CHAPTER LIX

FINAL SCENE

After the successful charge Colonel Morrison sent an officer to report that General Stevens had fallen, and that the enemy had been driven back. General Reno, to whom the report was made, returned orders to bury General Stevens on the field, and to fall back. The Highlanders reverently and tenderly bore away the body of their beloved commander and placed it in an ambulance, from which one of their number, although wounded, willingly alighted to give room. The remains were taken to Washington to the house of his dear friend, John L. Hayes, and thence to Newport, R.I.

General Reno's apparently unfeeling order excited great indignation among the Highlanders.

At the very moment of his heroic death General Stevens was being considered by the President and his advisers as commander of the armies in Virginia. Mr. Hayes was assured of the fact by a member of the cabinet, and it was currently stated in the press. Certain it is that ignoble personal rivalries and jealousies could not have kept him down much longer.

He was appointed and confirmed a major-general, to rank from July 4, 1862.

He was only forty-four years, five months, and seven days of age when he fell.

The stern old Puritan Abolitionist, his aged father, died August 22, only ten days previous. He frequently declared that he should never see Isaac again, that he knew his spirit too well, that he would surely be killed in battle, and it was thought that brooding over this idea hastened his own death.

General Stevens was buried in the Island Cemetery in Newport. The obsequies were attended by Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island, and Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, Professor Bache and officers of the Coast Survey, the mayor and council of Newport and other dignitaries, and a large military escort. The city of Newport erected beside his grave a massive granite obelisk, bearing the following simple and appropriate inscription, composed by his brother-in-law, the Rev. Charles T. Brooks:

IN MEMORY OF MAJOR-GENERAL ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS, BORN IN ANDOVER, MASS., MARCH 25, 1818, WHO GAVE TO THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY A QUICK AND COMPREHENSIVE MIND, A WARM AND GENEROUS HEART, A FIRM WILL AND A STRONG ARM, AND WHO FELL WHILE RALLYING HIS COMMAND WITH THE FLAG OF THE REPUBLIC IN HIS DYING GRASP, AT THE BATTLE OF CHANTILLY, VA., SEPTEMBER 1, 1862.

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRING GRATITUDE BY THE CITY OF NEWPORT.

When the Highlanders were mustered out of service, the flag under whose folds General Stevens fell was sent to his widow, with the following letter from the brave Colonel Morrison:--

NEW YORK, September 22, 1864.

Mrs. ISAAC I. STEVENS.

_Dear Madam_,--I have the honor to transmit to you the colors of the 79th Highlanders, the same that were in the hand of your late lamented husband when he received his wound. Since I knew that you wished to have them in your possession I have watched them with a jealous eye through many stormy fields. Although but a rag, many a brave man would have sacrificed his life rather than anything dishonorable should happen them. From Chantilly to Blue Springs, wherever they were unfurled, victory has perched upon them, and when, torn and tattered, we exchanged them for a new set, I have carried them about with me, and I assure you it gives me great pleasure in sending them to you, so that you may preserve them as an heirloom in your family. Serving immediately under General Stevens, no one had a better opportunity of knowing him than myself. Well may you feel proud of him! His nobleness of heart, his firm devotion to his country, his untiring energy, his unflinching bravery, have endeared him to all those who have served under him. His memory is engraven on the hearts of every one of his Highlanders, and the few of us that are left often speak of the many acts of kindness bestowed on us by "Our General."

I am, madam, your obedient servant,

D. MORRISON, _Late Colonel 79th Highlanders_.

The legislature of Rhode Island passed resolutions upon the death of General Stevens, and offered to provide a fit resting-place for his ashes. The city of Newport, the officers of the Coast Survey, and many other public bodies paid fitting tribute by resolutions. "When the intelligence of his death reached Washington Territory, the grief of all classes was sincere and profound. Nothing could any one recall that was base or dishonorable, but much that was lofty and manly in the dead hero. The legislature passed resolutions in his honor, and ordered crape to be worn."[22] For many years the successive governors and legislatures regularly paid tribute to his memory.

He fell--that glowing eye In sudden night was quenched; But still the flag he lifted high, And onward bore to victory, In his dead hand was clenched.

He sank--but o'er his head The drooping ensign fell, As if its folds it fondly spread Above the forehead, pale and dead, Of him who loved it well.

He sleeps--unlock that clasp! The hero's work is done! Another hand that staff shall grasp, And, if need be, till life's last gasp, Like him shall bear it on.

He rests--the true and brave! And where his relics lie, In holier beauty long shall wave, Fit canopy for freeman's grave, God's starry flag on high.

He lives--his deeds inspire New strength for duty's strife: Now myriads burn with nobler fire Onward to press--to mount up higher And win the eternal life.[23]

FOOTNOTES:

[22] H.H. Bancroft's _History of Washington_.

[23] Anonymous, from _Boston Commonwealth_.

GENERAL STEVENS'S DESCENDANTS.

1. HAZARD, born in Newport, R.I., June 9, 1842.

2. JULIA VIRGINIA, born in Newport, June 27, 1844, died in Bucksport, Me., December 7, 1845.

3. SUSAN, born in Bucksport, November 20, 1846; married Richard Isaac Eskridge, United States Army, in Portland, Oregon, October 27, 1870.

