Brad Agnue ("The 1858 War Against the Comanches" 1971), 41

William Alexander (Pvt, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 73

Henry Elijah Alvord, 1844-1904 (Major, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 70

George Andrew (Maj, 7th Regiment), 23

Ralph K. (THE LONG DEATH, 1964), 1, 2, 3

Matthew Arbuckle, 1778-1851 (Col, US Army at Ft Smith), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 19, 24

Batesville, Independence County, 5

Belle Point, Sebastian County, 4, 5

Bentonville, Benton County, 59

Clarksville, Johnson County, 5

Fayetteville, Washington County, 5

Fort Smith, Sebastian County, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 19, 30, 32, 43, 58, 59, 72

Hot Springs, Garland County, 6

Little Rock, Pulaski County, 5, 66

bows and arrows, 41, 44, 50, 54, 55

bull whip, 74

knife, scalping, 50

lance, 43

munitions, 6, 41, 50, 54, 58

ordnance forge, stores, arsenal, 11, 36

pistols, revolvers, 50, 66, 77

rifles, 17, 50, 63

saber, 50

shotgun, 15, 17, 24, 63

six-shooter, 63

Spencer repeating carbines, 66, 67

beads, mirrors, calico for barter, 21

dead march with coffins, 37

Emancipation Proclamation by A. Lincoln, 64

embroidery, 18

flora, fauna, collecting specimens (1852), 25

horses from Kentucky, 39

illiteracy, 67

Macauley's HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 19

rug, bright colored oilcloth, 18

tatto beat of drum, 44

warpaint, 37

William A. Averell (Lt, Union), 59, 61, 62

Louella Babb, sister of captive Dot Babb, 76

Theodore Adolphus "Dot" Babb in 1865 taken captive at age 13 in Wise Co TX, 75

Elisha J. Bailey, Dr. (1850 at Ft Washita), 15

W. David, Dr. (1976 Univ. of Arkansas), ii

Ed Bearas (FT. SMITH: LITTLE GIBRALTAR, 1969), 4, 7, 8

S. T. Benning (Capt, Fannin Co, TST), 62

Samuel A. Blaine (Wichita Indain Agent, 1859), 56

Solon Borland (1849, U. S. Senator; CSA Col, AR), 4, 6, 7

Wm. Lewis Cabell (Brig-Gen, AR CSA), 24

American River, 11

Califormia Road, 21

gold fields, 11

travelers stopped at Fort Arbuckle, 28

Edward R. S. Canby (Maj-Gen, Union), 29

__, Mr. (1858 near Ft Arbuckle), 44

John M. Chivington, 1821-1894 (Col, 1st Colorado Volunteers), 68

buffalo hides, 37

deerskins, 37

overcoat, 60, 73

Arkansas River headwaters, Bent County, 35

bugler, 49

express courier, dispatch rider, 10, 27, 51, 59

mail, irregular, problems with, 17, 75

margin notes of a newspaper, 53

telegraph, 66, 68

Charles M. Conrad (U. S. Sec. of War), 8

Phillip Saint George Cooke, 1809-1895 (Gen, Union) in 1861 wrote CAVALRY TACTICS, 34

Douglas Hancock Copper, 1815-1879, Indian agent (Brig-Gen, IT CSA), 41, 42, 43, 56, 63

court martial, 24, 29

misdemeanor, 23

__, Mr. (Capt, Union, 1861), 61

George A. Custer (Col, 7th U.S. Cav), 66

John Wynn "Black Jack" Davidson (Gen, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 71

Jefferson (U.S. Sec. of War, CSA President), 33, 39

5-man committee, 6

Adjutant General, 10, 26

Arkansas Congressional delegation, 6, 8

Bourland, Solon (1849, U. S. Senator, CSA Col, AR), 4, 6, 7

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 45

Department of the West, 53

Indian Peace Commission (to confer with warring tribes) created July 1867 by U.S. Congress, 69

Jefferson Davis (U.S. Sec. of War, later CSA President), 33

Johnson, R. W., U.S. House of Rep. of AR, 7

Stanton, Edwin M., U.S. Sec. of War, 68

Texas Congressional delegation, 40

U.S. Congress, 6

U.S. War Department, 1, 8, 13, 23, 39, 45, 59, 62

Washington, 5, 6, 7, 10, 58

Washington Star, newspaper, 52

Thomas S. Drew (1855 Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Ft Smith), 32

