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What Ever Happened to …
“I had always worked” Abbott,
We Pointed Them North
.
“The prosperity of Texas” Webb,
Handbook of Texas
.
“My relatives told me” Black Elk,
Black Elk Speaks.
“It is to be lamented” Morris,
Fate of the Corps
.
“It is nothing to be proud of” Twain, letter to Orion and Mary E. Clemens, October
19, 1865. The Mark Twain Papers and Project, The Bancroft Libary, University
of California, Berkeley.
“The reports of my death.” Twain,
New York Journal,
June 2, 1897.
“I regard Custer's” Leckie,
Elizabeth Bacon Custer.
“General Custer's name” Leckie,
Elizabeth Bacon Custer.
“KING OF FRAUDS” Bain,
Empire Express
.
“Good-bye, Jack” Ebbutt,
Emigrant Life in Kansas.
“My eyes are getting real bad” Bankes, “Wild Bill Hickok.”
“I see my beloved South” De Bruhl,
Sword of San Jacinto.
“I only ask” Joseph,
“Indian's View.”
“I may die” Nerburn,
Chief Joseph
.
“Chief Joseph died” Nerburn,
Chief Joseph
.
“had eaten only” Morris,
Fate of the Corps
.
“After quitting the cowboy life” Love,
Life and Adventures
.
“Red Cloud” “Red Cloud, Sioux Chief, Dead.”
New York Times,
December 11,
1909.
“They made us many promises” Brown,
Bury My Heart
.
“that he would shoot Murphy” “Virginia Reed Elopes.”
“wife of Charbonneau” Thomasma,
Truth About Sacajawea
.
“If nominated” Fellman,
Citizen Sherman.
“Anything in the way of eatables” Fleming, “Pap Singleton.”
“Without having discovered” Sutter,
Diary
.
“What a difference” Vallejo,
Historical and Personal Memoirs.
“The places through” Yellow Wolf,
His Own Story
.
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A
Abbott, Teddy “Blue,”
African Americans: western migration of
Alamo: battle for; description of
American River: gold from
Arapaho
Austin, Stephen
B
Baptiste, Jean
Battle of Buena Vista
Baugh, John: quoted
Beard, Dewey
Beckwourth, James
Bent, George
Benton, Thomas Hart: mapmaking and
Bidwell, John
“Big Drunk.”
See
Houston, Sam
“Big Four” directors
Black Buffalo
Black Elk
Black Hills
Blue jeans: invention of
Bonaparte, Napoleon: quoted
Bozeman Trail
Brannan, Sam
Bronco Jim
Buffalo: disappearance of
C
California: bad ways to travel to; Chinese immigrants in; diversity of; earning money in; gold in; high prices in; population of; quickest route to; rats in
California Trail
Cameahwait
Campbell, William
Cannibalism: in the Donner Party
Capel, Horace
Carson, James
Casement, Frances
Catch-the-Bear
Cattle trails: map of
Central Pacific Railroad
Charbonneau, Toussaint
Cheyenne
Chief Joseph
Chief Toohoolhoolzote
Chinese immigrants: railroad deaths of
Chivington, John
Cholera: spread of
Christman, Enos
Civil War
Clark, William; mission of; quoted
Clemens, Samuel
Clyman, James
Cody, William “Buffalo Bill,”
Comstock, Henry “Old Pancake,”
Conner, James
Coolidge, Susan
Corps of Discovery
Coursey, O.W.
Cowboys: need for; retirement of
Crazy Horse
“Crazy Judah.”
See
Judah, Thoedore
Crocker, Charles
Crook, George
Crow Foot
Cruzatte, Pierre
Custer, Elizabeth
Custer, George Armstrong
D
de Ampudia, Pedro
de Barbé-Marbois, Francois
de Santa Anna, Antonio López; attempted escape by; quoted
de Talleyrand, Charles: Livingston's request of; offer to buy Louisiana
Dey, Peter
Dickinson, Almeron
Dickinson, Susanna
Dodge, Grenville
Donner Party
Durant, Thomas
E
Eagan, T.P.
Ebbutt, Percy
Esparza, Enrique
Evans, James
F
Ferguson, Arthur
Fetterman Fight
Fetterman, William
Fighting: with Native Americans
“Fire Thunder,”
Foreign Miners' Tax
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
Forty-niners
Freeman, Minnie
Frémont, John: mapmaking and
G
Garcia, Manuel “Tres Dedos,”
“General Day-and-a-Half-Behind.”
See
Howard, Oliver O.
“Ghost Dance,”
Gold: discovery of; fever around the world; from American River; mining techniques of; Sutter's declaration of
Gold rush: from different points of view; in Rocky Mountains
Golden Mountain
Golden spike
Goliad, Texas: battle in
Grant, Ulysses S.
Grasshopper invasion
Great Sioux Reservation
Gum Shan
H
Hastings Cutoff
Hastings, John
Hau-hon, Wong
Hays, Grace
Hickman, Williana
Hickok, James “Wild Bill,”
Higbie, Calvin
Homestead Act 1862
Horn Toad
Houston, Sam
Howard, Oliver O.