4. GERTRUDE MAUDE, born in Bucksport, April 29, 1850.

5. KATE, born in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1852; married Edward Wingard Bingham, in Boston, Mass., February 18, 1886.

GRANDCHILDREN, CHILDREN OF RICHARD ISAAC ESKRIDGE AND SUSAN STEVENS ESKRIDGE.

1. MAUD, born at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, August 21, 1871; married Edward Pennington Pearson, United States Army, at Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory, April 16, 1898.

2. RICHARD STEVENS, born at Yuma Depot, Arizona Territory, October 24, 1872.

3. HAZARD STEVENS, born at Yuma Depot, February 24, 1874; died at Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming Territory, October 12, 1874.

4. VIRGINIA, born at Fort D.A. Russell, March 2, 1875.

5. OLIVER STEVENS, born in Boston, Mass., October 12, 1876.

6. MARY PEYTON, born at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, March 28, 1878; married Charles McKinley Saltzman, United States Army, in Boston, May 9, 1899.

APPENDIX

Following are the marginal notes on the

MAP

of the Indian Nations and Tribes of the Territory of Washington, and of the Territory of Nebraska west of the mouth of the Yellowstone. Sent to the Hon. George W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with letter of this date.

ISAAC I. STEVENS, _Governor and Supt. Indian Affairs_.

OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, April 30, 1857.

_Tabular Statement of the Indians East of the Cascade Mountains, etc._

------------------+-----------+-------+-----------------+----------------- NAME AND DATE OF |NAMES OF |POPULA-|RESERVATIONS. |TEMPORARY TREATIES. |TRIBES. |TION. | |ENCAMPMENTS. ------------------+-----------+-------+----------------+------------------ Treaty with the |Pisquouse. | 600 |Simcoe and the |About 1500 Yakima Nation |Yakimas. | 700 |adjoining | of these concluded at |Pshawm | |country and | tribes are Walla Walla, | wappam. | 500 |forks of the | encamped in June, 1855. | | |We-nat-scha-pan,| the vicinity | | |or Pisquouse | of Simcoe | | |River. | River. |Bands on | | |Opposite the | Columbia.| 1000 | | Dalles, Oregon. |Klikitats. | 500 | |White Salmon | | | | River. |Palouses. | 600 | | | |-------| | | | 3900 | | | |-------| | | | | | Walla Walla |Nez Perces.| 3300 |On the Snake | treaty, | | | and Clearwater | concluded June, | | | Rivers. | 1855. | | | | | | | | Treaty with the |Flatheads. | 500 |Flathead River. | Flathead Nation |Upper Pend | | | concluded | Oreilles.| 700 | | June, 1855. |Kootenays. | 500 | | | |-------| | | | 1700 | | | |-------| | | | | | Tribes with whom |Coeur | 450 | | no treaties | d'Alenes.| | | have been |Lower Pend | | | made. | Oreilles.| 450 | | |Colvilles. | 500 | | |Okinakanes.| 600 | | |Spokanes. | 1100 | | | |-------| | | | 3100 | | ------------------+-----------+-------+----------------+----------------

Total number of Indians east of the Cascade Mountains 12,000 Treaties have been made with 8,900 Number with whom treaties have not been made 3,100 Largest number held on temporary reservations 3,000

Written on upper central margin in Governor Stevens's handwriting:--

Total number of Indians west of the Cascade Mountains 9,712 Total number of Indians east of the Cascade Mountains 12,000 Total number of Indians, Territory of Washington 21,712 Treaties have been made with 17,497 Treaties remain to be made with 4,215

_Tabular Statement of the Indians West of the Cascade Mountains, showing Tribes, Population, Parties to the several Treaties, Reservations provided for in the Treaties, and Temporary Encampments._

------------------+---------------+-------+------------------+---------------- NAME AND DATE OF |NAMES OF |POPULA-|RESERVATIONS. |TEMPORARY TREATIES. |TRIBES. |TION. | |ENCAMPMENTS. ------------------+---------------+-------+------------------+---------------- | | | | Treaty of Medicine|Quaks-na-mish, | } |Klah-che-min |Klah-che-min Creek, December |Nisqually, | }1200 | Island, | Island. 26, 1854. |Puy-all-up. | } |Near mouth of | } | | | Nisqually River. | } Fox Island. | | |Near mouth of | } | | | Puy-all-up River.| } | | | | Treaty of |Duwamish, | } |Noo-soh-te-um, |Dunginess Point. Point Elliott, |Suquamish, | } | near Port | Fort Kitsap. January 22, 1855.|and allied | } 942 | Madison, and | | tribes. | } | at Muckleshoot. | | | | | |Sno-qual-moo, | } |Te-wilt-sch-da, |Skagit Head, on |Sno-ho-mish, | } | north side | Whitby Island. |and allied | }1700 | Sno-ho-mish | | tribes. | } | River. | | | | | |Skagits and | } |S.E. end Perry | | allied | }1300 | (or Fidalgo) | | tribes. | } | Island. | | | | | |Lummi, | } |Chah-choo-sa |Penn's Cove, on |Nook-Sahk, | }1050 | Island, at mouth | Whitby Island. |Sa-mish. | } | of Lummi River. | | |-------| | | | 4992 | | | |-------| | | | | | Treaty of |Clallams, | 926 | } Head of Hood's | Point-No-Point, |Skokomish, | 290 | } Canal. | January 25, 1855.|Chem-a-kum. | 100 | } | | |-------| | | | 1316 | | | |-------| | | | | | Treaty of |Ma-kahs. | 596 |Cape Flattery. | Neah Bay, | | | | January 31, 1855.| | | | | | | | | | |Reservation to be | Treaty of Olympia.|Quinaiult, | } | selected by the | |Kwilleyute. | } 493 | President. | | | |Quinaiult River | | | | and land set | | | | apart. | | | | | Tribes with whom |Lower | | | treaties have not| Chehalis. | 217 | | been made. |Upper | | |S.S. Ford's on | Chehalis. | 216 | | the Chehalis | | | | River. | | | | |Cowlitz and | | |Near Cowlitz | Tia-tin-a-pan.| 240 | | Landing. |Lower | | |Removed to | Chinooks. | 112 | | White Salmon. |Upper | | |Vancouver and | Chinooks. | 330 | | Cascades. | |-------| | | | 1115 | | ------------------+---------------+-------+------------------+---------------