Army clothing ($20) plus $210 in exchange for white captive, 75

beads and mirrors for barter, 21

buffalo hides, 31

gold, 2, 4, 5, 11

ransom for stolen children, 75

slave trading, 21

sutler's store, 22, 71, 77

whiskey, 23, 74

William H. Emory, 1811-1887 (Major, Post Commander, Ft Arbuckle, Union), 53, 54, 55, 57, 61, 62

Jack Evans, sutler at Ft Arbuckle, 71

Nathan G. Evans (Capt, 5th U.S. Cavalry, 1858), 50

beef, beeves, 44

buffalo, 31, 32, 57, 70

buffalo tongue, 18

cattle, milk, 11, 16, 17, 69, 70, 75, 77

chickens, eggs, 16, 17

Christmas dinner: bear meat, buffalo tongue, prairie hen (or grouse), venison, geese, wild turkey, quail, pigeon, 18

corn, cornfields, cereals, 44, 51, 64

drought caused hunger, 32

ducks, wild, 17

flour, 63

food supply, 2, 50

forage, plunder, 32, 33, 63

gardens, cultivated fields, 13, 20

geese, wild, 13, 17

grass, for livestock grazing, 57

hog ranch or town, 75

horses, 69

horses, mules (1855) eaten by Indians due to lack of buffalo, 32

hunting wild game, 31

ice cream on Sundays, 17

icehouse, 17

livestock, 55, 57

salt, 72

starvation and destitution, 20, 32

water, potable, 22, 72

John Salmon "Rip" Ford  (Brig-Gen, Texas Rangers, TST), 40

Carolyn T.  Foreman ("Black Beaver" 1946), 12, 21

Grant Foreman (1869-1953), wrote Oklahoma histories, 12, 33, 41, 42, 44, 54

post commander (1868), Lt. R. H. Pratt, 78

post commander (Apr 1851-Jul 1852), R. B. Marcy (Maj-Gen, CSA), 26

post commander (Apr 1864), Capt. W. Martin, 65

post commander (bef Feb 1859-aft Oct 1859), Maj. W. H. Emory, 53

post commander (Jul 1852-Jun 1853), J. C. Henshaw (Brevet-Maj, 7th Regiment), 26

post commander (Jun 1858-Oct 1858), Lt. J. E. Powell, 46

post commander (Jun 1863), Capt. S. G. Simmons, 28

post commander (Oct 1858-May 1861), Capt. R. T. Jacobs, 84

post commander (Oct 1858-May 1861), Capt. W. E. Prince, 51

post commander (winter 1867-1868), J. W. Walsh (Capt, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 77

Zack Gardner (1858 near Ft Arbuckle, I.T.), 41

Robert R. Garland  (Lt, 7th Regiment), 24

P. E. Garrison, killed 1858 (Sgt, 5th U.S. Cavalry Regt), 51

Arrell M. (FT. SMITH: LITTLE GIBRALTAR, 1969; CHICKASAWS, 1973), 4, 5, 7, 8, 63

Rodney Gilsan, physician at Ft Arbuckle (JOURNAL OF ARMY LIFE, 1874), 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 31, 36, 38, 52

George W. (Capt, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 74

Ulysses S. Grant (Gen, Union, U.S. President), 66

Benjamin Grierson of Illinois (Col, 10th U.S. Cav), 66, 70

Margaret (Hall) Moncrief (help build Ft Arbuckle in 1851), 44

Winfield Scott Hancock, 1824-1886 (Gen, Dept. of the Missouri), 68

William Joseph Hardee, 1815-1873, Lt-Col, in 1855 wrote INFANTRY TACTICS, A SOLDIER's MANUAL, 34, 39

Robert C. Hartje (VAN DORN, 1967), 47, 49, 52

Edward Hatch of Iowa (Col, 9th U.S. Cav), 66

Thomas Henry (Lt, 7th Regiment), 24

John C. Henshaw (Brevet-Maj, 7th Regt, Ft Arbuckle Post Commander), 23, 26

__Mr., 1854 editor of Chickasaw Intelligencer, 29

Wm. (Gen, 3rd U.S. Infantry), 67

__, Mr. (Capt, IT, 1858), 42

Wm. Eugene (BEYOND THE CROSS TIMBERS, 1955), 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 27

