (city), quarry near, 145;
road to, 146; lumbering at, 470;
residents, 479.

Richards, L. S., History of Marshfield,
301.

Richmond (Va.), in the Civil War, 65,
68, 82.

Richmond Township, settled, 324.
Riddle, -
Baptist preacher, 463.
Rindlaub, M. P., on Belmont Capitol
Commission, 375.

Ringling, John, career, 259.

Ringling family, birthplaces of, 479.
Ripon, beginnings of, 208; celebration
at, 119.

Ripon College, papers concerning, 122-

Rockford (Ill.), stage line to, 199; fa-

vors annexation to Wisconsin, 402.
Rockland Township, settled, 315.
Rodolf family, in Wisconsin, 321.
Roethe, H. E., chairman investigating
committee, 95, 111; new member,
113.

Roethel, Herman, on investigating com-
mittee, 95, 111.

Rogers, Maj. Robert, journal published,

505.

Rolette, Joseph, fur trader, 329, 383-84;
builds mill, 355, 357-58, 361, 448;
sells property, 361-62; starts for
Mackinac, 444; returns, 448; lum-
bering, 454, 456-59; sketch, 355.
Rome (N. Y.), Keyes at, 340-41.
Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait of, fron-

tispiece, 41; popularity, 226; Indian
visits, 372-73; cited, 489.

Root River, affluent of Lake Michigan,
250.

Root River, affluent of the Mississippi,
458.

Rose, Jeremiah, first settler of Quincy,
461.

Rosecrans, Gen. William S., in the Civil
War, 79-80.

Rostock (Germany), advertisements at,

22.

Rountree, John, miner, 34; Platteville
pioneer, 86; entertains General
Grant, 253.

Rowan, Wallace, fur trader, 238-39.
Rowley, W. R., at Galena, 85; in Civil
War, 86.

Ruggles, William P., Wisconsin post-
master, 366.

Ruggles family, pioneers, 430.
Rumsey's Landing, on the Chippewa,
368-69.

Rune Stone. See Kensington Rune
Stone.

Rush, Henry, aid acknowledged, 150.
Rusk, Mrs. Jeremiah, obituary, 257.
Rusk County, post in, 379.
Ryan, Edward G., in constitutional con-
vention, 228.

SACRAMENTO (Cal.), editor at, 469.
St. Anthony Falls, council at, 360.
St. Cloud (Minn.), railroad to, 174.

St. Croix band of Chippewa Indians,

379.

St. Croix County, lumbering in, 43;
murder, 43-45.

St. Croix Falls, route to, 150; during
Sioux hostilities, 475.

St. Croix River, lumbering on, 201; as
a boundary, 367; history of, 384;
settlements on, 407.

St. Cyr, —, at Prairie du Chien, 444.
St. Cyr, Michel, trader, 238-40.
St. Louis (Mo.), Indian treaty at, 32;
barracks, 33; troops, 184, 444; com-
mercial entrepôt, 84, 189, 267, 360;
British attack on, 186; fur traders
at, 286, 446; boats from, 443, 445,
452; lumber sold at, 464, 470.
St. Martin, -, lumberman, 454.
St. Marye. See Marye Heights.
St. Michael mission, in Wisconsin, 237.
St. Mihiel (France), in European War,
241-42.

St. Paul (Minn.), railway from, 174;
Indian battle near, 263.

St. Paul (Minn.) Dispatch, cited, 181.
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, immigra-
tion policy, 25.

St. Peters (Minn.) River, council on,
360; fur traders, 447, 459.
Salem (Ore.) Democratic Press, 469.
Salem Township, settled, 193.
Salomon, Gov. Edward, letter to, 10;
suspends draft, 477.

Salt, process of making, 462.
Salt Prairie, in Illinois, 464.
Salt River (Mo.), passed, 462.

Samuels, Capt. Maurice M., governor's
agent, 475.

Sandusky (Ohio), fur trade factory at,
282, 284.

Sanford, Albert H., letter, 253.

San Francisco (Cal.) Democratic Press,
469.

Santa Clara College, at Sinsinawa
Mounds, 364-65.

Santa Rosa (Cal.) Democrat, editor,
469.

Sar-ro-chau, Winnebago chief, 428; vil-
lage of, 328.

Satterlee, Marion P., compiles list, 236.
Sauk and Fox Indians, grant to Du-
buque, 31; own lead mines, 31-32,
365; war with, 37-40, 188, 238-39;
cession of, 190; at Mackinac, 347;
at Prairie du Chien, 459; village,
460; agent for, 445; present con-
ditions, 491-92.