Total number of Indians west of Cascade Mountains 9712 Number with whom treaties have been made 8597 Number with whom treaties have yet to be made 1115 Largest number held on temporary reservations 5686

All have been assisted during the war. The parties to the treaties of Neah Bay and Olympia, the Lower Chehalis and Lower Chinooks, have required but little assistance at the hands of the Department.

NOTES OF THE INDIANS OF THE TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA BETWEEN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND MOUTH OF THE YELLOWSTONE.

The Blackfoot Nation are in four tribes, viz., Piegans, Bloods, Blackfeet, Gros Ventres, and number 11,500 souls.

The map shows the hunting-grounds, secured exclusively to the Blackfeet in the treaty, at the mouth of the Judith, concluded October 17, 1855; the hunting-ground common to the Blackfeet and Western Indians, the Blackfeet and Assiniboines; the western and southern boundaries of the Assiniboine country; and the western boundary of the Crow country.

The Western Indians, Flatheads, Pend Oreilles, and a portion of the Kootenays, generally make two hunts a year east of the Rocky Mountains, and they depend for their lodges, parfleches, apechinos, and much of their meat upon these hunts. They get some of their supplies by trade with the Blackfeet. The Indians of the western tribes, as the Spokanes and Coeur d'Alenes, "go to buffalo," but not in as large numbers or with as much regularity as the preceding.

The Nez Perces generally have a large camp--over one hundred lodges--either on the common hunting-grounds or in the Crow country. Their hunters always pass one winter, and sometimes two winters, in succession, east of the mountains before they return to their own country.

CENSUS OF THE BLACKFOOT NATION.

Tribes. Number of Lodges. Population. Piegans. 340 3,150 Bloods. 290 2,690 Blackfeet. 290 2,690 Gros Ventres. 360 2,970 ---- ------ 1280 11,500

INDEX

A Company, dismissed for disobedience, ii. 250-253, 263.

Abaco Island, Bahamas, i. 101, 102.

Abernethy, Alexander S., ii. 265, 317.

Academic Board, West Point, awards first place to Cadet Stevens, i. 59.

Acajete, i. 140.

Acapulco, i. 436.

Achilles, Captain, ii. 169-171, 187.

Acquia Creek, ii. 425, 430.

Active, Coast Survey steamer, ii. 185.

Adams, Fort, at Newport, i. 60, 61.

Adams, John Quincy, i. 44, 73.

Adams, Lieutenant, i. 113.

Adams, Mount, i. 394.

Adams, Thomas, i. 306; ii. 75, 92, 107, 108, 114.

Agnew, i. 444.

Ah-tah-nam, branch of Yakima River, ii. 22, 160.

Alabama volunteers, i. 114.

Albany, Me., i. 35, 86.

Alden, Fort, ii. 184, 234.

Alden, James, Captain, ii. 185.

Alexander, Barton S., General, i. 28.

Alexander, head chief of Pend Oreilles, ii. 77; at Flathead council, 82-89, 113, 114.

Alexandria and Orange Court House Railroad, ii. 425.

Alexandria and Warrenton turnpike, ii. 433, 435.

Allen, Robert, General, i. 28.

Allen, William, Colonel, ii. 481.

Almonte, Mexican general, i. 203.

Al-pa-wha Creek, ii. 70, 147.

Alvarado, Mexico, i. 119.

Alvarez, Mexican general, i. 168, 203.

Alvord, Benjamin, General, ii. 25, 26, 207.

Amasoque, i. 141, 153.

Ambrose, Flathead chief, ii. 85-87.

Amelia, Lake, i. 304.

American Fur Co., i. 287, 298, 302, 347; ii. 96, 97.

American Geographical and Statistical Society of New York, address before, by Governor Stevens, ii. 284.

Amissville, Va., ii. 431.

Amman, Daniel, Captain, ii. 364.

Ampudia, Mexican general, i. 126.

Anderson, George T., Colonel, ii. 490.

Anderson, J. Patten, i. 414; ii. 15.

Anderson, Peter, i. 462.

Anderson, Robert, Colonel, ii. 469.

Andover, Mass., i. 1, 2, 19, 35, 86, 227, 274; ii. 270.