__, Mr., Major, 72

James J. Hudson, Dr. (1976 Univ. of Arkansas), ii

C. Ross Hume ("Anadarko" 1938), 64

Fort Gibson, Illinois Dist (now Muskogee Co OK), 7, 10, 11, 24, 46, 64, 66, 70, 71, 72

Camp Arbuckle #2 (1834), now Pawnee County, 19

Fort Arbuckle, Pickens Co (now Garvin Co OK), 9, 41, 42, 51, 57, 58, 59, 64

Rush Creek, Pickens Co (now Grady Co OK), 46, 48, 52

Rush Springs, Pickens Co (now Grady Co OK), 45

Tishomingo, Tishomingo Co (now Johnston Co OK), 42

Boggy Depot, Pushmataha Dist, Atoka Co (now Atoka Co OK), 42, 63

Fort Washita, Pushmataha Dist, Blue Co (now Bryan Co OK), 58, 59, 64

McAlester, Moshulatubbee Dist, Tobucksy Co (now Pittsburg Co OK), 11

Perryville Depot, Moshulatubbee Dist, Tobucksy Co (now Pittsburg Co OK), 60

Arbuckle Mountains, Chickasaw Dist, Wichita Co (now Murray Co OK), 1851 mvd to Wildhorse Creek, 12

Byers, Chickasaw Dist, Caddo Co (now McClain Co OK), 1851 mvd to Wildhorse Creek, 12

Camp Arbuckle, Chickasaw Dist, Caddo Co (now McClain Co OK), 1851 mvd to Wildhorse Creek, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 21

Fort Arbuckle, Chickasaw Dist, Wichita Co (now Garvin Co OK), 1851 mvd to Wildhorse Creek, 21, 25, 26, 29

Fort Washita, Pushmataha Dist, Blue Co (now Bryan Co OK), 11, 15, 23, 24, 30

Reserves, western boundary, 10

Waco Indian Village, Chickasaw Dist, Wichita Co (now Grady Co OK), 25

Wichita Indian Village, Chickasaw Dist, Wichita Co (now Grady Co OK), 25

Chouteau's Trading Post on Chouteau Creek, near now Lexington, Cleveland County, 12

Seminole Reserve (north of the South Canadian River), 20

Antelope Hills, Comanches defeated in 1858 by Texas Rangers at Battle of Little Robe Creek (now Ellis Co OK), 38, 40, 45

Camp Radziminski, 1858, on Otter Creek, near Tipton, Tillman Co OK, 47, 48, 52

Fort Cobb, now Caddo County, 56, 57, 59, 62, 64

Fort Sill, now Comanche County, 25, 42, 43

Medicine Bluff, now Comanche County, 25, 56

Mount Scott, Mount Beauregard, or Mount Blue, now Comanche County, 56

Otter Creek, near Tipton, Tillman Co OK, 48, 51

Reserve, 62

Reserve Indians Tribes, 56

Tonkawa Massacre of October 1862, 64

treaty to lease Choctaw-Chicksaw lands for occupation by the Plains Indians, 33

Washita Agency, on Washita River, now Caddo Co OK, 55

Wichita Mountains (now Comanche County), 26, 42, 56

3,000,000-acre reservation for Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa, 69

4,000,000-acre reservation for Arapahoe and Cheyenne, 69

Anadarko, branch of Caddo, 34

Apache, 32, 36, 45, 76

Arabs of the southwest, 36

Arapahoe, 32, 69, 76

Blackfeet, 12

Brazos Reservation on Salt Fork of Brazos River, Texas, 33, 34, 55

Caddo Hasinai, Whitebead Band of Caddos, 1842, 1843, and 1861, George Washington (Maj, IT, CSA), 34, 42, 43, 71, 76

Cherokee Ridgeites, 42

Cheyenne, 32, 45, 69, 76

Cheyenne War of 1864 on Sand Creek, Colorado, 68

Comanche Reservation, 1855, Throckmorton Co TX, 34, 55

Comanche, "prairie nomad", 6, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 29, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 48, 53, 56, 68, 69, 76

Comanches defeated in 1858 by Texas Rangers at the Battle of Little Robe Creek (now Ellis Co OK), 38

Creek Indian, 12, 13, 34

Crow, 12

Delaware Hainai, 12, 21, 36, 63

Indian Peace Commission (to confer with warring tribes) created July 1867 by Congress, 69

Indian Wars (1855-1858), 1

Jones, Horace Pope Jones, interpreter for Penateka Comanche, scout, 56

Kickapoo, 12, 20, 26, 36

Kiowa, 6, 18, 26, 32, 40, 56, 68, 69, 76

Medicine Lodge Creek Council, Indian Peace Commission met October 1867 with Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, etc., 69

