The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War

By Annie Heloise Abel, Ph.D.

Professor of History, Smith College

1919

CONTENTS

• I - THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, OR ELKHORN AND ITS MORE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS 13

• II - LANE'S BRIGADE AND THE INCEPTION OF THE INDIAN 37

• III - THE INDIAN REFUGEES IN SOUTHERN KANSAS 79

• IV - THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST INDIAN EXPEDITION 91

• V - THE MARCH TO TAHLEQUAH AND THE RETROGRADE MOVEMENT OF THE "WHITE AUXILIARY" 125

• VI - GENERAL PIKE IN CONTROVERSY WITH GENERAL HINDMAN 147

• VII - ORGANIZATION OF THE ARKANSAS AND RED RIVER SUPERINTENDENCY 171

• VIII - THE RETIREMENT OF GENERAL PIKE 185

• IX - THE REMOVAL OF THE REFUGEES TO THE SAC AND FOX AGENCY 203

• X - NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNION INDIANS 221

• XI - INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1863, JANUARY TO JUNE INCLUSIVE 243

• XII - INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1863, JULY TO DECEMBER INCLUSIVE 283

• XIII - ASPECTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, 1864-1865 313

• APPENDIX 337

• SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 353 / INDEX 369

ILLUSTRATIONS

FACSIMILE OF NEGRO BILL OF SALE 4
SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE MAIN THEATRE OF BORDER WARFARE AND THE LOCATION OF TRIBES WITHIN THE INDIAN COUNTRY 39
PORTRAIT OF COLONEL W.A. PHILLIPS 93
FACSIMILE OF MONTHLY INSPECTION REPORT OF THE SECOND
CREEK REGIMENT OF MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS 245
FACSIMILE OF MONTHLY INSPECTION REPORT OF THE FIRST
CREEK REGIMENT OF MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS 315

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