Andover, Me., i. 5, 6.

Andrew, John A., Governor, offers regiment to Governor Stevens, ii. 319, 320, 499.

Andrews, Colonel, i. 220.

Annapolis, ii. 340-342.

Anti-Slavery Society, Isaac Stevens bequeaths it $500, i. 10.

Appleton, D., & Co., i. 300.

Archer, J.J. General, ii. 487.

Armour, Robert, Captain, ii. 497.

Armstrong, C.H., Captain, ii. 168, 197.

Armstrong, Captain, killed at Molino del Rey, i. 206.

Army, reorganization of, efforts to promote, i. 240, 259-263.

Army of Virginia, ii. 427.

Arnold, Daniel Lyman, i. 307, 370; death of, ii. 420.

Arnold, Lewis G., Lieutenant, i. 60, 77.

Arnold, Richard, Lieutenant, detailed on exploration, i. 307, 370, 379, 380, 382; takes charge of wagon-road, 409, 422; ii. 27, 28.

Ashepoo River ii. 374, 379-381.

Ashley River, ii. 380.

Aspinwall, description of, i. 433, 434; ii. 270.

Assiniboine Indians, meeting and talk with, i. 342-345, 347; ii. 115.

Atchison, Camp, on Milk River, i. 354.

Athsio, Mexican village, i. 148.

Augusta, Ga., ii. 381.

Ayotla, village in valley of Mexico, i. 164, 166, 168, 224.

Ayres, Captain, killed, i. 206.

Azotea, parapeted roof, i. 181.

Bache, Alexander Dallas; Professor, i. 241, 242, 245-247, 250, 253, 254, 276-279, 281; remarks on Major Stevens, 284, 367; ii. 273, 319; letter to, giving views on military operation, 375, 499.

Bacon, John D., room-mate, i. 40, 58.

Bad Lands, i. 350.

Bahama Banks, i. 102.

Bahama Islands, i. 101, 102.

Bailey, P., i. 468.

Bainbridge, Captain, i. 137.

Baird, Spencer F., Professor, i. 276, 295, 299; ii. 273.

Baker, Lieutenant, i. 221.

Balch, Lafayette, i. 412, 468.

Bald Hillock Creek, i. 330.

Bald Hill, ii. 435.

Baldwin, A.J., ii. 248.

Ball-in-the-Nose, Gros Ventre chief, i. 356.

Ballard, John N., Lieutenant, ii. 496, 497.

Baltimore, i. 250.

Baltimore Democratic Convention, ii. 304, 305.

Bangor, Me., i. 95.

Banks, Nathaniel P., ii. 299, 426-429, 432, 475, 494.

Barker, Stephen, i. 35.

Barnes, Dr., i. 219.

Barnes, Ellis, i. 468.

Barnes, George A., i. 415; ii. 15, 224.

Barnett's Ford, ii. 427, 428.

Barnwell Island, ii. 357.

Barry, William F., General, i. 28.

Bartlett, W.H.C., Professor, gives characteristics of General Stevens, i. 41.

Bartow, General, ii. 435.

Battery Island, ii. 381, 382.

Bay Point, ii. 345, 347.

Bayly, George, i. 260.

Baynes, Admiral, ii. 291, 292.

Bealton, Va., ii. 426, 432.

Beam, George W., Captain, ii. 169, 170.

Bear Tracks, Flathead chief, ii. 86.

Bear's Coat, Gros Ventre chief, i. 356.

Bear's Paw Mountains, i. 359-361.

Beaufort, S.C., ii. 353; occupied by General Stevens, 355.

Beaufort River, ii. 355, 358.

Beauregard, P.G.T., i. 28, 60, 111, 114, 122, 130, 165, 166, 169, 171; sketch of, 216.

Beauregard, Fort, ii. 345.

Beauregard Light Infantry, ii. 392.

Beaver Creek, i. 376.

Beaver Lodge Creek, i. 330.

Bee, General, ii. 435.

Belcher, H.G., Lieutenant, ii. 370, 411, 488, 497.

Belen, gate to Mexico, i. 207, 210.

Belfast, Me., i. 68.

Belland, i. 306, 312.

Bell, John, ii. 305.

Bell's Lake, i. 322.

Bellingham Bay, i. 412; ii. 184, 267.

Belt Mountains, i. 361.

Benham, Henry W., Captain, i. 28, 283, 284; General, ii. 383, 384, 386, 387, 392; General Stevens's opinion of, 393, 394, 397, 399, 400, 409-411; sent North in arrest, i. 415, 420, 421.

Benjamin, Lieutenant, wounded, i. 211.

Benjamin, Samuel N., Lieutenant, ii. 413, 425, 430, 449, 451, 478, 479, 483, 484, 492, 497.

Benny Haven's restaurant, adjacent to West Point, i. 50.

Benton, Fort, i. 348; description of, 362, 375; ii. 94, 95, 120.

Berry Islands, Bahamas, i. 102.

Bevard, Professor, French teacher at West Point, i. 34, 39.

Biddle, Henry J., rival classmate, i. 25, 31, 32, 35-37, 46.

Big Blackfoot River, i. 385; ii. 93.

Big Canoe, Pend Oreille chief, ii. 83, 84.

Big Chestnut, Camp of the, ii. 336-338.