Neighbors, Robert Simpson Neighbors, 1855 Indian Agent, Brazos Reservation on Brazos River, Texas, 33, 34, 56

Osage, 63

prairie tribes or Plains Indians, 12, 13

Rector, Elias M. Rector. (Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Ft Smith AR, CSA), 56

Reserve in Indian Territory, 62

Seminole Reserve (north of the South Canadian River), 20

Shawnee, 63

Taylor, N.G. Taylor, President of Commission of Indian Affairs, 69

Texas Rangers, Texas State Troops, 62

Tonkawa Massacre of October 1862, 64

Tonkawas, Ton-ca-wes, Tonwaconies Tribe, 34, 64

Waco, Wacco, Wai-coes, Wakhos, Taw-wag-o-nies, branch of Wichitas, 34, 40

Wichita, Wee-che-tah, or Witch-e-taw Tribe Bands: Hue-cos, Ta-hua-ca-ros, Tawackanoies, Tow-wac-car-ro, Tow-we-ash, 12, 43, 45, 48, 51, 71

Woods Indians, Chickasaw and Choctaw, 43

Anti-toybitsy, Comanche scout, 48

Black Beaver, Delaware Indian, guide for Marcy, 12, 21, 42

Buffalo Hump, Chief of Comanches, 1858 Rush Creek Treaty, 48

Hair-Bobbed-on-One-Side, 48

Holktiche (Capt, IT, 1858), 42

Issa-Keep, Comanche Chief, 37

James, George (Capt, IT, 1858), 42

Nasthoe, a Wichita scout, 47

Over-the-Buttes, 48

Tibbalo, Comanche Chief, asked Creek Indians to help since they had 5,000 starving people, 32

Tuckabatchee Micco, Creek Chief, 1855, accompanied Comanches to Ft Smith with petition for help for starving Comanches, 32

Wau-su-sic-an, a Wichita scout, son of Nasthoe, 47

Wild Cat, Seminole Chief on the Rio Grande, 20

George James (1858, Capt, I.T.), 42

Thomas Sidney Jesup (U.S. Quartermaster Gen. for 42 yrs), 6, 12

R. W., U.S. House of Rep. of AR, 7, 8

Albert Sidney Johnson, 1802-1862, (Gen, CSA), 39, 40

Horace Pope, interpreter for Penateka Comanche, scout, 55, 56, 64

Wm. B., 1976 Univ. of Arkansas master's thesis, i

Eureka Valley, Riley County, 76

Fort Leavenworth, 28, 61, 62, 66

Fort Riley, Riley County, 70

Fort Wallace, Wallace County, 74

Medicine Lodge Creek Council, Indian Peace Commission met October 1867 with Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, etc., 69

__, (1858 near Ft Arbuckle), 44

Wm. (Pvt, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 74

Amos Samuel (Maj, Quartermaster of Ft Gibson), 71

__, Mr, Colonel of Kentucky 1853,, 28

Wm. H. (BUFFALO SOLDIERS, 1963), 66, 68, 70

Robert E. (Gen CSA), 39

Matthew Leeper (Indian Agent, CSA), 64

Abraham, U.S. President, 64

Perry Linney (1858 near Ft Arbuckle), 44

Stephen, Major (1830), 1

Thomas Babington (HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1849), 17

George Briton McClelland, 1826-1885 (Gen, Union), 13, 25, 26

Mary Ellen (Marcy) McClelland, 13

James Majors (Lt, 5th U.S. Cavalry, 1858), 50

Mary (Mann) Marcy, 11, 17, 18, 23

blacksmith, 11, 12, 72

carpenter, 11, 12, 22

mud mixed with straw, 16

plastered chimney, clayey loam, 16

puncheon floors, 16

stone mason, 16

teamster, 11

Fanny, 11, 23

Mary (Mann), 11, 17, 18, 23

Mary Ellen (Marcy) McClelland, 13

Randolph Barnes (1812-1887, Maj-Gen, CSA), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36, 42, 56