Sauk County, foreigners in, 320.
Sauk County Historical Society, annual
meeting, 488.

Sault Ste. Marie, end of Lake Superior,
139; Tanner at, 448.

Savannah (Ga.), blockaded, 61.
Saverton (Mo.), laid out, 462.
Sawyer, Henry, lumberman, 48.

Sawyer, Josephine, letter, 236.
Sayre, David F., "Early Life in South-
ern Wisconsin," 420-27; sketch, 498;
obituary, 115.

Scandinavians. See Denmark, Norway,
and Sweden.

Schafer, Joseph, elected superintendent
of the Society, 481.

Schoeffler, Moritz, in constitutional con-
vention, 92; editor, 321.

School lands. See Lands.
Schoolcraft, James L., killed, 448.
Schools, first in Wisconsin, 35, 444-46;
in Fond du Lac County, 430; in
territorial days, 206-207.
Schuette, John, obituary, 378.
Schuldt, Henry E., local historian, 489.
Schwaebische Merkur, and emigration, 6.
Scotland, emigration from, 7, 21, 214,
217, 317.

Scott, Gen. William S., in the European
War, 226.

Scott, Gen. Winfield, criticized, 56; re-
tires, 58.

Sea Bird, lakes steamer, 476; burned, 52.
Seattle (Wash.), editor at, 468-69;
mayor, 469.

Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, earl, at Prai-

rie du Chien, 354, 448; sketch, 354.
Selkirk settlement, on Red River of the
North, 35, 321, 354, 361.

Seneca, trail passes, 141.

Seneca Indians, in Civil War, 373-74.
Serpent Mound Park, in Ohio, 492.
Seulchoix Point, passed, 347.
Seymore, lumberman, 454-55.
Shackelford, Mrs., Madison resident,
90-91.

Shade, Lieut. William G., at Prairie du
Chien, 358, 444.
Shake-Rag. See Mineral Point.
Shaw, H. W., on committee of safety,

475.

Shaw, Col. John, at Prairie du Chien,
354-55, 443.

Shaw, Nathaniel, at Prairie du Chien,
358, 360; departs, 443; letter from,
452.

Shawano, railroad to, 18.
Shawano County, lands in, 15.
Sheboygan, settled, 192; stage line to,
200.

Sheboygan County, settled, 193; for-
eigners in, 315, 320, 321.

Sheldon, G. M., letter, 235.

Sheldon, George, History of Deerfield,
291.

Sheldon, Mary, letters to, 52-83.

Sherman, William T., march to sea, 266.
Shiloh, battle of. See Pittsburgh Land-
ing.

Shippee, Lester J., "The First Railroad
between the Mississippi and Lake
Superior," cited, 19.

Sholes, C. Latham, monument for, 258.
Sholes, E. C., editor, 208.

Shot, manufactured, 36.

Shove, Lieut. D. A., in the Civil War, 59.
Show-ne-on, Menominee chief, 234.
Shull, Jesse, trader, 31.

Shullsburg, growth, 37, 318; stage line
to, 199.

Silver, Winnebago chief, 239.
Simcoe Lake, route via, 343-44.
Simmons, Mrs. Louisa Parker, Pioneer
Reminiscences, 432.

Sinclair, Capt. Patrick, commandant at
Mackinac, 472.

Sinipee, river port, 189.
Sinsinawa, battle ship, 364-65.
Sinsinawa Mounds, settled, 34, 194; his-
torical associations, 364-67.
Sioux Indians, hostilities of 1862, 235-36,
473-77; battle with Chippewa, 263;
and Carver grant, 349; council with,
360-61, 459; boundary of territory,
367-69; dance described, 444; cere-
mony, 484-85.

"Sioux War of 1862 at Superior," 473-
77.

Sixth Maine Infantry, in the Civil War,
60, 74, 76.

Sixth Wisconsin Infantry, in Army of
the Potomac, 72; historical sketch
of, 495.

Skalholt (Iceland) manuscripts de-
scribed, 166-67; Annals, 164, 167.
Skerries, location of, 333-38.
Skoponong settlement, of Norwegians,
324.

Skuleson, Bishop, copies annals, 164.
Skunk Grove, in Racine County, 190.
Slashing, described, 145.
Slaughter, William B., territorial secre-
tary, 195; plats town, 240.
Slavery, in Wisconsin, 37, 207.
Sloan, Judge A. Scott, visits the front,

61.

Smallpox, in the Virginia army, 60; in
pioneer Wisconsin, 308-309.

Smith, George, Milwaukee banker, 317.
Smith, John E., Galena merchant, 85;
in Civil War, 86.

Smith, Joseph, founder of Mormonism,
485-86.