Big Folly Creek, ii. 390, 391.

Big Horn River, ii. 108.

Big Muddy River, i. 352.

Big Star, Spokane chief, speech, ii. 138, 139.

Big Top, Gros Ventre chief, i. 356.

Bigelow, D.R., i. 415; ii. 168.

Biles, James, i. 415.

Bird, James, ii. 101, 114.

Bird Island, ii. 382.

Bird Tail Rock, i. 376; ii. 124.

Birney, David B., General, ii. 457, 488, 492, 497.

Bishop, David H., marries Susan B. Stevens, i. 68; announces her death, 77.

Bissel, Lieutenant, i. 113.

Bissel, of Illinois, i. 260.

Bitter Root Mountains, i. 380-382; ii. 75, 127.

Bitter Root River, i. 379, 382, 386; ii. 75, 127.

Bitter Root valley, i. 352, 364-382, 385.

Blackburn's Ford, ii. 437, 439.

Blackfeet, description of, i. 348, 351, 352, 368, 370; talk with, 373, 374; ii. 99; Governor Stevens's opinion of, 105, 106; council and treaty, 112-119, 275.

Blackfoot council, i. 431; ii. 27, 58, 89, 112-119.

Blackfoot River, i. 377, 379.

Blackfoot trail, i. 376.

Black River, ii. 188.

Blaisdell, William, Colonel, ii. 456.

Blanchet, Father, i. 412, 443.

Blankenship, George, Major, ii. 168, 170, 197.

Blue Mountains, i. 402, 403; ii. 31.

Blood Indians, i. 348, 351, 352; ii. 114, 505.

Blunt, Simon F., Captain, i. 269.

Bois de Sioux River, i. 322-325.

Bolon, A.J., i. 416; ii. 26, 61, 67; murdered by Indians, 121, 157.

Bonneville, Colonel, i. 405.

Borup, Dr., i. 313.

Boston, i. 1, 78, 82, 94-96.

Boston, steamship, ii. 359, 362.

Boston Post, i. 271-273.

Boulieau, Henry, i. 306, 312, 325, 329, 330, 341.

Boulieau, Paul, i. 306, 314, 325, 329, 330.

Boutineau, Pierre, i. 306, 310, 325, 329, 341.

Bowman, wagonmaster, i. 122-124.

Bow River, ii. 100.

Box Elder Creek, i. 360.

Boyce's field battery, ii. 409.

Braddock Road, ii. 494.

Bradford, Edward, i. 28.

Bragg, Braxton, i. 28.

Branch, L.O.B., General, ii. 487-489, 495, 496.

Brannon, John M., General, i. 28.

Bratton, William, Captain, ii. 170.

Breckinridge, John C. ii. 304.

Breckinridge, town, i. 320.

Brickyard Creek, ii. 358.

Brent, Captain, i. 438.

Bridges, i. 7.

Bristoe Station, ii. 431, 433, 439.

Broad River, ii. 356, 374, 378.

Broad Run, ii. 438.

Broadwell, i. 382.

Brockenbrough, J.M., Colonel, ii. 487, 495, 496.

Broderick, John, ii. 270.

Brooke, Lloyd, i. 403; ii. 32.

Brooklyn, visits navy yard, i. 36.

Brooks, Charles M., i. 94.

Brooks, Charles T., Rev., i. 67; solemnizes marriage, i. 77; poem on death of Julia, 92; ii. 499.

Brooks, Lieutenant, i. 112.

Brooks, Quincy A., i. 415; ii. 248.

Brown, i. 398.

Brown, B.F., i. 415.

Browne, J. Ross, ii. 25, 28.

Buchanan, James, President, ii. 272, 300, 305, 312.

Buchanan, Robert C., Lieutenant-Colonel, ii. 470.

Buck Hill, ii. 435.

Bucksport, Me., i. 84, 87-100; returns to, 233, 249, 265.

Budd, Captain, ii. 364.

Buena Vista, village of, valley of Mexico, i. 164.

Buffalo, countless herds of, i. 328, 329; ii. 105.

Buffalo chips, i. 331.

Buford, John, General, ii. 428, 440, 454, 465.

Bull Bay, ii. 379.

Bull Run, ii. 434, 437.

Bull's Head, Blackfoot chief, ii. 101.

Bumford, i. 403; ii. 32.

Bunker Hill, battle, i. 4, 5.

Bunting, Joseph, ii. 241.

Burke, Captain, killed, i. 184.

Burns, M.P., Dr., ii. 168.

Burnside, Ambrose E., General, ii. 320, 423, 424.

Burr, F.H., i. 306, 339, 340, 345.

Burntrager, David E., Captain, ii. 169, 170.

Burt, Representative, i. 257, 261.

Burwell, Lieutenant, killed, i. 206.

Bush prairie, i. 412.

Bush, W.O., i. 412.

Butler, Benjamin F., ii. 303.

Butler, Colonel, killed, i. 182.

Butler, General, i. 107.

Butler, J.H., classmate, i. 31, 36.

Butte de Morale, i. 337.

Butte Micheau, i. 327.

Butterfield, Daniel, General, ii. 454, 466, 468.

Byzantium, i. 139.

Cadotte's Pass, i. 365, 378; ii. 93, 124.

Cadwallader, General, i. 150, 172, 173, 179, 205.