Wm. L. (1849, U. S. Sec. of War), 4

James Marshall (discovered gold in Calif. Jan 24, 1848), 2

W. Martin, (Capt, CSA), 65

ambulance wagon, 51

cholera, 2, 8, 67, 71, 72

dysentery, malarious, 29

fever, malaria, 19, 56

hospital, 22, 23

medical topography, 19

oxen died, 11

recuperation in Mississippi for Van Dorn, 52

sick Mormons, 80 members, 28

smallpox, 2

suicide, 30

waters (healthful) of Hot Springs AR, 6

wounded men died, 50

Chihuahua, 48, 53

Rio Grande, Seminole Chief Wild Cat found there, 20

Frederick Meyers (Lt, Camp Arbuckle, now Byers, McClain Co OK), 16, 20, 21, 61

10th U.S. Cavalry, Col. Ben Grierson recruited Negro soldiers, 65, 67, 68

10th U.S. Cavalry, recruited Negro soldiers, 66

1st Chickasaw and Choctaw Mounted Regiment, 63, 65

1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 53, 62

1st U.S. Infantry Regiment, 42, 46, 59, 62

2nd U.S. Cavalry (Companies A, F, H, and K in 1858), 39, 46

3rd U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 67

3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, 67

5th U.S. Infantry, Company D, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25

6th U.S. Infantry, Irishmen recruited from the Bowery of NYC, 65

6th U.S. Infantry, recruited from South Carolina, 71

7th Military District, Hdqts. in Ft. Smith, 6, 8, 14, 27

7th U.S. Infantry Regiment, 23, 41

9th U.S. Cavalry, Colonel Edward Hatch recruited Negro soldiers, 66

blue coats, 49

cavalry replaced infantry in late 1850s, 39

Davidson, J.W. "Black Jack" (Gen, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 71

deserters, 27, 29, 62

drill, 76

flag, colors, 8, 61

forced march, 42

foreigners, most deserters were, 28

guard house, 59

Mexican War, Apr 1846-Feb 1848, 4

Military Department of the West, 51

Military Department of the Missouri, W.S. Hancock, 68

Military Division of Missouri, Gen. W.T. Sherman, 66, 75

Military Division of the Gulf, Gen. Phillip Sheridan, 66

Montgomery, A., maybe Lloyd A. (Capt, QM, 7th Military Dist, U.S. Army), 7, 8

Officer's call, Major Van Dorn, 46

parade ground, 53

recruiters, 66, 67

reveille, 43

secessionist, 59

Texas Rangers, Texas State Troops, 36, 38, 40, 62

recuperation place for Van Dorn, 52

Cassville, Barry County, 59

Independence, Jackson County, 4

Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis County, 39

Rollo, Phelps County, 59

St Louis, 59, 69

Margaret (Hall) Moncrief (help build Ft Arbuckle in 1851), 44, 54

A. Montgomery, maybe Lloyd A. Montgomery (Capt, QM, 7th Military Dist, U.S. Army), 7, 8, 12

James Mooney, 1861-1921 (GHOST DANCE, 1890), 37

Wm. B. (1928, "Fort Arbuckle"), 66

discrimination against the Negro soldier, 67

girl Negro, age 15, "scientific experimentation", 20

John, a Mexican boy (1850), 13, 16

Marcy, Aunt Mary (1850), 13, 16, 23

Marcy, Uncle Andrew (1850), 13, 16

Negro soldier was the cleanest, 77

Union Negro soldiers, 180,000 recruited; 33,380 died, 66

Robert S. Neighbors, 1855 Indian Agent, Brazos Reservation, Texas, 33, 34, 39, 56

new post, 4

Santa Fe, 4, 6, 7

Bowery of New York City, where Irishmen were recruited, 66

West Point, U.S. Military Academy, Orange County, 47, 58

Arkansas Whig, 1852, Little Rock, Pulaski Co AR, 26

Chickasaw Intelligencer, 1854, Post Oak Grove or Emmet, sec14 twp4S ran7E, now Johnston Co OK, 29

Fort Smith Herald, 1848, Sebastian Co AR, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 26

Harper's Weekly, 62

Hinckley, Mr., 1854 editor of Chickasaw Intelligencer, 29

Washington Star, District of Columbia, 52

__, Mr. (Pvt, 7th Regt), 29

Wilbur Sturtevant Nye (CARBINE & LANCE, 1937), 47, 56, 57, 74, 76

Robert H. Offley (1858, Lt, Ft Arbuckle, Union), 44

Byers, McClain County, 12

Otter Creek, near Tipton, Tillman County, 47, 48

Rush Creek, Grady County, 46, 48, 52

Rush Springs, Grady County, 25

Smith Paul, 1809 New Bern, Craven Co NC-1893 (1858 near Ft Arbuckle, I.T.), 41, 43, 44

