Wahpeton Sioux Indians, treaty made by, 7, 8; reference to, 226; council with, 253
Wamdisapa, 30, 71; outlaw band led by, 64-67
Wanduskaihanke, captives purchased by, 234
Waterman, H. H., 40, 88; ill treatment of, by Indians, 87, 88
Weaver, E., ill treatment of, by Indians, 87; reference to, 93
Webster City, 159, 166, 170, 189, 211, 215, 284, 302; news of massacre carried to, 163; organization of relief expedition at, 163-166; return of members of relief expedition to, 213; memorial to members of relief expedition from, 263, 264
Webster County, alarm in, 22; reference to, 31, 35, 285
West Okoboji Lake, 46, 113; arrival of Gardner family at, 50
Wheeler, William T., 57; concentration at cabin of, 133; name of settlers at cabin of, 134; shots fired into cabin of, 145; flight of settlers from cabin of, 151, 152
Wheelock, R. U., visit of, to lake region, 159, 160; return of, to Jasper County, 160; second trip of, to lakes, 160, 161; massacre discovered by, 160, 161; news taken to Fort Dodge by, 161, 162; reference to, 167, 175, 176, 177, 192, 196, 297
Whiskey, effect of, on Indians, 23, 283; traffic in, 279
Whiskey-sellers, activities of, among Indians, 13; profits made by, 21
Whites, advance of, into Indian country, 1-8; attitude of Sioux Indians toward, 22, 23; hatred of, by Inkpaduta, 70, 71
Williams, William, 18, 19, 20, 28, 35, 69, 77, 175, 183, 184, 188, 189, 191, 192, 204, 210, 244, 266, 281, 301, 309; meeting presided over by, 162; commission held by, 162; choice of, to command expedition, 168, 169; strength and determination of, 177; report by, 295; age of, 304
Wilson, William R., 167, 192, 195, 196, 244, 272
Winnebago Indians, reservation given to, 6; reference to, 25, 26
Winter of 1856-1857, character of, 42, 43; sufferings of Indians during, 72, 73
Wood, George, 56, 132, 136; refusal of, to believe in danger, 132, 133, 136; killing of, 143, 144
Wood, William, 56, 126, 132; refusal of, to believe in danger, 125, 132, 133, 136; killing of, 143, 144
Wood brothers, store kept by, 57; Indians at store of, 135, 136; pillaging of store of, 145, 146
Woodbury County, alarm in, 20, 22; settlement in, 40; reference to, 73, 78
Woods, Samuel, 18, 281; Fort Dodge established by, 280, 281
Yankton Sioux Indians, 63, 71, 154, 234, 253, 255; refuge of Inkpaduta among, 67, 72; reception of Inkpaduta's band by, 223; attitude of, toward captive, 235, 236