Cain, J., Captain, i. 445; ii. 27, 208, 248, 257.

Calhoun Guard, ii. 392.

California, i. 233, 248, 252.

Callender, Franklin D., i. 40, 41, 58, 116, 171, 172; wounded, 176, 209.

Cambridge, Mass., i. 98.

Cameron, James, Colonel, killed at Bull Run, ii. 321.

Cameron, Simon, Secretary of War, Governor Stevens tenders sword and services to, ii. 316, 322.

Camospelo, Cuyuse chief, ii. 46, 214.

Campaigns of the Rio Grande and of Mexico, i. 255, 256, 267, 268.

Campbell, Archibald, ii. 277.

Campbell, Colonel, i. 125.

Campbell, Fort, i. 348, 363.

Campbell, L.M., marries Elizabeth B. Stevens, i. 82, 87; announces death of wife, 97.

Campbell's battery, ii. 442.

Canby, E.R.S., General, classmate, i. 27, 132.

Cañete, actress, i. 224.

Canning, John, ii. 70.

Cape Fear River, i. 277.

Capron, Captain, killed, i. 184.

Carcowan, Chehalis chief, ii. 7.

Caribbean Sea, i. 433.

Carpenter, Stephen D., i. 40, 41, 58.

Carigan, Sapper, burial of, remarks, i. 136.

Carr, Joseph B., Colonel, ii. 448, 456.

Carusi, Jamaica negro innkeeper, i. 434, 435.

Casa Mata, fort at Molino del Rey, i. 205.

Cascade Range, i. 288, 394-396; snow, 408, 409; ii. 159.

Cascades of the Columbia, 405; massacre, ii. 190.

Casey, Silas, Lieutenant-Colonel, i. 208; ii. 172, 176, 185, 186, 188; Governor Stevens proposes joint movement across Cascades, declined, 195; seeks to protect Indian murderers, correspondence with Governor Stevens, 236-240, 243, 244, 292.

Cass, Lewis, i. 236; Secretary of State, Governor Stevens submits memoir to, against British exactions, ii. 281-283.

Castine, Me., visits, i. 85.

Castoff, Miss, boards with, in Newport, i. 60.

Cathlamet, i. 411.

Catholic missionaries, not disturbed by hostiles, ii. 132, 255; Governor Stevens's opinion of, as neutrals, 228, 229.

Catlett's Station, ii. 439.

Catlin, Robert, ii. 301.

Catlin, Seth, i. 411; ii. 317.

Causten, Camp, ii. 325.

Caverly, Mr. and Mrs., ii. 371, 374.

Caversham, England, whence came John Stevens in 1638, i. 2.

Cavilaer, i. 325.

Cedar Mountain, battle of, ii. 426.

Cedar River, ii. 187.

Celeste, danced as usual, i. 36.

Centralia, i. 412.

Centreville, ii. 439, 445, 474, 477-480.

Cerro Gordo, i. 122, 123; battle of, 124-128.

Cha-chu-sa Island, i. 466, 468.

Chagres River, i. 335.

Chain Bridge, ii. 327.

Chalco, Lake, i. 163, 165; village, 167.

Chambers, Andrew J., i. 412.

Chambers, David J., i. 412.

Chambers prairie, i. 412.

Chambers, Thomas M., ii. 246.

Champagne, Baptiste, i. 369, 375.

Chancellorsville, battle of, i. 83.

Chantilly, battle of, ii. 482-497.

Chapman, William, Lieutenant-Colonel, ii. 470.

Chapultepec, i. 163, 204, 205; battle of, 207-210.

Charles, Pierre, ii. 169, 187, 257.

Charleston, campaign planned against, ii. 378-382; James Island campaign against, 387-394; battalion, 381, 411, 412; riflemen, 392.

Charleston, Democratic Convention at, ii. 304.

Charlie, Governor Stevens's gray charger, i. 440; ii. 269.

Chase, Henry M., ii. 169, 200.

Chasseurs, or 65th New York, ii. 329.

Chatfield, J.A., Colonel, ii. 395.

Chehalis Indians, i. 334; ii. 1-9, 187, 257; council, ii. 1-9; river, i. 412; ii. 1, 2, 10, 257; town, i. 441.

Chemakane Mission, valley, i. 398, 399.

Chenoweth, F.A., Judge, ii. 244, 249, 289.

Chicago, i. 302.

Childs, Colonel, i. 214, 219, 221, 226.

Chim-a-kum Indians, i. 469-473.

Chimalpa, i. 168.

Chinn Hill and House, ii. 435, 470.

Chinn, Major, ii. 147, 150.

Chinook Indians, ii. 1-9, 23, 257.

Chinook jargon, i. 453; ii. 5.

Chippewa Indians, i. 334; river, 321.

Chirouse, Father, i. 403; ii. 37, 148.

Chisholm's Island, ii. 356.

Chow-its-hoots, Indian chief, i. 463, 466-468.

Christian Mirror, newspaper, i. 84.

Christ, B.C., Colonel, ii. 341, 343, 364, 388, 425, 484.

Christy's Minstrels, i. 433, 435.

Church, A.E., Professor, describes traits of General Stevens, i. 41.

Church Flats, ii. 379-381.