Nicholas B. Pearce  (Maj, Commissary, TX CSA), 24

Carlisle Indian School, Cumberland County PA, 71

mosquitoes, tarantulas, centipedes, scorpions, snakes, 19

rattlesnakes, 24, 38

wolves, 18, 24

William A. Phillips  (Col Union), 64

James Edwin Powell, 1818 Worcester, England -Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh, TN and m-1849 Somerset Co, Maine to Mary Ann Hunter (Lt, Ft Arbuckle, I.T.), 41, 44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 54

Richard Henry Pratt, 1840-1924, wrote BATTLEFIELD & CLASSROOM (Lt, in 1874 with Tonkawa Scouts & Col. Mackenzie), 67, 71, 72, 75, 76

William E. Prince, Ft Arbuckle Post Commander (Capt, Union), 51

Francis P. (AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY, 1962), 1

bear and bull confrontation, 77

horse racing, gambling, 18, 48

pets: bears, mockingbird, 16, 77

philandering, wife swapping, 18, 47

reading aloud, 17

whiskey, spirits, alcohol, 2, 15, 16, 22, 23, 48, 56, 59, 70, 76, 77

wolf chase, 18

Elias M. Rector (Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Ft Smith AR, CSA), 43, 55, 56

missionaries, 36

Mormons (1847), 2, 28

Thomas, Mr., a Mormon, 28

stones for masonry, 19, 22

timber, logs, 11, 19, 22

water course for milling, 19, 22

Joseph Rife (Capt, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 72

Carol C. (1940, BORDER CAPTIVES), 31, 37, 38

George T. Robinson (Capt, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 70

Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross, (1839-1898, Capt, US Army, 1858, TX Gov 1887-1891), 47, 48, 50, 51

Shapley Prince Ross (1838-1878, Indian Agent at Brazos Agency, father of "Sul" Ross), 46

Hardin Richard Runnels (Texas Governor, 1857-1859), 40

Delos B. Sachett at Ft Arbuckle (Maj, Union), 61, 62

Alabama Wesleyan College, 47

Carlisle Indian School, Cumberland Co PA, 71

University of Maryland, Baltimore, 14

Winfield Scott (1786-1866), commanded U.S. Army in Mexican War (1861, Lt-Gen, Union), 8, 53

layout of Fort Arbuckle, 22

lodges, Comanches, 50

pickets and adobe, 57

teepees, Comanche, 48

tents, 12, 16, 21, 24, 72, 73

wigwams, bark and brush mats, Kickapoo, 20

Phillip Sheridan (Gen, Union, Division of the Gulf), 66

Wm. Tecumseh Sherman (Gen, Union, Military Division of Missouri), 66, 69, 75

Caleb C. Silbey (Capt, 5th Infantry Regt), 7

Seneca G. Simmons (Capt, Ft Arbuckle Post Commander), 28

captives, 38

girl Negro, age 15, "scientific experimentation" mutilation, 20

moonlight night, 37

scalping, 37, 38

skirmishes, 40 small unit actions in 4 years, 39

wagon train enroute from the Brazos, all killed (1852), 26

whipping, 27, 29

E. L. Smith, at Fort Arbuckle in 1866 (Capt, 19th U.S. Infantry), 69

Edmund Kirby Smith (Maj-Gen, CSA), 39

Fort Sumpter, Charleston County, 59

__, Mr. (Lt, Co D, 5th U.S. Cav, Ft Arbuckle), 54, 55

__, Mrs. M. R., 24

M. R. Stevenson (Lt, 7th Regiment), 24

John Sturgis (Capt, 4th U.S. Cav, Union), 59, 62

George C. Sumard, Dr. of Ft Smith, 25

saddle, 60

supplies and equipment, 9

tools, 11

surveying, 57

Alfred A. Taylor, (1924, "Medicine Lodge Council"), 69

N. G. Taylor,  President of Commission of Indian Affairs, 69

Zachary (Gen, Mexican War, US President), 5, 6, 7, 8

Chickamugua, Hamilton County, 55

Antelope Hills, Comanches defeated in 1858 by Texas Rangers at Battle of Little Robe Creek (now Ellis Co OK), 38, 40, 45

