Ramsey, Alexander: antecedents, 89; appointed territorial governor, 89; commissioner for Sioux treaties (1849), 93; investigation of his conduct in Sioux treaties (1851), 100; exonerated by Senate, 101; protests against Rice’s Winnebago contract, 105; superseded as territorial governor, 108; negotiates Pembina treaty, 112; director of Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Co., 126; elected governor of state, 170; inaugural address (1860), 170; rescues the school lands, 171; recommends settling with holders of special state railroad bonds, 172; reëlected governor (1862), 177; in Washington on day of attack on Fort Sumter, 178; tenders a regiment of infantry, 178; appoints colonels, 189; appoints Sibley to command the Indian expedition, 211; elected United States senator (1863), 249; recommends sale of university lands to pay debt, 258; reëlected senator, 265; fails to secure nomination again, 297; secretary of war, 297; lays corner-stone of new capitol, 298; death, 298.
Ravoux, Monsignor, Catholic missionary, 68; succeeds Père Galtier, 83; baptizes thirty condemned Sioux, 231.
Raymbault, at Sault Ste. Marie (1641), 6.
Reeve, Col. C. McC., commands Thirteenth Minnesota, 350.
Renville, Joseph, trader at Lac qui Parle, invites Dr. Williamson, 67; guide and interpreter for Major Long, 72.
Renville Rangers, help defend Fort Ridgely, 205.
Rice, Henry M., birth and education, 102; in Indian trade, 102; personal qualities, 103; settles in St. Paul, 103; his Winnebago contract, 103; selects new home for Winnebagoes, 103; elected delegate to Congress, 107; in Congress, 110; reëlected delegate, 110; secures issue of additional Chippeway half-breed scrip, 113, 118; director of Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Co., 126; assists in sale of Snelling reserve, 132; reëlected delegate, 136; introduces bill for enabling act, 133; causes retirement of Governor Gorman, 136; elected United States senator, 150; seated as senator, 153; declines to change politics, 252; defeated for governor by Marshall (1865), 254; plans double land grant for the university, 301.
Riggs, Rev. Stephen Return, joins Sioux mission, 67; edits Dakota grammar and dictionary, 68; escape from upper Sioux, 202; chaplain of Sibley’s Indian expedition, 227; assists military commission, 227.