Sherburne, Moses G., appointed territorial justice (1853), 108; presents plan of union of two factions of constitutional convention, 139; reports constitution to democratic body, 140.
Sherman, Gen. W. T., speaks at celebration of two hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the falls of St. Anthony, 325.
Sherman, John, opposes the admission of Minnesota, 153.
Shields, James, elected U. S. senator, 150; seated as senator, 153.
Sibley, Henry Hastings: birth and education, 59; arrives at Mendota (1834), 59; Dakota name, 60; chosen delegate by the Stillwater convention, 86; delegate from Wisconsin Territory, 87; secures passage of act creating Minnesota Territory, 88; protests against Rice’s Winnebago Contract, 105; elected delegate to Congress from Minnesota Territory, 105; his notable Indian speech, August 2, 1850, 107; secures double land grants for common schools and for a university, 107; speech for reform of Indian policy, 107; retires from American Fur Company, 197; drafts new bill for land grants to Minnesota railroads, 124; in legislature of 1855, 126; frames report on Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad, 126; draws memorial to Congress praying for disapproval of Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad bill, 127; chairman and president of Democratic end of constitutional convention, 138; elected first state governor, 149; sworn in as governor, 157; inaugural address, 159; notifies the four companies as to prior lien, 163; appointed to Command Indian expedition, 211; corresponds with Little Crow, 216; moves against the Sioux, 218; commands in battle of Wood Lake, 218; releases captives, 220; promoted brigadier-general, 222; appoints military commission, 227; commands Sioux expedition of 1863, 234; in legislature of 1871, favors payment of bonds of 1858 in full, 328; honorary banquet to, 339; receives degree of LL. D., 339; death, 339.
Sioux and Chippeways exchange murders, 62.
Sioux campaign of 1864, 236; expedition of 1863, 234.
Sioux half-breed scrip, story of, 117; placed on iron ore properties, 119.
Sioux Indians: first heard of, 7; seen by Allouez, 14; early habitat, 44; immigration of, 44; characteristics, 45; tribes and numbers of, 94; move to reserves (1853), 120, 167; uneasy on reserves, 167; become farmers, 168; effect of concentration, 191; character of reservations, 192; prey of whiskey-sellers, 192; disturbances at upper agency, 194; delay of payments, 195; soldiers’ lodge, 196; late arrival of gold, 196; murders at Acton, 197; council at upper agency, 201; depopulation, 203; losses in outbreak, 211; removal from Minnesota, 232.