Brazos Reservation on Salt Fork of Brazos River, 34

Brazos Reservation on Salt Fork of Brazos River, Texas, 55

Camp Cooper, Throckmorton County, 57

El Paso, 23

Fort Belknap, Young County, 25, 34, 39, 42, 47, 57

Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, 64

Fort Phantom Hill, 1852, Jones County, 31

Galveston County, 28

Indian Wars in Texas (1855-1858), 1

San Antonio, Bexar County, 10

Texas Rangers, Texas State Troops, 36, 45, 56

Wichita Falls, Wichita County, 19

J. B. ("H.P. Jones, Scout," 1924), 64

__, Mr. (a Mormon elder in 1853), 28

George Henry Thomas, 1816-1870 (Gen CSA), 39, 55, 56

Robinson Thompson (1858 near Ft Arbuckle), 43, 44

James Webb (Brig-Gen, TST, Texas Governor, 1866-1867), 68

Edward Davis Townsend, 1817-1893 (A. Adj-Gen Union), 59

Arbuckle Road, 59

Califormia Road, 21

direct route from Ft Smith to crossing of Red River, 13

Fort Gibson Road to Gaines Creek, 11

Holoway's Station of Butterfield's Overland Stage (54 miles west of Ft Smith), 60

keeping the Indians away from the roads, 70

Oregon Trail, 2

road from Ft Belknap and Camp Cooper, 57

Santa Fe Trail, 1, 5, 6, 7

horses, 4, 5, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 54, 55, 60, 67, 74

mules, 5, 12, 14, 35, 36, 37, 38, 73

Negro soldier was the cleanest, 77

oxen, 5, 11

railroads, 69

ship, J.B. GORDON, 7

stagecoach, Dept of Stage, hackney coach, 59

wagons, carts, 1, 5, 11, 26, 62, 72

Dean (1939, "Civil War in I.T."), 59

David Emanuel Twiggs, 1790-1862 (U.S. Gen in 1858), 40, 45, 46, 47, 52, 53

Joseph Updegraff (Lt, Camp Arbuckle, now Byers, McClain Co OK), 16, 19, 21

7th Infantry Regiment sent from April 1858 from Ft Arbuckle to Utah, 41

Robert M. (FRONTIERSMEN IN BLUE, 1967), 2, 34, 47, 53, 55

Cornelius Van Camp (Lt, 5th U.S. Cavalry, 1858), 50, 51

Earl "Buck" Van Dorn (Maj-Gen CSA), 39, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53

Anne, Dr. (1976 Univ. of Arkansas), ii

James W. Walsh (Capt, 10th U.S. Cavalry), 66, 70, 71, 76, 77

American River, California, 2

Arkansas River, 4, 32, 35, 53, 63, 70

Brazos River, Texas, 24, 26, 53

Cache Creek, 19, 56

Canadian [South] River, 5, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 40, 41, 45, 53, 63

Cobb Creek, north of Washita River, 56

Garrison Creek, Sequoyah Co OK, 72

Medicine Bluff Creek, 48

Middle Boggy River, 64

Otter Creek, near Tipton, Tillman Co OK, 48, 51

Platte River, from Missouri to Wyoming, 2

Poteau River, 12, 59

Red River, 19, 53

Rio Grande River, Mexico, Seminole Chief Wild Cat found there, 20

Rush Creek, 46, 48, 49, 52

Sand Creek, Colorado, 68

Washita River, 5, 19, 21, 56, 61, 64

White Wolf Ford, on south bank of Medicine Bluff Creek, 48

Wild Horse Creek, 19, 21

Stand Watie (Brig-Gen, Cherokee Mtd. Volunteers, IT CSA), 65

Harper's Ferry, Jefferson County, 59

Homer W. Wheeler (1923, BUFFALO DAYS), 74

__, Mrs., of Ft Washita, 11

John A. Whitehall, (Capt, Ft Washita), 11

John W. Whitfield (1855 Indian Agent), 32

Charles Jarvis Whiting, b-Hancock Co Maine-1890 Hancock Co ME and m-1841 Rebecca Waterman (Lt, 2nd U.S. Cav, 1858), 51

Daniel Powers Whiting, 1808-1892 (Maj, Co. K, 7th Infantry Regt), 24

__, Mr. (Capt, Union, 1861), 61

Muriel N. Wright ("Gen. Cooper, CSA" 1954; "Averell's Ride, Union," 1960), 41, 58, 59

Wm. Cocke Young (1812-1862, 11th TX Cav Regt, CSA), 62