Churubusco, battle of, i. 180-186, 196-199; brought on by Lieutenant Stevens, 187, 188.

Cincinnati, i. 162.

Citadel Hill or Rock, i. 361; ii. 98.

Clallam or Sklallam Indians, i. 469.

Clark County Rangers, ii. 169, 190.

Clark, Frank, stirs up trouble leading to martial law, i. 242-245.

Clark, George T., Major, i. 16, 430.

Clark, in charge of Fort Benton, i. 361.

Clark, Owen, servant, i. 100, 101; deserts, 108.

Clark, sergeant of sappers, i. 136.

Clarke, Colonel, i. 157, 182, 205, 206.

Clarke, Nathan G., Colonel, relieves General Wool, ii. 266; recommends treaties, 285.

Clark's Fork, ii. 79.

Clay, Henry, i. 75, 248; view of, 252.

Clay-Pipe-Stem-Carrier, Gros Ventre chief, i. 356.

Clendenin, J.V., i. 414.

Cline, Captain, ii. 391.

Cloudy Robe, Gros Ventre chief, i. 356.

Coast Survey, accepts charge of office, i. 241; views of, 243, 244; reforms, 245-248, 250, 254; officers present silver service, 284.

Cobb, Howell, ii. 306.

Cochichewick, stream in Andover, i. 1; meadows, 5, 8; woolen mills, 16, 47.

Cock, Henry D., i. 455-461.

Cock, William, Colonel, i. 415; ii. 262-264.

Cockspur Island, ii. 382.

Coe, ii. 153.

Coeur d'Alene Indians, i. 386-388, 390; ii. 16-23; present conditions, 64-72; wrestling match, 73, 74, 121, 127, 129, 130, 230, 231.

Coeur d'Alene Lake, i. 391.

Coeur d'Alene Mission, i. 389-391; ii. 72, 73, 129.

Coeur d'Alene Mountains, i. 387.

Coeur d'Alene Pass, i. 382, 387; ii. 127.

Coeur d'Alene prairie, i. 391.

Coeur d'Alene River, i. 391, 392; ii. 72, 75, 131.

Cogswell, William S., Lieutenant, ii. 343, 363, 366.

Cold Springs, i. 315.

Cole Island, ii. 381.

Cole, Lieutenant, ii. 170.

Collins, S.M., i. 468.

Colquitt, P.H., Colonel, ii. 380.

Columbia River, i. 394, 405, 411, 438; ii. 153, 157, 269.

Columbus, tomb of, visited, i. 433.

Colville, i. 297, 393, 394, 396, 397.

Colville Indians, ii. 22.

Colville valley settlements, i. 399.

Combahee River, ii. 376, 378, 379.

Commencement Bay, i. 459, 462.

Conception, Fort, at Vera Cruz, i. 110.

Confidence, ship of John Stevens, i. 2.

Connecticut volunteers, 6th, i. 395. See 7th Connecticut, Rockwell's battery.

Connell's prairie, ii. 155; battle of, 186.

Conrad, Charles M., Secretary of War, rebukes political action, answered, i. 274, 275.

Constitution, Fort, at Portsmouth, N.H., i. 83.

Contreras, i. 169, 170; battle of, 171-179, 181, 192-195.

Cooper, J.G., Dr., i. 296, 307; ii. 3.

Cooper's battery, ii. 469.

Coosaw River, ii. 355, 360, 361.

Coosawhatchie River, ii. 376, 379.

Corinth, ii. 380.

Corliss, George W., ii. 247.

Cortez, i. 161.

Cortez, steamship, ii. 317.

Coster, Corporal, i. 312.

Coteau de Missouri, i. 338-340, 345.

Cottrell, Abraham, Lieutenant, ii. 367, 372, 420.

Coues, Samuel Elliott, i. 83, 257.

Cowlitz Indians, ii. 1-9, 187, 257, 269.

Cowlitz Landing, i. 411, 439; ii. 28.

Cowlitz River, i. 405, 411, 412; canoeing up, 438; 439; ii. 28, 154, 187, 257.

Coxie, Patrick, ii. 33.

Coyoacan, i. 180, 181, 202.

Cram, A.J., Captain, ii. 276, 277.

Crane, Colonel, i. 83.

Craig, Captain, i. 173.

Craig, William, ii. 18, 33, 62, 67, 91, 92, 108, 109, 115, 117, 129, 130, 145-150, 168, 201, 203, 209, 220, 223, 230.

Crees, ii. 215.

Crockett, ii. 154.

Cromwell, Oliver, lecture on, i. 76; view of, 230-232; ii. 333.

Crook, George, General, ii. 148.

Crosby, Clanrick, i. 415.

Crosby, R.H., ii. 27, 32, 67, 72, 168.

Crow Wing River, i. 316.

Crown Butte, i. 376; ii. 124.

Crows, i. 347, 361, 362; ii. 108, 109, 115.

Cuapa, hacienda of, i. 169.

Cub Run, ii. 477.

Culbertson, Alexander, i, 302, 307, 347, 348, 359, 368, 370; ii. 114, 275, 276.

Cullum, G.W., General, i. 61, 260, 274, 275; ii. 424.

Culpeper Court House, ii. 426.

Cumming, Alfred, ii. 66, 94-96; arrogates authority, rebuked, 102, 103; stigmatizes country and Indians, 103, 104, 114, 117-119, 149.