Howard, William
Hoxie, Howard
Hunkesni.
See
Sitting Bull
I
“Indian problem,”
Indian Territory
“Iron Men,”
J
Jackson, George
Jefferson, Thomas; quoted
Judah, Theodore; death of
K
Kip, Leonard
Knower, Daniel
L
Lakota Indian Boys
Lakotas
Last land: rush for
“Last Night's Shootings” (news column)
Leon, Nuevo
Lewis and Clark: gifts for the chief; meet Sacagawea; mission of
Lewis, Meriwether; impression of Sacagawea; mission of
Lincoln, Abraham
“Little Bear,”
Little Bighorn
Livingston, Robert: advice for; quoted
Lockwood, Erastus
Louisiana: asking price for; Jefferson and
Louisiana Purchase: effect on United States; price paid
Lousy Miner, The (song)
Love, Nat
Low Dog
Lyon, Mary
M
Mail.
See also
Pony Express: delivery of
Manifest Destiny: defined
Marcks, Lillie
Marcy, Jennie
Marshall, James
Mason, Biddy; quoted
Maxfield, James
Mayer, Frank
Megquier, Jenny
Meriwether, David
Mexico: ban on slavery; conflict with; declaration of independence; independence from Spain
Mexico City: captured by Americans
Meyer, Frank
Miles, Nelson
Mining techniques: of gold
Monroe, James: negotiations with France and
Mormon religion
Mormon Trail
Mountain Men: as guides on Oregon Trail
Murrieta, Joaquin
N
Native Americans: cultural misunderstandings and; desire to trade; fights with; gold rush and
New Orleans: American shipping and
New York Herald:
on railroads
Nez Perce; Christianity and
Nueces River: as southern border
O
O'Sullivan, John
“Old Chisholm Trail, The” (song)
Olsson, Olof
Oregon: climate and soil
Oregon conflict
Oregon Trail; Catherine Sager on; top causes of death on
P
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Parker, Ely
Pawnees
Pengra, Charlotte: quoted
Peterson, Mathilda
Plains Indians: fall of
Polk, James K.
Pony Express; failure of; Native American warriors and
Population: of California; of United States
Prentiss, Narcissa
Preuss, Charles
Promontory Summit, Utah
R
Railroads: as threat to Indian life; building through mountains; meeting of; robbers on
Red Cloud; quoted
Red Cloud's War
Reed, James
Reed, Virginia
Reno, Marcus
Rhoads, Daniel
Rhodes, W. H.
Rio Grande: as southern border
Robbers: on railroads
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Rocky Mountains: gold rush in
Rosebud Reservation
Roughing It
(Clemens)
Ruede, Howard
Runnymede, Kansas
Russell, Majors & Waddell's Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Company
Ryan, William
S
Sacagawea; gives birth; Lewis's impression of; meets Lewis and Clark
Sager, Catherine; death of parents; Oregon Trail and
San Francisco Bulletin, The:
on advancing civilization
Sand Creek Massacre
Sanford, Mollie Dorsey
Santa Fe Trail
School Children's Blizzard
Scott, William
Seymour, Silas
Sherman, William Tecumseh; quoted
Shilling, Watson
Sierra Nevada; dangers on
Singleton, Benjamin
Sitting Bull
Slavery: Mexican ban on
Small, Henry
Smith, Jedediah: as Mountain Man
Smith, Robert
Smith, Tom
Snyder, John
Soldaderas
Spalding, Eliza
Spalding, Henry
Spokane: Christianity and
Stanford, Leland
Stephens, Alexander: quoted
Strauss, Levi
Strobridge, James
Summerhayes, Martha
Sutter, John; declaration of gold
Swain, William
T
Tamaulipas: invasion of
Taylor, Zachary; quoted
Teachers
Tejas
Texas: annexation of
Thompson, William; scalping of
Tiloukaikt
Toponce, Alexander
Trading route: of David Meriwether
Transcontinental railroad
Transcontinental telegraph
Travis, William
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Turnly, Ned
Twain, Mark.
See
Clemens, Samuel
Two Moons
U
U.S.-Mexican War: leftover anger from
Union Pacific Railroad
V
Vallejo, Guadalupe Mariano; quoted
W
Walla Walla: Christianity and
War: declared on Mexico; Polk's declaration of
Weather
West, The: 1803 definition of; 1848 map of; declared “settled,” weather in
Whig Party: campaign motto
Whitman Massacre
Whitman, Marcus
Whitman, Narcissa; quoted
Williams, Michael
Wilson, Elijah
Wilson, Luzena Stanley
Wilson, Margaret
Wimmer, Jennie
Women: moneymaking opportunities for
Wooden, Martha
Wounded Knee, Battle of
Y
Yellow Bird
Yellow Wolf
York
Young, Brigham: quoted
1
another name for Lakota

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