Cummings, Asa, uncle, i. 12, 84, 85.

Cummings genealogy, Isaac^1, John^2, Abraham^3, Joseph^4, Thomas^5, Asa^6, Hannah (mother)^7, i. 12.

Cummings, Hannah, wife of Isaac, Stevens (mother), i. 7-9; death, 15.

Cummings, John, uncle, warm welcome to, i. 86.

Cunningham, Michael, servant, i. 160.

Curry, Governor, ii. 284.

Cushman, Joseph, i. 415.

Cushman, Orrington, i. 415, 445, 455; ii. 3-5.

Cuyuses, ii. 16, 20, 21; at Walla Walla council, 36-64, 121, 144, 148, 150; take war path, 157, 158, 212; attack Governor Stevens, 221-223; turbulent warriors hanged by Colonel Wright, 231.

Cypress Mountain, i. 359, 368.

Dale, Eben, i. 99.

Dalles, i. 400, 405; ii. 28, 30, 151, 153, 197, 199, 206, 208, 257.

Dana, N.T.J., General, i. 28.

Danpher, Matthew, ii. 32.

Daufuskie Island, ii. 382.

Davidson, Lieutenant, ii. 222.

Davies, Professor, i. 44.

Davis, Camp, i. 308, 310.

Davis, Jefferson, i. 261, 281, 285; reports to, 287, 288, 422; order from, to stop survey, 423; disparages northern route, 427-430; answer to, 431; fault-finding, apologizes, 430; Governor Stevens reports to, ii. 209, 221-223, 227, 277, 287.

Davis, Jefferson, revenue cutter, ii. 185.

Davis, Robert, i. 468.

Dawkins Branch, ii. 454.

Dead Colt Hillock line, i. 321.

Dearborn, Orrin M., Lieutenant, ii. 415, 484.

Dearborn River, i. 376; ii. 94, 124.

Decatur, U.S. man of war, ii. 107, 185.

Deficiency in funds, i. 366, 367, 423.

De Hart, Lieutenant, i. 112.

Delacour, Father, i. 325.

De Lacy, W.W., ii. 168.

Delaware Jim, ii. 69, 70, 108, 115, 117, 124.

De Lein, Dr., i. 218.

Democratic party, i. 260, 280; nominates Governor Stevens for delegate in Congress, ii. 265; unanimously renominates him, 289; doctrines, 302.

Democratic convention at Vancouver, Governor Stevens withdraws, his speech, i. 314-316.

Denig, Mr., i. 345.

Denny, i. 412.

Denny, A.A., ii. 251-253, 265.

De Parris, William S., ii. 70.

Derby, George H., Lieutenant, ii. 200.

Des Chutes River, ii. 30, 152.

Detroit, i. 302.

Dialectic Society, i. 38, 48, 49, 55, 57.

Dickinson, Daniel L., ii. 303.

Difficult Run, ii. 494.

Dilger, Hubert, Captain, ii. 451.

Dimick, i. 179.

Discover, Gros Ventre chief, i. 356.

Dix, John A., ii. 303, 312.

Dobbins, W., i. 415.

Dogan house, ii. 435.

Dominguez, chief of robbers, i. 149.

Donaldson, J.L., General, i. 27.

Donation Act, i. 413; ii. 26, 162.

Donelson, A.J., Lieutenant, detailed on exploration, i. 291, 297, 302, 307, 345, 350, 351, 364, 368, 370, 371, 378, 379, 382, 384, 400, 404, 406, 431.

Donelson, General, ii. 366.

Donelson, Miss., ii. 284, 371, 373, 374.

Donohoe, Michael T., Captain, ii. 398.

Doty, James, i. 306, 308, 331, 371, 375, 422, 452, 458; ii. 26, 31, 47, 68, 70, 93, 95; recovers stolen horses, 100, 101, 114, 124, 126, 132, 151, 168, 248; death of, 268.

Doubleday, Abner W., General, i. 27.

Douglass, James, Sir, i. 418, 477; ii. 13, 14, 277, 290-293.

Douglass, Stephen A., i. 260; ii. 302.

Downey, William R., ii. 246.

Doyle, Richard N., ii. 402.

Drayton, Percival, Captain, ii. 346, 399.

Drayton, Thomas F., General, ii. 346, 349.

Drum, i. 210; killed, 211.

Dry Creek, ii. 70.

Dry Tortugas, ii. 325.

Du Berry, Beekman, Lieutenant, detailed on exploration, i. 291, 298, 306, 308, 314; leaves exploration, 217.

Duncan, Colonel, i. 106, 120, 140, 141, 167, 181, 206, 212, 223.

Duncan, Johnson K., Lieutenant, detailed on exploration, i. 293, 296, 307, 394.

Duncan, of Haverhill, i. 243.

Dunn, John, ii. 262.

Dunnells, i. 77.

Dupont, Samuel F., Commodore, ii. 343; capture of Port Royal, 346-348, 358, 379, 382.

Duwhamish Indians, i. 463-469; ii. 161-192, 256.

Duwhamish River. See White River.

Dwight, Lieutenant, ii. 457.

Dyer, Alexander B., i. 27.

Eagle-from-the-Light, Nez Perce chief, speech at Walla Walla council,